New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 17th May 2000 There are 37 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 17th May 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: MadamsBAWDSAAcross 6: Pro or conSIDEAAcross 10: BayonetSTABAAcross 14: NearlyABOUTAAcross 15: ___-friendlyUSERAAcross 16: Contents of some conesLAVAAAcross 17: Western director SergioLEONEAAcross 18: Napoleon exile siteELBAAAcross 19: W.W. II enemyAXISAAcross 20: Start of a quipITSBETTERTOGIVEAAcross 23: Bibliographic suffixANAAAcross 24: Item in a poker potIOUAAcross 25: Naturalist JohnMUIRAAcross 28: Kit ___ (Hershey bars)KATSAAcross 31: Language of Sri LankaTAMILAAcross 36: Rest stopINNAAcross 37: Dickens's Mr. PecksniffSETHAAcross 38: Magnet alloyALNICOAAcross 39: Middle of the quipTHANTOLENDANDITAAcross 42: Alley nameTINPANAAcross 43: "Got milk?" request?MEOWAAcross 44: WildebeestGNUAAcross 45: Kind of whaleSPERMAAcross 46: Really cryBAWLAAcross 47: Is a mendicantBEGSAAcross 48: Dish of roasted rootsPOIAAcross 50: Grand ___ National Historic ParkPREAAcross 52: End of the quipCOSTSYOUTHESAMEAAcross 61: EmpoweredABLEAAcross 62: Leave one's mark?ETCHAAcross 63: Hot or cold drinkCIDERAAcross 64: Brand, in a waySEARAAcross 65: NettleRILEAAcross 66: ViperADDERAAcross 67: "My Faith Looks Up to Thee," e.g.HYMNAAcross 68: Computer pictureSCANAAcross 69: Creatures with six or more legs, usuallyPESTSDDown 1: Java neighborBALIDDown 2: Be an accessory toABETDDown 3: CourtsWOOSDDown 4: Scene of an Oliver Cromwell triumphDUNBARDDown 5: "Merry Company" artistSTEENDDown 6: Tallow sourceSUETDDown 7: 18-Across or 1-Down, e.g.ISLEDDown 8: WasteDEBRISDDown 9: Muse of love poetryERATODDown 10: WasteSLAGDDown 11: Fare catch?TAXIDDown 12: Tel ___AVIVDDown 13: Item often stolen yet left where it isBASEDDown 21: Assume, as a taskTAKE ONDDown 22: One who's wantedOUTLAWDDown 25: Hands, slangilyMITTSDDown 26: Out of itUNHIPDDown 27: PointlessINANEDDown 29: 1995 World Series champs: Abbr.ATLDDown 30: Recurring melodyTHEMADDown 32: Cape ___, Mass.ANNDDown 33: Winged nuisanceMIDGEDDown 34: Tasty decorationICINGDDown 35: Classic Formula One carLOTUSDDown 37: Collecting fieldSTAMPSDDown 38: Basketball coach RuppADOLPHDDown 40: "All Things Considered" broadcasterNPRDDown 41: 21st-centuryNEWDDown 46: Pertaining to lifeBIOTICDDown 47: Next toBESIDEDDown 49: Some court hearingsOYERSDDown 51: SummaryRECAPDDown 52: Long greenCASHDDown 53: ComplyOBEYDDown 54: Sharp personal criticismSLAMDDown 55: Graceful birdTERNDDown 56: Pac Ten teamUCLADDown 57: NextTHENDDown 58: Puts 2 and 2 togetherADDSDDown 59: EncounterMEETDDown 60: Puts 2 and 2 together to make 3ERRS