New York Times Answers - Thursday, 1st May 2014 There are 33 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 1st May 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: With 6-Across, subject of an eerie rural legend ... illustrated by connecting nine identically filled squares in this puzzle with a closed lineALIENAAcross 6: See 1-AcrossABDUCTIONAAcross 15: Member of the chordophone familyVIOLAAAcross 16: Bisectors pass through themMIDPOINTSAAcross 17: WhizzesGENIIAAcross 18: Far south?ANTARCTICAAcross 19: Site of many hangingsCLOSETAAcross 21: Some Spanish zoo exhibitsOSOSAAcross 22: Some glass paperweightsPRISMSAAcross 24: Tolkien's Prancing Pony, e.g.INNAAcross 26: Texted, sayWROTETOAAcross 27: Not believe in spirits?TEETOTALAAcross 32: Viscosity symbolsETASAAcross 33: Big, big, bigOBESEAAcross 36: Any of the Four Noble TruthsTENETAAcross 37: Join withTIETOAAcross 39: Confident, ambitious, loyal sort, supposedlyLEOAAcross 40: Guillotine targetsTETESAAcross 41: "Cómo" followerESTAAAcross 42: Purchase on delta.com, e.g.ETICKETAAcross 44: M.D. grp.HMOAAcross 45: Raising a stink?REEKINGAAcross 47: Focus (on)HOME INAAcross 50: "I'd rather not"NAHAAcross 51: Mother who appeared on two covers of TimeTERESAAAcross 52: Former Saudi kingFAHDAAcross 55: Some runnersCOWARDSAAcross 56: One feeling warm on the inside?FIRE-EATERAAcross 59: Ethyl acetate, e.g.ESTERAAcross 63: Push too farOVEREXERTAAcross 64: Currency worth about 1/36 of a dollarRUBLEAAcross 65: Clean-shavenBEARDLESSAAcross 66: FitSPASMDDown 1: Batting fig.AVGDDown 2: FictionLIEDDown 3: It's chargedIONDDown 4: Call upELICITDDown 5: Tool used with a hammerNAILSETDDown 6: AccumulateAMASSDDown 7: Intelligence researcher AlfredBINETDDown 8: Chemical restricted by the Stockholm ConventionDDTDDown 9: ___ treeUPADDown 10: Ornamental headpieceCORONETDDown 11: Nerves may cause themTICSDDown 12: LovingINTODDown 13: Mayberry town drunkOTISDDown 14: Foreign policy grp.NSCDDown 20: Polynesian term for an island hopperOMOODDown 22: Some positive reinforcementPRAISEDDown 23: Flower-shaped decorationROSETTEDDown 24: "No worries"ITSOKDDown 25: Wedding announcement wordNEEDDown 26: Like Seattle vis-à-vis PhoenixWETTERDDown 28: Baseball great who had a career batting 1-Down of .304OTTDDown 29: Gets choppersTEETHESDDown 30: WeaknessANEMIADDown 31: PretendsLETSONDDown 34: "Mutiny on the Bounty" captainBLIGHDDown 35: Intl. trade org.EECDDown 38: Charter ___, symbol on the Connecticut state quarterOAKDDown 42: Noted stratovolcanoETNADDown 43: HeavensETHERDDown 46: "Absolutely!"INDEEDDDown 48: They may be barkedORDERSDDown 49: GoofMESS-UPDDown 51: Goods stolen by the Knave of HeartsTARTSDDown 52: "Lincoln"FIVEDDown 53: An integral can compute itAREADDown 54: Munich misterHERRDDown 55: Reacts fearfullyCOWERSDDown 56: Waistcoat itemFOBDDown 57: Rose in the music worldAXLDDown 58: Texas has a big oneTEEDDown 60: Not yet on the skedTBADDown 61: Loop takersELSDDown 62: Band with the 1991 hit "Shiny Happy People"REM