New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 9th October 1979 There are 38 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 9th October 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ___ up (stimulates)PEPSAAcross 5: ConsolidateMERGEAAcross 10: "___ virumque cano . . . "ARMAAAcross 14: Word with marine or planeAQUAAAcross 15: ___ Guinea (African republic)EQUATORIALAAcross 17: RotateTURNAAcross 18: Slapstick propCUSTARD PIEAAcross 19: "God shed ___ grace on thee"HISAAcross 20: "Be gone!"SCATAAcross 21: LackNEEDAAcross 22: PardonableVENIALAAcross 24: Kind of songSWANAAcross 26: Dull, spiritless peopleMOPERSAAcross 27: Spills the beansTATTLESAAcross 31: Land holdingsACRESAAcross 32: Snow or soap followerFLAKEAAcross 34: ___-SaudIBNAAcross 35: "Little Red Book" authorMAOAAcross 36: Relinquish, as rightsWAIVEAAcross 37: Sine ___ nonQUAAAcross 38: Quantity of heat: Abbr.B.T.U.AAcross 38: Quantity of heat: Abbr.BTUAAcross 39: RoughCRUDEAAcross 40: Use oakum or tar on a boatCAULKAAcross 42: Roman police officersAEDILESAAcross 44: Word of honorPAROLEAAcross 45: Declaim violentlyRANTAAcross 46: Hunting expeditionSAFARIAAcross 47: Be footlooseROAMAAcross 49: Public eminenceFAMEAAcross 50: Electric ___EELAAcross 52: Extra incomePERQUISITEAAcross 55: Stengel's widowEDNAAAcross 56: Sung or chanted in alternationANTIPHONALAAcross 57: CrowdRUCKAAcross 58: FlingTOSSAAcross 59: Operatic recitativeSCENAAAcross 60: Fencing weaponEPEEDDown 1: CoursePATHDDown 2: Use double talkEQUIVOCATEDDown 3: Rich and arrogantPURSE-PROUDDDown 4: ___ JacintoSANDDown 5: GoalsMECCASDDown 6: TantamountEQUALDDown 7: DeteriorateRUSTDDown 8: RoscoeGATDDown 9: Greek letterETADDown 10: ZealousARDENTDDown 11: Fully preparedRIPEDDown 12: Motel employeeMAIDDDown 13: Tavern itemALEDDown 16: Much adornedORNATEDDown 20: SalutationSIRSDDown 23: George Eliot, ___ EvansNEEDDown 24: Poem partSTAVEDDown 25: Pacific islandWAKEDDown 26: Cobra's relativeMAMBADDown 28: SquiffedLIQUOREDUPDDown 29: High spiritsEBULLIENCEDDown 30: Plumber's deviceSNAKEDDown 32: He sold his soulFAUSTDDown 33: Top of a cartonLIDDDown 36: SongbirdWRENDDown 39: Refuse to talkCLAM UPDDown 40: NightclubCAFEDDown 41: Heavenly AltarARADDown 43: Baghdad residentsIRAQISDDown 44: Richardson novelPAMELADDown 46: "Father of Lies"SATANDDown 47: Custer colleagueRENODDown 48: Table scrapsORTSDDown 49: Punish via the pocketbookFINEDDown 51: Erie or HuronLAKEDDown 52: One of the KennedysPATDDown 53: Letters on a priest's chasubleIHSDDown 54: Org.SOCDDown 55: Sooner thanERE