New York Times Answers - Friday, 2nd September 2016 There are 33 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 2nd September 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ultimate necessityFRISBEEAAcross 8: Needs grease, maybeSTICKSAAcross 14: Cup holderBRASTRAPAAcross 15: School whose mascot is Riptide the PelicanTULANEAAcross 16: Became untiedGOTLOOSEAAcross 17: Intro to Comp Sci, for Data Structures, e.g.PREREQAAcross 18: Push awayALIENATEAAcross 19: Giant in sports entertainmentANDREAAcross 20: Made new?MINTEDAAcross 21: Something you might take a pass onBUSAAcross 22: Valuable diamondACEAAcross 24: Hosp. readoutECGAAcross 25: BigwigWHEELAAcross 28: One ___ (multivitamin)ADAYAAcross 29: Highly sought-after thingsGRAILSAAcross 31: Foucault's "This Is Not ___"APIPEAAcross 32: ThisTHIRTYTWOACROSSAAcross 36: Certain powerful engines, brieflyHEMISAAcross 37: WarrantsMERITSAAcross 38: Newswoman BurnettERINAAcross 39: Guiding light?LASERAAcross 40: Writes to briefly?IMSAAcross 43: Replies of understandingOHSAAcross 44: Month with two natl. holidaysJANAAcross 45: Auto name discontinued in 1986DATSUNAAcross 48: One is a prize for scoringOSCARAAcross 50: Endowed with from the start, as moneyBORNINTOAAcross 52: Nobody specialANYONEAAcross 53: Mace and shield, e.g.RIOTGEARAAcross 54: Took for a rideROOKEDAAcross 55: HopefulASPIRANTAAcross 56: Closely followingTRUE TOAAcross 57: Order that's rarely followed?DESSERTDDown 1: PlayFROLICDDown 2: Fair, e.g.RATINGDDown 3: KeyISLETDDown 4: GemSTONEDDown 5: Place for a long run, maybeBROADWAYDDown 6: Big ___ ConferenceEASTDDown 7: Summer Olympics eventEPEEDDown 8: "A Prairie Home Companion" broadcast siteST. PAULDDown 9: Becomes a traitorTURNSDDown 10: "Where Is the Life That Late ___?" ("Kiss Me, Kate" number)ILEDDDown 11: One with connections to traveling speakers?CARRADIODDown 12: Largest sesamoid bonesKNEECAPSDDown 13: Et ___ (footnote abbr.)SEQDDown 14: Not one's best effort, in coachspeakBGAMEDDown 21: AcheBESOREDDown 23: They can turn red in a flashEYESDDown 26: Contract employee?HIT MANDDown 26: Contract employee?HITMANDDown 27: Actor with the title role in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"ELWESDDown 28: Loan figs.APRSDDown 29: BeamGRINDDown 30: Some linemen: Abbr.RTSDDown 31: Just do itACTDDown 32: Baseball exec EpsteinTHEODDown 33: What to call Judge JudyHERHONORDDown 34: Words of longingIMISSYOUDDown 35: Some help from aboveAIRDROPSDDown 39: Southernmost city on I-35LAREDODDown 40: LoomsISNEARDDown 41: Wolverine of Marvel Comics, e.g.MUTANTDDown 42: Derisive reactionSNORTDDown 44: Reno, for oneJANETDDown 46: They're not prosANTISDDown 47: Animal in un parc zoologiqueTIGREDDown 49: Old "Red, White & You" sloganeerCOKEDDown 50: Small nailBRADDDown 51: River to the SeineOISEDDown 52: "What you can get away with," according to Andy WarholART