New York Times Answers - Thursday, 6th December 1979 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 6th December 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ProclivityBENTAAcross 5: Spectral typeBSTARAAcross 10: Visored capETONAAcross 14: "Dich, teure Halle," e.g.ARIAAAcross 15: Actress VerdugoELENAAAcross 16: "Memory ___," 1924 songLANEAAcross 17: Wagnerian sinnerTANNHAUSERAAcross 19: Prefix with bellumANTEAAcross 20: D.C. documentsSTATUTESAAcross 21: Poet WylieELINORAAcross 23: Writer KingsleyAMISAAcross 24: "And sew ___ seam"AFINEAAcross 25: Retail storeOUTLETAAcross 28: Professors' recompensesSTIPENDSAAcross 31: KringleCLAUSAAcross 32: Stepping stones for ElizaFLOESAAcross 33: Tchu!BAHAAcross 34: Plates for pandowdiesTINSAAcross 35: Kind of alley or dateBLINDAAcross 36: Polynesian godTANEAAcross 37: Suffix with existENTAAcross 38: DevoutnessPIETYAAcross 39: Recipe directionSAUTEAAcross 40: Blossoms with a scent resembling a beverageTEAROSESAAcross 42: Dickens, Eliot et al.PENMENAAcross 43: ___-nest (hoax)MARESAAcross 44: Bonn students' assembly hallAULAAAcross 45: SexyEROTICAAcross 47: His capital is St. John'sANTIGUANAAcross 51: Hawaii's second largest islandMAUIAAcross 52: Eucharist hymnTANTUMERGOAAcross 54: "Money ___ object"ISNOAAcross 55: Bar at the barESTOPAAcross 56: Hudson contemporariesREOSAAcross 57: "___ Fall in Love," 1933 songLETSAAcross 58: ___ list (honor roll)DEANSAAcross 59: Word in a New Year's songSYNEDDown 1: Dugout lumberBATSDDown 2: Part of Q.E.D.ERATDDown 3: "Strange Interlude" heroineNINADDown 4: Hungry, thirsty, tormented king of mythologyTANTALUSDDown 5: ScramBEATITDDown 6: OodlesSLUESDDown 7: Bride in a Chester Gould stripTESSDDown 8: Dunce, in DijonANEDDown 9: Abstruse or very highRAREFIEDDDown 10: Lady who died pining for LancelotELAINEDDown 11: Yule tree for little FritzTANNENBAUMDDown 12: Two prepositions in oneONTODDown 13: At no time, to TennysonNE'ERDDown 18: Actor Cronyn et al.HUMESDDown 22: "Hot ___," Swit role on TVLIPSDDown 24: Lack of vital energyATONYDDown 25: Quintet plus trioOCTETDDown 26: ___ Arena in D.C.ULINEDDown 27: Having equal forceTANTAMOUNTDDown 28: ChinksSLITSDDown 29: Beatrice's Florentine admirerDANTEDDown 30: LusterSHEENDDown 32: Skips townFLEESDDown 35: Split down the middleBISECTEDDDown 36: Scarlet ___ (red robins)TANAGERSDDown 38: Finnish portPORIDDown 39: "___ the Sot," Turkish sultan: 1566–74SELIMDDown 41: ProportionsRATIOSDDown 42: Packages of yarn or threadPUTUPSDDown 44: ChekhovANTONDDown 45: Oscar-winner JanningsEMILDDown 46: Make an incised markRASEDDown 47: Show-biz groupANTADDown 48: Discoverer of heavy hydrogenUREYDDown 49: Greek contestAGONDDown 50: Pinocchio featureNOSEDDown 53: Enzyme suffixASE