New York Times Answers - Thursday, 17th October 2002 There are 34 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 17th October 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: GossipCH'INAAcross 1: GossipCHINAAcross 5: GossipsGABSAAcross 9: Geode materialAGATEAAcross 14: Place for a combHIVEAAcross 15: "New Jack City" co-starICETAAcross 16: InterlacedWOVENAAcross 17: Penny, perhapsANTEAAcross 18: MirthGLEEAAcross 19: Rack sitesOVENSAAcross 20: Casino game that requires thought?STUDIOUSPOKERAAcross 23: Parent of Ameritech, Nynex, etc.MABELLAAcross 24: Haikus, e.g.VERSESAAcross 27: Boring Hyannis Port figure?TEDIOUSKENNEDYAAcross 31: Less ruddyASHIERAAcross 32: Pearl Buck heroineOLANAAcross 33: Prayer starterOLORDAAcross 37: Article in Le MondeUNEAAcross 38: Response to "You won't believe this!"TRYMEAAcross 39: Goalie's featSAVEAAcross 40: Ab exerciseCRUNCHAAcross 42: Papers with poorly reasoned arguments?SPECIOUSSHEETSAAcross 47: Ones providing coverage at the Pillsbury Bake-Off?APRONSAAcross 48: FreshenAIR OUTAAcross 50: Stock exchange worker who was cheated?FURIOUSTRADERAAcross 54: Hubert's successorSPIROAAcross 56: "Nerts!"DRATAAcross 57: Actress ThompsonSADAAAcross 58: Where Garth Brooks hails fromTULSAAAcross 59: Shrek, e.g.OGREAAcross 60: They precede automnesETESAAcross 61: AnarchicUNLEDAAcross 62: Bring upREARAAcross 63: Place for a phoneDESKDDown 1: GorgeCHASMDDown 2: SuggestHINTATDDown 3: Conduit in an I.C.U.IVTUBEDDown 4: VitalNEEDEDDDown 5: Hired escortsGIGOLOSDDown 6: Org. involved in the Scopes trialACLUDDown 7: 14-Across residentsBEESDDown 8: RungSTEPDDown 9: DisturbedAWOKENDDown 10: Person in a mansionGOVERNORDDown 11: With reluctanceAVERSELYDDown 12: Perfect beauty, maybeTENDDown 13: Rank on the U.S.S. Enterprise: Abbr.ENSDDown 21: War storyILIADDDown 22: FinishedOVERDDown 25: Gouda alternativeEDAMDDown 26: "Auld Lang ___"SYNEDDown 28: Black ___ (reggae group)UHURUDDown 29: Kind of headacheSINUSDDown 30: LamentsKEENSDDown 33: Bones, anatomicallyOSSADDown 34: Arctic EuropeanLAPPDDown 35: Not just stuffOVERFILLDDown 36: Contingency planRECOURSEDDown 38: Belonging to othersTHEIRDDown 40: "___ fan tutte"COSIDDown 41: PrateCHATTERDDown 43: RaidINROADDDown 44: Clean, nowERASEDDDown 45: YetTO DATEDDown 46: Some leathersSUEDESDDown 49: Britain's Betty ___ Prize (literary award)TRASKDDown 51: Renuzit targetODORDDown 52: DesireURGEDDown 53: 1986 #1 hit for StarshipSARADDown 54: "Rugrats" dadSTUDDown 55: Many an "Airplane!" gagPUN