New York Times Answers - Friday, 1st October 1999 There are 31 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 1st October 1999. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Good thing to find a lot ofFREEPARKINGAAcross 12: English speaker in AfricaSIERRA LEONEANAAcross 14: Perfect plotTHEGARDENOFEDENAAcross 16: Where to find a dateOASISAAcross 17: Match stopperTKOAAcross 18: Playwright BurrowsABEAAcross 19: A chorus lineALTOAAcross 20: They may crash and breakWAVESAAcross 23: Have an edge againstABUTAAcross 24: One with a listDEANAAcross 25: In the thick ofAMIDAAcross 26: Migrating salmonSMOLTAAcross 27: Concern of the force?SALESAAcross 29: Secret society's secretRITUALAAcross 30: Post delivery: Abbr.ENVAAcross 33: Spicy cuisineMEXICANAAcross 35: Batting practice aidTEEAAcross 36: Some relationsNIECESAAcross 38: Familiar symbolTOTEMAAcross 40: Press ___CORPSAAcross 41: Kind of damagesTORTAAcross 42: Poet who wrote of "Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp"OMARAAcross 46: Redondilla rhyme schemeABBAAAcross 47: OverdueTARDYAAcross 48: Hoops Hall-of-Famer ThurmondNATEAAcross 49: Kirshner of "Mad City"MIAAAcross 50: Brown or RiceJIMAAcross 51: Split landKOREAAAcross 52: GlorifiesPUTSONAPEDESTALAAcross 57: Marvelous person?MIRACLE WORKERAAcross 58: Nero Wolfe, by birthMONTENEGRINDDown 1: Kind of wareFIESTADDown 2: SpheresREGIONSDDown 3: They're historically significantERASDDown 4: Be faulty?ERRDDown 5: Crash site?PADDDown 6: It may be taken in in an innALEDDown 7: Took for a timeRENTEDDDown 8: FlakesKOOKSDDown 9: LowdownINFODDown 10: Preceder of some surnamesNEEDDown 11: Social butterflyGADABOUTDDown 12: Synfuel sourceSHALEDDown 13: Astronomers' subjectsNEBULAEDDown 14: SlimeballTOADDDown 15: Rub the wrong wayNETTLEDDown 20: Llanelli localeWALESDDown 21: Trading lettersAMEXDDown 22: Drop-inVISITORDDown 23: Figure: Abbr.AMTDDown 26: Kind of curveSINEDDown 28: City on the SkunkAMESDDown 29: Dog-earedRATTYDDown 30: Put down stakes?ENCAMPDDown 31: Its principal ore is columbiteNIOBIUMDDown 32: Word-perfect?VERBATIMDDown 34: It may lead to an outletCORDDDown 37: Pro at completing schedulesCPADDown 39: Snowboard's cousinMONOSKIDDown 41: 33-Across dishTAMALEDDown 43: Dark brown furMARTENDDown 44: Go on ___ (rampage)ATEARDDown 45: Not fantasticREALDDown 47: DyeTINCTDDown 50: Novelist DidionJOANDDown 51: "From Here to Eternity" actressKERRDDown 53: Boffo lettersSRODDown 54: Draft, sayPENDDown 55: Farm delivererEWEDDown 56: TrackDOG