New York Times Answers - Friday, 17th July 2020 There are 29 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th July 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Clear, as the deckSWABAAcross 5: Nuts (over)GAGAAAcross 9: Some office workers on "Mad Men"STENOSAAcross 11: Greek god of the windsAEOLUSAAcross 13: Literary profileCHARACTERSKETCHAAcross 16: SpeedRATEAAcross 17: Links things?CARTSAAcross 18: Romance novelist RobertsNORAAAcross 19: Woman's name that means "life"EVEAAcross 20: Vitamin supplement brandGERITOLAAcross 22: BudPALAAcross 23: It forms at the mouthDELTAAAcross 25: Majors in actingLEEAAcross 26: Not be stuck in one's waysADAPTAAcross 28: Close onesNEARDISASTERSAAcross 31: Be a bad winnerGLOATAAcross 32: Home where the heart is?CHESTAAcross 33: Pinball player's undoingTILTMECHANISMAAcross 36: Is blessed withHASAAcross 37: FloodTORRENTAAcross 38: Title locale for a Hemingway novel, with "the"SEAAAcross 40: Tide competitorALLAAcross 41: Sews upENSURESAAcross 42: StrainTAXAAcross 43: Woman's name in English that's a man's name in CatalanJOANAAcross 45: What a "R-r-r-ring!" in the kitchen signifiesDONEAAcross 46: Slips, e.g.INTIMATE APPARELAAcross 54: Person with no one to play withSOLOPERFORMERAAcross 55: NamesREPUTATIONSDDown 1: Worker in Albany or Sacramento, saySTATELEGISLATORDDown 2: "Now ___ talking!"WEREDDown 3: Tokyo-based carrierANADDown 4: Game played on a 90-foot-long courtBOCCEDDown 5: Painter's mixtureGESSODDown 6: "Peachy!"A-OKDDown 7: A stream might run through itGLENDDown 8: Hose and belt sellersAUTOPARTSSTORESDDown 9: Bald-facedSHAVENDDown 10: Joey Dee's backup group in 1960s pop, with "the"STARLITERSDDown 11: One who might grade on the curve?ART TEACHERDDown 12: RowsSCRAPSDDown 13: Street ___CREDDDown 14: Western New York nativesERIESDDown 15: DiscontinueHALTDDown 20: ChokeGAROTTEDDown 21: Faint prints, in detective workLATENTSDDown 24: Like WookieesTALLDDown 27: Member of the South Asian diasporaDESIDDown 29: One of the Wayans brothersDAMONDDown 30: Classic western hero who says "A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can't break the mold"SHANEDDown 33: Nails for kitesTALONSDDown 34: Word on a French wine bottleCRUDDown 35: Like bad, bad Leroy Brown vis-à-vis a junkyard dog, in songMEANERDDown 36: Mideast traveler, of a sortHAJIDDown 39: Double or triple feat in the OlympicsAXELDDown 44: View from MemphisNILEDDown 45: "Nuts!"DAMNDDown 47: Challenge for a barberMOPDDown 48: "The Problem With ___" (2017 documentary)APUDDown 49: Annual three-day celebrationTETDDown 50: Tide competitorERADDown 51: In the backAFTDDown 52: Luau offeringPOIDDown 53: BackingPRO