New York Times Answers - Friday, 16th May 1997 There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 16th May 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Like topiarySHAPEDAAcross 7: "The never failing vice of fools": PopePRIDEAAcross 12: Went into hidingHOLEDUPAAcross 14: Brawl activitySHOVINGAAcross 16: Not in yetONORDERAAcross 17: StirsCOMESTOAAcross 18: 1993 musical with the Best Original ScoreTOMMYAAcross 19: Product once pitched by Grace KellyIPANAAAcross 21: Pandowdy, e.g.PIEAAcross 22: Parseghian et al.ARASAAcross 23: MultitudeHORDEAAcross 24: Thomas Moore ballad localeTARAAAcross 25: Artist Gerard ___ BorchTERAAcross 26: Eminent Washington familyGORESAAcross 27: Shakespearean female rolesKATESAAcross 28: "Shiloh" novelist ShelbyFOOTEAAcross 29: StrongMUSCLYAAcross 30: Standup comic with a sitcomJEFFFOXWORTHYAAcross 33: "G.W.T.W." extrasBELLESAAcross 34: Whoop it upPARTYAAcross 35: In the backAREARAAcross 36: Bristol-Myers Squibb brandNODOZAAcross 37: Eden and others, for shortPMSAAcross 40: FollowingSECTAAcross 41: SurgedRISENAAcross 42: Stay freshKEEPAAcross 43: 911 responderEMTAAcross 44: 3-D graph linesZAXESAAcross 45: Dame's introductionNOTREAAcross 46: Raphael's "___ Madonna"SISTINEAAcross 48: Victory site of March 1945IWO JIMAAAcross 50: Japanese matsTATAMISAAcross 51: VetoNEGATERAAcross 52: Navajo homeHOGANAAcross 53: City dweller's pocketfulTOKENSDDown 1: BarragedSHOTATDDown 2: Caricaturist DaumierHONOREDDown 3: Baseball's SandyALOMARDDown 4: Salon ordersPERMSDDown 5: Go round and roundEDDYDDown 6: AnticipatedDUEDDown 7: Ring upPHONEDDown 8: 1990 World Cup site, locallyROMADDown 9: "___ had it!"IVEDDown 10: AlacrityDISPATCHDDown 11: 100%ENTIRELYDDown 13: BeforePRIORTODDown 14: LotsSCADSDDown 15: Let upGOEASYDDown 20: Condition ahead of time, as filmPREEXPOSEDDown 23: Goes by foot, with "it"HOOFSDDown 24: PalatableTASTYDDown 26: Summer intern, maybeGOFERDDown 27: Tony winner SwoosieKURTZDDown 28: EFFLATDDown 29: IdiotMORONDDown 30: Old Testament bookJEREMIAHDDown 31: Makes a choiceELECTSTODDown 32: Enters, as a controversyWADESINDDown 33: Most inferiorBASESTDDown 36: QuashesNIXESDDown 37: Dress sizePETITEDDown 38: Sea creatures of mythMERMENDDown 39: Catches, in a waySPEARSDDown 41: Arrived breathlesslyRANINDDown 42: 13th Precinct lieutenantKOJAKDDown 44: Coors product since 1992ZIMADDown 45: CanceledNO-GODDown 47: MonikerTAGDDown 49: ShoweryWET