New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 17th August 2016 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 17th August 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Airway or pipeDUCTAAcross 5: Gulf Coast catchSHRIMPAAcross 11: ___ gen.MAJAAcross 14: Part of A.D.ANNOAAcross 15: Where Caterpillar is headquarteredPEORIAAAcross 16: Carry a balanceOWEAAcross 17: Intangible feeling, informallyVIBEAAcross 18: Cars introduced with much fanfare on "E Day"EDSELSAAcross 19: "I do," e.g.VOWAAcross 20: M####EXCHANGESAAcross 22: It has a 50% chanceTAILSAAcross 24: Shoppe descriptorOLDEAAcross 25: Composer ThomasARNEAAcross 26: GenerousAMPLEAAcross 29: Like much of MontanaSEMIARIDAAcross 33: Forte, on a scoreLOUDAAcross 34: ___-l'oeil (illusion)TROMPEAAcross 36: Opening numberONEAAcross 37: SphereORBAAcross 38: Dining table decorationsDOILIESAAcross 39: Big oafLUGAAcross 40: Fail as a night guard, sayNAPAAcross 41: Traitor in the Revolutionary WarARNOLDAAcross 42: Spanish for "table"MESAAAcross 43: Party clothesGLADRAGSAAcross 45: Gains, as in the stock marketRISESAAcross 46: Punjabi for "disciple"SIKHAAcross 47: "Chocolate" dogsLABSAAcross 49: Hartford-based insurance giantAETNAAAcross 51: W####BLEMISHESAAcross 56: Part of STEM: Abbr.SCIAAcross 57: Experience anewRELIVEAAcross 59: Lacking slackTAUTAAcross 60: Resistance unitOHMAAcross 61: Bird on a Froot Loops boxTOUCANAAcross 62: ___ Taft Benson (1980s-'90s Mormon leader)EZRAAAcross 63: AdversaryFOEAAcross 64: Dismissive looksSNEERSAAcross 65: Common laborerPEONDDown 1: "Affirmative, ___, I read you" (line in "2001: A Space Odyssey")DAVEDDown 2: Pioneering computer operating systemUNIXDDown 3: Stock watcher's networkCNBCDDown 4: Starting progress, metaphoricallyTOEHOLDDDown 5: Not be a tightwadSPENDDDown 6: Guard one's betsHEDGEDDown 7: Wine varietyROSEDDown 8: States of piqueIRESDDown 9: Thousand G'sMILDDown 10: T####PASTRIESDDown 11: P####MOVIEROLESDDown 12: Runaway G.I.AWOLDDown 13: Seder celebrantsJEWSDDown 21: What's brewing, maybeALEDDown 23: Santa ___ windsANADDown 25: All fired upAMPEDDDown 26: "I knew it all ___"ALONGDDown 27: UpstandingMORALDDown 28: D####PUBPASTIMEDDown 29: Recital piecesSOLOSDDown 30: Pianist GilelsEMILDDown 31: Occupied, as a lavIN USEDDown 32: "At the Milliner's" painterDEGASDDown 34: Holy textTORAHDDown 35: Part of the Olympics logoRINGDDown 38: What sorcerers practice ... or a hint to interpreting five clues in this puzzleDARKARTSDDown 42: BlunderMISSTEPDDown 44: CacophonyDINDDown 45: One of 2,297 for Hank Aaron, in briefRBIDDown 47: Actor BurtonLEVARDDown 48: Church chorus?AMENSDDown 49: SinceASOFDDown 50: Something you might hear in an empty buildingECHODDown 51: Off-color, paradoxicallyBLUEDDown 52: Big nitsLICEDDown 53: Hangover feelingHAZEDDown 54: Lead-in to zoneEURODDown 55: Musial in CooperstownSTANDDown 58: Years and yearsEON