New York Times Answers - Thursday, 31st May 2018 There are 34 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 31st May 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Kitchen drawer?TAPAAcross 4: Rum-drinking buddyMATEYAAcross 9: First sub-Saharan country to obtain independence from colonial ruleGHANAAAcross 14: LikeALAAAcross 14: LikeALA.AAcross 15: Produce some chuckles, sayAMUSEAAcross 16: M.L.B. career leader in total basesAARONAAcross 17: Wager one's sculpture of the Virgin Mary cradling the body of Jesus?BETAPIETAAAcross 19: Napkins and suchLINENAAcross 20: Stacked quarters?: Abbr.APTSAAcross 21: Broad-leaved endiveESCAROLEAAcross 23: Hired vehicle that's only as big as a potato crisp?CHIPSIZETAXIAAcross 27: Cabinet head: Abbr.SECYAAcross 28: "So long"BYENOWAAcross 32: FlightLAMAAcross 35: Secures, as a jobLANDSAAcross 38: "From ___ down to Brighton, I must have played them all" ("Pinball Wizard" lyric)SOHOAAcross 39: What you might say upon seeing 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across?ITSALLGREEKTOMEAAcross 43: What to expectNORMAAcross 44: Out of the wayASIDEAAcross 45: Locale of Rome and Syracuse: Abbr.NYSAAcross 46: It takes a tollEZPASSAAcross 49: Corn syrup brandKAROAAcross 51: One-millionth of a meter along a spiritual path?THETAOMICRONAAcross 57: What might help you beat the heat?FIREEXITAAcross 60: Brand once promoted as "The reincarnation of tea"TAZOAAcross 61: As expectedONCUEAAcross 62: Inst. of higher learning dedicated to the statistical analysis of young sheep?LAMBDATAUAAcross 66: Often-animated greetingECARDAAcross 67: WalkTREADAAcross 68: Embrace fullyOWNAAcross 69: Mouthful?SASSYAAcross 70: Is a canarySINGSAAcross 71: ___ in NancyNASDDown 1: Filler for une pipeTABACDDown 2: ___-null (the number of natural numbers)ALEPHDDown 3: Actress LuponePATTIDDown 4: It has dots for spotsMAPDDown 5: Cher, e.g.AMIDDown 6: Election day: Abbr.TUEDDown 7: Lauder making some blushESTEEDDown 8: Brewer's agentYEASTDDown 9: It contains dwarfs and giantsGALAXYDDown 10: Most frighteningly dangerousHAIRIESTDDown 11: It flows through FlorenceARNODDown 12: Time of good cheerNOELDDown 13: Frank with a diaryANNEDDown 18: Not what Indiana joneses forASPSDDown 22: Certain wine order, informallyCABDDown 24: ConvinceSELLDDown 25: Suffix with egotistICALDDown 26: Words With Friends developerZYNGADDown 29: TwelveNOONDDown 30: "Goodness sakes!"OHMYDDown 31: Heavy burdensWOESDDown 32: Conversation pieceLINEDDown 33: The whole shebangATOZDDown 34: Fig. on a window (and, with luck, not through the roof)MSRPDDown 36: Quinn and Quincy: Abbr.DRSDDown 37: Japanese watchmakerSEIKODDown 40: Do-it-yourselfersAMATEURSDDown 41: Answer to the riddle "What cheese is made backward?"EDAMDDown 42: Russell of "The Americans"KERIDDown 47: Ally of the Brat PackSHEEDYDDown 48: Box on a questionnaireSEXDDown 50: Twice tetra-OCTADDown 52: AnglesTILTSDDown 53: Game company with an online-only museumATARIDDown 54: Double-cross, maybeRATONDDown 55: Longtime director of the Boston Symphony OrchestraOZAWADDown 56: Adjective and adverb, for twoNOUNSDDown 57: Opposite sidesFOESDDown 58: Inti worshiperINCADDown 59: Some old TVsRCASDDown 63: Game piecesMENDDown 64: CatchBAGDDown 65: One whose office has an opening to fill?: Abbr.DDS