New York Times Answers - Saturday, 12th April 1997 There are 39 across clues and 33 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 12th April 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Like tattersallPATTERNEDAAcross 10: SwaggerSWASHAAcross 15: OnceAWHILEAGOAAcross 16: Part woman, part bird creatureHARPYAAcross 17: Euphemism for hellTARNATIONAAcross 18: Waiting in the wingsON TAPAAcross 19: Clytemnestra's slayerORESTESAAcross 20: Complain bitterlyINVEIGHAAcross 22: MintNEWAAcross 23: Common language suffixISHAAcross 24: Pulitzer playwright AkinsZOEAAcross 25: Antonio Banderas, in "Evita"CHEAAcross 26: SmidgenJOTAAcross 27: Sub station?DELIAAcross 28: "1-2-3" singer BarryLENAAcross 29: Orwell's "The Road to ___ Pier"WIGANAAcross 32: Minor, in lawPETITAAcross 33: Announcement at LAXETAAAcross 34: Noted singer with Krupa & His OrchestraODAYAAcross 35: AnnoyGRATEAAcross 36: "The Sound and the Fury" directorRITTAAcross 37: Fighter at VicksburgREBAAcross 38: Garlicky mayonnaiseAIOLIAAcross 39: ChutzpahMOXIEAAcross 40: 1950 film noir classicD.O.A.AAcross 41: SchmoozesGABSAAcross 42: Supermarket tabloid subjectLIZAAcross 43: Certain camera, initiallySLRAAcross 44: Rock pioneer BrianENOAAcross 45: Latin lawLEXAAcross 46: Pin ___OAKAAcross 49: Ford best sellersMODELTSAAcross 51: Egg-laying animalsOVIPARAAAcross 53: "Enough!"IGIVEAAcross 54: Sexton, for oneCARETAKERAAcross 56: Carthage, todayTUNISAAcross 57: "High Sierra" starIDALUPINOAAcross 58: ScalawagsHEELSAAcross 59: OomphSEX APPEALDDown 1: ___ the backPATONDDown 2: HipAWAREDDown 3: CastTHREWDDown 4: Cannery row?TINSDDown 5: JubilanceELATIONDDown 6: MakeupRETESTDDown 7: TV's Charlie ChanNAISHDDown 8: Victim of deflationEGODDown 9: "Lucia di Lammermoor" composerDONIZETTIDDown 10: Comment to a boss in a Johnny Paycheck titleSHOVEITDDown 11: Draw to a closeWANEDDown 12: State dispute section of America's first constitutionARTICLEIXDDown 13: Insulating tubingSPAGHETTIDDown 14: Break one's word?HYPHENATEDDown 21: "Really!"NOLIEDDown 26: Late-night nameJAYDDown 27: Passes out, in a wayDEALSDDown 29: The person who made this puzzle, e.g.WORDSMITHDDown 30: Doctrinaire sortIDEOLOGUEDDown 31: Worsted twillGABARDINEDDown 32: BeakPROBOSCISDDown 35: ElephantineGIANTDDown 36: "Shoe" waitress, in the comicsROZDDown 38: UndyingAGELESSDDown 39: Engage in a quarrelMIXITUPDDown 42: Bottom of a parking garage, perhapsLEVELADDown 45: Seuss creatureLORAXDDown 46: Actor Jack of "The Great Dictator"OAKIEDDown 47: Play ground?ARENADDown 48: Pope John Paul II's real first nameKAROLDDown 50: Rank and vileEVILDDown 52: Founder of New York's Public TheaterPAPPDDown 55: Drink suffixADE