New York Times Answers - Thursday, 18th September 1997 There are 37 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 18th September 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: BreezeSNAPAAcross 5: Appetizer for JuanTAPAAAcross 9: Cornrows alternativeAFROAAcross 13: Summer cabin siteLAKEAAcross 14: Curaçao neighborARUBAAAcross 16: Cherokee, for oneJEEPAAcross 17: Suffix with sinusITISAAcross 18: Two of a 60's quartetPAPASAAcross 19: LoadsA LOTAAcross 20: Hacked it, as a farmer?CUTTHEMUSTARDAAcross 23: Script scraperERASERAAcross 24: Cling toHUGAAcross 25: Bill Nye's subj. on TVSCIAAcross 28: Forum matterRESAAcross 29: Médoc, merlot, etc.REDSAAcross 32: SurpassedTOPPEDAAcross 34: Hacked it, as a highway engineer?MADETHEGRADEAAcross 36: 1986 World Series stadiumSHEAAAcross 39: Long March leaderMAOAAcross 40: Smeltery inputORESAAcross 41: Hacked it, as a candlemaker?WASUPTOSNUFFAAcross 46: Informal hatrackANTLERAAcross 47: Medal recipientHEROAAcross 48: Prefix with pressureACUAAcross 51: Literary inits.TSEAAcross 52: Dawn deityEOSAAcross 54: Lily-liveredCRAVENAAcross 56: Hacked it, as a pelican?FILLEDTHEBILLAAcross 60: Salalah's landOMANAAcross 62: "Vive ___!"LEROIAAcross 63: RestrainBATEAAcross 64: [Get the joke?]WINKAAcross 65: Microscopy supplySTAINAAcross 66: Inventor ElishaOTISAAcross 67: "Don't be startled"EASYAAcross 68: Some are hornedOWLSAAcross 69: Lt. Columbo et al.TECSDDown 1: Deli needSLICERDDown 2: John Muir's interestNATUREDDown 3: Muscular dogsAKITASDDown 4: Rats, gnats, etc.PESTSDDown 5: Like some jeans legsTAPEREDDDown 6: 80's-90's writer SaroyanARAMDDown 7: Kind of platterPUPUDDown 8: DiscomposeABASHDDown 9: Open, but justAJARDDown 10: Crystalline mineralFELDSPARDDown 11: Monogrammatic car of oldREODDown 12: ChooseOPTDDown 15: PerspicaciousASTUTEDDown 21: Sister of ZeusHERADDown 22: Eagerly excitedAGOGDDown 26: GrantCEDEDDown 27: Middle of a mensisIDESDDown 30: SampleDEMODDown 31: Secret supplySTASHDDown 33: Academic handlePROFDDown 34: Handle without careMAULDDown 35: SharpenHONEDDown 36: Try for a flySWATDDown 37: Geiger of Geiger counter fameHANSDDown 38: Pop music's Gloria and EmilioESTEFANSDDown 42: Flake (off)PEELDDown 43: Longhaired fad dollsTROLLSDDown 44: ScampsURCHINSDDown 45: "Watch out!"FOREDDown 48: Do the Wright thingAVIATEDDown 49: Larry Bird was oneCELTICDDown 50: ButUNLESSDDown 53: HandleSEETODDown 55: Prior's superiorABBOTDDown 57: Black and wetINKYDDown 58: TieDRAWDDown 59: LaborTOILDDown 60: Have a tabOWEDDown 61: Veterans' concern, brieflyMIA