New York Times Answers - Thursday, 14th May 2015 There are 36 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 14th May 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Flag positionLFMASTAAcross 7: Go from a grape to a raisin, e.g.SHRIVELAAcross 14: Body that's now a fraction of its former selfARAL SEAAAcross 16: "Sure thing!"YOUBETCAAcross 17: Co-star of "Grown Ups," 2010SANDLERAAcross 18: By hook or by crookSOMEWAYAAcross 19: Lead-in to hawYEEAAcross 20: SchlepsTOTESAAcross 22: I, to ClaudiusEGOAAcross 23: Coatrack itemNGERAAcross 25: Westminster, e.g.ABBEYAAcross 26: Figures in 2011's "J. Edgar"GMENAAcross 27: Santa ___ANAAAcross 28: Almost spilling overABRIMAAcross 29: 1930s heavyweight champBAERAAcross 30: With 37-Across, lose it ... or what 12 answers in this puzzle appear to doBURST OUTAAcross 32: América del ___NORTEAAcross 33: Sullen lookPOUTAAcross 34: Pyrénées peakMONT.AAcross 35: PlotzFAINTAAcross 37: See 30-AcrossLAUGHINGAAcross 41: ___ du combatEPEEAAcross 42: "Heaven forbid!"GODNOAAcross 43: Company execCOOAAcross 44: SteppedTRODAAcross 45: They're not hard to catchCOLDSAAcross 46: Big ___ (W.W. I weapon)BERTAAcross 47: BowARCAAcross 48: Country homeVILLAAAcross 49: Shostakovich symphony "Babi ___"YARAAcross 50: Longtime firearm manufacturerBERETTAAAcross 52: Moving like trees in the windSWAYINGAAcross 56: Hindrances for a competitive swimmerIRYLEGSAAcross 57: Bases for bassesHOMONYMAAcross 58: Stylish bunTOPKNOTAAcross 59: Wisconsin city near Lake MichiganWAUKESDDown 1: Things sung when you don't know the wordsLASDDown 2: Brother (but not a bro)FRADDown 3: Unit of workMANYEARDDown 4: Tree with catkinsALDERDDown 5: HeadacheSSLEDDown 6: Timeout signalTEEDDown 7: Alphabetization, for oneSYSTEMDDown 8: NonsenseHOOEYDDown 9: Captain Morgan and othersRUMSDDown 10: The Everlys' "When Will ___ Loved"IBEDDown 11: Potentially awkward question at an introductionVEWEMETDDown 12: Stand against the wall?ETAGEREDDown 13: Idyllic, like a past timeLCYONDDown 15: Paintings outside the mainstream, per Jean DubuffetARTBRUTDDown 21: "Late" news itemOBITDDown 23: CatchNABDDown 24: Animal whose head makes no sound?GNUDDown 25: OnABOUTDDown 26: "Wayne's World" weirdoGARTHDDown 28: When some people meet for lunchATONEDDown 29: Part of a Cuban comboBONGODDown 31: Invaded someone's privacySPIEDDDown 32: All but the fifth and sixth words in "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"NOUNSDDown 34: ScrambleMADDASHDDown 35: Noted Italian chocolatierFERRERODDown 36: Noncanonical textsAPOCRYPDDown 37: LazeLOLLDDown 38: Winter installation in New York's Central ParkICE RINKDDown 39: Neither's partnerNORDDown 40: CaughtGOTDDown 42: Defer to everyone else, sayGOLASTDDown 44: "Bewitched" spinoffTABITDDown 45: Gas brand with a triangular logoCITGODDown 46: Marshy outletBAYOUDDown 48: Powerful engineVTENDDown 49: Kawasaki competitorYAMADDown 51: Member of an organization with an Exalted RulerELKDDown 53: "Where do I even begin ..."WOWDDown 54: Largest county in NevadaNYEDDown 55: Baseball V.I.P.sGMS