New York Times Answers - Friday, 8th October 1999 There are 31 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 8th October 1999. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Afraid of being shotCAMERASHYAAcross 10: Bruce Springsteen affiliationASCAPAAcross 15: Skin toneALABASTERAAcross 16: TantaraBLAREAAcross 17: Home economicsDOMESTIC SCIENCEAAcross 19: Raison d'être of many annual conventionsSTARTREKAAcross 20: People person?EDITORAAcross 21: Where to spend a kipLAOSAAcross 22: Thomas Gibson's sitcom title roleGREGAAcross 23: Recipient of a stop order?THIEFAAcross 26: Lead-in for house or wifeALEAAcross 27: "___ to Hold" (1943 musical romance)HERSAAcross 31: Clock watcher's wait, seeminglyEONAAcross 32: BlessingAPPROBATIONAAcross 36: ZIP codes: Abbr.NOSAAcross 37: DustupRHUBARBAAcross 38: Prefix with toneDUOAAcross 39: Billy Joel, self-referentiallyTHEPIANOMANAAcross 41: FeelingsEGOAAcross 42: Shakespearean verbHATHAAcross 43: A.T.M. mfr.NCRAAcross 44: Source of ornamental plumesEGRETAAcross 46: Stucco backingLATHAAcross 48: Gymnast KorbutOLGAAAcross 50: Shell alternativeSUNOCOAAcross 53: "The Mothers-in-Law" starEVEARDENAAcross 57: It's 4.28 light years awayPROXIMA CENTAURIAAcross 59: Like cornstalksEAREDAAcross 60: Self publisherCONDENASTAAcross 61: One may have a ringCLASSAAcross 62: Takes a load off the backUNSADDLESDDown 1: Untrustworthy typesCADSDDown 2: ScoresA LOTDDown 3: Peggy Wood's title role on 50's TVMAMADDown 4: Glenn Miller protégé RayEBERLEDDown 5: Believer in Africa as the Promised LandRAS TAFARIDDown 5: Believer in Africa as the Promised LandRASTAFARIDDown 6: Nolan Ryan, notablyASTRODDown 7: Bachelor pads, stereotypicallySTIESDDown 8: "Gosh darn!"HECKDDown 9: 31-Across divs.YRSDDown 10: StandABIDEDDown 11: DexteritySLEIGHTDDown 12: Pessimist's wordCANTDDown 13: "Giovanna d'___" (Verdi opera)ARCODDown 14: One may exert pressurePEERDDown 18: Thought originatorsCEREBRADDown 22: Twilight, old-styleGLOAMDDown 23: States' rights AmendmentTENTHDDown 24: StirHOO-HADDown 25: Cartographic closeupINSETDDown 26: Shady placeARBORDDown 28: Relative of a goldeneyeEIDERDDown 29: Compact stuffROUGEDDown 30: High-hatterSNOOTDDown 33: IllusoryPHANTOMDDown 34: Right or leftPUNCHDDown 35: Gave upABNEGATEDDDown 40: Wild sweet william and moss pinkPHLOXESDDown 45: W.W. II rifleGARANDDDown 47: Niacin and vitamin CACIDSDDown 48: RoastersOVENSDDown 49: ___ handLENDADDown 50: Small detail?SPECDDown 51: It flows for 1,575 milesURALDDown 52: Myrna played herNORADDown 53: H.S. classECONDDown 54: Kind of incomeDUALDDown 55: Highland tongueERSEDDown 56: Coll. hoops competitionsNITSDDown 58: Prefix with punctureACU