New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 17th September 1997 There are 40 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 17th September 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Grist for processorsDATAAAcross 5: QuizzesASKSAAcross 9: HurtACHEDAAcross 14: "L'___ c'est moi": Louis XIVETATAAcross 15: Train transportationRAILAAcross 16: Word in a Yale songBOOLAAAcross 17: Religious monster?FAITHGILAAAcross 19: Sound louder than kerplopSPLATAAcross 20: Swimming pool problemALGAEAAcross 21: Athos, Porthos and Aramis, e.g.NOMSAAcross 23: 1944 Pulitzer journalistPYLEAAcross 24: It's rolled out at partiesTEA CARTAAcross 24: It's rolled out at partiesTEACARTAAcross 26: Wooden shoeSABOTAAcross 28: 1940's Big-Band leaderKRUPAAAcross 30: Solidarnosc leaderWALESAAAcross 33: Chattering birdsDAWSAAcross 36: Not stiffLIMPAAcross 38: FrothyBARMYAAcross 39: Serpent's mark?EVEAAcross 40: Popular men's magazineDETAILSAAcross 42: Parisian wayRUEAAcross 43: "Mefistofele" composerBOITOAAcross 45: Biology subj.ANATAAcross 46: Gets choked upGAGSAAcross 47: Charles's "Gaslight" co-star, 1944INGRIDAAcross 49: "___ to bed"AND SOAAcross 51: Solicit cash fromHITUPAAcross 53: Formation of boneOSTOSISAAcross 57: SpoilsSWAGAAcross 59: Cream of the cropBESTAAcross 61: Junta's actEDICTAAcross 62: Tigger's adopted momKANGAAAcross 64: Macho dance?STUDPOLKAAAcross 66: SignedINKEDAAcross 67: SoundTONEAAcross 68: December airNOELAAcross 69: Compote fruitPEARSAAcross 70: Q-TipSWABAAcross 71: In ___ (existing)ESSEDDown 1: Make lean?DEFATDDown 2: "I could ___ unfold...": "Hamlet"ATALEDDown 3: Northern evergreen forestsTAIGADDown 4: Jumps onATTACKSDDown 5: S.A. republicARGDDown 6: Patron of bread?SAINTPITADDown 7: Narc's catch, maybeKILODDown 8: PutdownsSLAMSDDown 9: Tummy musclesABSDDown 10: "Apocalypse Now" directorCOPPOLADDown 11: Jerusalem?HOLYTERRADDown 12: One way to get to JerusalemELALDDown 13: Anniversary, e.g.DATEDDown 18: Take, as oral argumentsHEARDDown 22: CutSAWDDown 25: Wear the crownRULEDDown 27: Barbara, to friendsBABSDDown 29: Popular appliance makerAMANADDown 31: OverproudSMUGDDown 32: Words said in passing?AYESDDown 33: Skater ThomasDEBIDDown 34: Shakespeare, the Bard of ___AVONDDown 35: Measure a pop singer?WEIGHANKADDown 37: Musical fish?PIANOTUNADDown 40: "Go ahead!"DO ITDDown 40: "Go ahead!"DOITDDown 41: Some old FordsLTDSDDown 44: Set offTRIGGERDDown 46: "Nice going!"GOODONEDDown 48: NameDUBDDown 50: Kind of aerobicsSTEPDDown 52: Pains in the neckPESTSDDown 54: Farm towersSILOSDDown 55: F.D.R.'s Interior SecretaryICKESDDown 56: Several-days-oldSTALEDDown 57: Pass overSKIPDDown 58: DiminishWANEDDown 60: Pack awaySTOWDDown 63: TV breaksADSDDown 65: Miss out?DEB