New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 20th May 1997 There are 40 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 20th May 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: UttersSAYSAAcross 5: Military plane acronymAWACSAAcross 10: DesertlikeARIDAAcross 14: Wyoming neighborUTAHAAcross 15: Striped critterZEBRAAAcross 16: HurtingSOREAAcross 17: State of financial independenceEASY STREETAAcross 19: CAT ___SCANAAcross 20: Singer LopezTRINIAAcross 21: Kett of old comicsETTAAAcross 22: Little guitarsUKESAAcross 23: Singer CaraIRENEAAcross 25: GuardSENTRYAAcross 27: It's a stitch!SEAMAAcross 29: Mint and sageHERBSAAcross 32: Stadium soundsRAHSAAcross 35: Basketball hoop site, oftenGARAGEAAcross 39: Acorn, in 2020?OAKAAcross 40: "Surfin' ___" (Beach Boys hit)U.S.A.AAcross 40: "Surfin' ___" (Beach Boys hit)USAAAcross 41: Gandhi's titleMAHATMAAAcross 42: Ryan's "Love Story" co-starALIAAcross 43: Russian space stationMIRAAcross 44: PuzzleENIGMAAAcross 45: 4:1, e.g.ODDSAAcross 46: Mubarak's predecessorSADATAAcross 48: Recipe directionSTIRAAcross 50: Some Broadway showsDRAMASAAcross 54: Overhead shotSMASHAAcross 57: Last name in spydomHARIAAcross 59: "There ought to be ___!"ALAWAAcross 61: Suggest itself (to)OCCURAAcross 63: Thrift shop stipulationASISAAcross 64: "The Birdcage" co-starNATHANLANEAAcross 66: PossessHAVEAAcross 67: Whitney Houston's "All the Man That ___"INEEDAAcross 68: VerveELANAAcross 69: ParrotsAPESAAcross 70: Chooses actorsCASTSAAcross 71: E-mail commandSENDDDown 1: Winter bird foodSUETDDown 2: Video arcade nameATARIDDown 3: Arafat of the P.L.O.YASIRDDown 4: Wallflower's characteristicSHYNESSDDown 5: Much-publicized drugAZTDDown 6: ExistedWEREDDown 7: Helps in dirty deedsABETSDDown 8: El Greco's birthplaceCRETEDDown 9: Underworld figureSATANDDown 10: GuaranteeASSUREDDown 11: Ice cream parlor orderROCKYROADDDown 12: "Dies ___"IRAEDDown 13: TV roomsDENSDDown 18: ___ qua nonSINEDDown 24: 1991 Tony winner DaisyEAGANDDown 26: "Take ___ Train"THEADDown 28: When repeated, a fishMAHIDDown 30: Like a worn tireBALDDDown 31: T-bar sightsSKISDDown 32: Jamaican exportsRUMSDDown 33: Pacific Rim regionASIADDown 34: Computer partHARD DRIVEDDown 36: Joplin pieceRAGDDown 37: 24-hr. conveniencesATMSDDown 38: Certain exams, for shortGMATSDDown 41: Prefix with physicalMETADDown 45: The ScripturesORACLESDDown 47: Gets upARISESDDown 49: "___ Fire" (Springsteen hit)IMONDDown 51: Wired, so to speakMANICDDown 52: "The George & ___ Show" (former talk show)ALANADDown 53: Fills upSATESDDown 55: Union rateSCALEDDown 56: Chinese provinceHUNANDDown 57: Joker's gibeHA-HADDown 57: Joker's gibeHAHADDown 58: Rush job notationASAPDDown 60: StimulateWHETDDown 62: Rip apartRENDDDown 65: Want ___ADS