New York Times Answers - Friday, 23rd February 2001 There are 34 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 23rd February 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Secret holderDOSSIERAAcross 8: Like some blanketsTHERMALAAcross 15: Like a waltzINTHREEAAcross 16: The very startWORDONEAAcross 17: MusicSTRAINSAAcross 18: "1984" landEURASIAAAcross 19: ToastsCHARSAAcross 20: They have bishopsCHESSSETSAAcross 22: Newspaper publisher Whitelaw ___REIDAAcross 23: Pale yellowMAIZEAAcross 24: Was on the bottom?SATAAcross 25: Like Bacon and Lamb: Abbr.ENGAAcross 26: RangCALLEDUPAAcross 29: "How stupid of me!"DOHAAcross 30: Toe loop alternativesAXELSAAcross 31: Funnyman ElliottCHRISAAcross 35: Strips on a mapISTHMIAAcross 37: NowheresvillePODUNKAAcross 38: ChaffTEASEAAcross 39: Old-fashioned farm apparatusCHURNAAcross 42: Sprint alternativeMCIAAcross 43: Attacked, as a bag of chipsTOREOPENAAcross 45: Cartoonist KeaneBILAAcross 46: Tough woodASHAAcross 49: Super Bowl XXXIII M.V.P.ELWAYAAcross 50: Carpenter's grooveDADOAAcross 51: Best on the balance beam, maybeSTEADIESTAAcross 54: Like fall leavesRAKEDAAcross 55: Does in, in a wayPOISONSAAcross 56: Major disruptionRIOTINGAAcross 58: "Told you so!"IKNEWITAAcross 59: CoreESSENCEAAcross 60: "Mont Sainte-Victoire" painterCEZANNEAAcross 61: SurfacesEMERGESDDown 1: Drag through the mudDISCREDITDDown 2: To a TON THE NOSEDDown 3: Kind of studentSTRAIGHTADDown 4: Dig discoverySHARDDDown 5: Electra's daughterIRISDDown 6: Literary contractionE'ENDDown 6: Literary contractionEENDDown 7: Alter, as an imageRESCALEDDown 8: Is plucky?TWEEZESDDown 9: Put upHOUSEDDDown 10: StumblesERRSDDown 11: Figures to be maintained?RDASDDown 12: Purported Pentateuch pennerMOSESDDown 13: With 21-Down, Clarence Thomas's accuserANITADDown 14: Kind of resistance?LEASTDDown 21: See 13-DownHILLDDown 23: Long, as a garmentMAXIDDown 26: Part on the side?CAMEODDown 27: 1999 N.C.A.A. hoops champsUCONNDDown 28: A grad may be working on itPH.D.DDown 28: A grad may be working on itPHDDDown 32: Xavier Cugat's nicknameRUMBAKINGDDown 33: FrequencyINCIDENCEDDown 34: Some vacation accommodationsSKILODGESDDown 36: He upset T.E.D. in 1948HSTDDown 37: Game, maybePREYDDown 39: Babar's wifeCELESTEDDown 40: "___ that again?"HOWSDDown 41: CorneredUPATREEDDown 44: CheckREIN INDDown 46: Jellied garnishASPICDDown 47: Stir upSTOKEDDown 48: Pickle producerHEINZDDown 50: Post office gizmoDATERDDown 52: Like many hurricanesASEADDown 53: DepressedDOWNDDown 54: York symbolROSEDDown 57: Follower of Lenin or StalinISM