New York Times Answers - Saturday, 22nd May 1999 There are 35 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 22nd May 1999. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Kind of improvementVASTAAcross 5: MasterstrokeFEATAAcross 9: See 17-AcrossSPEEDAAcross 14: It has a big mouthEWERAAcross 15: Guisado cookerOLLAAAcross 16: "The Rural Muse" poetCLAREAAcross 17: Event for which 9-Across is neededRACEAAcross 18: Ask too much ofOVERCHARGEAAcross 20: ChestnutsBROMIDESAAcross 22: ___-de-boeuf (oval windows)OEILSAAcross 23: They're not single in SevilleSENORASAAcross 24: OffendedHURTAAcross 25: Stowe novelDREDAAcross 26: Composition for threeTERZETTOAAcross 30: Game criesRAHSAAcross 32: One way to sellDOOR-TO-DOORAAcross 34: Slangy intensifierOLAAAcross 35: Places for large nailsBIGTOESAAcross 36: Long, on LanaiLOAAAcross 37: Tones upCONDITIONSAAcross 39: Compaq competitorDELLAAcross 40: Hospital administrationSEDATIVEAAcross 41: Prison partYARDAAcross 43: Julia's portrayer on "Party of Five"NEVEAAcross 44: MiserSCROOGEAAcross 47: Roberts of ABCCOKIEAAcross 49: They clean locksSHAMPOOSAAcross 50: Hose and pumpsWOMENSWEARAAcross 52: Cries of surpriseOHOSAAcross 53: "Give it ___!"ARESTAAcross 54: Dispose ofVENDAAcross 55: Worldwide chess org.FIDEAAcross 56: Baghdad Pact predecessor: Abbr.CENTOAAcross 57: RefugesARKSAAcross 58: Vaudevillian family of noteFOYSDDown 1: Shake, rattle and rollVERBSDDown 2: ApprisedAWAREDDown 3: Tick producerSECOND HANDDDown 3: Tick producerSECONDHANDDDown 4: Earth movers?TREMORSDDown 5: Nutrition center no-nosFOODADDITIVESDDown 6: Little peopleELVESDDown 7: Inn inventoryALESDDown 8: Road crew supplyTARDDown 9: Chopin wrote fourSCHERZOSDDown 10: Like cornrowsPLAITEDDDown 11: Count, nowEARLDDown 12: ___ per second (luminosity unit)ERGSDDown 13: Balmoral Castle's riverDEEDDown 19: Sources of some discountsCOURTESYCARDSDDown 21: Source of heatIREDDown 24: Great white ___HERONDDown 26: Head-___ (thorough)TOTOEDDown 27: Great Lakes port of entryTOLEDOOHIODDown 28: Plane, e.g.TOOLDDown 29: Kind of surgeonORALDDown 30: "Arabian Nights" creaturesROCSDDown 31: Shower gel ingredientALOEDDown 33: Pointed archOGIVEDDown 35: Start eatingBITEINTODDown 38: Most dampDANKESTDDown 39: NodDROP-OFFDDown 42: Doll snap-onARMDDown 44: Butcher's offeringSHANKDDown 45: TreatGOODYDDown 46: Parts of some driving testsESSESDDown 47: Place for seedsCOREDDown 48: PreindicationOMENDDown 49: Merlin, e.g.SEERDDown 50: W.W. II serverWACDDown 51: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" subj.WVA