New York Times Answers - Saturday, 24th May 1986 There are 38 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 24th May 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Leadership, figurativelyHELMAAcross 5: JuntaCABALAAcross 10: Knife handleHAFTAAcross 14: Sortita, e.g.ARIAAAcross 15: Bergamot's assetAROMAAAcross 16: " . . . and ___ this rock . . . "UP ONAAcross 16: " . . . and ___ this rock . . . "UPONAAcross 17: May 15, for oneIDESAAcross 18: Windmill partsVANESAAcross 19: Giant star that blazed in 1954MAYSAAcross 20: Start of Indy 500 instructionGENTLEMENSTARTAAcross 23: Sonnet endingE'ERAAcross 24: Type of jet engineIONAAcross 25: End of 20 AcrossYOURENGINESAAcross 31: Half soleTAPAAcross 34: Containers for ballotsURNSAAcross 35: Stalin's Georgian nicknameSO-SOAAcross 36: TenetCREDOAAcross 38: Mozart was oneMASONAAcross 40: Istle productNETAAcross 41: Home of an eyasAERIEAAcross 42: Kind of theaterARENAAAcross 43: Shoe widthsEEESAAcross 45: Asian weightTAELAAcross 46: Father of AbnerNERAAcross 47: Indy 500 winner: 1972MARKDONOHUEAAcross 50: Bouncing ___ (soapwort)BETAAcross 51: Saint Anthony's crossTAUAAcross 52: Indy 500 winner: 1982GORDONJOHNCOCKAAcross 60: Belém, in BrazilPARAAAcross 61: PermissionLEAVEAAcross 62: Seed scarsHILAAAcross 63: Indy 500 winner Mears: 1979 and 1984RICKAAcross 64: Abdul-Jabbar, e.g.LAKERAAcross 65: DashELANAAcross 66: ComfortEASEAAcross 67: Ship partSTERNAAcross 68: Unit of forceDYNEDDown 1: Nixon aide in 1974HAIGDDown 2: Mahler's "Das Lied von der ___"ERDEDDown 3: MortgageLIENDDown 4: Gene Barry's TV role: 1958–61MASTERSONDDown 5: Carlsbad ___CAVERNSDDown 6: Composer KhachaturianARAMDDown 7: Indonesia's Gulf of ___BONEDDown 8: Kind of cornerAMENDDown 9: Eric Knight's heroineLASSIEDDown 10: PersonHUMANDDown 11: On ___ (equal)APARDDown 12: Four-time Indy 500 winnerFOYTDDown 13: RR vehiclesTNSDDown 21: Cobb of cinemaLEEDDown 22: Puccini heroineTOSCADDown 25: Indian language familyYUMANDDown 26: "___ Ben Jonson!"ORAREDDown 27: Al or Bobby of Indy 500 fameUNSERDDown 28: Dead duckGONERDDown 29: " . . . ___ my master . . . ": Shak.ISEEKDDown 30: EminentNOTEDDDown 31: Father of AbrahamTERAHDDown 32: FarewellADIEUDDown 33: Pierre's stove or canopyPOELEDDown 37: Changed, as a negativeRETOUCHEDDDown 39: DesignatedNAMEDDDown 44: Ann from N.D.SOTHERNDDown 48: Lagoon surroundersATOLLSDDown 49: Masefield heroineNANDDown 50: FernBRAKEDDown 52: Mother of the TitansGAIADDown 53: GrampusesORCSDDown 54: TrimNEATDDown 55: Hunky-doryJAKEDDown 56: FinishedOVERDDown 57: UnctuousOILYDDown 58: CliqueCLANDDown 59: Welles roleKANEDDown 60: Prefix with supposePRE