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New York Times Answers

Friday, 17th August 2012
There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th August 2012. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Modern mail?FLAKJACKET
AAcross 11: British ___
AAcross 14: It ends at 12
AAcross 15: Main part, often
AAcross 16: The Bay of Fundy has the largest one in the worldTIDALRANGE
AAcross 17: Judicial administration?
AAcross 18: Estadio call
AAcross 19: Tall and thin
AAcross 20: Complete, as a crossword
AAcross 22: Like A through D
AAcross 24: Having a bad trip, maybe
AAcross 25: Examine carefully
AAcross 26: QB who threw a record-tying seven touchdown passes in a single game (1962)YATITTLE
AAcross 27: W-2 figure
AAcross 30: Pitcher's stat
AAcross 31: "___ out!"
AAcross 32: Somalia's locale in Africa
AAcross 33: Compromise of 1877 figure
AAcross 34: To-do
AAcross 35: Split, in a way
AAcross 36: Southern writer William Gilmore ___SIMMS
AAcross 37: Split (up)
AAcross 38: Fighting directly
AAcross 40: Nickname in classic jazzDIZ
AAcross 41: "The Bourne Identity" plot device
AAcross 42: Makes sense of
AAcross 46: Commercial miscellany
AAcross 47: Cartoonist KellyWALT
AAcross 48: Bug
AAcross 49: Director-type
AAcross 50: View from the Sydney Harbour Bridge
AAcross 53: Hershey brandROLO
AAcross 54: What a drawer may hold
AAcross 55: Animal in a comic strip title
AAcross 56: Running too quickly?FALSESTART
DDown 1: It controls the amount of light admittedFSTOP
DDown 2: "The Pearl Fishers" sopranoLEILA
DDown 3: Altiplano locale
DDown 4: Soul producerKIA
DDown 5: Kicks
DDown 6: Downright
DDown 7: Cho ___, romantic interest for Harry Potter
DDown 8: Twist
DDown 9: ___-shaped
DDown 10: Moirai, in Greek mythTHEFATES
DDown 11: "Big Brother," for exampleREALITYTV
DDown 12: It includes provision for the admission of new statesARTICLEIV
DDown 13: "A stronger America" sloganeerJOHNKERRY
DDown 15: "The Planets" composerHOLST
DDown 21: It controls the amount of light admitted
DDown 23: ___ Kramer, 2010 Dutch speed-skating gold medalistSVEN
DDown 24: Gives in under pressure
DDown 26: "Lookie what I did!"YAYME
DDown 27: "Can you BELIEVE that guy?!"WHATAJERK
DDown 28: Grateful Dead album whose title reads the same forward and backwardAOXOMOXOA
DDown 29: Intermediate level in karate
DDown 30: Navigator Islands, now
DDown 33: Clicked
DDown 34: One criterion for sorting
DDown 36: Fair
DDown 37: "Dude, I got something to tell you ..."DIGTHIS
DDown 39: Verizon, e.g.
DDown 40: Widen
DDown 42: Short-range missiles
DDown 43: Buddhist shrine
DDown 44: Big stinger
DDown 45: Dog-tired
DDown 47: "Now that you mention it ..."
DDown 51: Sugar ___
DDown 52: Vote (for)
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