New York Times Answers - Monday, 1st May 1978 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 1st May 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Threshold itemMATAAcross 4: Slender nailBRADAAcross 8: BivouacCAMPAAcross 12: ThrobACHEAAcross 14: Prentiss from San AntonioPAULAAAcross 15: Away from the sea windsALEEAAcross 16: Anna of the silentsSTENAAcross 17: Asian rangeALTAIAAcross 18: Amplified purrROARAAcross 19: Best seller by Wm. F. Buckley Jr.SAVINGTHEQUEENAAcross 22: Choreographer de MilleAGNESAAcross 23: Rubber treeULEAAcross 24: ReassuredCALMEDAAcross 26: AwhirlSPINNINGAAcross 31: Kin of cavatinasARIASAAcross 32: Comedienne AnneMEARAAAcross 33: Teachers' org.NEAAAcross 34: Authors Levin and WolfertIRASAAcross 35: Desert beautiesCACTIAAcross 36: Make way forPAVEAAcross 37: OperatedRANAAcross 38: Jellylike candyPASTEAAcross 39: Caravan beastCAMELAAcross 40: "Poker Flat" groupOUTCASTSAAcross 42: RagesFURORSAAcross 43: "The Heart of Dixie": Abbr.ALAAAcross 43: "The Heart of Dixie": Abbr.ALA.AAcross 44: EagernessARDORAAcross 45: Wild carrotQUEEN ANNE'S LACEAAcross 51: "One of ___," Cather novelOURSAAcross 52: Take the stumpORATEAAcross 53: Relative of etc.ET ALAAcross 53: Relative of etc.ET AL.AAcross 54: Music of India, adapted by the BeatlesRAGAAAcross 55: FlatVAPIDAAcross 56: Part of J.E.C.EARLAAcross 57: LookoutEYERAAcross 58: Sandy's cousinALECAAcross 59: Milieu of the CousteausSEADDown 1: Low or high ceremonyMASSDDown 1: Low or high ceremonyMASS.DDown 2: Court minutesACTADDown 3: "___ never taste of death but once": Shak.THEVALIANTDDown 4: Native LatviansBALTSDDown 5: Girl who stood amid the "alien corn"RUTHDDown 6: WingsALAEDDown 7: Rum cocktailDAIQUIRIDDown 8: LurchCAREENDDown 9: Popular tub plantALOEDDown 10: Picayunish or villainousMEANDDown 11: Word with diem or annumPERDDown 13: RiddlesENIGMASDDown 14: Called forPAGEDDDown 20: Compass pointsNNESDDown 21: Forearm boneULNADDown 24: Where Sadat governsCAIRODDown 25: Noted Chilean pianistARRAUDDown 26: Amish and ShakersSECTSDDown 27: Spread sometimes made of liverPATEDDown 28: MistressesINAMORATASDDown 29: Now's alternativeNEVERDDown 30: ManxmenGAELSDDown 32: Food for hogsMASTDDown 35: Compulsive womanizerCASANOVADDown 36: His liberty is conditionalPAROLEEDDown 38: Adjective for pastelsPALEDDown 39: QuidsCUDSDDown 41: He loved a queenCAESARDDown 42: ReleasedFREEDDDown 44: DidoANTICDDown 45: WharfQUAYDDown 46: ImpulseURGEDDown 47: Lake fed by the OxusARALDDown 48: ScruffNAPEDDown 49: Part of t.l.c.CAREDDown 50: Governor GrassoELLADDown 51: Vein's gloryOREDDown 51: Vein's gloryORE.