New York Times Answers - Friday, 17th August 2012 There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th August 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Modern mail?FLAKJACKETAAcross 11: British ___RAJAAcross 14: It ends at 12SENIOR HIGHAAcross 15: Main part, oftenHEROAAcross 16: The Bay of Fundy has the largest one in the worldTIDALRANGEAAcross 17: Judicial administration?OATHAAcross 18: Estadio callOLEAAcross 19: Tall and thinLANKAAcross 20: Complete, as a crosswordFILL-INAAcross 22: Like A through DPASSINGAAcross 24: Having a bad trip, maybeCARSICKAAcross 25: Examine carefullyVETAAcross 26: QB who threw a record-tying seven touchdown passes in a single game (1962)YATITTLEAAcross 27: W-2 figureWAGESAAcross 30: Pitcher's statSAVESAAcross 31: "___ out!"YERAAcross 32: Somalia's locale in AfricaHORNAAcross 33: Compromise of 1877 figureHAYESAAcross 34: To-doSTIRAAcross 35: Split, in a wayAXEAAcross 36: Southern writer William Gilmore ___SIMMSAAcross 37: Split (up)DIVVYAAcross 38: Fighting directlyTOE-TO-TOEAAcross 40: Nickname in classic jazzDIZAAcross 41: "The Bourne Identity" plot deviceAMNESIAAAcross 42: Makes sense ofDIGESTSAAcross 46: Commercial miscellanyJOB LOTAAcross 47: Cartoonist KellyWALTAAcross 48: BugTAPAAcross 49: Director-typeEXECAAcross 50: View from the Sydney Harbour BridgeOPERA HOUSEAAcross 53: Hershey brandROLOAAcross 54: What a drawer may holdFELT-TIP PENAAcross 55: Animal in a comic strip titleKATAAcross 56: Running too quickly?FALSESTARTDDown 1: It controls the amount of light admittedFSTOPDDown 2: "The Pearl Fishers" sopranoLEILADDown 3: Altiplano localeANDESDDown 4: Soul producerKIADDown 5: KicksJOLLIESDDown 6: DownrightARRANTDDown 7: Cho ___, romantic interest for Harry PotterCHANGDDown 8: TwistKINKDDown 9: ___-shapedEGGDDown 10: Moirai, in Greek mythTHEFATESDDown 11: "Big Brother," for exampleREALITYTVDDown 12: It includes provision for the admission of new statesARTICLEIVDDown 13: "A stronger America" sloganeerJOHNKERRYDDown 15: "The Planets" composerHOLSTDDown 21: It controls the amount of light admittedIRISDDown 23: ___ Kramer, 2010 Dutch speed-skating gold medalistSVENDDown 24: Gives in under pressureCAVESDDown 26: "Lookie what I did!"YAYMEDDown 27: "Can you BELIEVE that guy?!"WHATAJERKDDown 28: Grateful Dead album whose title reads the same forward and backwardAOXOMOXOADDown 29: Intermediate level in karateGREENBELTDDown 30: Navigator Islands, nowSAMOADDown 33: ClickedHIT IT OFFDDown 34: One criterion for sortingSIZEDDown 36: FairSO-SODDown 37: "Dude, I got something to tell you ..."DIGTHISDDown 39: Verizon, e.g.TELCODDown 40: WidenDILATEDDown 42: Short-range missilesDARTSDDown 43: Buddhist shrineSTUPADDown 44: Big stingerTASERDDown 45: Dog-tiredSPENTDDown 47: "Now that you mention it ..."WELLDDown 51: Sugar ___PEADDown 52: Vote (for)OPT