New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 9th December 1997 There are 37 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 9th December 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pea holdersPODSAAcross 5: CoagulateCLOTAAcross 9: Not boldTIMIDAAcross 14: DeclareAVOWAAcross 15: FrostRIMEAAcross 16: "Swan Lake" maidenODILEAAcross 17: StupefyDAZEAAcross 18: Moffo at the MetANNAAAcross 19: Nice ___ (prudish one)NELLYAAcross 20: Popular sing-along tune of 1925SLEEPYTIMEGALAAcross 23: WhizPROAAcross 24: Picked at, picked at, picked atFUSSEDAAcross 27: HubbubADOAAcross 30: Fill with feelingINSPIREAAcross 34: Literary inits.TSEAAcross 35: Minor dentsDINGSAAcross 37: What a chapeau coversTETEAAcross 38: Art Deco pioneerERTEAAcross 39: 1954 song with a repeating titleDREAMDREAMDREAMAAcross 42: "O.K., why not?"LETSAAcross 43: Bagel or bialyROLLAAcross 44: Type typeAGATEAAcross 45: Prefix with sphere or disasterECOAAcross 46: VisitsCOMESBYAAcross 48: Kind of schoolMEDAAcross 49: ClogSTOP UPAAcross 51: ___ minéraleEAUAAcross 53: 1954 #1 hit by the ChordettesMISTERSANDMANAAcross 60: MeagerSCANTAAcross 62: Foolish fellowCOOTAAcross 63: Mustachioed artistDALIAAcross 64: Postal scale unitOUNCEAAcross 65: Revolutionary hero NathanHALEAAcross 66: PrezEXECAAcross 67: Beautician's deviceDRYERAAcross 68: ScentODORAAcross 69: "Casablanca" roleRICKDDown 1: Goalie gearPADSDDown 2: Face's shape, approximatelyOVALDDown 3: NapDOZEDDown 4: Win all the gamesSWEEPDDown 5: One of a set of 64, maybeCRAYONDDown 6: FluffLINTDDown 7: Home of the Hawks, with "the"OMNIDDown 8: Hawks or Seahawks, e.g.TEAMDDown 9: Deli meat offeringTONGUEDDown 10: NotionsIDEASDDown 11: Grain grinder's power sourceMILLSTREAMDDown 12: ___-timedILLDDown 12: ___-timedILL.DDown 13: Actress SusanDEYDDown 21: Color separatorPRISMDDown 22: Violinist ZimbalistEFREMDDown 25: Home in the countryESTATEDDown 26: ConsideredDEEMEDDDown 27: ConfoundsADDLESDDown 28: Run the showDIRECTDDown 29: Drinker's excessONETOOMANYDDown 31: Sen. ThurmondSTROMDDown 32: "The Old Wives' Tale" dramatistPEELEDDown 33: Biased writing?: Abbr.ITALSDDown 36: Bromo targetGASDDown 38: Bit of workERGDDown 40: Let fall, in poetryDROPTDDown 41: Israel's MosheDAYANDDown 46: General called "Yellowhair"CUSTERDDown 47: Kitchen gadgetBEATERDDown 50: ___-nezPINCEDDown 52: Milk sourceUDDERDDown 54: Hollow reply?ECHODDown 55: Way to goROADDDown 56: Fly like LindySOLODDown 57: 60's-70's dressMAXIDDown 58: Novelist WaughALECDDown 59: Shaver's woeNICKDDown 60: Green coverSODDDown 61: Junkyard dogCUR