New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 17th October 2007 There are 36 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 17th October 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: The Velvet FogTORMEAAcross 6: Casino pairDICEAAcross 10: Cabaret, e.g.CLUBAAcross 14: Smuggler's stockOPIUMAAcross 15: Giant-screen film formatIMAXAAcross 16: Summer wine selectionROSEAAcross 17: All the rockets in existence?MISSILEUNIVERSEAAcross 20: Ask forSEEKAAcross 21: Some emergency cases, for shortODSAAcross 22: Place for shotsTAVERNAAcross 23: Noughts-and-crosses winOOOAAcross 25: Brand of shaving productsAFTAAAcross 26: "Dry-clean only," e.g.?TEXTILEMESSAGEAAcross 33: Empty (of)RIDAAcross 34: Small, as a Beanie BabyTEENIEAAcross 35: First course optionSOUPAAcross 36: Does as toldOBEYSAAcross 38: ___ Andreas faultSANAAcross 39: Like déjà vuEERIEAAcross 40: Turner who sang "The Best"TINAAAcross 41: Marzipan ingredientALMONDAAcross 43: PiggyTOEAAcross 44: Cooking utensil from central Spain?CASTILEIRONPANAAcross 47: Like a starless skyINKYAAcross 48: Alt. spellingVARAAcross 48: Alt. spellingVAR.AAcross 49: Iran-___CONTRAAAcross 52: Debtor's lettersIOUAAcross 54: ___ bucoOSSOAAcross 58: HAL 9000, in "2001: A Space Odyssey"?HOSTILECOMPUTERAAcross 61: First-year J.D. candidateONELAAcross 62: Restaurant chain acronymIHOPAAcross 63: Thus farAS YETAAcross 64: A sergeant might ask a soldier to pick it upPACEAAcross 65: I.R.S. ID'sSSNSAAcross 66: Recipe partsSTEPSDDown 1: Tabbies' matesTOMSDDown 2: Mayberry boyOPIEDDown 3: Angry reactionRISEDDown 4: Animal with a shaggy coatMUSK OXDDown 4: Animal with a shaggy coatMUSKOXDDown 5: U.K. record labelEMIDDown 6: Fizzled outDIEDDDown 7: Radio's former "___ in the Morning"IMUSDDown 8: PokyCANDDown 9: Mutual fund redemption chargeEXITFEEDDown 10: Deep fissureCREVASSEDDown 11: Oral historyLOREDDown 12: "Evil empire" of the '80sUSSRDDown 13: "It's ___ real!"BEENDDown 18: Sarge's superiorLOOIEDDown 19: Brewery unitsVATSDDown 24: Baseball's Ed and MelOTTSDDown 25: Relative key of C majorAMINORDDown 26: Second-longest human boneTIBIADDown 27: UtopiasEDENSDDown 28: Stahl of "60 Minutes"LESLEYDDown 29: As a friend, to the FrenchENAMIDDown 30: Outlet of the left ventricleAORTADDown 31: Astronaut ___ Bluford, the first African-American in spaceGUIONDDown 32: Sport with lungesEPEEDDown 33: Mil. optionROTCDDown 37: First N.F.L. QB with consecutive 30-touchdown passing seasonsYATITTLEDDown 39: Novelist FerberEDNADDown 41: Acid neutralizersALKALISDDown 42: "___ Organum" (1620 Francis Bacon work)NOVUMDDown 45: Crucifix inscriptionINRIDDown 46: Subject of the 1999 film "Le Temps Retrouvé"PROUSTDDown 49: Karate blowCHOPDDown 50: The last Mrs. ChaplinOONADDown 51: Minute part of a minute: Abbr.NSECDDown 52: A program usually has oneICONDDown 53: "Stupid me!"OOPSDDown 55: Eyelid woeSTYEDDown 56: OozeSEEPDDown 57: Table scrapsORTSDDown 59: Geezers' repliesEHSDDown 60: DadsPAS