New York Times Answers - Thursday, 16th August 1979 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 16th August 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: EagerAVIDAAcross 5: Kind of sugar or syrupMAPLEAAcross 10: Nicklaus and Palmer, e.g.PROSAAcross 14: Explosive deviceMINEAAcross 15: IrritatingACRIDAAcross 16: Part of a roofEAVEAAcross 17: Lid in a street (nonsexist style)PERSONHOLECOVERAAcross 20: DisparagedDECRIEDAAcross 21: Burdens for BrutusONERAAAcross 22: PeruseREADAAcross 23: NimbleSPRYAAcross 25: NegligentREMISSAAcross 28: Chimpanzees and gorillasAPESAAcross 29: Haggard's AyeshaSHEAAcross 32: Succulent plantALOEAAcross 33: Mall unitSTOREAAcross 34: ConflictWARAAcross 35: Worldly one (nonsexist style)PERSONABOUTTOWNAAcross 39: Manet's "___ Boat"INAAAcross 40: Old NickSATANAAcross 41: Nylons, e.g.HOSEAAcross 42: "Life with Father" authorDAYAAcross 43: Leave outOMITAAcross 44: Old hagsCRONESAAcross 46: Small birdWRENAAcross 47: Blue, in BonnBLAUAAcross 48: Alaskan highwayALCANAAcross 51: Member of a farmers' organizationGRANGERAAcross 54: Unpremeditated homicide (nonsexist style)PERSONSLAUGHTERAAcross 58: Hit a dipteranSWATAAcross 59: CommencesOPENSAAcross 60: Word before poem or deafTONEAAcross 61: Advance graduallyEDGEAAcross 62: Beatrice's admirerDANTEAAcross 63: Haughty oneSNOBDDown 1: Elec. unitAMPDDown 2: ContestedVIEDDDown 3: AnentINREDDown 4: SpiesDESCRIESDDown 5: CrazesMANIASDDown 6: HurtACHEDDDown 7: GoadPRODDDown 8: Diamond ___LILDDown 9: Dutch communeEDEDDown 10: Gaudy flowerPEONYDDown 11: Glowing reviewRAVEDDown 12: " . . . the rain is ___ and gone"OVERDDown 13: Evening, in MilanoSERADDown 18: Unrefined materialsORESDDown 19: "Gay Nineties" unmentionableCORSETDDown 23: Pitch wooSPOONDDown 24: Scene of Pizarro's conquestPERUDDown 25: Part of IRTRAPIDDDown 26: ___ Mukhina. Soviet gymnastELENADDown 27: Voracious eelMORAYDDown 28: Up, in baseballAT-BATDDown 29: FaintSWOONDDown 30: Ship's hole for cablesHAWSEDDown 31: Anagram for sneerERNESDDown 33: Lining materialSATINDDown 36: City in ChileOSORNODDown 37: DesignateNAMEDDown 38: "___ rule the world": EmersonTHOUGHTSDDown 44: Contract sectionCLAUSEDDown 45: TelephonedRANGDDown 46: Consume uselesslyWASTEDDown 47: Arctic gooseBRANTDDown 48: Church sectionAPSEDDown 49: ObsceneLEWDDDown 50: Rough, broken cliffCRAGDDown 51: Secluded valleyGLENDDown 52: Public schoolETONDDown 53: Splitsville, U.S.A.RENODDown 55: DozeNODDDown 56: Health spotSPADDown 57: Johnny ___REB