New York Times Answers - Saturday, 18th May 2002 There are 34 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 18th May 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Reach feet-first, saySLIDEINTOAAcross 10: Place for sweat glands and hair folliclesDERMAAAcross 15: Polar region dwellerEARED SEALAAcross 16: Music hallODEUMAAcross 17: Not predestinedAVOIDABLEAAcross 18: "A Passage to India" heroineADELAAAcross 19: LikingFANCYAAcross 20: Moles might not use themREALNAMESAAcross 22: Kind of archOGEEAAcross 23: Filter-feeder fishMANTASAAcross 24: Post markers, for short?EDSAAcross 25: StruckXEDAAcross 26: Like most phone numbersLISTEDAAcross 27: Place to find datesTREEAAcross 28: Range featuresPEAKSAAcross 29: First person to break Mach 1YEAGERAAcross 31: Revered sageMAHATMAAAcross 34: Catfight participants, e.g.CLAWERSAAcross 35: 1972 Jack Lemmon comedyAVANTIAAcross 36: Tries to get a rise out ofBAITSAAcross 37: Go soft, in a wayMELTAAcross 38: PursuesSTALKSAAcross 40: One star, maybePANAAcross 43: Big inits. in bowlingAMFAAcross 44: Reporter's needSOURCEAAcross 45: BowwowFIDOAAcross 46: Jane Fonda title roleCATBALLOUAAcross 48: Shoreline curveBIGHTAAcross 49: As ___ (mostly)ARULEAAcross 50: AlfrescoINTHEOPENAAcross 52: Traffic stopperSIRENAAcross 53: "New Piano in Town" musicianPETERNEROAAcross 54: Bygone Vegas hotelSANDSAAcross 55: Go back to square oneSTARTANEWDDown 1: Thresher sharkSEAFOXDDown 2: WashingLAVAGEDDown 3: Resolved, with "out"IRONEDDDown 4: Prepare wings, perhapsDE-ICEDDown 4: Prepare wings, perhapsDEICEDDown 5: Small revolverEDDYDDown 6: Old Testament book: Abbr.ISADDown 7: Boys Town settingNEBRASKADDown 8: Biblical moneyTALENTSDDown 9: Soapmaking compoundOLEATEDDown 10: ___ PillsDOANSDDown 11: 13th-century collectionEDDADDown 12: Come out of quarantineRE-EMERGEDDown 12: Come out of quarantineREEMERGEDDown 13: Whitetail relativeMULE DEERDDown 14: Pack ratsAMASSERSDDown 21: FeminineLADYLIKEDDown 23: W.N.B.A. teamMIAMISOLDDown 26: Neighbor of a BelarussianLETTDDown 27: ShootersTAWSDDown 28: Kind of legPANTDDown 30: Takes a course?EATSDDown 31: "Dream a Little Dream of Me" singerMAMACASSDDown 32: Gounod song based on a Bach preludeAVE MARIADDown 33: ReversalHALFTURNDDown 34: Where Thackeray was bornCALCUTTADDown 36: Certain sirBARONETDDown 39: Pennsylvania Dutch pottery designTULIPSDDown 40: Mud holePIGPENDDown 41: Hang onADHEREDDown 42: LaterNOTNOWDDown 44: Saint-___SAENSDDown 45: "Criminal" singer AppleFIONADDown 47: Felt sorrowBLEDDDown 48: "Mary Poppins" fellowBERTDDown 51: Ship designationHER