New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 23rd January 1980 There are 36 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 23rd January 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fairy-tale creatureELFAAcross 4: InvestigatePROBEAAcross 9: Kind of room or tablePOOLAAcross 13: AnacondasBOASAAcross 15: Of the earAURALAAcross 16: AnnulUNDOAAcross 17: Manet portrait of a youthBOYWITHCHERRIESAAcross 20: Base runners, at timesSTEALERSAAcross 21: Short wooden matchesVESTASAAcross 22: Author AnaïsNINAAcross 23: His land is now IranMEDEAAcross 24: Raft woodBALSAAAcross 27: ___ Darya, Asian riverAMUAAcross 29: ___ robberyARMEDAAcross 33: Off Broadway awardOBIEAAcross 34: Tilled lands, in SpainARADASAAcross 36: Lee ___, heavyweight contender: 1951OMAAAcross 37: Manet portrait of a femaleWOMANWITHPARROTAAcross 40: Holiday heraldEVEAAcross 41: Egg-rolling dayEASTERAAcross 42: Little one: SuffixETTEAAcross 43: InvigorateRENEWAAcross 45: Poetic contractionE'ENAAcross 45: Poetic contractionEENAAcross 46: Indy 500 factorSPEEDAAcross 47: SweetsopATESAAcross 49: U.S.A., French styleEUAAAcross 50: PrayerORISONAAcross 53: Frisky zoo attractionsSEALIONSAAcross 58: Jan van Eyck self-portrait, with "A"MANINAREDTURBANAAcross 60: Anagram for neatANTEAAcross 61: RoamRANGEAAcross 62: Prefix with soft or sweetSEMIAAcross 63: ReputeODORAAcross 64: Fragrant compoundESTERAAcross 65: Slangy assentYEPDDown 1: RecedesEBBSDDown 2: Spoils of warLOOTDDown 3: Actress DunawayFAYEDDown 4: Eucharistic platePATENDDown 5: German industrial districtRUHRDDown 6: Sea monstersORCSDDown 7: "___! Humbug!"BAHDDown 8: French pupilELEVEDDown 9: Ship officialPURSERDDown 10: "Step ___!"ON ITDDown 11: Music hallsODEADDown 12: This makes some soreLOSSDDown 14: Welsh portSWANSEADDown 18: Pelvic bonesILIADDown 19: ___ beetREDASADDown 23: CootMUD HENDDown 23: CootMUDHENDDown 24: Leafy retreatBOWERDDown 25: Out of reachABOVEDDown 26: ThresholdLIMENDDown 27: MountsARISESDDown 28: Smelting mixtureMATTEDDown 30: Malory's "Le ___ d'Arthur"MORTEDDown 31: Ham it upEMOTEDDown 32: Old hatDATEDDDown 34: Hawaiian milkfishAWADDown 35: Mo. of showersAPRDDown 38: Famous IsaacNEWTONDDown 39: Garage signREPAIRSDDown 44: Not so roughEASIERDDown 46: Pacific archipelagoSULUDDown 48: Finnish lake, to SwedesENAREDDown 49: Lotus-___ (dreamer)EATERDDown 50: Hawaiian thrushOMAODDown 51: Strip of shoe leatherRANDDDown 52: "___ each life some rain . . . "INTODDown 53: TransportedSENTDDown 54: VergeEDGEDDown 55: "___ thy heart": EmersonOBEYDDown 56: DubNAMEDDown 57: Impertinent oneSNIPDDown 59: Ethiopian princeRAS