New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 2nd January 1979 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 2nd January 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sufficiently skilledABLEAAcross 5: ___ Islands, in the PhilippinesBATANAAcross 10: Squash, e.g.PEPOAAcross 14: Poet famed for limericksLEARAAcross 15: InstructEDIFYAAcross 16: AstringentALUMAAcross 17: They fight for breathMARATHONRUNNERSAAcross 20: Diving birdAUKAAcross 21: Like a sentryWARYAAcross 22: ___ Mountains, in MissouriOZARKAAcross 23: Jazz jargonJIVEAAcross 24: TitleNAMEAAcross 26: Car's "home"GARAGEAAcross 29: Fipple fluteRECORDERAAcross 33: Not up and aroundABEDAAcross 34: Short, in ToledoCORTOAAcross 35: Queen before SophiaENAAAcross 36: They fight Friedan, Steinem, etc.MALECHAUVINISTSAAcross 40: FunctionUSEAAcross 41: Dear relativeAUNTYAAcross 42: Predecessor of crackle and popSNAPAAcross 43: "___ of Abdyos": ByronTHEBRIDEAAcross 45: AilmentMALADYAAcross 47: Not fooled byONTOAAcross 48: Nat or NatalieCOLEAAcross 49: Colosseum centerARENAAAcross 52: Irish Republic, formerlyEIREAAcross 53: Saratoga, e.g.SPAAAcross 56: They uphold indefensible causesDEVILSADVOCATESAAcross 60: Polish copyEDITAAcross 61: Aconcagua's rangeANDESAAcross 62: Shindig of a sortBASHAAcross 63: Kind of flightSOLOAAcross 64: Be a spendthriftWASTEAAcross 65: Priam's domainTROYDDown 1: ___ materALMADDown 2: SuitorBEAUDDown 3: Happy birdLARKDDown 4: EpochERADDown 5: ActBEHAVEDDown 6: LoveADOREDDown 7: MinuteTINYDDown 8: Tanzania's cont.AFRDDown 9: Washington Sq. campusNYUDDown 10: Kind of division or tankPANZERDDown 11: Birthplace of ZenoELEADDown 12: Run smoothlyPURRDDown 13: City in SiberiaOMSKDDown 18: ShootTWIGDDown 19: "No sun—___": T. HoodNOMOONDDown 23: Make wearyJADEDDown 24: Displaying chutzpahNERVYDDown 25: Play openerACTIDDown 26: RangeGAMUTDDown 27: DiscomfitABASHDDown 28: Book by D. S. FreemanRELEEDDown 29: TrajectoryROUTEDDown 30: It joins the Dnieper near KievDESNADDown 31: Toward the centerENTADDDown 32: GratingRASPYDDown 34: Seabees' mottoCAN-DODDown 37: Of the fleshCARNALDDown 38: Dinner time for many ParisiansHUITDDown 39: AtollISLEDDown 44: Mackerellike fishBONITODDown 45: GloomyMOROSEDDown 46: GuinnessALECDDown 48: Mongoose's cousinCIVETDDown 49: Aids for the parchedADESDDown 50: Change, as wallpaperREDODDown 51: WickednessEVILDDown 52: High degrees for school administratorsEDDSDDown 53: Astronomer's interestSTARDDown 54: Cuban coinPESODDown 55: PaleASHYDDown 57: AdageSAWDDown 58: Reminiscences in writingANADDown 59: Browning's "___ Vogler"ABT