New York Times Answers - Thursday, 15th May 1986 There are 35 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 15th May 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: PaltryMEANAAcross 5: Hussein's capitalAMMANAAcross 10: Syrian cityHAMAAAcross 14: Group of African warriorsIMPIAAcross 15: Bingo cousinLOTTOAAcross 16: ___ Bator, Mongolian capitalULANAAcross 17: Lather the garden?SOAPPLANTSAAcross 19: Actor O'SheaMILOAAcross 20: East River, e.g.STRAITAAcross 21: Washington IndianSAHAPTINAAcross 23: Even nowYETAAcross 24: By way ofVIAAAcross 26: Certain mothsIOSAAcross 27: Mutual fund?COMMONWEALTHAAcross 33: Deliberate destroyerSABOTEURAAcross 36: Fixed payment for servicesSALARYAAcross 37: Melville workOMOOAAcross 38: Indian novelistRAOAAcross 40: AboveATOPAAcross 41: PrecedeFOREGOAAcross 44: Ballroom dancesTWOSTEPSAAcross 47: Exchanges personnel?TRADESPEOPLEAAcross 49: U.S. botanist GrayASAAAcross 50: Spire adornmentEPIAAcross 51: Actress FarrowMIAAAcross 54: OffendersCULPRITSAAcross 59: A branch of physicsOPTICSAAcross 61: EndedOVERAAcross 62: Prepare kindling?CHOPSTICKSAAcross 64: Meshed fabricLENOAAcross 65: Tureen accessoryLADLEAAcross 66: Banjo partFRETAAcross 67: Nihilistic art cultDADAAAcross 68: Belgian painterENSORAAcross 69: Composer Lukas ___FOSSDDown 1: F.D.R.'s LeHandMISSYDDown 2: OveractEMOTEDDown 3: SeparateAPARTDDown 4: Asiatic palmNIPADDown 5: Unsurpassed up to the presentALL-TIMEDDown 6: Extinct birdMOADDown 7: Earth's raised pts.MTNSDDown 8: AccomplishATTAINDDown 9: Absentee ticket-holdersNOSHOWSDDown 10: MoundHUMPDDown 11: LandedALITDDown 12: Where Bamako isMALIDDown 13: SoonANONDDown 13: SoonANON.DDown 18: Central pointPIVOTDDown 22: On the RedASEADDown 25: U.S.S.R.-China riverAMURDDown 27: Made dovelike soundsCOOEDDDown 28: Emulate W. J. BryanORATEDDown 29: WingedALATEDDown 30: RecentLATEDDown 31: Too much, French styleTROPDDown 32: Geom. linesHYPSDDown 33: NonalcoholicSOFTDDown 34: ErosAMORDDown 35: Adriatic windBORADDown 39: "___! thy canopy is dust . . . ": Shak.OWOEDDown 42: EquipmentGEARDDown 43: Ear boneOSSICLEDDown 45: AntiOPPOSERDDown 46: Erred, to a poetSLIPTDDown 48: Afghan MoslemPATHANDDown 51: Kind of waveMICRODDown 52: Secretary of the Interior: 1933–46ICKESDDown 53: Some profs.ASSTSDDown 54: AloofCOLDDDown 55: Eye partUVEADDown 56: Give temporarilyLENDDDown 57: Malay boatPROADDown 58: Does a lawn jobSODSDDown 60: SpatTIFFDDown 63: Arafat's gp.PLO