New York Times AnswersSaturday, 23rd August 2008 There are 35 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 23rd August 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Oil-based paste mentioned in the lyrics to "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"PLASTICINEAAcross 11: Script meaning "God is great" appears on its flagIRAQAAcross 15: Get inspiredHAVEANIDEAAAcross 16: Do or dieVERBAAcross 17: Late news?OBITUARIESAAcross 18: Thanksgiving dishesYAMSAAcross 19: Thanksgiving dishesBOATSAAcross 20: Buildings often have themCODESAAcross 22: Delivery possibilitySONAAcross 23: "___ say, Rise up and walk?": Luke 5:23ORTOAAcross 24: Headmaster of literatureDUMBLEDOREAAcross 26: G.P.S. abbr.SSEAAcross 27: "Tais-___!" (French "Shut up!")TOIAAcross 28: Hiiumaa Island belongs to itESTONIAAAcross 29: What a priest may prepare forRITEAAcross 31: Minor modificationTWEAKAAcross 32: "Dick Tracy" character CatchemSAMAAcross 35: Lead-in to "I really should get going"ITSLATEAAcross 38: Inits. associated with HydeRLSAAcross 39: Turkey tender?LIRASAAcross 41: Always effectiveSUREAAcross 42: Small, narrow baysARMLETSAAcross 45: 1999 best-selling memoirTISAAcross 46: FixJAMAAcross 49: Underhanded change, slangilySWITCHEROOAAcross 51: BatsLOCOAAcross 52: Este díaHOYAAcross 53: Soldier's 1000TENAMAAcross 54: Bars without other people?SOLOSAAcross 55: It's read virtually, brieflyEMAGAAcross 57: Existential musingWHYAMIHEREAAcross 59: Burning stateRAGEAAcross 60: Folkies' doHOOTENANNYAAcross 61: PiqueSNITAAcross 62: Opposite of simplicityORNATENESSDDown 1: Moon of MarsPHOBOSDDown 2: Breaks one's backLABORSDDown 3: Play an ace?AVIATEDDown 4: BeginSET-TODDown 5: Unstable leptonsTAUSDDown 6: Preceder of 46-, 59- or 61-AcrossINADDown 7: Motherboard arrayCIRCUITSDDown 8: Translator's challengeIDIOMDDown 9: RequiredNEEDBEDDown 10: Conference room propsEASELSDDown 11: What often grows attached?IVYDDown 12: Human as opposed to an animal, notablyREASONERDDown 13: Of heraldryARMORIALDDown 14: Plays after some snaps, in briefQBSNEAKSDDown 21: Parlor piecesSETTEESDDown 24: Prodder's cryDO ITDDown 24: Prodder's cryDOITDDown 25: Average guy?DOWDDown 27: Divide, in a wayTRISECTDDown 30: Raised linesELSDDown 32: Cutting-edge cinema?SLASHERSDDown 33: Her idea may be taking offAIRWOMANDDown 34: Film character who says "I promise teach karate. That my part. You promise learn"MRMIYAGIDDown 36: They work by themselvesAUTOMATADDown 37: The Ghostbusters, e.g.TRIODDown 40: Space neighbor?ALTDDown 43: Preceder of Jefferson Airplane at WoodstockTHEWHODDown 44: Man of RioSENHORDDown 46: #1 country hit for Dolly PartonJOLENEDDown 47: Food for jaysACORNSDDown 48: Moves with no urgencyMOSEYSDDown 50: Silk alternativeRAYONDDown 51: Star of "Herbie: Fully Loaded," 2005LOHANDDown 54: 0, for 180 degreesSINEDDown 56: Come byGETDDown 58: SatMET