New York Times Answers - Saturday, 12th August 2000 There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 12th August 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ancient shrinesCATACOMBSAAcross 10: Keep one's distance fromAVOIDAAcross 15: Sappho, for oneLYRICPOETAAcross 16: Condo luxurySAUNAAAcross 17: Be distinct, in a wayENUNCIATEAAcross 18: Lockheed P-38 featureTURBOAAcross 19: At one time, at one timeERSTAAcross 20: Sign, as an agreementENTERINTOAAcross 22: George Herriman cartoon critterKATAAcross 23: Launch siteSILOAAcross 24: Poison: PrefixTOXOAAcross 26: Tough looksSNEERSAAcross 30: Shade of blueNILEAAcross 32: All ___WETAAcross 33: Shepherdess in Virgil's "Eclogues"DELIAAAcross 34: NeuterGELDAAcross 35: Iran-Contra grp.NSCAAcross 36: Cry at a casinoLETITRIDEAAcross 39: Ball clubBATAAcross 42: Neighbor of Pol.LITHAAcross 43: More upscaleNICERAAcross 46: Letter runSTUAAcross 47: Ed.'s requestSASEAAcross 48: MountsGETSONAAcross 50: ___ Plus razorATRAAAcross 52: BesmirchesTARSAAcross 54: Fort Worth sch.TCUAAcross 55: On its way (or so they say)INTHEMAILAAcross 58: Close, as friendsGOODAAcross 59: CharmAMUSEAAcross 60: Part of a Car and Driver ratingENDURANCEAAcross 62: DiscourageREPELAAcross 63: Planners' workSCENARIOSAAcross 64: Area bordering the HimalayasASSAMAAcross 65: Lover's secretSHADYPASTDDown 1: Narrow-faced ironsCLEEKSDDown 2: "We, the Living" novelistAYN RANDDDown 3: Part of a boardTRUSTEEDDown 4: "___ No Sunshine" (1971 hit)AINTDDown 5: New Deal program: Abbr.CCCDDown 6: 19th-century humorist ___ ReadOPIEDDown 7: Haunted house soundsMOANSDDown 8: Risking everythingBETTINGTHERANCHDDown 9: More intense, as a stareSTEELIERDDown 10: Palazzo Alfieri localeASTIDDown 11: BragVAUNTDDown 12: Play narrated by a stage managerOURTOWNDDown 13: Workload sitesINBOXESDDown 14: 1957 Physics Nobelist Tsung-___ LeeDAODDown 21: Egg ___ROLLINGDDown 25: Market lettersOTCDDown 27: Pipe connectionELLDDown 28: Cambodian currencyRIELSDDown 29: FillSATIATEDDown 31: One of the Munsters of 60's TVEDDIEDDown 37: "Ugh!"ITSAMESSDDown 38: Outer: PrefixECTDDown 39: Character-building org.BSADDown 40: Once in a whileAT TIMESDDown 41: British trouser cuffsTURNUPSDDown 44: Country with a blue-, black- and white-striped flagESTONIADDown 45: Ornamentational stylesROCOCOSDDown 49: Least coveredNUDESTDDown 51: LostAT SEADDown 53: Place for a hit, usuallySIDEADDown 56: ControlsHELMDDown 57: City in southern SwedenLUNDDDown 58: Title hero in Glenn Close's first major filmGARPDDown 59: Constellation near NormaARADDown 61: Light lineRAY