New York Times Answers - Thursday, 19th December 2002 There are 34 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 19th December 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Big dropsCHASMSAAcross 7: Small intakeSIPAAcross 10: RibJOSHAAcross 14: British medical journal, with "The"LANCETAAcross 15: One of the Aleutian IslandsUNALASKAAAcross 17: Debut of Sherlock HolmesASTUDYINSCARLETAAcross 19: Seeker's questionWHEREAAcross 20: Understands, slangilyGROKSAAcross 21: Need to payOWEAAcross 22: In ___ (isolated)VACUOAAcross 24: 1st, 2nd and 3rd, e.g.: Abbr.STSAAcross 26: 60's TV kidOPIEAAcross 29: Henry James biographer EdelLEONAAcross 31: FreezingGELIDAAcross 35: HeadedRANAAcross 36: Debut of Kinsey MillhoneAISFORALIBIAAcross 38: Distributes, as tasksASSIGNSAAcross 40: Bun toppersSESAMESAAcross 41: Debut of Philip MarloweTHEBIGSLEEPAAcross 43: Haughty outburstBAHAAcross 44: Fail ignominiouslyEATITAAcross 45: "Stop rowing" commandOARSAAcross 46: Comfortable, as accommodationsHOMYAAcross 47: BlueSADAAcross 49: World Cup legend MaradonaDIEGOAAcross 51: Milk source for Romano cheeseEWEAAcross 54: First capital of the kingdom of ItalyTURINAAcross 56: "Camelot" composerLOEWEAAcross 60: Debut of Lew ArcherTHEMOVINGTARGETAAcross 63: Black Canyon carver, with "the"COLORADOAAcross 64: Samuel Barber's "___ for Strings"ADAGIOAAcross 65: Door fixtureHASPAAcross 66: Brown with His Band of RenownLESAAcross 67: Render harmless, in a wayDEHORNDDown 1: Dig sans toolsCLAWDDown 2: Work (out)HASHDDown 3: Table paymentANTEDDown 4: Winding road sectionSCURVEDDown 5: Daughter of King AeëtesMEDEADDown 6: Bay of pigs?STYDDown 7: Option not available in a convertibleSUNROOFDDown 8: ___ many wordsINSODDown 9: Smokers' unitsPACKSDDown 10: DisturbJARDDown 11: Christiania, nowOSLODDown 12: BiasSKEWDDown 13: More than antipathyHATEDDown 16: Closing momentLAST GASPDDown 18: Weak yesIGUESSSODDown 23: React to some staticCLINGDDown 25: Ward on TVSELADDown 26: DeclaimORATEDDown 27: Ottoman Empire governorPASHADDown 28: Miniature photo, maybeINSETDDown 30: Leader's aidNOSE RINGDDown 32: Transitional stateLIMBODDown 33: GirderI-BEAMDDown 34: Like good gossip columnistsDISHYDDown 36: Bolshevik, e.g.AGITATORDDown 37: Kyle ___, "The Terminator" heroREESEDDown 39: Wading birdIBISDDown 42: Unmanageable horses, in the SouthwestLADINOSDDown 46: Triumphant shoutHOORAHDDown 48: 2001 British Open champion David ___DUVALDDown 50: ClearingGLADEDDown 51: Do work on glass, sayETCHDDown 52: Shout from a coachWHOADDown 53: Slender fishEELSDDown 55: Depend (on)RIDEDDown 57: Frozen food brandEGGODDown 58: Peter who directed "The Truman Show"WEIRDDown 59: Town on the ThamesETONDDown 61: Heavy-duty locks?MOPDDown 62: SmidgenTAD