New York Times Answers - Saturday, 1st September 2018 There are 33 across clues and 33 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 1st September 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Lively dances in 2/4 timeSAMBASAAcross 7: Smallest country in mainland AfricaGAMBIAAAcross 13: Had a fit?TRIEDONAAcross 15: Indian or MexicanCUISINEAAcross 16: Frazzled commuter's commentITSAZOOAAcross 17: One getting onOLDSTERAAcross 18: How someone may be interruptedMIDSENTENCEAAcross 20: Country club figurePROAAcross 21: Language with a trilled "r"SCOTSAAcross 22: Verb in the first telegraph messageHATHAAcross 23: They're encouraged on a ketogenic dietFATSAAcross 24: Encouraging wordsOLESAAcross 25: Japanese stock holderMISOAAcross 26: Lead-in to comicSERIOAAcross 27: "Super" thing in games, onceNESAAcross 28: Force of nature?CENTRIPETALAAcross 30: Bit of belt-tighteningBUDGET CUTAAcross 31: Longtime talk show host with a degree from HarvardCONANOBRIENAAcross 34: Ethnic group that makes up about 18% of the world's populationHANAAcross 37: Silly tricksAPERYAAcross 38: Ones on TelemundoUNOSAAcross 39: Athlete known as "The Black Pearl"PELEAAcross 40: "What, will these hands ___ be clean?": Lady MacbethNE'ERAAcross 41: Wee warblerWRENAAcross 42: Luxurious Italian housePRADAAAcross 43: Abbr. for those who don't like partiesIND.AAcross 44: Bisector of the Fertile CrescentTIGRIS RIVERAAcross 46: Road Runners' race classificationTENMILEAAcross 48: Neighbor of an AustrianSLOVENEAAcross 49: Part of an ovenBROILERAAcross 50: Money in the BibleTALENTSAAcross 51: What's leftESTATEAAcross 52: Prepare to goGETSETDDown 1: Secretary of war to Taft, Roosevelt and TrumanSTIMSONDDown 2: First word of the Constitution after the preambleARTICLEDDown 3: Messes upMISDOESDDown 4: Wild thingsBEASTSDDown 5: Shop shapersADZESDDown 6: Any minuteSOONDDown 7: Mean Miss of "The Wizard of Oz"GULCHDDown 8: SecondAIDEDDown 9: Ed.'s inbox fillerMSSDDown 10: CameoBIT PARTDDown 11: Resistance to changeINERTIADDown 12: Kind of canAEROSOLDDown 14: Overhyped event, in slangNOTHINGBURGERDDown 15: One who gets bent out of shapeCONTORTIONISTDDown 19: Connecticut Yankee, e.g.EASTERNERDDown 23: Pedal pushersFEETDDown 25: "Love ___"MEDODDown 26: Emulated RumpelstiltskinSPUNDDown 28: Hunter College is part of it, in briefCUNYDDown 29: Summer coolersICESDDown 30: Attorney general before RenoBARRDDown 31: Disbeliever's questionCANITBEDDown 32: PrelimsOPENERSDDown 33: Is unobliged toNEEDNOTDDown 34: "My word!"HEAVENSDDown 35: Chewy, in a wayAL DENTEDDown 36: ProximateNEARESTDDown 39: Dividing shrubPRIVETDDown 41: Toon with a middle initialWILEEDDown 42: DrudgePROLEDDown 44: ListTILTDDown 45: Smeltery refuseSLAGDDown 47: Nowhere to be found, for shortMIA