New York Times Answers - Friday, 16th September 2016 There are 33 across clues and 34 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 16th September 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Handle thingsCOPEAAcross 5: Try outTESTAAcross 9: AdditionalOTHERAAcross 14: With nobody playing, sayA CAPPELLAAAcross 16: Retro stereo componentPHONOAAcross 17: Life preserver?CEREAL BOXAAcross 18: Katherine of NBC's "State of Affairs"HEIGLAAcross 19: Observes closelyTAKESNOTEAAcross 20: Girl adopted by Silas MarnerEPPIEAAcross 21: AnxiousINASTEWAAcross 22: Anti-___ League (Progressive Era organization)SALOONAAcross 24: Blade brandATRAAAcross 26: On the programBILLEDAAcross 28: Feels deep sympathyACHESAAcross 32: Site of Oscar Wilde's trialsOLD BAILEYAAcross 34: By and bySOONAAcross 35: Sound effects pioneer JackFOLEYAAcross 36: Mandatory coursesCOREAAcross 37: Eponym of Bible historyKING JAMESAAcross 39: Ehrich ___ a.k.a. Harry HoudiniWEISSAAcross 40: Was unconsciously disturbing?SNOREDAAcross 41: "I, Claudius" figureNEROAAcross 43: BlathersPRATESAAcross 45: Component of some biodieselsCORN OILAAcross 50: Ones coming ashoreSURFSAAcross 51: Put away for someoneONRESERVEAAcross 53: DraftedWROTEAAcross 54: One with changing needsDIAPERBAGAAcross 55: It may be off the chartsISLETAAcross 56: Like some physiciansATTENDINGAAcross 57: FusesMELDSAAcross 58: Person offering you a fortuneSEERAAcross 59: Command that a dog shouldn't followSTAYDDown 1: Section of a botanical gardenCACTIDDown 2: School zone?OCEANDDown 3: Top of the winterPARKADDown 4: Swords, in SèvresEPEESDDown 5: PC-linking programTELNETDDown 6: It's hard to find in a crowdELBOW ROOMDDown 6: It's hard to find in a crowdELBOWROOMDDown 7: 8:00-9:00 on TV, e.g.SLOTDDown 8: Proverbial certaintyTAXESDDown 9: Shakespeare character who coins the term "primrose path"OPHELIADDown 10: Winner of back-to-back Best Rock Instrumental Grammys in 1980 and 1981THEPOLICEDDown 11: The ordinary folkHOI POLLOIDDown 12: "Scientists dream about doing great things. ___ do them": James A. MichenerENGINEERSDDown 13: CapacityROLEDDown 15: Gigli and pici, for twoPASTASDDown 23: "Dear ___" (1960s-'70s radio program)ABBYDDown 25: Longtime "Voice of the New York Yankees"ALLENDDown 27: Easter stockDYESDDown 28: Does some grillingASKSDDown 29: Quarters' quarters?COINPURSEDDown 30: Group that almost can't fail?HONORROLLDDown 31: Added to a plantENGRAFTEDDDown 33: Treat with violent disrespectDESECRATEDDown 35: Become dullFADEDDown 38: Lives the high lifeJETSETSDDown 39: Go downhillWORSENDDown 42: Chicago Sun-Times columnist RichardROEPERDDown 44: Soft options?SODASDDown 46: Brainy high school cliqueNERDSDDown 47: Cosmic pathORBITDDown 48: Former Trump Organization memberIVANADDown 49: Like Ziegfeld girlsLEGGYDDown 50: Thick of things, in a manner of speakingSWIMDDown 52: Kid Cudi's "Day 'n' ___"NITE