New York Times Answers - Friday, 28th February 1997 There are 28 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 28th February 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: To the limitAS FAR AS POSSIBLEAAcross 16: Unfortunate meetingHEADONCOLLISIONAAcross 17: Hightails itMAKESTHEDUSTFLYAAcross 18: Needle point?ENEAAcross 19: FermentsSIMMERSAAcross 20: LAX regulatorsFAAAAcross 21: Edward G. Robinson's role in "Little Caesar"RICOAAcross 22: ProvokeROILAAcross 24: Certain LouisianiansCAJUNSAAcross 27: HiddenVEILEDAAcross 31: Dweller on the Gulf of MasirahOMANIAAcross 32: Crowning point on a buildingCOPESTONEAAcross 35: Small versionMINIAAcross 36: SelenicLUNARAAcross 37: Chinese mafiaTONGAAcross 38: SwampedINUNDATEDAAcross 40: Old photoSEPIAAAcross 41: Tracy to Hepburn, oftenCO-STARAAcross 41: Tracy to Hepburn, oftenCOSTARAAcross 42: Museum piecesTORSOSAAcross 43: BacchanalORGYAAcross 45: One of the Flagston family, in the funniesLOISAAcross 46: "Mamma" followerMIAAAcross 49: GuardianshipKEEPINGAAcross 51: Cold and blusteryRAWAAcross 54: Steamy 1973 best sellerONCEISNOTENOUGHAAcross 57: Route for a Liverpool ferry, in songACROSSTHEMERSEYAAcross 58: Rosamunde Pilcher novel made into a TV movieTHESHELLSEEKERSDDown 1: Sighed line?AHMEDDown 2: Hans, in IrelandSEANDDown 3: MountebankFAKEDDown 4: Suffix with cannonADEDDown 5: "Semiramide" composerROSSINIDDown 6: Funny businessANTICSDDown 7: JerkSCHMODDown 8: Lay, e.g.POEMDDown 9: SeniorOLDERDDown 10: Hurriedly mumbleSLUR OVERDDown 11: PantywaistsSISSIESDDown 12: Suffix with idealISTDDown 13: Son of Willy LomanBIFFDDown 14: Gwen in "Damn Yankees"LOLADDown 15: "Orinoco Flow" singerENYADDown 21: EncounterRUN INTODDown 23: Bearings?LITTERSDDown 24: "The Katzenjammer Kids," e.g.COMICDDown 25: Kind of acidAMINODDown 26: He looks both waysJANUSDDown 28: Handwriting featuresLOOPSDDown 29: "The Untouchables" composer MorriconeENNIODDown 30: "Dancer at the Bar" painterDEGASDDown 32: InjuredCUTDDown 33: BuckONEDDown 34: Shock absorberPADDDown 36: LiberalityLARGESSEDDown 39: On the swarthy sideDARKISHDDown 40: Well-groomedSOIGNEEDDown 42: Language sound unitTONEMEDDown 44: Streisand's directorial debutYENTLDDown 45: Some MillersLITESDDown 46: Stage protectionMOATDDown 47: CreepINCHDDown 48: One to grow on?ACREDDown 50: Sci-fi writer FrederikPOHLDDown 51: Trojan horse, for exampleRUSEDDown 52: "Ain't She Sweet?" composerAGERDDown 53: ReasonsWHYSDDown 55: Daughter of HyperionEOSDDown 56: Where Mindy honeymooned, in 1981 TVORK