New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 8th May 1979 There are 38 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 8th May 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: CapturesBAGSAAcross 5: Avoid out of fearSKIRTAAcross 10: Rhyme schemeABABAAcross 14: TroublesAILSAAcross 15: Ship or planeLINERAAcross 16: ___ fideBONAAAcross 17: New York's "French connection"STATUE OF LIBERTYAAcross 20: Fed. rate-fixing agencyICCAAcross 21: Word with England or YorkNEWAAcross 22: Inverted dentsBULGESAAcross 23: Site of the "Miracle of '69"SHEASTADIUMAAcross 27: Coral islandCAYAAcross 28: Sea eaglesERNSAAcross 29: ZilchNILAAcross 32: Staten Island ___FERRYAAcross 35: Ice massFLOEAAcross 36: President of France: 1954–59COTYAAcross 37: Tooth or head followerACHEAAcross 38: Songs of praise: Var.PEANSAAcross 39: Prolific authorANONAAcross 39: Prolific authorANON.AAcross 40: French intensiveTRESAAcross 41: Author of "Out of Mulberry Street"RIISAAcross 42: Site of a famous zooBRONXAAcross 43: "Apologia pro Vita ___": NewmanSUAAAcross 44: ShingleSIGNAAcross 45: Thai languageLAOAAcross 46: Brooklyn's answer to the RivieraCONEY ISLANDAAcross 51: "Render therefore unto ___ . . . "CAESARAAcross 55: Time zone abbr.ESTAAcross 56: Batman and RobinDUOAAcross 57: Hangout for KongEMPIRESTATEBLDGAAcross 61: Astronaut ArmstrongNEILAAcross 62: What ogres doSCAREAAcross 63: AboundTEEMAAcross 64: Opposite of incl.EXCLAAcross 65: Everett ___, "ashcan realist"SHINNAAcross 66: ___ MajorURSADDown 1: FoundationBASISDDown 2: Gee trailerAITCHDDown 3: CandiedGLACEDDown 4: Speedy airplaneSSTDDown 5: Icy and rainySLEETYDDown 6: Indians of the SouthwestKIOWADDown 7: Part of speech: Abbr.INFDDown 8: Unit of electricityRELDDown 9: Public defendersTRIBUNESDDown 10: Fourth personABELDDown 11: Rival of ConnorsBORGDDown 12: Poker stakeANTEDDown 13: Buzzards and DonegalBAYSDDown 18: RecantUNSAYDDown 19: One-time pets of Brooklyn fansBUMSDDown 24: EstateACRESDDown 25: Lightweight woolen fabricDELAINEDDown 26: Clubs used at WestchesterIRONSDDown 29: Advice to NanetteNONODDown 30: Take ___ the lamITONDDown 31: Kind of wildcatLYNXDDown 32: Domino or WallerFATSDDown 33: BeigeECRUDDown 34: Ostrich's look-alikeRHEADDown 35: PretendFEIGNDDown 36: Burnett or ChanningCAROLDDown 38: Chaucer characterPRIORESSDDown 42: Sew loosely or thrashBASTEDDown 44: CicatrixSCARDDown 45: First word of Longfellow's poem on RevereLISTENDDown 47: PineYEARNDDown 48: Larry ___, famed harmonica playerADLERDDown 49: Many paintings by RenoirNUDESDDown 50: Thomas Aquinas' specialtyDOGMADDown 51: Geologic comb. formCENEDDown 52: Second-largest U.S. stock exchangeAMEXDDown 53: "Iliad" or "Odyssey"EPICDDown 54: Part of a windowSILLDDown 58: Acad.SCHDDown 59: Asian peopleTAIDDown 60: Quant. of heatB.T.U.DDown 60: Quant. of heatBTU