New York Times Answers - Friday, 16th March 2001 There are 31 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 16th March 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: CarelessSLAPDASHAAcross 9: Gardener's needTROWELAAcross 15: Gradually become part ofEASEINTOAAcross 16: City near GulfportBILOXIAAcross 17: Period of the first dinosaursTRIASSICAAcross 18: ShanghaiABDUCTAAcross 19: Panama claimHATCHECKAAcross 20: 24-Down playerRADNERAAcross 21: LeviathanHULKAAcross 22: It may be found in a stewLADLEAAcross 23: 4-0 World Series win, e.g.SWEEPAAcross 26: Jerry-builtSHODDYAAcross 30: 1930's movie bowdlerizerHAYSAAcross 31: Cartoons collected in "Cows of Our Planet"THEFARSIDEAAcross 35: You may be struck with itAWEAAcross 36: CheapCHINTZYAAcross 37: Iced, with "in"DIDAAcross 38: Smooth-runningHASSLEFREEAAcross 40: Safe harborCOVEAAcross 41: EnteredWENTINAAcross 42: A Thomas from WalesDYLANAAcross 43: Where some cabins are foundAT SEAAAcross 46: Magazine with dating tipsTEENAAcross 48: Congratulates oneselfPREENSAAcross 50: Fictional island-dwellerGILLIGANAAcross 54: Traveler's accessoryLAPTOPAAcross 55: "You fool!"IMBECILEAAcross 56: '64 event for the BeatlesUSTOURAAcross 57: Acrobats' needLEOTARDSAAcross 58: Poor housingSHANTYAAcross 59: AndASWELLASDDown 1: ___ Arnold's Balsam (old patent medicine)SETHDDown 2: Woman with a 1960's movie themeLARADDown 3: ___ wereASITDDown 4: Picked fruitPEACHESDDown 5: Serve, as a mealDISH UPDDown 6: Longtime Sierra Club director AdamsANSELDDown 7: Impediment to drive-in smooching, maybeSTICK SHIFTDDown 8: PawnHOCKDDown 9: Way up some hillsT-BARDDown 10: RisquénessRIBALDRYDDown 11: Past timesOLDDAYSDDown 12: TwistedWOUNDDDown 13: Be outstandingEXCELDDown 14: BP purchase, maybeLITREDDown 23: Deposed leaderSHAHDDown 24: Baba for 20-AcrossWAWADDown 25: ViewsEYESDDown 27: Fashionable BendelHENRIDDown 28: Quite a bitOFTENTIMESDDown 29: FogDAZEDDown 31: And soTHENDDown 32: Fetishist's objectIDOLDDown 33: Tosca is oneDIVADDown 34: ElysiumEDENDDown 36: Completely emptyCLEAN OUTDDown 39: LikingSWEETONDDown 40: Like DiogenesCYNICALDDown 42: DropDELETEDDown 43: Super-exceptionalAPLUSDDown 44: Criticize and how!TRASHDDown 45: Anatomical dividersSEPTADDown 47: BendELBOWDDown 49: LivelySPRYDDown 50: Tributary of the ColoradoGILADDown 51: MissGIRLDDown 52: 1940's-80's actor RobertALDADDown 53: ___ City, seat of a Kansas county of the same nameNESS