New York Times Answers - Friday, 12th December 1980 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 12th December 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spongy cakeBABAAAcross 5: Beast under T. E. LawrenceCAMELAAcross 10: Garnish, in a wayLARDAAcross 14: Item for G. ApleyOBITAAcross 15: ___ Stage, in D.C.ARENAAAcross 16: Role in a Mel Brooks filmIGORAAcross 17: SplineSLATAAcross 18: Idlers; rascalsLOONSAAcross 19: Author of "Betty Zane": 1904GREYAAcross 20: JewelerHESELLSWATCHESAAcross 23: Alaskan capeNOMEAAcross 24: Jerry of the P.G.A.PATEAAcross 25: Liza's friendGOLDIEAAcross 28: Picaroon's prizeLOOTAAcross 30: An apple, for shortMACAAcross 33: Suffix with sect or tractARIANAAcross 34: Knight's backupPIPSAAcross 35: "Let ___ Lover!" (1954 song)MEGOAAcross 36: Relating to rearrangementsTRANSPOSITIONALAAcross 39: He has trumpet, will pump itHIRTAAcross 40: Wreath on Galahad's headgearORLEAAcross 41: ___ voceSOTTOAAcross 42: Cod's kin in Mass.ANNAAcross 43: High as a ___KITEAAcross 44: Noted Danish astronomer: 1795–1874HANSENAAcross 45: Homophone for a sea eagleEARNAAcross 47: Ruth's homelandMOABAAcross 48: JailerHEWATCHESCELLSAAcross 54: Heroine of Zona Gale's "Faint Perfume"LEDAAAcross 55: Rock that splits into bitsSHALEAAcross 56: Babilonia featAXELAAcross 57: U.S.S.R. mining centerORSKAAcross 58: European blackbirdOUZELAAcross 59: Kind of skirt or busMINIAAcross 60: Bonnie spot beside the AftonBRAEAAcross 61: ManumitsFREESAAcross 62: Where Dunne became LeonowensSIAMDDown 1: Empty talkBOSHDDown 2: Senator's adjective for a colleagueABLEDDown 3: Diagonal of a fabricBIASDDown 4: Iras or Charmian, to CleopatraATTENDANTDDown 5: Words followed by "Al" or "Madam"CALLMEDDown 6: What the minutemen didAROSEDDown 7: Tabby's plaintMEOWDDown 8: Province in SicilyENNADDown 9: Taps, to a TommyLASTPOSTDDown 10: What prisms refractLIGHTDDown 11: CovenantsAGREEMENTSDDown 12: Anonymous RichardsROESDDown 13: JejuneDRYDDown 21: Cuts of meatLOINSDDown 22: Member of a clowderCATDDown 25: Sanskrit hymnGATHADDown 26: Sen. Hatch from UtahORRINDDown 27: "A ___ good memory": QuintilianLIARNEEDSADDown 28: Certain knit goodsLISLEDDown 29: Artist known as the "Cornish Wonder"OPIEDDown 31: Type of typeAGATEDDown 32: Frequent follower of SirsCOLONDDown 34: Postprandial treatPORTDDown 35: Song in Herbert's "The Red Mill"MOONBEAMSDDown 37: ___ order (Sen. McCarthy's questions)POINTSOFDDown 38: Early father of twinsISAACDDown 43: Croo monkeyKRADDown 44: Sockets in heads of golf clubsHOSELSDDown 46: Leave the Land of NodAWAKEDDown 47: RowdydowMELEEDDown 48: Mr. in MunichHERRDDown 49: Swiss tourist resortCHURDDown 50: Vapor of fog, smoke, etc.HAZEDDown 51: Twice XXXILXIIDDown 52: Horne or NymanLENADDown 53: SlenderSLIMDDown 54: Tennis storkeLOB