New York Times Answers - Friday, 20th July 1979 There are 39 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 20th July 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pinochle maneuverMELDAAcross 5: Musical sessionJAMAAcross 8: MischievousELFINAAcross 13: River to the BalticODERAAcross 14: Type of survivorSOLEAAcross 15: Tropical climberLIANEAAcross 16: TeamSIDEAAcross 17: "Could ___ Be Magic?" (1957 hit)THISAAcross 18: Cons, in a wayANTISAAcross 19: SubstituteSTAND-INAAcross 21: CertifiesATTESTSAAcross 23: Felon's abodeCELLAAcross 24: "You Go to My ___," 1938 songHEADAAcross 25: Sugar harvester's toolMACHETEAAcross 28: Surname of Joe LouisBARROWAAcross 30: House in a Poe taleUSHERAAcross 31: Proper words, sometimesNOUNSAAcross 33: One-thousandth of an inchMILAAcross 35: Dull soundTHUDAAcross 36: NastySNIDEAAcross 37: Cone bearerPINEAAcross 38: GumshoeTECAAcross 39: "Feed ___ and starve a fever"ACOLDAAcross 40: Loops of hairHANKSAAcross 41: ParatrooperSKYMANAAcross 43: " . . . tails ___"YOULOSEAAcross 45: False godBAALAAcross 46: Companion of heartyHALEAAcross 47: "Faerie Queen" poetSPENSERAAcross 50: Elaborate speechORATIONAAcross 54: OperaWORKSAAcross 55: OtioseIDLEAAcross 57: RentTOREAAcross 58: JibeAGREEAAcross 59: Like many of 10 Down's recordsGOLDAAcross 60: Japanese outcastsETASAAcross 61: TrifledTOYEDAAcross 62: Pig's digsSTYAAcross 63: Something to passSALTDDown 1: Forest carpetMOSSDDown 2: Emulate Horace GreeleyEDITDDown 3: Woman in a Shelley poemLEDADDown 4: SoakedDRENCHEDDDown 5: Rock-and-roll greatJOHN LENNONDDown 6: Liston's conquerorALIDDown 7: TablelandMESADDown 8: BeetlesELATERSDDown 9: Horizontal, in musicLINEARDDown 10: "Blueberry Hill" manFATS DOMINODDown 11: Monogram unit: Abbr.INITDDown 12: Monster's localeNESSDDown 14: Wading birdSTILTDDown 20: StagDEERDDown 22: Macbeth's earned positionTHANEDDown 25: MongrelMUTTDDown 26: Contents of a silent butlerASHESDDown 27: "Sweet Little Sixteen" manCHUCK BERRYDDown 28: Memorable hiccuping rock-and-rollerBUDDY HOLLYDDown 29: NictitatesWINKSDDown 32: Middle Eastern assetOILDDown 34: ___-majestéLESEDDown 36: Do-to-do progressionSCALEDDown 37: Artists' needsPALETTESDDown 39: Heaped upAMASSEDDDown 40: Luau entertainmentHULADDown 42: "___ Rose," 1926 songYANKEEDDown 44: RowedOAREDDDown 47: Ruth's sultanateSWATDDown 48: Lake OkefenokeeanPOGODDown 49: TacklesRIGSDDown 51: Little bitIOTADDown 52: Viva-voceORALDDown 53: Cozy placeNESTDDown 56: PeriodDOT