New York Times Answers - Thursday, 18th October 2012 There are 31 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 18th October 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Changing the subject ..."ANYHOOAAcross 7: Oscar winner who appeared in a Snickers adJOEPESCIAAcross 15: Hold for questioningDETAINAAcross 16: Money for a ride?AUTO LOANAAcross 17: Bit of riding gear on a truck's flatbed?SADDLEINTHEBACKAAcross 19: Humane org.ASPCAAAcross 20: Parisian pastryTARTEAAcross 21: Pampering placeSPAAAcross 24: Crooked line?LIEAAcross 25: Verizon subsidiaryMCIAAcross 27: PBS's Science KidSIDAAcross 28: Evidence of some marksmanship?HOLEINTHEACEAAcross 32: "Giant Brain" that debuted in 1946ENIACAAcross 33: Doris Day hit "___ Magic"ITSAAcross 34: Cable channel owned by Time WarnerTBSAAcross 37: Lighting director's woe?DARKINTHESHOTAAcross 41: Bygone flier, for shortSSTAAcross 42: Card game akin to euchreLOOAAcross 43: ___ fourPETITAAcross 45: Baking hazard at a manger?HAYINTHEROLLAAcross 49: Series ender, oftenETC.AAcross 52: BlockBARAAcross 53: OPEC member, brieflyUAEAAcross 54: 1970s-'90s band with a euphoric-sounding nameXTCAAcross 55: Novelist Mary ___ RussellDORIAAAcross 57: Old F.D.A. guidelineUSRDAAAcross 59: Diagnosis for a stoned viper?GRASSINTHESNAKEAAcross 65: AtmosphereAMBIENCEAAcross 66: GrumbleMUTTERAAcross 67: Place to walk a dog, maybeREST STOPAAcross 68: Ones cast in "Wicked"SPELLSDDown 1: SpotsADSDDown 2: "The Big Read" sponsor, for shortNEADDown 3: Thus far, on a quarterly stmt.YTDDDown 4: "If I ___ nickel ..."HADADDown 5: Film about the sea?OIL SLICKDDown 6: The first to go on a strike, usuallyONEPINDDown 7: Actress/country singer KramerJANADDown 8: PublishedOUTDDown 9: Biblical suffixETHDDown 10: Kind of licensePOETICDDown 11: Island off the coast of TuscanyELBADDown 12: Climbs swiftlySOARSDDown 13: They have sticking pointsCACTIDDown 14: Having tattoosINKEDDDown 18: "O.G. Original Gangster" artistICETDDown 21: "That's what ___ said"SHEDDown 22: Skin care brandPONDSDDown 23: Name on a spy's passport, perhapsALIASDDown 25: ___ labMETHDDown 26: Portmanteau, e.g.CASEDDown 29: "Battlestar Galactica" destinationEARTHDDown 30: Tried to pick upHITONDDown 31: Knockout number?ETHERDDown 35: Crow's-feet treatmentBOTOXDDown 36: Circus clown propSTILTDDown 38: ___ Ulyanov, Vladimir Lenin's fatherILYADDown 39: Film genreNOIRDDown 40: HastensSPEEDSUPDDown 44: Pampering, in briefTLCDDown 46: BelittlesABASESDDown 47: RearTUSHDDown 48: Old Turkish quartersHAREMSDDown 49: "J. ___," 2011 filmEDGARDDown 50: Singer who co-wrote "The Christmas Song"TORMEDDown 51: BeefsCRABSDDown 56: "That so?"ISITDDown 57: Sch. whose fight song is "Miners Fight"UTEPDDown 58: Get in on the dealANTEDDown 60: QB's blunderINTDDown 61: Cpl. or sgt.NCODDown 62: Home of the Braves, on scoreboardsATLDDown 63: Kenan's former Nickelodeon palKELDDown 64: Where you might see a lot of chest-pumping, for short?ERS