New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 1st January 2002 There are 40 across clues and 34 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 1st January 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Small batteriesAASAAcross 4: Theme of this puzzle2002AAcross 8: SkedaddledTOREAAcross 12: NeutersSPAYSAAcross 15: One of the DurbeyfieldsTESSAAcross 16: Small songbirdWRENAAcross 17: Check endorserPAYEEAAcross 18: Has an at-batISUPAAcross 19: Makes a choice (for)OPTSAAcross 20: Chew the fatCHATAAcross 21: Silent performerMIMEAAcross 22: Notwithstanding that, brieflyTHOAAcross 23: Baker's dozen quantityTHIRTEENAAcross 25: Industrial solventsETHERSAAcross 28: Adapt machineryRETOOLAAcross 29: Antebellum DixieOLD SOUTHAAcross 31: Dating fromASOFAAcross 32: Pro ___ (like some lawyers' work)BONOAAcross 34: Kitty-catPUSSYAAcross 35: Holier ___ thouTHANAAcross 37: Talk a blue streak?CUSSAAcross 39: Island greetingALOHAAAcross 42: Berkshire schoolETONAAcross 44: Saudi, e.g.ARABAAcross 48: The LeftLIBERALSAAcross 50: OverlookIGNOREAAcross 52: Panama and othersISTHMIAAcross 53: ModernUP-TO-DATEAAcross 55: Lao-Tzu's "way"TAOAAcross 56: Mysterious letterRUNEAAcross 58: Longfellow bell townATRIAAcross 59: Child of fortune?HEIRAAcross 60: Take ___ (snooze)ANAPAAcross 61: 60's dance crazeTWISTAAcross 63: Travelers' stopsINNSAAcross 64: Jamaican exportsRUMSAAcross 65: Whale finderSONARAAcross 66: To be, to TiberiusESSEAAcross 67: See 4-AcrossMMIIAAcross 68: Safari animalGNUDDown 1: Cleopatra biterASPDDown 2: Cochise and Geronimo, e.g.APACHESDDown 3: GreetSAYHITODDown 4: Cheat on2TIMEDDown 5: Gets closer to, as a target0ESINONDDown 6: Having nothing lost or gained0SUMDDown 7: Pretty basic bike2SPEEDDDown 8: See 4-AcrossTWOTHOUSANDTWODDown 9: Traveler to Hades to rescue EurydiceORPHEUSDDown 10: ComebacksRETORTSDDown 11: Wearer of a half-inch gold stripe: Abbr.ENSDDown 13: See 4-AcrossYEAROFTHEHORSEDDown 14: Sharp fightSET-TODDown 23: "The flowers that bloom in the spring, ___ la"TRADDown 24: Napoleon exile siteELBADDown 26: Sugar amts.TSPSDDown 27: WallflowerishSHYDDown 30: WackyLOCODDown 33: Like Nash's lamaONELDDown 36: MischiefHARMDDown 38: Troop groupUNITDDown 39: Biopic starring Will SmithALIDDown 40: Takes heedLISTENSDDown 41: Gets possession ofOBTAINSDDown 43: Salt shaker?TSUNAMIDDown 45: Like the 1920'sROARINGDDown 46: Crafty person?ARTISANDDown 47: Honey makerBEEDDown 49: Military wing with wingsAIRARMDDown 51: IbexesGOATSDDown 54: "Gotta have it" sloganeer, oncePEPSIDDown 57: E pluribus ___UNUMDDown 59: Shake a legHIEDDown 62: Capote nicknameTRU