New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 2nd August 1978 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 2nd August 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Two sides of a triangleLEGSAAcross 5: River duckTEALAAcross 9: Kind of toasterPOP-UPAAcross 14: Lake of Thun feederAAREAAcross 15: Spanish jarOLLAAAcross 16: EliminateERASEAAcross 17: Historic structure between China and MongoliaGREAT WALLAAcross 19: Redcap, at timesTOTERAAcross 20: Stop ___ dimeONAAAcross 21: Panama, e.g.HATAAcross 22: Chemical suffixOSEAAcross 24: Otto's realm: Abbr.HREAAcross 25: "___ No Business Like . . . "THERESAAcross 28: Gardner namesakesERLESAAcross 30: Ferber titleSOBIGAAcross 32: AlternateROTATEAAcross 34: San ___, island off SardiniaPIETROAAcross 36: Hall of Fame golferBEN HOGANAAcross 40: ___ standstillATAAAcross 41: PerfumeESSENCEAAcross 43: CreekRIAAAcross 44: Travelogue voiceNARRATORAAcross 46: Wading birdsEGRETSAAcross 48: Took a break from cookingATEOUTAAcross 50: Dean Martin program on TVROASTAAcross 51: Word with donna or faciePRIMAAAcross 53: ProgenitorPARENTAAcross 55: "O Sole ___"MIOAAcross 56: ___ Bull, memorable violinistOLEAAcross 58: ___ culpaMEAAAcross 59: MeredithDONAAcross 62: How some V.I.P.'s travelINCOGAAcross 64: Superior, for oneGREATLAKEAAcross 67: First prime minister of free IndiaNEHRUAAcross 68: Sudden outburstGUSTAAcross 69: With regard toINREAAcross 70: ParagonIDEALAAcross 71: ___ trapSETAAAcross 72: String a necklaceBEADDDown 1: ___ di ComoLAGODDown 2: MeritEARNDDown 3: Ursa MajorGREAT BEARDDown 4: Red or YellowSEADDown 5: "Advise none to marry or go ___": HerbertTOWARDDown 6: BeetleELATERDDown 7: Word with star or proALLDDown 8: Gounod contemporaryLALODDown 9: Czar who made Russia powerfulPETER THE GREATDDown 10: Conquistadors' questORODDown 11: French newsreel pioneerPATHEDDown 12: "The ___," Haber's recent best sellerUSERSDDown 13: Parisian priest's titlePEREDDown 18: Celebrated Golconda diamondTHEGREATMOGULDDown 23: Rap session of a sortSEANCEDDown 26: Rod Carew specialtyHITDDown 27: Recover from wassailSOBER UPDDown 29: Papal nameLEODDown 30: BridgeSPANDDown 31: Japanese seaportOITADDown 33: Honor cardTENDDown 35: Like boneOSTEALDDown 37: Massive dogGREAT DANEDDown 38: IsletsAITSDDown 39: Tweed's nemesisNASTDDown 42: ___ CanalsSOODDown 45: Heyerdahl boatRAIDDown 47: Cuban rumRONDDown 49: Most subduedTAMESTDDown 51: LanguishedPINEDDDown 52: Author Mazo de la ___ROCHEDDown 54: Gaucho's lariatREATADDown 55: Kind of car or cameraMINIDDown 57: Objects of a seasonal huntEGGSDDown 60: Its pods are used in soupsOKRADDown 61: "A friend in ___ . . . "NEEDDDown 63: ___ pro nobisORADDown 65: RegretRUEDDown 66: Women's ___LIB