New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 3rd October 2018 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 3rd October 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: The challengersTHEMAAcross 5: Sailor's quaffGROGAAcross 9: Presidential perk until 1977YACHTAAcross 14: SpeckIOTAAAcross 15: Roof featureEAVEAAcross 16: JibeAGREEAAcross 17: Roald who wrote "James and the Giant Peach"DAHLAAcross 18: Sea nymphs, in Greek mythologyTHENEREIDSAAcross 20: Like Edward SnowdenEXILEDAAcross 22: Tear in twoRENDAAcross 23: Rank for Jay Landsman on "The Wire": Abbr.SGTAAcross 24: Munch Museum cityOSLOAAcross 25: Gives comfortSOLACESAAcross 27: Generation ___GAPAAcross 29: Had by heartKNEWAAcross 32: 1,000 in a metric tonKILOSAAcross 33: Certain operating systemUNIXAAcross 35: Check closelyEXAMINEAAcross 37: Gobble downSNARFAAcross 39: Muckraker TarbellIDAAAcross 40: An American abroadEXPATAAcross 44: Like Brutalist architectureAUSTEREAAcross 47: Top-notchA-ONEAAcross 48: Utah's ___ CanyonBRYCEAAcross 50: Annual Austin festival, for shortSXSWAAcross 52: Prince George, to Prince WilliamSONAAcross 53: Like a dog on a walk, usuallyLEASHEDAAcross 55: HaulTOTEAAcross 57: Tuna typeAHIAAcross 58: Nonhumanities subjects, for shortSTEMAAcross 60: ImmatureUNRIPEAAcross 63: Vain queen who boasted that she was more beautiful than 18-AcrossCASSIOPEIAAAcross 66: Object of worshipIDOLAAcross 67: "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" musicalEVITAAAcross 68: Actor EppsOMARAAcross 69: Chasers in many a chase sceneCOPSAAcross 70: MailsSENDSAAcross 71: UpscaleTONYAAcross 72: Place to play musical spoonsKNEEDDown 1: It ebbs and flowsTIDEDDown 2: HoodwinkHOAXDDown 3: Where 63-Across ruled prior to her banishmentETHIOPIADDown 4: Locales for many food courtsMALLSDDown 5: FinishGETDONEDDown 6: "Go, team!"RAHDDown 7: FinishedOVERDDown 8: Big factor in longevityGENESDDown 9: Football field markingYARD LINEDDown 10: MatureAGEDDown 11: Shortening brandCRISCODDown 12: Garden dividersHEDGESDDown 13: Lab workTESTSDDown 19: Long, thin mushroomENOKIDDown 21: Herd at YellowstoneELKDDown 26: "She" responds to voice commandsALEXADDown 27: Director Van SantGUSDDown 28: Writer BeattieANNDDown 30: One end of a mazeEXITDDown 31: Moves like a heronWADESDDown 34: Checks for a fracture, perhapsXRAYSDDown 36: "Das Kapital" authorMARXDDown 38: Purplish-red flowersFUCHSIASDDown 41: God who banished 63-Across to the sky, as depicted by the constellation formed by the X's in this puzzle's finished gridPOSEIDONDDown 42: Year abroadANODDown 43: Base ___TENDDown 45: HandleSEETODDown 46: Where a river meets the seaESTUARYDDown 48: Sit quietly, perhapsBEHAVEDDown 49: Cereal fruitRAISINDDown 51: Took goldWONDDown 53: Gets ready to play hockey, with "up"LACESDDown 54: Train stopDEPOTDDown 56: Guessing a number an audience member has thought of, e.g.TRICKDDown 59: Office noteMEMODDown 61: Alexander who wrote "The Dunciad"POPEDDown 62: BesidesELSEDDown 64: Norm: Abbr.STDDDown 65: English novelist McEwanIAN