New York Times Answers - Friday, 24th February 1978 There are 36 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 24th February 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Door partJAMBAAcross 5: Underground creatureMOLEAAcross 9: Plastering stripLATHAAcross 13: Great Barrier IslandOTEAAAcross 14: 1961 Oscar winnerLORENAAcross 15: "La donna è mobile," e.g.ARIAAAcross 16: AldaALANAAcross 17: Site of a discovery in "The Lost Chord"ORGANAAcross 18: Word with room or wearMEN'SAAcross 19: Straight man's questionDIDYOUTAKEABATHAAcross 22: Poet who wrote "For the Time Being"AUDENAAcross 23: Composer born in LilleLALOAAcross 24: River in CanadaTRENTAAcross 27: Wet blanketsDRIPSAAcross 30: Done, to ShakespeareO'ERAAcross 31: As ___ A B CEASYASAAcross 34: Southeast Asian peopleTHAIAAcross 38: Beachhead place: Sept. 9, 1943SALERNOAAcross 40: Not solid or liquidGASEOUSAAcross 42: RacedSPEDAAcross 43: ForcibleCOGENTAAcross 45: From ___ ZATOAAcross 46: "Goodnight" girlIRENEAAcross 48: Paved part of an airfieldAPRONAAcross 50: Toodle-ooTATAAAcross 52: Explosive, for shortNITROAAcross 55: Comic's answerWHYISONEMISSINGAAcross 61: Blood: PrefixHEMOAAcross 62: Ingredient of an Aesop taleMORALAAcross 63: AlwaysEVERAAcross 64: SignOMENAAcross 65: The world, to JaquesSTAGEAAcross 66: King of ThailandRAMAAAcross 67: Recent NASA targetMARSAAcross 68: Kind of cabbageKALEAAcross 69: Snooty oneSNOBDDown 1: Steinbeck characterJOADDDown 2: Norse form of AttilaATLIDDown 3: Western lakeMEADDDown 4: East Indian fig treeBANYANDDown 5: "Le ___ d'Arthur," by MaloryMORTEDDown 6: Prom-dress materialORGANDYDDown 7: SeepageLEAKDDown 8: Nine: PrefixENNEDDown 9: ExcoriateLAMBASTEDDown 10: Pertaining to spaceAREALDDown 11: Rio ___, city in BrazilTINTODDown 12: Diner offeringHASHDDown 14: BoomingLOUDDDown 20: ExternalOUTERDDown 21: Monte RosaALPDDown 24: Companion of turnTOSSDDown 25: GarnerREAPDDown 26: Contemporary of DashiellERLEDDown 28: StormRAGEDDown 29: "No man ___ island"ISANDDown 32: Suffix with allow and appearANCEDDown 33: AnonSOONDDown 35: White with ageHOARDDown 36: Essex or HudsonAUTODDown 37: "When the Frost ___ the Punkin"ISONDDown 39: First and bulldogEDITIONSDDown 41: Newman and Redford, e.g.STARSDDown 44: Not particularGENERALDDown 47: Abyssinian princeRASDDown 49: Tough puzzlesPOSERSDDown 50: Dissertation topicTHEMADDown 51: Prior in "Ivanhoe"AYMERDDown 53: EffigyIMAGEDDown 54: Ceramic plateTILEDDown 55: "To ___ it may . . . "WHOMDDown 56: Siberian cityOMSKDDown 57: Part of N.B.NOTADDown 58: "Terrible" oneIVANDDown 59: Verne characterNEMODDown 60: CollarGRAB