New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 17th August 1999 There are 37 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 17th August 1999. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Plays a partACTSAAcross 5: Purple colorPLUMAAcross 9: American symbolEAGLEAAcross 14: BoutiqueSHOPAAcross 15: Left the couchROSEAAcross 16: ImplorePLEADAAcross 17: Snit?PIQUEEXPERIENCEAAcross 20: DodgesELUDESAAcross 21: Wall uprightSTUDAAcross 22: Noted Downing Street addressTENAAcross 23: Maiden name indicatorNEEAAcross 24: Give the gasREVAAcross 26: Garden store purchaseSEEDAAcross 28: Not the glad-handing sortLONERAAcross 30: SlandersSMEARSAAcross 34: Hope/Crosby "Road" destinationBALIAAcross 37: GunkCRUDAAcross 39: PermeateIMBUEAAcross 40: Autobiography?IWITNESSACCOUNTAAcross 43: Late singer MelTORMEAAcross 44: CarveETCHAAcross 45: Comic Bill et al.NYESAAcross 46: DetectiveSLEUTHAAcross 48: Harbor sightsSHIPSAAcross 50: Use a mopSWABAAcross 52: DownedATEAAcross 53: High ___ kiteASAAAcross 56: Trash bag accessoryTIEAAcross 59: Designer CassiniOLEGAAcross 61: Like a baguetteCRUSTYAAcross 63: Ambivalent?UNDERTHEWHETHERAAcross 66: LivelyBRISKAAcross 67: Geometry calculationAREAAAcross 68: Hawaiian birdNENEAAcross 69: OozesSEEPSAAcross 70: Airy homeNESTAAcross 71: Baseball's ___ SlaughterENOSDDown 1: Western ski areaASPENDDown 2: 2,880-mile long countryCHILEDDown 3: Close-fitting hatTOQUEDDown 4: TaterSPUDDDown 5: CharismaPRESENCEDDown 6: Bagel topperLOXDDown 7: Mail org.USPSDDown 8: Track-and-field contestsMEETSDDown 9: Not localizedEPIDEMICDDown 10: Brewery productALEDDown 11: Polite fellowGENTDDown 12: Alençon productLACEDDown 13: ParadiseEDENDDown 18: A SaarinenEERODDown 19: Paris gridworkRUESDDown 25: Chapter's partnerVERSEDDown 27: They harass the insaneDEMONSDDown 28: Kind of paper or testLITMUSDDown 29: OxidizesRUSTSDDown 31: "What ___!" ("Don't pass up this offer!")ABUYDDown 32: Part of an ancient inscriptionRUNEDDown 33: Arranges, as musicSETSDDown 34: MorselsBITSDDown 35: Missing at roll call, maybeAWOLDDown 36: Marco's moneyLIREDDown 38: Russian country houseDACHADDown 41: ABC, CBS, etc.NETWORKSDDown 42: Small talkCHIT-CHATDDown 42: Small talkCHITCHATDDown 47: "Stop!"HALTDDown 49: François's fatherPEREDDown 51: Dramatist BrendanBEHANDDown 53: GrayishASHENDDown 54: Office workerSTENODDown 55: Actor LewAYRESDDown 56: Big basinsTUBSDDown 57: RegardingINREDDown 58: Singer BrickellEDIEDDown 60: Actor RichardGEREDDown 62: The ___ Reader (magazine)UTNEDDown 64: One means of knowingE.S.P.DDown 64: One means of knowingESPDDown 65: Horror film director CravenWES