New York Times Answers - Friday, 14th March 1997 There are 33 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 14th March 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: With 58-Across, 35-AcrossMONOPOLYAAcross 9: Kind of cageGILDEDAAcross 15: "Messiah," e.g.ORATORIOAAcross 16: Chicago Mrs.OLEARYAAcross 17: Getting to the bottom of things?SETTLINGAAcross 18: Like a parameciumMOTILEAAcross 19: ___ pooped to popTOOAAcross 20: The Force was with himYODAAAcross 21: Problem-laden choresONUSESAAcross 22: Have trustRELYAAcross 23: Stop making a scene?WRAPAAcross 24: Far from sharpOBTUSEAAcross 27: Good Citizens contest sponsor: Abbr.DARAAcross 28: They're filled with tracksCDSAAcross 31: A raft, in diner slangTOASTAAcross 32: Where Edna Ferber was bornKALAMAZOOAAcross 35: See 1-AcrossHOUSESANDHOTELSAAcross 37: Lingua franca, for someESPERANTOAAcross 38: HubMECCAAAcross 39: A.A.A. suggestionRTEAAcross 40: Itty-bittyWEEAAcross 41: Didn't dawdleDASHEDAAcross 42: Barbed commentsJABSAAcross 44: Cooped (up)PENTAAcross 45: Duke's deputy in "Measure for Measure"ANGELOAAcross 48: Twist in a drinkRINDAAcross 49: Bit of workERGAAcross 52: Writer aboard the BeagleDARWINAAcross 53: Jump pastSKIP OVERAAcross 55: Not in quantityAPIECEAAcross 56: Proteus and Valentine, for two noted examplesVERONESEAAcross 57: Whence much color of fallMAPLESAAcross 58: See 1-AcrossPROPERTYDDown 1: Between half and allMOSTDDown 2: Snack since 1912OREODDown 3: Kind of forcesNATODDown 4: Baseball All-Star, 1934-44OTTDDown 5: You needn't press itPOLYESTERDDown 6: FirebirdORIOLEDDown 7: Popular 30's danceLINDYDDown 8: Kind of masterYOGADDown 9: City in GenesisGOMORRAHDDown 10: Massey of "Balalaika"ILONADDown 11: Stop working so hardLET UPDDown 11: Stop working so hardLETUPDDown 12: Roasting platformDAISDDown 13: Lawyer/writer GardnerERLEDDown 14: Chrome yellow and othersDYESDDown 22: Charlotte ___RUSSEDDown 23: Face lost in the crowdWALDODDown 24: Besides what's hereOTHERDDown 25: Leg upBOOSTDDown 26: Mole-coloredTAUPEDDown 27: He went through HellDANTEDDown 28: Like Milos FormanCZECHDDown 29: Like life in Italy, maybeDOLCEDDown 30: "Alas"SOSADDDown 32: "___ War" (Nick Stone book series)KANESDDown 33: The folksMOMANDPOPDDown 34: Controversial eventATESTDDown 36: DocSAWBONESDDown 41: Bickle's portrayer, in "Taxi Driver"DE NIRODDown 42: Watch bearingJEWELDDown 43: Girl who meets the DuchessALICEDDown 44: SkinflintPIKERDDown 45: Dweller in ParadiseADAMDDown 46: Wine areaNAPADDown 47: Traveling bagGRIPDDown 48: Common requestRSVPDDown 49: "If you ___...!" (threat)EVERDDown 50: Crash, so to speakRESTDDown 51: Certain horseGREYDDown 54: It's for the moneyONE