New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 20th August 1997 There are 41 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 20th August 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: DummyBOZOAAcross 5: More than unpopularHATEDAAcross 10: Sooty shaftFLUEAAcross 14: Kind of sch.ELEMAAcross 15: Dennis the Menace's motherALICEAAcross 16: "___ That a Shame" (1955 hit)AINTAAcross 17: Lamb's aliasELIAAAcross 18: Superior beingUBERMENSCHAAcross 20: CompassionPATHOSAAcross 22: TwofoldDUALAAcross 23: Ballantine brewALEAAcross 24: Annoying criticGADFLYAAcross 26: Aswan Dam lakeNASSERAAcross 28: PizzaPIEAAcross 30: Foe of the IroquoisERIEAAcross 31: Quick swimDIPAAcross 32: The EastASIAAAcross 34: As well asANDAAcross 35: Kind of situationNO-WINAAcross 39: Absolute flopWASH OUTAAcross 39: Absolute flopWASHOUTAAcross 41: Deplete, perhapsOVERUSEAAcross 43: "___ your life!"NOTONAAcross 44: Poetic prepositionEREAAcross 45: Had no doubtsKNEWAAcross 46: ___ gestaeRESAAcross 48: "Internal Affairs" star, 1990GEREAAcross 50: "Der Ring ___ Nibelungen"DESAAcross 51: Yule garlandWREATHAAcross 54: Talk turkey?GOBBLEAAcross 56: Mahler's homeland: Abbr.AUSAAcross 57: VowOATHAAcross 59: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" kingOBERONAAcross 62: Word to a cold suffererGESUNDHEITAAcross 65: PermittedABLEAAcross 66: "Paradise Lost" settingEDENAAcross 67: ClearERASEAAcross 68: Michener tale, e.g.SAGAAAcross 69: MGM Grand siteRENOAAcross 70: Africa's largest nationSUDANAAcross 71: Proof wordERATDDown 1: Pager cueBEEPDDown 2: Stew crockOLLADDown 3: Prevailing moodZEITGEISTDDown 4: College World Series siteOMAHADDown 5: Traditional wifeHAUSFRAUDDown 6: R.&B. singer ___ SureALBDDown 7: Like Grateful Dead attireTIEDYEDDDown 8: BeigeECRUDDown 9: Insist onDEMANDDDown 10: GroupieFANDDown 11: Loeb and Bonet of showbizLISASDDown 12: Cry of defeatUNCLEDDown 13: Early anestheticETHERDDown 19: Julia Louis-Dreyfus TV roleELAINEDDown 21: Flowery tributeODEDDown 25: FluffLINTDDown 27: Hybrid eating utensilSPORKDDown 28: HockPAWNDDown 29: Golfer AokiISAODDown 33: Now, in NogalesAHORADDown 36: "Splendid!"WUNDERBARDDown 37: "Ah!"ISEEDDown 38: Part of CNNNEWSDDown 40: Gravel order, perhapsONETONDDown 41: Nabisco sweetOREODDown 42: ProhibitedVERBOTENDDown 44: BrainiacEGGHEADDDown 47: Secret Service eyewearSHADESDDown 49: RecedeEBBDDown 51: Vegas transactionWAGERDDown 52: ___ Rivoli (arcaded Paris street)RUEDEDDown 53: Ruhr cityESSENDDown 55: Pay for monthlyLEASEDDown 58: Like some trafficTHRUDDown 60: Marathoner MarkovaOLGADDown 61: TidyNEATDDown 63: Lively card gameUNODDown 64: "This ___ test..."ISA