New York Times Answers - Friday, 1st September 2017 There are 31 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 1st September 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: What the earliest cars used as antifreezeMETHANOLAAcross 9: Name of England's Nine Days QueenJANEAAcross 13: Period ushered in by AugustusPAX ROMANAAAcross 14: Format too big for conventional reelsIMAXAAcross 15: Without wasting a wordSUCCINCTLYAAcross 16: Joey's portrayer on "Friends"MATTAAcross 17: Clytemnestra's half sisterHELENAAcross 18: Shaggy mammalYAKAAcross 20: JoinTIEAAcross 21: Object at the center of St. Peter's SquareOBELISKAAcross 24: Passed slowlyWOREONAAcross 26: Word of resignationALASAAcross 27: Work without accomplishing muchMESS AROUNDAAcross 30: Great dealTONAAcross 31: Another name for a horizontal ladderMONKEYBARSAAcross 32: Soft-headed writer?MARKERPENAAcross 33: Newspaper columnist who wrote the book "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball"GEORGEWILLAAcross 35: Very coolRADAAcross 38: What the ancient Greeks called the Hyrcanian OceanCASPIAN SEAAAcross 39: Pacific island Magellan visited in 1521CEBUAAcross 40: Ones trembling not out of fearASPENSAAcross 41: Become tangledSNARL-UPAAcross 43: Court org.NBAAAcross 44: Presidential nicknameABEAAcross 46: Pick onTEASEAAcross 47: Nonstandard negativeAINTAAcross 49: What a theater's grand tier is divided intoOPERABOXESAAcross 53: John Deere creationPLOWAAcross 54: Verified the count ofRETOTALEDAAcross 55: "___ Enchanted," 1998 Newbery Honor bookELLAAAcross 56: Hit makers?DEADEYESDDown 1: Alistair ___, "The Guns of Navarone" novelistMACLEANDDown 2: Distinguishes oneselfEXCELSDDown 3: Certain Caribbean islander, informallyTRINIDDown 4: SnookumsHONDDown 5: Cable channel for cinephilesAMCDDown 6: Player in Washington, familiarlyNATDDown 7: Nothing butONLYDDown 8: The seller takes no interest in itLAYAWAYPLANDDown 9: Huck's palJIMDDown 10: Unlikely winner at the MastersAMATEURDDown 11: LandsNATIONSDDown 12: Hold outEXTENDDDown 13: Native of the SouthwestPUEBLODDown 15: Little swineSHOATDDown 19: Big name in sparkling wineKORBELDDown 22: Choice meal?SMORGASBORDDDown 23: Math puzzleKENKENDDown 25: Dappled horseROANDDown 28: Depicts misleadinglySKEWSDDown 29: Show that goes onSERIESDDown 31: Place to dockMARINADDown 32: Feel sorry for oneselfMOPEDDown 33: It may go up in winterGASBILLDDown 34: Lengua with the word "lengua"ESPANOLDDown 35: Hangs looseRELAXESDDown 36: Took unfair advantage ofABUSEDDDown 37: Easy marksDUPESDDown 38: Party platter tidbitCANAPEDDown 39: Like étoufféeCREOLEDDown 42: CorneredAT BAYDDown 45: Weapon with a bell guardEPEEDDown 48: Howard Hughes acquisition of 1939TWADDown 50: GPS guessETADDown 51: Clothes closet fixtureRODDDown 52: Put awayATE