New York Times Answers - Thursday, 14th May 1998 There are 37 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 14th May 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Unedited versionDRAFTAAcross 6: Heavy shoeSABOTAAcross 11: Like chop-shop vehiclesHOTAAcross 14: Happen againRECURAAcross 15: H.U.D. Secretary AndrewCUOMOAAcross 16: Nest-egg builder, brieflyIRAAAcross 17: Capital on the Gulf of GuineaACCRAAAcross 18: Vow venueALTARAAcross 19: CountermandNIXAAcross 20: Exaggerated melodramaBLOODANDTHUNDERAAcross 23: Like a wastelandBARRENAAcross 24: Trattoria treatLASAGNAAAcross 25: Tupperware piecesLIDSAAcross 26: Warm-heartedNICEAAcross 29: When doubled, an engine soundPUTTAAcross 30: Summer center?EMSAAcross 31: "The Mephisto Waltz" starALDAAAcross 32: Botswanan blightTSETSEAAcross 34: Kotter's crew, in 70's TVSWEATHOGSAAcross 36: ElbowJOSTLEAAcross 39: PlayersCASTAAcross 40: Constellation next to TelescopiumARAAAcross 43: Mount near the Gulf of CataniaETNAAAcross 44: "Voyage in the Dark" novelistRHYSAAcross 45: BearingMIENAAcross 46: Bette Midler film and songTHEROSEAAcross 49: Makes harmless, in a wayUNARMSAAcross 51: 1958 hit by Little Anthony and the ImperialsTEARSONMYPILLOWAAcross 54: FamilyILKAAcross 55: Bandleader ShawARTIEAAcross 56: The "C" of C. S. LewisCLIVEAAcross 57: Part of R.E.O.ELIAAcross 58: Davis of HollywoodGEENAAAcross 59: PerfecterHONERAAcross 60: Patronizing term, maybeSONAAcross 61: Pliny the ___ELDERAAcross 62: Decorative vesselsEWERSDDown 1: Kevin Fagan comic stripDRABBLEDDown 2: Get backRECLAIMDDown 3: Some HondasACCORDSDDown 4: FrenziesFURORSDDown 5: ___ windsTRADEDDown 6: Take an electronic picture ofSCANDDown 7: Word sung at a New Year's Eve partyAULDDDown 8: Message container, maybeBOTTLEDDown 9: Fred Astaire's birthplaceOMAHADDown 10: Doughnut's shapeTORUSDDown 11: Large intestineHINDGUTDDown 12: Familiarizes with new surroundingsORIENTSDDown 13: Income earner's concernTAX RATEDDown 21: Founder of the American ShakersANNLEEDDown 22: ScruffsNAPESDDown 27: Where the Salmon River rises: Abbr.IDADDown 28: "Nice ___!"CATCHDDown 31: Hole-making toolAWLDDown 32: Even chanceTOSS-UPDDown 32: Even chanceTOSSUPDDown 33: ___ Maj.SGTDDown 34: "Oh My My" singer, 1974STARRDDown 35: Money, slangilyHAYDDown 36: Landing piersJETTIESDDown 37: One who "lov'd not wisely but too well"OTHELLODDown 38: Enter like a burglarSNEAK INDDown 40: Travel agent's suggestionAIRLINEDDown 41: Staple ___ (office gizmo)REMOVERDDown 42: They'll appear in tomorrow's paperANSWERSDDown 44: Didn't buy, perhapsRENTEDDDown 45: Velvetleaf or hibiscus, e.g.MALLOWDDown 47: River to the MissouriOSAGEDDown 48: The New Yorker cartoonist EdwardSORELDDown 50: SlotNICHEDDown 52: Ore storeMINEDDown 53: '00, e.g.YEAR