New York Times Answers - Friday, 5th December 1980 There are 40 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 5th December 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cries of surpriseAHSAAcross 4: Mets' league: Abbr.NATLAAcross 8: Spotlight colorAMBERAAcross 13: ___ Raton, Fla.BOCAAAcross 15: Follower of head or backACHEAAcross 16: Hot cloth stimulating circulationSTUPEAAcross 17: Mate of a countessEARLAAcross 18: Article in a listITEMAAcross 19: Chased womanSIRENAAcross 20: Strong in-group loyaltyTRIBALISMAAcross 22: Designer of Kennedy Library at HarvardI. M. PEIAAcross 23: Mother of DionysusSEMELEAAcross 24: Temporary haltPAUSEAAcross 26: Range of hillsRIDGEAAcross 28: ProspectsVISTASAAcross 32: Hero of a famous 1897 editorialSANTAAAcross 35: Even, in CherbourgMEMEAAcross 37: PanaceaCUREAAcross 38: Lily plantALOEAAcross 39: TV and radio, e.g.MEDIAAAcross 40: Word with father or ladderSTEPAAcross 41: He played Zola, Pasteur et al.MUNIAAcross 42: SoonANONAAcross 42: SoonANON.AAcross 43: CrouchSQUATAAcross 44: CorrectsEMENDSAAcross 46: ScarfFICHUAAcross 48: Rope maker's materialSISALAAcross 50: Top and bottom roundROASTSAAcross 54: PreservesSALTSAAcross 57: Form a scarCICATRIZEAAcross 59: Tramontane of sortsALIENAAcross 60: Like a certain ducklingUGLYAAcross 61: ZestELANAAcross 62: Between Bess and JackieMAMIEAAcross 63: God: PrefixTHEOAAcross 64: Mild oathDARNAAcross 65: Garden glorifierPEONYAAcross 66: Collarless jacketETONAAcross 67: Dir. from Buffalo to OleanSSEDDown 1: Aids a felonABETSDDown 2: Viscount TemplewoodHOAREDDown 3: Curtain materialSCRIMDDown 4: ___ down (settled definitely)NAILEDDDown 5: Drama openingACTIDDown 6: C, in 9 DownTHESPEEDOFLIGHTDDown 7: Proposition in proving a theoremLEMMADDown 8: St. Francis' milieuASSISIDDown 9: E = ___MTIMESCSQUAREDDDown 10: Baby-feeding finaleBURPDDown 11: Relative of a rapierEPEEDDown 12: Bolognese painterRENIDDown 14: Author of famous equation at 9 DownALBERT EINSTEINDDown 21: Inter ___ALIADDown 25: Part of the irisUVEADDown 27: FedsGMENDDown 29: Ballet skirtTUTUDDown 30: RangeAREADDown 31: ClanSEPTDDown 32: DittoSAMEDDown 33: An astringentALUMDDown 34: What "the poor dog" hadNONEDDown 36: Type of busMINIDDown 39: M, in 9 DownMASSDDown 39: M, in 9 DownMASS.DDown 43: Word with put or gunSHOTDDown 45: A land bears his nameDISNEYDDown 47: Kindergarten needCRAYONDDown 49: CrucialACUTEDDown 51: Marner or LaphamSILASDDown 52: Ivan and Nicholas: Var.TZARSDDown 53: Brussels' riverSENNEDDown 54: Coarse hominySAMPDDown 55: Amor's wingsALAEDDown 56: Exec's carLIMODDown 58: Egyptian queen, for shortCLEO