New York Times Answers - Saturday, 23rd August 1997 There are 40 across clues and 34 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 23rd August 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Racecourse sectionsSTRAIGHTSAAcross 10: Sign of stagnationALGAEAAcross 15: Advantage, of a sortHEAD STARTAAcross 16: ImprudenceFOLLYAAcross 17: Car with a dragon in its logoALFAROMEOAAcross 18: Without delayAPACEAAcross 19: 1970's guerrilla grp.SLAAAcross 20: Kind of schoolSUMMERAAcross 22: Common PC file suffixDATAAcross 23: Abounds (with)TEEMSAAcross 26: Springs (for), slangilyPOPSAAcross 27: Lance on a benchITOAAcross 28: Former TV host SorkinARLEENAAcross 30: LP's: Abbr.RECSAAcross 32: Nickel in a pocket, say?OREAAcross 32: Nickel in a pocket, say?ORE.AAcross 33: StationSTOPAAcross 35: GloomyDUNAAcross 36: PutLAYAAcross 37: Antigone's motherJOCASTAAAcross 40: More than esteemIDOLIZEAAcross 42: Actress MerkelUNAAAcross 43: Shaker Society founder LeeANNAAcross 44: One of Asta's mastersNORAAAcross 45: Quite a hgt.MTNAAcross 46: ReceptionsTEASAAcross 48: SubmitSEND INAAcross 52: Master's follower, maybePH.D.AAcross 52: Master's follower, maybePHDAAcross 53: A.B.A. membersATTSAAcross 55: Candy manufacturer HarryREESEAAcross 56: One of the Maritime Provinces: Abbr.PEIAAcross 57: "Brighton Rock" authorGREENEAAcross 59: Farm motherSOWAAcross 60: UpADD TOAAcross 62: Run away, perhapsLEAVEHOMEAAcross 65: Classical Spanish composer AntonioSOLERAAcross 66: Drives awayALIENATESAAcross 67: ChicSTYLEAAcross 68: UnderestimateSELL SHORTDDown 1: Cascades peakSHASTADDown 2: Penn palTELLERDDown 3: Baseball's PalmeiroRAFAELDDown 4: City SSW of TulsaADADDown 5: Leb. neighborISRDDown 6: Old cars with Turbo-Hydramatic gearboxesGTOSDDown 7: Publicly exaggerate, in slangHAMUPDDown 8: ShakingTREMORDDown 9: Entered noisilySTOMPEDINDDown 10: Winston Churchill's "___ Country"AFARDDown 11: CutLOPDDown 12: Some irisesGLADIOLIDDown 13: Island with a view of the Golden GateALCATRAZDDown 14: The same wayEYETOEYEDDown 21: Currency in OportoESCUDOSDDown 24: Costa ___MESADDown 25: AttacksSETSATDDown 29: RemovedNOTNEARDDown 31: Wood sawer, so to speakSNORERDDown 34: Slim cigarsPANATELASDDown 37: Cager's maneuverJUMPPASSDDown 38: PunctuallyON THE DOTDDown 39: In plain EnglishCANDIDLYDDown 41: WayLANEDDown 47: Actor Bob of "Of Mice and Men," 1939STEELEDDown 49: Mississippi River explorerDESOTODDown 50: One of chemically related compoundsISOMERDDown 51: Just outNEWESTDDown 54: SlowpokeSNAILDDown 57: Murder and suchGOREDDown 58: Notable name in derring-doEVELDDown 61: ___ el Amarna, Egyptian excavation siteTELDDown 63: Nav. rankENSDDown 64: "I doubt that!"HAH