New York Times Answers - Friday, 25th October 2002 There are 39 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 25th October 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Words after a digressionWHEREWASIAAcross 10: End piece?OBITAAcross 14: 2001 Grammy-winning band for the album "Kid A"RADIOHEADAAcross 15: Court figureSTENOAAcross 16: Its flag is a red stripe over a white stripeINDONESIAAAcross 17: Angle measurement symbolTHETAAAcross 18: "___ goes"SOITAAcross 19: Collectors' localesTOLLBOOTHSAAcross 21: Reason to prolong playTIEAAcross 22: Dura Lube alternativeS.T.P.AAcross 22: Dura Lube alternativeSTPAAcross 23: 1958-71 political inits.UARAAcross 24: Excited, with "up"HETAAcross 25: Expose, to poetsOPEAAcross 26: Hardly heavy-footedSPRYAAcross 27: With 15-Down, lowONEAAcross 28: BunglingMALADROITAAcross 31: MaintainAVERAAcross 32: Shiver-inducingGELIDAAcross 33: Mantel pieceURNAAcross 34: SimmersSTEWSAAcross 35: Al-___ANONAAcross 35: Al-___ANON.AAcross 36: Works with a planeSMOOTHENSAAcross 38: Bewhiskered trash collectorRATAAcross 39: BanquetsSUPSAAcross 40: Publisher BallantineIANAAcross 41: Near Eastern honorificAGAAAcross 42: For onePERAAcross 43: Coll. majorENGAAcross 44: 38-Across catcherCATAAcross 47: It's named after an opera starMELBA TOASTAAcross 50: Novelist DuunOLAVAAcross 51: Artemis slew himORIONAAcross 52: Semiramis's subjectsASSYRIANSAAcross 54: Some sneaksNIKESAAcross 55: "Let me show you how it's done"STEPASIDEAAcross 56: Big gameDEERAAcross 57: Like some municipal bondsTAX-EXEMPTDDown 1: Slap target, sometimesWRISTDDown 2: Where John McCain was shot downHANOIDDown 3: Plank on a pitcher's moundEDDIEDDown 4: LaughfestRIOTDDown 5: Long stretchEONDDown 6: Like some appetitesWHETTEDDDown 7: The Greek poet Babrius versified his storiesAESOPDDown 8: Fly (through)SAILDDown 9: Humphrey Bogart's "High Sierra" co-starIDALUPINODDown 10: First Holy Roman emperorOTHODDown 11: He wrote to his "Immortal Beloved"BEETHOVENDDown 12: Talked aboutINTHENEWSDDown 13: Browning pieces?TOASTERSDDown 15: See 27-AcrossSTORYDDown 20: "Oliver!" composerBARTDDown 22: W.W. I planeSPADDDown 25: "Thirtysomething" actorOLINDDown 26: "The Alchemy of Finance" author GeorgeSOROSDDown 28: Certain exhibitionMENAGERIEDDown 29: Much the sameALOTALIKEDDown 30: Butcher's offeringRUMP ROASTDDown 31: Rate ___ (be perfect)ATENDDown 32: Popular typefaceGARAMONDDDown 34: 1970's hairdoSHAGDDown 36: Cooking fatSUETDDown 37: Photo in an old albumTINTYPEDDown 39: Goes overSPANSDDown 43: Robert Devereux's earldomESSEXDDown 44: Something stakedCLAIMDDown 45: Food chain?AANDPDDown 46: Image makerTV SETDDown 48: ___ WarBOERDDown 49: Film role played by SkippyASTADDown 50: It rises in the ArdennesOISEDDown 53: Stretch out, in ScotlandRAX