New York Times Answers - Thursday, 20th October 2011 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 20th October 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Steamy placesSPASAAcross 5: "EastEnders" networkBBCAAcross 8: Toothpaste ingredientBWNERAAcross 12: Some sootLAMPBWAAcross 14: Fellah or fedayeeARABAAcross 16: The Venerable ___ (old English historian)BEDEAAcross 17: Then, to ThierryALORSAAcross 18: Insincere flattery, in slangBANANA OILAAcross 20: Request to an intervieweeBESEATEDAAcross 22: "Harry and Tonto" starCARNEYAAcross 23: "___, 'tis true I have gone here and there": Shak.ALASAAcross 24: Burlesque bitSKITAAcross 25: 1980s Rowan Atkinson sitcom series set in various historical periodsBWADDERAAcross 28: Material you might look throughVEILAAcross 29: Every last bitALLAAcross 32: Items wrapped in friction tapeWIRESAAcross 33: Many arcade-goersTEENSAAcross 34: Gift upon arrival, maybeLEIAAcross 35: Winged godAMORAAcross 36: Like zebra crossingsBWANDBWAAcross 37: Livery deliveryFOALAAcross 38: Follow a pattern, saySEWAAcross 39: Jimmy of "The West Wing"SMITSAAcross 40: Title role for Joe PesciVINNYAAcross 41: House sitter?HENAAcross 42: MatesPALSAAcross 43: Best Supporting Actress nominee for "Five Easy Pieces"KARENBWAAcross 44: Sticks outJUTSAAcross 45: Eat in styleDINEAAcross 46: BiasedASLANTAAcross 49: Pod-bearing plantBEAN TREEAAcross 53: Started one's shiftCLOCKEDINAAcross 55: Hunger enhancer, sometimesAROMAAAcross 56: Typical romance novel love interestHUNKAAcross 57: "What rotten luck!"RATSAAcross 58: Nest-building pestsBWANTSAAcross 59: It's whipped to make mousseEGGBWAAcross 60: Bud drinker?BEEAAcross 61: Former lifePASTDDown 1: Sarcophagus lidSLABDDown 2: Like Death's horsePALEDDown 3: One of the Minor ProphetsAMOSDDown 4: Butter knife, e.g.SPREADERDDown 5: NurslingsBABESDDown 6: Fastener in a punched holeBRADDDown 7: Pink-slipCANDDown 8: Famously polite Old West stagecoach robberBWBARTDDown 9: Unreactive elementNEONDDown 10: Sedgwick in Warhol filmsEDIEDDown 11: BankRELYDDown 13: January department store eventsBWSALESDDown 15: Iconic AC/DC album with the song "You Shook Me All Night Long"BACKINBWDDown 19: Filed thingsNAILSDDown 21: Organic sealantTARDDown 24: Bird feeder tidbitsSEEDSDDown 25: Cover-upBWWASHDDown 26: Mann of rockAIMEEDDown 27: Go underDROWNDDown 28: Volcano featuresVENTSDDown 29: Unlucky in love, sayALONEDDown 30: Country singer RimesLEANNDDown 31: Untainted by corruptionLILYBWDDown 33: Call option?TAILSDDown 36: Some nerve tissueBWMATTERDDown 37: It's worthy of condemnationFIRETRAPDDown 39: GumptionSPUNKDDown 40: Woman of letters?VANNABWDDown 43: Sorento manufacturerKIADDown 44: Star of 2010's "Gulliver's Travels"JACKBWDDown 45: Packed with ideas, as an essayDENSEDDown 46: SorenessACHEDDown 47: Shot of liquorSLUGDDown 48: ProtractedLONGDDown 49: SnackBITEDDown 50: Novelist JaffeRONADDown 51: First-aid experts, brieflyEMTSDDown 52: Defender in a bridge columnEASTDDown 54: Lightly applyDAB