New York Times Answers - Thursday, 4th December 1980 There are 37 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 4th December 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Feather bearerBIRDAAcross 5: PhonySHAMAAcross 9: VespidWASPAAcross 13: InspirationIDEAAAcross 14: DespisesHATESAAcross 16: Barbados ___, ornamental plantALOEAAcross 17: Use the phoneDIALAAcross 18: Asian rangeALTAIAAcross 19: Town on the VireSTLOAAcross 20: What every belle had in the Gay NinetiesSOLIDFOUNDATIONAAcross 23: "___ Magic," 1948 songITSAAcross 24: Before, to SpenserEREAAcross 25: PlacketsSLITSAAcross 28: "___ exchange" (ring event)SOCKAAcross 30: Pub liquidALEAAcross 33: Monotonous songCHANTAAcross 34: EmanationAURAAAcross 35: Stevedore's milieuPIERAAcross 36: Any all-pro defensive guardROCK OF GIBRALTARAAcross 39: Change of a fiveONESAAcross 40: Bits under the banquet tableORTSAAcross 41: Lettuce, cabbage, etc.BUCKSAAcross 42: JoinWEDAAcross 43: Novelists Levin and WolfertIRASAAcross 44: ForwardPUSHYAAcross 45: Priestly robeALBAAcross 46: Casey's weaponBATAAcross 47: Where osculation causes skill in adulationTHEBLARNEYSTONEAAcross 56: MeritEARNAAcross 57: ExtinguishDOUSEAAcross 58: W.W. II groupAXISAAcross 59: OtherwiseELSEAAcross 60: Church V.I.P.ELDERAAcross 61: Easter's predecessorLENTAAcross 62: Player on the rangeDEERAAcross 63: RentsLETSAAcross 64: Joint often clipped on a gridironKNEEDDown 1: One club, two hearts, etc.BIDSDDown 2: Personal: PrefixIDIODDown 3: Type of estateREALDDown 4: His watches may be for all timeDALIDDown 5: Colliers' surroundingsSHAFTSDDown 6: Angelic headgearHALOSDDown 7: Aleutian isleATTUDDown 8: Type of dispositionMEANDDown 9: SquanderWASTEDDown 10: Trebles, in ToscanaALTIDDown 11: Type of flightSOLODDown 12: León laborerPEONDDown 15: Mixed drinkSIDECARDDown 21: IdemDITTODDown 22: Jan de Hartog's "The Little ___"ARKDDown 22: Jan de Hartog's "The Little ___"ARK.DDown 25: GlistenedSHONEDDown 26: Spiked the punchLACEDDDown 27: SignsINKSDDown 28: Diamonds and heartsSUITSDDown 29: GlobesORBSDDown 30: Gee followerAITCHDDown 31: Needing a caulkingLEAKYDDown 32: Misses the flyERRSDDown 33: BragCROWDDown 34: Taj Mahal siteAGRADDown 35: ___ foursPLUSDDown 37: InterdictedFORBADEDDown 38: AdjoinsABUTSDDown 43: Roth's "___ Cry Tomorrow"ILLDDown 43: Roth's "___ Cry Tomorrow"ILL.DDown 44: Bursars, at timesPAYERSDDown 45: DoubledayABNERDDown 46: HarassedBESETDDown 47: ___ off (riled up)TEEDDDown 48: RobustHALEDDown 49: GaelicERSEDDown 50: Drummer's prolonged rat-a-tatROLLDDown 51: Sky-cladNUDEDDown 52: "Four-letter word for psychotherapy": HodginsTALKDDown 53: The yoke is on themOXENDDown 54: Spot cardNINEDDown 55: Town near PaduaESTE