New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 23rd May 2012 There are 38 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 23rd May 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Best Picture of 2005CRASHAAcross 6: Homework-time prohibitionNOTVAAcross 10: Vow wordsIDOAAcross 13: 1978 Nicolette Larson hit "___ Love"LOTTAAAcross 14: To the backAREARAAcross 16: Cook like the ColonelFRYAAcross 17: John who's now a SirELTONAAcross 18: "The Fast and the Furious" co-starVINDIESELAAcross 20: Player of 36-/39-AcrossALEC GUINNESSAAcross 22: Global conquest board gameRISKAAcross 23: Keanu Reeves's character in "The Matrix"NEOAAcross 24: Fix, as a driveREPAVEAAcross 28: So farYETAAcross 29: Place for a revolving ball, maybeDISCOAAcross 31: See 45-AcrossSABERAAcross 32: Sitter's chargeTOTAAcross 33: PaddleOARAAcross 35: Grandma, affectionatelyNANAAAcross 36: With 39-Across, Jedi master first seen on 5/25/77OBIWANAAcross 39: See 36-AcrossKENOBIAAcross 41: Tough guyTHUGAAcross 42: Scatter, as seedSOWAAcross 44: Currency board abbr.DOLAAcross 45: With 31-Across, favored weapon of 36-/39-AcrossLIGHTAAcross 47: Father-and-son Hollywood duoLADDSAAcross 49: "Rock Center" networkNBCAAcross 52: Figured the price ofCOSTEDAAcross 54: MGM roarerLEOAAcross 55: Zhivago's loveLARAAAcross 56: Player of 36-/39-AcrossEWANMCGREGORAAcross 59: Temporary transport from a garageLOANERCARAAcross 62: Pessimist's plaintICANTAAcross 63: Not to mentionANDAAcross 64: GawkSTAREAAcross 65: Vice President John Garner's middle nameNANCEAAcross 66: Crossed (out)XEDAAcross 67: Not go for at allHATEAAcross 68: What a napkin may catchDROOLDDown 1: Children's writer BeverlyCLEARYDDown 2: Relief pitcher FingersROLLIEDDown 3: SwearATTESTDDown 4: Cattle, e.g.STOCKDDown 5: PendHANGDDown 6: Combatants at TrafalgarNAVIESDDown 7: River past Ciudad BolívarORINOCODDown 8: Home state of Andrew Johnson: Abbr.TENN.DDown 9: See 53-DownVADERDDown 10: Hypothetical casesIFSDDown 11: Rap's Dr. ___DREDDown 12: Castor ___ of the comicsOYLDDown 15: Reacts to leavenRISESDDown 19: Univision interviews are conducted in itESPANOLDDown 21: The Colts retired his #19UNITASDDown 25: Simple rhyme schemeABABDDown 26: Caesar's "I came"VENIDDown 27: The "E" in B.C.E.ERADDown 29: Styrofoam makerDOWDDown 30: Barrel materialOAKDDown 32: ConstrictTIGHTENDDown 34: Blitz, in footballREDDOGDDown 36: Answer to the old riddle "What's round on the sides and high in the middle?"OHIODDown 37: PerturbsBUGSDDown 38: ___ pros. (court record abbr.)NOLDDown 40: Figs.NOSDDown 41: Mom's "healing touch"TLCDDown 43: World's largest retailerWALMARTDDown 46: Lauren of "The Love Boat"TEWESDDown 48: Issuance of Pontius Pilate, e.g.DECREEDDown 49: 1998 Winter Olympics siteNAGANODDown 50: Mile High playerBRONCODDown 51: OPEC, e.g.CARTELDDown 53: With 9-Down, villain faced by 36-/39-AcrossDARTHDDown 55: Renault model of the 1970s-'80sLECARDDown 57: Final Four org.NCAADDown 58: Watermelon hullRINDDDown 59: So-called "Gateway to the Pacific Rim," informallyLAXDDown 60: UndividedONEDDown 61: Put onADD