New York Times Answers - Saturday, 26th December 1987 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 26th December 1987. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Some residents of Iowa and Okla.SACSAAcross 5: DashTEARAAcross 9: More recherchéRARERAAcross 14: "___ the Roof," 1963 tuneUP ONAAcross 14: "___ the Roof," 1963 tuneUPONAAcross 15: Place of pasturageACREAAcross 16: Avoid a formal weddingELOPEAAcross 17: San ___, ItalyREMOAAcross 18: Steep cliffCRAGAAcross 19: Chimney channelsFLUESAAcross 20: Reason earnestlyEXPOSTULATEAAcross 23: $1,000: SlangGEEAAcross 24: Case for needlesETUIAAcross 25: Most comprehensiveLARGESTAAcross 27: Wernher ___ BraunVONAAcross 29: AssetPLUSAAcross 32: Recent: PrefixNEOAAcross 33: Shoppe modifierOLDEAAcross 35: HyperbolizeEXAGGERATEAAcross 40: City of VictoryCAIROAAcross 42: Border, to BrutusORAAAcross 43: FurnishingsDECORAAcross 44: Annoy extremelyEXASPERATEAAcross 47: Heroin, to a narcSCAGAAcross 48: Bohea or banchaTEAAAcross 49: British nor'easterHELMAAcross 51: French king: 888-98ODOAAcross 52: Become joyfulCHEER UPAAcross 56: A Cather biographerEDELAAcross 58: 'Neath's oppositeO'ERAAcross 59: Wipe outEXTERMINATEAAcross 64: French revolutionaryMARATAAcross 66: Co-Nobelist Metchnikoff: 1908ELIEAAcross 67: First nameADAMAAcross 68: Tooth: Comb. formODONTAAcross 69: ControlREINAAcross 70: DubTERMAAcross 71: Damascus locusSYRIAAAcross 72: CockleOASTAAcross 73: Pronoun for the Andrea DoriaESSADDown 1: InevitableSUREDDown 2: PinnacleAPEXDDown 3: SurveysCOMPENDIADDown 4: Treat with disdainSNOOTDDown 5: Sensed by touchTACTILEDDown 6: Curtain colorECRUDDown 7: Oxianus LacusARALDDown 8: MajesticREGALDDown 9: ArbitratedREFEREEDDDown 10: "___ is gas and gaiters": DickensALLDDown 11: MakeupROUGEDDown 12: Dueling swordsEPEESDDown 13: Adjusted a clockRESETDDown 21: Eat lateSUPDDown 22: Chinese dynastyTANGDDown 26: Skirt panelsGORESDDown 27: Sotto ___VOCEDDown 28: Asian evergreenOLAXDDown 30: Calpurnia was oneUXORDDown 31: Lamb's Mrs. ___ BattleSARAHDDown 34: First, in FrankfurtERSTEDDown 36: Corral exitGATEDDown 37: AwardsACCOLADESDDown 38: SpadefootTOADDDown 39: "Tantum ___," hymn sectionERGODDown 41: "H.M.S. Pinafore," e.g.OPERETTADDown 45: Waters of the SeineEAUXDDown 46: Krypton, for oneELEMENTDDown 50: Nero's 1501MDIDDown 52: Perry's kinfolkCOMOSDDown 53: IntoxicatingHEADYDDown 54: Boo-booERRORDDown 55: Feather: Comb. formPTERODDown 57: Maternally akinENATEDDown 60: Ancient city in S ItalyELEADDown 61: Social reformer JacobRIISDDown 62: SaltsTARSDDown 63: Madame BovaryEMMADDown 65: Black cuckooANI