New York Times Answers - Friday, 17th May 1985 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th May 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Festive redhead?BALLAAcross 5: It has a pealBELLAAcross 9: Tare's partnerTRETAAcross 13: Site of Bowie's fateALAMOAAcross 15: Toast toppingOLEOAAcross 16: ___ Ridge, race horseRIVAAAcross 17: " . . . Country Roads" singerJOHNDENVERAAcross 19: He gave England a liftOTISAAcross 20: Springtime abbr.APRAAcross 21: Borge, for oneDANEAAcross 22: Kansas City teamROYALSAAcross 24: HadesDISAAcross 25: He's a DahlROALDAAcross 27: Will mattersESTATESAAcross 31: Went back to square oneDIDOVERAAcross 35: Item under a vaseDOILYAAcross 36: Calvados's capitalCAENAAcross 38: El BahrNILEAAcross 39: Russian waterwayURALAAcross 40: Rob Roy, e.g.CANOEAAcross 41: Tel ___AVIVAAcross 42: Spanish waxCERAAAcross 43: Elvis's middle nameARONAAcross 44: Berate mildlyCHIDEAAcross 45: Proof a mistake was madeERASUREAAcross 47: Fruit-filled pastrySTRUDELAAcross 49: Daly's TV co-starGLESSAAcross 51: Sturgeon productROEAAcross 52: Ponta Delgada's localeAZORESAAcross 55: Suffix for axiomATICAAcross 57: Pleased producer's placardSROAAcross 60: Ile de la ___CITEAAcross 61: Victor at San JacintoSAM HOUSTONAAcross 64: ___ bag (carryall)TOTEAAcross 65: Allies' goal in 1945ELBEAAcross 66: Fissile rockSHALEAAcross 67: Prolific auth.ANONAAcross 67: Prolific auth.ANON.AAcross 68: He's making a listDEANAAcross 69: Features in a Texas songEYESDDown 1: ___ CaliforniaBAJADDown 2: TiltedALOPDDown 3: "Oz" actorLAHRDDown 4: K–O connectionLMNDDown 5: City near KölnBONNDDown 6: Eel's young 'unELVERDDown 7: IacoccaLEEDDown 8: Alsace-___LORRAINEDDown 9: "Parrish" actor: 1961TROYDONAHUEDDown 10: "Educating ___," 1983 filmRITADDown 11: MaliciousEVILDDown 12: Scottish gobletTASSDDown 14: Item for RipleyODDITYDDown 18: Riley's lotEASEDDown 23: Long in the toothOLDDDown 24: Cubs bigwigDALLASGREENDDown 26: Music hallsODEONSDDown 27: Infer from dataEDUCEDDown 28: More sensitiveSORERDDown 29: Wonder Woman's headdressTIARADDown 30: Gives the willies toSCARESDDown 32: IntenseVIVIDDDown 33: Gloss overELIDEDDown 34: Go partyingREVELDDown 37: Doce mesesANODDown 40: FondledCARESSEDDDown 44: Spring bloomCROCUSDDown 46: Rubber sourceULEDDown 48: The Stooges, e.g.TRIODDown 50: Brazilian danceSAMBADDown 52: Meeting's minutesACTADDown 53: JerusalemZIONDDown 54: Hahn or KahnOTTODDown 56: Now's partnerTHENDDown 57: Order to FidoSTAYDDown 58: Romeo or JulietROLEDDown 59: "Fin" componentsONESDDown 62: Kin of kvassALEDDown 63: Haggard bookSHE