New York Times Answers - Saturday, 20th August 2005 There are 29 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 20th August 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Early releaseBETAAAcross 5: Island once controlled by CarthageMALTAAAcross 10: Lombardy's Lake ___COMOAAcross 14: 1993 Debra Winger drama based on a Mary McGarry Morris novelADANGEROUSWOMANAAcross 17: Having no redeeming featuresROTTENTOTHECOREAAcross 18: Woody Allen film about cookie-making criminalsSMALLTIMECROOKSAAcross 19: First name in Romanian tennisILIEAAcross 20: Joel's seducer in "Risky Business"LANAAAcross 21: Uses a paddle, perhapsCANOESAAcross 24: MisleadsFAKESOUTAAcross 28: ImproveAMENDAAcross 29: Cell alternativePAGERAAcross 30: Paternity determinerDNAAAcross 31: Features of TV weather forecastsMAPSAAcross 32: 30-Across may provide themCLUESAAcross 33: Children's author LowryLOISAAcross 34: Airline Web site stat.ETAAAcross 35: Cagers collect themFOULSAAcross 36: Special giftFORTEAAcross 37: Old master's mediumOIL PAINTAAcross 39: Mooring lineHAWSERAAcross 40: One small step for a man?RUNGAAcross 41: Hang looseLOLLAAcross 42: "The Winslow Boy" playwrightTERENCE RATTIGANAAcross 49: "By now you should know…"IVESAIDITBEFOREAAcross 50: Reform opponents, oftenVESTEDINTERESTSAAcross 51: Not taken in byONTOAAcross 52: Wrapped upENDEDAAcross 53: "___ Gone" (Hall & Oates hit)SHESDDown 1: Cell wall, perhapsBARSDDown 2: Kingdom given to EsauEDOMDDown 3: Parting wordTATADDown 4: Pit-digging insectsANTLIONSDDown 5: Compos ___MENTISDDown 6: Auerbach of the old "Jack Benny Show"ARTIEDDown 7: It generates materialLOOMDDown 8: Teaching relationshipsTUTELAGESDDown 9: Southern cornbreadsASHCAKESDDown 10: Après-ski ordersCOCOASDDown 11: Classic novel set in TahitiOMOODDown 12: On your ___MARKDDown 13: Certain columnONESDDown 15: Became semirigidGELLEDDDown 16: Filmmaker HerzogWERNERDDown 21: Brief appearanceCAMEODDown 22: Valuable violinAMATIDDown 23: Nation with a pentangular flagNEPALDDown 24: Poor serviceFAULTDDown 25: Pets often have themODORSDDown 26: FuseUNITEDDown 27: Jolt delivererTASERDDown 29: Entered impetuouslyPLUNGEDINDDown 32: ConcurCOINCIDEDDown 33: Despicable sortsLOWLIFESDDown 35: Zoological groupsFAUNAEDDown 36: Suffer a moment of weaknessFALTERDDown 38: FastPRESTODDown 39: Breeding groundHOTBEDDDown 41: Coffeehouse orderLATTEDDown 42: Time-shifting deviceTIVODDown 43: EquitableEVENDDown 44: Take a few minutesRESTDDown 45: Drink garnishRINDDDown 46: "Holy cow!"GOSHDDown 47: Commedia dell'___ARTEDDown 48: Scottish river to Moray FirthNESS