New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 17th May 1988 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 17th May 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Broadway bombFLOPAAcross 5: Tropical lizardAGAMAAAcross 10: Tennis ace WilanderMATSAAcross 14: Father of HelLOKIAAcross 15: Fabius's 557DLVIIAAcross 16: QuizEXAMAAcross 17: 43,560 square feetACREAAcross 18: Low diveJOINTAAcross 19: BlackthornSLOEAAcross 20: With 22 and 58 Across, bakery-window signWHATFOODSAAcross 22: See 20 AcrossTHESEAAcross 23: CuckoopintARUMAAcross 24: Memorable Chiang ___-shekKAIAAcross 26: KnuckleheadSAPAAcross 29: William Tell's cantonURIAAcross 30: Typewriter barSPACERAAcross 35: Honey-pecan confectionsPRALINESAAcross 38: Eritrea's capitalASMARAAAcross 39: Boot tieLACETAAcross 40: Eve-making materialRIBAAcross 42: Tall talesYARNSAAcross 43: Carol starterADESTEAAcross 45: Relative of a cobblerPEACHPIEAAcross 47: Xanthippe, e.g.TARTARAAcross 48: "I ___ great eater . . . ": Shak.AMAAAcross 49: But, to BrutusSEDAAcross 50: Genetic inits.RNAAAcross 52: AppropriateTAKEAAcross 54: Own upADMITAAcross 58: See 20 AcrossMORSELSBEAAcross 63: ExpensiveDEARAAcross 64: Hemingway's "movable feast"PARISAAcross 65: Religious imageICONAAcross 66: ZilchZEROAAcross 67: In reserveONICEAAcross 68: Japanese sandalZORIAAcross 69: Fall settingEDENAAcross 70: Like glass housesPANEDAAcross 71: Rapt in reverenceAWEDDDown 1: GlitchFLAWDDown 2: Lomond, for oneLOCHDDown 3: Gumbo ingredientOKRADDown 4: Michelangelo masterpiecePIETADDown 5: Suspend a meeting until laterADJOURNDDown 6: More despondentGLOOMIERDDown 7: EagerAVIDDDown 8: Byelorussian hubMINSKDDown 9: River isleAITDDown 10: NetworkMESHDDown 11: Car barAXLEDDown 12: Western art colonyTAOSDDown 13: Captain Hook's henchmanSMEEDDown 21: Knave of Hearts's preference?FRUITTARTDDown 22: Englishman's wine-soaked dessertTIPSY CAKEDDown 25: High ___ kiteASADDown 26: Chair-back pieceSPLATDDown 27: Pedro's plowed landARADADDown 28: Harness-race horsePACERDDown 31: Nanking nannyAMAHDDown 32: CavilsCARPSDDown 33: Kovacs or FordERNIEDDown 34: Brought down the house, in KewRASEDDDown 36: "___ we forget": KiplingLESTDDown 37: Wee drinkSIPDDown 41: Dante's loveBEATRICEDDown 44: Deserving bird?ERNDDown 46: Piled upAMASSEDDDown 51: Iowan church societyAMANADDown 53: Miss DoolittleELIZADDown 54: Carpenter's toolADZEDDown 55: ExploitDEEDDDown 56: Grown-up fillyMAREDDown 57: Keep a pressing engagementIRONDDown 59: "Mourning Becomes Electra" manORINDDown 60: Clumsy boatSCOWDDown 61: DrillBOREDDown 62: Writer BagnoldENIDDDown 64: How the weasel goesPOP