New York Times Answers - Friday, 5th May 1978 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 5th May 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Nile birdIBISAAcross 5: Cars for V.I.P.'sLIMOSAAcross 10: Tuner of the orchestraOBOEAAcross 14: Agcy. with far-out ideasNASAAAcross 15: Hebrew letterALEPHAAcross 16: Women's suffrage leaderCATTAAcross 17: Starting funds: SlangFRONTMONEYAAcross 19: Lovesick nymphECHOAAcross 20: BurningON FIREAAcross 21: Resolute; dauntlessUNSHAKENAAcross 23: Mineral used in making lubricantsTALCAAcross 25: Kind of raySTINGAAcross 26: Poem that sounds like a red boatRUBAIYATAAcross 30: SubstituteERSATZAAcross 33: Cut shortABORTAAcross 34: Bête ___NOIREAAcross 36: LowMOOAAcross 37: President of France: 1954–59COTYAAcross 38: Knee exercisesBENDSAAcross 39: "Give ___ a horse . . . "A'MANAAcross 40: Krazy oneKATAAcross 41: Baltic portMEMELAAcross 42: "I'm ___ lorn creetur . . . ": Mrs. GummidgeALONEAAcross 43: Segar or seegarSTOGIEAAcross 45: AbrogatesRESCINDSAAcross 47: "How many ___ to Babylon?"MILESAAcross 49: Marriage or baptismRITEAAcross 50: Indiscretions in one's salad daysWILD OATSAAcross 53: "And ___ poor to do him reverence": Shak.NONESOAAcross 57: "It's a Sin to Tell ___"ALIEAAcross 58: Regional anatomyTOPOGRAPHYAAcross 60: "There ___ tomorrow"ISNOAAcross 61: Make exultantELATEAAcross 62: Stooge or patsyTOOLAAcross 63: Suffix with six or sevenTEENAAcross 64: X-___RATEDAAcross 65: GlimpseESPYDDown 1: Data, for shortINFODDown 2: Potential playhouseBARNDDown 3: "Time ___ the essence"ISOFDDown 4: HygienicSANITARYDDown 5: In a weak or clumsy wayLAMELYDDown 6: U.N. armILODDown 7: What's for lunchMENUDDown 8: Makes the first bidOPENSDDown 9: Ambulance chasersSHYSTERSDDown 10: One measure of loveOCEANSDDown 11: Dicing gameBACKGAMMONDDown 12: Will-___-wispOTHEDDown 13: Oxford feederETONDDown 18: Courage or cowardiceTRAITDDown 22: Give a job toHIREDDown 24: Cave ___ (beware of the dog)CANEMDDown 26: Parts of dishwashersRACKSDDown 27: Lusitania's undoerU-BOATDDown 28: The final analysis, in businessBOTTOM LINEDDown 29: Dye or paint pigmentTONERDDown 31: ___ froTOANDDDown 32: City sectionsZONESDDown 35: LazybonesIDLERDDown 38: Bird that thrives on hivesBEE EATERDDown 39: Make hostileALIENATEDDown 41: Where Venus left her armsMILODDown 42: Caine or CottenACTORDDown 44: Kind of BibleGIDEONDDown 46: Lightly burntSINGEDDDown 48: Calpurnia's garbSTOLADDown 50: Show patienceWAITDDown 51: Elizabeth, in GermanyILSEDDown 52: SquabbleSPATDDown 54: Oral history in verseEPOSDDown 55: Hunt bargainsSHOPDDown 56: Richard D'___ CarteOYLYDDown 59: Suffix with CapriOTE