New York Times Answers - Saturday, 17th October 2020 There are 36 across clues and 34 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 17th October 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pattern of five shapes arranged like this puzzle's central black squaresQUINCUNXAAcross 9: Highlands memorialsCAIRNSAAcross 15: Like Davy Jones's lockerUNDERSEAAAcross 16: Request before a dealANTE UPAAcross 17: Type face?EMOTICONAAcross 18: Treaty signed by Carter and BrezhnevSALT IIAAcross 19: Some last a lifetimeBANSAAcross 20: GrindGNASHAAcross 22: Hunger (for)LUSTAAcross 23: Summer Mass. hrs.EDTAAcross 24: ___ Yonath, 2009 Chemistry co-NobelistADAAAcross 25: No-goodnikRATAAcross 26: Roman's foe in the Gallic WarsCELTAAcross 28: Building supportsSTUDSAAcross 30: "Veep" actress ChlumskyANNAAAcross 31: About to explode, maybeIRATEAAcross 33: Do some supermarket workRESTOCKAAcross 35: More repulsiveICKIERAAcross 37: Chemistry student's expenseLABFEEAAcross 38: With 61-Across, two-time N.C.A.A. football champs of the 2010sCLEMSONAAcross 40: Inexperienced withNEWATAAcross 41: Puts awayEATSAAcross 42: Alternatives to NikesPUMASAAcross 44: God with a chariot pulled by goatsTHORAAcross 47: Overseer of millions at work, perhapsCFOAAcross 48: Govt. research grant org.NIHAAcross 49: Ending with xylylENEAAcross 50: Goblins, old-styleHOBSAAcross 52: FollowENSUEAAcross 54: Changed one's tune, in brief?DJEDAAcross 55: One side of the Ural MountainsEUROPEAAcross 57: Who definitely isn't the real McCoy?HATFIELDAAcross 59: Setting for "The Great Escape"STALAGAAcross 60: Present personATTENDEEAAcross 61: See 38-AcrossTIGERSAAcross 62: One of five depicted in this puzzlePLUS SIGNDDown 1: NATO alphabet letter before RomeoQUEBECDDown 2: Needing to be tucked in, say?UNMADEDDown 3: Disclaimer hinting at false humilityIDONTLIKETOBRAGDDown 4: Brings homeNETSDDown 5: Shout, in ChamonixCRIDDown 6: SOS responder, for shortUSCGDDown 7: NewbornNEONATEDDown 8: Site of Coleridge's "stately pleasure-dome"XANADUDDown 9: Paper alternative to plasticCASHDDown 10: Political commentator NavarroANADDown 11: "___ never work"ITLLDDown 12: Whence a memorable emperor's fallRETURNOFTHEJEDIDDown 13: GadflyNUISANCEDDown 14: Reaction to an unexpected jokeSPITTAKEDDown 21: ___ City (Baghdad district)SADRDDown 27: OrnamentsTRIMSDDown 28: Sharpen, as a razorSTROPDDown 29: Palindromic tennis champ of the 1990sSELESDDown 30: HittingAT-BATDDown 32: Bronze: Lat.AESDDown 34: Old ___SAWDDown 35: Tailgate party sightICE CHESTDDown 36: French dessert of fruit encased in sweet batterCLAFOUTIDDown 39: Theater director Trevor with three TonysNUNNDDown 40: Language from which "peyote" comesNAHUATLDDown 43: Unfortunate eventMISHAPDDown 45: Flamingo's support, oftenONELEGDDown 46: BlushREDDENDDown 51: Flounder relativeSOLEDDown 52: Brain wave readers, for shortEEGSDDown 53: "Really? Is *nobody* on my side now?"ETTUDDown 54: RacketsDINSDDown 56: Something to shoot forPARDDown 58: Morocco's next-largest city after CasablancaFES