New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 15th May 1979 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 15th May 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Matted woolSHAGAAcross 5: Osborne's "Look Back in ___"ANGERAAcross 10: Gray wolfLOBOAAcross 14: She gets what she wantsLOLAAAcross 15: Sabbatical, e.g.LEAVEAAcross 16: Ancient Greek contestAGONAAcross 17: CupidAMORAAcross 18: VenturesDARESAAcross 19: Red bay or sweet bayTREEAAcross 20: Siblings or Western outlawsYOUNGERBROTHERSAAcross 23: Deviates morallyERRSAAcross 24: ReclineLIEAAcross 25: "Belle of Amherst" starHARRISAAcross 28: IndecisiveWAVERINGAAcross 33: One of the archangelsURIELAAcross 34: He wrote "In the Boom Boom Room"RABEAAcross 35: Spanish criminalREOAAcross 36: Fiftyish expansionMIDDLEAGESPREADAAcross 40: Suffix for verb or maltOSEAAcross 41: Vote seldom heard in the PresidiumNYETAAcross 42: Slow, in musicLENTOAAcross 43: Took umbrageRESENTEDAAcross 46: CurrentLATESTAAcross 47: Hide ___ hairNORAAcross 48: Century plantPITAAAcross 49: Like MethuselahASOLDASTHEHILLSAAcross 57: Town southeast of MilanLODIAAcross 58: Looked after, with "for"CAREDAAcross 59: Type of holeLOOPAAcross 60: PurposesUSESAAcross 61: "To ___ own self be true"THINEAAcross 62: AdvantageEDGEAAcross 63: With 52 Down, topical comicMORTAAcross 64: Sinclair Lewis's GantryELMERAAcross 65: Oliver or WillisREEDDDown 1: MassacreSLAYDDown 2: "Ecce ___!"HOMODDown 3: Baseball's MattyALOUDDown 4: CollectedGARNEREDDDown 5: Kin of birchesALDERSDDown 6: Comes closerNEARSDDown 7: RaimentGARBDDown 8: Anon's partnerEVERDDown 9: DecidesRESOLVESDDown 10: Foam from soapLATHERDDown 11: Frightful fellowOGREDDown 12: A Capetown citizenBOERDDown 13: "Snake eyes"ONESDDown 21: Question severelyGRILLDDown 22: Word with clasp or pinTIEDDown 25: JocosityHUMORDDown 26: RevoltARISEDDown 27: Pokes fun atRIDESDDown 28: ConductedWAGEDDDown 29: Aid and ___ABETDDown 30: Castle or BordoniIRENEDDown 31: ___-foot oilNEATSDDown 32: Beckett's "Waiting for ___"GODOTDDown 34: Comedienne MarthaRAYEDDown 37: Theatrical intervalENTR'ACTEDDown 38: "The Bell Jar" authorPLATHDDown 39: Direct-to-consumer merchantRETAILERDDown 44: Army poster wordENLISTDDown 45: Sleepy landNODDDown 46: Schubert offeringsLIEDERDDown 48: BenzenePHENEDDown 49: AstringentALUMDDown 50: Not bad, but not goodSO-SODDown 51: River rising in SilesiaODERDDown 52: See 63 AcrossSAHLDDown 53: Beat badlyTRIMDDown 54: Word with stone or starLODEDDown 55: Theater areaLOGEDDown 56: AcceleratedSPED