New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 20th August 2008 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 20th August 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Formed for a specific purposeAD HOCAAcross 6: Good (at)ADEPTAAcross 11: "Next" networkMTVAAcross 14: Pipe typeBRIARAAcross 15: Inlay materialNACREAAcross 16: BackAGOAAcross 17: See 55-DownLIFTINGTOOLAAcross 19: Like AbnerLILAAcross 20: Prefix with -cardialEPIAAcross 21: Badlands featureMESAAAcross 22: DeprivedBEREFTAAcross 24: Rapper KanyeWESTAAcross 25: Stood up toFACEDAAcross 26: Astaire wearTOP HATAAcross 29: Capote wearersMATADORSAAcross 32: Munch Museum's homeOSLOAAcross 33: Starts of some brawlsSHOVESAAcross 35: Marshal under NapoleonNEYAAcross 36: Hitcher's digitTHUMBAAcross 38: "I'd like to buy ___"ANOAAcross 39: Straphanger's buy, onceTOKENAAcross 41: Hosp. procedureEEGAAcross 42: Ones in matching tuxesUSHERSAAcross 45: "Whip It" bandDEVOAAcross 46: BulwarkMAINSTAYAAcross 48: MindedOBEYEDAAcross 50: Some sculpturesNUDESAAcross 51: ___ Gailey of "Miracle on 34th Street"FREDAAcross 52: Talented ZeroMOSTELAAcross 54: Great Trek emigrantBOERAAcross 55: Diner cupfulJOEAAcross 58: Guitar, in slangAXEAAcross 59: See 55-DownPLAYING CARDAAcross 62: Water around PolynésieMERAAcross 63: Gobi greeneryOASESAAcross 64: Comedy club hostEMCEEAAcross 65: Pantry raiderANTAAcross 66: "It is equally an error to ___ all men or no man": SenecaTRUSTAAcross 67: Canon competitorNIKONDDown 1: Up to itABLEDDown 2: IV flowDRIPDDown 3: Rec room item of oldHI-FIDDown 4: Granola morselOATDDown 5: Yalta's peninsulaCRIMEADDown 6: Recurring Woody Allen themeANGSTDDown 7: Flash drive fillerDATADDown 8: Writer UmbertoECODDown 9: Validation of a willPROBATEDDown 10: Put on the tubeTELECASTDDown 11: See 55-DownMALEDONKEYDDown 12: End-of-workweek cryTGIFDDown 13: Pioneering General Motors electric carVOLTDDown 18: Homes of twigsNESTSDDown 23: McCarthy quarryREDDDown 24: Part of T.W.I.M.C.WHOMDDown 25: Goodie bag goodieFAVORDDown 26: Clan symbolTOTEMDDown 27: Milo of HollywoodOSHEADDown 28: See 55-DownPLUGINSERTDDown 29: See 55-DownMONEYDDown 30: A Chaucer pilgrimREEVEDDown 31: Church councilSYNODDDown 34: Comedy club outburstsHAHASDDown 37: Commuters' terminusBUS DEPOTDDown 40: Had need of an E.R., maybeODEDDDown 43: Top-notchSTELLARDDown 44: Philosopher KierkegaardSORENDDown 47: Granola morselNUTDDown 49: Candice of "Murphy Brown"BERGENDDown 51: Palm offFOISTDDown 52: Word from the cribMAMADDown 53: Teamed beastsOXENDDown 54: Tournament passesBYESDDown 55: Word that can define 17- and 59-Across and 11-, 28- and 29-DownJACKDDown 56: Modern ice cream flavorOREODDown 57: Scene of a fallEDENDDown 60: Tempe sch.ASUDDown 61: Early 10th-century yearCMI