New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 25th December 1996 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 25th December 1996. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Garden dwellerADAMAAcross 5: Cassius and company, in "Julius Caesar"CABALAAcross 10: AchievementFEATAAcross 14: Prefix with byte or buckMEGAAAcross 15: Run with a hon?ELOPEAAcross 16: Site of the MGM GrandRENOAAcross 17: December 25 activityOPENINGPRESENTSAAcross 20: SevereSTRICTAAcross 21: These may get a welcome sightSOREEYESAAcross 22: Pick apartCARPAAcross 24: HereaboutNEARAAcross 25: ___-reliefBASAAcross 28: CreeksRIASAAcross 30: DraftedDREWUPAAcross 34: "What's the ___?"USEAAcross 35: Court org.USLTAAAcross 37: Wee bitIOTAAAcross 38: Convivial holiday affairCHRISTMASDINNERAAcross 42: Pub needsKEGSAAcross 43: PositionsSITESAAcross 44: Part of TNTTRIAAcross 45: Like Clifford Odets's "Waiting for Lefty"ONEACTAAcross 48: "Whip It" rock groupDEVOAAcross 49: Smoke signal message, maybeSOSAAcross 50: Kind of bondBAILAAcross 52: Baltic portRIGAAAcross 54: Used a caret-and-stick approach?INSERTEDAAcross 58: PinpointLOCATEAAcross 62: Sign-off a la Clement MooreTOALLAGOODNIGHTAAcross 64: NefariousnessEVILAAcross 65: Opposite of viejoNUEVOAAcross 66: Campus V.I.P.DEANAAcross 67: ___ fide (bad faith)MALAAAcross 68: Bit of parsleySPRIGAAcross 69: BristleSETADDown 1: Sheriff Tupper of "Murder, She Wrote"AMOSDDown 2: Agric. or H.H.S., e.g.DEPTDDown 3: RipenerAGERDDown 4: FrenziedMANICDDown 5: Political moderateCENTRISTDDown 6: School subj.ALGDDown 7: Hits, in slangBOPSDDown 8: Stage extensionAPRONDDown 9: Looked lasciviouslyLEEREDDDown 10: Unlimited choiceFREE REINDDown 11: Counting-out wordEENYDDown 12: Add to the potANTEDDown 13: Play horseshoesTOSSDDown 18: Mythical flierICARUSDDown 19: ScorchSEARDDown 23: Oasis treesPALMSDDown 25: British swaggererBUCKODDown 26: PaleASHENDDown 27: Maestro KoussevitzkySERGEDDown 29: SedateSTAIDDDown 31: HabitsWONTSDDown 32: In ___ (not yet born)UTERODDown 33: Golden apple bestowerPARISDDown 36: Daisylike bloomASTERDDown 39: Patron of ColumbusISABELLADDown 40: Marine, informallyDEVIL DOGDDown 41: Equiangular geometrical shapeISOGONDDown 46: Sagan of "Cosmos"CARLDDown 47: Certain missilesTITANSDDown 51: Mounter's assistLEGUPDDown 53: These can be citricACIDSDDown 54: Gossip tidbitITEMDDown 55: Suddenly bright starNOVADDown 56: Spinnaker, e.g.SAILDDown 57: Active oneDOERDDown 59: 1957 Pulitzer winnerAGEEDDown 60: "___ does it!"THATDDown 61: Sicilian sightETNADDown 63: Egg: PrefixOVI