New York Times Answers - Thursday, 20th August 2009 There are 38 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 20th August 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Big name in oilWESSONAAcross 7: Easter flower, in Is-sur-TilleLISAAcross 10: Butterfly wings, e.g.ALAEAAcross 14: The fool in "A fool and his money are soon parted"ANTECEDENTAAcross 16: Tabula ___RASAAAcross 17: Excuse given for asking for a rideIDONTDRIVEAAcross 18: Humanoid trees in TolkienENTSAAcross 19: Ticks, say: Abbr.SECSAAcross 20: Toddler's attire1SIEAAcross 21: Time for potty training, maybeAGE2AAcross 22: RestsTAKES5AAcross 25: Chorus line openerTRAAAcross 27: Handel cantata "___ e Leandro"EROAAcross 28: Promgoers, e.g.: Abbr.SRSAAcross 29: BurningAFIREAAcross 32: Not shakySOLIDAAcross 34: JaggedEROSEAAcross 35: Clinks overseasGAOLSAAcross 36: What's revealed by connecting the special squares in this puzzle in orderPARALLELOGRAMAAcross 39: Start of the United Negro College Fund sloganAMINDAAcross 40: KosherLEG ITAAcross 40: KosherLEGITAAcross 41: ___ Szewinska, Olympic sprinting gold medalist of 1964, 1968 and 1976IRENAAAcross 42: Want fromASKOFAAcross 43: Ab ___ (from the top)OVOAAcross 46: Partisan leader?NONAAcross 47: Tube topCAPAAcross 49: DazeSTUPORAAcross 51: Nice kind of workweek4DAYAAcross 53: G.M., Ford and ChryslerBIG3AAcross 56: Setting for an Agatha Christie novelNILEAAcross 57: Proctor's callTIMEAAcross 58: Advice for essay writersBEORIGINALAAcross 61: Dickens creepHEEPAAcross 62: Eight producers?ICESKATERSAAcross 63: Payroll dept. figs.SSNSAAcross 64: Wiring experts: Abbr.EESAAcross 65: Paris palaceELYSEEDDown 1: Middles that are often too bigWAISTSDDown 2: IngratiateENDEARDDown 3: Has on handSTOCKSDDown 4: IntuitSENSEDDown 5: When Canada celebrates Thanksgiving: Abbr.OCTDDown 6: Washington in the Songwriters Hall of FameNEDDDown 7: Hawaiian strings?LEISDDown 8: You might get one before a partyINVITEDDown 9: DirectSTEERDDown 10: Neck of the woodsAREADDown 11: Tony-winning "Frost/Nixon" actorLANGELLADDown 12: ConstellationASTERISMDDown 13: Best Director of 1992 and 2004EAS2ODDDown 15: Be an utter bore?DR1DDown 23: Beer from upstate New YorkSARANACDDown 24: Like the symmetry of a starfish5FOLDDDown 26: Free of chargeASAGIFTDDown 30: Part of some chains: Abbr.ISLDDown 31: Walks unsteadilyREELSDDown 33: ___ cloud (region of comets far beyond Pluto)OORTDDown 34: Celtic landERINDDown 35: "Beauty and the Beat" bandGOGOSDDown 36: P.D.Q. Bach's "Sanka Cantata" and suchPARODIESDDown 37: Final words of Numbers 5:22AMENAMENDDown 38: Albanian coinLEKDDown 41: How mini-pizzas are usually cutIN4THSDDown 42: EachAPIECEDDown 43: Sounds offOPINESDDown 44: 1958 #1 song with the lyric "Let's fly way up to the clouds"VOLAREDDown 45: Bully's warningOR ELSEDDown 48: Old comic strip "___ an' Slats"ABBIEDDown 50: ConcordUNITYDDown 52: O.K.'s from the O.K. Corral?YEPSDDown 54: ExitsGOESDDown 55: School basics3RSDDown 59: Presidential nicknameIKEDDown 60: Square dance partnerGAL