New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 22nd October 1997 There are 40 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 22nd October 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: On the doubleFASTAAcross 5: Peace Nobelist of 1984TUTUAAcross 9: Classic drinksCOKESAAcross 14: Jazz homeUTAHAAcross 15: Letters of urgencyASAPAAcross 16: Impossible to missOVERTAAcross 17: Tick offRILEAAcross 18: Columbus : ___ :: ...SANTAMARIAAAcross 20: Brunch stapleOMELETAAcross 22: Much of MongoliaGOBIAAcross 23: Bird's billNEBAAcross 23: Bird's billNEB.AAcross 24: DistantREMOVEDAAcross 26: St. Louis attractionARCHAAcross 28: Like the fluVIRALAAcross 30: "Hey Girl" singer, 1971OSMONDAAcross 34: Bygone FordEDSELAAcross 37: 1970's Tony Musante seriesTOMAAAcross 39: Command to RoverSTAYAAcross 40: SourpussCRABAAcross 41: HalfheartedTEPIDAAcross 42: Kind of breadPITAAAcross 43: Prop at a Christmas musicalHALOAAcross 44: Serpent's homeEDENAAcross 45: Plains roamersBISONAAcross 46: Chrétien's capitalOTTAWAAAcross 48: Essayist SontagSUSANAAcross 50: Tex-Mex snackTACOAAcross 52: Got (by)SCRAPEDAAcross 56: Kramden vehicleBUSAAcross 59: Winningest N.C.A.A. basketball coachRUPPAAcross 61: Amend one's returnREFILEAAcross 62: Kirk : ___ :: ...ENTERPRISEAAcross 65: "Havana" actressOLINAAcross 66: Astaire had itSTYLEAAcross 67: The EastASIAAAcross 68: Outback crittersROOSAAcross 69: Antidote targetTOXINAAcross 70: InjuryHARMAAcross 71: Feminine suffixETTEDDown 1: Hue and cryFURORDDown 2: "___ to Kill" (Grisham novel)ATIMEDDown 3: City on the WillametteSALEMDDown 4: Stubing : ___ :: ...THELOVEBOATDDown 5: One who sipsTASTERDDown 6: "Home of the brave"U.S.A.DDown 6: "Home of the brave"USADDown 7: Flavor to rememberTANGDDown 8: ___ point (only so far)UPTOADDown 9: Daily pageCOMICSDDown 10: Reproductive cellsOVADDown 11: "Show Boat" composerKERNDDown 12: Native New YorkerERIEDDown 13: Wild guessSTABDDown 19: OverseasABROADDDown 21: What lurks in the hearts of menEVILDDown 25: Went withDATEDDDown 27: Corcoran : ___HMSPINAFOREDDown 29: RunsLOPESDDown 31: "Miss ___ Regrets"OTISDDown 32: Warsaw Pact counterforceNATODDown 33: Cannon in HollywoodDYANDDown 34: Audio problemECHODDown 35: Fieldsian expletiveDRATDDown 36: Popeye, e.g.SALTDDown 38: DrawbackMINUSDDown 41: Service componentTEACUPDDown 45: In the buffBAREDDown 47: Briar patch, maybeWARRENDDown 49: RiotSCREAMDDown 51: Geraldo competitorOPRAHDDown 53: Series samplePILOTDDown 54: "Cats" lyricistELIOTDDown 55: None too brightDENSEDDown 56: A+BESTDDown 57: "Do ___ others..."UNTODDown 58: Charon's crossingSTYXDDown 60: Tower sitePISADDown 63: George Bush was oneELIDDown 64: Sidney Poitier title roleSIR