New York Times Answers - Monday, 31st August 2015 There are 37 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 31st August 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ___ pit (area at a punk concert)MOSHAAcross 5: Cheese named after a town in HollandEDAMAAcross 9: PhenomWHIZAAcross 13: Butterlike spreadsOLEOSAAcross 15: Adjust the strings of, as a guitarTUNEAAcross 16: Shankar who mentored George HarrisonRAVIAAcross 17: Attack an endeavor vigorouslyDIVEINHEADFIRSTAAcross 20: Allen whose #3 was retired by the 76ersIVERSONAAcross 21: Papal name chosen 12 timesPIUSAAcross 22: What a priest may absolveSINAAcross 23: Stepped (on)TRODAAcross 25: Heroine of PurimESTHERAAcross 29: Pilgrim to MeccaHADJIAAcross 31: Locale for Christmas lightsEAVEAAcross 33: Ginger ___ (soft drink)ALEAAcross 34: PrevailedWONAAcross 35: ___ materALMAAAcross 36: The "O" in S.R.O.ONLYAAcross 37: Get hitchedTAKETHEPLUNGEAAcross 40: Lacking adornmentBAREAAcross 41: Good things to have about you in an emergencyWITSAAcross 42: Building designer I. M. ___PEIAAcross 43: Terrier's expression of terrorARFAAcross 44: Name, as sourcesCITEAAcross 45: Entertainers Carvey and DelanyDANASAAcross 48: M's and N's, in pronunciationNASALSAAcross 50: Circa-W.W. I art movementDADAAAcross 53: Pre-W.W. II public works project, for shortTVAAAcross 54: MoistensWETSAAcross 56: Eighty-sixedDITCHEDAAcross 58: Lose one's mindGOOFFTHEDEEPENDAAcross 62: Pakistani languageURDUAAcross 63: Expel from powerOUSTAAcross 64: Jolt of powerSURGEAAcross 65: Holiday-time songNOELAAcross 66: Micro : millionth :: ___ : trillionthPICOAAcross 67: ViewedSEENDDown 1: In fashionMODISHDDown 2: Actress Munn of "Deliver Us From Evil"OLIVIADDown 3: Title characters in Disney's first full-length featureSEVENDWARFSDDown 4: Gardener in the weedsHOERDDown 5: Prefix with centricETHNODDown 6: Word before north or processDUEDDown 7: "I need ___" (yawner's words)ANAPDDown 8: Pertaining to the time of castles and knightsMEDIEVALDDown 9: Where to wear a watchWRISTDDown 10: Part of a sarcastic laughHARDDown 11: Hosp. hookupsIVSDDown 12: Teen's facial blemishZITDDown 14: The Vatican's ___ ChapelSISTINEDDown 18: Neither's partnerNORDDown 19: What to light on a stick of dynamiteFUSEDDown 24: X'd outDELETEDDDown 26: "Don't give up now!"HANGINTHEREDDown 27: Vogue rivalELLEDDown 28: "The Bridge of San Luis ___"REYDDown 30: Rib-ticklerJOKEDDown 32: Charges (up)AMPSDDown 35: Score ___ (enjoy some success)AHITDDown 36: Draft-worthyONEADDown 37: "Gone With the Wind" plantationTARADDown 38: Like some easy-open bottlesTWISTTOPDDown 39: Subjects of some software pop-upsUPDATESDDown 40: OutlawBANDDown 44: Musical symbolCLEFDDown 46: Exact retribution forAVENGEDDown 47: Make melancholySADDENDDown 49: TerribleAWFULDDown 51: SupplementADD TODDown 52: Go pfftDIEDDown 55: Feng ___ (harmonizing philosophy)SHUIDDown 57: PC brainsCPUSDDown 58: Rev, as an engineGUNDDown 59: Pizarro's goldORODDown 60: Praiseful poemODEDDown 61: Abort keyESC