New York Times Answers - Friday, 29th August 2008 There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 29th August 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Building blocksABC'SAAcross 1: Building blocksABCSAAcross 5: Way around in comic booksBATMOBILEAAcross 14: Bandar ___ Begawan (capital of Brunei)SERIAAcross 15: Succumbs to interrogation, perhapsNAMESNAMESAAcross 16: "Varsity Blues" actor ScottCAANAAcross 17: Annual college event since 1935ORANGEBOWLAAcross 18: Exceedingly rare infantOCTUPLETAAcross 20: GravitateTENDAAcross 21: S. E. Hinton classicTHEOUTSIDERSAAcross 24: Purely physicalBRUTEAAcross 25: Prefix with glottalEPIAAcross 26: Wave function symbolPSIAAcross 29: Light construction materialBALSAAAcross 30: Third-degree, in mathCUBICAAcross 32: Group from a very distant placeETSAAcross 33: LikeALAAAcross 33: LikeALA.AAcross 34: Looking forward to being docked?SEASICKAAcross 36: Nail holderTOEAAcross 37: BreedILKAAcross 38: Words after an iffy statementORNOTAAcross 39: RodPIECEAAcross 41: K'ung Fu-___ (Confucius)TSEAAcross 42: Org. at the center of the 2007 memoir "At the Center of the Storm"CIAAAcross 43: Like Ibsen, to his countrymenNORSKAAcross 44: Providers of many openings?SKELETONKEYSAAcross 48: Director and star of the 1958 Best Foreign Language FilmTATIAAcross 50: One whose motto is "The only easy day was yesterday"NAVY SEALAAcross 51: "No way, no how"NOTONADAREAAcross 54: No gentle giantOGREAAcross 55: Like some nonvotersAPOLITICALAAcross 56: Ancient dweller in present-day KurdistanMEDEAAcross 57: Sorry soulsPENITENTSAAcross 58: "Step the meek fowls where ___ they ranged": EmersonERSTDDown 1: Component of morning dressASCOTDDown 2: They're blown up and thrown upBEACHBALLSDDown 3: Image on Oregon's state quarterCRATERLAKEDDown 4: Making waves?SINUOUSDDown 5: ShowsBARESDDown 6: Treasured instrumentAMATIDDown 7: Real good-lookerTENDDown 8: Where the N.Y. Liberty playMSGDDown 9: Person who's talented but not versatileONETRICKPONYDDown 10: Contents of some armsBABESDDown 11: "That's my cue!"IMONDDown 12: More than spicyLEWDDDown 13: Many an ex-pat takes itESLDDown 15: "Mulholland Falls" actor, 1996NOLTEDDown 19: "That's enough out of you!"PUTASOCKINITDDown 22: Payment optionDEBITDDown 23: It might have a lot of extrasEPICDDown 26: Protest music pioneerPETE SEEGERDDown 27: Where many heads are put togetherSTOCKYARDSDDown 28: Listener's acknowledgmentISEEDDown 29: ProvokeBAITDDown 30: See 35-DownCANALDDown 31: Tour grp.USODDown 35: With 30-Down, locale of lots of locksERIEDDown 40: TryingIRKSOMEDDown 43: Rice productNOVELDDown 44: Brand with Ohranj and Razberi varieties, brieflySTOLIDDown 45: PassENACTDDown 46: ___ Bulba (literary Cossack)TARASDDown 47: Driving hazardSLEETDDown 48: Go for a few rounds?TOPEDDown 49: SwarmsATONDDown 51: Go out for a bit?NAPDDown 52: AbsorbedATEDDown 53: Big blastDIN