New York Times Answers - Friday, 8th September 2000 There are 27 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 8th September 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: High-calorie treatCHOCOLATE ECLAIRAAcross 16: London stageROYALOPERAHOUSEAAcross 17: Things on a cutting room floor?OPERATINGTABLESAAcross 18: "___ Not Dressing" (Crosby comedy)WEREAAcross 19: Kind of shellTACOAAcross 20: Byron's "___ to Napoleon Buonaparte"ODEAAcross 21: Comment with a wrist-slapNONOAAcross 22: Director CravenWESAAcross 24: Andrea ___ (ill-fated ship)DORIAAAcross 28: "Destination" in a 1950 sci-fi filmMOONAAcross 30: Conversation fillersUMSAAcross 33: RootsORIGINAAcross 35: Strict disciplinarianMARTINETAAcross 37: Country club?GENERAL ASSEMBLYAAcross 39: Ice Age roamerMASTODONAAcross 40: DressENROBEAAcross 41: "Forty Modern Fables" writerADEAAcross 42: River featureBENDAAcross 43: Bushes can be found hereTEXASAAcross 44: Francis Drake, for oneSIRAAcross 45: BrandMAKEAAcross 48: Do doiliesTATAAcross 50: Dictator Mobutu ___ SekoSESEAAcross 51: "A God in Ruins" novelistURISAAcross 55: GuardianshipPOSITIONOFTRUSTAAcross 59: Literary figure?ETERNALTRIANGLEAAcross 60: Postprandial speakersTOASTMISTRESSESDDown 1: ExultCROWDDown 2: "A waking dream": AristotleHOPEDDown 3: ___ and terminer (criminal court)OYERDDown 4: MeticulousnessCAREDDown 5: Slangy 50's suffixOLADDown 6: This might cause you to scratchLOTTODDown 7: Like some coloniesAPIANDDown 8: Biggest-grossing film of 1956, with "The"TEN COMMANDMENTSDDown 9: Logician's wordERGODDown 10: Have a date?EATDDown 11: Tea, on the ThamesCHADDown 12: Western wolvesLOBOSDDown 13: New Year's Eve adjectiveAULDDDown 14: "Gotcha"ISEEDDown 15: Lo-___RESDDown 21: Safari-goer's starting pointNAIROBIDDown 22: Unfavorable prognosisWORSEDDown 23: International agreementENTENTEDDown 24: IsmDOGMADDown 25: Mountain nymphOREADDDown 26: Dentist's directionRINSEDDown 27: "___ Weak" (1988 Belinda Carlisle hit)IGETDDown 29: Grp. founded in BogotáOASDDown 30: Open, in a wayUNBOXDDown 31: Singer MooreMELBADDown 32: Eyelid inflammationsSTYESDDown 34: 2000 presidential candidateNADERDDown 36: Hungary's NagyIMREDDown 38: First name in horrorLONDDown 44: RowsSTIRSDDown 46: Of ___ (so to speak)ASORTDDown 47: Mideast drink made from fermented milkKEFIRDDown 48: Completely, after "in"TOTODDown 49: On a crossingASEADDown 50: Turns at the MetSOLIDDown 51: Items in nichesURNSDDown 52: Bearskins, maybeRUGSDDown 53: "This scepter'd ___" (England)ISLEDDown 54: French honorees: Abbr.STESDDown 55: HoneybunPETDDown 56: Shell fillerTNTDDown 57: Cartesian conclusionIAMDDown 58: ___ kwon doTAE