New York Times Answers - Saturday, 7th October 2000 There are 32 across clues and 34 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 7th October 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: PretensesFACADESAAcross 8: Bit of hunting gearGAMEBAGAAcross 15: 1983 Jean Shepherd film memoirACHRISTMASSTORYAAcross 17: Popular Civil War songTRAMPTRAMPTRAMPAAcross 18: Vanity plate in a two-car householdHERSAAcross 19: Wonderland cake messageEATMEAAcross 20: StumblesERRSAAcross 21: Suffix with etherEALAAcross 22: Touch upRESTOREAAcross 24: Vox ___DEIAAcross 25: Meeting convoked by an ancient kingAGORAAAcross 27: Committee member, maybe: Abbr.SENAAcross 28: A letter provides oneLEASEAAcross 30: Couldn't standDETESTEDAAcross 32: BluffsFEINTSAAcross 33: Criminal subduerTASERAAcross 34: ToreRACEDAAcross 35: One with an eye for fine clothing?NEEDLEAAcross 37: Industrial categoryTEXTILESAAcross 40: "Tiny Alice" dramatistALBEEAAcross 41: Problem in historical recordsGAPAAcross 42: All-night bar?ROOSTAAcross 43: Fruits de ___ (menu heading)MERAAcross 44: Paella accompanimentSANGRIAAAcross 47: Brit. military decorationDSOAAcross 48: Reassuring responseIMOKAAcross 50: Propose as an explanationPOSITAAcross 51: Time, for wineAGERAAcross 52: World leader who wrote a novel, "The Cardinal's Mistress"BENITO MUSSOLINIAAcross 55: Reciprocal relationshipINTERDEPENDENCEAAcross 56: DietedATELESSAAcross 57: Shot measures?DOSAGESDDown 1: NinnyFATHEADDDown 2: Ranch landACREAGEDDown 3: Writer whose first book, 1846, sold only two copiesCHARLOTTE BRONTEDDown 4: "There is little reason in ___": VirgilARMSDDown 5: Dance moveDIPDDown 6: First name in cosmeticsESTEEDDown 7: "Casablanca" villainSTRASSERDDown 8: Smoked hamGAMMONDDown 9: In accordance withASPERDDown 10: Colo. clock settingMSTDDown 11: Word repeated in a French Hamlet's soliloquyETREDDown 12: What country inns provideBOARDANDLODGINGDDown 13: It may be worn in a chairARMRESTDDown 14: Chorus dancersGYPSIESDDown 16: Ready to frameMATTEDDDown 22: Gets down 'n' dirtyRASSLESDDown 23: Euripides dramaELECTRADDown 26: Aptly named English novelistREADEDDown 29: Letters on a farm?EIEIODDown 31: Certain intersectionTEEDDown 32: Kind of numberFAXDDown 34: Did againREPRISEDDDown 35: U.N. member since 1990NAMIBIADDown 36: Natural settingELEMENTDDown 37: Returns to baseTAGSUPDDown 38: PerfumeESSENCEDDown 39: LevelsSTORIESDDown 41: Treasure guardersGNOMESDDown 45: Footless amphibiansAPODSDDown 46: "___ big deal"ITSNODDown 49: German city with a harborKIELDDown 51: Epithet of AthenaALEADDown 53: Italian TV channelTREDDown 54: Some E.M.T. casesODS