New York Times Answers - Thursday, 18th May 1978 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 18th May 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Killer whaleORCAAAcross 5: Founder of the Ottoman EmpireOSMANAAcross 10: Temptation for a petemanSAFEAAcross 14: Like students at Gallaudet CollegeDEAFAAcross 15: White: Comb. formLEUCOAAcross 16: Mighty miteATOMAAcross 17: Greek peakOSSAAAcross 18: Their noontime is 9 A.M. in L.A.EASTERNERSAAcross 20: DegeneratedRETROGRESSEDAAcross 22: Chimney cleanerSWEEPAAcross 23: C.O.'s truantsAWOLSAAcross 27: Author of "Why I Live at the P.O."WELTYAAcross 31: Relative of a rhesusGRIVETAAcross 32: Arthur of the courtsASHEAAcross 35: World's busiest airportOHAREAAcross 37: Soda-fountain treatCONEAAcross 38: Obedience-school commandHEELAAcross 39: Marcus Aurelius's physicianGALENAAcross 40: "The ___ Report"HITEAAcross 41: October birthstoneOPALAAcross 42: Essential oil from petalsATTARAAcross 43: Baal, e.g.IDOLAAcross 44: Luther or King Jr.MARTINAAcross 46: Closing wordsAMENSAAcross 48: Rock star JohnELTONAAcross 49: Type of typeELITEAAcross 53: He wrote "The Frogs"ARISTOPHANESAAcross 59: Ben-Hur, at timesCHARIOTEERAAcross 62: CarmelitesNUNSAAcross 63: Post of controlHELMAAcross 64: Royal adornmentTIARAAAcross 65: Dreary: Scot.DREEAAcross 66: Fisher and Burton, to TaylorEXESAAcross 67: MarshalARRAYAAcross 68: Match units for 32 AcrossSETSDDown 1: Spice, incense, etc.ODORSDDown 2: Do over, as a hemRESEWDDown 3: Brahman or SudraCASTEDDown 4: Hemingway novelAFAREWELLTOARMSDDown 5: Designer CassiniOLEGDDown 6: Mark with a branding ironSEARDDown 7: Calliope, for oneMUSEDDown 8: Luke's second bookACTSDDown 9: RefusalsNOESDDown 10: Former name of HawaiiSANDWICH ISLANDSDDown 11: IngestedATEDDown 12: On behalf ofFORDDown 13: Bad ___, German spaEMSDDown 19: Rise on the hind legsREARDDown 21: Begin, poeticallyOPEDDown 24: Like Humpty DumptyOVOIDDDown 25: Opposite of prestoLENTODDown 26: Carnegie's 19th-century baronySTEELDDown 28: Second highest peak in N.A.LOGANDDown 29: Who or whichTHATDDown 30: Site of historic 1945 summitYALTADDown 31: Forte of Bruegel the ElderGENREDDown 32: "Oh, give me ___ . . . "AHOMEDDown 33: Calyx partSEPALDDown 34: Greene's "The ___ of the Matter"HEARTDDown 36: Twenty quiresREAMDDown 45: Crucifix lettersINRIDDown 47: Bk. after EzraNEHDDown 50: HabituateINUREDDown 51: DoctrineTENETDDown 52: Mountain-road windersESSESDDown 54: Very small amountIOTADDown 55: Show signs of activitySTIRDDown 56: Saline dropletTEARDDown 57: "___ the ills o' life victorious": BurnsOERADDown 58: Recite KaddishPRAYDDown 59: Guerrilla GuevaraCHEDDown 60: BewitchHEXDDown 61: Robin Hood's drinkALE