New York Times Answers - Saturday, 19th August 2023 There are 33 across clues and 33 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 19th August 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Excuse me while I light my ___" (Bob Marley lyric)SPLIFFAAcross 7: Theater backers?SCRIMSAAcross 13: Ho-humPROSAICAAcross 15: 11-sided coin, informallyLOONIEAAcross 16: "Damn right!"HELLYEAHAAcross 18: Not learnedINNATEAAcross 19: Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth lettersEMCEEAAcross 20: Ball gameBOCCEAAcross 22: Very much inHOTAAcross 23: Narragansett Bay and New York Harbor, for twoRIASAAcross 24: Broadcast alternativeCABLEAAcross 25: Labor demand?PUSHAAcross 26: Numbers after a no.EXTAAcross 27: "The Swedish Sphinx"GARBOAAcross 28: UncannyEERIEAAcross 29: Coupons, e.g.MONEYSAVERSAAcross 31: Embellish something unnecessarilyGILD THE LILYAAcross 32: BabyMOLLYCODDLEAAcross 33: Asian appetizerSATAYAAcross 34: Locale of van Gogh's "The Bedroom" paintingsARLESAAcross 35: Ones calling the shots, in brief?MDSAAcross 38: Ending with cyclo-TRONAAcross 39: Harsh lighting?ARSONAAcross 40: AcquiescentMEEKAAcross 41: RoutineACTAAcross 42: Component of a Zoom callVIDEOAAcross 43: Dig, sayFANCYAAcross 44: "Tough cookies"TOO BADAAcross 46: Bronze finish, maybeSPRAYTANAAcross 48: FoolishUNWISEAAcross 49: Skeptical lookSIDEEYEAAcross 50: Takes a little hair off, perhapsSINGESAAcross 51: MinimalMERESTDDown 1: Basketball, e.g.SPHEREDDown 2: Get ready, as concretePREMIXDDown 3: Meme creatureLOLCATDDown 4: Key chainISLESDDown 5: She played Bonnie in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde"FAYEDDown 6: Giant syllableFIEDDown 7: Common golf mistakeSLICEDDown 8: It might receive scoopsCONEDDown 9: The anchorman in "Anchorman"RONDDown 10: RushedINAHURRYDDown 11: Cell divisionMITOSISDDown 12: BoilSEETHEDDown 14: Permit required of old jazz musiciansCABARETCARDDDown 17: PreoccupationsHOBBYHORSESDDown 21: They come full circleCLOSEDLOOPSDDown 24: Risk for people with bracesCANDYDDown 25: Key's partnerPEELEDDown 27: Word after good or byGOLLYDDown 28: Weariness, vice and want, in Voltaire's "Candide"EVILSDDown 29: Where most of the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci are storedMILANDDown 30: ___ Ehrenreich, Han Solo's portrayer in "Solo: A Star Wars Story"ALDENDDown 31: "Knock yourself out!"GOTOTOWNDDown 32: 1909 Nobelist for contributions to the invention of radioMARCONIDDown 33: LevelSTATUSDDown 35: One getting schooledMENTEEDDown 36: Goes radioactive?DECAYSDDown 37: N.S.A. surveillance program that shares its name with an entity in the "Terminator" moviesSKYNETDDown 39: SecondsAIDESDDown 40: Supposed subject of Taylor Swift's "Dear John"MAYERDDown 42: Potter's productVASEDDown 43: Fall behind in the endFADEDDown 45: PopularBIGDDown 47: Swish miss?RIM