New York Times Answers - Friday, 21st October 2016 There are 26 across clues and 44 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 21st October 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ones making the rules?MEASURINGSTICKSAAcross 16: "Thanks"IAPPRECIATETHATAAcross 17: Passage between Sicily and the toe of ItalySTRAIT OF MESSINAAAcross 18: LaughfestsHOOTSAAcross 19: Take home, perhaps?STEALAAcross 20: ___ scripta (statutes)LEXAAcross 21: Blyth of "Mildred Pierce"ANNAAcross 22: Word before or after "what"SAYAAcross 23: Org. opposed to weaving?MADDAAcross 25: Scottish refusalNAEAAcross 27: Band from the EastOBIAAcross 29: "1984" concernTOTALITARIANISMAAcross 38: Pre-buffet declarationICOULDEATAHORSEAAcross 39: Take legal action, sayPURSUETHEMATTERAAcross 40: Sheep-counting timesSLEEPLESSNIGHTSAAcross 41: Gendered Spanish suffixITAAAcross 42: Prize for PizarroOROAAcross 43: Gulf War allyOMANAAcross 46: Occasion for dragon dancesTETAAcross 48: Cousin of a zebraASSAAcross 51: Something that might interrupt a flight, for shortAPBAAcross 53: "Little ___"WOMENAAcross 55: Frequent flierPILOTAAcross 57: Didn't mince wordsLAIDITONTHELINEAAcross 60: It's of no concern to a usurerINTERESTRATECAPAAcross 61: Showed caution, in a wayTESTEDTHEWATERSDDown 1: Perfume named for BaryshnikovMISHADDown 2: Shirley of "Goldfinger"EAT ONDDown 3: It comes with strings attachedAPRONDDown 4: Cross wordsSPATDDown 5: "Mila 18" novelistURISDDown 6: Abbr. after many a military nameRETDDown 7: Twenty: PrefixICOSADDown 8: FabooNIFTYDDown 9: Go, for oneGAMEDDown 10: Whistle blower?STEAMDDown 11: Model X makerTESLADDown 12: "___ complicated"ITSDDown 13: Labor day highlightCHILDBIRTHDDown 14: Batman co-creator BobKANEDDown 15: Memphis- based record labelSTAXDDown 22: Large beer mugSEIDELDDown 24: "Stay"DONOTGODDown 25: Ad follower?NAUSEAMDDown 26: HopelessALLUPDDown 28: Doesn't need a thingISSETDDown 29: Server's bread and butterTIPSDDown 30: Round openings in domesOCULIDDown 31: ShreddedTORETOBITSDDown 32: French thinker?TETEDDown 33: Sounds during a massageAAHSDDown 34: Arteries: Abbr.RTESDDown 35: Definitive disclaimerIAMNOTDDown 36: Just slightlyAHAIRDDown 37: Seas overseasMERSDDown 44: "Bird on ___" (Mel Gibson/Goldie Hawn comedy)AWIREDDown 45: Picked up onNOTEDDDown 46: Tin anniversaryTENTHDDown 47: ___-deuxENTREDDown 48: Fictional title character who declares "How puzzling all these changes are!"ALICEDDown 49: Sub standard?SONARDDown 50: Way upSTEPSDDown 51: Hit the groundALITDDown 52: Transparent sheetPANEDDown 54: More than moreMOSTDDown 55: Org. with many banned Super Bowl adsPETADDown 56: "Before ___ you go ..."ILETDDown 58: Clue follower: Abbr.DETDDown 59: What's left on a farm?HAWDDown 59: What's left on a farm?HAW.