New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 16th October 1979 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 16th October 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Stroke lightlyPATAAcross 4: Young codfishSCRODAAcross 9: Doorway partSILLAAcross 13: LamentationALASAAcross 15: French historianTAINEAAcross 16: Sills specialtyARIAAAcross 17: Agree, for a bribe, not to prosecuteCOMPOUNDAFELONYAAcross 20: "___ Tables"SEPARATEAAcross 21: Arrives at O'HareLANDSAAcross 22: He married Octavia and later had her killedNEROAAcross 23: African lakeCHADAAcross 25: He likes to strikeSADISTAAcross 28: InsipidFLATAAcross 29: Menagerie memberAPEAAcross 32: Tavern stockALESAAcross 33: SatisfySLAKEAAcross 34: Barcelona bigwigDONAAcross 35: Live more thriftilyTIGHTEN ONE'S BELTAAcross 39: Little ___EVAAAcross 40: FragrancesODORSAAcross 41: Cap-___ (from head to foot)APIEAAcross 42: ___ MoinesDESAAcross 43: Modena moneyLIRAAAcross 44: Trusted adviserMENTORAAcross 46: Diminutive suffixETTEAAcross 47: Name meanning "princess"SARAAAcross 48: Kind of crow or babeSCAREAAcross 51: Fleet fellowSPRINTERAAcross 55: Work togetherMAKECOMMONCAUSEAAcross 58: "Iliad," for oneEPICAAcross 59: Lucky chanceFLUKEAAcross 60: ___ judgmentSNAPAAcross 61: "Down ___ McGinty," old songWENTAAcross 62: ___ Stadium, in DetroitTIGERAAcross 63: "Gloomy" oneGUSDDown 1: Footwear pairPACSDDown 2: Its leaves are used in a drugALOEDDown 3: Pack down lightlyTAMPDDown 4: Jeb or GilbertSTUARTDDown 5: Part of a Pound poemCANTODDown 6: Make fun ofRIDEDDown 7: "Three Men ___ Horse"ONADDown 8: Bus. lossDEFDDown 9: Word with bar or daysSALADDDown 10: CruelIRONDDown 11: Barnum's singerLINDDDown 12: "___ of Ancient Rome"LAYSDDown 14: Cervantes's tongueSPANISHDDown 18: Mining productsORESDDown 19: DelightsELATESDDown 23: Social divisionsCLANSDDown 24: Relative of 4 AcrossHAKEDDown 25: SurfeitedSATEDDDown 26: ___ to (noticing)ALIVEDDown 27: "L'Absinthe" painterDEGASDDown 28: Regional plantsFLORADDown 29: SkilledADEPTDDown 30: Target of Salk and SabinPOLIODDown 31: Script directionENTERDDown 33: Nocturnal noiseSNOREDDown 36: Pre-Aztec group in MexicoTOLTECDDown 37: Revise a manuscriptEDITDDown 38: LocoBANANASDDown 44: The Weaver of RaveloeMARNERDDown 45: ___ the RedERICDDown 46: Straight upERECTDDown 47: Gave a lectureSPOKEDDown 48: MerganserSMEWDDown 49: Fear, in N.C.CAPEDDown 50: RelatedAKINDDown 51: ComplacentSMUGDDown 52: ___ oil, used in varnishesTUNGDDown 53: One of Rebekah's boysESAUDDown 54: Twilled fabricsREPSDDown 56: Moore's "___ in the Stilly Night"OFTDDown 57: Fifteen years before HastingsMLI