New York Times Answers - Saturday, 24th March 1979 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 24th March 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bright as ___ pennyANEWAAcross 5: Took 40 winksDOZEDAAcross 10: Islamic spiritDJINAAcross 14: BranchesRAMIAAcross 15: "It came ___ midnight clear"UPONAAAcross 16: UncouthRUDEAAcross 17: No problemCHILD'S PLAYAAcross 19: Holly plantILEXAAcross 20: ___ work (toiling earnestly)HARDATAAcross 21: Rights fighterACTIVISTAAcross 23: French fuzzFLICAAcross 25: "When I put out ___": TennysonTOSEAAAcross 26: Atmosphere or milieuAMBIENCEAAcross 30: She sewed for the poorDORCASAAcross 33: Bar ordersSOURSAAcross 34: Leah's fatherLABANAAcross 36: Letters for VictoriaHIMAAcross 37: Abdominal flabTIREAAcross 38: Mervyn of moviesLEROYAAcross 39: ___ en scèneMISEAAcross 40: After north or postERNAAcross 41: CrackerWAFERAAcross 42: ___ spade a spadeCALLAAAcross 43: Lorenzo or MellonPATRONAAcross 45: Breach of the peaceDISORDERAAcross 47: Horse followersCARTSAAcross 49: That: Fr.CELAAAcross 50: Take ___ (like)ASHINETOAAcross 53: ___ acid (aqua fortis)NITRICAAcross 57: Tiant of the YankeesLUISAAcross 58: Name of fame in bankingROTHSCHILDAAcross 60: Before graph or scopeTELEAAcross 61: VikingsNORSEAAcross 62: AtopOVERAAcross 63: Jimmy the Greek's specialtyODDSAAcross 64: What the leopard can't alterSPOTSAAcross 65: HeadlandNESSDDown 1: Sight at St. LouisARCHDDown 2: Okinawan seaportNAHADDown 3: Arab princeEMIRDDown 4: Sweeping conflagrationWILDFIREDDown 5: Hoffman or FarnumDUSTINDDown 6: Contrary: Abbr.OPPDDown 7: Author of "J'accuse"ZOLADDown 8: Vote into lawENACTDDown 9: One way to liveDAY-TO-DAYDDown 10: Ryan O'Neal filmDRIVERDDown 11: Cook on TVJULIACHILDDDown 12: June 13, e.g., to CiceroIDESDDown 13: Baldwin's "The Fire ___ Time"NEXTDDown 18: Evans and CarnegieDALESDDown 22: "When the frost ___ the punkin": RileyISONDDown 24: Symbol in musicC CLEFDDown 26: ___ in the right directionASTEPDDown 27: Shearer of balletMOIRADDown 28: Fire dreader, according to Ben JonsonBURNTCHILDDDown 29: Word with dog or lopEAREDDDown 31: Where outstretched legs are hazardsAISLEDDown 32: SlanderSMEARDDown 35: ___ acid (mild antiseptic)BORICDDown 38: Feast of ___, in ChinatownLANTERNSDDown 39: Annual Boston eventMARATHONDDown 41: ThreadbareWORNDDown 42: MulligrubsCOLICDDown 44: Brings upRAISESDDown 46: MeaningsSENSESDDown 48: Small porchSTOOPDDown 50: Band instrument, for shortALTODDown 51: Appropriate rhyme for wooedSUEDDDown 52: Another, in AvilaOTRODDown 54: Wrench openRIVEDDown 55: ___ du Vent (Windward Islands)ILESDDown 56: Officers under an adm.CDRSDDown 59: Merle Miller subj.HST