New York Times Answers - Thursday, 17th July 2008 There are 36 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 17th July 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Salt or smokeCUREAAcross 5: Starr of the Old WestBELLEAAcross 10: BoomSPARAAcross 14: Type type: Abbr.ITALAAcross 15: Bay windowORIELAAcross 16: ___ coladaPINAAAcross 17: Like a bellRUNGAAcross 18: Pale purpleLILACAAcross 19: Pancake Day is the day before this beginsLENTAAcross 20: Make rustle, as foilCRINKLEAAcross 22: Writes odes to, e.g.PRAISESAAcross 24: U.N. secretary general from GhanaANNANAAcross 25: Not straight upATILTAAcross 26: BitsIOTASAAcross 29: Winter melonCASABAAAcross 33: Colorful lawn or garden fixtureWHIRLIGIGAAcross 37: Soundtrack annoyanceLAGAAcross 38: Slithering dangerRATTLERAAcross 39: Hebrews, for exampleEPISTLEAAcross 43: A pitcher should keep it lowERAAAcross 44: Something you might want to get to the heart of?ARTICHOKEAAcross 46: AnnoyNETTLEAAcross 50: Sale day feelingMANIAAAcross 51: They cross hereWORDSAAcross 53: ___ saltsEPSOMAAcross 57: One of TV's Gilmore GirlsLORELAIAAcross 60: UnfoldsSPREADSAAcross 62: Pen pal in Paris, perhapsAMIEAAcross 63: AgreementUNITYAAcross 65: Exercised a legal optionSUEDAAcross 66: Police protectionVESTAAcross 67: Doha's domainQATARAAcross 68: "___ This Last" (series of John Ruskin essays)UNTOAAcross 69: ___ placeONESAAcross 70: Stood out, in a good waySHONEAAcross 71: Say noPASSDDown 1: AroundCIRCADDown 2: Often-illegal maneuverU-TURNDDown 3: Entered quicklyRANINDDown 4: Percussion instrument in an orchestraELGNAIRTDDown 5: Cotton podBOLLDDown 6: Pennsylvania's northwesternmost countyERIEDDown 7: One of TV's RugratsLILDDown 8: BoundedLEAPTDDown 9: CoterieELCRICDDown 10: ForksSPLITSDDown 11: "The Worst ___ in London" ("Sweeney Todd" song)PIESDDown 12: Monarch immediately after William and MaryANNEDDown 13: HeadlinerRATSDDown 21: Small hillKNOLLDDown 23: Mobile home?: Abbr.ALADDown 23: Mobile home?: Abbr.ALA.DDown 25: "___ see it ..."ASIDDown 27: Railroad crossbeamTIEDDown 28: Tourist city between Jaipur and LucknowAGRADDown 30: Middle rangeALTODDown 31: HesitateBALKDDown 32: Author JamesAGEEDDown 33: Bird with speckled eggsWRENDDown 34: Fabled racerHAREDDown 35: "Take ___ face value"ITATDDown 36: "___ life!"GETADDown 40: Fraternity jewelryPINDDown 41: More likely to cause slippingICIERDDown 42: Quits misbehaving ... or a literal hint to 4-, 9-, 13-, 49- and 57-DownSHAPESUPDDown 45: Abbr. in real estate adsRMSDDown 47: ChirpsTWEETSDDown 48: Ha-ha, nowadaysLOLDDown 49: Unhip personERAUQSDDown 52: Alice's pet cat in "Alice in Wonderland"DINAHDDown 54: Hot spotSAUNADDown 55: "The Country Girl" playwright, 1950ODETSDDown 56: Many PCs once ran on itMS-DOSDDown 57: RacetrackLAVODDown 58: Impending clouds, e.g.OMENDDown 59: Small hillRISEDDown 60: Avant-garde filmmaker BrakhageSTANDDown 61: Funeral sightPYREDDown 64: "What am ___ do?"ITO