New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 17th October 1979 There are 33 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 17th October 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Word with sun or headLAMPAAcross 5: One with a heavy scheduleDOERAAcross 9: Barbizon painterCOROTAAcross 14: Celebes oxANOAAAcross 15: Competitor of Mickey and AgathaERLEAAcross 16: ScentAROMAAAcross 17: Start of a husband's complaint to a friendMYMRSMAKESMEMADAAcross 20: BulwarksBASTIONSAAcross 21: Gardening toolsEDGERSAAcross 22: "All nature is but ___": PopeARTAAcross 23: Prefix for classicsNEOAAcross 24: Continuation of 17 AcrossSHEKEEPSWINNINGAAcross 33: RouseWAKEAAcross 34: H.R.E. nameOTHOAAcross 35: John or JaneDOEAAcross 36: Rara ___AVISAAcross 37: "Help wanted" advertiserHIRERAAcross 38: ThresholdSILLAAcross 39: Game piecesMENAAcross 40: Jewish monthELULAAcross 41: RelatedTOLDAAcross 42: End of husband's complaintINGINRUMMYGAMESAAcross 47: Metaphor's cousin: Abbr.SIMAAcross 48: Bobby of rink fameORRAAcross 49: N.Y. prison or region in GreeceATTICAAAcross 52: PonderCOGITATEAAcross 57: Friend's punny response to complaintWHYDONTYOUPOKERAAcross 59: Cologne oilNEROLAAcross 60: CupidAMORAAcross 61: TarkentonFRANAAcross 62: Siesta soundSNOREAAcross 63: Wading itemBOOTAAcross 64: Subway tokenFAREDDown 1: Chop sourceLAMBDDown 2: Seton, the authorANYADDown 3: May honoreesMOMSDDown 4: Shares inPARTAKESDDown 5: Reduce in gradeDEMOTEDDown 6: Mediterranean portORANDDown 7: Part of B.P.O.E.ELKSDDown 8: ArikaraREEDDown 9: Where Walt Whitman lived in N.J.CAMDENDDown 10: Beaver StateOREGONDDown 11: Where Trevi Fountain isROMEDDown 12: He and Charles write a bridge columnOMARDDown 13: Little folksTADSDDown 18: FatherSIREDDown 19: Advanced in rankSENIORDDown 24: PunditSWAMIDDown 25: AsylumHAVENDDown 26: ___ out (making do)EKINGDDown 27: Doughboy's allyPOILUDDown 28: Hum's partnerSTRUMDDown 29: OverpowerWHELMDDown 30: Lingo or dialectIDIOMDDown 31: ___ prosequiNOLLEDDown 32: Expurgates, as a bookGELDSDDown 37: Woody of musicHERMANDDown 38: InitiateSTART-OFFDDown 43: ___ Rabi, Nobelist in PhysicsISIDORDDown 44: Fitzgerald's Mrs. DiverNICOLEDDown 45: Health foodYOGURTDDown 46: ValiseGRIPDDown 49: Grain bristlesAWNSDDown 50: Now and ___ (occasionally)THENDDown 51: Amateur; neophyteTYRODDown 52: Wave: Comb. formCYMODDown 53: Goose eggsOOOODDown 54: Native of GhanaAKRADDown 55: Sign of sorrowTEARDDown 56: Sea eagleERNEDDown 58: Filer's aidTAB