New York Times Answers - Friday, 15th September 2000 There are 32 across clues and 32 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 15th September 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Persian War participantSPARTAAAcross 7: It may take a beatingBREASTAAcross 13: Pillars of the communityELDERSAAcross 14: Film critic KaelPAULINEAAcross 15: Wind godAEOLUSAAcross 16: Like some stomachsCAST-IRONAAcross 17: Rattle of a sortMARACAAAcross 18: National competitorAVISAAcross 19: Claustrophobic patient's dreadMRIAAcross 20: SirenSEX KITTENAAcross 22: Make snaps, sayBAKEAAcross 23: Sled partsSLATSAAcross 24: Comparatively cockeyedWRIERAAcross 25: Mass communication?LITANYAAcross 27: Flu symptomCHILLSAAcross 28: It's a wrapSARONGAAcross 29: Playground equipmentSLIDESAAcross 30: SwallowACCEPTAAcross 31: Like some pie crustsFLUTEDAAcross 32: If-___ (computer routines)THENSAAcross 33: Popular supermarket tabloidGLOBEAAcross 34: "___ sorry..."WEREAAcross 35: Desire in the offing?DEATH WISHAAcross 39: Mathematician LovelaceADAAAcross 40: Preener, perhapsBEAKAAcross 41: Made a pig of oneself?OINKEDAAcross 43: GuardianTUTELARYAAcross 45: Loosen, as a 37-DownUNLACEAAcross 46: Big rollsELEVENSAAcross 47: BoilSEETHEAAcross 48: Grayish greenRESEDAAAcross 49: TreasureESTEEMDDown 1: Place vulnerable to rippingSEAMDDown 2: They're entered in courtPLEASDDown 3: Like loadsADOREDDown 4: Become less gripping?RELAXDDown 5: Gas station plazasTRUCKSTOPSDDown 6: AttackerASSAILANTDDown 7: It holds waterBASINDDown 8: Causes of some spinning wheelsRUTSDDown 9: Philip Roth's "___, the Fanatic"ELIDDown 10: Sent flying?AIRMAILEDDDown 11: Does some shoal searching?SNORKELSDDown 12: "The Alchemist" painterTENIERSDDown 14: Makes concrete?PAVESDDown 16: MaliciousCATTYDDown 21: PunchTANGDDown 22: One given awayBRIDEDDown 24: Sancerre and SylvanerWHITEWINESDDown 25: TearsLACERATESDDown 26: Memorable 1999 hurricaneIRENEDDown 27: 19th holeCLUBHOUSEDDown 28: It's full of 29-DownsSCHEDULEDDown 29: See 28-DownSLOTDDown 30: Prominent 1988 Bush campaign adviserATWATERDDown 31: Like some pie crustsFLAKYDDown 33: Subjects of ratiosGEARSDDown 35: Country singer CarterDEANADDown 36: Small fjordINLETDDown 37: It may have a bladeSKATEDDown 38: "Psycho" co-star, 1998HECHEDDown 40: RanBLEDDDown 42: BelieveDEEMDDown 44: Early evicteeEVE