New York Times Answers - Thursday, 23rd August 2007 There are 36 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 23rd August 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Obstruction at the entrance to a cave, maybeBOULDERAAcross 8: Like jail cellsBARREDAAcross 14: Having hit a doubleONSECONDAAcross 16: For oneAPIECEAAcross 17: Party of the first part and party of the second part, e.g.LEGALESEAAcross 18: Gets goingREVSUPAAcross 19: Weapon in old hand-to-hand fightingDIRKAAcross 20: Does some yard workSODSAAcross 22: Carcinogenic substanceTARAAcross 23: Victorian ___ERAAAcross 24: HeadquarteredBASEDAAcross 27: Point toBODEAAcross 28: Wood of the Rolling StonesRONAAcross 29: ___ Nikolaevich, last czarevitch of RussiaALEXEIAAcross 31: Rich Spanish decorationsOROSAAcross 32: Big blasts, informallyNTESTSAAcross 34: TailorsSEWERSAAcross 36: Residents: SuffixITESAAcross 37: Seat at a hootenannyBALEAAcross 38: Place for a guardBORDERAAcross 41: ToleratesABIDESAAcross 44: Letter before Peter in old radio lingoOBOEAAcross 45: Bygone councilSOVIETAAcross 48: "___ for nest"NISAAcross 50: NASA subj.ASTRAAcross 51: French townVILLEAAcross 52: Contents of some shellsTNTAAcross 53: Audio equipment pioneerRCAAAcross 54: Wiped outBEATAAcross 56: Campsite visitorBEARAAcross 57: Job specificationsDUTIESAAcross 59: IndividuallyA LA CARTEAAcross 63: Wears downERODESAAcross 64: Work forceLABORERSAAcross 65: Grade againRERATEAAcross 66: Pretended to bePOSEDASDDown 1: -BOLDERDDown 2: Rarely used golf clubONE IRONDDown 3: Picture on a $50 billUSGRANTDDown 4: Drip, sayLEAKDDown 5: Seventh-century yearDCLDDown 6: Want ad abbr.EOEDDown 7: Some needle holders, for shortRNSDDown 8: -BARDDDown 9: Makes likeAPESDDown 10: Connecticut or Colorado: Abbr.RIVDDown 11: Touch up, as a paintingRESTOREDDown 12: Country named for its location on the globeECUADORDDown 13: Bring downDEPRESSDDown 15: NeuterDESEXDDown 21: One famously begins "O Wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being"ODEDDown 24: -BASTEDDown 25: Lowers the cuffs on, maybeALTERSDDown 26: Legis. periodSESSDDown 27: -BOWEDDDown 30: Queen of France in Shakespeare's "Henry V"ISABELDDown 33: Duck downEIDERDDown 35: Social register listeesELITEDDown 37: -BAILDDown 38: -BOARDERDDown 39: ReconditeOBSCUREDDown 40: Shoulder muscleROTATORDDown 42: LoggedENTEREDDDown 43: Singer who founded Reprise RecordsSINATRADDown 46: Donations at some clinicsOVADDown 47: EssentialVITALDDown 49: AccentSTRESSDDown 54: -BEETDDown 55: Verb of which "sum" is a formESSEDDown 56: -BAREDDown 58: ___ B. Wells, early civil rights advocateIDADDown 60: Race unitLAPDDown 61: Blood type lettersABODDown 62: Calculator buttonCOS