New York Times Answers - Monday, 1st September 1997 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 1st September 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Destine to disasterDOOMAAcross 5: Pepper's partnerSALTAAcross 9: Fix (in)EMBEDAAcross 14: ___ MajorURSAAAcross 15: Pop singer BrickellEDIEAAcross 16: TV's "Kate & ___"ALLIEAAcross 17: Word with land or criticalMASSAAcross 17: Word with land or criticalMASS.AAcross 18: Score before 15LOVEAAcross 19: One who raises a stink?SKUNKAAcross 20: Famous Wall Street panicBLACKFRIDAYAAcross 23: Reverse of WNWESEAAcross 24: De-squeakedOILEDAAcross 25: Travel far and wideROAMAAcross 27: Make warBATTLEAAcross 30: Modern refrigerators do it automaticallyDEFROSTAAcross 33: Prefix with cycleUNIAAcross 34: Actor DavisOSSIEAAcross 37: Field enclosureFENCEAAcross 38: Marksman of Swiss legendTELLAAcross 40: Exodus mountainSINAIAAcross 42: Mideast's Gulf of ___ADENAAcross 43: SpudTATERAAcross 45: Skin: SuffixDERMAAAcross 47: Yucatan yearANOAAcross 48: Well-readERUDITEAAcross 50: Kind of pianoPLAYERAAcross 52: DeftnessEASEAAcross 53: Faint, as through ecstasySWOONAAcross 55: Sit-ups firm theseABSAAcross 57: 1971 Steve McQueen filmONANYSUNDAYAAcross 62: Officer-to-beCADETAAcross 64: Fountain drinkMALTAAcross 65: OverhangEAVEAAcross 66: MannerismTRAITAAcross 67: Lackawanna's partner in railroadingERIEAAcross 68: Pavarotti pieceARIAAAcross 69: Final approvalSAY-SOAAcross 70: Poetic contractionNE'ERAAcross 71: Old FordsLTDSDDown 1: Slow-wittedDUMBDDown 2: Like some vaccinesORALDDown 3: BonesOSSADDown 4: Army's mule, e.g.MASCOTDDown 5: Concerned only with othersSELFLESSDDown 6: IdolizeADOREDDown 7: EnragedLIVIDDDown 8: Ready to be hit, as a golf ballTEEDDDown 9: Popular oven cleanerEASYOFFDDown 10: Jan. 15 initialsMLKDDown 11: 1957 Fats Domino hitBLUEMONDAYDDown 12: One, to HansEINSDDown 13: Astronaut SlaytonDEKEDDown 21: Narc's unitKILODDown 22: "All the Things You ___"AREDDown 26: Side squared, for a squareAREADDown 27: Montana cityBUTTEDDown 28: Lend ___ (listen)ANEARDDown 29: "Voices Carry" pop groupTILTUESDAYDDown 30: HoneybunchDEARDDown 31: Happening placeSCENEDDown 32: Voice above baritoneTENORDDown 35: TeamSIDEDDown 36: Suffix with elephantINEDDown 39: Helen's mother, in Greek mythLEDADDown 41: CharlatanIMPOSTERDDown 44: Italian rice dishRISOTTODDown 46: Major League brothers' nameALOUDDown 49: Half a scoreTENDDown 51: Temper, as metalANNEALDDown 53: TrapSNAREDDown 54: Poet ElinorWYLIEDDown 55: ___ of the ApostlesACTSDDown 56: Theda of HollywoodBARADDown 58: "You said it, brother!"AMENDDown 59: Bull's-eye hitterDARTDDown 60: ArdentAVIDDDown 61: Yes votesYEASDDown 63: Frozen WasserEIS