New York Times Answers - Thursday, 8th August 1996 There are 37 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 8th August 1996. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Rock of ___"AGESAAcross 5: Press outputAPPLECIDERAAcross 15: Brest bridgePONTAAcross 16: Subject of a Longfellow poemPAUL REVEREAAcross 17: Raised nauticallyHOVEAAcross 18: Be matureACTONESAGEAAcross 19: Short poemODELETAAcross 21: Sounds of dismayOYSAAcross 22: Rx giverDOCAAcross 23: Ticks offRILESAAcross 24: "What happened next?"ANDAAcross 25: Give a priceQUOTEAAcross 27: Swear wordsIDOAAcross 28: Negri of silentsPOLAAAcross 30: Game divisionsTURNSAAcross 31: Fall mo.SEPAAcross 32: MoonfishOPAHAAcross 33: Towel wordHISAAcross 34: 50's TV game showMASQUERADE PARTYAAcross 40: Norfolk inits.USNAAcross 41: Absolute worstPITSAAcross 42: Cenozoic, e.g.ERAAAcross 43: Is snoopyPRIESAAcross 45: Old-fashioned fuelPEATAAcross 46: Patriotic soc.DARAAcross 47: Yale students beginning in 1969COEDSAAcross 48: Barrett of Pink FloydSYDAAcross 49: Heston film roleEL CIDAAcross 51: RelevantAPTAAcross 52: "What's the ___?"DIFAAcross 53: Fitting-room activitiesTRYONSAAcross 54: 1957 #1 songCHANCESAREAAcross 58: Spanish linen fabricCREAAAcross 59: Down-to-the-wire campaignsTIGHTRACESAAcross 60: Subject of peer pressure?EARLAAcross 61: Words of despairITSUSELESSAAcross 62: Or ___ (if not)ELSEDDown 1: Terse sayingAPHORISMDDown 2: "I like that!"GOODIDEADDown 3: SurroundsENVELOPSDDown 4: Inscribed slabSTELEDDown 5: Give ___ on the backAPATDDown 6: F.E.C. file entryPACDDown 7: "Bye Bye Birdie" songPUTONAHAPPYFACEDDown 8: Chaplin contemporaryLLOYDDDown 9: Atlantic fliersERNSDDown 10: Passing gradeCEEDDown 11: Hosp. hookupsIVSDDown 12: Precisely correctDEAD-ONDDown 13: Cereal plant diseasesERGOTSDDown 14: Volleyball's GabrielleREECEDDown 20: Takes up, in a wayESPOUSESDDown 24: Orchard sprayALARDDown 25: WitQUIPSTERDDown 26: ___ MajorURSADDown 29: DebutsOPENSDDown 30: Eighth in a seriesTHETADDown 35: Chewable wadQUIDDDown 36: Lost vitalityDIEDDDown 37: Marine life used for jewelryRED CORALDDown 38: Workout figuresTRAINERSDDown 39: Event in a classifiedYARD SALEDDown 43: 54-Across, e.g.POPHITDDown 44: Puts new prices onRETAGSDDown 47: Western plantsCACTIDDown 48: Fiber named for a town in MexicoSISALDDown 50: Eleve's placeLYCEEDDown 52: Classic Latin work "___ Rustica"DEREDDown 53: 1979 Polanski filmTESSDDown 55: Madame ___ of 60's VietnamNHUDDown 56: Pennies: Abbr.CTSDDown 57: ___ judicataRES