New York Times Answers - Monday, 8th December 1980 There are 35 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 8th December 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sweet potatoYAMAAcross 4: Beat soundlyBASTEAAcross 9: Leave in a hurrySCATAAcross 13: Son of AphroditeEROSAAcross 15: ___ Howe, Hall of Fame inventorELIASAAcross 16: TrampHOBOAAcross 17: Baltic portSTOCKHOLMSWEDENAAcross 20: Most hackneyedSTALESTAAcross 21: DelightELATEAAcross 22: SlighterLESSAAcross 23: Kind of boy or buoyBELLAAcross 25: Baghdad air expressCARPETAAcross 28: SharePARTAAcross 29: Do arithmeticADDAAcross 32: Nautical directionALEEAAcross 33: Avian abodeAERIEAAcross 34: CourtWOOAAcross 35: Baltic portKIELWESTGERMANYAAcross 39: Printing measuresENSAAcross 40: A Shaw who married a GardnerARTIEAAcross 41: Sarah ___ Jewett, U.S. author: 1849–1909ORNEAAcross 42: River into Solway FirthDEEAAcross 43: Novel needPLOTAAcross 44: ArboretumGARDENAAcross 46: Rank or rowTIERAAcross 47: Lost in delightRAPTAAcross 48: BilkCHEATAAcross 51: ApesSIMIANSAAcross 54: Baltic portHELSINKIFINLANDAAcross 58: Smell ___ (be leery)ARATAAcross 59: Amusing MiltonBERLEAAcross 60: Boom or gaffSPARAAcross 61: EquinePONYAAcross 62: Boxing is his "bag"CASERAAcross 63: Cooper's "The ___"SPYDDown 1: AffirmativeYESDDown 2: ___ and craftsARTSDDown 3: DebatableMOOTDDown 4: CommandBEHESTDDown 5: At ___ (uncertain)ALOSSDDown 6: SedimentSILTDDown 7: Inverness headwearTAMDDown 8: Kind of curveESSDDown 9: Light boatSHELLDDown 10: Final musical passageCODADDown 11: Urge onABETDDown 12: ___ down (soften)TONEDDown 14: Surgeon-to-nurse orderSCALPELDDown 18: Swiss painter: 1879–1940KLEEDDown 19: ConfusionWELTERDDown 23: Cargo craftBARGEDDown 24: Great Lakes portERIEDDown 25: HardenedCAKEDDDown 26: AdjustA-LINEDDown 26: AdjustALINEDDown 27: Singer DellaREESEDDown 28: Kind of juryPETITDDown 29: GrantAWARDDDown 30: Great "metaphysical poet"DONNEDDown 31: Diplomatic deanDOYENDDown 33: One of "the 400"ASTORDDown 36: ElkWAPITIDDown 37: Author GardnerERLEDDown 38: Human beingsMORTALSDDown 44: Pluckier or more malodorousGAMIERDDown 45: Neat as ___APINDDown 46: SavoryTASTYDDown 47: Ransack and robRIFLEDDown 48: FellowCHAPDDown 49: Story characterHERODDown 50: SpiritELANDDown 51: Titled onesSIRSDDown 52: Is off guardNAPSDDown 53: Kind of cookieSNAPDDown 55: TV initialsNBCDDown 56: New Zealand parrotKEADDown 57: Like the GobiDRY