New York Times Answers - Friday, 28th December 1979 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 28th December 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: HotEAGERAAcross 6: Turner in a sawWORMAAcross 10: StrategyPLANAAcross 14: BreadthSCOPEAAcross 15: Kind of hempALOEAAcross 16: Interior decorator's wordREDOAAcross 17: TomSTOPPARDORJONESAAcross 20: SpottedESPIEDAAcross 21: Pine cone, e.g.STROBILEAAcross 22: RemnantsENDSAAcross 24: Nobelist Joliot-CurieIRENEAAcross 25: License plateTAGAAcross 28: Part of pewterTINAAcross 29: GratifiedFEDAAcross 30: Eastern bigwigAMIRAAcross 32: Caesar's erstwhile partnerCOCAAAcross 34: Composer CoplandAARONAAcross 39: DickCAVETTORVANDYKEAAcross 42: "___ Calls It Murder": GardnerTHEDAAAcross 43: Egress or ingressDOORAAcross 44: Interlaken's riverAAREAAcross 45: Documents: Abbr.MSSAAcross 47: Corduroy unitRIBAAcross 49: MournfulSADAAcross 50: Ovine soundBLEATAAcross 53: FlatfishSOLEAAcross 55: Most delicateFRAILESTAAcross 58: One of Mrs. Browning's poemsSONNETAAcross 62: HarryLAUDERORHOUDINIAAcross 64: Range unitACREAAcross 65: Suffix with argo or cosmoNAUTAAcross 66: Profound sleepSOPORAAcross 67: ApproachNEARAAcross 68: Stretches, with "out"EKESAAcross 69: Remove completelyERASEDDown 1: BeingESSEDDown 2: "J.B." unitsACTSDDown 3: Sticky stuffGOOPDDown 4: Ann Landers, to her folksEPPIEDDown 5: Evangelist's adviceREPENTDDown 6: Crimean ___: 1853–56WARDDown 7: Ransom Eli ___OLDSDDown 8: Ginseng or ginger, e.g.ROOTDDown 9: Like ye olde EnglandMERRIEDDown 10: TestPROBEDDown 11: Vladimir UlyanovLENINDDown 12: An AstaireADELEDDown 13: Durante's schnozzolaNOSEDDown 18: Pusher's preyADDICTDDown 19: James ___ (Fibber McGee)JORDANDDown 23: HairnetsSNOODSDDown 25: DelicacyTACTDDown 26: Oriental nurseAMAHDDown 27: SlackGIVEDDown 29: Is partial toFAVORSDDown 31: Word with grouse or grouperREDDDown 33: ___-MagnonCRODDown 35: College town of Ohio or OklahomaADADDown 36: Certain rugsRYASDDown 37: Gumbo ingredientOKRADDown 38: "O, reason not the ___!"NEEDDDown 40: Enchilada relativeTAMALEDDown 41: Like a song by PucciniARIOSODDown 46: "Tristram Shandy" authorSTERNEDDown 48: Soyer's "Girl in a White ___"BLOUSEDDown 50: PairBRACEDDown 51: Petrarch's loveLAURADDown 52: DownEIDERDDown 54: Biblical witching placeENDORDDown 55: Large open pieFLANDDown 56: SteepSOAKDDown 57: PlumbTRUEDDown 59: Malay palmNIPADDown 60: SlaughterENOSDDown 61: Lose interestTIREDDown 63: Alts.HTS