New York Times Answers - Saturday, 16th May 2015 There are 31 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 16th May 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Coffee-brewing deviceDRIP POTAAcross 8: "I haven't the foggiest"BEATSMEAAcross 15: Parole board considerationREMORSEAAcross 16: Like news blogs, typicallyUPDATEDAAcross 17: Swedish university where Anders Celsius taughtUPPSALAAAcross 18: Faulty, as a tankLEAKINGAAcross 19: Natural shelterGROTTOAAcross 20: Hall-of-Famer with exactly 3,000 hitsCLEMENTEAAcross 21: Goddess of magicCIRCEAAcross 22: Expert in calculatingSLYAAcross 23: Big Florida exportSUGARAAcross 24: Sixth in a seriesZETAAAcross 25: Off the groundALOFTAAcross 27: Ones skewered in P. J. O'Rourke's "Parliament of Whores"POLSAAcross 28: Moves toward the middleAVERAGESOUTAAcross 31: Children of American CommunistsREDDIAPERBABIESAAcross 36: Started a movement, metaphoricallyLITTHETORCHAAcross 37: Barbera d'___ (Italian wine)ASTIAAcross 41: Hole in the headNARISAAcross 42: Former Jordanian queenNOORAAcross 43: Exactly, informallySPANGAAcross 45: ___-comROMAAcross 46: Bygone Finnish coinPENNIAAcross 47: Deva, for oneHINDUGODAAcross 49: Big name in oilWESSONAAcross 50: Poet who won three Grammys for Best Spoken Word AlbumANGELOUAAcross 51: Tufted songbirdsTITMICEAAcross 52: Brush up onRELEARNAAcross 53: Being tracked, in a wayONRADARAAcross 54: SworePLEDGEDAAcross 55: Tail waggers?MOONERSDDown 1: Highest officer in his field, ironicallyDRUGCZARDDown 2: Welcome outREPRIEVEDDown 3: Unsuitable for locavoresIMPORTEDDDown 4: Tourist purchasePOST CARDDDown 4: Tourist purchasePOSTCARDDDown 5: Rattle onPRATEDDown 6: Setting for Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler"OSLODDown 7: Contents of some chestsTEADDown 8: "Isn't he great!"BULLYFORHIMDDown 9: French pioneer of sign languageEPEEDDown 10: Douglas who wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"ADAMSDDown 11: AdoptTAKE-UPDDown 11: AdoptTAKEUPDDown 12: British beer with a kickSTINGODDown 13: BonkersMENTALDDown 14: Tools with semicircular bladesEDGERSDDown 20: What may help you hang in there?CLOSETRODDDown 22: Bed-hoppedSLEPTAROUNDDDown 25: "You ___?"AGAINDDown 26: Some pastaTUBESDDown 29: LanguishAILDDown 30: Forever stamp?TATDDown 32: Secret society brother to George W. Bush and John KerryBONESMANDDown 33: 1960s-'70s detective seriesIRONSIDEDDown 34: Cheap rideECONOCARDDown 35: Group governed by the Imperial DivanSHRINERSDDown 37: Note in B major but not E majorASHARPDDown 38: Rubylike gemSPINELDDown 39: WrestleTANGLEDDown 40: VerilyINDEEDDDown 44: Place bereft of happy campers?GULAGDDown 46: Rock: PrefixPETRODDown 48: Cause for an R ratingGOREDDown 49: LushWINODDown 51: Barnyard maleTOM