New York Times Answers - Thursday, 23rd June 2005 There are 33 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 23rd June 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: City in EnglandCHESTERAAcross 8: Motorized watercraftJETSKISAAcross 15: Dangerous ocean phenomenonRED TIDEAAcross 16: InflexibleADAMANTAAcross 17: Maryland teamORIOLESAAcross 18: Old musket carrierMILITIAAAcross 19: Like money in the bankUNSPENTAAcross 20: Former Rep. AbzugBELLAAAcross 21: Union inits.CIOAAcross 22: HBO rivalSHOAAcross 24: ___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay)YERBAAAcross 27: Treat roughlyHANDLEAAcross 31: Anatomical mouthsORAAAcross 33: ___ Valley, Calif.SIMIAAcross 34: Capital originally called the City of the KingsLIMAPERUAAcross 37: Go-aheadNODAAcross 38: Project Mercury objective (and a hint to 1-, 18-, 27-, 47-, 62- and 68-Across)MANINOUTERSPACEAAcross 42: High dudgeonIREAAcross 43: Richly laden shipsARGOSIESAAcross 44: Czech or SerbSLAVAAcross 46: Singer SumacYMAAAcross 47: Architect's aideDRAFTSAAcross 51: AchierSORERAAcross 53: Dutch cityEDEAAcross 55: Tax-deferring instrument: Abbr.IRAAAcross 56: ___ González in 2000 newsELIANAAcross 58: Minsk's homeBELARUSAAcross 62: Maid's counterpartSERVANTAAcross 64: They may get heavy at nightEYELIDSAAcross 65: WarmingDETENTEAAcross 66: Wronged person's cryREVENGEAAcross 67: On the scheduleSLOTTEDAAcross 68: Armed gang memberTRIGGERDDown 1: What catchers doCROUCHDDown 2: RuptureHERNIADDown 3: Famous lab directorEDISONDDown 4: Pull overSTOPDDown 5: Floor elementTILEDDown 6: HeavenEDENDDown 7: Last word for the defenseRESTSDDown 8: Scouting blowoutsJAMBOREESDDown 9: One of the housewives on "Desperate Housewives"EDIEDDown 10: Add upTALLYDDown 11: Prepares to be shot, maybeSMILESDDown 12: Women's tennis star SrebotnikKATARINADDown 13: Magician's name endingINIDDown 14: Place to buy tkts.STADDown 23: Critter with a sticky tongueHOPTOADDDown 25: College V.I.P.BMOCDDown 26: AdjutantAIDEDDown 28: 551, onceDLIDDown 29: Filmmaker WertmullerLINADDown 30: Georgia universityEMORYDDown 32: Ban alternativeARRIDDDown 35: Added value toAUGMENTEDDDown 36: AddictUSERDDown 38: Hit's alternativeMISSDDown 38: Hit's alternativeMISS.DDown 39: Name on "Alice's Restaurant"ARLODDown 40: Closer byNEARERTODDown 41: Unpaid TV ad: Abbr.PSADDown 45: Antler coveringVELVETDDown 48: Step in ceramic makingFIRINGDDown 49: PlodTRUDGEDDown 50: Smart oneSASSERDDown 52: LaughingRIANTDDown 54: Roeper's TV partnerEBERTDDown 57: Help make a potANTEDDown 59: OglerEYERDDown 60: Strauss of jeans fameLEVIDDown 61: "Shake ___!"ALEGDDown 62: 60's campus grp.SDSDDown 63: It was "boil'd in broo'," in the ballad "Lord Randal"EEL