New York Times Answers - Thursday, 9th August 1979 There are 38 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 9th August 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Set an example forPACEDAAcross 6: Tent partFLAPAAcross 10: MiniverVAIRAAcross 14: OverheadABOVEAAcross 15: The Harp of the heavensLYRAAAcross 16: GaelicERSEAAcross 17: Advice to a "workaholic"RELAXAAcross 18: SpellboundENTRANCEDAAcross 20: U.N. labor bodyILOAAcross 21: Farm vehicle, for shortTRACAAcross 23: VilifiedABUSEDAAcross 24: Good gardener's needSENSEOFHUMUSAAcross 27: Viva-voceORALAAcross 28: V or X, to a RomanNUMERALAAcross 32: ViscousROPYAAcross 35: Studio plattersDISCSAAcross 37: Grayish blueSAXEAAcross 38: "___ atque vale"AVEAAcross 39: Honeymoon soundCOOAAcross 40: ___ Marshall, U.S. historianSLAAAcross 41: Flowerless plantFERNAAcross 43: PeltrySKINSAAcross 45: His job is going to potCHEFAAcross 46: Golfo di ___TRIESTEAAcross 48: ___ d'Orsay (French Foreign Office)QUAIAAcross 50: Harsh pedagogue's statement to his classITORTUREALOTAAcross 55: Diving duckSCOTERAAcross 58: Knicks' former coachREEDAAcross 59: Pizarro's pelfOROAAcross 60: Hell's companionHIGH WATERAAcross 60: Hell's companionHIGHWATERAAcross 62: Epic involving Achilles' wrathILIADAAcross 64: To ___ (precisely)ATEEAAcross 65: Fund-raiser's verbGIVEAAcross 66: Slowly: Musical dir.LENTOAAcross 67: Player on the rangeDEERAAcross 68: Camelot colleenENIDAAcross 69: Paves the wayEASESDDown 1: Gauguin's birthplacePARISDDown 2: White poplarABELEDDown 3: "Sirs" followerCOLONDDown 4: A sister of Zsa ZsaEVADDown 5: Breed of cattle? Right!DEXTERDDown 6: Buggy gridiron playFLEAFLICKERDDown 7: What mobs do in westernsLYNCHDDown 8: Offering at the UffiziARTDDown 9: City in N.J.PARAMUSDDown 10: Beautiful bellesVENUSESDDown 11: Parts of circlesARCSDDown 12: "So that's how!"ISEEDDown 13: Comedian FoxxREDDDDown 19: "Hallelujah! I'm ___"ABUMDDown 22: "The ___ Not Taken," Frost poemROADDDown 25: Bean for Dr. CarverSOYDDown 26: Like the Minutemen at the bridgeUNCONQUEREDDDown 29: FoolhardyRASHDDown 30: Part of a cartAXLEDDown 31: Fall fallerLEAFDDown 32: Vessel for FinnRAFTDDown 33: "Moon ___ Miami," 1935 songOVERDDown 34: Prefix for wig or winklePERIDDown 36: ___-disant (so-called)SOIDDown 42: Start of a postman's mottoNEITHERDDown 43: Mink's summer placeSTORAGEDDown 44: Opposite of "No dice!"SUREDDown 45: Spy HQCIADDown 47: Hostess, in airline lingoSTEWDDown 49: Officer under a praetorAEDILEDDown 51: Where lire are thrown dailyTREVIDDown 52: Meat-counter displayLOINSDDown 53: Emulate BryanORATEDDown 54: Everybody, in MexicoTODOSDDown 55: One source of roeSHADDDown 56: Quote chapter and verseCITEDDown 57: Finishing stripOGEEDDown 61: Important importTINDDown 63: Where the "lowing herd" windLEA