New York Times Answers - Thursday, 5th May 1988 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 5th May 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: One of the Channel IslandsHERMAAcross 5: Aegean islandMELOSAAcross 10: Caribbean islandCUBAAAcross 14: Kind of codeAREAAAcross 15: Siouan languageOMAHAAAcross 16: "E pluribus ___"UNUMAAcross 17: CurseDAMNAAcross 18: BillVISORAAcross 19: " . . . in corpore ___"SANOAAcross 20: Tahiti's former nameOTAHEITEAAcross 22: Authorized agentDEPUTYAAcross 24: Legal minoritiesNONAGESAAcross 25: Short snortsNIPSAAcross 26: Diatonic notesTISAAcross 27: Skirt styleMINIAAcross 28: Some eauLACAAcross 31: Airborne bitersGNATSAAcross 34: Dry outDESICCATEAAcross 36: A TurnerLANAAAcross 37: Where Petruchio wived wealthilyPADUAAAcross 38: City in HawaiiHILOAAcross 39: Monte Corno's milieuAPENNINESAAcross 41: European irisORRISAAcross 42: Teeter-totter's MarjorieDAWAAcross 43: Cereal of the friskyOATSAAcross 44: Former Brit. coloniesBWIAAcross 45: Broadway's Tommy ___TUNEAAcross 46: Danish islandFALSTERAAcross 50: Either of a Bahamian duoBIMINIAAcross 53: Arch's sine qua nonKEYSTONEAAcross 54: Oar shaftLOOMAAcross 55: Kind of fenceSPITEAAcross 57: Volcanic craterMAARAAcross 58: Aware of, as a hoaxONTOAAcross 59: Pangloss, e.g.TUTORAAcross 60: Dog starASTAAAcross 61: Ring greatBAERAAcross 62: HarshSTERNAAcross 63: Gun for Tommy AtkinsSTENDDown 1: WoreHADONDDown 2: Muse for MarvellERATODDown 3: Provide new crewREMANDDown 4: First hit by Rodgers-HartMANHATTANDDown 5: CinemaMOVIESDDown 6: UttersEMITSDDown 7: Give off coherent lightLASEDDown 8: Cry of surpriseOHODDown 9: Cagliari is its capitalSARDINIADDown 10: Tooth prominencesCUSPSDDown 11: Two-toed slothUNAUDDown 12: Batter's ployBUNTDDown 13: Island west of TaiwanAMOYDDown 21: SponsorshipEGISDDown 23: "Beowulf," e.g.EPICDDown 25: ExertionNISUSDDown 27: Some ancient IraniansMEDESDDown 28: Wildcat's padLAIRDDown 29: Gudrun's victimATLIDDown 30: Ancient name of a Cyclades islandCEOSDDown 31: All smilesGLADDDown 32: Calif. wine areaNAPADDown 33: AgainANEWDDown 34: "La Vita Nuova" poetDANTEDDown 35: Indian Ocean islandCHRISTMASDDown 37: Nero and RubinsteinPIANISTSDDown 40: Speech partNOUNDDown 41: Nocturnal raptorsOWLSDDown 44: Bavaria, to BerlinersBAYERNDDown 45: Indonesian islandTIMORDDown 46: ReekFETORDDown 47: Melba or FrenchTOASTDDown 48: Growing outwardENATEDDown 49: Showed on TV once moreRERANDDown 50: DaubBLOBDDown 51: Hebrides islandIONADDown 52: SpeckMOTEDDown 53: Inflate a checkKITEDDown 56: ___-in-Bay, OhioPUT