New York Times Answers - Thursday, 5th September 2002 There are 40 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 5th September 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Novelist Melanie ___ ThonRAEAAcross 4: Kind of sawCROSSCUTAAcross 8: Goalpost partsCROSSBARSAAcross 13: DelineateETCHAAcross 15: Shakespearean verbHATHAAcross 16: On again, in a wayRELITAAcross 17: French illustrator GustaveDOREAAcross 18: "William Tell" partARIAAAcross 19: In reserveONICEAAcross 20: Basic algebra techniqueCROSSMULTIPLICATIONAAcross 23: "Don't stop!"MOREAAcross 24: They may be flipped pastADSAAcross 25: Vote for a member of the other political partyCROSSOVERAAcross 28: Far from fatTRIMAAcross 31: Entrance requirement, perhapsEXAMAAcross 35: Hoofer's techniqueTOETAPAAcross 37: Hydrocarbon suffixENEAAcross 38: The Senate declared him a public enemyNEROAAcross 39: K+, e.g.IONAAcross 40: Lenten servingHOT CROSS BUNAAcross 43: Fish catcherNETAAcross 44: Carrier with tight securityELALAAcross 46: Informal shirtTEEAAcross 47: ___ Mountains (Appalachian range)POCONOAAcross 49: Part of una casaSALAAAcross 50: Extra: Abbr.ADDLAAcross 52: Stumbled uponRANACROSSAAcross 53: Missouri or Maine precederUSSAAcross 55: Words of clarificationASINAAcross 57: Lindbergh achievementCROSSINGTHEATLANTICAAcross 65: It's on the MissouriOMAHAAAcross 66: Spanner of 11 time zonesASIAAAcross 67: See 68-AcrossOATHAAcross 68: With 67-Across, swornUNDERAAcross 69: Cost of living?RENTAAcross 70: Marching band memberTUBAAAcross 71: HoppersTOADSAAcross 72: Game with goaliesLA CROSSEAAcross 72: Game with goaliesLACROSSEAAcross 73: Pedestrian, at timesCROSSERDDown 1: Relief providerRED CROSSDDown 2: Wee bitATOMDDown 3: Natural shadeECRUDDown 4: Target-centering aidCROSS HAIRDDown 4: Target-centering aidCROSSHAIRDDown 5: Kind of beetleCARPETDDown 6: Water supplier, e.g.: Abbr.UTILDDown 7: Hot cuisineTHAIDDown 8: Traffic light site, maybeCROSSROADDDown 9: Treasury secretary before RubinBENTSENDDown 10: Others, to OctavianALIIDDown 11: Anticrime acronym since 1970RICODDown 12: W.W. II gunSTENDDown 14: 34-Down protectionHELMETDDown 21: It includes ExodusTORAHDDown 22: AroseCAMEUPDDown 25: Rail supportsCROSSTIESDDown 26: Alley Oop's mateOOOLADDown 27: Open to briberyVENALDDown 29: Intersected againRECROSSEDDDown 30: Having five sharpsINBDDown 32: It's a gasXENONDDown 33: Game siteARENADDown 34: Driving competitionMOTOCROSSDDown 36: Fertilizer compoundPOTASHDDown 41: Sitcom newsman BaxterTEDDDown 42: WaterwheelNORIADDown 45: Cracked upLAUGHEDDDown 48: Defeatist's wordCANNOTDDown 51: Common church figureLATIN CROSSDDown 54: Castor and PolluxSTARSDDown 56: Roofing materialSLATEDDown 57: StrikeCROSS OUTDDown 58: "___ expert, but ..."IMNODDown 59: ZippoNADADDown 60: Equivalent of a European countEARLDDown 61: In deep water?ASEADDown 62: It's T-shapedTAU CROSSDDown 63: "What'll ___?"ITBEDDown 64: BurnCHAR