New York Times Answers - Monday, 8th May 1978 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 8th May 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: NicheSLOTAAcross 5: Wise legislatorSOLONAAcross 10: Coast Guard womanSPARAAcross 14: Series of legendsSAGAAAcross 15: Treasure ___TROVEAAcross 16: Prefix for scope or visionTELEAAcross 17: FedsTMENAAcross 18: ConsumerEATERAAcross 19: TraitorsRATSAAcross 20: InsignificantBENEATHNOTICEAAcross 23: That girl, in LyonELLEAAcross 24: River rising in SilesiaODERAAcross 25: Pot fragmentSHARDAAcross 28: Walloped, Biblically speakingSMOTEAAcross 31: Prefix with firm and formCONAAcross 32: Spring festivalEASTERAAcross 35: Space agcy.NASAAAcross 39: Suffering from a hangoverUNDER THE WEATHERAAcross 42: Greenish blueTEALAAcross 43: Candle waxTALLOWAAcross 44: A feast ___ famineORAAAcross 45: Type of hydrometer scaleBAUMEAAcross 47: Hitler's "pure race"ARYANAAcross 49: Sufficient, in olden timesENOWAAcross 51: Church sectorAPSEAAcross 53: ShabbyDOWNATTHEHEELAAcross 59: Prefix with precious or annualSEMIAAcross 60: Proofreader's markCARETAAcross 61: Opposite of a hitFLOPAAcross 63: WarningOMENAAcross 64: Dutch ___TREATAAcross 65: Birthright sellerESAUAAcross 66: Big ___ (universe-origin theory)BANGAAcross 67: DebilitatedSEEDYAAcross 68: Landlord's concernRENTDDown 1: Controversial aircraftSSTDDown 2: Elia was his aliasLAMBDDown 3: Crossword archOGEEDDown 4: LeatherworkerTANNERDDown 5: Have sticky fingersSTEALDDown 6: Emulate BryanORATEDDown 7: Unwilling: Var.LOTHDDown 8: KilnOVENDDown 9: Famous fiddlerNERODDown 10: ShrillSTRIDENTDDown 11: U.N. concernPEACEDDown 12: ChangeALTERDDown 13: Legal thingRESDDown 21: One of Susanna's accusersELDERDDown 22: ChildTOTDDown 25: Rabbit's tailSCUTDDown 26: SharpenHONEDDown 27: "On a wing ___ prayer"ANDADDown 28: Stone slabSTELEDDown 29: WhimperMEWLDDown 30: Mountain: Comb. formOREODDown 33: Westernmost of the AleutiansATTUDDown 34: FakeSHAMDDown 36: "Land ___!"AHOYDDown 37: WheysSERADDown 38: Irish island groupARANDDown 40: Rush-hour rudenessELBOWINGDDown 41: FloodedAWASHDDown 46: BristleAWNDDown 48: Close-fitting jacketREEFERDDown 49: SwellingEDEMADDown 50: Roman's second nameNOMENDDown 51: In the vanAHEADDDown 52: NigglingPETTYDDown 54: ___ up (has a tantrum)ACTSDDown 55: CounterweightTAREDDown 56: Olive or pearTREEDDown 57: "Or ___ swoon to death": KeatsELSEDDown 58: Kind of sharkLOANDDown 59: Weep convulsivelySOBDDown 62: ___ up with (tolerate)PUT