New York Times Answers - Thursday, 8th September 2011 There are 33 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 8th September 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: He played Joe Palooka in the 1934 film "Palooka"STUERWINAAcross 9: EliteSELECTAAcross 15: Like the tradesEASTERLYAAcross 16: Press agent?IRONERAAcross 17: Able to be drawn outTRACTILEAAcross 18: National park whose name means "the high one"DENALIAAcross 19: Bunny fancierHEFAAcross 20: ItchYENAAcross 21: Like JesusSEMITICAAcross 22: Hot chocolate time, maybeAPRESSKIAAcross 24: "Horrors!"EEKAAcross 25: Author of the 1968 work named in the circled letters (reading clockwise)WOLFEAAcross 28: Cinéma ___VERITEAAcross 30: Cartoon "Yuck!"PTUIAAcross 31: 1950s political inits.AESAAcross 32: Perfume, in a wayCENSEAAcross 35: Subject of the 1968 workMERRYPRANKSTERSAAcross 39: Source of the saying "The gods help them that help themselves"AESOPAAcross 40: Detectives look for them, brieflyMOSAAcross 41: Emulate Don CorleoneRASPAAcross 42: Castle partTURRETAAcross 44: Leader of the 35-AcrossKESEYAAcross 45: Archer's wife in "The Maltese Falcon"IVAAAcross 48: Like ruckuses or roadster roofsRAISABLEAAcross 50: Like some poker bettingNOLIMITAAcross 52: ___-rayBLUAAcross 53: 1950s-'60s political inits.JFKAAcross 56: Secretaries used to make themDITTOSAAcross 57: "Ciao!"TOODLEOOAAcross 59: Will wordsILEAVEAAcross 60: Italian scientist who lent his name to a numberAVOGADROAAcross 61: Hauled (off)CARTEDAAcross 62: Like summer school classes, oftenREMEDIALDDown 1: MacFarlane who created TV's "Family Guy"SETHDDown 2: Amount ignored in weighingTAREDDown 3: Org. with the ad slogan "It's not science fiction. It's what we do every day"USAFDDown 4: More quickly?ETC.DDown 5: Make more presentable, as a letterRETYPEDDown 6: More twistedWRIERDDown 7: "No way!"ILLNEVERDDown 8: Nevada county containing Yucca MountainNYEDDown 9: SecondsSIDEKICKSDDown 10: LonersEREMITESDDown 11: Actress AndersonLONIDDown 12: Related on the mother's sideENATEDDown 13: "The Color Purple" protagonistCELIEDDown 14: Double-cross, e.g.TRICKDDown 21: Georgia was one once: Abbr.SSRDDown 22: Something newAFIRSTDDown 23: Some bagel toppersSESAMESDDown 25: Steno's stat.WPMDDown 26: Cup ___ (hot drink, informally)OTEADDown 27: Neon sign, e.g.LUREDDown 29: Recommendation letter, maybeENTREEDDown 31: ValuedAPPRAISEDDDown 33: High ___SEASDDown 34: Language from which "spunk" is derivedERSEDDown 36: "I played already"YOURMOVEDDown 37: Willing to considerNOTABOVEDDown 38: Writer in cipher, maybeSPYDDown 43: Slowing down, in music: Abbr.RIT.DDown 43: Slowing down, in music: Abbr.RITDDown 44: Workable if awkward solution to a computer problemKLUDGEDDown 45: Like Hindi or UrduINDICDDown 46: Last word in a showman's spielVOILADDown 47: Let out, e.g.ALTERDDown 49: A flower is pretty when it's in thisBLOOMDDown 51: "Leave ___ that!"ITATDDown 53: "Episode VI" returneeJEDIDDown 54: Meeting placesFORADDown 55: Noted gang leaderKOOLDDown 57: SwabbieTARDDown 58: Man of tomorrowLAD