New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 4th May 2016 There are 40 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 4th May 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Dante Symphony" composerLISZTAAcross 6: "West Side Story" womanANITAAAcross 11: ___ MarinoSANAAcross 14: ___ deepINTOOAAcross 15: Author of an 1841 poem that contains the line spelled out by the circled squaresLONGFELLOWAAcross 18: Shows signs of wakingSTIRSAAcross 19: Enter surreptitiously, as an organizationINFILTRATEAAcross 20: Speak the gospelPREACHAAcross 22: Eastern European capitalSOFIAAAcross 23: Employers of dispatchers and brakemen: Abbr.RRSAAcross 24: "Help!"SOSAAcross 25: Month in l'étéAOUTAAcross 27: Region, weatherwiseCLIMEAAcross 29: Big house party?LIFERAAcross 31: Purchase at an Army-Navy storeKIT BAGAAcross 31: Purchase at an Army-Navy storeKITBAGAAcross 33: CivilizeTAMEAAcross 36: Tulsa sch.ORUAAcross 37: Oil holders, maybeEASELSAAcross 38: One-named athlete whose real first name is EdsonPELEAAcross 39: Chemical cousinISOMERAAcross 41: Ceramic jarOLLAAAcross 42: Secure, with "down"BATTENAAcross 44: Hand-held platformIOSAAcross 45: JustONLYAAcross 46: Old Testament peakARARATAAcross 47: Free of fluidDRAINAAcross 49: Snack with a chewy centerSMOREAAcross 50: Become absorbed in thoughtMUSEAAcross 51: Keyboard abbr.ALTAAcross 54: Simpson's trial judgeITOAAcross 55: Actress LordsTRACIAAcross 58: Drum upMUSTERAAcross 60: Variety of sherry whose name means "little apple"MANZANILLAAAcross 63: Vaccine targetPOLIOAAcross 64: Vocalist known for the 1944 song whose title (and first line) appears in the circled squaresFITZGERALDAAcross 65: Phrase often following a superlativeOFALLAAcross 66: Pince-___NEZAAcross 67: Present, e.g.TENSEAAcross 68: Like the sounds "m" and "n"NASALDDown 1: Imitates Sylvester the CatLISPSDDown 2: It's just for startersINTRODDown 3: DumpsSTIESDDown 4: Novelist ___ Neale HurstonZORADDown 5: ProportionalTOSCALEDDown 6: Muhammad's successor, to ShiitesALIDDown 7: Like hormones synthesized from amino acidsNONSTEROIDDDown 8: SkinnyINFODDown 9: Happy end-of-week cryTGIFDDown 10: Not steady, as a lightAFLICKERDDown 11: Canon offering, for shortSLRDDown 12: It might stop a break-inALARM BELLDDown 13: "Just kidding"NOTREALLYDDown 16: And othersET ALIADDown 17: Guitarist BorlandWESDDown 21: ___ polloiHOIDDown 26: Sci-fi craftUFOSDDown 28: "Them's fightin' words!"ITSONDDown 30: Where legends are born?RUMORMILLSDDown 32: Fed. management agencyGSADDown 33: Sign of a crying jagTEARSTAINDDown 34: ___ Springs, Fla.ALTAMONTEDDown 35: SubwayMETRODDown 38: Grp. of pinheads?PBADDown 39: With 53-Down, blogger's bugbearINTERNETDDown 40: Missing name in the tongue twister "I saw ___ sawing wood ..."ESAUDDown 43: Livestock attachmentEARTAGDDown 45: Having an advantage overONEUPONDDown 48: Belief systemISMDDown 51: Where legends appearATLASDDown 52: "The Pearl Fishers" priestessLEILADDown 53: See 39-DownTROLLDDown 54: Org. providing loansIMFDDown 56: Suffix with high numbersAIREDDown 57: FamilyCLANDDown 59: Resting placeSOFADDown 61: [Snore]ZZZDDown 62: Summer coolerADE