New York Times Answers - Thursday, 5th August 1999 There are 34 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 5th August 1999. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Catch basin coverGRATEAAcross 6: Kind of wireTRIPAAcross 10: 60's danceFRUGAAcross 14: Return the favorREPAYAAcross 15: "Where ___ you?"WEREAAcross 16: Vatican tribunalROTAAAcross 17: WaiflikeALONEAAcross 18: Moves byOVERTAKESAAcross 20: Jockey's wearSILKSAAcross 21: Near the back of a derby fieldTENTHAAcross 22: 17-year-old sensation at the 1958 World CupPELEAAcross 23: Math ringsTORIAAcross 24: Golfing featEAGLEAAcross 29: After-dinner entertainment?FORTUNECOOKIESAAcross 32: Speed alongHIEAAcross 33: Goes for itSTRIVESAAcross 34: Place for a tiny flagLAPELAAcross 37: StabbersTINESAAcross 38: Short tales, from the ItalianNOVELLEAAcross 40: Scale notesRESAAcross 41: 1999 Glenn Close filmCOOKIESFORTUNEAAcross 46: All, in stage directionsOMNESAAcross 47: Tome markersTABSAAcross 48: BusterNARCAAcross 50: It's hard to tipTRIKEAAcross 52: Funny-car fuelNITROAAcross 53: SupplantsTAKESOVERAAcross 57: DuplicateEQUALAAcross 58: Auto company founder AdamOPELAAcross 59: Store clusterMARTAAcross 60: Taken, slangilyBURNTAAcross 61: Common raceTENKAAcross 62: To bootALSOAAcross 63: Favorites, at timesSEEDSDDown 1: Catch on toGRASPDDown 2: AssistanceRELIEFDDown 3: TV "Showtime" siteAPOLLODDown 4: Fuel carrierTANKERDDown 5: RegardsEYESDDown 6: Like some shoesTWOTONEDDown 7: Longfellow poem subjectREVEREDDown 8: Promotion of peaceIRENICSDDown 9: ChipperPERTDDown 10: Holy brotherFRADDown 11: Korean soldierROKDDown 12: Sport ___ (90's vehicle)UTEDDown 13: Heating choiceGASDDown 19: Thinking personTHEORISTDDown 23: Protective armor over the thighTUILLEDDown 25: ParallelAKINDDown 26: LoosenessGIVEDDown 27: Part that doesn't dissolveLEESDDown 28: Count endingESSDDown 30: Competition, in an old phraseTHELISTSDDown 31: Web-footed animalsOTTERSDDown 34: Edmund Cartwright's power invention, 1785LOOMDDown 35: Hearst's ___ BooksAVONDDown 36: Lap dog, for shortPEKEDDown 38: Sarge, e.g.NCODDown 39: SummerlikeESTIVALDDown 40: Director RosselliniROBERTODDown 42: They put on an actFAKERSDDown 43: Rarer than rareUNIQUEDDown 44: TemperamentNATUREDDown 45: Gofer's jobERRANDDDown 49: RCA Dome teamCOLTSDDown 51: Basilica Julia siteROMADDown 52: BeaksNEBSDDown 53: 50-Across riderTOTDDown 54: GoonAPEDDown 55: UnderstandingKENDDown 55: UnderstandingKEN.DDown 56: Deer kinELK