New York Times Answers - Friday, 29th September 2000 There are 25 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 29th September 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Comprehensive insurance plansBLANKETPOLICIESAAcross 16: Cause for celebrationNATIONAL HOLIDAYAAcross 17: Summer runnersAIRCONDITIONERSAAcross 18: Romeo's last wordsIDIEAAcross 19: 1995 role for Kenneth BranaghIAGOAAcross 20: Empty talkCANTAAcross 21: Start of a religious observance?ROSHAAcross 22: Command level: Abbr.ECHAAcross 24: Personal involvementSTAKEAAcross 28: Provider of a pick-me-up?TAXIAAcross 30: What 1 might mean: Abbr.JANAAcross 33: Contract provisionESCALATOR CLAUSEAAcross 37: "Leaving Home" authorGARRISONKEILLORAAcross 38: "Guys and Dolls" songADELAIDESLAMENTAAcross 39: PurgedRIDAAcross 40: March figures, for shortNCOSAAcross 41: They're made to measureTAPESAAcross 42: Mtge. unitsPTSAAcross 43: BrokenTAMEAAcross 46: Trouble spots?ACNEAAcross 49: Capital of MoraviaBRNOAAcross 50: It takes a beatingDRUMAAcross 54: Team for which George Plimpton once playedTHEDETROITLIONSAAcross 58: "Ain't Misbehavin'" tuneYOURFEETSTOOBIGAAcross 59: Like 101, to 102?ACROSSTHESTREETDDown 1: Sons of, in HebrewBNAIDDown 2: WageredLAIDDDown 3: "Tales of a Wayside Inn" bell townATRIDDown 4: SwellNICEDDown 5: Hootchy-___KOODDown 6: "The Untouchables" composer MorriconeENNIODDown 7: Shouts of triumphTADASDDown 8: Promise to marryPLIGHTONESTROTHDDown 9: "___ be in England..."OHTODDown 10: Rule, in RouenLOIDDown 11: 1969 Peace Prize grp.ILODDown 12: Sure thingCINCHDDown 13: Noodle concoctionIDEADDown 14: ClearEARNDDown 15: Network: Abbr.SYSTDDown 21: DependentRELIANTDDown 22: ShineEXCELDDown 23: Paramecium, e.g.CILIATEDDown 24: Popeye's creatorSEGARDDown 25: Letter before qophTSADIDDown 26: Like a farmACREDDDown 27: Baron MünchhausenKARLDDown 29: Places of refugeARKSDDown 30: Something to sipJULEPDDown 31: TogetherASONEDDown 32: "Phooey!"NERTSDDown 34: Nike competitorASICSDDown 35: FlapTO-DODDown 36: "Summer and Smoke" heroineALMADDown 42: L.A.'s San ___ BayPEDRODDown 44: Pernod flavoringANISEDDown 45: Big name in juicesMOTTSDDown 46: "Comin ___!" (1981 3-D western)ATYADDown 47: Ice cream flavor, brieflyCHOCDDown 48: Prefix with -itisNEURDDown 49: Novelist ___ Easton EllisBRETDDown 50: Classic dressDIORDDown 51: Courtroom cover-upROBEDDown 52: Combined, in CompiègneUNIEDDown 53: One of a group of 40-AcrossMSGTDDown 55: Letters starting many military plane namesEFSDDown 56: French pronounTESDDown 57: DrawingLOT