New York Times Answers - Friday, 23rd May 1997 There are 42 across clues and 30 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 23rd May 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Personal things?ADSAAcross 4: It's full of rootsSCALPAAcross 9: Rocky Mtn. highs?ALTSAAcross 13: Takes homeNETSAAcross 15: ___ Conferences of 1899 and 1907HAGUEAAcross 16: ___ Maar (Picasso mistress and subject)DORAAAcross 17: Some HavanansAFROCUBANSAAcross 19: Actor MoralesESAIAAcross 20: Round rollsBIALIESAAcross 21: SentimentalityGOOAAcross 23: Outer limitENDAAcross 24: Pizza toppingONIONAAcross 25: One that's over due?TREAAcross 27: 1969 Hoffman roleRATSOAAcross 29: Author ___ YutangLINAAcross 30: "Independence Day" actorQUAIDAAcross 32: Fleetwood Mac's "Walk ___ Line"ATHINAAcross 33: Mason attachmentITEAAcross 34: Commercial prefix for many cold-weather productsSNOAAcross 35: Comic actor JohnCLEESEAAcross 36: Like a shake roofCEDAREDAAcross 39: MollycoddlesCOSSETSAAcross 40: Military demolitions expertSAPPERAAcross 41: Shoot the breezeJAWAAcross 42: Take a boughLOPAAcross 43: Nursery itemsTREESAAcross 44: Monthly serviceCABLEAAcross 46: TripERRAAcross 47: French storyETAGEAAcross 48: Long ___AGOAAcross 49: Millionths of a meterMICRAAAcross 51: Singer Ocasek of the CarsRICAAcross 52: Old-fashioned contractionTISAAcross 54: ___ one's welcomeOUTSTAYAAcross 56: Noted name in newspaperingOCHSAAcross 58: Hospital helperNURSE'S AIDEAAcross 60: "___ Three Lives" (TV oldie)ILEDAAcross 61: "The Pirates of Penzance" heroineMABELAAcross 62: Roulette betNOIRAAcross 63: ___ Jr. (acting son, familiarly)DESIAAcross 64: Beethoven dedicateeELISEAAcross 65: AntisNOSDDown 1: Body builder?ANABOLIC STEROIDDDown 2: One usually precedes 15-AcrossDEFINITE ARTICLEDDown 3: Infant's dessert, maybeSTRAINEDPEACHESDDown 4: "Leaving Las Vegas" co-starSHUEDDown 5: Hack's placeCABSTANDDDown 6: Palindromic titleAGADDown 7: Took a stab at?LUNGEDDDown 8: Colombian coinPESODDown 9: "The Sultan of Sulu" writerADEDDown 10: Fall short in votesLOSETHEELECTIONDDown 11: 50's innovationTRANSISTORRADIODDown 12: Hoped for salvationSAIDONESPRAYERSDDown 14: Whist varietySOLODDown 18: Roulette betCINQDDown 22: They're all talkORALSDDown 26: Capital city till 1960RIODDown 28: Chemical suffixesATESDDown 31: Mouse manipulatorUSERDDown 35: HoodCOWLDDown 37: Take down ___APEGDDown 38: Right, in a wayRESETDDown 39: Crews' quartersCABOOSESDDown 41: BenderJAGDDown 44: Invitation notationCASUALDDown 45: CPR prosEMTSDDown 50: "No man ___..."ISANDDown 53: "Trust ___" (1937 hit)INMEDDown 55: Ubangi tributaryUELEDDown 57: 80's Pentagon lettersSDIDDown 59: Diamond stat.RBI