New York Times Answers - Friday, 15th August 1980 There are 39 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 15th August 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Thin sheet placed over stage lightsGELAAcross 4: Flying jib or spankerSAILAAcross 8: First words of "A Tale of Two Cities"ITWASAAcross 13: Caesar's wife, e.g.UXORAAcross 15: Radius's neighborULNAAAcross 16: Spell of dutyTRICKAAcross 17: WashLAVEAAcross 18: Belfry residentsBATSAAcross 19: Game ragoutSALMIAAcross 20: "Mid ___ and palaces . . . ": PaynePLEASURESAAcross 22: DoneENDEDAAcross 23: Tourist, at timesSTARERAAcross 24: Bagels, e.g.ROLLSAAcross 26: Old fiddleREBECAAcross 28: FurnishAFFORDAAcross 32: Opposite a ship's middleABEAMAAcross 35: Its capital is N'DjamenaCHADAAcross 37: Theater awardOBIEAAcross 38: Follower of high or baseBORNAAcross 39: Haircut's companionSHAVEAAcross 40: It bestrides the TevereROMAAAcross 41: Ship's jailBRIGAAcross 42: Corn breadPONEAAcross 43: DaubSMEARAAcross 44: Lamb, at Maxim'sAGNEAUAAcross 46: GarboGRETAAAcross 48: Subdivide minutelyMINCEAAcross 50: Behrman's "___ for Comedy"NOTIMEAAcross 54: Site of the House of Seven GablesSALEMAAcross 57: Narrow marginsHAIRLINESAAcross 59: FamiliesCLANSAAcross 60: Spain's longest riverEBROAAcross 61: RowsOARSAAcross 62: Trunk vesselAORTAAAcross 63: Greek political org.ELASAAcross 64: Garibaldi's birthplaceNICEAAcross 65: Beauty's companionBEASTAAcross 66: Actor HollidayKENEAAcross 67: Tyrannosaurus ___REXDDown 1: SwigsGULPSDDown 2: AggrandizeEXALTDDown 3: "I ___ Parade," 1931 songLOVEADDown 4: Scarsdale or Shaker HeightsSUBURBDDown 5: Wing-shapedALARDDown 6: Like some machine partsINTERCHANGEABLEDDown 7: RiataLASSODDown 8: "For love is still most precious in ___": Shak.ITSELFDDown 9: Potion's effect on Dr. JekyllTRANSFORMATIONDDown 10: Like "the blue yonder"WILDDDown 11: PeakACMEDDown 12: Supporting plankSKIDDDown 14: New dispositionsREARRANGEMENTSDDown 21: LookSEEMDDown 25: BurdenLADEDDown 27: High-low signal, in bridgeECHODDown 29: Electronic navigation systemOBOEDDown 30: "Green Mansions" girlRIMADDown 31: Letter openerDEARDDown 32: Popular Swedish quartetABBADDown 33: King of the courtsBORGDDown 34: "Come Back to ___"ERINDDown 36: AffirmAVERDDown 39: Kind of glass or sugarSPUNDDown 43: Aircraft acronymSTOLDDown 45: Draws a bead onAIMSATDDown 47: "La Vie ___," 1946 songENROSEDDown 49: NerveCHEEKDDown 51: " . . . bombs bursting ___"INAIRDDown 52: Choreographer CunninghamMERCEDDown 53: Favorite of Elizabeth IESSEXDDown 54: NonstrikerSCABDDown 55: Lily's relativeALOEDDown 56: Pasternak heroineLARADDown 58: Land bordering the CaspianIRAN