New York Times Answers - Friday, 17th August 1979 There are 36 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th August 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Jack Sprat, perhapsDIETERAAcross 7: Channel swimmer GertrudeEDERLEAAcross 13: Humphrey's protégéMONDALEAAcross 14: ExercisersJOGGERSAAcross 16: NonwinnerALSO-RANAAcross 17: Winner's emotionELATIONAAcross 18: Carter's "Why ___ the Best?"NOTAAcross 19: AttractedENTICEDAAcross 21: F.D.R. measure re retirees: 1935SSAAAcross 22: Russian-Turkish border riverARASAAcross 24: Pub gameDARTSAAcross 25: ___ Woods National Monument, Calif.MUIRAAcross 26: Polite blokesGENTSAAcross 28: Famed VirginianLEEAAcross 29: Roscoe Tanner's strong pointSERVEAAcross 30: Large holdingsESTATESAAcross 32: OrdainedDECREEDAAcross 34: Block or ConniffRAYAAcross 35: Burmese nativeLAIAAcross 36: Desk adjunctBLOTTERAAcross 40: Nadia Comaneci, e.g.GYMNASTAAcross 44: Prices for hotel roomsRATESAAcross 45: "Wise" hooterOWLAAcross 47: Kind of bearPOLARAAcross 48: "It's ___ plan that can't be changed"ABADAAcross 49: Bargain of a sortSTEALAAcross 51: "The Blessed One," to HindusSIVAAAcross 52: Scand. nationNORAAcross 53: Ran overSCANNEDAAcross 55: Family memberDADAAcross 56: British pastimeCRICKETAAcross 58: Marathon runner's necessityCOURAGEAAcross 60: Poisonous herbHENBANEAAcross 61: Scrambles a messageENCODESAAcross 62: Took time outRESTEDAAcross 63: Like many lawnsSEEDEDDDown 1: Film star Del RioDOLORESDDown 2: TriceINSTANTDDown 3: Nigerian tribeEDODDown 4: Biblical weedTAREDDown 5: Oxlike African beastELANDDDown 6: Income source for landlordsRENTALSDDown 7: Did a bouncer's jobEJECTEDDDown 8: First Family of Hawaii: 1900–03DOLESDDown 9: Victorian expletiveEGADDDown 10: Army div.RGTDDown 11: Time for hobbiesLEISUREDDown 12: Wearing downEROSIVEDDown 13: DirectMANAGEDDown 15: NettedSNAREDDDown 20: SpleenIREDDown 23: Got goingSTARTEDDDown 25: SheepMERINOSDDown 27: Laws: Abbr.STATSDDown 29: ScaramouchSCAMPDDown 31: The sclera covers most of itEYEDDown 33: Pat Nixon's birthplace, in NevadaELYDDown 36: Rickey of baseball fameBRANCHDDown 37: PeonLABORERDDown 38: Pertaining to eared sealsOTARINEDDown 39: Took turnsROTATEDDDown 40: Slides off, as a blowGLANCESDDown 41: Surveyor's instrumentALIDADEDDown 42: Attacked violentlySAVAGEDDDown 43: SwapsTRADESDDown 46: Benign bump on the skinWENDDown 49: A Constable painting, e.g.SCENEDDown 50: Sierra ___LEONEDDown 53: Card game for threeSKATDDown 54: Mussolini's titleDUCEDDown 57: Important initials for CronkiteCBSDDown 59: Curl or Funseth of golfROD