New York Times Answers - Thursday, 2nd August 1979 There are 35 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 2nd August 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Falls back, as a tideEBBSAAcross 5: A deck has fourACESAAcross 9: Elbe tributaryEGERAAcross 13: Solo plus oneDUETAAcross 14: Bikini, e.g.ATOLLAAcross 15: Off scheduleLATEAAcross 16: Tragic event in 1666GREATLONDONFIREAAcross 19: Gets aboardENTRAINSAAcross 20: Stood in lineWAITEDAAcross 21: Ship's courseNNEAAcross 22: WhirlSPINAAcross 23: Movie-making choreRETAKEAAcross 27: Car ___POOLAAcross 28: "The greatest"ALIAAcross 31: EnragedIRATEAAcross 32: Diving birdAUKAAcross 33: "One small step for ___"A'MANAAcross 34: Important event in 1775PAULREVERESRIDEAAcross 38: Anglo-Saxon menialESNEAAcross 39: Señorita's relativeTIAAAcross 40: Machine attendantOILERAAcross 41: Fisherman's needNETAAcross 42: Aga ___, Moslem leaderKHANAAcross 43: FieryARDENTAAcross 44: Rod's partnerREELAAcross 45: Timetable abbr.ARRAAcross 46: More sprightlyAIRIERAAcross 49: EstrangeALIENATEAAcross 54: Sanguinary event in 1861 or 1862BATTLE OF BULL RUNAAcross 56: Former MetAGEEAAcross 57: "___ moi le déluge"APRESAAcross 58: Torn; brokenREFTAAcross 59: Office V.I.P.BOSSAAcross 60: Ponce de ___LEONAAcross 61: ModerateBATEDDown 1: Slight advantageEDGEDDown 2: Word with sun or windBURNDDown 3: VegetableBEETDDown 4: Morning or evening sightSTARDDown 5: ExpiateATONEDDown 6: TricksCONSDDown 7: Old timesELDDDown 8: Tortoise, e.g.SLOWPOKEDDown 9: Like a pixieELFINDDown 10: Trot or canterGAITDDown 11: French infinitiveETREDDown 12: Bamboolike grassREEDDDown 14: Bring into close cooperationA-LINEDDown 14: Bring into close cooperationALINEDDown 17: Suez Canal shipTANKERDDown 18: Finger or finishing followerNAILDDown 22: TartSOURDDown 23: MatureRIPENDDown 24: EliminateERASEDDown 25: RidiculeTAUNTDDown 26: Salt treeATLEDDown 27: Song of joyPAEANDDown 28: "I'd walk ___ . . . "AMILEDDown 29: Low in the waterLADENDDown 30: PowerlessINERTDDown 33: Not irrigatedARIDDDown 35: ImmaterialETHEREALDDown 36: Small vesselVIALDDown 37: Horse, plant or colorSORRELDDown 42: ___ over (capsize)KEELDDown 43: Theologian of Constantine's dayARIUSDDown 44: Confirmation, etc.RITESDDown 45: Harry's "Veep"ALBENDDown 46: Rhyme schemeABABDDown 47: Role in an 1887 operaIAGODDown 48: St., Ave., etc.RTESDDown 49: HairdoAFRODDown 50: U.S. regulatory org. since 1935NLRBDDown 51: VicinityAREADDown 52: Cluster, as of grassTUFTDDown 53: Duck, in DüsseldorfENTEDDown 55: Unclose, to ShakespeareOPE