New York Times Answers - Friday, 24th March 1978 There are 37 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 24th March 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Scotch companionSODAAAcross 5: Spice for baked hamCLOVEAAcross 10: Chew atGNAWAAcross 14: Seed coveringARILAAcross 15: Poe's "To ___"HELENAAcross 16: Rhyme schemeAABAAAcross 17: Vendition of lares and penatesGARAGE SALEAAcross 19: Use a swizzle stickSTIRAAcross 20: Main course in U.S.ENTREEAAcross 21: Hungry as a bearFAMISHEDAAcross 23: She "ain't what she used to be"MAREAAcross 25: Light bulb, in comic stripsIDEAAAcross 26: Beau or fanADMIRERAAcross 29: Gets the newsLEARNSAAcross 31: "___ a stranger, and ye took me in"IWASAAcross 32: Congressman's home-going timeRECESSAAcross 34: How some like itHOTAAcross 36: Cupid's missileDARTAAcross 37: Mascagni opera, for shortCAVAAcross 38: Like Suckling's "fond lover"PALEAAcross 39: Offering at the UffiziARTAAcross 40: Petty princeSATRAPAAcross 43: Word in a Stein lineALASAAcross 44: Goes after flounderFISHESAAcross 46: Users of 45 DownNETTERSAAcross 48: Word with beer or EastNEARAAcross 49: Rushed aroundTOREAAcross 50: Number the sheets in a bookPAGINATEAAcross 54: Half a decadePENTADAAcross 58: Abdul the Bulbul's rivalIVANAAcross 59: Schoolroom stoolieTATTLETALEAAcross 61: PorterCOLEAAcross 62: "___ Ben Jonson!"ORAREAAcross 63: Prof's concoctionEXAMAAcross 64: Inspires reverential fearAWESAAcross 65: Lead, heavy and bitROLESAAcross 66: Nickname for a roast hostDINODDown 1: Jefferson, ___ of MonticelloSAGEDDown 2: Landing area: Nov., 1942ORANDDown 3: Gossip's interestDIRTDDown 4: One who cries wolfALARMISTDDown 5: He screams for teams he esteemsCHEERERDDown 6: Hugo's "___ Misérables"LESDDown 7: Oslo V.I.P.OLAFDDown 8: "Spartacus" sculptorVELADDown 9: Napoleon and WellingtonENEMIESDDown 10: Nobelist in Medicine: 1944GASSERDDown 11: Spy who was not afraid to dieNATHAN HALEDDown 12: A Levy who loved a MurphyABIEDDown 13: Maternity ___WARDDDown 18: ClothingGEARDDown 22: Slayer of CastorIDASDDown 24: Puts upERECTSDDown 26: Rival of AmnerisAIDADDown 27: RumpelstiltskinDWARFDDown 28: Double-up betting systemMARTINGALEDDown 29: Syria, Lebanon, Israel, etc.LEVANTDDown 30: ___ systemSOLARDDown 33: DeSoto or HudsonCARDDown 35: Hardy's "Pure Woman"TESSDDown 38: Like over 1,300 of Edison's inventionsPATENTEDDDown 40: Indo-Chinese groupSHANDDown 41: Device used on lawnsAERATORDDown 42: Word with bank, choice or partyPEOPLESDDown 45: Traps for mackerelSEINESDDown 47: Monkey puzzle, e.g.TREEDDown 50: Size of typePICADDown 51: Confess or professAVOWDDown 52: South Sea islands foodTARODDown 53: Abbr. after a list of namesET ALDDown 53: Abbr. after a list of namesET AL.DDown 55: Vehicle for hack workTAXIDDown 56: Actor BatesALANDDown 57: Item sent to a D.J.DEMODDown 60: Uno e dueTRE