New York Times Answers - Friday, 23rd May 1980 There are 36 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 23rd May 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Noise denoting terrorSCREAMAAcross 7: SpurtedGUSHEDAAcross 13: Abstract sculptureSTABILEAAcross 14: Relying on experience aloneEMPIRICAAcross 16: LeathernecksMARINESAAcross 17: More preparedREADIERAAcross 18: Give ___ whirlITAAAcross 19: Spade or LevensonSAMAAcross 21: French beverageTHEAAcross 22: Director Jean-___ GodardLUCAAcross 23: InflexibleADAMANTAAcross 27: Kind of sessionRAPAAcross 28: CycleERAAAcross 29: Window-box flowerBEGONIAAAcross 30: Poetic wordEREAAcross 31: What firemen do on a diamondRELIEVEAAcross 33: Groups of nineENNEADSAAcross 35: ZiegfeldFLOAAcross 36: Stretch out, as money or foodEKEAAcross 37: Summer TV fareREPEATSAAcross 41: ComprehensiveOVERALLAAcross 45: YokoONOAAcross 46: Fretful oneREPINERAAcross 48: New Guinean portLAEAAcross 49: Entertainers in W.W. IIUSOAAcross 50: FaminesDEARTHSAAcross 51: Saharan garbABAAAcross 52: Max Beerbohm, for oneSIRAAcross 53: American caricaturistREAAAcross 54: "Rocker" contemporaryMODAAcross 55: Parker or PowellELEANORAAcross 59: Treat old furnitureRESTOREAAcross 63: Set apart for a certain purposeDESTINEAAcross 64: ConfidantINSIDERAAcross 65: Under the alfluence of incoholSTONEDAAcross 66: GroomOSTLERDDown 1: HeightSTATUREDDown 2: Reddish-brown lynxCARACALDDown 3: Statistic for Yaz or DiMagRBIDDown 4: German articleEINDDown 5: BrewALEDDown 6: Memo, e.g.MESSAGEDDown 7: RelevantGERMANEDDown 8: Japanese apricotUMEDDown 9: Karlovy Vary is oneSPADDown 10: StashedHIDDDown 11: Asmara's countryERITREADDown 12: Extreme conservativeDIE-HARDDDown 12: Extreme conservativeDIEHARDDDown 13: His "umbrella" is brightSMILERDDown 15: Very thin pancakesCREPESDDown 20: ___, amas, amatAMODDown 23: Héloïse's belovedABELARDDDown 24: FanDEVOTEEDDown 25: Ancient Assyrian capitalNINEVEHDDown 26: Suez sightsTANKERSDDown 32: Nigerian groupIFEDDown 34: Always, in poesyE'ERDDown 37: AwakenedROUSEDDDown 38: Stores grainENSILESDDown 39: At the bottom of the classPOORESTDDown 40: Bandied wordsSPARREDDDown 41: Smallest of the HOMES groupONTARIODDown 42: Thin, shiny silkA LA MODEDDown 42: Thin, shiny silkALAMODEDDown 43: A.F.L. memberLABORERDDown 44: CoryphaeusLEADERDDown 47: FuryIREDDown 56: From ___ ZATODDown 57: She wrote "Delta of Venus"NINDDown 58: "Wonderful ___," old songONEDDown 60: U.S.N.A. graduateENSDDown 61: Swift crosser of the Atl.SSTDDown 62: SesameTIL