New York Times Answers - Saturday, 8th August 2015 There are 29 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 8th August 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: As expectedACCORDINGTOPLANAAcross 16: Game with an oxymoronic nameDOUBLESOLITAIREAAcross 17: Within a stone's throw, perhapsACROSSTHESTREETAAcross 18: Spread out on a tablePATEAAcross 19: Cookie or pumpkinHONAAcross 20: Hot starIDOLAAcross 21: Keeps busyTIESUPAAcross 24: Become helpless?GOSOLOAAcross 26: Nation's boundaries?ENSAAcross 27: DrySAHARANAAcross 31: "Never ___"WASAAcross 32: "The Shield" fig.DETAAcross 33: Light cotton fabricETAMINEAAcross 34: Old Tetris runner, brieflyNESAAcross 35: Fashion show collectionDESIGNSAAcross 36: What factoring is a factor in: Abbr.ALGAAcross 39: Do some fancyworkCROCHETAAcross 40: It's often preceded by "&" in Fr.CIEAAcross 43: Cutting class, for short?BIOAAcross 44: O'Toole of TV's "Smallville"ANNETTEAAcross 45: The Golden Eagles of the Summit League, in briefORUAAcross 46: Italian food court stapleSBARROAAcross 48: Fire upSPURONAAcross 50: Heraldic borderORLEAAcross 51: Response to an overly personal commentTMIAAcross 54: Lower-class, to BritsNON-UAAcross 55: 1976 novel featuring adventurer Dirk PittRAISETHETITANICAAcross 60: Get bad marks?BREAKOUTINARASHAAcross 61: Some techiesSYSTEMSANALYSTSDDown 1: Like many screenplaysADAPTEDDDown 2: Ingredient in a Brompton cocktailCOCAINEDDown 3: Maximally shortCURTESTDDown 4: Woods in a pitOBOESDDown 5: Creator of Jim Hawkins and Ben Gunn, brieflyRLSDDown 6: Some Parisian?DESDDown 7: Neck: Abbr.ISTHDDown 8: Big Apple neighborhoodNOHODDown 9: Secluded stream siteGLENDDown 10: Sole word in the last chapter of "Angela's Ashes"TISDDown 11: He hit 35 in '34OTTDDown 12: "Do not deny to him that you love me" speaker, in literaturePARISDDown 13: Prepare for a time out?LIE DOWNDDown 14: Eye parts bordering on pupilsAREOLAEDDown 15: What might be shown for a quarterNETLOSSDDown 22: Any Olds, nowUSED-CARDDown 23: Winningest coach in college football historyPATERNODDown 24: Plunge-diving seabirdsGANNETSDDown 25: Simple in the extremeONE-STEPDDown 28: SportsHASONDDown 29: Garment worn partly under an albAMICEDDown 30: "Bingo!"RIGHTDDown 36: Doesn't merely listen toABSORBSDDown 37: Where many spines are visibleLIBRARYDDown 38: Players with saving accounts?GOALIESDDown 40: Heavenly ringsCORONASDDown 41: One who's full of surprises?IRONISTDDown 42: Ineffectual sortsEUNUCHSDDown 47: Convened anewRESATDDown 49: Involving a single element, as a math operationUNARYDDown 51: As followsTHUSDDown 52: Like the "Scream" horror filmsMETADDown 53: Mail or phone followerITINDDown 56: Stretch (out)EKEDDown 57: Waits on a CDTOMDDown 58: Concert closing?INADDown 59: Chess champion of the early 1960sTAL