New York Times Answers - Monday, 31st March 1997 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 31st March 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Employee's rewardBONUSAAcross 6: Person from MuscatOMANIAAcross 11: Civil War alliance: Abbr.CSAAAcross 14: ___-gardeAVANTAAcross 15: RepairmanFIXERAAcross 16: Cause frictionRUBAAcross 17: NervousnessBUTTERFLIESAAcross 19: Slippery fishEELAAcross 20: Lover of Sir LancelotELAINEAAcross 21: Dawn goddessEOSAAcross 22: Take it easyLAZEAAcross 23: ChoosesSELECTSAAcross 25: Computer-telephone linkMODEMAAcross 27: Some New Year's resolutionsDIETSAAcross 29: Gallows loopsNOOSESAAcross 32: Muppeteer HensonJIMAAcross 35: Former pro footballer, brieflyLARAMAAcross 37: Like mountains in winterSNOWYAAcross 38: Very dryARIDAAcross 40: Batman's sidekickROBINAAcross 42: Yemeni portADENAAcross 43: Hotel employeeVALETAAcross 45: Words mouthed at a TV cameraHIMOMAAcross 47: "We ___ Not Alone" (1939 film)AREAAcross 48: Short sockANKLETAAcross 50: "Frasier" characterNILESAAcross 52: Red wineMEDOCAAcross 54: OutlineCONTOURAAcross 58: Part of Q.E.D.QUODAAcross 60: Prof's deg.PH.D.AAcross 60: Prof's deg.PHDAAcross 62: Jelly used for fuelSTERNOAAcross 63: Coffee makerURNAAcross 64: NumbskullsCHEESEHEADSAAcross 66: RipenAGEAAcross 67: Out-of-datePASSEAAcross 68: Stan's partner, for shortOLLIEAAcross 69: Actress SusanDEYAAcross 70: Place for grandma's trunkATTICAAcross 71: Yorkshire cityLEEDSDDown 1: "___ in Toyland"BABESDDown 2: Small eggOVULEDDown 3: Birth-relatedNATALDDown 4: Loose, as shoelacesUNTIEDDDown 5: Sign painter's aidSTENCILDDown 6: Not at workOFFDDown 7: Miss's equivalent, in a sayingMILEDDown 8: AdageAXIOMDDown 9: Actor LiamNEESONDDown 10: April check payee: Abbr.IRSDDown 11: Certain soft drinkCREAM SODADDown 12: Mideast canalSUEZDDown 13: SkillfulABLEDDown 18: Open up a rip againRETEARDDown 22: Hotelier HelmsleyLEONADDown 24: ___ Brewery Co., of DetroitSTROHDDown 26: Opposite of no-nosDOSDDown 28: Polio vaccine developerSABINDDown 30: PitcherEWERDDown 31: Auld lang ___SYNEDDown 32: Jakarta's islandJAVADDown 33: Ayatollah's landIRANDDown 34: Small allowance for a schoolchildMILKMONEYDDown 36: CopycatMIMICDDown 39: Took outDELEDDDown 41: Like a win-win situationNOLOSEDDown 44: "Nightline" host KoppelTEDDDown 46: Cough drop ingredientMENTHOLDDown 49: Formal headgearTOP HATDDown 51: "The Spectator" essayistSTEELEDDown 53: Treasure containerCHESTDDown 55: Papal vestmentORALEDDown 56: RuinedUNDIDDDown 57: What everything's coming up, in songROSESDDown 58: College areaQUADDDown 59: EncourageURGEDDown 61: Lucy's husbandDESIDDown 64: Bean counter, for shortCPADDown 65: Dry, as wineSEC