New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 7th February 1979 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 7th February 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Seven for SinbadSEASAAcross 5: Author of the quotation belowSHAWAAcross 9: SquamaSCALEAAcross 14: Start of a quotationLACKAAcross 15: ArmadilloPEBAAAcross 16: Paint company employeeTONERAAcross 17: Court celebrityASHEAAcross 18: North African cypress pineARARAAcross 19: Rocket's upper stageAGENAAAcross 20: Mangel-wurzelsBEETSAAcross 22: Quotation: Part IIOFMONEYISAAcross 24: Noted N.Y. governorCLINTONAAcross 26: State bird of HawaiiNENEAAcross 27: Turkish titlesPASHASAAcross 30: TritonNEWTAAcross 32: Quotation: Part IIITHEAAcross 33: "The play's the ___"THINGAAcross 36: TocsinALARMAAcross 40: Lancaster's Valley groupAMISHAAcross 42: Rosalynn Carter, ___ SmithNEEAAcross 43: Neighbor of IraqSYRIAAAcross 44: ThereforeHENCEAAcross 45: Kind of singer or bearerTORCHAAcross 47: Here, in HaitiICIAAcross 48: ___ Islands, near New GuineaAROEAAcross 50: OPEC landsOILDOMAAcross 52: Like A. J. Foyt's carsFASTAAcross 55: Historic French forestARGONNEAAcross 58: Quotation: Part IVROOTOFALLAAcross 60: DehiscedGAPEDAAcross 64: FiatORDERAAcross 65: WainscotCEILAAcross 67: Carnegie or EvansDALEAAcross 68: GenesisSTARTAAcross 69: Rikki-Tikki-___TAVIAAcross 70: End of quotationEVILAAcross 71: Byron's "The Lament of ___"TASSOAAcross 72: Captain Hook's sidekickSMEEAAcross 73: AuthenticREALDDown 1: Thick piece of marbleSLABDDown 2: LuxuryEASEDDown 3: Word with tooth or earACHEDDown 4: Rough drawingSKETCHDDown 5: French Lick is oneSPADDown 6: BitternHERONDDown 7: At the sternABAFTDDown 8: Rabid hawkWARMONGERDDown 9: MusialSTANDDown 10: In a convincing wayCOGENTLYDDown 11: Keep ___ on (watch over)ANEYEDDown 12: Pravda founder: 1912LENINDDown 13: ObliterateERASEDDown 21: Apply thicklySLATHERDDown 23: Washington's billONEDDown 25: ___ KabibbleISHDDown 27: The Egyptian VulcanPTAHDDown 28: Alas!AHMEDDown 29: Existence, in EssenSEINDDown 31: Monday's choreWASHINGDDown 34: Has reciprocal effectINTERACTSDDown 35: Prefix with classic or GothicNEODDown 37: Devoid of interestARIDDDown 38: Puerto ___RICODDown 39: DisableMAIMDDown 41: StrewsSCATTERSDDown 46: Debate sideCONDDown 49: LummoxOAFDDown 51: Man in the vanLEADERDDown 52: Jack or RobertFROSTDDown 53: Corporeal channelAORTADDown 54: RefreshmentsSODASDDown 56: Flash of lightGLEAMDDown 57: Relish-tray itemOLIVEDDown 59: "___ take arms . . . "ORTODDown 61: Smooth the wayPAVEDDown 62: KazanELIADDown 63: Farmer's locale, in a songDELLDDown 66: WhopperLIE