New York Times Answers - Friday, 15th August 1997 There are 37 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 15th August 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Comes to passHAPSAAcross 5: Sugar or starch, in slangCARBAAcross 9: Present timeXMASAAcross 13: Tracy Marrow, familiarlyICETAAcross 14: Apartment next to the super's, maybeONEBAAcross 15: SpongeMOOCHAAcross 16: Bumble Bee, e.g.TUNAAAcross 17: Whence the phrase "to give the devil his due"DON QUIXOTEAAcross 19: Not movingSTAGNANTAAcross 21: Sawer of logsSNORERAAcross 22: Author with a book subtitled "The Saga of an American Family"HALEYAAcross 23: Dinner wearTUXEDOAAcross 24: Imposes without invitationOBTRUDESAAcross 28: ___ Z (everything)ATOAAcross 29: "You can't mean me!?"MOIAAcross 30: Word of the ProphetKORANAAcross 32: RetreatEXITAAcross 35: Preceding periodsEVESAAcross 37: W.W. II enlisteeGIJOEAAcross 39: Refrigerator bar?OLEOAAcross 41: Many A.B.A. membersESQSAAcross 43: His last work was "Pocketful of Miracles," 1961CAPRAAAcross 45: Get up and it's goneLAPAAcross 46: Kind of deliveryUPSAAcross 48: TokenKEEPSAKEAAcross 50: SucceededMADEITAAcross 53: Like CheeriosOATENAAcross 54: "Yoo-hoo!"UP HEREAAcross 55: Maternity surpriseTRIPLETSAAcross 58: Birds Eye offeringFROZEN FOODAAcross 60: Plaster baseLATHAAcross 61: StoresFILESAAcross 62: A person might earn one for a scoreEMMYAAcross 63: Christiania, todayOSLOAAcross 64: Kind of dogSLEDAAcross 65: FireZEALAAcross 66: Break downWEEPDDown 1: Has real relevanceHITSHOMEDDown 2: Slightly better thanACUTABOVEDDown 3: Football coach's nightmarePENALTIESDDown 4: Play makerSTAGERDDown 5: End pieceCODADDown 6: Betimes, updatedANONDDown 6: Betimes, updatedANON.DDown 7: TornRENTDDown 8: July 4th event, brieflyBBQDDown 9: Letter signoffXOXOXOXODDown 10: Sculptor HenryMOOREDDown 11: Didn't waitACTEDDDown 12: Former N.H.L. coach FredSHERODDown 15: Advertising unitMINUTEDDown 18: Singles' grp.?USTADDown 20: Curly cue?NYUKDDown 25: Utter failure, in slangDOGDDown 26: Davis of baseballERICDDown 27: Exerciser of spin control?SAJAKDDown 31: "Don't think so"NOPEDDown 33: UncomfortableILL AT EASEDDown 34: WhistlerTEAKETTLEDDown 36: TightSQUEEZEDDDown 38: Middle of a famous palindromeEREDDown 40: Nonunion workplaceOPEN SHOPDDown 42: Churchill Downs featuresSPIRESDDown 44: PerAPOPDDown 47: Submachine gunSTENDDown 49: JaundicedSALLOWDDown 50: Winter wearMUFFSDDown 51: Four before a slashAPRILDDown 52: Wild Asian dogDHOLEDDown 55: Bibliophile's purchaseTOMEDDown 56: Tevere's cityROMADDown 57: Romantic interludeIDYLDDown 59: Cousin of a tarbooshFEZ