New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 24th October 1979 There are 36 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 24th October 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: The Crimson Tide, for shortBAMAAAcross 5: God of loveAMORAAcross 9: One of two before "hooray"HIPAAcross 12: Capital of GuamAGANAAAcross 14: Successor to Claudius INEROAAcross 15: Emulated PenelopeWOVEAAcross 16: Hundred on a gridironYARDSAAcross 17: On ___ (in trouble with the boss)THECARPETAAcross 19: Suffix with disc and talcOIDAAcross 20: SpreeTOOTAAcross 22: Poet Lizette Woodworth ___REESEAAcross 23: Group honored annually on Oct. 24UNITED NATIONSAAcross 27: Kong's captiveWRAYAAcross 28: Home of the OilersHOUSTONAAcross 31: Tom Joad, for oneOKIEAAcross 34: "The ___ of Navarone": 1961 filmGUNSAAcross 35: "___ pro nobis"ORAAAcross 36: Legislative body for 23 AcrossGENERAL ASSEMBLYAAcross 41: Platter for a deejayRECAAcross 42: State flower of Tenn.IRISAAcross 43: Shoe widthsEEESAAcross 44: PuzzlesENIGMASAAcross 46: InoculationSHOTAAcross 49: Where the blueprint for 23 Across was drawn upDUMBARTONOAKSAAcross 54: He wrote "The Old Wives' Tale": 1595PEELEAAcross 56: First-rateA-ONEAAcross 57: Nickname for one of the RussellsLILAAcross 58: Bureaucratic buck-passingRUN AROUNDAAcross 58: Bureaucratic buck-passingRUNAROUNDAAcross 61: ExpiateATONEAAcross 63: Comedian JohnsonARTEAAcross 64: Slangy synonym for influenceDRAGAAcross 65: Musketeer maneuverLUNGEAAcross 66: Sandberg's "The People, ___"YESAAcross 67: ___-Q, old danceSUSYAAcross 68: "Father Knows ___"BESTDDown 1: Jambalaya countryBAYOUDDown 2: "How's that ___?"AGAINDDown 3: Melville bookMARDIDDown 4: Rain cats ___ dogsANDDDown 5: Burton role in 1962ANTONYDDown 6: Zubin ___, noted conductorMEHTADDown 7: Native mineralOREDDown 7: Native mineralORE.DDown 8: Fabulous birdROCDDown 9: "Man partly is, and wholly ___": BrowningHOPESTOBEDDown 10: Currier's partnerIVESDDown 11: Rose or FountainPETEDDown 13: Fall bloomASTERDDown 15: TomtitsWRENSDDown 18: ExciteAROUSEDDown 21: Harem roomODADDown 24: Sound from a nestTWEEDDown 25: What "sic" meansTHUSDDown 26: Cyclotron particlesIONSDDown 29: Wreath on a knight's helmetORLEDDown 30: Votes from the oppositionNAYSDDown 31: Man-eating monsterOGREDDown 32: SharpKEENDDown 33: OccurrencesINCIDENTSDDown 34: Natural ___GASDDown 37: Edging toolRIMMERDDown 38: Sinai dwellerARABDDown 39: Soprano Della CasaLISADDown 40: "Get ___ the Church on Time"METODDown 45: Upper throatsGULAEDDown 46: Like a stick-in-the-mudSTODGYDDown 47: Darlin'HONDDown 48: He played in "Love Story"ONEALDDown 50: Punjab princesRANASDDown 51: By oneselfALONEDDown 52: Book of the BibleKINGSDDown 53: One cause of crashesSLEETDDown 54: Say gracePRAYDDown 55: Chartres' streamEUREDDown 59: Army togsODSDDown 60: O.A.S. memberURUDDown 62: Junior's Saturday evening postTUB