New York Times Answers - Saturday, 29th September 1979 There are 33 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 29th September 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Alamo commanderTRAVISAAcross 7: ProposalOFFERAAcross 12: Loner by choiceEREMITEAAcross 13: Valuable East Indian treesNIEPASAAcross 15: Careful motoristDEFENSIVEDRIVERAAcross 18: Makes patchesDARNSAAcross 19: Hill's partnerDALEAAcross 20: Town of water-into-wine miracleCANAAAcross 21: One of Jason's ArgonautsIDASAAcross 22: De Mille of film fameCECILAAcross 23: Band dateGIGAAcross 24: Clockmaker TerryELIAAcross 25: Poe nameALLANAAcross 26: ColumnSTELEAAcross 28: Spanish wifeSENORAAAcross 30: WobbledTEETEREDAAcross 32: Mr. FixitREPAIRMANAAcross 34: Sea of the Bermuda TriangleSARGASSOAAcross 37: The very thingITSELFAAcross 41: Comes to heelOBEYSAAcross 42: $100 billC-NOTEAAcross 44: Sticky liquidTARAAcross 45: Foot, to FabiusPESAAcross 46: Flattens by hammeringPEENSAAcross 47: French roastROTIAAcross 48: Kitchen spreadOLEOAAcross 50: ConcerningINREAAcross 51: Material from flaxLINENAAcross 52: Good reason for a citationRECKLESSDRIVINGAAcross 55: Prefix for sphereSTRATOAAcross 56: Golden huedAUREATEAAcross 57: Lecherous manSATYRAAcross 58: HankersYEARNSDDown 1: PedalTREADLEDDown 2: DesistREFRAINDDown 3: Closing wordsAMENSDDown 4: Sauterne and BeaujolaisVINSDDown 5: "Beauty is ___ own excuse for being"ITSDDown 6: Beer glassSEIDELDDown 7: Youngman gagONE-LINERDDown 8: He ousted FulgencioFIDELDDown 9: ___-de-lanceFERDDown 10: HeroicEPICDDown 11: DespoilerRAVAGERDDown 12: Small whirlsEDDIESDDown 14: Like some nonagenariansSENILEDDown 16: Groups in summer jamsVACATIONERSDDown 17: Vented furyRAGEDDDown 22: Sounds from claquesCLAPSDDown 25: DistrictsAREASDDown 26: Kind of highwaySTATEDDown 27: Halves of a scoreTENSDDown 29: Specialty of DionysusORGYDDown 31: IssuesEMITSDDown 33: Steep funicular railwayASCENSORDDown 34: Deep sleepSOPORDDown 35: White poplarsABELESDDown 36: Pares surgicallyRESECTSDDown 38: British schoolboyETONIANDDown 39: Undeveloped fingerprintsLATENTSDDown 40: Surrey topperFRINGEDDown 43: SometimeONEDAYDDown 46: DevoutnessPIETYDDown 47: Moon or SpoonRIVERDDown 49: Gumbo vegetableOKRADDown 51: Money in MilanLIRADDown 53: Long. partnerLATDDown 54: Muse regretfullyRUE