New York Times Answers - Friday, 20th January 2017 There are 33 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 20th January 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "The Great" or "the Terrible"EPITHETAAcross 8: Have more stripes thanOUTRANKAAcross 15: Yankees closer RiveraMARIANOAAcross 16: "Not gonna happen!"DREAMONAAcross 17: SenselessnessINANITYAAcross 18: AuthenticSINCEREAAcross 19: Like pork pie and clotted creamENGLISHAAcross 21: Femme with a haloSAINTEAAcross 22: HustleSCOOTAAcross 24: Eponymous physicist ErnstMACHAAcross 25: Training tallyREPSAAcross 29: John with an OscarELTONAAcross 31: BewilderedLOSTAAcross 33: Turnpike ticket listingsEXITSAAcross 35: Best Actress nominee for "Philomena," 2013DENCHAAcross 37: Sorority characterRHOAAcross 38: Better adversary to deal with, in a sayingTHEDEVILYOUKNOWAAcross 41: Unlikely husband materialCADAAcross 42: Looks like a 41-AcrossLEERSAAcross 43: Name on an excavatorDEEREAAcross 44: Old blacklisting org.HUACAAcross 46: Brownies with cookies, maybeTROOPAAcross 48: FosteredBREDAAcross 49: Turnovers, e.g.STATAAcross 51: AbsorbSOP UPAAcross 53: Activate, as a wah-wah pedalSTEP ONAAcross 55: Husband materialMRRIGHTAAcross 59: Genre for Ladysmith Black MambazoAFROPOPAAcross 61: 1984 biography subtitled "The Man, the Dancer"ASTAIREAAcross 63: Royal Stewart and Clan DonaldTARTANSAAcross 64: BugsNETTLESAAcross 65: Needs blessing, maybeSNEEZESAAcross 66: They play just north of the RavensORIOLESDDown 1: Queen's longtime record labelEMIDDown 2: Postal sheetPANEDDown 3: Only remaining home of the Asiatic cheetahIRANDDown 4: Sound repeatedly heard at a wedding receptionTINGDDown 5: Flags downHAILSDDown 6: DecoyENTICEDDown 7: Little green menTOYSOLDIERSDDown 8: Has way more than enough, for shortODSDDown 9: See 50-DownURISDDown 10: Approximate end of a rush hourTENAMDDown 11: Like some census dataRACIALDDown 12: Spot for spirited worshipersAMEN CORNERDDown 13: Cape Ann's areaNORTHSHOREDDown 14: It's capped and often slappedKNEEDDown 20: Something to enter with a cardHOTEL ROOMDDown 23: TV character who fronted as a waste management consultantTONYSOPRANODDown 25: [Gag!]RETCHDDown 26: Aid in clearing the airEXHAUST FANDDown 27: Apartment that's a second homePIED-A-TERREDDown 28: No-frills: Abbr.STDDDown 30: "Junior" or "senior" mil. figureNCODDown 32: Like some stalled vehiclesTOWEDDDown 34: French seasoningSELDDown 36: Ginnie Mae's dept.HUDDDown 39: One who might drug a boxerVETDDown 40: ___ Mo', three-time Grammy-winning bluesmanKEBDDown 45: Hoffman won Best Actor for playing himCAPOTEDDown 47: Chief flight attendantPURSERDDown 50: 1967 Cold War suspense novel by 9-DownTOPAZDDown 52: Florence's ___ PalacePITTIDDown 53: Scores of these may plague high schoolersSATSDDown 54: Less than slimNONEDDown 56: Chat, across the PyrénéesGATODDown 57: Setting of Sisyphus' perpetual rock-pushingHILLDDown 58: Almond or pecanTREEDDown 60: Additions after closings, in briefPSSDDown 62: One of three for Sisyphus?ESS