New York Times Answers - Saturday, 16th August 1997 There are 39 across clues and 32 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 16th August 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Path, to Pu YiTAOAAcross 4: Comme caTHUSAAcross 8: ImmureSEAL INAAcross 14: Prepared introduction?ILLAAcross 14: Prepared introduction?ILL.AAcross 15: Comme ci, comme caSO-SOAAcross 16: 1987 Kim Basinger filmNADINEAAcross 17: AntiquityELDAAcross 18: Asian border riverAMURAAcross 19: Marsh denizensEGRETSAAcross 20: "Shiny Happy People" bandREMAAcross 21: SternREARAAcross 22: ShortensELIDESAAcross 23: Boosted itemsEGOSAAcross 25: Elizabeth Seaman's pen nameBLYAAcross 26: Designer of Massachusetts' state symbolREVEREAAcross 27: NaysayerDENIERAAcross 29: Where to see shooting starsWESTERNSAAcross 31: GoneDEPLETEDAAcross 33: Flip side of 7-DownYESWEREOPENAAcross 38: Escort service?RENT-A-CARAAcross 40: RampantEPIDEMICAAcross 46: Start of two Henry Miller titlesTROPICAAcross 48: Heavy silk fabricSAMITEAAcross 49: Pathet ___ (Asian party)LAOAAcross 51: Stellar phenomenonNOVAAAcross 52: CovetsCRAVESAAcross 53: Division of Labor, brieflyOSHAAAcross 55: GuffLIPAAcross 56: Dingers, in sports lingoHOMERSAAcross 57: Chulalongkorn's landSIAMAAcross 58: Pike ___EELAAcross 59: Tennyson maidELAINEAAcross 60: Lingering effectECHOAAcross 61: Mined-over matterOREAAcross 61: Mined-over matterORE.AAcross 62: French city where Dreyfus was retriedRENNESAAcross 63: RetreatsDENSAAcross 64: Basketball Hall-of-Famer HolmanNATDDown 1: StackedTIEREDDDown 2: Lacking convictionALLEGEDDDown 3: Blue bloods, so to speakOLD MONEYDDown 4: Alexis, e.g.TSARDDown 5: Bathtub suds?HOME BREWDDown 5: Bathtub suds?HOMEBREWDDown 6: RegularUSUALDDown 7: Flip side of 33-AcrossSORRYWERECLOSEDDDown 8: Derisive reactionsSNEERSDDown 9: Young raptorEAGLETDDown 10: Main slot for disksADRIVEDDown 11: SongsLIEDERDDown 12: ResidentINTERNDDown 13: PromontoriesNESSESDDown 24: A.F.C. passing leader, 1980SIPEDDown 28: Two-time U.S. Open winnerELSDDown 30: Author PhillpottsEDENDDown 32: Gene's "Young Frankenstein" co-starTERIDDown 34: A discoverer of nuclear fissionOTTO HAHNDDown 35: It's normal for 28-DownPARDDown 36: Capital subj.ECONDDown 37: Continental system proponentNAPOLEONDDown 39: Nice locationRIVIERADDown 40: "Relativity" artistESCHERDDown 41: Pen release mechanism?PAROLEDDown 42: Bo Diddley hit remade by the YardbirdsIMAMANDDown 43: "Mangia!"DIVEINDDown 44: Nev'r-endingETERNEDDown 45: PicklesMESSESDDown 47: Pill varietyCAPLETDDown 50: "Cold ___" (Foreigner hit)ASICEDDown 54: Book after JoelAMOS