New York Times Answers - Friday, 5th September 2014 There are 26 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 5th September 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Elderly person on a fixed incomeOLD-AGE PENSIONERAAcross 16: Propagandists' detention siteREEDUCATIONCAMPAAcross 17: Deterioration of standards by competitive forcesRACETOTHEBOTTOMAAcross 18: 1957 Patrick White novel adapted into a 1986 operaVOSSAAcross 19: ComprehendsKENSAAcross 20: Didn't clash (with)WENTAAcross 21: What a chicken feelsFEARAAcross 24: G.P. grp.HMOAAcross 27: Diversified investment strategyASSETALLOCATIONAAcross 32: Corp. whose name is also its stock symbolITTAAcross 33: L. Frank Baum princessOZMAAAcross 34: Title heroine of a Wagner operaISOLDEAAcross 35: Ford from the pastTORINOAAcross 37: It's easy to swallowCAPLETAAcross 38: "Beats me"IDUNNOAAcross 39: Go outside the calling area, sayROAMAAcross 41: DawgBROAAcross 42: Charging for every little thingNICKELANDDIMINGAAcross 45: With 11-Down, become a part ofGETAAcross 46: With 53-Down, many Marcel Duchamp worksDADAAAcross 47: Ray of old picturesALDOAAcross 48: It's a mouthfulCHAWAAcross 51: Silents actress NegriPOLAAAcross 52: Political machine practicePATRONAGEHIRINGAAcross 59: Eugenia Washington (co-founder of the Daughters of the American Revolution), to George WashingtonGREATGRANDNIECEAAcross 60: TumblersSTEMLESSGLASSESDDown 1: Bruin legendORRDDown 2: Heartlessly abandonsLEAVESTODIEDDown 3: Break downDECONSTRUCTDDown 4: Hymn openerADESTEDDown 5: CourageGUTSDDown 6: Friendly start?ECODDown 7: Word that is its own synonym when spelled backwardPATDDown 8: Biblical endingETHDDown 9: Baseball Hall-of-Famer PhilNIEKRODDown 10: PepsiCo brandSOBEDDown 11: See 45-AcrossIN ONDDown 12: Fall mos.OCTSDDown 13: D.C. playerNATDDown 14: Like some broody teensEMODDown 15: Dash lettersRPMDDown 20: On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse codeWAITINGDDown 21: Pasta ___ (Italian dish, informally)FAZOOLDDown 22: Smooth-leaved ___ELMDDown 23: Much likeALADDown 23: Much likeALA.DDown 24: Some backwoods folksHILLBILLIESDDown 25: Alvin Ailey's fieldMODERN DANCEDDown 26: "Just about done"ONETOGODDown 28: Metric weightTONNEDDown 29: One coming out of its shell?CICADADDown 30: "Me too"ASAMIDDown 31: BestTOPDDown 36: Contents of a wellINKDDown 39: It's stranded, for shortRNADDown 40: Head-scratchingODDDDown 43: Televised fights?ADWARSDDown 44: Native New ZealandersMAORISDDown 48: Pack (in)CRAMDDown 49: Lanford Wilson's "The ___ Baltimore"HOTLDDown 50: Messenger de DieuANGEDDown 51: ___ coladaPINADDown 52: "War and Peace" has a lot of them: Abbr.PGSDDown 53: See 46-AcrossARTDDown 54: Silkscreen targetTEEDDown 55: OomphGASDDown 56: Lang. classENGDDown 57: Blood test lettersHDLDDown 58: Some appliances, for shortGES