New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 1st May 1985 There are 38 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 1st May 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bust's antithesisBOOMAAcross 5: With 17 and 58 Across, a benedict's mottoWHILEAAcross 10: Humane org.SPCAAAcross 14: BetelITMOAAcross 15: Gourmand or gourmetEATERAAcross 16: Sea swallowTERNAAcross 17: See 5 AcrossTHERESWIFEAAcross 19: Cézanne's "Boy in ___ Vest"AREDAAcross 20: Flutes for totsTONETTESAAcross 21: Yalta's localeCRIMEAAAcross 23: UnitedONEDAAcross 24: PeltSTONEAAcross 25: Armenian capitalERIVANAAcross 28: "A ___ Clowns," 1962 Broadway hitTHOUSANDAAcross 31: DipLADEAAcross 32: Paint additivesDRIERSAAcross 34: Rocky peakTORAAcross 35: Ward offAVERTAAcross 37: Under the weatherILLAAcross 37: Under the weatherILL.AAcross 38: Rousseau heroEMILEAAcross 40: Hamilton billTENAAcross 41: Tangles or disentanglesRAVELSAAcross 44: Portico postANTAAAcross 45: Involved necessarilyENTAILEDAAcross 47: Business comboMERGERAAcross 49: Of mind or spiritINNERAAcross 50: Remarkable variable starMIRAAAcross 51: Ceiling beamRAFTERAAcross 53: A swell occurrence?DILATIONAAcross 57: SalmagundiOLIOAAcross 58: See 5 AcrossTHERESHOPEAAcross 60: Arabia's Gulf of ___ADENAAcross 61: Swiss mathematician for whom a lunar crater was namedEULERAAcross 62: Author WisterOWENAAcross 63: OptimisticROSYAAcross 64: Gary Cooper roleDEEDSAAcross 65: Barrie dogNANADDown 1: Deck post for cablesBITTDDown 2: Roman emperor: A.D. 69OTHODDown 3: PortentOMENDDown 4: AlsoMOREOVERDDown 5: Town in the BahamasWEST ENDDDown 6: Hemmed and ___HAWEDDDown 7: Gleason's "How sweet ___!"ITISDDown 8: French Revolution motto initialsLEFDDown 9: Derrick, e.g.ERECTORDDown 10: DyesSTAINSDDown 11: Diffusing throughPERMEATINGDDown 12: An AmerindCREEDDown 13: Forever ___ dayANDADDown 18: Vulcan's chimneyETNADDown 22: AwakenROUSEDDown 24: Wentletrap, e.g.SHELLDDown 25: Make jubilantELATEDDown 26: Prowl after preyRAVENDDown 27: Treats as equalIDENTIFIESDDown 28: Did some roofingTILEDDDown 29: Nick from OmahaNOLTEDDown 30: CheerlessDREARDDown 33: Moon or SpoonRIVERDDown 36: ThreefoldTRINEDDown 39: Contest for SalazarMARATHONDDown 42: Put on guardALERTEDDDown 43: Happy peopleSMILERSDDown 46: Burton role in 1962ANTONYDDown 48: CyclesERASDDown 50: Stuck in the mudMIREDDDown 51: Loud soundROARDDown 52: Actor RayALDODDown 53: CancelDELEDDown 54: Hawkeye's homeIOWADDown 55: Kind of tournamentOPENDDown 56: Spanish baby girlNENADDown 59: Artist's concernHUE