New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 8th October 2014 There are 46 across clues and 31 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 8th October 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Try to sink, maybeRAMAAcross 4: "Rhyme Pays" rapperICETAAcross 8: Fantasy league figuresSTATSAAcross 13: TBS competitorU.S.A.AAcross 13: TBS competitorUSAAAcross 14: Knock sillyDAZEAAcross 15: "Ah, I didn't know what you were referring to"OHTHATAAcross 17: Put on a blacklistBANAAcross 18: The Auld SodERINAAcross 19: Honest withTRUE TOAAcross 20: "Hot to trot" or "cold feet"IDIOMAAcross 22: Many a PX shopperNCOAAcross 24: The Dow, for oneINDEXAAcross 25: "Amerika" novelistKAFKAAAcross 26: Many, many moonsEONAAcross 27: Jeans brandLEEAAcross 28: Shoreline raptorERNEAAcross 30: "The Rachael Ray Show" creationMEALAAcross 32: ___ LankaSRIAAcross 35: Father-and-son rulers of SyriaASSADSAAcross 37: Homer Simpson's motherMONAAAcross 38: One with a checkered existence?CABAAcross 39: Quickly writeJOTAAcross 40: "Foolish" singer, 2002ASHANTIAAcross 42: Time to revelEVEAAcross 43: First-goal linkANDAAcross 44: Jockey's controlREINAAcross 45: Privy to a practical joke, sayINONITAAcross 47: Pastrami go-withRYEAAcross 48: Cornerstone abbr.ESTDAAcross 49: PornSMUTAAcross 50: Onetime tribe of the Upper MidwestSACAAcross 52: Official with a whisk broom, for shortUMPAAcross 54: Positrons' placesATOMSAAcross 57: All, in AlbaTUTTOAAcross 59: "___ your request ..."PERAAcross 60: Commerce pact signed by ClintonNAFTAAAcross 61: Incite, as troubleSTIR UPAAcross 63: Dr Pepper Snapple Group brandNEHIAAcross 65: Be sociableMIXAAcross 66: Italian sandwichPANINIAAcross 67: Slave awayTOILAAcross 68: Gator's tail?ADEAAcross 69: Marriott competitorHYATTAAcross 70: Humane org.SPCAAAcross 71: "N.Y. State of Mind" rapperNASDDown 1: Inventor of a six-color puzzleRUBIKDDown 2: Carne ___ (Mexican dish)ASADADDown 3: Expansionist doctrineMANIFEST DESTINYDDown 4: Election loser's cryIDEMANDARECOUNTDDown 5: Vacation rental, maybeCARDDown 6: Slate or SalonEZINEDDown 7: Text on tabletsTEN COMMANDMENTSDDown 8: Elbow-benderSOTDDown 9: Big 1975 boxing showdownTHRILLAINMANILADDown 10: Carry ___ (sing on key)ATUNEDDown 11: Darwin work ... with a hint to three consecutive letters in 3-, 4-, 7-, 9- and 11-DownTHEDESCENTOFMANDDown 12: Fill beyond fullSATEDDown 16: Poison sci.TOXDDown 21: Gumbo needOKRADDown 23: Result of a leadoff singleONEONDDown 29: Handy Scrabble tilesESSESDDown 31: Nay sayersANTISDDown 33: Beatle George's sitar teacherRAVIDDown 34: "Fat chance!"IBETDDown 35: Cracked a bitAJARDDown 36: Maker of Aibo robotic petsSONYDDown 41: Ask, as for a loanHITUPDDown 46: Eke ___ livingOUTADDown 51: Skylit roomsATRIADDown 53: Before surgery, informallyPREOPDDown 55: Crete's highest peakMTIDADDown 56: Big band sectionSAXESDDown 57: Rx amt.TSPDDown 58: One of its symbols is the sego lilyUTAHDDown 62: Indy service areaPITDDown 64: Sound from an 8-DownHIC