New York Times Answers - Saturday, 21st May 2016 There are 29 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 21st May 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: PocketsMISAPPROPRIATESAAcross 16: Fictional character with a ring of powerTHEGREENLANTERNAAcross 17: Got back on the horseGAVEITANOTHERGOAAcross 18: One who's always positiveETERNALOPTIMISTAAcross 19: Cloture voter: Abbr.SENAAcross 20: 2016 Republican convention site: Abbr.CLEAAcross 21: Cause of a certain dramatic departureASPAAcross 22: "You could've left some of that out"TMIAAcross 24: Eastern sovereignRANIAAcross 27: Mr. ___, protagonist in Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost"OTISAAcross 31: "Gotcha," in old lingoIMHIPAAcross 33: Massage deeplyROLFAAcross 35: She battled Lucy in "Kill Bill: Volume 1"UMAAAcross 36: Finish better than fourthMEDALAAcross 37: Presidential moniker on "The West Wing"JEDAAcross 38: Stuffs one's face withODSONAAcross 40: It has base pairsDNAAAcross 41: Sistine Chapel settingEDENAAcross 43: Totally rulesROCKSAAcross 44: Accepts as trueBUYSAAcross 46: L'___ de droit (the rule of law)ETATAAcross 48: Stan's employer on "American Dad!"CIAAAcross 49: "I forget the words" soundsLASAAcross 51: Amsterdam of l'Océan Indien, e.g.ILEAAcross 53: Old French narrative poemLAIAAcross 56: Was kind and generousHADAHEARTOFGOLDAAcross 62: Handy sofa itemUNIVERSALREMOTEAAcross 63: "Why should I?!"GIVEMEONEREASONAAcross 64: Film come-onSTARSTUDDEDCASTDDown 1: They may be on the house: Abbr.MTGESDDown 2: Start of a lamentIHATEDDown 3: Rest periodSEVENTHDAYDDown 4: The presidency, notablyAGERDDown 5: StandardPRINCIPLEDDown 6: Potpourri partPETALDDown 7: Less of a dreamREALERDDown 8: Anne Sexton's palindrome-inspired poem "Rats Live ___ Evil Star"ONNODDown 9: Fall heavilyPLOPDDown 10: Retro doRATTAILDDown 11: "___ Steps" (best-selling religious novel)INHISDDown 12: Accelerando or ritardando negatorATEMPODDown 13: Girl's name that's a homophone of a clothTERIDDown 14: Dyne-centimetersERGSDDown 15: Impudent twerpSNOTDDown 23: One denoted by a cross on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, for shortMIADDown 25: Thunderdome, e.g.ARENADDown 26: Zone, so to speakNODDDown 28: Southern home of Stillman CollegeTUSCALOOSADDown 29: "Nothing's broken"IMOKDDown 30: LackingSANSDDown 31: It gets clicks for flicksIMDBDDown 32: Ordering aidMENUDDown 34: Stuff down the throat ofFORCE-FEEDDDown 37: Exec's perkJETDDown 39: "Boy, ___!"DOIDDown 42: Utah, onceDESERETDDown 45: Middle Passage transportSLAVERDDown 47: Like peersTITLEDDDown 50: They may cut a sentence shortAHEMSDDown 52: Player of the villain in "The Man Who Knew Too Much"LORREDDown 54: Los ___, Calif.ALTOSDDown 55: T.S.A. request: Abbr.IDENTDDown 56: ClaspsHUGSDDown 57: Pick ___ (fault-find)ANITDDown 58: Tantrum throwerDIVADDown 59: Not worth ___ASOUDDown 60: Partner in mapmakingRANDDDown 61: Onetime big inits. in car financingGMAC