New York Times Answers - Friday, 28th March 1997 There are 38 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 28th March 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: At firstONBASEAAcross 7: NudistsADAMITESAAcross 15: Sarge's superiorsLOOIESAAcross 16: Not to mentionLET ALONEAAcross 17: Practice piecesETUDESAAcross 18: I.B.M. laptopTHINKPADAAcross 19: "___ dieu!"MONAAcross 20: Pet-carrier featureAIR HOLEAAcross 20: Pet-carrier featureAIRHOLEAAcross 22: Wee, to BurnsSMAAAcross 23: Bygone empireINCAAAcross 25: Critic RogerEBERTAAcross 26: LampblackSOOTAAcross 27: TrailSCENTAAcross 29: "At Seventeen" singerIANAAcross 30: Hobbits' home, with "The"SHIREAAcross 31: Late pop singer Franchi et al.SERGIOSAAcross 33: WhirlpoolsSWIRLSAAcross 35: Bar degreeLLDAAcross 36: "Unaccustomed ___..."ASIAAcross 37: Knight mares?STEEDSAAcross 40: ScaleCLIMB UPAAcross 44: Family of Danish physicistsBOHRSAAcross 45: Certain sucklerEWEAAcross 47: Lake Tanganyika discoverer JohnSPEKEAAcross 48: Cries for JoselitoOLESAAcross 49: Skating eventPAIRSAAcross 51: Lith. and Lat., onceSSRSAAcross 52: Battle of Britain grp.RAFAAcross 53: ComparedLIKENEDAAcross 55: Daisy ___MAEAAcross 56: Like Oedipus's curse in "Oedipus Rex"IRONICALAAcross 58: Flip outLOSE ITAAcross 60: NonupleNINE-FOLDAAcross 60: NonupleNINEFOLDAAcross 61: "FoxTrot" pet, in the funniesIGUANAAAcross 62: Masthead namesGAZETTESAAcross 63: TypesGENRESDDown 1: The RebelsOLEMISSDDown 2: NeverNOTONCEDDown 3: Disco featureBOUNCERDDown 4: AuxiliaryAIDDDown 5: "Did You Ever ___ Lassie?"SEEADDown 6: "Ah, Wilderness!" motherESSIEDDown 7: Gibson of tennisALTHEADDown 8: Renders harmless, in a wayDEHORNSDDown 9: ListingATILTDDown 10: Long hairMANEDDown 11: NatureILKDDown 12: Bulb coverTOPSOILDDown 13: BewitchesENAMORSDDown 14: Put underSEDATEDDown 21: Results of cleanup work?RBISDDown 24: Bass players?ANGLERSDDown 26: Cocktail contentsSHRIMPSDDown 28: GamepiecesTILESDDown 30: O.K.s, in ToledoSISISDDown 32: "Hmm...!?"ODDDDown 34: ___-MartWALDDown 37: Glassed-in porchesSOLARIADDown 38: Winkler roleTHEFONZDDown 39: Potted maritime plantSEA KALEDDown 39: Potted maritime plantSEAKALEDDown 40: Geneva research ctr.CERNDDown 41: TarnishBESMEARDDown 42: Chernobyl settingUKRAINEDDown 43: Spanish cabbagePESETASDDown 44: Ho-humBORINGDDown 46: HandlesWIELDSDDown 49: Ornamental loopPICOTDDown 50: Baseball exec BudSELIGDDown 53: RideLIFTDDown 54: Venetian V.I.P.DOGEDDown 57: Name-dropper's wordNEEDDown 59: It rises at dawnSUN