New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 23rd May 1979 There are 37 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 23rd May 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Island in a palindromeELBAAAcross 5: IntervalSPACEAAcross 10: Prenuptials partySTAGAAcross 14: Respiratory organ of fishesGILLAAcross 15: Ragged Dick's creatorALGERAAcross 16: Crab-eating mongooseURVAAAcross 17: Slugger SlaughterENOSAAcross 18: New Zealand aboriginalMAORIAAcross 19: Brad or spadNAILAAcross 20: Juggled hereditary factorRECOMBINANT DNAAAcross 23: Stable stapleOATAAcross 24: Groups of kilnsOASTSAAcross 26: TV interlocutorEMCEEAAcross 30: Let fallDROPAAcross 33: Laconian streamIRIAAcross 34: Nobelist BellowSAULAAcross 35: Son of CharlemagneLOUIS IAAcross 37: Muscular contractionTICAAcross 38: Co-discoverer of a genetic structureSIRFRANCISCRICKAAcross 41: Letter covering: Abbr.ENVAAcross 42: N.C.O.'s commandATEASEAAcross 43: CowardNOELAAcross 44: No, in EdinburghNAEAAcross 45: GustoZESTAAcross 46: Medieval guildHANSEAAcross 47: RemoveERASEAAcross 49: Miss MerkelUNAAAcross 51: Twin spiral in geneticsTHEDOUBLEHELIXAAcross 59: "I've ___ to London . . . "BEENAAcross 60: Genetic duplicateCLONEAAcross 61: Hereditary unitGENEAAcross 62: Brazilian parrotsARASAAcross 63: "Squat like ___ . . . ": MiltonATOADAAcross 64: ___ even keelONANAAcross 65: Jekyll's dark sideHYDEAAcross 66: "Who's ___ Now?": 1923 songSORRYAAcross 67: AverageSO-SODDown 1: Elbe tributaryEGERDDown 2: AncestryLINEDDown 3: Group acting in concertBLOCDDown 4: "They ___ serve who . . . "ALSODDown 5: Rio danceSAMBADDown 6: Braid of hairPLAITDDown 7: Greek contestAGONDDown 8: ___ alba (white wax)CERADDown 9: Poet's IrelandERINDDown 10: ___ Islands (Java, Borneo, etc.)SUNDADDown 11: ChangeTRANSITIONDDown 12: Female fliersAVIATRICESDDown 13: Radio soap, "Our ___ Sunday"GALDDown 21: One of the StoogesMOEDDown 22: SubjectTOPICDDown 25: Farm toolSICKLEDDown 26: Ancient asceticESSENEDDown 27: Aorta, e.g.MAINARTERYDDown 28: Highway signCURVEAHEADDDown 29: Mischievous wee oneELFDDown 30: Item in Shylock's coffersDUCATDDown 31: Danish-American journalistRIISDDown 32: Bone: Comb. formOSSEDDown 35: "Better ___ than never"LATEDDown 36: BillsONESDDown 39: DemolishedRAZEDDDown 40: Genetic messengerRNADDown 46: Cry of surpriseHAHDDown 48: Common or sixth followerSENSEDDown 49: Of an arm boneULNARDDown 50: IndigentNEEDYDDown 52: Wood sorrelsOCASDDown 53: In the preceding mo.ULTODDown 54: Rude, clumsy personBOORDDown 55: SelvesEGOSDDown 56: Fabric with an open weaveLENODDown 57: Claire and BalinINASDDown 58: Strange: PrefixXENODDown 59: Cry of contemptBAH