New York Times Answers - Saturday, 17th October 2015 There are 29 across clues and 28 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 17th October 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Entry formsARCANAAAcross 8: You might draw them when answering questionsLAPUTAAAcross 15: Abstruse knowledgeDOO-WOPAAcross 15: Abstruse knowledgeDOOWOPAAcross 16: Floating island visited in "Gulliver's Travels"IRISESAAcross 17: Barbershop relativeLUNARECLIPSESAAcross 18: Van Gogh masterpieceITSYAAcross 19: Sun blocks?SOLAAcross 21: Lilliputian, informallySETIAAcross 22: SunBETAAcross 23: Project that analyzes electromagnetic radiation, for shortOUTERAAcross 24: Not checkNEZAAcross 25: With 39-Across, region beyond the Kármán line ... or a literal hint to what this puzzle hasEERIEAAcross 27: Part of le visageOUTREAAcross 28: WeirdALLSETAAcross 30: WeirdASSESSAAcross 32: "I'm ready!"FALCOAAcross 35: LevyFLIERAAcross 36: Singer with the 1986 #1 hit "Rock Me Amadeus"CSAAAcross 37: Take a ___SPACEAAcross 38: '60s org.PAMAAcross 39: See 25-AcrossEATSAAcross 41: Canola oil productRIOAAcross 45: GrubARLOAAcross 47: Exotic "Now, Voyager" settingALIENINVASIONAAcross 48: Comic strip husbandSLOGANAAcross 49: Recurrent "Twilight Zone" plot deviceELISHAAAcross 52: Pitch-perfect words?TENANTAAcross 53: Wonder-working prophet in II KingsSINEADDDown 1: Valuable things to have in ScrabbleAD-LIBDDown 2: It can't be cannedROUTEDDown 3: Up this street and down the next, perhapsCONSTELLATIONDDown 4: Hercules or PerseusAWAYDDown 5: "Beat it!"NORDDown 6: Negative conjunctionAPESUITDDown 7: Jungle-themed Halloween costumeLILLEDDown 8: French metropolis near the Belgian borderARIDDown 9: Man's name that's another man's name in reversePIPSDDown 10: Spots at a casinoUSSENTERPRISEDDown 11: Setting for many sci-fi storiesTEETERSDDown 12: Is indecisiveASSIZESDDown 13: Old English county court sessionsCOTEDDown 14: Doesn't remember, as something obvious, with "on"OREOSDDown 20: Bird houseROSIEDDown 25: Some crumbled dessert toppingsESCDDown 26: W.W. II poster girlUSEDDown 29: Key on a computer keyboardAFCEASTDDown 31: Work withLASALLEDDown 32: What starter pistols shootALCOVESDDown 33: Dolphins' grp.FAINDDown 34: Explorer born René-Robert CavelierPRINTDDown 35: RecessesALOHADDown 37: Willingly, onceMONADDDown 40: It may be left at a crime sceneSEGADDown 42: Greeting that means "love" or "peace"ASINDDown 43: Unicellular organismNANDDown 44: Unstamped metal discs used for making coinsALI