New York Times Answers - Thursday, 5th January 1978 There are 35 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 5th January 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Desert steedARABAAcross 5: CheeseEDAMAAcross 9: Word with P.G., R or XRATEDAAcross 14: SpatiateROVEAAcross 15: "A bad excuse is better than ___"NONEAAcross 16: AntelopeELANDAAcross 17: Gas-company customerUSERAAcross 18: RegionAREAAAcross 19: Knights of ___MALTAAAcross 20: Famed entrepreneursBARNUMANDBAILEYAAcross 23: Star: Comb. formASTEROAAcross 24: Wide-awakeTERNAAcross 25: Writer WolfertIRAAAcross 27: Main port for grain from the UkraineODESSAAAcross 32: Breath suspensionAPNEAAAcross 36: Scram!BLOWAAcross 39: Chinese pagodasTAASAAcross 40: "Pagliacci" themeLAUGHCLOWNLAUGHAAcross 43: Church bookletORDOAAcross 44: Youth goddessHEBEAAcross 45: Narrow back streetALLEYAAcross 46: ___-et-quarante (gambling game)TRENTEAAcross 48: Water carrierDINAAcross 50: Elongated fishEELSAAcross 53: City south of RomaNAPOLIAAcross 58: Confusion in profusionTHREE-RING CIRCUSAAcross 63: Jack's relativeHOISTAAcross 64: Reno gameFAROAAcross 65: "Fine women ___ crazy salad": YeatsEATAAAcross 66: Book by ByrdALONEAAcross 67: TrolleyTRAMAAcross 68: Seattle ___SLEWAAcross 69: RestrainDETERAAcross 70: Dog named for an islandSKYEAAcross 71: Kálmán operettaSARIDDown 1: Isle famed for oil refiningARUBADDown 2: Bouquet for a señoritaROSASDDown 3: PreventAVERTDDown 4: He wrote "Games People Play"BERNEDDown 5: Make overly fondENAMORDDown 6: Copperfield's "child-wife"DORADDown 7: ConcerningANENTDDown 8: Civil War generalMEADEDDown 9: Order backREMANDDDown 10: Soviet rangeALAIDDown 11: ___ in the saddleTALLDDown 12: Duck, in DessauENTEDDown 13: W.W. II dateD-DAYDDown 21: Bathsheba's mateURIAHDDown 22: University at ProvidenceBROWNDDown 26: Senator's adjective for a colleagueABLEDDown 28: Useful bit of LatinET ALDDown 28: Useful bit of LatinET AL.DDown 29: He died fighting PhilistinesSAULDDown 30: Russell ___, U.S. financierSAGEDDown 31: PaleASHYDDown 32: "Thanks ___!"A LOTDDown 33: Young salmonPARRDDown 34: Dufy's "___ with Raised Arms"NUDEDDown 35: Pianist PetriEGONDDown 37: Tennis wordLOBDDown 38: Was indebtedOWEDDDown 41: GladdenCHEERDDown 42: Hawaiian verandaLANAIDDown 47: SeesawTEETERDDown 49: Black-ink side of a ledgerINCOMEDDown 51: Uses barbellsLIFTSDDown 52: Boojum's relativeSNARKDDown 54: Wine maker's rigPRESSDDown 55: Neighbor of Silver SpringsOCALADDown 56: Minstrel, at timesLUTERDDown 57: "I came, ___ conquered"ISAWIDDown 58: Abolitionist Stevens, for shortTHADDDown 59: What a dibble makesHOLEDDown 60: Vivid displayRIOTDDown 61: SerfESNEDDown 62: Uniform color of 1861GRAY