New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 3rd December 1980 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 3rd December 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cordage fiberJUTEAAcross 5: What brats doACT UPAAcross 10: SmearDAUBAAcross 14: Monogram: Abbr.INITAAcross 15: TablewareCHINAAAcross 16: Shiftless; slothfulIDLEAAcross 17: Wallace of TVMIKEAAcross 18: Ships' launcherHELENAAcross 19: EnneadNINEAAcross 20: Cooking directionSTIRWELLAAcross 22: Card game featuring sevensFAN TANAAcross 22: Card game featuring sevensFANTANAAcross 24: One of a 15th-century trioNINAAAcross 25: "Judith" composerARNEAAcross 26: Cooking planRECIPEAAcross 29: Oscar Wilde forteEPIGRAMSAAcross 33: WeldUNITEAAcross 34: "A billboard lovely as ___": NashATREEAAcross 35: Pastry often filled with fruitPIEAAcross 36: None, in DogpatchNARYAAcross 37: Pomologist's baneAPHIDAAcross 38: Her fans protected her to a degreeRANDAAcross 39: And other things: Abbr.ETC.AAcross 40: Drive forwardIMPELAAcross 41: ForcemeatFARCEAAcross 42: Container for a fish canapéSEASHELLAAcross 44: Less freshTRITERAAcross 45: Gnawing mammalHAREAAcross 46: Cézanne or GauguinPAULAAcross 47: Washday in MilanoLUNEDIAAcross 50: SinkerDOUGHNUTAAcross 54: Acidity after gluttonyACORAAcross 55: Part of an indictmentCOUNTAAcross 57: Freedom from the rat raceEASEAAcross 58: Pebble-in-pond soundPLOPAAcross 59: SwiftlyAPACEAAcross 60: "Hardly ___ is now alive . . . ": LongfellowA'MANAAcross 61: Actor AndrewsDANAAAcross 62: Consumers' amicus curiaeNADERAAcross 63: AdroitDEFTDDown 1: Bowie and BackusJIMSDDown 2: Constituent of a wholeUNITDDown 3: "Kon-___," Heyerdahl bookTIKIDDown 4: "The sea," according to RimbaudETERNITYDDown 5: Fruit of a buttercupACHENEDDown 6: Lobster's clawCHELADDown 7: Cash registerTILLDDown 8: One, in AuvergneUNEDDown 9: SautéedPANFRIEDDDown 10: "A ___ lubricates business": BoswellDINNERDDown 11: Approach to a mineADITDDown 12: Bone from elbow to wristULNADDown 13: "It might have ___"BEENDDown 21: Dry the dishesWIPEDDown 23: Spirit in Notre DameANGEDDown 25: Showers timeAPRILDDown 26: Finnish poemsRUNESDDown 27: Growing outwardENATEDDown 28: AboutCIRCADDown 29: Lucy's TV friendETHELDDown 30: SeparatedAPARTDDown 31: Filling for 35 AcrossMINCEDDown 32: Ritual feastSEDERDDown 34: Kind of turnoverAPPLEDDown 37: ___ plan, including mealsAMERICANDDown 38: Military supply pointRAILHEADDDown 40: "___ a little pony"IHADDDown 41: Dance of the 60'sFRUGDDown 43: Everest guideSHERPADDown 44: Less looseTAUTERDDown 46: City in Puerto RicoPONCEDDown 47: Columbo's hangoutLAPDDDown 48: West Coast inst.UCLADDown 49: Hour of sextNOONDDown 50: PairDUADDDown 51: ReputationNAMEDDown 52: Dept. of Defense armUSAFDDown 53: Spot for a Mongol's mealsTENTDDown 56: ___-Locka, Fla.OPA