New York Times Answers - Friday, 17th October 1980 There are 42 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th October 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Flora of the Mojave DesertCACTIAAcross 6: Greek lettersPSISAAcross 10: Desert wear in AfricaABASAAcross 14: ___-a-DaleALLANAAcross 15: Prolific auth.ANONAAcross 15: Prolific auth.ANON.AAcross 16: LiquefyMELTAAcross 17: RantsRAILSAAcross 18: Newspaper sect.ROTOAAcross 19: Palo ___ALTOAAcross 20: Welcome the admiralPIPEONBOARDAAcross 23: Burmese nativeLAIAAcross 24: ___ of warSLOOPAAcross 25: Like Ovid's "Amores"EROTICAAcross 27: Shoe worn inside a bootPACAAcross 30: Puzzler's favorite AdamsEDIEAAcross 31: "Our Gang" authorROTHAAcross 32: "Little Things Mean ___," 1954 songA LOTAAcross 34: Animal-tissue enzymes: Abbr.ALDSAAcross 36: Important early inventionWHEELAAcross 39: Like some argumentsTENABLEAAcross 41: EyeglassMONOCLEAAcross 43: FrothSPUMEAAcross 44: SteepDEARAAcross 46: "___ Dancer," Nureyev filmIAMAAAcross 47: River of two colorsNILEAAcross 49: Ballerina's knee bendPLIEAAcross 51: Heavy weightTONAAcross 52: CrookBADLOTAAcross 54: ___-FranceILEDEAAcross 56: Airport infoARRAAcross 57: Tank townWHISTLE STOPAAcross 57: Tank townWHISTLESTOPAAcross 62: Like certain foodSOULAAcross 64: Horn, in HondurasASTAAAcross 65: Fence partSTAKEAAcross 66: Bancroft role in "The Turning Point"EMMAAAcross 67: Dickens girlNELLAAcross 68: Opera ___SERIAAAcross 69: AbradeRASPAAcross 70: "___, and ye shall find"SEEKAAcross 71: Communal U.S.S.R. groupARTELDDown 1: GrumbleCARPDDown 2: Jai ___ALAIDDown 3: Cut out, as couponsCLIPDDown 4: "___ of Hoffmann"TALESDDown 5: Cobbler's concernINSOLEDDown 6: OverheatedPARBOILEDDDown 7: Nosed aroundSNOOPEDDDown 8: WhitIOTADDown 9: Disturber in the nightSNORERDDown 10: Church vesselAMADDown 11: Take a riskBELL THE CATDDown 12: ___ Mountains, in AsiaALTAIDDown 13: ImpassiveSTOICDDown 21: KnottyNODALDDown 22: " . . . ___ the stage with tears": HamletDROWNDDown 26: Holy Roman emperor: 962–73OTHO IDDown 27: Soft touchesPATSDDown 28: Syrian city, to a ParisianALEPDDown 29: Riddles featuring punsCONUNDRUMSDDown 33: A language of Sri LankaTAMILDDown 35: CauserieSMALL TALKDDown 37: Castel Sant'___, in NapoliELMODDown 38: Like CassiusLEANDDown 40: "Look out ___!"BELOWDDown 42: College at OxfordORIELDDown 45: Apostle's letterEPISTLEDDown 48: Allen and FromeETHANSDDown 50: Early center of ChristianityEDESSADDown 52: Not so nobleBASERDDown 53: Pine scentAROMADDown 55: Nitrite is oneESTERDDown 58: Response in 35 DownISEEDDown 59: Fruity dessertTARTDDown 60: Joad of "The Grapes of Wrath"OKIEDDown 61: CarillonPEALDDown 63: CoddleLAP