New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 12th December 1979 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 12th December 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pleasure soundsAHSAAcross 4: Mrs. BunkerEDITHAAcross 9: Le ___, auto-racing centerMANSAAcross 13: ___ d'etatCOUPAAcross 15: Crooner RossLANNYAAcross 16: Eastern portAMOYAAcross 17: A MaxwellELSAAAcross 18: "The ___ Lady," 1928 filmMYSTERIOUSAAcross 20: Most intelligentSMARTESTAAcross 22: Certain tan fanNUDISTAAcross 23: Stendhal's "Le Rouge et le ___"NOIRAAcross 24: Prop for yesteryear's dandyCANEAAcross 25: The ___ of the ballBELLEAAcross 27: Half or third of a danceCHAAAcross 29: FireplaceINGLEAAcross 33: Dueling bladeEPEEAAcross 34: Gothic kingALARICAAcross 36: Battering objectRAMAAcross 37: Hubbard's dog's shareNONEAAcross 38: Star of films in this puzzleGARBOAAcross 39: ___ Humorum, dark plain on the moonMAREAAcross 40: Tribe of NigeriaEDOAAcross 41: Site of Lafayette CollegeEASTONAAcross 42: French fresco figureANGEAAcross 43: Man from Port ArthurTEXANAAcross 45: Word with bull or fountainPENAAcross 46: Down ___ (Australia)UNDERAAcross 47: Wife of Harry SBESSAAcross 49: Man from TallinnESTHAAcross 50: "And what is ___ as . . . "SORAREAAcross 53: Prison managementPENOLOGYAAcross 57: Film of 1926THETORRENTAAcross 59: Raison d'___ETREAAcross 60: ___-de-campAIDEAAcross 61: Light stage fareFARCEAAcross 62: O'CaseySEANAAcross 63: Kind of times or newsGOODAAcross 64: DirectSTEERAAcross 65: Weight abbr.LBSDDown 1: Dice throwACESDDown 2: Olympic swimmer EleanorHOLMDDown 3: "___: Her Fall and Rise," 1931 filmSUSANLENOXDDown 4: Rice or GantryELMERDDown 5: September's thirtyDAYSDDown 6: Sch. or acad.INSTDDown 7: Nobel productTNTDDown 8: Al Capp's Lena the ___HYENADDown 9: Kind of voyageMAIDENDDown 10: Mine, in ToursAMOIDDown 11: Entre ___NOUSDDown 12: Method: Abbr.SYSTDDown 14: One released on trustPAROLEEDDown 19: Like an old Norse poemRUNICDDown 21: Kind of bindTIEDDown 24: Duplicating aidCARBONDDown 25: "John Brown's Body" poetBENETDDown 26: Lyric poemEPODEDDown 27: Jewelry itemsCLASPSDDown 28: Author Bret ___HARTEDDown 30: Film of 1932GRANDHOTELDDown 31: At ___ (loose)LARGEDDown 32: Potentate in ArabiaEMEERDDown 34: ___ KhanAGADDown 35: Charged particleIONDDown 39: Cloaks or capesMANTLESDDown 41: Juárez JanuaryENERODDown 44: Eased upABATEDDDown 46: G.I.'s home away from homeUSODDown 48: Certain laborersSERFSDDown 49: Go onstageENTERDDown 50: "The ___ at eve . . . "STAGDDown 51: Buckeye StateOHIODDown 52: Alter the décorREDODDown 53: Balzac's "Le ___ Goriot"PEREDDown 54: Suffix with inferENCEDDown 55: Kind of bagGRABDDown 56: DesiresYENSDDown 58: TattletaleRAT