New York Times Answers - Friday, 4th October 2002 There are 27 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 4th October 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: They're lifesaversFIREDEPARTMENTSAAcross 16: Degree requirement, maybeORAL EXAMINATIONAAcross 17: Point outCALLATTENTIONTOAAcross 18: Suit to ___ATEEAAcross 19: Start of a German seriesEINSAAcross 20: Source of being, it's saidTAOAAcross 21: Meyerbeer's "___ Huguenots"LESAAcross 22: Some polesANODESAAcross 24: AmalgamateMELDAAcross 25: Discouraging wordTUTAAcross 26: "Promised Land" authorEBANAAcross 28: Shot the breezeJAWEDAAcross 31: Old colonial regionEAST INDIAAAcross 36: 1983 film based on a Jean Shepherd bookACHRISTMASSTORYAAcross 38: BeganSTARTEDINAAcross 39: Assuaging agentEASERAAcross 40: Shake offLOSEAAcross 41: Game show V.I.P.'sMCSAAcross 42: It produces wrinklesAGERAAcross 44: RepeatPARROTAAcross 48: "A shrewd pickpurse": HowellLAWAAcross 51: Herbert of "War and Peace"LOMAAcross 52: HelpMAIDAAcross 53: ReticulationMESHAAcross 54: Brief time?PRESS CONFERENCEAAcross 59: Smash-upHEADONCOLLISIONAAcross 60: RestlessnessANTSINONESPANTSDDown 1: Centrally locatedFOCALDDown 2: UncontrollableIRATEDDown 3: Chest soundsRALESDDown 4: Marie Claire competitorELLEDDown 5: Bust specialists, for shortDEADDown 6: CompassEXTENTDDown 7: Place to sunPATIODDown 8: BetterAMENDDDown 9: Dentist's directionRINSEDDown 10: Rock blasterTNTDDown 11: Spring time in ParisMAIDDown 12: 1940's arena: Abbr.ETODDown 13: Home entertainment systemsNINTENDOSDDown 14: ThoroughgoingTOTALDDown 15: Hair holderSNOODDDown 22: Reviews, as booksAUDITSDDown 23: Salon specialtiesSETSDDown 24: Tropical raysMANTASDDown 25: BratTERRORDDown 27: SplitBISECTDDown 28: Madison, for one: Abbr.JASDDown 29: It separates two breaksACTDDown 30: Part of an Eskimo dietWHALEMEATDDown 31: LAX postingETDDDown 32: "___ Blue?" (1929 hit)AMIDDown 33: Japanese honorificSANDDown 34: E.U. memberIREDDown 35: Firth of Clyde portAYRDDown 37: PercolateSEEPDDown 41: 4-Down featuresMODELSDDown 42: Top dogALPHADDown 43: "Bridge Complete" authorGORENDDown 45: Exxon rivalAMOCODDown 46: Became wearisomeRANONDDown 47: Biathlon needRIFLEDDown 48: Moscow's ___ MuseumLENINDDown 49: Track founded in 1711ASCOTDDown 50: TimesWHENSDDown 53: Blue ___ Reservoir (Colorado's largest body of water)MESADDown 55: Old protest grp.SDSDDown 56: "___ Married an Axe Murderer" (Mike Myers comedy)SOIDDown 57: Media inits. since 1980CNNDDown 58: It may be written in stoneRIP