New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 21st May 1997 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 21st May 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bouquet holderVASEAAcross 5: Bouquet makersFLORAAAcross 10: ___ OffensiveTETAAcross 13: Deejay DonIMUSAAcross 14: Two-time Grand Slam winnerLAVERAAcross 15: Missile housingSILOAAcross 16: "Relax!"DONTHAVEACOWMANAAcross 19: ___ gratia artisARSAAcross 20: "I have half ___ to..."AMINDAAcross 21: Part of a bouquetPEONYAAcross 22: The Beatles' last movieLETITBEAAcross 24: Brush, so to speakBEARDAAcross 25: Baseball's Charlie HustleROSEAAcross 26: MeagerSCANTAAcross 28: Monopoly tokenIRONAAcross 30: Mall componentSTOREAAcross 31: Legal matterRESAAcross 34: "Relax!"TAKEADEEPBREATHAAcross 38: Be in hockOWEAAcross 39: 1977 U.S. Open champVILASAAcross 40: LikableNICEAAcross 41: ManipulateWIELDAAcross 42: PredominantMAINAAcross 44: ChiselerCHEATAAcross 46: James Bond backdropCOLD WARAAcross 49: Not so boldSHYERAAcross 50: Former Soviet First LadyRAISAAAcross 52: Guinness specialtyALEAAcross 53: "Relax!"KEEPYOURSHIRTONAAcross 56: CravingsYENSAAcross 57: "The Brady Bunch" housekeeperALICEAAcross 58: Flying eagle, e.g.CENTAAcross 59: Old polit. causeERAAAcross 60: Novelist Dostoyevsky: Var.FEDORAAcross 61: Trojan ally, in the "Iliad"ARESDDown 1: "Myra Breckinridge" authorVIDALDDown 2: That's a subject for Dean Martin!AMOREDDown 3: Summer ailmentSUNSTROKEDDown 4: Therapy fadESTDDown 5: Like a plum puddingFLAMBEDDown 6: "C'est ___"LAVIEDDown 7: Kenmore productOVENDDown 8: Crack the booksREADDDown 9: SemicircleARCDDown 10: Indonesian islandTIMORDDown 11: Cousin of a gazelleELANDDDown 12: June awardTONYDDown 15: Work like a slaveSWEATDDown 17: Items at a lost-and-foundHATSDDown 18: First gameOPENERDDown 23: With 49-Down, "Say Anything" co-starIONEDDown 24: Cutting remarkBARBDDown 26: LieuSTEADDDown 27: True-crime TV seriesCOPSDDown 28: Simpson's criminal-case judgeITODDown 29: VulgarRAWDDown 30: PeddleSELLDDown 31: It's found in a runoffRAINWATERDDown 32: And so onETC.DDown 33: 1967 Monkees songSHEDDown 35: Zoo sectionAVIARYDDown 36: Dr. Atkins's planDIETDDown 37: Oklahoma townENIDDDown 41: BlubbersWEEPSDDown 42: Participant at a 90's dance clubMOSHERDDown 43: Jai ___ALAIDDown 44: Root onCHEERDDown 45: One raising a howl?HYENADDown 46: Pancho's amigoCISCODDown 47: Going stagALONEDDown 48: Signs a leaseRENTSDDown 49: See 23-DownSKYEDDown 50: Preside overRULEDDown 51: Bone-dryARIDDDown 54: ClodOAFDDown 55: Admiral competitor, onceRCA