New York Times Answers - Saturday, 18th August 1979 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 18th August 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Play tricksJAPEAAcross 5: Test one's moral fiberTEMPTAAcross 10: TV's ParkerFESSAAcross 14: Gulf of ___ADENAAcross 15: ___-propre (self-esteem)AMOURAAcross 16: Mideastern republic since 1958: Var.IRAKAAcross 17: Italian physician and educator: 1870–1952MARIA MONTESSORIAAcross 20: Junctions of the skullBREGMATAAAcross 21: Has dinner at homeEATSINAAcross 22: Eight furlongsMILEAAcross 23: AmphibiansEFTSAAcross 24: Massenet operaARIANEAAcross 27: Amerind of ManitobaCREEAAcross 28: Handle clumsilyPAWAAcross 31: ___ DomingoSANTOAAcross 32: Evening, in ParisSOIRAAcross 33: Legal offensesMALAAAcross 34: Head of the "Flying Tigers"CLAIRECHENNAULTAAcross 37: Suffix used in names of acidsOLICAAcross 38: Geological divisionsERASAAcross 39: Central CaucasianOSSETAAcross 40: Son of OdinTYRAAcross 41: Narrow valleyGLENAAcross 42: Henrik and familyIBSENSAAcross 43: Theater sectionLOGEAAcross 44: Snick's partnerSNEEAAcross 45: More irritableEDGIERAAcross 48: Closes, as a passageOCCLUDESAAcross 52: Author of "Has Man a Future?": 1961BERTRAND RUSSELLAAcross 54: Poet translated by FitzGeraldOMARAAcross 55: Marsh birdsSORASAAcross 56: U.S. satelliteESSAAAcross 57: Time when many "punch in"NINEAAcross 58: FigureSHAPEAAcross 59: Distort or distortedSKEWDDown 1: What a door is inJAMBDDown 2: Month on an Israeli's calendarADARDDown 3: Balzac's "Le ___ Goriot"PEREDDown 4: PuzzlingENIGMATICDDown 5: Mexican fareTAMALEDDown 6: Act like DuseEMOTEDDown 7: Freeman of the screenMONADDown 8: Stock optionPUTDDown 9: Arborescent plantTREE FERNDDown 10: Ring weaponsFISTSDDown 11: Youngest of the godsEROSDDown 12: Draped garmentSARIDDown 13: The depth of beautySKINDDown 18: Musical keyAMINORDDown 19: CloySATEDDown 23: Canal, city and lakeERIESDDown 24: Broad necktieASCOTDDown 25: Mass meeting, sometimes peppyRALLYDDown 26: "The bombs bursting ___"INAIRDDown 27: Composer of "Over There"COHANDDown 28: IntermissionPAUSEDDown 29: Mel or HerveyALLENDDown 30: Pianist AndréWATTSDDown 32: Rocky debrisSCREEDDown 33: Workers in certain parlorsMASSEUSESDDown 35: Submerged marine plantEELGRASSDDown 36: Coveted annual prizes, for shortNOBELSDDown 41: Church or theater followingGOERDDown 42: Formed by stampingINCUSEDDown 43: British quartLITREDDown 44: Abandon a projectSCRAPDDown 45: "Heaven's ___ vault . . . ": ShelleyEBONDDown 46: Kind of johnDEMIDDown 47: Pilastro or ParadisoGRANDDown 48: The Oder, to CzechsODRADDown 49: RolltopDESKDDown 50: If notELSEDDown 51: Side dishSLAWDDown 53: Japanese dance-dramaNOH