New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 15th May 1985 There are 37 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 15th May 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Musician ShawARTIEAAcross 6: Like fake fruitWAXYAAcross 10: FretSTEWAAcross 14: Not a soulNOONEAAcross 15: Think-tank productIDEAAAcross 16: Bee's residenceHIVEAAcross 17: Deliverer of a perfect pitchTUNING FORKAAcross 19: Billfold itemsONESAAcross 20: New romance, to Rona BarrettITEMAAcross 21: Prefix with plane or solAEROAAcross 22: Makeshift seatLAPAAcross 23: Vivid redCERISEAAcross 25: ShoneEXCELLEDAAcross 29: Popular drinkCOLAAAcross 31: Analyzes metalASSAYSAAcross 32: Not quite shutAJARAAcross 34: Vetoing votesNOESAAcross 37: Sleuth, for shortTECAAcross 38: Tweedy colorSALTANDPEPPERAAcross 42: One of Snow White's sevenDOCAAcross 43: Words of understandingISEEAAcross 44: Singer DianaROSSAAcross 45: Walked, in street parlanceANKLEDAAcross 48: N. C. collegeELONAAcross 50: Pug-nosed dogPEKINESEAAcross 53: Most mystifyingODDESTAAcross 57: "Network" star BeattyNEDAAcross 58: Famed legendary shipARGOAAcross 60: Battle of Lake ___: 1813ERIEAAcross 61: Like Wilde's witACIDAAcross 63: Comical transpositionSPOONERISMAAcross 65: Crude craftRAFTAAcross 66: Captain or MichaelKIDDAAcross 67: Summary, for shortRECAPAAcross 68: Femme fatale of yoreCLEOAAcross 69: Freshwater fishIDESAAcross 70: Allan of Sherwood ForestADALEDDown 1: LudicrousANTICDDown 2: Postman's roundsROUTEDDown 3: Copy-machine chemicalTONERDDown 4: HostileINIMICALDDown 5: Dusk, to DonneE'ENDDown 5: Dusk, to DonneEENDDown 6: Maggie, to JiggsWIFEDDown 7: Put on a pedestalADOREDDown 8: DuplicateXEROXDDown 9: Have a rap sessionYAKDDown 10: Treacherous spots for tarsSHOALSDDown 11: Coats with a metalTINPLATESDDown 12: Christmas ___EVEDDown 13: Jazz guitarist MontgomeryWESDDown 18: Gourmet GreeneGAELDDown 22: "___ Girls"LESDDown 24: Make sense of, with "out"SORTDDown 26: Legal jobCASEDDown 27: Flirty fellowsEYERSDDown 28: Brave G.I.'s awardDSCDDown 30: Miller and RutledgeANNSDDown 32: TogetherASONEDDown 33: Kind of diveJACKKNIFEDDown 35: Poet's paeanODEDDown 36: A fencing artEPEEDDown 39: Staff memberAIDEDDown 40: Nags do itPRODDDown 41: MusedPONDEREDDDown 42: Skip a stone across waterDAPDDown 46: Led astray, in a wayLIEDTODDown 47: FinishENDDDown 49: Fish-eating birdLOONDDown 51: Good tastingSAPIDDDown 52: Cause to vanishERODEDDown 54: Author JongERICADDown 55: Hemp sourceSISALDDown 56: Enchanting localeTEMPEDDown 59: Omniscient beingsGODSDDown 61: CurveARCDDown 62: Presidential nicknameCALDDown 63: Go schussingSKIDDown 64: Augustan, e.g.ERA