New York Times Answers - Friday, 31st August 1979 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 31st August 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: It's sometimes interceptedPASSAAcross 5: Point; apexCUSPAAcross 9: Former U.N. headTHANTAAcross 14: Choir voiceALTOAAcross 15: Fairy-tale starterONCEAAcross 16: Book by D. S. FreemanRELEEAAcross 17: Part of a vending machineSLOTAAcross 18: Othello, for oneMOORAAcross 19: Kind of renewalURBANAAcross 20: Commit youthful folliesSOW ONE'S WILD OATSAAcross 23: WinkerEYELIDAAcross 24: PlodSLOGAAcross 25: Place for dumbbellsGYMAAcross 27: EliminateDELETEAAcross 32: Universal remedy propounded by ParacelsusAZOTHAAcross 36: "He's ___ Picker," 1914 Berlin songARAGAAcross 39: Final noticeOBITAAcross 40: Start an austerity programTIGHTEN ONE'S BELTAAcross 43: Rounded moldingsTORIAAcross 44: ExpressVENTAAcross 45: The Japanese call it ChosenKOREAAAcross 46: "Intellectual arm" of a worldwide org.UNESCOAAcross 48: Prefix with center or dermisEPIAAcross 50: Slangy approvalOKEHAAcross 53: Author of "Comin' thro' the Rye": 1875REEVESAAcross 58: Look out for No. 1FEATHER ONE'S NESTAAcross 63: Athlete under a domeASTROAAcross 64: ComponentUNITAAcross 65: Theater group lettersANTAAAcross 66: CompleteUTTERAAcross 67: ___ Neuf, across the SeinePONTAAcross 68: Oriental weightTAELAAcross 69: Quintet plus quartetNONETAAcross 70: SalverTRAYAAcross 71: BesidesELSEDDown 1: Old hatPASSEDDown 2: Bronze, e.g.ALLOYDDown 3: Vt. ski centerSTOWEDDown 4: Plant resembling the yuccaSOTOLDDown 5: Neil Simon's forteCOMEDYDDown 6: Some, in SevilleUNOSDDown 7: Lighters' kinSCOWSDDown 8: Pauline's predicamentPERILDDown 9: Long, tiring walkTRUDGEDDown 10: Protagonist, usuallyHERODDown 11: Spanish dukeALBADDown 12: SpruceNEATDDown 13: "Hamiltons"TENSDDown 21: "It Happened One ___"NIGHTDDown 22: InnLODGEDDown 26: Leonine locksMANEDDown 28: Timber wolfLOBODDown 29: Great-grandson of ShemEBERDDown 30: Ornamental ceramicTILEDDown 31: Singer James from L.A.ETTADDown 32: Island near Bering SeaATTUDDown 33: National park in UtahZIONDDown 34: Folklore fiendOGREDDown 35: "Let ___ cup pass . . . ": Matt.THISDDown 37: Guidry or SantoRONDDown 38: Prefix with date or chamberANTEDDown 41: SummonEVOKEDDown 42: "Blue ___," 1927 hit songSKIESDDown 47: SidekickCOHORTDDown 49: Like a cover girlPRETTYDDown 51: What active volcanoes doERUPTDDown 52: Item to count, in bridgeHONORDDown 54: Related on mother's sideENATEDDown 55: Like JudasVENALDDown 56: Noted writer of children's booksESTESDDown 57: FlatSTALEDDown 58: Goatlike creatureFAUNDDown 59: "___ Perpetua," Idaho mottoESTODDown 60: Business letter abbr.ATTNDDown 61: Eucalyptus or gingkoTREEDDown 62: "Strange Interlude" heroineNINA