New York Times Answers - Saturday, 9th October 1999 There are 33 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 9th October 1999. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Taste test subjectSODA POPAAcross 8: Bit of moistureDROPLETAAcross 15: Staff resembling a shepherd's crookCROSIERAAcross 16: TV Guide informationAIRDATEAAcross 17: Temple offeringHIGHER EDUCATIONAAcross 19: Frenchman noted for his machine artLEGERAAcross 20: Mountain airYODELAAcross 21: Air Force One passenger: Abbr.CICAAcross 22: "___ off?"ONORAAcross 23: CutHEWEDAAcross 24: Digestion aidBILEAAcross 25: UPS delivery: Abbr.CTNAAcross 26: "___ We" (1969 Richard Harris song)DIDNTAAcross 27: DeceiveCOZENAAcross 28: Not let haveKEEPFROMAAcross 30: Most angrySORESTAAcross 31: Tony winner for "Enter Laughing," 1963ALANARKINAAcross 33: Laugh riotSCREAMAAcross 36: Returns to a seatREELECTSAAcross 40: "Give it ___!"ARESTAAcross 41: Meteorologists' studySKIESAAcross 42: Kind of gunRAYAAcross 43: Arrow siteVANEAAcross 44: All goneSPENTAAcross 45: Beef buyLOINAAcross 46: Word often accompanying 54-AcrossAYEAAcross 47: Fifth in a series of connected worksPARTVAAcross 48: Writer Zora ___ HurstonNEALEAAcross 49: x, y or zLOWER-CASE LETTERAAcross 52: Quite ill, in LilleALAMORTAAcross 53: Picking upNABBINGAAcross 54: General reception?SALUTESAAcross 55: Lacking fullness, as a voiceTHREADYDDown 1: JunkSCHLOCKDDown 2: Region of Cuba or EcuadorORIENTEDDown 3: DarnDOGGONEDDown 4: Son of JacobASHERDDown 5: Marina sightPIERDDown 6: Anthem contractionO'ERDDown 7: VictimizedPREYEDONDDown 8: French writer Alphonse or LéonDAUDETDDown 9: Made grain-sizedRICEDDDown 10: Kind of historyORALDDown 11: LAX clock settingPDTDDown 12: Remove the clerical nature ofLAICIZEDDown 13: L'Opéra performersETOILESDDown 14: Like old paperback novelsTENCENTDDown 18: Where bears fare wellDOWNMARKETSDDown 23: Grant nameHIRAMDDown 24: CarriedBORNEDDown 26: Key of Prokofiev's first piano concertoDFLATDDown 27: WindsCOILSDDown 29: Bel ___PAESEDDown 30: Activity that can wreck a hard diskSKEETDDown 32: Be original, but not firstREINVENTDDown 33: Emmy winner for a 1970's police dramaSAVALASDDown 34: Classic Binney & Smith trademarkCRAYOLADDown 35: Playboy's requestRENEWALDDown 37: Modern-day locale of ancient DalmatiaCROATIADDown 38: RearTAIL ENDDDown 39: Hoped-for result of a mergerSYNERGYDDown 41: Duo of a children's rhymeSPRATSDDown 44: Start of an oathSACREDDown 45: Not botherLETBEDDown 47: Bapt. or Meth.PROTDDown 48: 1867 admission to the Union: Abbr.NEBRDDown 50: Tall runnerEMUDDown 51: "Well, ___-di-dah!"LAH