New York Times Answers - Saturday, 24th August 1996 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 24th August 1996. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: 50's portrait?USGRANTAAcross 8: ExcoriatesFLAYSAAcross 13: Like some dental checkupsBIANNUALAAcross 15: Become intenseHEAT UPAAcross 16: Hither and yonERRANTLYAAcross 17: PunctualON TIMEAAcross 18: "The French Connection" co-starREYAAcross 19: Place to doodleSCRATCH PADAAcross 19: Place to doodleSCRATCHPADAAcross 21: Certain NCOSFCAAcross 24: Proceeds slylySIDLESAAcross 25: Spanish religious centerAVILAAAcross 27: Hit the dirtSLIDAAcross 28: "___ Drives Me Crazy" (1989 hit)SHEAAcross 31: It may be blockedSINUSAAcross 32: "Don't rub ___!"ITINAAcross 33: Site for a seat of honorDAISAAcross 34: Manhattan districtTRIBECAAAcross 36: TrimsBEDECKSAAcross 38: Ex-sportscaster HodgesRUSSAAcross 39: Coulombs per secondAMPSAAcross 41: QuizmasterEMCEEAAcross 42: Verb suffixOSEAAcross 43: Biblical invocation to GodABBAAAcross 44: Long ___JOHNSAAcross 45: FlightSTAIRSAAcross 47: Santa ___ANAAAcross 48: 1984 Coppola film, with "The"COTTONCLUBAAcross 52: Milne characterROOAAcross 55: Acropolis figureATHENAAAcross 56: It's receptive to new ideasOPENMINDAAcross 59: Song stanzasSTAVESAAcross 60: Alumnus at an alumni party, e.g.RETURNEEAAcross 61: Actress Sally AnnHOWESAAcross 62: DemagoguesRANTERSDDown 1: German prepositionUBERDDown 2: BegetSIREDDown 3: "Forrest Gump" Oscar nomineeGARYSINISEDDown 4: Messenger ___RNADDown 5: ___ Rutledge (Abe Lincoln's betrothed)ANNDDown 6: MeshugaNUTSDDown 7: Takes a powder?TALCSDDown 8: Got rid of while they were hot?FENCEDDDown 9: Homebuilder's suppliesLATHSDDown 10: ExpectantATIPDDown 11: Colorado River cityYUMADDown 12: Shot, in a waySPEDDDown 14: Orpheus, for oneLYRISTDDown 15: White House connectionHOT LINEDDown 15: White House connectionHOTLINEDDown 20: Wings itADLIBSDDown 22: Reasons for retakesFLUBSDDown 23: Ventura's on itCASEDDown 25: Jeff Bagwell, e.g.ASTRODDown 26: BugVIRUSDDown 28: Overly sentimentalSACCHARINEDDown 29: "Car 54, Where Are You?" creatorHIKENDDown 30: Classics trioESSESDDown 32: Like much of Wordsworth's poetryIAMBICDDown 33: Energetic oneDEMONDDown 35: Changing placesCABANASDDown 37: ___ vuDEJADDown 40: Kind of gamePARLORDDown 43: Makes up (for)ATONESDDown 45: Canyon, for oneSTEVEDDown 46: CustodianSUPERDDown 48: Kind of cowCASHDDown 49: "High Noon" actor KrugerOTTODDown 50: RelaxTHAWDDown 51: Phase constant, in physicsBETADDown 53: Critical spelling feature of "Caribbean"ONERDDown 54: Works of AnacreonODESDDown 57: Susan Sarandon in "Dead Man Walking"NUNDDown 58: 80's TV celebMRT