New York Times Answers - Monday, 26th May 1986 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 26th May 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: William Howard ___TAFTAAcross 5: Bring an egg to fruitionHATCHAAcross 10: Word written on a checkCASHAAcross 14: Operatic melodyARIAAAcross 15: Tall palmARECAAAcross 16: Winglike structuresALAEAAcross 17: For fear thatLESTAAcross 18: JotMINIMAAcross 19: Athletic groupTEAMAAcross 20: Marsh plantsCATTAILSAAcross 22: Their job has strings attachedLACERSAAcross 24: Building additionsELLSAAcross 25: Flat-topped land elevationMESAAAcross 26: ___ de corpsESPRITAAcross 29: Knee bonesPATELLAEAAcross 33: Top flierACEAAcross 34: Pisa's leanerTOWERAAcross 36: Arrange in proper orderA-LINEAAcross 36: Arrange in proper orderALINEAAcross 37: Flesh: Comb. formSARCAAcross 39: Tweet and tweeNOTESAAcross 41: ArouseSTIRAAcross 42: Hebrew prophetELIASAAcross 44: KilnsOASTSAAcross 46: Certain New HaveniteELIAAcross 47: ___ and testamentLASTWILLAAcross 49: Main courseENTREEAAcross 51: ProhibitsBANSAAcross 52: Sound like a roosterCROWAAcross 53: Nautical polesSPRITSAAcross 56: Narrow pathwaysCATWALKSAAcross 60: Stadium sectionTIERAAcross 61: Horowitz music makerPIANOAAcross 63: Supreme Court numberNINEAAcross 64: MimickedAPEDAAcross 65: Knight's protectionARMORAAcross 66: "___ and bear it"GRINAAcross 67: Pete Rose's teamREDSAAcross 68: Backs of necksNAPESAAcross 69: Tennis groupingsSETSDDown 1: Face-powder ingredientTALCDDown 2: RegionAREADDown 3: Clenched handFISTDDown 4: ShredTATTERDDown 5: Famed FederalistHAMILTONDDown 6: Seed coveringsARILSDDown 7: Bills portraying 5 DownTENSDDown 8: Roman 201CCIDDown 9: Small villageHAMLETDDown 10: Cries of disapprovalCATCALLSDDown 11: DownwindALEEDDown 12: West German riverSAARDDown 13: ___ and hawsHEMSDDown 21: LandedALITDDown 23: On the deepASEADDown 25: Female equinesMARESDDown 26: Artist's standEASELDDown 27: Actress Gia ___SCALADDown 28: FairiesPERISDDown 29: Flower partPETALDDown 30: European quartLITERDDown 31: Like a beldamANILEDDown 32: Very strangeEERIEDDown 35: Merino productsWOOLSDDown 38: Mewing fliersCATBIRDSDDown 40: SnoresSTERTORSDDown 43: Sudden blow to a flySWATDDown 45: Slalom surfaceSNOWDDown 48: Yoke, in CapetownINSPANDDown 50: Sherwood Forest soundsTWANGSDDown 52: Buckeye, e.g.CANOEDDown 53: Magi guideSTARDDown 54: Kind of organPIPEDDown 55: Tall grassREEDDDown 56: David, e.g.CAMPDDown 57: Italian currencyLIREDDown 58: ___ one, purl twoKNITDDown 59: City of the HuguenotsSENSDDown 62: Writer LevinIRA