New York Times Answers - Thursday, 18th December 1980 There are 37 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 18th December 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: RecedesEBBSAAcross 5: Type of mothEGGARAAcross 10: Grand feat of Bobby JonesSLAMAAcross 14: Opposite of aweatherALEEAAcross 15: Black eyeMOUSEAAcross 16: Home of the "Children of the Sun"PERUAAcross 17: Reporter BarrettRONAAAcross 18: AssociatesCOMPANIONSAAcross 20: Softens the mood ofSWEETENSAAcross 22: Luft and DooneLORNASAAcross 23: Hack's ridersFARESAAcross 24: Marcel Marceau, e.g.MIMEAAcross 25: ApothegmsADAGESAAcross 27: LargeSIZEABLEAAcross 31: Projection at the foot of a wallSOCLEAAcross 32: PallidWAXENAAcross 33: Group comprising U.S., Mex., etc.OASAAcross 34: Relative of a pigeonholeCOTEAAcross 35: ___ Palace in VeniceDOGESAAcross 36: Letters from AthensPSISAAcross 37: Touse or towseADOAAcross 38: Faux pasERRORAAcross 39: Metrical unit in SanskritMATRAAAcross 40: Heaps upPYRAMIDSAAcross 42: CaricaturePARODYAAcross 43: Collection of quailsBEVYAAcross 44: Follower of a Greek theologianARIANAAcross 45: ConvinceASSUREAAcross 48: Very wickedFIENDISHAAcross 51: Thick as thievesPALSY-WALSYAAcross 53: "___ umble pie . . . ": DickensIATEAAcross 54: ___-dieu (kneeling bench)PRIEAAcross 55: Lacking 18 AcrossALONEAAcross 56: Give the cold shoulder toSNUBAAcross 57: Campers' curfewTAPSAAcross 58: SwervedYAWEDAAcross 59: Anglo-Saxon laborerESNEDDown 1: CrossettesEARSDDown 2: ScramBLOWDDown 3: Eleemosynar, e.g.BENEFACTORDDown 4: Piscivorous birdSEA EAGLEDDown 5: Bob Barker et al.EMCEESDDown 6: SapsGOONSDDown 7: SapodillasGUMSDDown 8: CerastesASPDDown 9: GainsREALIZESDDown 10: Bridal wreath, for oneSPIREADDown 11: Spinks or GoossensLEONDDown 12: Water buffaloARNADDown 13: DishevelMUSSDDown 19: Any ancient Roman's second nameNOMENDDown 21: Ocote or perseaTREEDDown 24: Kitchen aidMIXERDDown 25: Soc. of musiciansASCAPDDown 26: TV woodenhead, Howdy ___DOODYDDown 27: Starch-yielding palmsSAGOSDDown 28: Henry James novel, with "The"BOSTONIANSDDown 29: Sec. of Defense: 1969–72LAIRDDDown 30: Repplier productESSAYDDown 32: VerboseWORDYDDown 35: Kind of entryDRIVEWAYDDown 36: Celestial CityPARADISEDDown 38: ___ board, on a manicurist's trayEMERYDDown 39: Might's partnerMAINDDown 41: VilifiesABUSESDDown 42: Made raids uponPREYEDDDown 44: Tributary of the OiseAISNEDDown 45: Notation on a cal.APPTDDown 46: Name meaning "princess"SARADDown 47: Knitting stitchSLIPDDown 48: SpringFLOWDDown 49: ShockSTUNDDown 50: Cupbearer to the godsHEBEDDown 52: WingALADDown 52: WingALA.