New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 14th August 1979 There are 37 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 14th August 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: SwabsMOPSAAcross 5: Gas: PrefixAEROAAcross 9: Small valeDELLAAcross 13: Oil groupOPECAAcross 14: Canine soundGNARAAcross 15: Miss HawkinsSADIEAAcross 16: ObiSASHAAcross 17: More hedge workRETRIMMINGAAcross 19: Aggies, e.g.SHOOTERSAAcross 21: Edict city: 1598NANTESAAcross 22: Mountain: Comb. formOREOAAcross 23: "___ homo!"ECCEAAcross 24: Book partsSPINESAAcross 27: ___ on (despise)LOOKDOWNAAcross 31: DecreeARRETAAcross 32: ___ off (foists)PALMSAAcross 33: Old carREOAAcross 34: French riverLOIRAAcross 35: DawnSUNUPAAcross 36: Cafeteria itemTRAYAAcross 37: Call ___ dayITAAAcross 38: Bitter vetchesTARESAAcross 39: Tee shotDRIVEAAcross 40: SolacedCONSOLEDAAcross 42: Cards, as woolTEASESAAcross 43: CarryTOTEAAcross 44: Crawford or BaezJOANAAcross 45: Bottle for waterCARAFEAAcross 48: Bicentennial visitor to N.Y. HarborTALLSHIPAAcross 52: Two-masted vesselBRIGANTINEAAcross 54: Wine: Comb. formOENOAAcross 55: Author HoratioALGERAAcross 56: Dandelion, e.g.WEEDAAcross 57: DoleMETEAAcross 58: "King of the ___," 1965 songROADAAcross 59: ApproximatelyOR SOAAcross 60: Kind of machineSLOTDDown 1: Stirling or ArnoldMOSSDDown 2: MoonfishOPAHDDown 3: Dinero itemPESODDown 4: Beer vesselSCHOONERDDown 5: Is in accordAGREESDDown 6: Hot month in Buenos AiresENERODDown 7: Word of disgustRATSDDown 8: Retired hockey starORRDDown 9: "The public be ___!": W. H. VanderbiltDAMNEDDDown 10: Make the copy rightEDITDDown 11: QueueLINEDDown 12: Sailing-race divisionsLEGSDDown 15: Fishing boatsSMACKSDDown 18: Not done: Abbr.INCOMPDDown 20: Allowance for wasteTRETDDown 23: Mt. ___, peak in Colo.EOLUSDDown 24: Law of the FranksSALICDDown 25: First: Comb. formPROTODDown 26: New Guinea, to IndonesiansIRIANDDown 27: Having strip markersLANEDDDown 28: Root used in perfumeryORRISDDown 29: IntertwineWEAVEDDown 30: Appropriately, he wrote "The Barrel-Organ"NOYESDDown 32: Thickened soupPUREEDDown 35: Bambi's creatorSALTENDDown 36: LintelsTRANSOMSDDown 38: "A Bridge ___": RyanTOOFARDDown 39: Allot the cardsDEALDDown 41: ContrivedSTAGEDDDown 42: City on the MaumeeTOLEDODDown 44: Fonda and WymanJANESDDown 45: Construction piece, for shortCBARDDown 46: GuthrieARLODDown 47: Baltic portRIGADDown 48: LayerTIERDDown 49: Cad, colloquiallyHEELDDown 50: PrepositionINTODDown 51: Keats or YeatsPOETDDown 53: "Tea for ___"TWO