New York Times Answers - Friday, 30th September 1977 There are 34 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 30th September 1977. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tread the boardsACTAAcross 4: General's asst.ADCAAcross 7: Food fishSMELTAAcross 12: Norma or MoiraSHEARERAAcross 14: More thornySPINIERAAcross 16: AmassCOMPILEAAcross 17: Hospital worker who sounds neatORDERLYAAcross 18: Cast-iron plantsASPIDISTRASAAcross 20: Pub potableALEAAcross 21: Fiesta loverPEONAAcross 22: EnsnaredCAUGHTAAcross 24: Chairpersons' malletsGAVELSAAcross 27: Having conniptionsIRATEAAcross 31: Sofa extremityARMAAcross 34: Number of MusesNINEAAcross 35: HelixSPIRALAAcross 36: They sing Adeline's praisesQUARTETAAcross 38: Man, mandrill and 60 AcrossMAMMALSAAcross 39: TacitUNSAIDAAcross 40: Met starDIVAAAcross 41: Trygve ___LIEAAcross 42: Lofty storage placeATTICAAcross 43: Take umbrageRESENTAAcross 45: Ornamental recessesNICHESAAcross 47: Mine entranceADITAAcross 51: Tool in Markham poemHOEAAcross 54: NearnessPROPINQUITYAAcross 57: ForbearABSTAINAAcross 59: WashLAUNDERAAcross 60: Sea cowMANATEEAAcross 61: AbridgementEPITOMEAAcross 62: "I'll ___ Smile Again," 1939 songNEVERAAcross 63: Exercise for EvertSETAAcross 64: Gen. Hershey's post in W.W. IISSSDDown 1: Tin Pan Alley acronymASCAPDDown 2: ElectedCHOSEDDown 3: PaceTEMPODDown 4: Like the Spanish SaharaARIDDDown 5: Where to get cold cutsDELIDDown 6: Emblem of TurkeyCRESCENTDDown 7: Prop in a mineSPRAGDDown 8: U.S.N.A. studentMIDSHIPMANDDown 9: Compass readingENEDDown 10: Money, in NaplesLIRADDown 11: Marksman who foiled GesslerTELLDDown 13: David Frye's forteAPINGDDown 14: Cluster of plant sporesSORUSDDown 15: Cereal grassRYEDDown 19: "Decameron" unitTALEDDown 23: ShipshapeTRIMDDown 25: ForetasteANTICIPATEDDown 26: ContendedVIEDDDown 28: Soviet inland seaARALDDown 29: AnklebonesTALIDDown 30: Follower of somebody or nobodyELSEDDown 31: Greenish-blueAQUADDown 32: Small or stunted animalRUNTDDown 33: Gin poleMASTDDown 35: Event on a rinkSAVEDDown 37: Weather wordRAINDDown 38: Subject of SALT talksMISSILESDDown 40: ProfoundDEEPDDown 43: River at AvignonRHONEDDown 44: MockTAUNTDDown 46: Quondam announcerCRIERDDown 48: CapersDIDOSDDown 49: List componentsITEMSDDown 50: British radialsTYRESDDown 51: Tapper in a "shack"HAMDDown 52: Character in "The Iceman Cometh"OBANDDown 53: Anglo-Saxon laborerESNEDDown 55: NuchaNAPEDDown 56: Pick up one's marblesQUITDDown 58: Twenty-third Hebrew letterTAV