New York Times Answers - Friday, 7th August 2009 There are 30 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 7th August 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "The loneliest guy in town"MAYTAGREPAIRMANAAcross 16: "Hold on"ONEMOMENTPLEASEAAcross 17: Handles things evenhandedlySTRIKESABALANCEAAcross 18: Important part for a jigTOEAAcross 19: Cracker shapesANIMALSAAcross 20: Substitute acquired by about half a million people a year: Abbr.GEDAAcross 21: RepresentativeENVOYAAcross 23: Scale startDOREAAcross 24: ___ FeinSINNAAcross 25: "The Bridge on the River Kwai" settingSIAMAAcross 26: City where Einstein developed his special theory of relativityBERNAAcross 27: Vinegar: PrefixACETOAAcross 28: More fashionableTONIERAAcross 30: Sudden light seen through the cloudsSUNBURSTAAcross 32: Catch-22TRAPAAcross 34: 1970s-'80s sitcom settingMELSAAcross 35: Using high-flown languagePOETICALAAcross 39: "Mother of the believers"AYESHAAAcross 43: "Bonne ___!" (French cry on January 1)ANNEEAAcross 44: Undershirt, in BritainVESTAAcross 46: "You're putting ___!"MEONAAcross 47: Office stampRECDAAcross 48: "Say ___" (1940 Glenn Miller hit)SISIAAcross 49: Ones in control of their faculties?DEANSAAcross 50: "___ Girl Like You Loved a Boy Like Me"IFAAAcross 51: Mount from which people can see far awayPALOMARAAcross 53: Company that makes StyrofoamDOWAAcross 54: Viking stories, e.g.NORSELITERATUREAAcross 57: Took flak for something one said, sayGOTINTOHOTWATERAAcross 58: BedazzlementSTARSINONESEYESDDown 1: Maximum, slangilyMOSTESTDDown 2: For whose benefit "the quality of mercy is not strain'd" in ShakespeareANTONIODDown 3: Capital of ArmeniaYEREVANDDown 4: 1979 nuclear accident site: Abbr.TMIDDown 5: Hunky-doryA-OKAYDDown 6: Some raiders, informallyGMENDDown 7: LodgeRESIDEDDown 8: CharmsENAMORSDDown 9: Businessman/entertainer who was once mayor of Bridgeport, Conn.P. T. BARNUMDDown 10: "Behold ___ Horse" (William Cooper book)APALEDDown 11: Targets of remediesILLSDDown 12: Stephen of "Stuck," 2007READDown 13: More itchy, maybeMANGIERDDown 14: Balloonists' doingsASCENTSDDown 15: Is unobliged toNEEDNOTDDown 22: MissingOMITTEDDDown 24: "Beg pardon," in casual talkSCUSEMEDDown 26: Bric-a-___BRACDDown 27: WellABLYDDown 29: Iroquoian languageERIEDDown 31: All lined upNEATDDown 33: Fair placePAVILIONDDown 35: Cut rinds, e.g.PARINGSDDown 36: 30.48 centimetersONEFOOTDDown 37: Something once bundled with Microsoft productsENCARTADDown 38: Basutoland, todayLESOTHODDown 40: Navy serviceSEA-DUTYDDown 41: Center of a roastHONOREEDDown 42: "Jeopardy!" fodderANSWERSDDown 45: Dinah's avenger in the BibleSIMEONDDown 48: 1972 U.S./U.S.S.R. pactSALT IDDown 49: TiesDRAWSDDown 51: Bank chains hold themPENSDDown 52: Museo contentsARTEDDown 55: Quaint letter startSIRDDown 56: ___ kwon doTAE