New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 31st December 1997 There are 39 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 31st December 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Use a postscriptADDAAcross 4: Turkish Empire founderOSMANAAcross 9: Sail extenderSPRITAAcross 14: Place to do some gambolingLEAAAcross 15: ___ IslandRHODEAAcross 16: See 31-DownARENAAAcross 17: Campus climberIVYAAcross 18: Workaholic's memoir?LOVEOFLABORAAcross 20: Greet the villainBOOAAcross 21: Land of 47-DownERINAAcross 22: Sites for ritesALTARSAAcross 23: ExaggerateINFLATEAAcross 25: Soft cheeseBRIEAAcross 26: GauntBONYAAcross 27: Hardly boisterousTAMEAAcross 28: NourishedFEDAAcross 31: Marine ___CORPSAAcross 33: EssentialNECESSARYAAcross 35: Ancient theatersODEAAAcross 36: Man of the casaSENORAAcross 37: 1982 sci-fi flickTRONAAcross 38: Cargo quantitiesBOATLOADSAAcross 40: "Don't You Know" singerREESEAAcross 41: Where Mindy honeymoonedORKAAcross 42: Fine things?ARTSAAcross 43: ___ AltoPALOAAcross 44: Pituitary hormoneACTHAAcross 45: In 25 words or lessBRIEFLYAAcross 48: "My pleasure!"GLADTOAAcross 51: UnfruitfulARIDAAcross 52: Drone, e.g.BEEAAcross 53: Seasoning specialist's memoir?LIFEOFSPICEAAcross 55: Muldaur's "___ Woman"IMAAAcross 56: Tombstone brothersEARPSAAcross 57: Former S.A.G. presidentASNERAAcross 58: 50 degrees, say: Abbr.LATAAcross 59: Chew the sceneryEMOTEAAcross 60: Cooper roleDEEDSAAcross 61: Fleur-de-___LYSDDown 1: Way outALIBIDDown 2: English cattle breedDEVONDDown 3: Escaped con's memoir?DAYOFBREAKDDown 4: City liberated by Joan of ArcORLEANSDDown 5: Unlikely nickname in the N.B.A.SHORTYDDown 6: Three-reeler, e.g.MOVIEDDown 7: Mideast's Gulf of ___ADENDDown 8: Classical startNEODDown 9: Military movementsSALLIESDDown 10: ChatterPRATEDDown 11: First name in country musicREBADDown 12: "___ out?"INORDDown 13: CrewmenTARSDDown 19: Dell dwellerFARMERDDown 24: Yankee junkball pitcherLOPATDDown 25: Crunchy salad toppersBACOSDDown 27: WatchesTENDSDDown 28: Clinton chef's memoir?FAREOFBILLDDown 29: Passion personifiedEROSDDown 30: Unit of forceDYNEDDown 31: With 16-Across, where the Pistons used to playCOBODDown 32: Skunk's defenseODORDDown 33: Not o'erNEATHDDown 34: Inscribed pillarSTELEDDown 36: SomewhatSORT OFDDown 39: What some folks can't tolerateLACTOSEDDown 40: 1984 Super Bowl champsRAIDERSDDown 43: Did comparison shoppingPRICEDDDown 44: SkillfulADEPTDDown 45: Pickle juiceBRINEDDown 46: Longtime SAC chiefLEMAYDDown 47: "The Winding Stair" poetYEATSDDown 48: ExuberanceGLEEDDown 49: Actor NeesonLIAMDDown 50: 70's doAFRODDown 51: Church partAPSEDDown 54: WoefulSAD