New York Times Answers - Thursday, 16th January 1997 There are 36 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 16th January 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ships' contentsCARGOSAAcross 7: Show appreciationCLAPAAcross 11: Setup punchJABAAcross 14: Tennessee's lizardIGUANAAAcross 15: Ding-dongerHOBOAAcross 16: Smeltery pileOREAAcross 16: Smeltery pileORE.AAcross 17: KewGARDENSINLONDONAAcross 20: Olden daggerSNEEAAcross 21: Woman's name that has another woman's name inside itELOISEAAcross 22: TeaICEDDRINKAAcross 27: Hard fall?SLEETAAcross 28: Singer LovettLYLEAAcross 29: Site of a 1976 uprisingSOWETOAAcross 31: Cake toppingsICINGSAAcross 34: Bamako is its capitalMALIAAcross 35: Advanced deg.MBAAAcross 38: Cockpit reading: Abbr.ALTAAcross 39: Like the QE2OCEANICAAcross 41: Work unitERGAAcross 42: Hardly a mark of distinctionDEEAAcross 43: Old pantry supplyLARDAAcross 44: Witt or Yamaguchi, e.g.SKATERAAcross 46: YellowAFRAIDAAcross 48: ZippoNONEAAcross 49: ___ saltsEPSOMAAcross 52: TiSCALENOTEAAcross 55: South American plainsLLANOSAAcross 57: Where to wear a muumuuLUAUAAcross 58: QueueLINEUPINENGLANDAAcross 64: Suffix with absorbENTAAcross 65: Skin-coloredNUDEAAcross 66: Bloom in moviesCLAIREAAcross 67: Comic LouisNYEAAcross 68: TieDRAWAAcross 69: Babe Ruth's middle nameHERMANDDown 1: "Smoke"CIGDDown 2: ___ KhanAGADDown 3: Capek playRURDDown 4: Diplomat who negotiated an 1853 land purchaseGADSDENDDown 5: UprightONENDDDown 6: Comparatively reasonableSANERDDown 7: Greek letterCH'IDDown 7: Greek letterCHIDDown 8: Actor ChaneyLONDDown 9: FitABLEDDown 10: CuePOOL STICKDDown 11: She played Nell in "Nell"JODIEDDown 12: StoodAROSEDDown 13: "John Brown's Body" poetBENETDDown 18: Six, in SevilleSEISDDown 19: Court plea, informallyNOLODDown 22: It starts "Sing, goddess, the wrath of Peleus' son..."ILIADDDown 23: Full courseCYCLEDDown 24: In crowdELITEDDown 25: WanderingNOMADICDDown 26: Actress NancyKWANDDown 30: Crimson rivalsELISDDown 32: TeeGOLFMOUNDDDown 33: Reminder of a duelSCARDDown 35: "I want in!"METOODDown 36: Sportscaster MusburgerBRENTDDown 37: Side (with)AGREEDDown 40: Memorable periodsERASDDown 45: Forming a ringANNULARDDown 46: First-classA-ONEDDown 47: ValleyDALEDDown 49: Sitcom set in a bookstoreELLENDDown 50: Author of "Historia naturalis"PLINYDDown 51: French toast ingredient?SANTEDDown 53: Noon eventLUNCHDDown 54: Colonel's insigniaEAGLEDDown 56: OffshootSPURDDown 59: Gilbert & Sullivan princessIDADDown 60: FreshNEWDDown 61: EndeavorAIMDDown 62: Second Amendment supporters: Abbr.NRADDown 63: Kind of motherDEN