New York Times Answers - Saturday, 30th July 2016 There are 29 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 30th July 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ridiculous imitationMOCKERYAAcross 8: Basis of a patentNEWIDEAAAcross 15: Traffic report source, oftenAMRADIOAAcross 16: Something John Adams and John Quincy Adams each hadONETERMAAcross 17: Change, as allegiancesREALIGNAAcross 18: "Mean Girls" screenwriterTINAFEYAAcross 19: Close to, colloquiallyINWITHAAcross 20: SellPEDDLEAAcross 21: Means of communication since 1817, in briefASLAAcross 22: Some receptionsTEASAAcross 24: WonderAWEAAcross 27: Surgeon's toolCLAMPAAcross 29: Charles who created murals for Harlem Hospital and the American Museum of Natural HistoryALSTONAAcross 32: Start of many a romantic comedyCHANCEMEETINGAAcross 34: 1922 Kafka short storyAHUNGERARTISTAAcross 35: Hematologist's measurePLATELETCOUNTAAcross 36: Pioneer in New Journalism in the 1960s-'70sTALESEAAcross 37: Author who shares his name with a German stateHESSEAAcross 38: Fire awayASKAAcross 39: Pet name meaning "faithful"FIDOAAcross 40: Michael Moore offering, for shortDOCAAcross 43: Sea ___URCHINAAcross 47: Part of a hit 1940s-'50s film trioLAMOURAAcross 50: Has dreamsASPIRESAAcross 52: Completely surpassECLIPSEAAcross 53: It doesn't have much to sayBIT PARTAAcross 54: Armful for MosesTABLETSAAcross 55: Slide presentations?AMOEBASAAcross 56: Hedge fund employeeANALYSTDDown 1: Santa ___MARIADDown 2: They might be illOMENSDDown 3: Feature of CNN or Fox NewsCRAWLDDown 4: Hindu goddess often portrayed with her husband ShivaKALIDDown 5: Work on a lead, maybeEDITDDown 6: Part of a squareRIGHT ANGLEDDown 7: That thereYONDDown 8: F and G, but not HNOTESDDown 9: Wife in Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections"ENIDDDown 10: MeanderWENDDDown 11: It adds stress: Abbr.ITALDDown 12: "Glass half empty" sortDEFEATISTDDown 13: Emily Dickinson's "Ended, ___ it begun"EREDDown 14: Writer SedarisAMYDDown 20: Like motel walls, it often seemsPAPER THINDDown 23: HostEMCEEDDown 25: Refuses toWONTDDown 26: Grade sch. classENGDDown 27: Ladder's counterpartCHUTEDDown 28: Track thingsLANESDDown 29: SprayerAEROSOL CANDDown 30: "___ pray"LETUSDDown 31: Author of the "Mostly Ghostly" book seriesSTINEDDown 32: Attribute as the cause ofCHALKUPTODDown 33: Sprayed, in a wayMACEDDDown 34: Start of a Hamlet monologueALASDDown 35: Child support, for short?PTADDown 39: Sparring partners?FISTSDDown 40: Dull-wittedDOPEYDDown 41: BootsOUSTSDDown 42: PeakCRESTDDown 44: ReadyRIPEDDown 45: Zodiac symbolCRABDDown 46: One sitting on a celestial throneHERADDown 48: Goya's "Duchess of ___"ALBADDown 49: Grind downMILLDDown 50: Legal org.ABADDown 51: Kind of cardSIMDDown 52: Itinerary abbr.ETA