New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 9th September 1997 There are 38 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 9th September 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fruit of the Loom rivalHANESAAcross 6: Where boys will be boysFRATAAcross 10: FrostRIMEAAcross 14: Word with time or rightsEQUALAAcross 15: Indian musicRAGAAAcross 16: Some mutual fund accts.IRASAAcross 17: Ingratiate oneself, e.g.CURRY FAVORAAcross 19: Dust busters, for shortVACSAAcross 20: Film critic PaulineKAELAAcross 21: Cuckoo birdANIAAcross 22: StyleGENREAAcross 23: Original stateMINTCONDITIONAAcross 27: "Virginia Woolf" dramatistALBEEAAcross 29: 1955 children's heroineELOISEAAcross 30: OgleLEERATAAcross 32: Charged particleIONAAcross 33: Mail carriers have them: Abbr.RTESAAcross 37: With 6-Down, operator of a 63-DownAIRAAcross 38: Auction offeringLOTAAcross 40: Butterfly catcherNETAAcross 42: Pitcherful, maybeALEAAcross 43: DroopsSAGSAAcross 45: Post-W.W. II grp.WAFAAcross 47: "Shucks!"DARNITAAcross 49: La Scala productionsOPERASAAcross 52: Shark watchers' protectorsCAGESAAcross 53: Sherlock Holmes playerBASILRATHBONEAAcross 57: Way inENTRYAAcross 58: Sale item marking: Abbr.IRRAAcross 59: Big examORALAAcross 62: Pulitzer writer JamesAGEEAAcross 63: Words of wisdomSAGEADVICEAAcross 66: "Twittering Machine" artistKLEEAAcross 67: Gulf war missileSCUDAAcross 68: Al ___ (firm)DENTEAAcross 69: Does lawn workSODSAAcross 70: Summer shirtsTEESAAcross 71: Lock of hairTRESSDDown 1: "Shucks!"HECKDDown 2: Water colorAQUADDown 3: Famed trial venueNUREMBERGDDown 4: Before nowEARLIERDDown 5: Like Wile E. CoyoteSLYDDown 6: See 37-AcrossFRANCEDDown 7: Italian cheese or meat dishRAVIOLIDDown 8: Give it ___ (try)AGODDown 9: Roof topTARDDown 10: Rosie the ___RIVETERDDown 11: Khomeini, for oneIRANIDDown 12: Computer shortcutMACRODDown 13: German PittsburghESSENDDown 18: The 2% of 2%FATDDown 22: Dogfaces, todayGISDDown 24: Patricia of "Hud"NEALDDown 25: Twelve ___NOONDDown 26: Ate fancilyDINEDDDown 27: Word of resignationALASDDown 28: "Star Wars" princessLEIADDown 31: Radio station needTOWERDDown 34: Cousin of an orangeTANGERINEDDown 35: Peace Nobelist WieselELIEDDown 36: Places for propsSETSDDown 39: "Gone With the Wind" settingTARADDown 41: Guacamole's placeTACODDown 44: Evening get-togethersSOIREESDDown 46: Rundown feelingFATIGUEDDown 48: Hurried next door, e.g.RANOVERDDown 50: ThicknessPLYDDown 51: Tears upSHREDSDDown 53: Prominent toucan featuresBEAKSDDown 54: The "A" of WASPANGLODDown 55: Riding horseSTEEDDDown 56: Stagewear for MadonnaBRADDown 60: Plays the partACTSDDown 61: Some popular jeansLEESDDown 63: See 37-AcrossSSTDDown 64: Serve like Sampras, e.g.ACEDDown 65: Banned pesticideDDT