New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 2nd January 1980 There are 36 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 2nd January 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Substance for etchingACIDAAcross 5: Make threadSPINAAcross 9: N'Djamena is its capitalCHADAAcross 13: ___ avisRARAAAcross 14: A swell in SwanseaTOFFAAcross 15: Gladiator's milieuARENAAAcross 16: Faneuil HallCRADLEOFLIBERTYAAcross 19: In a levelheaded waySENSIBLYAAcross 20: Loops formed by slipknotsNOOSESAAcross 21: FiverVEEAAcross 22: AmazeSTUNAAcross 23: Composer SamuelBARBERAAcross 27: Word canceling a deletionSTETAAcross 28: Maglie or MineoSALAAcross 31: Oxford collegeORIELAAcross 32: AfrikanerBOERAAcross 33: Verne's captainNEMOAAcross 34: "Annie Hall"WOODYALLENMOVIEAAcross 37: Italian noble houseESTEAAcross 38: Fat and lye productSOAPAAcross 39: Waugh et al.ALECSAAcross 40: ___ gestaeRESAAcross 41: AgitateSTIRAAcross 42: Saws wood with closed eyesSNORESAAcross 43: Mandrills, e.g.APESAAcross 44: Word with hole or luckPOTAAcross 45: CharmENAMORAAcross 48: Follow a car closelyTAIL GATEAAcross 48: Follow a car closelyTAILGATEAAcross 53: Gus HallCOMMUNISTLEADERAAcross 55: Dweller in DalmatiaCROATAAcross 56: AppraiseRATEAAcross 57: Word with ground or absoluteZEROAAcross 58: MeritEARNAAcross 59: JejuneARIDAAcross 60: Landers and SheridanANNSDDown 1: Circle partsARCSDDown 2: ConcernCAREDDown 3: Country on the Gulf of OmanIRANDDown 4: PopsDADSDDown 5: Eleanor, the sopranoSTEBERDDown 6: Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1918POOLEDDown 7: UncertainIFFYDDown 8: Eagles' org.NFLDDown 9: Legendary Greek kingCREONDDown 10: Word on a bath towelHERSDDown 11: Poker stakeANTEDDown 12: "Long ___ Journey Into Night"DAYSDDown 15: "___ face!"ABOUTDDown 17: FriskyLIVELYDDown 18: Apprentice of a sortINTERNDDown 22: BrewSTEEPDDown 23: Leafy shelterBOWERDDown 24: Came into beingAROSEDDown 25: Melees' kinRIOTSDDown 26: Hetty Sorrel's loverBEDEDDown 27: Kind of energySOLARDDown 28: Cut offSEVERDDown 29: Garb worn with alb and chasubleAMICEDDown 30: Loam depositLOESSDDown 32: City on the LoireBLOISDDown 33: ___ contendereNOLODDown 35: AftASTERNDDown 36: Cape or MickeyMANTLEDDown 41: Teapot featureSPOUTDDown 42: In need of 38 AcrossSOILEDDDown 43: Capital of JordanAMMANDDown 44: Page from OklahomaPATTIDDown 45: "___ homo!"ECCEDDown 46: Torvald Helmer's wifeNORADDown 47: Cupid, in artAMORDDown 48: Aleksei Mikhailovich, e.g.TSARDDown 49: Where Samson diedGAZADDown 50: Gulf or portADENDDown 51: Relative of a jaegerTERNDDown 52: Topic in a Platonic symposiumEROSDDown 54: Levin or WolfertIRA