New York Times Answers - Thursday, 31st August 2006 There are 33 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 31st August 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Person of letters?PEN PALAAcross 7: Picker-uppersPEPPILLSAAcross 15: PiqueAROUSEAAcross 16: Prairie StateILLINOISAAcross 17: Peanut brittle baseTOFFEEAAcross 18: Puts faith inCOUNTSONAAcross 19: Preceders of GCDEFAAcross 20: Pusan soldierROKAAcross 22: Pair of filmmaking brothersCOENSAAcross 23: Perfidious clerk in "David Copperfield"HEEPAAcross 24: Practically no timeAFLASHAAcross 27: Pamphlet with a "Draw Me" challengeARTTESTAAcross 29: PageantryPOMPAAcross 33: Phoenix neighborMESAAAcross 35: Paternity identifierDNAAAcross 36: Personal: PrefixIDIOAAcross 37: Pretty souvenirPICTURE POSTCARDAAcross 41: Play's ___'acteENTRAAcross 42: "Protect mine innocence, ___ fall into the trap …": "King Henry VIII"ORIAAcross 43: Portree's isleSKYEAAcross 44: Port-of-call callAHOYAAcross 45: Pay no heed to smoking rulesLIGHT UPAAcross 48: Parisian thoughtPENSEEAAcross 49: Paulina's "other"OTRAAAcross 53: Paper towel-touting waitressROSIEAAcross 57: Pisa monk's titleFRAAAcross 58: Peter Sellers parodied him in "Murder by Death"CHANAAcross 59: Pair on a headANTENNAEAAcross 62: "Princess Ida" follow-up operetta, with "The"MIKADOAAcross 64: Pacific wrigglerSEA SNAKEAAcross 65: PC infoUSERIDAAcross 66: Pulsating sound, informallyPITTY-PATAAcross 67: Potato, meat and sauce dishPOTPIEDDown 1: Pirate's eye coverPATCHDDown 2: Partly eat awayERODEDDown 3: "Payment not required"NOFEEDDown 4: Pepperidge Farm offeringPUFFPASTRYDDown 5: Peer Gynt's motherASEDDown 6: Profligately eyeLEERATDDown 7: Preserved food in jarsPICKLEDPIGSFEETDDown 8: Pop grp. heard in "Xanadu"ELODDown 9: Phenomena or personae: Abbr.PLUDDown 10: Practice economy, when preceded by 48-DownPINCHDDown 11: Preoccupied withINTODDown 12: Place last, sayLOSEDDown 13: Pride memberLIONDDown 14: Payroll dept. ID'sSSNSDDown 21: Poetic adverbOFTDDown 25: "… perhaps comes ___ surprise …"ASNODDown 26: Penn. and othersSTASDDown 28: President Johannes ___ of Germany, 1999-2004RAUDDown 29: Petty criminalPICKPOCKETDDown 30: Performer with Krupa and KentonODAYDDown 31: Peat sourceMIREDDown 32: Plant container, when preceded by 37-DownPODDDown 33: Phu My Hung site, Ho Chi ___ CityMINHDDown 34: Plasm prefixECTODDown 37: Preceder of 32-DownPEADDown 38: PartROLEDDown 39: Poetic name for IrelandERINDDown 40: Pedagogical inits. in NashvilleTSUDDown 46: Part of H.M.S.HERDDown 47: Partner (with)TEAM UPDDown 48: Preceder of 10-DownPENNYDDown 50: "Push Comes to Shove" choreographerTHARPDDown 51: Projections from a central pointRADIIDDown 52: Positive endANODEDDown 53: Prisoner's tool for escapeRASPDDown 54: "Phew! Finally ___ know!"ONEIDDown 55: P.D.Q., to a surgeonSTATDDown 56: Pluck or hair extension?IESTDDown 60: PileNAPDDown 61: Pseudonym lead-inA.K.A.DDown 61: Pseudonym lead-inAKADDown 63: Prefix with propylISO