New York Times Answers - Thursday, 9th January 2003 There are 39 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 9th January 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Prepares for a boutSPARSAAcross 6: Easter servingLAMBAAcross 10: A lotGOBSAAcross 14: John Lennon's last million-selling singleWOMANAAcross 15: String pullerUSERAAcross 16: Bibliophile's labelRAREAAcross 17: Apologize and then someATONEAAcross 18: Commercial prefix with bankCITIAAcross 19: Big furniture retailerIKEAAAcross 20: Start of a quip by hockey commentator Don Cherry about his autobiographyTHREEYEARSAAcross 22: Pain in the neckDRAGAAcross 23: Boy-girlHETEROAAcross 24: "___ So Easy"ITSAAcross 26: Muckraker TarbellIDAAAcross 27: Settings for some TV dramas: Abbr.ERSAAcross 28: Quip, part 2AGOICOULDNTAAcross 32: DignifiedSTAIDAAcross 33: FederationLEAGUEAAcross 34: CarryallCASEAAcross 37: TopLIDAAcross 39: Match partsSETSAAcross 40: Brightest star in AquilaALTAIRAAcross 43: PizazzOOMPHAAcross 46: Quip, part 3SPELLAUTHORAAcross 48: TopCAPAAcross 51: Souvenir from Aruba?TANAAcross 52: English ___LITAAcross 53: "I've had enough"NO MOREAAcross 55: Trash can, perhapsICONAAcross 57: End of the quipNOWIAREONEAAcross 60: PickableRIPEAAcross 61: Kind of doctorSPINAAcross 62: CountenanceALLOWAAcross 63: ___ even keelONANAAcross 64: Farm cryOINKAAcross 65: Upholstery fabricTOILEAAcross 66: Bump on a branchNODEAAcross 67: Hungary's Imre ___NAGYAAcross 68: "+" siteANODEDDown 1: BandageSWATHEDDown 2: UproarPOTHERDDown 3: Loan payment schedules: Abbr.AMORTSDDown 4: Bombay royalRANEEDDown 5: RidiculeSNEERATDDown 6: Life's founderLUCEDDown 7: Sri Lanka's localeASIADDown 8: ___ systemMETRICDDown 9: Connecticut city that's home to ESPNBRISTOLDDown 10: Traffic chartGRIDDDown 11: Institute of Nuclear Studies siteOAKRIDGEDDown 12: Mexican tree with large, edible seedsBREADNUTDDown 13: Navigable channelsSEAGATESDDown 21: Series of postures, basicallyYOGADDown 25: Go afterSUEDDown 29: BribeOILDDown 30: DunderheadIDIOTDDown 31: Eye protectorLASHDDown 32: Eskimo's catchSEALDDown 34: Not subject to changeCAST-IRONDDown 35: "Heat" star, 1995ALPACINODDown 36: Place for shorthandSTENOPADDDown 38: Play-___DOHDDown 41: Out of sortsILLDDown 41: Out of sortsILL.DDown 42: More than dampensRAINSONDDown 44: Author SimpsonMONADDown 45: How refunds may be madePRO RATADDown 47: More workUTOPIADDown 48: "Gangsta's Paradise" rapperCOOLIODDown 49: Traitor's nameARNOLDDDown 50: Little onePEEWEEDDown 54: It's opened with a knifeMELONDDown 56: Island birdNENEDDown 58: FactionWINGDDown 59: BlackINKY