New York Times Answers - Saturday, 5th August 1978 There are 38 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 5th August 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Yachting maneuverTACKAAcross 5: AscertainGET ATAAcross 10: Whence veal comesCALFAAcross 14: Informed aboutUP ONAAcross 14: Informed aboutUPONAAcross 15: Rounded moldingOVOLOAAcross 16: Viva voceORALAAcross 17: BoreTIREAAcross 18: Distinction for the bestFIRSTPRIZEAAcross 20: Play down, as a roleUNDERACTAAcross 22: Was inclinedTENDEDAAcross 23: Pindar or KeatsODISTAAcross 24: Ménage memberPEREAAcross 25: The bestFINESTAAcross 27: Pickling ingredientTARRAGONAAcross 31: He wrote "Who's Afraid . . . ?"ALBEEAAcross 32: A stroke too manyBOGEYAAcross 33: Wish one hadn'tRUEAAcross 34: Iodine sourceKELPAAcross 35: ExposedBAREDAAcross 36: ApportionMETEAAcross 37: Chemical endingIDEAAcross 38: Shows staminaLASTSAAcross 39: Imperial, e.g.BEARDAAcross 40: Like some bottlesREUSABLEAAcross 42: Yaks awayPRATESAAcross 43: "Such ___ have sown . . . "ASYEAAcross 44: Poet SylviaPLATHAAcross 45: MarblesAGATESAAcross 48: Cicero's forteORATIONSAAcross 51: Distinction for the bestBLUE-RIBBONAAcross 53: Organic compoundENOLAAcross 54: Corso moneyLIREAAcross 55: StigmatizeTAINTAAcross 56: ChaserSODAAAcross 57: Israeli statesmanEBANAAcross 58: CloysSATESAAcross 59: Yarborough cardTREYDDown 1: Fonteyn costumeTUTUDDown 2: Neat as ___APINDDown 3: Distinction for the bestCORDON BLEUDDown 4: Well intoKNEE-DEEPDDown 5: SpeedGOFASTDDown 6: Turn outEVICTDDown 7: Legal wrongTORTDDown 8: Capone and SmithALSDDown 9: Was steadyTOTTEREDDDown 10: Eye partCORNEADDown 11: DroughtyARIDDDown 12: Play the droneLAZEDDown 13: Got out swiftlyFLEDDDown 19: ComoPERRYDDown 21: Bullish timeRISEDDown 24: Summons by namePAGESDDown 25: Hindu asceticFAKIRDDown 26: ___ FranceILEDEDDown 27: Rich cake, German styleTORTEDDown 28: Distinction for the bestGREATHONORDDown 29: BizarreOUTREDDown 30: Shelter, clothing, etc.NEEDSDDown 32: Swiss city: Var.BASLEDDown 35: Minds the young 'unsBABYSITSDDown 36: Least inaneMEATIESTDDown 38: Device using light raysLASERDDown 39: Dislikable childBRATDDown 41: Lustrous fabricSATEENDDown 42: Sets firmlyPLANTSDDown 44: DisposedPRONEDDown 45: QualifiedABLEDDown 46: LoquaciousGLIBDDown 47: "Vibes," in a wayAURADDown 48: Newspaper itemOBITDDown 49: ProtuberanceNODEDDown 50: Affect overpoweringlySLAYDDown 52: Cote soundBAA