New York Times Answers - Friday, 18th May 1979 There are 36 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 18th May 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Taken to courtSUEDAAcross 5: Alloy of copper and zincBRASSAAcross 10: ComfortEASEAAcross 14: Basic Latin infinitiveESSEAAcross 15: Bridal pathAISLEAAcross 16: Dante's "___ Nuova"VITAAAcross 17: This goes round and round to make a pointPENCIL SHARPENERAAcross 20: PedalTREADLEAAcross 21: Schulz's comic stripPEANUTSAAcross 22: Guemal, e.g.DEERAAcross 23: Immature parasiteNITAAcross 24: AcquiesceASSENTAAcross 27: Group in "The Lady of the Lake"CLANSMENAAcross 32: Show frugalitySTINTAAcross 33: Bea Arthur's TV roleMAUDEAAcross 34: Purest hyperboleELAAAcross 35: Color graduationTINTAAcross 36: N.C.O.SARGEAAcross 37: Downstairs girlMAIDAAcross 38: Londoner's "bitter"ALEAAcross 39: Small changeDIMESAAcross 40: Part of a French toastSANTEAAcross 41: Made requitalREWARDEDAAcross 43: A three-beat gaitCANTERAAcross 44: One of the Three StoogesMOEAAcross 45: Speleologist's topicCAVEAAcross 46: AmblesSTROLLSAAcross 50: AwakensAROUSESAAcross 54: He goes round and round in a riteWHIRLING DERVISHAAcross 56: "Fine women ___ crazy salad": YeatsEATAAAcross 57: Dumas's "La Tulipe ___"NOIREAAcross 58: Diminutive suffixETTEAAcross 59: And others: Abbr.ET ALAAcross 59: And others: Abbr.ET AL.AAcross 60: Barnaby Jones, on TVEBSENAAcross 61: Marsh plantREEDDDown 1: Family branchSEPTDDown 2: EmployerUSERDDown 3: Anglo-Saxon laborerESNEDDown 4: Like Rome in A.D. 400DECADENTDDown 5: Fonteyn's milieuBALLETDDown 6: Stair partRISERDDown 7: RowanASHDDown 8: Sharp blowSLAPDDown 9: Swain songSERENADEDDown 10: HappeningsEVENTSDDown 11: Aborigine of JapanAINUDDown 12: Proofreader's wordSTETDDown 13: Sense organsEARSDDown 18: Dog tagIDENTDDown 19: He wrote "Common Sense"PAINEDDown 24: "___ Is Born"ASTARDDown 25: Rural crossingSTILEDDown 26: TendonSINEWDDown 27: Was concernedCAREDDDown 28: PullsLUGSDDown 29: IntendedMEANTDDown 30: ChoiceELITEDDown 31: Crusader for consumersNADERDDown 33: Role once played by Lucille BallMAMEDDown 36: Second occupationSIDELINEDDown 37: StrategemMANEUVERDDown 39: WaggishDROLLDDown 40: RelishSAVORDDown 42: Ethically neutralAMORALDDown 43: LurchCAREENDDown 45: Core groupCADREDDown 46: ___-pea, Popeye's adopted sonSWEEDDown 47: "He ___ runs may read": TennysonTHATDDown 48: HayworthRITADDown 49: One pretending social importanceSNOBDDown 51: LocationSITEDDown 52: Italian cityESTEDDown 53: Cast offSHEDDDown 55: Troup groupGIS