New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 5th December 1978 There are 41 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 5th December 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: AspectSIDEAAcross 5: Small valleyGLENAAcross 9: HeaterGATAAcross 12: False godIDOLAAcross 13: City in southern IllinoisCAIROAAcross 14: SmartingSOREAAcross 15: WhimperMEWLAAcross 16: One of the RobinsADAIRAAcross 17: Letter before kappaIOTAAAcross 18: Loses one's headPANICSAAcross 20: Orders backREMANDSAAcross 22: "Pony Boy" composerHEATHAAcross 24: Isaac's motherSARAHAAcross 25: Even scoreTIEAAcross 27: Increased byPLUSAAcross 29: Capacity units in EuropeLITERSAAcross 32: Novelist LevinIRAAAcross 33: Allegro, e.g.TEMPOAAcross 35: ExhaustDRAINAAcross 36: Chuck-will's-widow, for oneBIRDAAcross 38: Paul's companionSILASAAcross 40: Ancient shipARGOAAcross 41: Bar, at the barESTOPAAcross 43: Singles' concernDATESAAcross 45: Rock pinnacleTORAAcross 46: Frank Norris novelTHEPITAAcross 48: GreenwingTEALAAcross 49: Sooner thanEREAAcross 50: Eating placeDINERAAcross 52: Grassy placeSWARDAAcross 54: Showed contemptSNEEREDAAcross 56: He makes reparationATONERAAcross 59: CompetesVIESAAcross 60: Parking spaceSTALLAAcross 62: Señorita's kissBESOAAcross 63: Bridge seatEASTAAcross 64: Actor FlynnERROLAAcross 65: Peak under a peakOSSAAAcross 66: German riverEMSAAcross 67: Newspaper sectionROTOAAcross 68: Potentate of the pastTSARDDown 1: BlockheadSIMPDDown 2: ThoughtIDEADDown 3: DejectionDOWNHEARTEDNESSDDown 4: ___ May, in "Tobacco Road"ELLIEDDown 5: Move restlesslyGADDDown 6: FalsifierLIARDDown 7: Eastern IndiansERIESDDown 8: SaneNORMALDDown 9: Kindly generosityGOODHEARTEDNESSDDown 10: WilesARTSDDown 11: Sri Lanka exportTEADDown 13: Makes a chess playCASTLESDDown 14: "Ol' Blue Eyes"SINATRADDown 19: Hook or Cook: Abbr.CAPTDDown 21: Like the MojaveARIDDDown 23: Summer forecastHUMIDDDown 25: World's highest landTIBETDDown 26: European seaIRISHDDown 28: Chair partSPLATDDown 30: StrictnessRIGORDDown 31: Bedroom soundSNOREDDown 34: She wrote "Night-Side": 1977OATESDDown 37: Most bemusedDOPIESTDDown 39: EmbankmentSEAWALLDDown 42: A source of resinPINEDDown 44: Wood stripSLATDDown 47: More succinctTERSERDDown 51: Kind of rocketRETRODDown 53: Capek characterROBOTDDown 54: Where Rama I ruledSIAMDDown 55: Go swiftlyDARTDDown 57: U.S. satelliteESSADDown 58: Leonine lamentROARDDown 59: Double u's predecessorVEEDDown 61: Card game of ancient originLOO