New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 4th September 1979 There are 40 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 4th September 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Gym itemMATAAcross 4: Part of SALTARMSAAcross 8: Lambs' masEWESAAcross 12: IterateECHOAAcross 14: ___ and boundsLEAPSAAcross 16: QE2, e.g.SHIPAAcross 17: Stair partSTEPAAcross 18: TriteBANALAAcross 19: Movie, in MadridCINEAAcross 20: Did a lawn choreHOSEDAAcross 22: Made less severeMITIGATEDAAcross 24: BucolicRURALAAcross 26: Doe or roeFEMALEAAcross 27: IndigenousNATIVEAAcross 29: Lasting imprintSTAMPAAcross 31: Landers or SothernANNAAcross 33: WronglyAMISSAAcross 35: SedateSTAIDAAcross 37: CollegienneCO-EDAAcross 37: CollegienneCOEDAAcross 39: CaperANTICAAcross 41: Suffix for refer or preferENCEAAcross 42: RefugeHAVENAAcross 44: Mystery writer's awardEDGARAAcross 46: AdageSAWAAcross 47: Where an armless Venus was found in 1820MELOSAAcross 49: InterENTOMBAAcross 51: Comic-strip canineRIVETSAAcross 53: DeclaimSPOUTAAcross 55: RussianMUSCOVITEAAcross 58: RegisterENROLAAcross 60: VicinityAREAAAcross 61: ZolaEMILEAAcross 63: WhirlpoolEDDYAAcross 64: Glove for ChamblissMITTAAcross 65: Lave lightlyRINSEAAcross 66: Light-___ (about six trillion miles)YEARAAcross 67: BeingESSEAAcross 68: Textile workerDYERAAcross 69: Flock of pheasantsNYEDDown 1: CoordinateMESHDDown 2: Olivier or BarrymoreACTORDDown 3: "___ on the British Empire" (19th-century boast)THESUNNEVERSETSDDown 4: VestmentALBDDown 5: CountersinkREAMDDown 6: Doctrine of U.S. expansionists in the 19th centuryMANIFEST DESTINYDDown 7: FreshetSPATEDDown 8: Increase rapidly, as pricesESCALATEDDown 9: Specious justification for 19th-century empire buildingWHITE MAN'S BURDENDDown 10: Article, in AnhaltEINEDDown 11: HastenedSPEDDDown 13: "Billy Budd" is oneOPERADDown 15: Diets successfullySLIMSDDown 21: InformationDATADDown 23: Gangsters' weaponsGATSDDown 25: Bean or capitalLIMADDown 28: Virginia creeper, e.g.VINEDDown 30: Type of typePICADDown 31: German interjectionACHDDown 32: Chomsky of linguisticsNOAMDDown 34: SymbolSIGNDDown 36: "Foggy, Foggy, ___"DEWDDown 38: FragileDELICATEDDown 40: Clowder membersCATSDDown 43: De ___ (again)NOVODDown 45: HogtieROPEDDown 48: SunderSEVERDDown 50: Evil's proverbial rootMONEYDDown 52: FearfulTIMIDDDown 54: NowTODAYDDown 55: Blame-bearer in a songMAMEDDown 56: He wrote "Battle Cry": 1953URISDDown 57: Threat wordELSEDDown 59: Trichord, e.g.LYREDDown 62: Poetic contractionE'ER