New York Times Answers - Friday, 31st August 2012 There are 33 across clues and 34 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 31st August 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Actress Rachel of "The Notebook"MCADAMSAAcross 8: Newsman who famously defined news as "something somebody doesn't want printed"HEARSTAAcross 14: ___ Avenue (Monopoly property landed on the most)ILLINOISAAcross 16: AscribeIMPUTEAAcross 17: Big messRATSNESTAAcross 18: Attractive featureTURN-ONAAcross 18: Attractive featureTURNONAAcross 19: Makes copies of, maybeTRACESAAcross 20: ResponsibilityONUSAAcross 22: Building material for Great Plains settlersSODAAcross 23: Decorated oneHEROAAcross 24: Cut shortCROPAAcross 25: 1980s "Meet the Press" host MarvinKALBAAcross 26: Attends to as one might a captured soldierUNARMSAAcross 29: Hit group?MAFIAAAcross 30: Something you'd rather not discussPRIVATEMATTERAAcross 32: They're written for two-part harmonyPEACETREATIESAAcross 33: Amateur geologist's purchaseGEIGER COUNTERAAcross 34: Lawn care itemEDGERAAcross 35: Course of sewers, for shortHOME ECAAcross 36: Retro candy containersTINSAAcross 37: Drinks bourbon neat, maybeSIPSAAcross 38: Ecuador is a member of itOPECAAcross 42: Fifth word of the lyrics to "American Pie"AGOAAcross 43: Mass eventRITEAAcross 44: Land of ___ (destination in "The Pilgrim's Progress")BEULAHAAcross 46: Play maker?WRITERAAcross 48: Heat in one's carROAD RAGEAAcross 50: Oxygen-dependent organismAEROBEAAcross 51: They get cannedSARDINESAAcross 52: He's inclined to agreeYES-MANAAcross 53: Pot holder?TEA CARTAAcross 53: Pot holder?TEACARTDDown 1: AmusementMIRTHDDown 2: Saint ___ of Assisi, co-founder of the Order of Poor LadiesCLAREDDown 3: Missal stand's placeALTARDDown 4: Puts offDISCOURAGESDDown 5: Last monarch of the House of StuartANNEDDown 6: Hangout for HomerMOESDDown 7: Family nicknameSISDDown 8: Ask for a donationHITUPDDown 9: Winged runnersEMUSDDown 10: Mo. when the Civil War beganAPRDDown 11: Tries to catchRUNSAFTERDDown 12: Crime reporters?STOOLIESDDown 13: Take orders, possiblyTENDBARDDown 15: "Star Wars" extrasSTORMTROOPERSDDown 21: Small bitersNOSEEUMSDDown 24: Dickensian surnameCRATCHITDDown 25: Only person to guest-host "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno"KATIECOURICDDown 27: More upscaleNICERDDown 28: StateAVERDDown 29: Like some photo paperMATTEDDown 30: Gowns that are rarely worn outPEIGNOIRSDDown 31: A zebra has a short oneMANEDDown 32: Livestock auction infoPEDIGREEDDown 33: Vacation spotGET AWAYDDown 33: Vacation spotGETAWAYDDown 37: Fabulous singerSIRENDDown 39: Original schemePLANADDown 40: Breathless, sayEAGERDDown 41: One beaten by an apeCHESTDDown 43: "___ #1's" (2005 country music album)REBADDown 44: Exposed to the elementsBAREDDown 45: 13th-century compositionEDDADDown 47: Certain catTOMDDown 49: Small part of a mealOAT