New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 5th June 1979 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 5th June 1979. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Desert plantsCACTIAAcross 6: RecentLATEAAcross 10: ColumnPOSTAAcross 14: "Old MacDonald had ___ . . . "AFARMAAcross 15: Wading birdIBISAAcross 16: CriterionRULEAAcross 17: Immerse againREDIPAAcross 18: Retiree, at timesPENSIONERAAcross 20: Recipient at a fetePRESENTEEAAcross 22: To go on a spree: Fr.NOCERAAcross 23: CheerROOTAAcross 24: ExhaustedEFFETEAAcross 25: Source of lightBEACONAAcross 28: ___ BabaALIAAcross 29: Karl from Gary, Ind.MALDENAAcross 30: ShrankDWINDLEDAAcross 35: Washington correspondentALSOPAAcross 36: ParticleIONAAcross 37: Socratic ___ (pretended ignorance)IRONYAAcross 38: Synthetic materialsPLASTICSAAcross 40: DwarfsSTUNTSAAcross 41: Native of: SuffixITEAAcross 42: Kin of froshPLEBESAAcross 43: What a liana doesCLIMBSAAcross 47: Honored guests' milieuDAISAAcross 48: Science of measuring time: Abbr.HOROLAAcross 49: Casts offJETTISONSAAcross 54: HumiliationABASEMENTAAcross 56: Least quantityMINIMAAcross 57: Beat at chessMATEAAcross 58: AllayEASEAAcross 59: "I will ___ and go now": YeatsARISEAAcross 60: J.E.C.PRESAAcross 61: Ally of AbrahamANERAAcross 62: ForgetfulnessLETHEDDown 1: Criticize captiouslyCARPDDown 2: Southwest windAFERDDown 3: Mediterranean juniperCADEDDown 4: Thrice: PrefixTRISDDown 5: Very slight or subtleIMPERCEPTIBLEDDown 6: Merchant who won fame as a yachtsmanLIPTONDDown 7: Red as ___ABEETDDown 8: ProngTINEDDown 9: CurveESSDDown 10: Photographer's test printPROOFDDown 11: Measure or beastOUNCEDDown 12: Winter hazardSLEETDDown 13: ___ HauteTERREDDown 19: Very, very smallINFINITESIMALDDown 21: MiddayNOONDDown 24: YaleELIDDown 25: Belle's milieuBALLDDown 26: Miss LancasterELSADDown 27: FussesADOSDDown 28: Beard of grainAWNDDown 29: CartogramMAPDDown 30: Parties, British styleDOSDDown 31: BelaborDRUBDDown 32: SolitaryLONEDDown 33: Tolkien creaturesENTSDDown 34: Difficult: PrefixDYSDDown 36: "Fire and ___," Frost poemICEDDown 39: "___ a long way to Tipperary"ITSDDown 40: Narrow openingSLITDDown 42: Glib talkPATTERDDown 43: Best of the boxersCHAMPDDown 44: Having rounded projectionsLOBARDDown 45: IncensedIRATEDDown 46: Book by Sholem AschMOSESDDown 47: ThickheadedDENSEDDown 49: Racine or RousseauJEANDDown 50: Paddock papaSIREDDown 51: "Don't bet ___!"ON ITDDown 52: Serbian cityNISHDDown 53: DuckSMEEDDown 55: ___ culpaMEA