New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 15th August 1979 There are 37 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 15th August 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: BackwardFROAAcross 4: D.C. agentT-MANAAcross 8: Author of "The Alteration"AMISAAcross 12: Follower of bridge or streetLAMPAAcross 14: "Laborare est ___"ORAREAAcross 15: PiquantRACYAAcross 16: Ningpo nurseAMAHAAcross 17: Fictional detectiveNICKCARTERAAcross 19: Top-ranking bishopPRIMATEAAcross 21: Out on a limb, literallyTREEDAAcross 22: Rock: Comb. formLITEAAcross 23: CroniesPALSAAcross 24: "Bread and Wine" author: 1937SILONEAAcross 27: TV plainclothesmanBARETTAAAcross 30: Hot ___ pistolASAAAcross 31: Mediterranean gulf or seaportGABESAAcross 33: WheySERUMAAcross 35: Program featuring HawkeyeMASHAAcross 37: Dean Martin showROASTAAcross 39: MonkeyshineDIDOAAcross 40: Studio tripodEASELAAcross 42: Midnight plus 60 minutesONEAMAAcross 44: Browning's "Rabbi ___ Ezra"BENAAcross 45: TV sleuthCOLUMBOAAcross 47: Nine days' devotionNOVENAAAcross 49: Antelope, to a lionPREYAAcross 50: Architectural pierANTAAAcross 51: Baby powdersTALCSAAcross 53: Like the neighbors' grassGREENERAAcross 56: Spillane's shamusMIKEHAMMERAAcross 58: Gator's cousinCROCAAcross 60: Wellaway!ALASAAcross 61: EffronteryBRASSAAcross 62: Within: Comb. formENDOAAcross 63: Utensils for PoePENSAAcross 64: Stevie Wonder's "___ She Lovely"ISNTAAcross 65: Kt.'s attendantESQDDown 1: Peninsula in the U.S.A.FLA.DDown 2: Garage entranceRAMPDDown 3: Colleague of Dwight in W.W. IIOMARDDown 4: Timeworn, as a jokeTRITEDDown 5: Defense against a muggerMACEDDown 6: Floating zooARKDDown 6: Floating zooARK.DDown 7: Juice for ZeusNECTARDDown 8: CollaredARRESTEDDDown 9: Chanticleer, to a biddyMATEDDown 10: On the rocksICEDDDown 11: ___ Darya, Soviet riverSYRDDown 13: S.S. Van Dine protagonist, with 48 DownPHILODDown 14: Painting the town redONATEARDDown 18: Van Gogh's "Bedroom at ___"ARLESDDown 20: Chinese dynasty or vaseMINGDDown 23: Gone with the winds of fashionPASSEDDown 24: Like many an "old story"SAMEDDown 25: Rebecca's spouseISAACDDown 26: Steer snaggerLASSODDown 27: Bingo's twinBEANODDown 28: Chief's concernTRIBEDDown 29: Pulitzer poet: 1948AUDENDDown 32: Kind of prizeBOOBYDDown 34: Leonardo ladyMONADDown 36: IncapacitatedHELPLESSDDown 38: LeatherworkersTANNERSDDown 41: Decisive defeat in cribbageLURCHDDown 43: Small particleMOTEDDown 46: Iron-ore rangeMESABIDDown 48: See 13 DownVANCEDDown 50: "There's no music in ___": RuskinARESTDDown 51: High silk hatTILEDDown 52: Descendant of EsauAKANDDown 53: Relative of 4 AcrossG-MANDDown 54: Lightweight champ: 1899–1902ERNEDDown 55: Gangland gatsRODSDDown 56: Touring aidMAPDDown 57: Gamp or GummidgeMRSDDown 57: Gamp or GummidgeMRS.DDown 59: Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le ___ d'Or"COQ