New York Times Answers - Thursday, 16th May 1991 There are 38 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 16th May 1991. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Funambulist's footingROPEAAcross 5: ComprehendGRASPAAcross 10: CauserieCHATAAcross 14: "With the blue ribbons ___"ON ITAAcross 15: "Half Magic" authorEAGERAAcross 16: ___ sapiensHOMOAAcross 17: Rhode Island's nicknameOCEAN STATEAAcross 19: Kuwaiti bigwigEMIRAAcross 20: House-wrecking groupTERMITESAAcross 21: Like GonzalesSPEEDYAAcross 23: Baker's aideICERAAcross 24: Cause of Alice's poolTEARSAAcross 25: Tea-party treatSCONEAAcross 28: Position Durocher playedSHORT-STOPAAcross 28: Position Durocher playedSHORTSTOPAAcross 32: VeiledCOVERTAAcross 34: Kin of the edge of a ledgeEAVEAAcross 35: Inner: PrefixESOAAcross 36: Hippolyte's fatherARESAAcross 37: He wrote "Peg Woffington"READEAAcross 39: Author of "The Valachi Papers"MAASAAcross 40: GibbonLARAAcross 41: Young troutPARRAAcross 42: Search Davy Jones's lockerDREDGEAAcross 44: Take turnsALTERNATEAAcross 47: Type of railEASERAAcross 48: Inge's "___ of Roses"ALOSSAAcross 49: Winners' signsVEESAAcross 51: Crow's kinDAKOTAAAcross 53: Chides; blamesCENSURESAAcross 57: ExpectantATIPAAcross 58: Frustrate, in a wayCOUNTERACTAAcross 60: Like an anchoretLONEAAcross 61: SpudTATERAAcross 62: Gael's republicEIREAAcross 63: Areas in desertsERGSAAcross 64: Intent lookSTAREAAcross 65: Urban renewal targetSLUMDDown 1: Licorice is oneROOTDDown 2: If everONCEDDown 3: Marina molePIERDDown 4: Lightweight cottonsETAMINESDDown 5: Wren's "Beau ___"GESTEDDown 6: AssessorsRATERSDDown 7: Turkish chiefsAGASDDown 8: CoterieSETDDown 9: Kept from decayPRESERVEDDDown 10: TV sitcomCHEERSDDown 11: Tracts acquired via an 1862 actHOMESTEADSDDown 12: Surrounded byAMIDDDown 13: Loyalist of 1776TORYDDown 18: More pleasantNICERDDown 22: A certain crownPATEDDown 24: SpadefootTOADDDown 25: La ___, Milan's opera houseSCALADDown 26: LithophyteCORALDDown 27: Action in a card gameOVERTAKINGDDown 29: Artichoke partHEARTDDown 30: Orange or IndianOSAGEDDown 31: Hard puzzlePOSERDDown 33: Conducts businessTRANSACTSDDown 38: Historic periodsERASDDown 39: Bolts, cords, etc.MEASURESDDown 41: Lutheran or Methodist: Abbr.PROTDDown 43: Baseball's Little ColonelREESEDDown 45: Runs to a J.P.ELOPESDDown 46: Device in a textile plantEVENERDDown 50: ___ nousENTREDDown 51: Clamma ___, sopranoDALEDDown 52: Suffix with liquidATORDDown 53: ___ rug (cavort)CUTADDown 54: FulminateRAILDDown 55: TannishECRUDDown 56: CaudexSTEMDDown 59: This won't fill a fillyOAT