New York Times Answers - Saturday, 15th February 1997 There are 33 across clues and 31 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 15th February 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Key settingFLORIDAAAcross 8: Labour, in EnglandTHELEFTAAcross 15: Holds in aweREVERESAAcross 16: Jean Baptiste Poquelin's pen nameMOLIEREAAcross 17: 78's compositionACETATEAAcross 18: Asmara is its capitalERITREAAAcross 19: BearsCARRIESAAcross 20: Loathsome little creaturesNASTIESAAcross 21: Is behindTRAILSAAcross 22: Smile trigger?CHEESEAAcross 23: Picks upARRESTSAAcross 25: Generic greetingDEARSIRAAcross 26: NASA vehiclesLEMSAAcross 27: ExpelsSPEWSAAcross 29: Depots: Abbr.STASAAcross 30: Fissure fillerOREAAcross 30: Fissure fillerORE.AAcross 31: Small barracudaSPETAAcross 35: Kind of music or lightningSHEETAAcross 37: Storied Big Apple nightclubCOPAAAcross 41: High and lowALL OVERAAcross 41: High and lowALLOVERAAcross 43: Romantic and melancholyBYRONICAAcross 45: "Would you not ___ breathed?": Shak.DEEMITAAcross 46: CaveRELENTAAcross 47: ComponentsFACTORSAAcross 49: Ticked off aboutHOTOVERAAcross 50: The lily maid of ___ (Tennyson's Elaine)ASTOLATAAcross 51: Rodgers and Hart's "Johnny ___"ONENOTEAAcross 52: Home wreckerTERMITEAAcross 53: They're spent in SpainPESETASAAcross 54: Actor who's a crossword fanEDASNERAAcross 55: Stable work forceOSTLERSDDown 1: Irregular mathematical shapeFRACTALDDown 2: "The Russia House" authorLE CARREDDown 3: Like a baseball pitchOVERARMDDown 4: Puts in the dock againRETRIESDDown 5: Some tracksIRAILSDDown 6: Can't standDETESTSDDown 7: "___ Death" (Grieg work)ASESDDown 8: 1947 docudramaTMENDDown 9: "___ Satires & Epistles" (classical Roman work)HORACESDDown 10: Inventor OtisELISHADDown 11: Befouls the pathLITTERSDDown 12: Most inexplicableEERIESTDDown 13: Variety of irisFREESIADDown 14: Film snippetsTEASERSDDown 24: Ludwig who wrote nine symphoniesSPOHRDDown 25: LoserDWEEBDDown 28: AforeEREDDown 31: Tragic endSADFATEDDown 32: ContentPLEASEDDDown 33: Sister of OrestesELECTRADDown 34: Rain dance accompanimentTOMTOMSDDown 35: Fixed chargeSETRATEDDown 36: Family in O'Neill dramasTYRONESDDown 37: Eagle wearerCOLONELDDown 38: Each man's entitlement, per the sayingONEVOTEDDown 39: Bat applicationPINE TARDDown 40: Arthur or Monroe, e.g.ACTRESSDDown 42: Instrument played by 24-DownVIOLINDDown 44: Take back to the labRETESTDDown 48: Trick ending?STERDDown 49: ___-my-thumbHOPO