New York Times Answers - Friday, 21st December 1979 There are 36 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 21st December 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: BeatALL INAAcross 6: TotallyIN ALLAAcross 11: Between ___ and CharybdisSCYLLAAAcross 12: Oriental water wheelsNORIASAAcross 14: Frozen concoctionSHERBETAAcross 15: TotalsCOMESTOAAcross 17: Marquette and DumasPERESAAcross 18: Lack of muscle powerATONYAAcross 20: "All systems go!"A-OKAAcross 21: TeasesRIBSAAcross 22: Wines revived by new fermentationSTUMSAAcross 23: Site of the Pearl MosqueAGRAAAcross 24: BabaALIAAcross 25: Mall unitSTOREAAcross 26: Small and insignificantDINKYAAcross 27: ClosemouthedTACITURNAAcross 29: BadgerHARASSAAcross 30: FrequentlyMANYATIMEAAcross 32: DepthsNADIRSAAcross 35: Union general at AntietamBURNSIDEAAcross 39: Slur overELIDEAAcross 40: HeartsCORESAAcross 41: Born: Fr.NEEAAcross 42: ___ en scèneMISEAAcross 43: Pitcher's spotMOUNDAAcross 44: Cookbook wordSTIRAAcross 45: Nabokov heroineADAAAcross 46: Dumas's "Le ___ de Monte Cristo"COMTEAAcross 47: In music, slow and dignifiedLARGOAAcross 48: Steak ___TARTAREAAcross 50: Church officersDEACONSAAcross 52: ShostakovichDMITRIAAcross 53: Euphrates' counterpartTIGRISAAcross 54: U.S. naturalist and writerSET ONAAcross 54: U.S. naturalist and writerSETONAAcross 55: BeginningONSETDDown 1: Like vinegarACERBICDDown 2: Biblical harpsLYRESDDown 3: Degrees for D.A.'sLLBSDDown 4: Ending for erect or tactILEDDown 5: Type of event for Mark SpitzNATATORYDDown 6: Form 1040 entryINCOMEDDown 7: High timesNOONSDDown 8: HostARMYDDown 9: "Let sleeping dogs ___"LIEDDown 10: Relative of cannelloniLASAGNADDown 11: ___ Graham, Fitzgerald's belovedSHEILADDown 13: Kin of ibisesSTORKSDDown 14: Small herringSPRATDDown 16: ApprovesOKAYSDDown 19: 1 and 6 Across or 54 and 55 Across, e.g.TURNABOUTDDown 22: AstoundsSTUNSDDown 23: Buenos ___AIRESDDown 25: Homophone for stairSTAREDDown 26: Denounces as a failureDAMNSDDown 28: Chemical compoundIMIDEDDown 29: EngagedHIREDDDown 31: Sought help fromTURNEDTODDown 32: Thread: Comb. formNEMATDDown 33: Upper part of a surveyor's transitALIDADDDown 34: Makes friendly or harmlessDISARMSDDown 36: Mass partINTROITDDown 37: CondescendsDEIGNSDDown 38: Architect Saarinen and othersEEROSDDown 40: Reply to a knockCOME INDDown 43: HillockMORRODDown 44: ___ Coeur, Paris landmarkSACREDDown 46: First president of League of Women VotersCATTDDown 47: Falls behindLAGSDDown 49: Even-steven situationTIEDDown 51: German articleEIN