New York Times Answers - Saturday, 18th October 1997 There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 18th October 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Wins the draw, probablySHOOTSFASTAAcross 11: GrouchCRABAAcross 15: Pool featHALF GAINERAAcross 16: Pulitzer-winning microbiologist DubosRENEAAcross 17: 1963 Chiffons hitONEFINEDAYAAcross 18: Plains IndianOTOEAAcross 19: Nutritional abbr.RDAAAcross 20: Actress FeliciaFARRAAcross 21: CrackQUIPAAcross 22: Care forTENDAAcross 24: Old "Supper Club" radio hostCOMOAAcross 27: Old-fashioned ballot boxesURNSAAcross 28: "Leave It to Beaver" palEDDIEAAcross 30: Like modern technologyEMERGENTAAcross 32: Base appropriations?STEALSAAcross 34: PassENACTAAcross 35: Windswept pointTORAAcross 36: Farmer's place, in songTHEDELLAAcross 38: Singer DanaVICAAcross 41: Relative of a bandicootKOALAAAcross 42: "I Could Fall in Love" singerSELENAAAcross 44: Sticking togetherCLANNISHAAcross 47: UnprecedentedFIRSTAAcross 48: Low cardTREYAAcross 49: Shakespearean character who "had a tongue with a tang"KATEAAcross 50: Neurotransmitter amino acidDOPAAAcross 51: Make soundHEALAAcross 52: 100 cents abroadRANDAAcross 55: Void, in VichyNULAAcross 56: HarassedRODEAAcross 57: Gift shop itemSTATIONERYAAcross 60: Leading ammunition makerOLINAAcross 61: Many Nobel Prize winnersSCIENTISTSAAcross 62: German auto pioneerBENZAAcross 63: Church clothesSUNDAY BESTDDown 1: Losing straw in drawing strawsSHORTESTDDown 2: Personally left withHANDEDTODDown 3: Ornamental dogbaneOLEANDERDDown 4: Not workingOFFDDown 5: Expression of reliefTGIFDDown 6: Mideast capitalSANADDown 7: PassionateFIERCEDDown 8: Michael Crichton best seller, with "The"ANDROMEDASTRAINDDown 9: Overwhelming numberSEADDown 10: GoTRYDDown 11: Players may place stakes on thisCROQUETDDown 12: YieldRETURNDDown 13: ConsecrateANOINTDDown 14: Medical alerts?BEEPSDDown 23: Day, in DurangoDIADDown 25: Bit of biblical writingMENEDDown 26: Seniors' hurdles, maybeORALSDDown 29: John of songELTONDDown 31: Staff leader?G CLEFDDown 33: Meat cutSHANKDDown 37: Noted English letter writerELIADDown 38: Like ProteusVERONESEDDown 39: SporadicallyINSPURTSDDown 40: SparkCATALYSTDDown 41: "Falling From Grace" actress, 1992KAYLENZDDown 43: RestraintLIDDDown 44: Cuisine styleCREOLEDDown 45: OpeningLEAD-INDDown 46: VehementHEATEDDDown 48: BeatTHROBDDown 53: Mexican childNINADDown 54: Cartoonist RoyDOTYDDown 57: Sound of a lit fuseSSSDDown 58: The Horned Frogs, for shortTCUDDown 59: PointNIB