New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 20th March 1979 There are 36 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 20th March 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: CadenceLILTAAcross 5: Gets ready for an examPREPSAAcross 10: Irish portCOBHAAcross 14: Portico in AthensSTOAAAcross 15: White oakROBLEAAcross 16: Eye partUVEAAAcross 17: Blondie's breadwinnerDAGWOODBUMSTEADAAcross 20: Calms downSEDATESAAcross 21: Utah rangeUINTAAAcross 22: Electric-current regulator, for shortRHEOAAcross 23: Harold of old comicsTEENAAcross 25: ___ bicarbonateSODIUMAAcross 28: Famed painter of N.M. ranch handsHURDAAcross 29: Jeff Davis's org.CSAAAcross 32: ___ in one's bonnetABEEAAcross 33: Dictator's action against dissidentsPURGEAAcross 34: Capek's classicRURAAcross 35: Capp's strip within a stripFEARLESSFOSDICKAAcross 39: Land mass: Abbr.ISLAAcross 40: "I loved ___": G. WitherALASSAAcross 41: Ahab's fatherOMRIAAcross 42: ___ MoinesDESAAcross 43: Showy flowerLILYAAcross 44: Dirty kid in "Peanuts"PIGPENAAcross 46: Largest of the MarianasGUAMAAcross 47: Tar's nightcapGROGAAcross 48: FragmentSCRAPAAcross 51: Life preserverMAE WESTAAcross 54: Hans or FritzKATZENJAMMERKIDAAcross 58: ___ fixeIDEEAAcross 59: Asian fiberRAMIEAAcross 60: Character in Faulkner's "The Town"EULAAAcross 61: Church riteMASSAAcross 61: Church riteMASS.AAcross 62: BetterAMENDAAcross 63: Wood stripLATHDDown 1: Dangerous drugLSDDDown 2: "Play ___ It Lays": DidionITASDDown 3: Theater sectionLOGEDDown 4: More meretriciousTAWDRIERDDown 5: For the time beingPRO TEMDDown 6: Western jamboreeRODEODDown 7: WanesEBBSDDown 8: Prefix with perfectPLUDDown 9: Theol. instituteSEMDDown 10: Local interruption on TVCUT-INDDown 10: Local interruption on TVCUTINDDown 11: Baker's stationOVENDDown 12: ThrobBEATDDown 13: "Old MacDonald ___ Farm"HADADDown 18: Honolulu's islandOAHUDDown 19: LeathersSUEDESDDown 23: Slabs of peatTURFSDDown 24: ThereforeERGODDown 25: ___ Rud, river in IranSAFIDDDown 26: ChubbyOBESEDDown 27: Gives out cardsDEALSDDown 28: Brazen femaleHUSSYDDown 29: Put a wave inCRIMPDDown 30: Bolivian co-capitalSUCREDDown 31: One of the AlansARKINDDown 33: Sacred poemPSALMDDown 36: "Queen of Latin Song"LALUPEDDown 37: KazanELIADDown 38: Poetaster's productDOGGERELDDown 44: College track, for shortPREMEDDDown 45: "___ Russia $1200": Bob HopeIOWEDDown 46: Looks intentlyGAZESDDown 47: UrchinGAMINDDown 48: Glide along above a surfaceSKIMDDown 49: Each: Sp.CADADDown 50: Highways: Abbr.RTESDDown 51: "Put the Blame on ___"MAMEDDown 52: Arctic birdSKUADDown 53: Pinball no-noTILTDDown 55: Blue Eagle lettersNRADDown 56: Tie-upJAMDDown 57: Morse code wordDAH