New York Times Answers - Monday, 26th August 1996 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 26th August 1996. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Shut noisilySLAMAAcross 5: Trouser partsLEGSAAcross 9: Iridium, e.g.METALAAcross 14: Sound of contentmentPURRAAcross 15: Cleveland's lakeERIEAAcross 16: Playing marbleAGATEAAcross 17: Sale stipulationASISAAcross 18: Bumbling Carol Burnett roleMRSWIGGINSAAcross 20: Prefix with meterTHERMOAAcross 22: Cumberland R. localeTENN.AAcross 23: Real estate unitLOTAAcross 24: Sty soundOINKAAcross 26: Pharmacist's weightDRAMAAcross 28: NitwitPEABRAINAAcross 32: Sign upENROLLAAcross 36: OpposerANTIAAcross 37: TrounceDRUBAAcross 39: EditionISSUEAAcross 40: W.W. II gunSTENAAcross 41: Downy duckEIDERAAcross 43: It grows from the neckMANEAAcross 44: BedevilTEASEAAcross 46: Neighbor of Belg.NETHAAcross 47: Lab cultureAGARAAcross 48: National Guard buildingARMORYAAcross 50: Three Rivers Stadium teamSTEELERSAAcross 52: LackNEEDAAcross 54: 1169 erupterETNAAAcross 55: Clean air grp.E.P.A.AAcross 55: Clean air grp.EPAAAcross 58: Stallion's mateMAREAAcross 60: Fish hawkOSPREYAAcross 64: Greer Garson Oscar-winning roleMRSMINIVERAAcross 67: Fixed feeRATEAAcross 68: Church songMOTETAAcross 69: I came: Lat.VENIAAcross 70: Soup podsOKRAAAcross 71: Parenthetical remarkASIDEAAcross 72: A.C./D.C. powerELECAAcross 73: ClassmatePEERDDown 1: QuarrelSPATDDown 2: VerdantLUSHDDown 3: Indy 500's LuyendykARIEDDown 4: Simon & Garfunkel hitMRSROBINSONDDown 5: Picnic quaffLEMONADEDDown 6: BungleERRDDown 7: EssenceGISTDDown 8: Made clothesSEWEDDDown 9: 1955 Oscar actressMAGNANIDDown 10: Kind of saladEGGDDown 11: Head's oppositeTAILDDown 12: ___ time (never)ATNODDown 13: "___ we forget"LESTDDown 19: RegardingINREDDown 21: Russian space stationMIRDDown 25: Popular Japanese beerKIRINDDown 27: "Allegory on the banks of the Nile" speakerMRSMALAPROPDDown 28: Linguine, e.g.PASTADDown 29: Reply to a knockENTERDDown 30: TV soldiers of fortune, with "the"A-TEAMDDown 31: Matisse subjectsNUDESDDown 33: Lake of the Ozarks' riverOSAGEDDown 34: Kind of eclipseLUNARDDown 35: Lechers' looksLEERSDDown 38: Singer MidlerBETTEDDown 42: Empty talkRHETORICDDown 45: LonerEREMITEDDown 49: Give birth, as a sheepYEANDDown 51: U.S.N.A. gradENSDDown 53: Beverly Hills' Rodeo ___DRIVEDDown 55: Madame BovaryEMMADDown 56: Partner of consPROSDDown 57: Italian wine centerASTIDDown 59: Daredevil KnievelEVELDDown 61: Autumn toolRAKEDDown 62: French 101 verbETREDDown 63: VintageYEARDDown 65: Club ___MEDDDown 66: Okla.-to-Ky. directionENE