New York Times Answers - Friday, 20th October 2017 There are 34 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 20th October 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "And there you have it!"BADABINGAAcross 9: Small ammoBB SHOTAAcross 15: 1999 prequel that grossed over a billion dollars, familiarlyEPISODEIAAcross 16: Obscure knowledgeARCANAAAcross 17: Iran-contra businessARMS DEALAAcross 18: ChucksHEAVESAAcross 19: CutMOWAAcross 20: Things to 19-AcrossYARDSAAcross 22: Helps in a way one shouldn'tABETSAAcross 23: TwerpsSNIPSAAcross 25: "If I were a betting person, I'd say ..."ODDSAREAAcross 27: Play with stringsSTRUMAAcross 29: Tries to winWOOSAAcross 30: Hoedown participantGALAAcross 31: Inverse function in trigonometryARC SINEAAcross 31: Inverse function in trigonometryARCSINEAAcross 33: Things non-PC people buy?MACSAAcross 34: Symbol for a member of AnonymousGUYFAWKESMASKAAcross 37: Things often found by the dessert tableURNSAAcross 38: Dated women?FAIR SEXAAcross 39: DownSADAAcross 40: It changes one's perspectiveLENSAAcross 41: Buck ___, first African-American coach in Major League BaseballONEILAAcross 44: Time off for an N.F.L. teamBYEWEEKAAcross 46: One letter of "NATO" in the NATO alphabetOSCARAAcross 48: Locale for much of "The Da Vinci Code"PARISAAcross 49: Arabic name that sounds like a reply of agreementYASIRAAcross 53: Rocker Gramm of ForeignerLOUAAcross 54: Ominous parting wordsOR ELSEAAcross 56: "Today" co-host beginning in 2007HODAKOTBAAcross 58: Book of selected textsREADERAAcross 59: Frequent locale in the comic strip "Andy Capp"ALEHOUSEAAcross 60: Things hashed and mashed, informallyTATERSAAcross 61: Places for nightstandsBEDSIDESDDown 1: Lintels, e.g.BEAMSDDown 2: Blacksmiths' wearAPRONSDDown 3: ChuckleheadDIMWITDDown 4: ChuckleheadASSDDown 5: Catch a wave, in a wayBODY-SURFDDown 5: Catch a wave, in a wayBODYSURFDDown 6: ConceptionIDEADDown 7: AboutNEARDDown 8: Decorate elegantlyGILDDDown 9: "Enough of this!"BAHDDown 10: Prepares, in a way, as chickenBREADSDDown 11: Sources of labor pains?SCABSDDown 12: Really enjoy oneselfHAVEAGASDDown 13: Kind of mindONETRACKDDown 14: Curtain decorationsTASSELSDDown 21: Longhorn rivalSOONERDDown 24: Appeals to a higher authority?PRAYSDDown 26: Playground retortDOESSODDown 28: Big name in digital securityMCAFEEDDown 29: User-editable internet pagesWIKISDDown 32: High-classSWANKYDDown 33: High pointsMAXESDDown 34: Where the rules are unclearGRAY AREADDown 35: Be malnourishedUNDEREATDDown 36: Some holiday decorationsMENORAHSDDown 37: Plug-in pointUSBPORTDDown 40: ___ ape (gibbon)LESSERDDown 42: Digital storage serviceICLOUDDDown 43: Who wrote "He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened"LAO-TSEDDown 45: "Salomé" playwrightWILDEDDown 47: Easily fooled sortsRUBESDDown 50: "Grand, ungodly, godlike man," in literatureAHABDDown 51: ExclusiveSOLEDDown 52: No longer anonymous, for shortIDEDDDown 55: Hosp. partsERSDDown 57: Butterfly ___ (fish)KOI