New York Times Answers - Thursday, 5th December 2002 There are 37 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 5th December 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Great one?SCOTTAAcross 6: Got into the swingSATAAcross 9: Of 25-Down, e.g.PAPALAAcross 14: Its capital is Port MoresbyPAPUAAAcross 15: Super time?: Abbr.TUEAAcross 16: You may make one for yourselfANAMEAAcross 17: MimicryAPINGAAcross 18: Storage medium for Middle Easterners?ARABCDROMAAcross 20: Pleading child's wordsCANIAAcross 21: Cy Young Award winner DougDRABEKAAcross 22: La lead-inTRAAAcross 23: Loss on a grand scale?EPICDEFEATAAcross 25: French silk centerLYONAAcross 26: Copa localeRIOAAcross 27: Abbr. on a baseball cardRBIAAcross 28: Like hydrogen and chlorineGASEOUSAAcross 30: Commit in confidenceENTRUSTAAcross 33: Seemingly foreverEONSAAcross 34: Ant-ics?BUGHIJINXAAcross 37: Bébé's intakeLAITAAcross 39: U.F.O. pilot, possiblyMARTIANAAcross 42: One may show you to your roomBELLHOPAAcross 45: Verbal jewelMOTAAcross 46: Ball field coveringSODAAcross 48: Anthony Eden, for oneEARLAAcross 49: Rookie with an even temper?CALMNOVICEAAcross 52: FlapADOAAcross 53: Violent struggleTHROESAAcross 54: Twin in the TorahESAUAAcross 55: Romeo who bets on cards?POKERSTUDAAcross 57: Monetary unit of SenegalFRANCAAcross 58: BowlARENAAAcross 59: Shaq's alma materLSUAAcross 60: Out of the wayASIDEAAcross 61: "Bad, bad" Brown of songLEROYAAcross 62: "Got that right"YEPAAcross 63: FlapsTODOSDDown 1: One just filling inSPACERDDown 2: From head to toeCAP-A-PIEDDown 3: It's what you thinkOPINIONDDown 4: Ancient Greek attireTUNICDDown 5: Running gameTAGDDown 6: Beachcomber's findSTARFISHDDown 7: AtmospheresAURAEDDown 8: Leaves holderTEA BAGDDown 9: Smoker's purchasePACKDDown 10: "What happened next?"ANDDDown 11: "Wayne's World" catchphrasePARTYONDDown 12: In the moodAMOROUSDDown 13: Auto racing localeLEMANSDDown 19: As yet unmarketed, as softwareBETADDown 21: Free of errorsDEBUGDDown 24: "The Art of Arousal" authorDRRUTHDDown 25: Paul V's predecessorLEOXIDDown 29: Directed atSENTTODDown 31: Govt. debt instrumentT-BILLDDown 32: Duncan of the N.B.A.TIMDDown 35: No longer feeding, as a photocopierJAMMEDUPDDown 36: Pressing needsIRONSDDown 37: Galena, e.g.LEAD OREDDown 38: Well-watched weathermanALROKERDDown 40: Reiteration lead-inASISAIDDDown 41: "Impossible"NOCANDODDown 42: "C'mon, help me out here"BEAPALDDown 43: Big name in newspaper publishingOCHSDDown 44: Not all the wayPARTLYDDown 47: Low pairDEUCESDDown 50: Real heelLOUSEDDown 51: Left-hand pageVERSODDown 53: Carhop's loadTRAYDDown 56: Musician BrianENODDown 57: OverabundanceFAT