New York Times Answers - Saturday, 23rd May 1998 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 23rd May 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Mark of a hotheadSHORTFUSEAAcross 10: Religious symbols of old EgyptASPSAAcross 14: ComplexLABYRINTHAAcross 15: ReadyALERTAAcross 16: Lets looseUNLEASHESAAcross 17: Two-thirds of a magnumLITERAAcross 18: Year that Michelangelo sculpted the "Pietà"MDIAAcross 19: HeadlineSTARAAcross 20: Summer hatPANAMAAAcross 21: Game piecesPEGSAAcross 23: CreepSTEALAAcross 25: Do galley workEDITAAcross 26: Wasn't vigilantSLEPTAAcross 28: AbsorbSOP UPAAcross 30: Five-time Fiesta Bowl champs: Abbr.ASUAAcross 31: River to the RhineAARAAcross 33: French jeweler LaliqueRENEAAcross 34: Pro ___TEMAAcross 35: Some modern addictionsCOMPUTERGAMESAAcross 39: Geometric suffixGONAAcross 40: Monthly bill: Abbr.ELECAAcross 41: William F. Buckley, notablyELIAAcross 42: Withdraw, with "out"OPTAAcross 43: Short presentations?DEMOSAAcross 45: Zipper alternativeSNAPSAAcross 49: All of T-O-M-T-O-M, in Morse codeDAHSAAcross 51: Rose (up), oater-styleRAREDAAcross 53: SaturnineGLUMAAcross 54: Acts (for)SPEAKSAAcross 56: ExploitDEEDAAcross 58: Roth ___IRAAAcross 59: Silents actress FergusonELSIEAAcross 60: Something to memorizePIN NUMBERAAcross 62: Nervous sortNELLYAAcross 63: Many a doctorINTERNISTAAcross 64: Boxes of calendars?DAYSAAcross 65: Awards, compliments, etc.EGOBOOSTSDDown 1: DeclinesSLUMPSDDown 2: "Agrippina" composerHANDELDDown 3: BindOBLIGEDDown 4: Kvass ingredientRYEDDown 5: Musical syllablesTRASDDown 6: DukesFISTSDDown 7: Doffs one's lid, old-styleUNHATSDDown 8: Almost any modern albumSTEREORECORDINGDDown 9: Codger's interjectionsEHSDDown 10: Style of dressA-LINEDDown 10: Style of dressALINEDDown 11: Make specific plansSETADATEDDown 12: PropertyPREMISESDDown 13: Rock unitSTRATUMDDown 15: LikeALADDown 15: LikeALA.DDown 20: DropPLUNGEDDown 22: CyberannoyanceSPAMDDown 24: CopycatAPERDDown 27: Attached, in a wayTAPEDDDown 29: Sustained soundsPEALSDDown 32: Makeshift tools of punishmentRULERSDDown 35: Compromise in courtCOPAPLEADDown 36: In secretON THE SLYDDown 37: Central idea, in musicTEMADDown 38: Chu Yüan-chang's dynastyMINGDDown 39: BlessingGODSENDDDown 44: HandledSEENTODDown 46: CoversALIBISDDown 47: Least affectedPURESTDDown 48: SavvySMARTSDDown 50: Encounters no resistanceSAILSDDown 52: Star in CygnusDENEBDDown 55: CriticalKEYDDown 57: Old Spanish coinDURODDown 60: Sugar ___PIEDDown 61: Alphabetical sequenceMNO