New York Times Answers - Friday, 23rd February 1979 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 23rd February 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sudden sallyRAIDAAcross 5: What Sandburg called "a bucket of ashes"PASTAAcross 9: Elvis ___ PresleyAARONAAcross 14: Wild water buffaloARNAAAcross 15: MishmashOLIOAAcross 16: RubberneckCRANEAAcross 17: Emulate Button GwinnettSIGNAAcross 18: What Frances F. Willard advocatedTEMPERANCEAAcross 20: "Publish or ___" (caveat to profs)PERISHAAcross 22: ___ AltoPALOAAcross 23: First name of "The Splendid Splinter"TEDAAcross 24: "The ___ the Mohicans"LASTOFAAcross 26: Setting for a musicalSIAMAAcross 28: Tide registerTHALASSOMETERAAcross 33: ___ generisSUIAAcross 35: Yield, as landsCEDEAAcross 36: Golden Horde's regionTATARYAAcross 37: Seaweed cast ashoreWRACKAAcross 39: DepressionSAGAAcross 41: Tri plus oneTETRAAAcross 42: Type of hornANTLERAAcross 44: AnklebonesTALIAAcross 46: Acapulco acquisitionTANAAcross 47: Fantastically falsifiedPSEUDOLOGICALAAcross 50: FerberEDNAAAcross 51: DegradesABASESAAcross 53: Chinese cooking vesselWOKAAcross 56: Prepare copy for readersEDITAAcross 58: On cloud nineELATEDAAcross 60: Whence preachers get plauditsAMEN CORNERAAcross 63: Pains, in a senseCAREAAcross 64: Jack NastySNEAKAAcross 65: Sprinkle onDUSTAAcross 66: Thomas ___ EdisonALVAAAcross 67: A gallon has eightPINTSAAcross 68: PostponementSTAYAAcross 69: Harold of comicsTEENDDown 1: Rub roughlyRASPDDown 2: Prospero's servantARIELDDown 3: Bring (oneself) into favorINGRATIATEDDown 4: Popular pastryDANISHDDown 5: Menace for a motoristPOTHOLEDDown 6: Fermented drinkALEDDown 7: BirdbrainSIMPDDown 8: Come ___ (occur)TOPASSDDown 9: EsotericACROAMATICALDDown 10: ParseghianARADDown 11: Speak irrationallyRANTDDown 12: "___ in Love with Amy"ONCEDDown 13: RequireNEEDDDown 19: She wrote "Romola"ELIOTDDown 21: Secret weapons of riverboat gamblersSTACKEDDECKSDDown 25: Certain ephemeraFADSDDown 27: Homophone for meatMETEDDown 29: "From ___ shining sea"SEATODDown 30: Kindergarten stoolieTATTLETALEDDown 31: ___ Pater (almanac)ERRADDown 32: Nolan of the AngelsRYANDDown 33: Do some barteringSWAPDDown 34: Containers for flowersURNSDDown 38: Hint for HolmesCLUEDDown 40: CuckooGAGADDown 43: Dance compositionRONDODDown 45: Henry's desireLIBERTYDDown 48: Scottish squiresLAIRDSDDown 49: " . . . as many Lives ___": BunyanASACATDDown 52: Borg's initial blastSERVEDDown 53: Winged stingerWASPDDown 54: The ___ (Atlanta arena)OMNIDDown 55: SharpKEENDDown 57: Square bolt holderTNUTDDown 59: Actor in "Giant"DEANDDown 61: A famous TurnerNATDDown 62: That, in TegucigalpaESA