New York Times Answers - Thursday, 31st May 2001 There are 43 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 31st May 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rich, raisiny cakeBABAAAcross 5: Knuckler alternativeFASTBALLAAcross 10: Court helperBALL BOYAAcross 14: Work in the mediaEDITAAcross 15: Jazz pianist MarsalisELLISAAcross 16: Museo workARTEAAcross 17: Fathers' robesALBSAAcross 18: CheeryRIANTAAcross 19: Broadway luminary?NEONAAcross 20: It rises in Lake VictoriaNILEAAcross 21: ___ XGENAAcross 22: Throws offADDLESAAcross 24: In-line skate partBALL BEARINGAAcross 26: Start of a simple gameTICAAcross 27: "___ a perfumed sea ...": PoeO'ERAAcross 28: Synchronize anewREPHASEAAcross 32: Commode componentBALL COCKAAcross 32: Commode componentBALLCOCKAAcross 36: FlapADOAAcross 38: Ride in a shuttleSALLYAAcross 39: Tale of Vikings, perhapsSAGAAAcross 40: Cartoon aficionado's purchaseCELAAcross 41: Comment after the fog clearsISEEAAcross 42: Manual consultantsUSERSAAcross 44: Fish of the genus ElectrophorusEELAAcross 45: Cold war ammunition?SNOWBALLAAcross 46: She ranksPEERESSAAcross 48: ___-PitchSLOAAcross 50: In additionYETAAcross 51: Mess up at a critical momentDROP THE BALLAAcross 56: He stopped smoking cigars in 1985CASTROAAcross 59: Hockey shutoutOOOAAcross 60: Hockey positionWINGAAcross 61: Symbol of lifeANKHAAcross 62: Gives the nod toOKAYSAAcross 64: One-two connectorANDAAAcross 65: In ___ (even)ATIEAAcross 66: Caribbean portPONCEAAcross 67: Footnote wordIDEMAAcross 68: Tennis missNET BALLAAcross 68: Tennis missNETBALLAAcross 69: Rounded endBALLPEENAAcross 70: Revealing work of art?NUDEDDown 1: Dangerous pitchBEANBALLDDown 2: UnrehearsedAD-LIBDDown 3: Job site?BIBLEDDown 4: One way to be lostAT SEADDown 5: Former Windsor in-law, informallyFERGIEDDown 6: "Star Trek" peoplesALIENRACESDDown 7: Talk on the streetSLANGDDown 8: Foil materialTINDDown 9: Hoosier universityBALLSTATEDDown 10: Jailbird's burdenBALL AND CHAINDDown 11: Belgian balladeerBRELDDown 12: Missouri's ally, onceOTOEDDown 13: DesiresYENSDDown 23: Market correctionsDIPSDDown 25: Seoul soldierROKDDown 28: Big wheel's wheelsROLLSROYCEDDown 29: PlusALSODDown 30: OffedSLEWDDown 31: Look atEYEBALLDDown 32: MuddlesBALLS-UPDDown 33: Possessive, e.g.CASEDDown 34: S-curveOGEEDDown 35: Be in chargeCARRYTHEBALLDDown 37: River to the North SeaDEEDDown 43: Nostradamus, for oneSEERDDown 45: SaturateSOPDDown 47: Street gameSTOOPBALLDDown 49: RelaxLOOSENDDown 51: College in Crete, Neb.DOANEDDown 52: "What Is Man?" essayistTWAINDDown 53: Caste memberHINDUDDown 54: ThroughENDEDDDown 55: It may follow the national anthemBALL GAMEDDown 55: It may follow the national anthemBALLGAMEDDown 56: "Slither" star, 1973CAANDDown 57: ___ meridiemANTEDDown 58: Little playSKITDDown 63: Comical lawmanKOP