New York Times Answers - Friday, 31st October 1997 There are 38 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 31st October 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Son of NoahJAPHETHAAcross 8: Book sizesOCTAVOSAAcross 15: Con artistFLEECERAAcross 16: UpstartPARVENUAAcross 17: Electric hornsKLAXONSAAcross 18: CamperTRAILERAAcross 19: Actor Priestley et al.JASONSAAcross 20: FrostedRIMYAAcross 21: "Rin Tin Tin" showerABCAAcross 22: Bread and drinkRYESAAcross 23: Kings and queens, e.g.PIECESAAcross 25: Pulitzer dramatist AkinsZOEAAcross 26: EnduringETERNALAAcross 28: ___ puraAQUAAAcross 29: Kenyan president beginning 1978MOIAAcross 32: Cut looseREVELAAcross 33: OverwhelmsSTUNSAAcross 34: ConfessedAVOWEDAAcross 36: Prince Philip's birthplaceGREECEAAcross 37: Patron saint of FranceDENISAAcross 38: TV's George Jefferson, e.g.BIGOTAAcross 41: O.E.D. enderZEDAAcross 42: Thomas Moore's homelandERINAAcross 43: How some are leftFORDEADAAcross 45: Menu wordsALAAAcross 45: Menu wordsALA.AAcross 46: Rough ___RIDERSAAcross 47: City NW of MascaraORANAAcross 51: KicksFUNAAcross 52: Census dataAGESAAcross 53: Elegant garden featureGAZEBOAAcross 55: To such an extentIN SO FARAAcross 55: To such an extentINSOFARAAcross 57: Circus followerMAXIMUSAAcross 58: Sovereignty, in SussexSCEPTREAAcross 59: StruggleAGONIZEAAcross 60: "No problem"THATSOKAAcross 61: Chang, alternativelyYANGTZEDDown 1: Celeb often seen in supermarket tabsJFKJRDDown 2: Put to restALLAYDDown 3: Porridge ingredientPEASEDDown 4: Simple sugarHEXOSEDDown 5: Budget subj.ECONDDown 6: Kid's present, perhapsTENSPEEDDDown 7: "48___"HRSDDown 8: Re sightOPTICALDDown 9: California artist's colonyCARMELDDown 10: Drive-in diner suppliesTRAYSDDown 11: Bird: PrefixAVIDDown 12: "Las Meninas" painterVELAZQUEZDDown 13: Tennis maximumONEBOUNCEDDown 14: DiscontinuedSURCEASEDDDown 20: Tennis's LacosteRENEDDown 24: Sportscaster CrossIRVDDown 27: Spanish crowd?TRESDDown 28: PicnickedATEDDown 29: Prepared the punch?MADEAFISTDDown 30: How some business deals are madeOVERLUNCHDDown 31: View from SyracuseIONIAN SEADDown 33: Mlle. across the PyreneesSRTADDown 35: Game aimWINDDown 36: Loses itGOESGAGADDown 38: "Tommy Boy" co-starBODEREKDDown 39: Ticked statesIRESDDown 40: Warsaw Pact member, initiallyGDRDDown 43: Mozart subjectFIGARODDown 44: OutDOZINGDDown 46: A lotRAFTSDDown 48: PardonREMITDDown 49: Full of lively gossipABUZZDDown 50: Long time followerNOSEEDDown 54: Neuron partAXONDDown 56: Go one way or the otherOPTDDown 57: Has a green lightMAY