New York Times Answers - Thursday, 1st March 1979 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 1st March 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: SmidgensBITSAAcross 5: Low-paid laborerPEONAAcross 9: Lump of thick liquidGLOBAAcross 13: Words with ready or whetherORNOTAAcross 14: DopeINFOAAcross 15: Casino siteRENOAAcross 16: Metaphors, e.g.FIGURESOFSPEECHAAcross 19: Abstain from alcoholTEETOTALAAcross 20: Classroom itemERASERAAcross 21: Kind of hairdoBUNAAcross 22: Pibroch playerSCOTAAcross 23: "Our Town" finaleACTIIIAAcross 27: PokySLOWAAcross 28: Memorable columnist's monogramFPAAAcross 31: Pitchman's cohortSHILLAAcross 32: BridgeSPANAAcross 33: Fall from a faulty faucetDRIPAAcross 34: Words like 43 AcrossCOLLECTIVENOUNSAAcross 37: Metal-bearing rocksORESAAcross 38: British contemporary of HaydnARNEAAcross 39: Relative of "in the bag"ONICEAAcross 40: Actor BessellTEDAAcross 41: Tree yielding arrow poisonUPASAAcross 42: Scythe handlesSNATHSAAcross 43: Enterprise groupCREWAAcross 44: How sashimi is eatenRAWAAcross 45: Juan de Fuca, e.g.STRAITAAcross 48: ZealotsDEVOTEESAAcross 53: Choose and pick, e.g.TRANSITIVEVERBSAAcross 55: AtmosphereAURAAAcross 56: Hokkaido nativeAINUAAcross 57: "Pomp and Circumstance" composerELGARAAcross 58: DanceREELAAcross 59: Bank itemNOTEAAcross 60: Ramsay-Travers discovery: 1898NEONDDown 1: Soft cheeseBRIEDDown 2: Author of "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs"INGEDDown 3: TipsterTOUTDDown 4: Pine cone, e.g.STROBILEDDown 5: His campanile is out of plumbPISANDDown 6: Lab substanceENOLDDown 7: Word with stage or screenOFFDDown 8: Rocket partNOSE CONEDDown 9: Like a ninth-century AlfredGREATDDown 10: SedimentLEESDDown 11: As soon asONCEDDown 12: Eminent Danish physicistBOHRDDown 13: Many times, to BrowningOFTDDown 17: Needle caseETUIDDown 18: Part of the ConstitutionPROWDDown 22: Canadian river, fed by the PeaceSLAVEDDown 23: Broad necktieASCOTDDown 24: Milking or hoeingCHOREDDown 25: Like many a bathroom wallTILEDDDown 26: HardshipsILLSDDown 27: Joy ridesSPINSDDown 28: Tomato or green pepperFRUITDDown 29: EmergencyPINCHDDown 30: Semicircular recessesAPSESDDown 32: Bedding for cattleSTRAWDDown 33: Lady of LisbonDONADDown 35: Member of a French dynastyCAPETIANDDown 36: Describing feltNONWOVENDDown 41: "Trinity" authorURISDDown 42: ExceptSAVEDDown 43: Erie or KielCANALDDown 44: Musical of a sortREVUEDDown 45: PentacleSTARDDown 46: Word with life or loveTRUEDDown 47: UncommonRAREDDown 48: ExertionDINTDDown 49: Part of TVTELEDDown 50: ThereforeERGODDown 51: Israel's first ambassador to U.S.EBANDDown 52: Russ. area, such as the UkraineSSRDDown 54: Uncle, to PedroTIO