New York Times Answers - Thursday, 18th May 2017 There are 42 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 18th May 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Decides one way or the otherOPTSAAcross 5: Assemble in a field, sayBALEAAcross 9: Like know-it-allsSMUGAAcross 13: "Look out!"FOREAAcross 14: x, y or z followerAXISAAcross 15: Tuned inAWAREAAcross 16: Turn overFLIPAAcross 17: Studio figureRENTAAcross 18: TBS show starting in 2010CONANAAcross 19: StarKist competitorCHICKEN/ROADOFTHESEAAAcross 21: Mean somethingCOUNTAAcross 22: Lover boysBEAUXAAcross 23: Polish targetTOENAILAAcross 25: Egg ___SACAAcross 26: Keeping elbows off the table, e.g.MANNERSAAcross 29: Was idleLAYAAcross 30: Utah ski townALTAAAcross 32: "The Simpsons" character who wears a bow tie at workMOEAAcross 33: It's often rough: Abbr.ESTAAcross 35: Risk mutual destruction, sayPLAYCHICKEN/ROADAAcross 37: Question raised by four squares in this puzzle?WHYAAcross 39: Coop materialCHICKEN/ROADWIREAAcross 43: Depression-___ERAAAcross 45: Part of a workout routineREPAAcross 47: "Madness in great ___ must not unwatch'd go": "Hamlet"ONESAAcross 48: Be out for a bit?NAPAAcross 51: A bit sharp, maybeUNTUNEDAAcross 54: Show with a record 200+ Emmy nomsSNLAAcross 55: Chattahoochee River cityATLANTAAAcross 57: Astronomers' sightingsNOVAEAAcross 59: Fabric store purchaseSKEINAAcross 60: Person getting up there in yearsNOSPRINGCHICKEN/ROADAAcross 64: Move furtively, in a waySIDLEAAcross 65: Facts and figuresDATAAAcross 66: Stack of sheetsREAMAAcross 67: Tick offANGERAAcross 68: Series curtailer: Abbr.ET ALAAcross 68: Series curtailer: Abbr.ET AL.AAcross 69: Letters on a stampUSDAAAcross 70: ___ carUSEDAAcross 71: What blinks on a telephone may signify: Abbr.MSGSAAcross 72: Choreographer's concernSTEPDDown 1: Where all-terrain vehicles goOFFCHICKEN/ROADDDown 2: It's hit with a malletPOLO BALLDDown 3: First, second and third, exactlyTRIFECTADDown 4: BART : San Francisco :: ___ : PhiladelphiaSEPTADDown 5: Legal hurdle?BAR EXAMDDown 6: ScrapsAXESDDown 7: "y = 2x," e.g.LINEDDown 8: Subject of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard"ESTATEDDown 9: FaintSWOONDDown 10: GuideMANUALDDown 11: Muse invoked in "Paradise Lost"URANIADDown 12: How the boat goes down the stream, in a children's songGENTLYDDown 15: Highway adjacent to a throughwayACCESSCHICKEN/ROADDDown 20: Run smoothlyHUMDDown 24: Galena, for oneOREDDown 24: Galena, for oneORE.DDown 25: Deplete (of)SAPDDown 27: Common cueNOWDDown 28: ___ jacketNEHRUDDown 31: A raised hand might indicate itAYEDDown 34: Derek Jeter, for the YankeesTWODDown 36: Noted Warner Bros. toonCHICKEN/ROADRUNNERDDown 38: AchingYENDDown 40: Most nutsINSANESTDDown 41: Deserter of a causeRENEGADEDDown 42: Subj. for a diplomat, maybeESLDDown 44: Aesop characterANTDDown 46: Some foreign correspondentsPENPALSDDown 48: Island capital named for a European royal houseNASSAUDDown 49: ___ dietATKINSDDown 50: WordPLEDGEDDown 52: What two people may ride inTANDEMDDown 53: "Le Coq ___"DORDDown 56: Had a 58-Down, e.g.AILEDDDown 58: BugVIRUSDDown 61: Stable stuffOATSDDown 62: ___ partySTAGDDown 63: Plan for achieving a long-term goalCHICKEN/ROADMAP