New York Times Answers - Thursday, 29th May 1997 There are 33 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 29th May 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Thriving timeBOOMAAcross 5: Seed coveringARILAAcross 9: Make meek, in a waySHAMEAAcross 14: Bring downUNDOAAcross 15: Kierkegaard, e.g.DANEAAcross 16: Poolside turbanTOWELAAcross 17: Scene of W.W. I fightingYSERAAcross 18: "Black Beauty" authorANNASEWELLAAcross 20: MourningSITTINGSHIVAAAcross 22: "Keep it up, fella!"ATTABOYAAcross 23: Don't believe it!MIRAGEAAcross 27: Pond dwellersTEALSAAcross 28: Ice ___FLOEAAcross 30: ___ populiVOXAAcross 31: Sighting off the California coastSEA LIONAAcross 34: SpiffyNEATAAcross 35: NooneSINGERPETERAAcross 37: Newscaster PaulaZAHNAAcross 39: RelentsEASESUPAAcross 40: Prefix with propylISOAAcross 41: ScreenSIFTAAcross 42: Can't take ___ an answerNOFORAAcross 46: Play by 21-DownGHOSTSAAcross 48: Film maker?ACETATEAAcross 50: KnightTITLEDBRITONAAcross 53: Slapstick, e.g.COMICSTYLEAAcross 56: Falkirk citizenSCOTAAcross 57: Harry Connick Jr.'s "___ and a Smile"AWINKAAcross 58: Lots of bucksDEERAAcross 59: Some storyTALEAAcross 60: BriskPERKYAAcross 61: Lith. and Azer., onceSSRSAAcross 62: Suffix with huckSTERDDown 1: PatronizesBUYSATDDown 2: At the sceneON-SITEDDown 3: One-named folk singerODETTADDown 4: Subject for St. Thomas AquinasMORTAL SINDDown 5: Hersey's bell townADANODDown 6: Tall and wiryRANGYDDown 7: Places to overnightINNSDDown 8: Rachel's sisterLEAHDDown 9: Singer NicksSTEVIEDDown 10: Author Barbara of "Laughing All the Way"HOWARDDown 11: It's inspiredAWEDDown 12: Football Hall-of-Famer BlountMELDDown 13: WingELLDDown 19: Writer de Beauvoir et al.SIMONESDDown 21: See 46-AcrossIBSENDDown 24: MaintainAVERDDown 25: Former part of Portuguese IndiaGOADDown 26: Inside no.EXTDDown 28: Blue-ribbonFIRSTDDown 29: Unhurried gaitLOPEDDown 32: Unfair employersAGEISTSDDown 33: Word after over or cloverLEAFDDown 34: Family providers?NEPOTISTSDDown 35: "Git!"SHOODDown 36: Piano proTUNERDDown 37: Move to the sideZIGDDown 38: Soda ___ASHDDown 41: Hard to openSTICKYDDown 43: Contributor of big bucksFAT CATDDown 44: Mr. Chips portrayer, 1969O'TOOLEDDown 45: Flat dwellerRENTERDDown 47: Perform lousilySTINKDDown 48: Freud contemporaryADLERDDown 49: Many teamstersCBERSDDown 51: Former FordsLTDSDDown 52: They fit in socketsEYESDDown 53: Tube topCAPDDown 54: Take credit?OWEDDown 55: Earth orbiterMIR