New York Times Answers - Friday, 30th May 1997 There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 30th May 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Holds backRETARDSAAcross 8: WateryAQUEOUSAAcross 15: Do tests onEXAMINEAAcross 16: Africa's ___ FasoBURKINAAAcross 17: Port sightTUGBOATAAcross 18: They're not as big as jarsJIGGLESAAcross 19: Gilmore of basketballARTISAAcross 20: GraveACUTEAAcross 22: ___-di-dahLAHAAcross 23: Cynic's retortIBETAAcross 24: Reproductive bodySPOREAAcross 25: She played Gilda in "Gilda"RITAAAcross 26: Peeples of "Fame"NIAAAcross 27: It may be dirtySHAMEAAcross 28: Chief Justice after MarshallTANEYAAcross 29: "Ditto"SAMEHEREAAcross 31: Dries upWIZENSAAcross 32: Refuse helpGOITALONEAAcross 34: Kvetch a lotSQUAWKAAcross 37: Daytime TV offeringGAME SHOWAAcross 41: Like Miss Muffet's fareCURDYAAcross 42: Saavedra ___ (1936 Peace Nobelist)LAMASAAcross 43: In vitro itemsOVAAAcross 44: Pouch holders, for shortROOSAAcross 45: "V" villainALIENAAcross 46: No stay-at-homeGOERAAcross 47: Certain photo order: Abbr.ENLAAcross 48: Palm leafFRONDAAcross 49: Site of Tiberius's villaCAPRIAAcross 50: Obscure stuffESOTERYAAcross 52: ReleaseUNLOOSEAAcross 54: CountermandedNEGATEDAAcross 55: Western ravinesCOULEESAAcross 56: DaggersSTYLETSAAcross 57: Overseas assemblyKNESSETDDown 1: PreservesRETAINSDDown 2: It's way out of townEXURBIADDown 3: Wrestling duoTAGTEAMDDown 4: ScopeAMBITDDown 5: Jamaica's Ocho ___RIOSDDown 6: Genes materialDNADDown 7: IsolateSET-APARTDDown 8: Recant officiallyABJUREDDown 9: SoQUITEDDown 10: Give a little pushURGEDDown 11: Ticker tale?EKGDDown 12: Vital engine conduitOILLINEDDown 13: Left overUNEATENDDown 14: Steps fancilySASHAYSDDown 21: "Huh?"COMEAGAINDDown 24: V.I.P. from ArabySHEIKDDown 25: WrecksRAZESDDown 27: TheatricalSHOWYDDown 28: Points at the dinner tableTINESDDown 30: "Heavens to Betsy!"EGADSDDown 31: "___ of the Year"WOMANDDown 33: One losing power, perhapsLAME DUCKDDown 34: Puts on for a certain audienceSCREENSDDown 35: Hut styleQUONSETDDown 36: Surgical specialtyUROLOGYDDown 38: Notoriously malodorous birdsHOOPOESDDown 39: ManageOVERSEEDDown 40: Least confidentWARIESTDDown 42: Big name in insuranceLLOYDSDDown 45: French traffic orderARRETDDown 46: British pensGAOLSDDown 48: Big bashFETEDDown 49: Shoe impression, maybeCLUEDDown 51: Former world chess champion from RussiaTALDDown 53: "Smoking or ___?"NON