New York Times Answers - Friday, 24th May 1991 There are 37 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 24th May 1991. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ProsaicDRABAAcross 5: Chinese waxPELAAAcross 9: Assassinated Swedish Prime Minister: 1986PALMEAAcross 14: Level, in LincolnshireRASEAAcross 15: American composer: 1874-1954IVESAAcross 16: Rap-sheet entryALIASAAcross 17: MediateINTERCEDEAAcross 19: Desert ___ (1991 military operation)STORMAAcross 20: Racing shellPAIROARAAcross 21: Fondness promoter?ABSENCEAAcross 23: Duos: Abbr.PRSAAcross 24: " . . . thy warfare ___": ScottO'ERAAcross 25: Tormented, with "at"GNAWEDAAcross 29: SeverityHARDNESSAAcross 34: Where Gideon mustered his armyHARODAAcross 35: Harsh: Comb. formCACOAAcross 36: Galsworthy's "___ of Devon"A'MANAAcross 37: DeposeAVERAAcross 38: SpentALL INAAcross 39: JadeTIREAAcross 40: ExigencyNEEDAAcross 41: DepilousBALDAAcross 42: Road signMERGEAAcross 43: They sparkle on diamondsALLSTARSAAcross 45: Joke that wows 'emGASSERAAcross 46: Buddhist templeWATAAcross 47: Michael Jackson hitBADAAcross 48: ObtrudesIMPOSESAAcross 52: Makes the gradeARRIVESAAcross 57: Young salmonPARRSAAcross 58: Variety of quartzCARNELIANAAcross 60: What aristarchs doSLATEAAcross 61: Early Irish noblemanAIREAAcross 62: German cheeseKASEAAcross 63: Shell crewEIGHTAAcross 64: Fruit decayBLETAAcross 65: Der ___ (Adenauer)ALTEDDown 1: Cousin of a twerpDRIPDDown 2: Bombay bigwigRANADDown 3: Piedmontese cityASTIDDown 4: It's sold in a stubeBEERDDown 5: French father of modern astronomyPICARDDDown 6: Cubs' Hall of FamerEVERSDDown 7: DirectedLEDDDown 8: On the JavaASEADDown 9: Didn't see, in pokerPASSEDDDown 10: Certain jurorsALTERNATESDDown 11: St. Mark's symbolLIONDDown 12: French brandyMARCDDown 13: Salinger girlESMEDDown 18: Fooled, with "in"ROPEDDDown 22: Element used in metallurgyBORONDDown 25: Its major export is cacaoGHANADDown 26: UmbilicusNAVELDDown 27: SpinningAREELDDown 28: "Tintern Abbey" poetWORDSWORTHDDown 29: "___ of Anger," 1970 filmHALLSDDown 30: Kind of testACIDDDown 31: Islamic chieftainsEMIRSDDown 32: Beetle Bailey's bossSARGEDDown 33: MockSNEERDDown 35: Instr. for Artie ShawCLARDDown 38: WeakenABATEDDown 42: ___ de Dios, Andean riverMADREDDown 44: Knight's armor plateTASSETDDown 45: Tackle for hoisting cargoGARNETDDown 47: Handrail for an étoileBARREDDown 48: ___ dixitIPSEDDown 49: Neighbor of NigerMALIDDown 50: Czech capital, to GermansPRAGDDown 51: CrustSCABDDown 53: Writer ChaseILKADDown 54: AmpulVIALDDown 55: Cardinal pointEASTDDown 56: DaggerSNEEDDown 59: DistressAIL