New York Times Answers - Saturday, 24th May 1980 There are 35 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 24th May 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Silly fool, in SohoTWITAAcross 5: Van Druten's "I Remember ___"MAMAAAcross 9: Words of praise on a book jacketBLURBAAcross 14: MadcapRASHAAcross 15: "___ and Civilization": MarcuseEROSAAcross 16: Logrolling tournamentROLEOAAcross 17: He wrote: "A bit of talcum/Is always walcum"OGDEN NASHAAcross 19: Author CobbIRVINAAcross 20: DickensDEUCEAAcross 21: He wrote "Fables in Slang"GEORGEADEAAcross 23: Great amountREAMSAAcross 25: ErmineSTOATAAcross 26: ErectREARAAcross 28: Involve necessarilyENTAILAAcross 32: She wrote "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"ANITALOOSAAcross 37: Reel, e.g.DANCEAAcross 38: One of Ghent's riversLYSAAcross 39: Tom Lea's brave bullsTOROSAAcross 41: SnoodNETAAcross 42: Chick chatterPEEPSAAcross 45: "Nize Baby" creatorMILTGROSSAAcross 48: Flank and New YorkSTEAKSAAcross 50: Lamb who wrote about a pigELIAAAcross 51: FilesRASPSAAcross 54: SequenceORDERAAcross 57: He wrote about a jumping frogMARK TWAINAAcross 61: PallsTIRESAAcross 63: " . . . nothing like ___"ADAMEAAcross 64: Creator of Ah SinBRET HARTEAAcross 66: Indian luteSITARAAcross 67: Let out surreptitiouslyLEAKAAcross 68: Hammett heroineNORAAAcross 69: CarbinesSTENSAAcross 70: " . . . ___ the fray"ONTOAAcross 71: Turkey followerTROTDDown 1: WalkedTRODDDown 2: StakeWAGERDDown 3: " . . . tribute to whom tribute ___": RomansISDUEDDown 4: It's sometimes put before the horseTHECARTDDown 5: Kingsley's "___ in White"MENDDown 6: Part of a Kipling lineARAGDDown 7: Asch bookMOSESDDown 8: ___ as a pistolASHOTDDown 9: Robin Hood, e.g.BRIGANDDDown 10: Swit of TVLORETTADDown 11: Nicaraguan groupULVADDown 12: Publisher Whitelaw ___ (1837–1912)REIDDDown 13: Costa or scapulaBONEDDown 18: Hercules-vs.-lion siteNEMEADDown 22: CaviarROEDDown 24: Book by Herbert GoldSALTDDown 27: Woolf's "A ___ of One's Own"ROOMDDown 29: ___ DominiANNODDown 30: DessertsICESDDown 31: Some tennis playsLETSDDown 32: Site of the JungfrauALPSDDown 33: Muscovite's refusalNYETDDown 34: Listener's phraseISEEDDown 35: Mouth: Comb. formORIDDown 36: Dover ___SOLEDDown 40: Capital of MancheSTLODDown 43: He wrote "Montcalm and Wolfe"PARKMANDDown 44: Fratianne and BabiloniaSKATERSDDown 46: Band for holding a saddleGIRTHDDown 47: GlowingRADIANTDDown 49: Compass pt.SSWDDown 52: CasalsPABLODDown 53: TemptressSIRENDDown 55: LapseERRORDDown 56: Backward: PrefixRETRODDown 57: Mozart's "Coronation ___"MASSDDown 57: Mozart's "Coronation ___"MASS.DDown 58: Mine accessADITDDown 59: Birth or death followerRATEDDown 60: Without admixtureNEATDDown 62: Install in officeSEATDDown 65: Ref's decisionTKO