New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 24th December 1997 There are 33 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 24th December 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: They're found on gift tagsNAMESAAcross 6: Telephone deviceJACKAAcross 10: Killer whaleORCAAAcross 14: UnanimouslyASONEAAcross 15: Mine, to ManetAMOIAAcross 16: What some vacationers doLOLLAAcross 17: Seasonal accomplishment #1CHRISTMASTREEUPAAcross 20: DurationLENGTHAAcross 21: Med students' studiesDISEASESAAcross 22: Sports eventMEETAAcross 24: "Inside Politics" broadcasterCNNAAcross 25: Seasonal accomplishment #2WREATHONTHEDOORAAcross 33: Book before Joel: Abbr.HOSAAcross 34: One of the ChurchillsSARAHAAcross 35: Medicinal plantSENNAAAcross 36: Musical composition suffixETTAAAcross 38: Gibbs of country musicTERRIAAcross 40: Geom. shapeRECTAAcross 41: Loamy soil depositLOESSAAcross 43: Long timesAEONSAAcross 45: Small: SuffixULEAAcross 46: Seasonal accomplishment #3PRESENTSWRAPPEDAAcross 49: Harvardite's rivalELIAAcross 50: "That's a ___!"NONOAAcross 51: DivesPLUMMETSAAcross 56: BlazingAGLAREAAcross 60: Advice to the accomplisherSITBACKANDRELAXAAcross 62: Seed coveringARILAAcross 63: View from TaorminaETNAAAcross 64: Wife of two Forsytes, in "The Forsyte Saga"IRENEAAcross 65: YarnTALEAAcross 66: NCOSSGTAAcross 67: Bus. subordinatesASSTSDDown 1: SaltNACLDDown 2: 1975 Wimbledon winnerASHEDDown 3: Literary time of dayMORNDDown 4: Elgar's "___ Variations"ENIGMADDown 5: Sonnet endingsSESTETSDDown 6: GridlockJAMDDown 7: "It's ___ world": DickensAMADDDown 8: "___ fan tutte"COSIDDown 9: Cousin of campKITSCHDDown 10: Showy-flowered shrubOLEANDERDDown 11: Shad delicaciesROESDDown 12: Help for Nancy DrewCLUEDDown 13: Locale of the world's longest road tunnelALPSDDown 18: Locale in a Dr. Seuss titleTHEHATDDown 19: Descartes and MagritteRENESDDown 23: PawedTOREATDDown 25: Have puppiesWHELPDDown 26: Kind of bladeROTORDDown 27: Lauder of cosmeticsESTEEDDown 28: NostrilsNARESDDown 29: CastTHROWNDDown 30: Get the better ofONEUPDDown 31: Sibling of a mère or pèreONCLEDDown 32: RankedRATEDDDown 37: Make a crowdASSEMBLEDDown 39: EncroachmentINROADDDown 42: Center of a 1965 voter registration driveSELMADDown 44: Iced drinkSANGRIADDown 47: Clan membersNIECESDDown 48: GondoliersPOLERSDDown 51: Academic rite of passage: Abbr.PSATDDown 52: Bit of EuromoneyLIRADDown 53: Monopoly purchase: Abbr.UTILDDown 54: Times Square signTKTSDDown 55: CaroledSANGDDown 57: Pub quaffsALESDDown 58: Fly off the handleRANTDDown 59: Donald and Ivana, e.g.EXESDDown 61: Cole who sang "The Christmas Song"NAT