New York Times Answers - Saturday, 17th May 1986 There are 39 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 17th May 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Chinese ___ (jujube)DATEAAcross 5: Sound from an EmbdenHONKAAcross 9: Mortar ingredientLIMEAAcross 13: NasoOVIDAAcross 14: Cousins of pifferosOBOESAAcross 16: Subject for 13 AcrossAMORAAcross 17: Carte before the courseMENUAAcross 18: Kol ___, Hebrew prayerNIDREAAcross 19: Tree yielding a poisonUPASAAcross 20: RearsERECTSAAcross 22: CentrifugalEFFERENTAAcross 24: Hunter's "Halt!"TOHOAAcross 26: Rome of HungaryEGERAAcross 27: Some sources of milkCOCONUTSAAcross 31: "Chanson de ___"ROLANDAAcross 34: Raid and robHARRYAAcross 35: On the ___ (under consideration)TAPISAAcross 37: ___ Han (Korea)TAEAAcross 38: Barely gets byEKESAAcross 39: Gourd fruitsPEPOSAAcross 40: Italian Renaissance poetVIDAAAcross 41: " . . . and Juliet is the ___": RomeoSUNAAcross 42: Fragrant rootstockORRISAAcross 43: Sirica's rapperGAVELAAcross 44: Soil or blurSMUDGEAAcross 46: Wassail groupREVELERSAAcross 48: Cambio coinsLIREAAcross 49: Bacteriologist DubosRENEAAcross 50: Part of a sundialANALEMMAAAcross 54: "Lise" painterRENOIRAAcross 58: ___ morgana (mirage)FATAAAcross 59: Items for some readersPALMSAAcross 61: "Mondo ___"CANEAAcross 62: Foster fiendish actsABETAAcross 63: "___ Danaos . . . "TIMEOAAcross 64: AnnoysIRKSAAcross 65: First spacewomanRIDEAAcross 66: "___ la Loge," by 54 AcrossDANSAAcross 67: D.A. helperASSTDDown 1: Fuller's geodesic ___DOMEDDown 2: StateAVERDDown 3: ProngTINEDDown 4: Devices for making fluidsEDUCTORSDDown 5: Main island of JapanHONSHUDDown 6: Geisha's sashOBIDDown 7: Central pointNODEDDown 8: Notch made by a sawKERFDDown 9: Poet's crownLAURELDDown 10: Kant's categorical ___IMPERATIVEDDown 11: SoughMOANDDown 12: First, in FrankfurtERSTDDown 15: Nobelist in Literature: 1963SEFERISDDown 21: SwankTONYDDown 23: SelvesEGOSDDown 25: ParavaneOTTERDDown 27: The mating gameCHESSDDown 28: Something for tars to pickOAKUMDDown 29: ScallopedCRENULATEDDDown 30: Anthropologist Edward ___SAPIRDDown 32: D.C. gadflyNADERDDown 33: TransactionsDEALSDDown 36: Hard puzzlePOSERDDown 39: AppropriatePRE-EMPTDDown 39: AppropriatePREEMPTDDown 40: Orange or woven fabricVALENCIADDown 42: Gruesome giantOGREDDown 43: Author FowlerGENEDDown 45: ExpandDILATEDDown 47: Left-hand pagesVERSOSDDown 50: At a distanceAFARDDown 51: Painter in Sérusier's groupNABIDDown 52: Bit partMAIDDDown 53: Soprano GluckALMADDown 55: Gig rigOARSDDown 56: SignsINKSDDown 57: Musical silenceRESTDDown 60: Pyle's "___ of Iron"MEN