New York Times Answers - Sunday, 23rd October 2016 There are 64 across clues and 78 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Sunday, 23rd October 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Take onADOPTAAcross 6: Some subjects in Scheherazade's storiesARABSAAcross 11: HumbledABASEDAAcross 17: Playful leapCAPERAAcross 18: Mother-of-pearl sourceABALONEAAcross 20: Words preceding "We stand on guard for thee"OCANADAAAcross 21: "Skyfall" singerADELEAAcross 22: Over the 27-AcrossNOSPRINGCHICKENAAcross 24: In low spiritsBROKENUPAAcross 26: Guarantee that one willVOWTOAAcross 27: RiseHILLAAcross 28: Sighed lineALASAAcross 29: RevGUNAAcross 30: Obsessed with fantasy role-playing games, sayGEEKYAAcross 32: "What have we here?!"OHOAAcross 34: Under the 29-AcrossFACINGADEADLINEAAcross 38: Certain swinger, informallyORANGAAcross 42: Spanish bearOSOAAcross 43: Castor ___ ("Popeye" guy)OYLAAcross 44: Balance sheet abbr.YTDAAcross 45: Friday, on old TV: Abbr.SGTAAcross 47: Olympics venue between London and TokyoRIOAAcross 48: Many a Jazz fanUTAHNAAcross 50: Preserver of bugsRESINAAcross 52: Caffè ___ITALIANOAAcross 54: "Thinking ..."LETMESEEAAcross 57: Over the 62-AcrossBEYONDBELIEFAAcross 59: Prestigious mil. awardDSMAAcross 60: International observance in 20-Down, informallyUNDAYAAcross 62: Dreidel, e.g.TOPAAcross 63: CataractFALLSAAcross 64: Parisian siblingFREREAAcross 65: ExertedPLIEDAAcross 67: Put on the back burnerTABLEAAcross 70: Verizon subsidiaryAOLAAcross 72: Old line in RussiaTSARSAAcross 73: ___ Victory (tourist attraction in Portsmouth, England)HMSAAcross 76: Under the 67-AcrossONTHEDOWNLOWAAcross 79: Single-masted pleasure craftCATBOATSAAcross 82: Keeps upSUSTAINSAAcross 83: Neck and neckCLOSEAAcross 85: LuminousAGLOWAAcross 86: Abbr. in many Québec city namesSTEAAcross 87: Potus #34DDEAAcross 88: ConditionalsIFSAAcross 89: Melodramatic responseSOBAAcross 91: Reagan has one named for himERAAAcross 92: Competitor of Sapporo and KirinASAHIAAcross 94: Over the 104-AcrossINSEVENTHHEAVENAAcross 100: Commercial prefix with PenEPIAAcross 102: With 109-Down, cochlea's placeINNERAAcross 103: [snort]HAHAAcross 104: Sky lightMOONAAcross 105: Sculpture medium for CalderWIREAAcross 108: Print tintSEPIAAAcross 110: University of Washington logoCAPITALWAAcross 112: Under the 105-AcrossATTHELASTMINUTEAAcross 116: John Paul's successorELENAAAcross 118: Increasing in pitchSTEEPERAAcross 119: "Me Talk Pretty One Day" humoristSEDARISAAcross 120: One who can pick his work?MINERAAcross 121: ImpersonatePOSEASAAcross 122: Places for studsLOBESAAcross 123: ___ dishPETRIDDown 1: Signature Obama legislation, for shortACADDown 2: Gosh-darnDADBLASTEDDDown 3: Floor-length formalwearOPERACOATSDDown 4: House member from the Bay Area beginning in 1987PELOSIDDown 5: Quite the hikeTREKDDown 6: Be plentifulABOUNDDDown 7: Louis Armstrong vocal featureRASPDDown 8: High point of a European vacation?ALPDDown 9: N.Y.C. div.BORDDown 10: Cry annoyinglySNIVELDDown 11: Cause for a blessingACHOODDown 12: Political columnist MattBAIDDown 13: Debate moderator's day job, typicallyANCHORDDown 14: H. H. Munro's pen nameSAKIDDown 15: Leon ___, Henry James biographerEDELDDown 16: Twain's "celebrated jumping frog"DANLDDown 18: Crabgrass, e.g.ANNUALDDown 19: Mushroom varietyENOKIDDown 20: Start of the fourth qtr.OCTDDown 23: Early British actress NellGWYNDDown 25: Like quicheEGGYDDown 28: In conflictAFOULDDown 30: Title fictional character who "sprang from his Platonic conception of himself"GATSBYDDown 31: Clothier BauerEDDIEDDown 33: Fired bullets, informallyHOTLEADDDown 35: ___ too happyNONEDDown 36: BlinkerEYEDDown 37: Abbr. on a company's signESTDDDown 39: Thin as ___ARAILDDown 40: Front and back, at a golf courseNINESDDown 41: Silly billyGOOFDDown 46: Bull sessionGABFESTDDown 49: "Thinking ..."HMMDDown 50: Gerrymanders, sayREDRAWSDDown 51: Big Apple paper, for shortNYTDDown 52: SituatedIN PLACEDDown 53: BadlyILLDDown 53: BadlyILL.DDown 55: Informal acknowledgment of responsibilitySUREDIDDDown 56: Portland-to-Spokane dir.ENEDDown 58: "That was dumb of me"OOPSDDown 61: "___ Flux" (Charlize Theron film)AEONDDown 64: DebuggerFLEADIPDDown 66: Man's name that's the reverse of 117-DownIRADDown 67: Woodworking fastenersTNUTSDDown 68: CluelessAT SEADDown 69: Food preservative abbr.BHTDDown 71: Letters ending a business nameLLCDDown 72: Buy-one-get-one-free dealTWOFERDDown 73: Selfish sortHOGDDown 74: VillainousMALEVOLENTDDown 75: Target customer of YelpSTOREOWNERDDown 76: Mount of Greek mythOSSADDown 77: R.E.M.'s "The ___ Love"ONEIDDown 78: Kind of branchOLIVEDDown 80: SweetsBABEDDown 81: Lynn in the Pro Football Hall of FameSWANNDDown 84: Application datum: Abbr.SSNDDown 89: FashionsSHAPESDDown 90: "Um ... fancy meeting you here"OHHIDDown 93: [Look what I got away with!]HEEHEEDDown 95: Small swigsNIPSDDown 96: HuffsSNITSDDown 97: Coat for a dentistENAMELDDown 98: What "i.e." meansTHATISDDown 99: Charlotte ___, V.I.AMALIEDDown 101: British ___ISLESDDown 105: Female W.W. II enlisteeWASPDDown 106: Stick ___ITTODDown 107: Some P.O. plansRTESDDown 109: See 102-AcrossEARDDown 110: AntidoteCUREDDown 111: Bank clock infoTEMPDDown 113: Clean energy grp.E.P.A.DDown 113: Clean energy grp.EPADDown 114: Ringing words?IDODDown 115: CatchNABDDown 117: Man's name that's the reverse of 66-DownARI