New York Times Answers - Saturday, 12th May 2018 There are 33 across clues and 34 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 12th May 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Husky relativesAKITASAAcross 7: Like a virginCHASTEAAcross 13: Title setting for ShakespeareVERONAAAcross 14: Event with fiddlingHOEDOWNAAcross 15: Here and thereAROUNDAAcross 16: RiffraffLOWLIFESAAcross 17: With 18-Across, desiresLONGSAAcross 18: See 17-AcrossFORAAcross 19: See 54-AcrossMOTELAAcross 20: Response to a burn or a punOUCHAAcross 21: Jack ___FROSTAAcross 23: GirthSIZEAAcross 24: Dismissive turndownNAHAAcross 25: They may hold the solutionBEAKERSAAcross 27: Profit chaser?E'ERAAcross 28: The last pair you'll ever wear?CEMENTSHOESAAcross 31: Where the magician hides the rabbitFALSE BOTTOMAAcross 33: Embarrassments for news agenciesRETRACTIONSAAcross 35: AttainedGOTAAcross 38: Who once described puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy"MENCKENAAcross 39: Contents of une fontaineEAUAAcross 41: Not just passesACESAAcross 43: Piled leavesRAKEDAAcross 44: Despot exiled in 1979AMINAAcross 45: Bobby who co-founded the Black PanthersSEALEAAcross 47: Co-star of the "Thin Man" filmsLOYAAcross 48: IdiotsCLODSAAcross 49: Something the Netherlands has but Belgium doesn't?CAPITALNAAcross 51: Certain religious proselytizer, informallyMOONIEAAcross 52: Pattern breakerANOMALYAAcross 53: Faux goldOROIDEAAcross 54: With 19-Across, spot for a trystNOTELLAAcross 55: Measure of military alertnessDEFCONDDown 1: Place of eternal happinessAVALONDDown 2: Beat someone?KEROUACDDown 3: Cooking titleIRONCHEFDDown 4: "Too bad!"TOUGHDDown 5: Jamaica's St. ___ BayANNSDDown 6: BummedSADDDown 7: Image on every carton of Ben & Jerry's ice creamCOWDDown 8: LeadHELMDDown 9: "Ciao"ADIOSDDown 10: PushoverSOFTIEDDown 11: Pull one's hair out?TWEEZEDDown 12: Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues"ENSLERDDown 14: "Balderdash!"HORSEHOCKEYDDown 16: RecallsLOOKSBACKONDDown 18: Letter closing from one brother to anotherFRATERNALLYDDown 21: Window: Ger.FENSTERDDown 22: Brought (out)TROTTEDDDown 25: Brazilian city at the mouth of the AmazonBELEMDDown 26: Take rootSET INDDown 29: Nick, e.g.MARDDown 30: ___ CanalsSOODDown 32: "Thirty days hath September ...," e.g.MNEMONICDDown 34: Tied the knotSAIDIDODDown 35: Container that's almost always redGASCANDDown 36: About 71% of la TierraOCEANODDown 37: What "I" am, in a kid's songTEAPOTDDown 40: InvisibleUNSEENDDown 42: Say nasty things aboutSLIMEDDown 44: How shy people may standALOOFDDown 46: Bibliography abbr.ET ALDDown 46: Bibliography abbr.ET AL.DDown 48: Common ___COREDDown 50: Word before and after "in"ALLDDown 51: Reddit V.I.P., for shortMOD