New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 18th August 2004 There are 40 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 18th August 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Drug busterNARCAAcross 5: Eight furlongsMILEAAcross 9: Fishermen's pailfulsBAITSAAcross 14: 1998 Sarah McLachlan hitADIAAAcross 15: Double agent AldrichAMESAAcross 16: Sleep disorderAPNEAAAcross 17: Fake cover storiesBOGUSALIBISAAcross 19: "Bad" for "good," e.g.SLANGAAcross 20: Dress with a flareA-LINEAAcross 20: Dress with a flareALINEAAcross 21: Stephen Foster classicOHSUSANNAAAcross 23: Back of the boatAFTAAcross 25: Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7: Abbr.AMAJAAcross 27: Attacked with zealDOVEINAAcross 28: Not nerdyCOOLAAcross 30: Bikini blast, brieflyATESTAAcross 32: Stumblers' soundsERSAAcross 33: Get a program on the radioTUNE INAAcross 35: Mars explorerROVERAAcross 37: Homeric epicILIADAAcross 38: Familiar Olympics chantUSAUSAUSAAAcross 39: King protectorsPAWNSAAcross 43: WatchVIGILAAcross 45: Catch between bases, sayTAGOUTAAcross 46: K.C.-to-Little Rock directionSSEAAcross 48: Surveyors' calculationsAREASAAcross 50: ___ Stanley GardnerERLEAAcross 51: GrandTHOUSANDAAcross 53: Equine quipsterMREDAAcross 55: Airline to AmsterdamKLMAAcross 56: HermitRECLUSEAAcross 58: Omnium-gatherumsOLIOSAAcross 60: Running wildARIOTAAcross 61: Shocked response in conversationYOUSAIDWHATAAcross 65: Reaches overSPANSAAcross 66: Move, in Realtor-speakRELOAAcross 67: Easy gaitLOPEAAcross 68: "Roots" writerHALEYAAcross 69: Once, once upon a timeERSTAAcross 70: Hightailed itSPEDDDown 1: Get the drop onNABDDown 2: StirADODDown 3: Tubes on the tableRIGATONIDDown 4: Being the reason forCAUSALDDown 5: Best broMAINMANDDown 6: Pooped person's plaintIMBEATDDown 7: Pacific ringLEIDDown 8: "Happy Motoring" companyESSODDown 9: Méphistophélès player in "Faust"BASSODDown 10: Valedictorian's feat, perhapsAPLUSAVERAGEDDown 11: Comparatively cockamamieINANERDDown 12: Court contestTENNISDDown 13: "Contact" astronomerSAGANDDown 18: ___ Fail (Irish coronation stone)LIADDown 22: Modern viewer's option, brieflyHDTVDDown 23: When Hamlet sees his father's ghostACTIDDown 24: Cager's offenseFOULDDown 26: Destination for many pilgrimsJERUSALEMDDown 29: "Three's a crowd"LEAVEUSALONEDDown 31: March masterSOUSADDown 34: Exiled AminIDIDDown 36: Org. concerned with PCB'sE.P.A.DDown 36: Org. concerned with PCB'sEPADDown 38: Onetime TWA rivalUSAIRDDown 40: Place with sawdustWORKSHOPDDown 41: ZeroNULLDDown 42: Leaf holderSTEMDDown 44: GallivantsGADSDDown 45: J. Alfred Prufrock poetT. S. ELIOTDDown 46: Himalayan guideSHERPADDown 47: MixerSOCIALDDown 49: Wakeup callsAROUSALSDDown 51: RiffraffTRASHDDown 52: CrackedNUTSYDDown 54: PerformedDIDDDown 57: Fictional JaneEYREDDown 59: Barn birdsOWLSDDown 62: Donne's "done"O'ERDDown 63: Big bruteAPEDDown 64: Koppel of ABCTED