New York Times Answers - Thursday, 31st August 2000 There are 36 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 31st August 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Area sweeper?RADARAAcross 6: Flexible, in a wayACDCAAcross 10: Isn't gentle withPAWSAAcross 14: ___ CastleIRENEAAcross 15: Sour fruitSLOEAAcross 16: Substitution in a listET ALAAcross 16: Substitution in a listET AL.AAcross 17: CondescendDEIGNAAcross 18: EndorseSIGNAAcross 19: Tabula ___RASAAAcross 20: Radicals' bash?LEFTISTPARTYAAcross 23: Muralist RiveraDIEGOAAcross 25: O. Henry plot twistsIRONIESAAcross 26: Excellent hip-hop affair?BADRECEPTIONAAcross 29: "What ___ to do?"AMIAAcross 30: One who hits the high notesDIVAAAcross 31: Blender buttonPUREEAAcross 35: Calls after bad callsBOOSAAcross 37: Shipboard title: Abbr.ENSAAcross 39: N.Y.C. cultural centerMOMAAAcross 40: Nay sayersANTISAAcross 42: Tennessee's state flowerIRISAAcross 45: 1986 U.S.S.R. launchMIRAAcross 46: Doctors' frolic?MEDICINE BALLAAcross 50: Bolsters the confidence ofASSURESAAcross 53: Best Supporting Actor of 1999CAINEAAcross 54: Physicists' fete?NUCLEARBLASTAAcross 57: Director KazanELIAAAcross 58: PinkishRAREAAcross 59: Riverbank romperOTTERAAcross 63: Kind of carSLOTAAcross 64: Part of G.M.T.MEANAAcross 65: AfreshNEWLYAAcross 66: Daly of "Judging Amy"TYNEAAcross 67: Rosie O'Donnell's Muppet friendELMOAAcross 68: WindSNAKEDDown 1: Free (of)RIDDDown 2: Exist en masseAREDDown 3: "Agnus ___"DEIDDown 4: One who's casting about?ANGLERDDown 5: Broke a promiseRENEGEDDDown 6: Like certain profs.ASSTDDown 7: Second-century dateCLIIDDown 8: GoldbricksDOGSITDDown 9: Middling beginning?CENTRIDDown 10: How some interest is paidPER ANNUMDDown 11: Arcade pioneerATARIDDown 12: Not be frugalWASTEDDown 13: Emulates St. GeorgeSLAYSDDown 21: Convergence pointsFOCIDDown 22: LowdownPOOPDDown 23: Friend of PythiasDAMONDDown 24: Blithering sortIDIOTDDown 26: Cake with a kickBABADDown 27: Time to look aheadEVEDDown 28: Pre-exam feeling, maybePANICDDown 32: Like 7-DownROMANDDown 33: 1960's middleweight champ GriffithEMILEDDown 34: Title for Robert WalpoleEARLDDown 36: FeignSIMULATEDDown 38: ___ LankaSRIDDown 41: WitheredSEREDDown 43: Atahualpa subjectINCADDown 44: Peppers, perhapsSEASONSDDown 47: Peter Ustinov autobiographyDEARMEDDown 48: Judean Plateau localeISRAELDDown 49: Attacked by mosquitoesBITTENDDown 50: "___ of robins in her hair"ANESTDDown 51: TarnishSULLYDDown 52: Grafting shootSCIONDDown 55: Vampire chronicler StokerBRAMDDown 56: Major NBC starLENODDown 60: Company once owned by Howard HughesTWADDown 61: Cousin of a mooseELKDDown 62: Part of a ReubenRYE