New York Times Answers - Thursday, 23rd August 1979 There are 37 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 23rd August 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spur onPRODAAcross 5: Kind of work or wearHEADAAcross 9: To-doSCRAPAAcross 14: ExperienceHAVEAAcross 15: Give the glad eyeOGLEAAcross 16: Business firmHOUSEAAcross 17: Aid a felonABETAAcross 18: Collectors' cubbiesTOLLBOOTHSAAcross 20: Garnishes for Parisians' pancakesSIROPSAAcross 22: African potentateAMIRAAcross 23: ___ up (irate)HETAAcross 24: Make safeENSUREAAcross 25: Hill dwellersANTSAAcross 27: Brigands' bootyTREASURE CHESTAAcross 33: Kind of lockOARAAcross 35: One of 39 in an old movieSTEPAAcross 36: Give ___ (bounce)THEAIRAAcross 37: GasconadesBRAGSAAcross 39: Upon: Comb. formEPIAAcross 41: Anatomical loopsANSAEAAcross 42: Tear jerkersONIONSAAcross 44: Abba ___EBANAAcross 46: Chemical endingYNEAAcross 47: Southwark, Vauxhall and WaterlooLONDONBRIDGESAAcross 50: Aircraft acronymSTOLAAcross 51: Real estate listingRENTALAAcross 54: "Methought I was enamour'd of an ___"ASSAAcross 57: Khomeini's domainIRANAAcross 59: Turkish city famed for mosquesEDIRNEAAcross 60: Like a certain writing styleSPENCERIANAAcross 63: Golfer SarazenGENEAAcross 64: "Gay ___"PAREEAAcross 65: Raines or LoganELLAAAcross 66: Proverbial heirsMEEKAAcross 67: Is in a swivetSTEWSAAcross 68: See 61 DownDEALAAcross 69: SweetsopATESDDown 1: Passing fancyPHASEDDown 2: Yitzhak of IsraelRABINDDown 3: Load beyond the limitOVERSTRAINDDown 4: RerouteDETOURDDown 5: Tight spotHOT SEATDDown 6: Item that can be inflated or deflatedEGODDown 7: ___ breveALLADDown 8: West Coast race trackDELMARDDown 9: CheatedSHORTCHANGEDDDown 10: Cote cryCOODDown 11: Buzzi or RomanRUTHDDown 12: Wimbledon winner: 1975ASHEDDown 13: Aphid, to a rosePESTDDown 19: Simon's confrère in I.Q. testingBINETDDown 21: City room write-upsPRESSNOTICESDDown 26: God, in ChinaSHENDDown 28: Get the pointSEEDDown 29: Kind of caseUPPERDDown 30: Lap of luxuryEASY STREETDDown 31: Chinese provincial capitalSIANDDown 32: Lemon or limeTREEDDown 33: One-sixth of a drachmaOBOLDDown 34: Pisa's riverARNODDown 38: ___ countryGODSDDown 40: There, to TacitusIBIDDown 43: Saw logs with eyes closedSNOREDDown 45: Stimulating anger or actionADRENALDDown 48: Exclaimed loudlyBLAREDDDown 49: Hard nut to crackENIGMADDown 52: It starts in janvierANNEEDDown 53: Herbs that sound wateryLEEKSDDown 54: Small cobrasASPSDDown 55: Family fussSPATDDown 56: WitheredSEREDDown 58: Aswan's riverNILEDDown 61: With 68 Across, 1930's promiseNEWDDown 62: ___ Dag (Turkish range)ALADDown 62: ___ Dag (Turkish range)ALA.