New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 15th July 1997 There are 38 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 15th July 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Top piece of a two-pieceBRAAAcross 4: Italian seaportSALERNOAAcross 11: Timber woodASHAAcross 14: "Alley ___"OOPAAcross 15: Zoom-in shotCLOSE-UPAAcross 15: Zoom-in shotCLOSEUPAAcross 16: Chinese principleTAOAAcross 17: Sex determinantX CHROMOSOMEAAcross 19: ___ rampageONAAAcross 20: Ready to goON TAPAAcross 21: Taste test labelBRANDXAAcross 23: 200 milligrams, to a jewelerCARATAAcross 25: Funnyman PhilipsEMOAAcross 28: Not have ___ in the worldACAREAAcross 29: Spinks defeater, 1978ALIAAcross 30: Parallel bar exercisesDIPSAAcross 32: Not nudeCLADAAcross 33: Complicated situationsMESSESAAcross 37: Debussy contemporarySATIEAAcross 39: Treasure hunter's declarationXMARKSTHESPOTAAcross 43: PenWRITEAAcross 44: Parti-coloredMOTLEYAAcross 46: Quite the expertBUFFAAcross 49: Having conflicting allegiancesTORNAAcross 51: ___ du DiableILEAAcross 52: Kind of foolAPRILAAcross 54: Wood splitterAXEAAcross 55: Quite the expertMAVENAAcross 57: For adults onlyXRATEDAAcross 59: Tickle one's fancyAMUSEAAcross 61: Play (with)TOYAAcross 62: Twenty-somethingsGENERATION XAAcross 67: Jargon suffixESEAAcross 68: Earth, wind or fireELEMENTAAcross 69: Squid secretionINKAAcross 70: Texas-Oklahoma boundary riverREDAAcross 71: Tennis volleysRETURNSAAcross 72: Gypsy Rose ___LEEDDown 1: Word with band or sandBOXDDown 2: Dutton's sitcom roleROCDDown 3: "Art is long, life is short," e.g.APHORISMDDown 4: Astronaut CarpenterSCOTTDDown 5: Soprano GluckALMADDown 6: BlottoLOOPEDDDown 7: Suffix with lionESSDDown 8: Rock's ___ SpeedwagonREODDown 9: Feeling the effects of NovocaineNUMBDDown 10: "Don Giovanni," for oneOPERADDown 11: Like Schoenberg's musicATONALDDown 12: Bullock of "Speed"SANDRADDown 13: Took in, in a wayHOAXEDDDown 18: Genetic stuffRNADDown 22: Say "yes" toACCEPTDDown 23: Auto shaft, slangilyCAMDDown 24: "Family Ties" boyALEXDDown 26: Anonymous manMISTERXDDown 27: MoonfishOPAHDDown 31: Fruit/tree connectorSTEMDDown 34: Deemed appropriateSAWFITDDown 35: MiscalculateERRDDown 36: "In Living Color" segmentSKITDDown 38: Prefix with propylISODDown 40: Greek porticoSTOADDown 41: Salad dressing ingredientOLIVE OILDDown 42: Boob tube, in Britain: Var.TELEDDown 45: HankeringYENDDown 46: Bandleader LesBAXTERDDown 47: RevoltedUPROSEDDown 48: Not neat at the endsFRAYEDDDown 50: More imminentNEARERDDown 53: Pioneer in CubismLEGERDDown 55: Fido and friendsMUTTSDDown 56: "___ recall..."ASIDDown 58: Take outDELEDDown 60: "Buddenbrooks" novelist ThomasMANNDDown 63: Surfing siteNETDDown 64: Big birdEMUDDown 65: Opposite SSWNNEDDown 66: Classic JaguarXKE