New York Times Answers - Thursday, 1st August 2002 There are 30 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 1st August 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Like ears of grainSPICATEAAcross 8: Teacher's diagnostic toolPRETESTAAcross 15: Oder regionSILESIAAAcross 16: Birthplace of Elie WieselROMANIAAAcross 17: Strongly builtWELL-SETAAcross 18: NostrumsELIXIRSAAcross 19: What spouse does every night, step 1FLIPSOFFLIGHTAAcross 21: Part of a U.S.A.F. scheduleETAAAcross 23: Actress Phillips of "I, Claudius"SIANAAcross 24: Fannie ___MAEAAcross 25: What spouse does, step 2GETSINTOBEDAAcross 30: So-so link?ANDAAcross 31: MerrimentGLEEAAcross 32: Place to spend shekels: Abbr.ISRAAcross 33: VeteransOLDPROSAAcross 37: Soft and yieldingSQUISHYAAcross 42: Army unit?ANTAAcross 43: Antarctic flierSKUAAAcross 44: Mdse.GDSAAcross 47: What spouse does, step 3FALLSASLEEPAAcross 52: Alley ___OOPAAcross 53: Intercom soundBEEPAAcross 54: Mormons, in briefLDSAAcross 55: What spouse does, step 4 [hint: look at the black squares of the grid]STARTSTOSNOREAAcross 61: It's usually played firstSIDEONEAAcross 62: Makes bubblyAERATESAAcross 65: "No kidding"IMEANITAAcross 66: Passover fareMATZOTHAAcross 67: Parade requirementsPERMITSAAcross 68: PerfumeESSENCEDDown 1: Opposite of NNESSWDDown 2: Kind of chartPIEDDown 3: AccursedILL-FATEDDDown 4: Monk's abodeCELLDDown 5: Historic Italian town damaged many times by earthquakesASSISIDDown 6: Cuff link companionTIEPINDDown 7: IrksEATSATDDown 8: Non- or un-: Abbr.PREFDDown 9: Do body work of a sortROLFDDown 10: Expressionist NoldeEMILDDown 11: Meter siteTAXIDDown 12: PoserENIGMADDown 13: Name echoed in 1960's newsSIRHANDDown 14: Took a biteTASTEDDDown 20: Conceptual art pioneerONODDown 21: Breakfast brandEGGODDown 22: Get off one's chestTELLDDown 26: Natl. Sewing MonthSEPDDown 27: TwiceBISDDown 28: Lawyer's abbr.ESQDDown 29: Joanne of "Red River"DRUDDown 34: W.W. II fliersRAFDDown 35: Stop ___ dimeONADDown 36: Cardinal lettersSTLDDown 38: Long ___: Abbr.ISLDDown 39: Kind of crewSKELETONDDown 40: TintedHUEDDDown 41: Natters onYAPSDDown 44: Dirt, so to speakGOSSIPDDown 45: Sit behind barsDOTIMEDDown 46: Gardener, at timesSPADERDDown 48: Corp. takeoverLBODDown 49: Opening wordSESAMEDDown 50: Lover of Dido, in mythAENEASDDown 51: Wears jauntilySPORTSDDown 56: Printing unitREAMDDown 57: Singer TennilleTONIDDown 58: Peevish displaySNITDDown 59: Hanoi holidaysTETSDDown 60: FlattenRAZEDDown 63: And so forth: Abbr.ETC.DDown 64: Dam, for exampleSHE