New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 27th August 2014 There are 36 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 27th August 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Showing hopelessnessABJECTAAcross 7: "West Side Story" weaponSHIVAAcross 11: Do Not Call Registry org.FTCAAcross 14: Truckers' contestROADEOAAcross 15: Colombian city of 2+ millionCALIAAcross 16: Dig this!OREAAcross 16: Dig this!ORE.AAcross 17: Libretto for "Eel Trovatore"?CONGERLINESAAcross 19: FEMA offeringAIDAAcross 20: Green-lightOKAYAAcross 21: Want ad abbr.EEOAAcross 22: Lightning settingTAMPAAAcross 24: Microwave for hot dogs?FRANKZAPPERAAcross 27: Sequel to "Twilight"NEW MOONAAcross 31: 90° from surOESTEAAcross 32: Sound of an allergic reactionACHOOAAcross 33: ___ factorICKAAcross 34: Porter's cousinALEAAcross 37: Actor Sheen after starting a new career in piano maintenance?CHARLIETHETUNERAAcross 42: "Salem's ___"LOTAAcross 43: DVR brandRCAAAcross 44: Subject of King AbdullahSAUDIAAcross 45: Union station?ALTARAAcross 48: Lacking the traditional comfortsSPARTANAAcross 50: One who knows the earnings report by heart?SALESQUOTERAAcross 53: Get the lead out?ERASEAAcross 54: Hauler's choiceVANAAcross 55: Once, quaintlyERSTAAcross 59: Lucy of "The Man With the Iron Fists"LIUAAcross 60: Actor in a Mr. Potato Head costume?TUBERPLAYERAAcross 64: Gig partMEGAAcross 65: Scrape, in a waySKINAAcross 66: Make bubblyAERATEAAcross 67: Wood used to make the original StratocastersASHAAcross 68: Neurosurgeons' readouts, for shortEEGSAAcross 69: George's friend in "Of Mice and Men"LENNIEDDown 1: Oil giant that's part of the Tesoro CorporationARCODDown 2: ReserveBOOKDDown 3: 1998 Wimbledon champ NovotnaJANADDown 4: Pushing the boundaries of proprietyEDGYDDown 5: Daycare center?CEEDDown 6: Fighter in a ringTORERODDown 7: DescendantSCIONDDown 8: Solo on the big screenHANDDown 9: Land in la merILEDDown 10: ProspectsVISTASDDown 11: Bit of packaging detritusFOAMPEANUTDDown 12: HorsefeathersTRIPEDDown 13: Chest woodCEDARDDown 18: Like ostrich meatLEANDDown 23: Abbr. in some addressesAPTDDown 24: HornswoggleFOOLDDown 25: ___ brothers, noted political donorsKOCHDDown 26: First name of the wolf in Disney's "The Big Bad Wolf"ZEKEDDown 27: Salt, chemicallyNACLDDown 28: ParrotECHODDown 29: "That is SO stupid!"WHATALAUGHDDown 30: Country on the Strait of Gibraltar: Abbr.MORDDown 33: "Keep ___ secret"ITADDown 35: Helen of Troy's motherLEDADDown 36: HiberniaERINDDown 38: Early 2000s war zoneIRAQDDown 39: Color similar to almondECRUDDown 40: Winter Palace residentTSARDDown 41: Political alliance of 1958: Abbr.UARDDown 46: "___ Girls," 1957 musical comedyLESDDown 47: Sub-Saharan menaceTSETSEDDown 48: Badge shapeSTARDDown 49: One who might have a collection of foreign stampsPEN PALDDown 50: 1965 civil rights march siteSELMADDown 51: Curious, action-oriented sort, supposedlyARIESDDown 52: Pizzeria needsOVENSDDown 55: Pull inEARNDDown 56: Romney's 2012 running mateRYANDDown 57: ___ Institute, org. that makes use of the Allen Telescope ArraySETIDDown 58: Family ___TREEDDown 61: Relative of a cuatro, informallyUKEDDown 62: All over the newsBIGDDown 63: Victor at ChancellorsvilleLEE