New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 17th August 1983 There are 39 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 17th August 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Current meas.AMPAAcross 4: Pre-Cortés MexicanAZTECAAcross 9: Atmospheric conditionSMOGAAcross 13: Ice sheetFLOEAAcross 14: Place to get hotSAUNAAAcross 15: FormerLATEAAcross 16: "___ Misbehavin'"AINTAAcross 17: YearnedPINEDAAcross 18: Closely likeAKINAAcross 19: Ones that persuadeINDUCERSAAcross 21: StripDIVESTAAcross 23: Heroine of "Fidelio"LEONOREAAcross 24: The endFINISAAcross 25: Place to get some sleepINNAAcross 26: ClergymanPREACHERAAcross 29: Instrument for BachORGANAAcross 32: Geometric figurePRISMAAcross 33: Inhabitant: SuffixITEAAcross 34: "___ Triste"VALSEAAcross 35: Fleur-de-___LISAAcross 36: ___ dignitatemINFRAAAcross 38: Lyon friendAMIAAcross 39: Barnyard soundCLUCKAAcross 41: Well regardedNOTEDAAcross 42: "The ___ I Saw Paris"LASTTIMEAAcross 44: Nonstarter, for shortSUBAAcross 45: "We hold ___ truths . . . "THESEAAcross 46: French FauvistMATISSEAAcross 50: Bucephalus and GraniSTEEDSAAcross 52: MerrymakerREVELLERAAcross 53: Slammer occupantsCONSAAcross 54: Florida cityOCALAAAcross 56: Othello's nemesisIAGOAAcross 57: Writer from Tenn.AGEEAAcross 58: Georgia cityMACONAAcross 59: Part of Ali's rec.TKOSAAcross 60: Gives assentNODSAAcross 61: HappeningEVENTAAcross 62: Sandberg's "The People, ___"YESDDown 1: Bring into agreementA-LINEDDown 1: Bring into agreementALINEDDown 2: "___ Cane," 1961 filmMONDODDown 3: Some of the nightshadesPETUNIASDDown 4: James's "The ___ Papers"ASPERNDDown 5: The former Belgian CongoZAIREDDown 6: CasksTUNSDDown 7: Dir.ENEDDown 8: Bag carriersCADDIESDDown 9: Of Czechs, etc.SLAVICDDown 10: Jerry-builtMAKESHIFTDDown 11: A colleague of Sam AdamsOTISDDown 12: NobGENTDDown 13: FlunkFAILDDown 20: Having an affiliationCONNECTEDDDown 22: Shortly; soonINAMINUTEDDown 24: GambolFRISKDDown 26: ChargePRICEDDown 27: Basic French verbETREDDown 28: Browsed in a journalREADDDown 29: EllipseOVALDDown 30: Hindu godRAMADDown 31: CoruscatedGLISTENEDDDown 32: AigrettePLUMEDDown 37: PeerageNOBILITYDDown 40: SuppleLISSOMEDDown 43: DissertationsTHESESDDown 44: ScholarSAVANTDDown 46: Citron ___MELONDDown 47: AssuageSLAKEDDown 48: Western liliesSEGOSDDown 49: Shooter of gold-tipped arrowsEROSDDown 50: Analyze verseSCANDDown 51: Neighbor of GhanaTOGODDown 52: Marathon, e.g.RACEDDown 55: Mascagni opera, for shortCAV