New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 20th May 1986 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 20th May 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Jack the quipperPAARAAcross 5: "Where's the ___?"BEEFAAcross 9: Mama's manPAPAAAcross 13: Salt treeATLEAAcross 14: Kovacs or PyleERNIEAAcross 16: Poet translated by FitzGeraldOMARAAcross 17: What some maids have?GOODMANORSAAcross 19: Rani's garbSARIAAcross 20: Tries to equal or surpassEMULATESAAcross 21: Took a sipTASTEDAAcross 23: Certain annexesELLSAAcross 24: Honor at a partyFETEAAcross 25: Spoil; botchMANGLEAAcross 28: Top Warsaw athlete?POLE STARAAcross 28: Top Warsaw athlete?POLESTARAAcross 32: ExpungeERASEAAcross 33: Find a buyerSELLAAcross 34: ___ qua nonSINEAAcross 35: AriesRAMAAcross 36: BlabsTATTLESAAcross 39: Application itemAGEAAcross 40: March 15, e.g.IDESAAcross 42: Mouse, to a skunkPREYAAcross 43: DarnelsTARESAAcross 45: Gob's source of news?TAR PAPERAAcross 45: Gob's source of news?TARPAPERAAcross 47: Molière playLAVAREAAcross 48: Once moreANEWAAcross 49: Egypt's lifelineNILEAAcross 50: Rival of AthensSPARTAAAcross 53: Ph.D. coursesSEMINARSAAcross 57: EleganceLUXEAAcross 58: Drenched in the belfry?RINGINGWETAAcross 60: Writer Kingsley ___AMISAAcross 61: CommenceSTARTAAcross 62: Roof edgeEAVEAAcross 63: TopgallantMASTAAcross 64: SponsorshipEGISAAcross 65: The vat manDYERDDown 1: Book unitPAGEDDown 2: Mighty miteATOMDDown 3: Matty of baseballALOUDDown 4: Old World birdsREDLEGSDDown 5: George Harrison was oneBEATLEDDown 6: Sea eaglesERNESDDown 7: Biblical patriarchENOSDDown 8: Douglas ___FIRDDown 9: OwnPOSSESSDDown 10: She loves: Lat.AMATDDown 11: WhittlePAREDDown 12: Dry as dustARIDDDown 15: Actress ParsonsESTELLEDDown 18: Croquet implementMALLETDDown 22: LunchedATEDDown 24: Unwise behaviorFOLLYDDown 25: DeserveMERITDDown 26: Plowed land, in the SouthwestARADADDown 27: ChristenerNAMERDDown 28: Actor O'ToolePETERDDown 29: Queenly headdressTIARADDown 30: A deadly sinANGERDDown 31: Singer DellaREESEDDown 33: Make a disorderly messSTREWDDown 37: Comes onstageAPPEARSDDown 38: Yalta figure: Feb. 1945STALINDDown 41: Least fleshySPARESTDDown 44: Got evenAVENGEDDDown 46: Formicary dwellerANTDDown 47: BoundariesLIMITSDDown 49: Pola of silentsNEGRIDDown 50: Bridge coupSLAMDDown 51: CougarPUMADDown 52: Foes in W.W. IIAXISDDown 53: Stumbling blockSNAGDDown 54: Not at homeAWAYDDown 55: Pierre's dreamREVEDDown 56: Suffix with old or youngSTERDDown 59: Ending for JerseyITE