New York Times Answers - Saturday, 20th May 2006 There are 36 across clues and 34 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 20th May 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Serious accidentJACKKNIFEAAcross 10: GoalIDEALAAcross 15: Folk music scholar who helped popularize Woody Guthrie and Muddy WatersALANLOMAXAAcross 16: SmashingSOCKOAAcross 17: DappleVARIEGATEAAcross 18: "Jive at Five" composer/performerBASIEAAcross 19: Fall offABATEAAcross 20: Very much forBIGONAAcross 22: Lukewarm reviewsEHSAAcross 23: American Airlines Ctr. teamMAVSAAcross 24: Coasted at the Olympics?LUGEDAAcross 25: YanksGISAAcross 26: Dr.'s order?AMAAAcross 27: DiscombobulatesBEMUSESAAcross 29: Took a courseATEAAcross 30: City at the mouth of the LoireNANTESAAcross 32: "Take your pick"EITHERORAAcross 34: Widely seenONTVAAcross 36: Shade of blackSOOTAAcross 37: Port alternativesMADEIRASAAcross 41: WaggishJOCOSEAAcross 45: HackerAXEAAcross 46: Treasured blanketsNAVAJOSAAcross 48: 100 Bulgarian stotinkiLEVAAcross 49: FlapdoodleROTAAcross 50: Johnson who managed the 1986 championship MetsDAVEYAAcross 51: Quiet typesMICEAAcross 52: Schooner's cargoALEAAcross 53: Hindu deitiesDEVASAAcross 54: Piano key, essentiallyLEVERAAcross 55: Complex unitCONDOAAcross 57: In one's spare timeON THE SIDEAAcross 59: Top-flight storyATTICAAcross 60: Intimate chatsONEONONESAAcross 61: OtterlikeSLEEKAAcross 62: ImbroglioMARE'S NESTDDown 1: Fossil remains of homo erectus discovered in 1891JAVA MANDDown 2: Where Zelda Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole were bornALABAMADDown 3: ParadeCARAVANDDown 4: InterlocksKNITSDDown 5: Co-founder of the avant-garde Blue FourKLEEDDown 6: Thick quaffNOGDDown 7: Words sung after "Hallelujah"IMABUMDDown 8: FlagFATIGUEDDown 9: Critical analysisEXEGESISDDown 10: 0-198-61186-2, e.g.ISBNDDown 11: 1988 Meg Ryan thrillerD.O.A.DDown 12: "Popeye" cartoonistECSEGARDDown 13: Emperor beginning in 1989AKIHITODDown 14: "The Most Happy Fella" composerLOESSERDDown 21: Classic song that's the official anthem of the European UnionODETOJOYDDown 24: "A Study in Scarlet" inspectorLESTRADEDDown 27: Dahomey, since 1975BENINDDown 28: Drives offSHOOSDDown 31: Corn growerTOEDDown 33: Series finaleETC.DDown 35: "Hubba hubba!"VAVAVOOMDDown 37: Mexican rattlersMARACASDDown 38: Southwestern salamanderAXOLOTLDDown 39: ThawDETENTEDDown 40: Grassland dotted with treesSAVANNADDown 42: Peridot, e.g.OLIVINEDDown 43: Leaves the countrySECEDESDDown 44: Major hurdle, metaphoricallyEVERESTDDown 47: Palace cardJESTERDDown 51: Quark-antiquark comboMESONDDown 53: CurtailDOCKDDown 54: Shoot, slangilyLENSDDown 56: Go outDIEDDown 58: It might turn up a lotHOE