New York Times Answers - Friday, 21st March 1997 There are 34 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 21st March 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Game for the Joy Luck ClubMAH-JONGGAAcross 1: Game for the Joy Luck ClubMAHJONGGAAcross 9: Eyepiece, in jargonOCULARAAcross 15: Ornamental shrubOLEANDERAAcross 16: Sport from 4-DownKARATEAAcross 17: Spitfire, e.g.WARPLANEAAcross 18: Alonso or Markova of balletALICIAAAcross 19: Slangy approvalA-OKAAcross 20: Sound system stapleCD PLAYERAAcross 22: "I ___ idea!"HADNOAAcross 25: Lucky people?IRISHAAcross 26: Schedule abbr.ARRAAcross 27: Like Herriman's KatKRAZYAAcross 30: Vietnamese coinHAOAAcross 33: Cagey one?ZOO KEEPERAAcross 33: Cagey one?ZOOKEEPERAAcross 35: 1990-91 World Grand Prix championSENNAAAcross 37: Montezuma, e.g.EMPERORAAcross 38: With greater frequencyOFTENERAAcross 40: RetreatsLAIRSAAcross 41: Dodge carsINTREPIDSAAcross 43: ___-CatSNOAAcross 44: French equivalent of the OscarCESARAAcross 45: It may be easily bruisedEGOAAcross 46: Max von ___SYDOWAAcross 49: "The Wild Duck" playwrightIBSENAAcross 51: Cinematic techniquesFADEOUTSAAcross 54: Nouvelle Caledonie, e.g.ILEAAcross 55: Herschel discovered itURANUSAAcross 56: Orange-flowered plantMARIGOLDAAcross 61: Frost in New EnglandROBERTAAcross 62: Vast river basinAMAZONIAAAcross 63: Team statLOSSESAAcross 64: Start of this year?NINETEENDDown 1: Level the playing field?MOWDDown 2: LikeALADDown 2: LikeALA.DDown 3: "And I Love ___"HERDDown 4: "Walk, Don't Run" setting, 1966JAPANDDown 5: SpectatorsONLOOKERSDDown 6: Site of Theo. Roosevelt Natl. ParkNDAKDDown 7: O.T. bookGENDDown 8: Adopt HellenismGRECIZEDDown 9: Relative of a giraffeOKAPIDDown 10: Demands, with "for"CALLSDDown 11: 'Umble Dickens characterURIAHHEEPDDown 12: FiligreedLACYDDown 13: What some games end inATIEDDown 14: SternREARDDown 21: Timber diseasesDRYROTSDDown 22: Old TV series based on a cartoonHAZELDDown 23: BouquetsAROMASDDown 24: VisitorDROP INDDown 28: Vintage autoREODDown 29: Preserves flavorAPRICOTDDown 31: "___ Song" (John Denver hit)ANNIESDDown 32: AnxiousONEDGEDDown 34: Oils obtained from petroleum, coal or woodKEROSENESDDown 35: Boil, perhapsSTERILIZEDDown 36: "Backdraft" crimeARSONDDown 39: Monk's titleFRADDown 42: Rather, for oneNEWSMANDDown 47: Cahn-Styne's "___ My Girl"YOUREDDown 48: Checks for printsDUSTSDDown 50: FatheredBEGOTDDown 51: Roll upFURLDDown 52: Ending with buck or stinkAROODDown 53: PatsDABSDDown 54: Neighbor of TurkmenistanIRANDDown 57: Start of Cain's queryAMIDDown 58: Bit of binary codeONEDDown 59: Hammarskjold's predecessorLIEDDown 60: Rather, for oneDAN