New York Times Answers - Friday, 17th February 1978 There are 37 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th February 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Treaty areaPANAMAAAcross 7: Dry, as a desertARIDAAcross 11: KittyPOTAAcross 14: As neat ___ASAPINAAcross 15: Miss HorneLENAAAcross 16: "Exodus" heroARIAAcross 17: Promise of prosperity around the cornerPIEINTHESKYAAcross 19: Welcome or doorMATAAcross 20: Cars of the 20'sESSEXESAAcross 21: Phi ___ KappaBETAAAcross 22: NegligentSLACKAAcross 25: Part of an hr.MINAAcross 26: Course marker for an airmanPYLONAAcross 27: ComfortEASEAAcross 28: President Taft's mustacheHANDLE-BARSAAcross 28: President Taft's mustacheHANDLEBARSAAcross 30: Golf tournamentTHEOPENAAcross 32: Go sky-highSOARAAcross 33: Arab leaderARAFATAAcross 34: Least restrictedFREESTAAcross 38: "The Fan ___," book by Wallace: 1974CLUBAAcross 40: Home of Falcons and HawksATLANTAAAcross 41: The weak oppositionCREAMPUFFSAAcross 45: ClockfaceDIALAAcross 46: IntertwinesLOCKSAAcross 47: Car of the 20'sREOAAcross 48: Sierra ___MADREAAcross 49: Will-___-wispOTHEAAcross 50: Type of spray dispenserAEROSOLAAcross 52: ___ PauloSAOAAcross 53: Guy who knows his onionsSMARTCOOKIEAAcross 57: Cannes seasonETEAAcross 58: DebaucheeROUEAAcross 59: Locker-room tinctureARNICAAAcross 60: Yachtsman TurnerTEDAAcross 61: Aide: Abbr.ASSTAAcross 62: SeesawTEETERDDown 1: Political patronagePAPDDown 2: "___ was saying . . . "ASIDDown 3: No, to BurnsNAEDDown 4: An easy taskAPIECEOFCAKEDDown 5: Russian cityMINSKDDown 6: Carpenter insectsANTSDDown 7: Blood componentALEXINDDown 8: Transmits againRESENDSDDown 9: Printers' itemsINKSDDown 10: Kind of nurseryDAYDDown 11: One of the MasonsPAMELADDown 12: Webster, for oneORATORDDown 13: GiantsTITANSDDown 18: Virile fellowHE-MANDDown 21: How man "doth not live"BYBREADALONEDDown 22: BristleSETADDown 23: "Cowardly Lion" in a filmLAHRDDown 24: On the waterASEADDown 26: Writer BuckPEARLDDown 28: Hot under the collarHET UPDDown 29: Barn areasLOFTSDDown 31: Pre-Easter symbolsPALMSDDown 35: City in OklahomaENIDDDown 36: Play the heroSTARDDown 37: NarrativeTALEDDown 39: F.B.I., U.S. Customs, etc.BUREAUSDDown 40: In progressAFOOTDDown 41: Skeleton's possible hideoutCLOSETDDown 42: SpinROTATEDDown 43: RepeatedECHOEDDDown 44: Hunt forFERRETDDown 48: Clement or MarianneMOOREDDown 50: Old Testament bookAMOSDDown 51: Improvise, à la FitzgeraldSCATDDown 53: Mrs., in JuárezSRADDown 54: CarsonKITDDown 55: Rink surfaceICEDDown 56: Piece of cornEAR