New York Times Answers - Saturday, 21st May 1988 There are 41 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 21st May 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Greek letterTHETAAAcross 6: Distress signalSOSAAcross 9: Ball of yarnCLEWAAcross 13: CeleritousRAPIDAAcross 14: Memorable actor: 1893-1977LUNTAAcross 16: Seine feederOISEAAcross 17: Insect's egg-laying apparatusOVIPOSITORAAcross 19: Painter Guido ___RENIAAcross 20: Natural soil aggregatePEDAAcross 21: Forty winksNAPAAcross 22: WastrelROUNDERAAcross 24: Chemical suffixENEAAcross 25: Common business abbr.INCAAcross 26: Race trackTURFAAcross 27: Grand old manNESTORAAcross 30: Sovetsk, to a BerlinerTILSITAAcross 34: Musical endingCODAAAcross 36: EllipseOVALAAcross 38: Balloon used in atmospheric probesSONDEAAcross 39: ___ de combatHORSAAcross 40: Passover mealSEDERAAcross 42: Poet WhitmanWALTAAcross 43: NitrogenAZOTEAAcross 45: Vociferate wildlyRAVEAAcross 46: Dueling swordEPEEAAcross 47: Back out on a promiseRENEGEAAcross 49: Fox, in FranceRENARDAAcross 51: Punjabi riverRAVIAAcross 53: ContendedRANAAcross 54: Syncopated pieceRAGAAcross 57: Put in hot waterSCALDEDAAcross 60: François's friendAMIAAcross 61: ___-AmericanALLAAcross 62: ___ passu (equably)PARIAAcross 63: One of the SolomonsNEWGEORGIAAAcross 66: City on the OkaORELAAcross 67: Record, in a wayTAPEAAcross 68: CubbyholesNOOKSAAcross 69: SalverTRAYAAcross 70: BuckoLADAAcross 71: Trigonometry functionsSINESDDown 1: Rhetorical deviceTROPEDDown 2: HarborHAVENDDown 3: American orchidEPIDENDRONDDown 4: GratuityTIPDDown 5: Shakespeare's "Venus and ___"ADONISDDown 6: Furniture protectorSLIPCOVERDDown 7: "Odd Man ___"OUTDDown 8: Sound of disrespectSNORTDDown 9: Common composite bloomCORNFLOWERDDown 10: Schubert songLIEDDDown 11: Salve of Ethelred's timeESNEDDown 12: Fishing fenceWEIRDDown 15: Dolly Varden, e.g.TROUTDDown 18: Kind of Brazilian coffeeSANTOSDDown 23: "Trinity" authorURISDDown 28: Ceremonial flowerEASTER LILYDDown 29: Detective systemRADARDDown 31: Flashy figwortSNAPDRAGONDDown 32: UnemployedIDLEDDown 33: Place for a chapeauTETEDDown 34: Another 15 DownCHARDDown 35: MuckOOZEDDown 37: Exerted influence onLEVERAGEDDDown 41: Change the designation ofRENAMEDDown 44: Mild expletiveEGADDDown 48: OutcomeEVENTDDown 50: Charged particlesANIONSDDown 52: Standard of excellenceIDEALDDown 55: SimilarALIKEDDown 56: "The ___ of fashion . . . ": OpheliaGLASSDDown 57: Lady Macbeth's damned thingSPOTDDown 58: Mystery writer John Dickson ___CARRDDown 59: TerritoryAREADDown 64: New Deal org.WPADDown 65: Louis XV, e.g.ROI