New York Times Answers - Saturday, 17th May 2008 There are 32 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 17th May 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Places such as Anatevka in "Fiddler on the Roof"SHTETLSAAcross 8: Helper after a crashTECHIEAAcross 14: Big syrup makerHERSHEYAAcross 15: Designer of a stained-glass window in the U.N. buildingCHAGALLAAcross 16: TogetherASATEAMAAcross 17: Holy Roman Emperor, 855-75LOUIS IIAAcross 18: ShotRACEDAAcross 19: Architectural starting pointPLANAAcross 21: Jacket locales: Abbr.BKSAAcross 22: Dreaded victimizer of Charlie BrownKITEEATINGTREEAAcross 26: Old activist org. revived in 2006SDSAAcross 27: As a companionALONGAAcross 28: Newsman RogerONEILAAcross 30: Turning point?DIMEAAcross 31: SmartSWANKYAAcross 32: Moves briskly and easilyWALTZESAAcross 36: Star of the 1970s detective drama "Harry O"JANSSENAAcross 37: ___ Hargreaves, first woman to complete a solo climb of Everest, 1995ALISONAAcross 38: ___ hold onPUTAAAcross 39: "McSorley's Bar" painterSLOANAAcross 40: Great depression?BASINAAcross 41: One of the Bobbsey twinsNANAAcross 44: Torch song subjectUNREQUITEDLOVEAAcross 47: Int. generatorsCDSAAcross 48: Site of a much-visited mausoleumAGRAAAcross 49: World of Warcraft participant, e.g.GAMERAAcross 50: Cardinals' wearREDHATSAAcross 53: Elegant fabricBROCADEAAcross 55: Caused to disappear over timeATEAWAYAAcross 56: Grateful person's replyIOWEYOUAAcross 57: Want to knowWONDERAAcross 58: Jumper's cables?TENDONSDDown 1: Swindlers, in slangSHARKSDDown 2: One of two sides of a story?HESAIDDDown 3: Political essaysTRACTSDDown 4: Popular perfumeESTEEDDown 5: 1979 novel, 1983 film and 2002-07 TV seriesTHEDEADZONEDDown 6: Place for woolgathering?LEADDown 7: SignsSYMPTOMSDDown 8: Go-go dancer's tip holderTHONGDDown 9: Fontaine contentsEAUDDown 10: Film special effects, for shortCGIDDown 11: Distant stars?HASBEENSDDown 12: Motto of a 1950s grass-roots movementILIKEIKEDDown 13: "We'll give a long cheer for ___ men" ("Down the Field" lyric)ELISDDown 15: Chuck wagon bell soundCLANGDDown 20: Prompt deliveryLINEDDown 23: Not naturalALIENDDown 24: Of a university's relationship with its surroundingsTOWNANDGOWNDDown 25: They're stranded in the bodyRNASDDown 29: ___ St. James, first woman to be named the Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, 1992LYNDDown 31: "Relâche" composerSATIEDDown 32: Functioned asWASDDown 33: IntimateALLUDETODDown 34: Terrifying thing to be thrown intoLIONSDENDDown 35: Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan"TSARDDown 36: Not much at allJUSTABITDDown 38: Four and four, sayPAIRDDown 40: Crime syndicate sobriquetBUGSYDDown 41: Dieter's request, perhapsNOMAYODDown 42: Photographer who was the inspiration for "Funny Face"AVEDONDDown 43: Shape-shifting Greek godNEREUSDDown 45: Land of WahhabisQATARDDown 46: Unexpectedly potentLACEDDDown 47: Holder of bird food?CRAWDDown 51: BamboozledHADDDown 52: It's inspiredAWEDDown 54: Main ingredient in taramasalataROE