New York Times Answers - Thursday, 1st August 2013 There are 33 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 1st August 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Delivery specialists, for shortOBSAAcross 4: Something groundbreakingAFIRSTAAcross 10: Tiny bit of kindlingTWIGAAcross 14: Chinese calendar figureRATAAcross 15: Seagoing vesselsSLOOPSAAcross 16: RefineHONEAAcross 17: With 22-Across, fail to cope with difficult circumstancesCRACKUNDERFORCEAAcross 20: ___ Diurna (daily Roman notices)ACTAAAcross 21: She, in ItalyESSAAAcross 22: See 17-AcrossAREAAAcross 23: Tolkien's Dark Lord of MordorSAURONAAcross 25: Belts boxers don't want to receive?KOSAAcross 27: With 35-Across, highway sign meaning "slow down"REDUCEDISTANCEAAcross 34: Fist-pounding sortTYRANTAAcross 35: See 27-AcrossTIMEAAcross 36: Ritually tormentsHAZESAAcross 40: Unit of energyERGAAcross 41: British poet laureate ___ Day-LewisCECILAAcross 42: Whimsical outburstEGADAAcross 43: Ingredient in an Arnold PalmerICE TEAAAcross 45: With 51-Across, Monaco has the world's highestPOPULATIONMASSAAcross 50: The Yoko of "Oh Yoko!"ONOAAcross 51: See 45-AcrossVOLUMEAAcross 53: Graceless landing, sayTHUDAAcross 56: Hindu noblewomanRANIAAcross 59: World Cup chorusOLESAAcross 60: What the three sets of circled squares in this puzzle representPHYSICSFORMULASAAcross 63: Terse invitationCOMEAAcross 64: Too muchDETROPAAcross 65: Poetic prepositionEREAAcross 66: Some Groucho Marx humorPUNSAAcross 67: TarnishesSTAINSAAcross 68: Greek night goddessNYXDDown 1: Black-and-white threatsORCASDDown 2: Where people get loaded on a trainBARCARDDown 3: Center of a square, maybeSTATUEDDown 4: See 29-DownASKDDown 5: Language learner's goalFLUENCYDDown 6: Particle accelerator particlesIONSDDown 7: Engine partsRODSDDown 8: AddressingSPEAKINGTODDown 9: Old D&D co.TSRDDown 10: Sif's husband in mythTHORDDown 11: Eroded (away)WOREDDown 12: South America's ___ TrailINCADDown 13: Plowman's commandGEEDDown 18: StitchCARDDDown 19: ExpressFASTDDown 24: Exposes a secret ofOUTSDDown 26: German directionOSTDDown 28: Old A. C. Gilbert toyERECTORSETDDown 29: With 4-Down, reluctant questioner's openingDAREIDDown 30: Eroded (away)ATEDDown 31: Actor Cage, informallyNICDDown 32: Early 10th-century yearCMIDDown 33: California's ___ RiverEELDDown 36: What was cool in the '50s?HEPDDown 37: Gone byAGODDown 38: NukeZAPDDown 39: Follower of brown. or auburn.EDUDDown 41: Hunting gear, informallyCAMODDown 43: Golfer PoulterIANDDown 44: Form a ring aroundENVIRONDDown 46: City in New Jersey or CaliforniaLODIDDown 47: Dominican baseball family nameALOUDDown 48: Showing ill humorSULLENDDown 49: Like wet paintSMEARYDDown 52: County bordering CambridgeshireESSEXDDown 53: 10 benjaminsTHOUDDown 54: CanticleHYMNDDown 55: ExercisesUSESDDown 57: Colgate product for menAFTADDown 58: "Me neither"NORIDDown 60: Hallucinogenic inits.PCPDDown 61: Composition of many a music libraryCDSDDown 62: Brit. legislatorsMPS