New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 16th July 1997 There are 36 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 16th July 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Solipsist's preoccupationSELFAAcross 5: Harsh Athenian lawgiverDRACOAAcross 10: Employ a SingerSEWAAcross 13: Anjou, e.g.PEARAAcross 14: Casaba, e.g.MELONAAcross 15: ___-Ball (arcade game)SKEEAAcross 16: Heroine of Tennessee Williams's "Summer and Smoke"ALMAAAcross 17: "___ Help Myself" (Four Tops hit)ICANTAAcross 18: Phoenician portTYREAAcross 19: "Shut up!"BUTTONYOURLIPAAcross 22: ___ broche (cooked on a spit)ALAAAcross 22: ___ broche (cooked on a spit)ALA.AAcross 24: Coach ParseghianARAAAcross 25: Iranian moneyRIALSAAcross 26: Lullaby startHUSHLITTLEBABYAAcross 31: Bandleader ShawARTIEAAcross 32: They're in galley banksOARSAAcross 33: SowSEEDAAcross 34: "Flow gently, sweet ___": BurnsAFTONAAcross 36: Yemen's capitalSANAAAcross 40: Game planIDEAAAcross 41: Fancy watchROLEXAAcross 42: "Pipe down, Pierre!"FERMEZLABOUCHEAAcross 47: Hurler Reynolds of the 40's-50's YankeesALLIEAAcross 48: Go (for)TRYAAcross 49: AssistAIDAAcross 50: Director's directiveQUIETONTHESETAAcross 55: Amenhotep IV's godATONAAcross 56: Words repeated at the start of the "Sailor's Song"TOSEAAAcross 57: Like ___ in a trapARATAAcross 60: Bookie's bookingsBETSAAcross 61: ___ around (near)INANDAAcross 62: Rani's attireSARIAAcross 63: Come-onsADSAAcross 64: Mystery writer Paretsky and othersSARASAAcross 65: Book after II ChroniclesEZRADDown 1: Health centerSPADDown 2: Electric ___EELDDown 3: BerateLAMBASTEDDown 4: German wifeFRAUDDown 5: Composer ShostakovichDMITRIDDown 6: Supply with more varnishRECOATDDown 7: Astronaut ShepardALANDDown 8: RabbitCONYDDown 9: Aware ofONTODDown 10: First U.S. space stationSKYLABDDown 11: In a spooky wayEERILYDDown 12: BoohoosWEEPSDDown 15: Narrow furrowSTRIADDown 20: MythTALEDDown 21: City areas, informallyURBSDDown 22: Triumphant criesAHASDDown 23: Tackle box itemLUREDDown 27: SecretedHIDDDown 28: Smash to smithereensTOTALDDown 29: Indochinese languageLAODDown 30: Directional suffixERNDDown 34: Summer refresherADEDDown 35: Shriner hatFEZDDown 36: Not worth a ___SOUDDown 37: Much-filmed prisonALCATRAZDDown 38: Radar's favorite drink on "M*A*S*H"NEHIDDown 39: FiredAXEDDDown 40: "___ a man..."IMETDDown 41: Popular fast-food chain, informallyROYSDDown 42: Crimped, as a piecrustFLUTEDDDown 43: T. S. and GeorgeELIOTSDDown 44: Trifles: Fr.RIENSDDown 45: Goddess of wisdomATHENADDown 46: Covers with crumbsBREADSDDown 47: Mideast's Gulf of ___AQABADDown 51: Revolutionary orator JamesOTISDDown 52: Soul singer HendryxNONADDown 53: Pre-Soviet royaltyTSARDDown 54: Let upEASEDDown 58: Timetable abbr.ARRDDown 59: Aunt, in MadridTIA