New York Times Answers - Thursday, 31st July 2008 There are 31 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 31st July 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Temple activityWORSHIPAAcross 8: Tex-Mex treatsTAMALESAAcross 15: Wedding gown materialBROCADEAAcross 16: DistinguishedEMINENTAAcross 17: Dean Martin, for oneCROONERAAcross 18: Bach workCANTATAAAcross 19: 1979 Bee Gees chart-topperTOOMUCHHEAVENAAcross 21: CivviesMUFTIAAcross 23: ___ changeOILAAcross 24: QB's stat.INTAAcross 25: Great Plains tribeOTOAAcross 26: County of St. Andrews, ScotlandFIFEAAcross 28: Part of a sealMOTTOAAcross 30: Professor Lupin in Harry Potter books, e.g.WEREWOLFAAcross 33: Creator of the Bennet familyAUSTENAAcross 34: Band with the 1970 hit "Get Ready"RARE EARTHAAcross 36: One of the four evangelists, brieflyST. MARKAAcross 39: Many Latin compositionsEPITAPHSAAcross 43: Come upARISEAAcross 44: Shot (off)SPEDAAcross 45: Yes, in YokohamaHAIAAcross 46: Let goCANAAcross 47: Author of a once-popular book of quotationsMAOAAcross 48: DevilSCAMPAAcross 50: 1979 AC/DC seven-time platinum albumHIGHWAYTOHELLAAcross 55: Blow upENLARGEAAcross 56: EmitRADIATEAAcross 59: Smaller than smallTEENIERAAcross 60: Where the buoys are?CHANNELAAcross 61: Puts underSEDATESAAcross 62: Takes overANNEXESDDown 1: Fighters' org.WBCDDown 2: 1967 N.H.L. rookie of the yearORRDDown 3: Support, at a gameROOT FORDDown 4: Tear outSCOOTDDown 5: Radio ___ (onetime propaganda source)HANOIDDown 6: Footnote wordIDEMDDown 7: Locale for Che Guevara in "The Motorcycle Diaries"PERUDDown 8: Computer whizTECHIEDDown 9: Menotti title characterAMAHLDDown 10: Harbor dangerMINEDDown 11: Architectural pierANTADDown 12: Michael ___, Bush secretary of health and human servicesLEAVITTDDown 13: AccordENTENTEDDown 14: Suffragist Elizabeth Cady ___STANTONDDown 20: One that's "perky" in the morningCOFFEEPOTDDown 21: Shorten, in a wayMOWDDown 22: Multipurpose truckUTEDDown 26: Chess tactic that involves attacking two pieces at onceFORKDDown 27: Spot in la merILEDDown 28: Half-and-half, maybeMUTTDDown 29: Department of Labor agcy.OSHADDown 31: Post-Civil War Reconstruction and othersERASDDown 32: PotteryWAREDDown 33: UnimaginativeARIDDDown 35: Koko who communicates through American Sign Language, e.g.APEDDown 36: Lingerie drawer itemsSACHETSDDown 37: Drill instructor's chargeTRAINEEDDown 38: Got around at a get-togetherMINGLEDDDown 40: Military wingPHALANXDDown 41: Eggs Benedict ingredientHAMDDown 42: Hardly a chugSIPDDown 44: Football Hall-of-Famer GaleSAYERSDDown 47: Patrick ___, 1996 Tony recipient for "Marat/Sade"MAGEEDDown 48: Q45 or Grand MarquisSEDANDDown 49: "Walkin' After Midnight" hitmaker, 1957CLINEDDown 51: Mandlikova of tennis fameHANADDown 52: Judicial directiveWRITDDown 53: Killer whaleORCADDown 54: Violin virtuoso HilaryHAHNDDown 57: Gadget for 58-DownTEEDDown 58: Golfer dubbed "the Big Easy"ELS