New York Times Answers - Thursday, 9th October 2003 There are 39 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 9th October 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Underworld figureCAPOAAcross 5: ReturnHANDBACKAAcross 10: Without thinkingOFF-HANDAAcross 10: Without thinkingOFFHANDAAcross 14: Fire ___OPALAAcross 15: It sticks in the kitchenSARANAAcross 16: Class of '98 member, e.g.ALUMAAcross 17: JoinWELDAAcross 18: Bottle in the bathroomDRANOAAcross 19: Sight on much old Roman statuaryTOGAAAcross 20: Fierce military actionHANDTOHANDCOMBATAAcross 22: "Yikes!"EGADAAcross 23: Cries of painOWSAAcross 24: HeadacheHASSLEAAcross 26: Tribal V.I.P.SHAMANAAcross 30: Dry with absorbent paperBLOTAAcross 32: Paint choiceLATEXAAcross 33: 1967 film set in a prison campCOOLHANDLUKEAAcross 38: Dollar competitorAVISAAcross 39: Bandleader ShawARTIEAAcross 40: Jet blackONYXAAcross 41: Begin to understandGETAHANDLEONAAcross 43: Surgical opening?NEUROAAcross 44: HollyILEXAAcross 45: Star of 33-AcrossNEWMANAAcross 46: City south of YosemiteFRESNOAAcross 50: Rev.'s talkSERAAcross 51: Dancing girl in "The Return of the Jedi"OOLAAAcross 52: CollaboratedWORKEDHANDINHANDAAcross 59: PathROADAAcross 60: Grant-___INAIDAAcross 61: Certain horsesBAYSAAcross 62: James of jazzETTAAAcross 63: Ancient Greek festival siteNEMEAAAcross 64: Prefix with biologyAGROAAcross 65: Basic telephoneHANDSETAAcross 66: WelcomeGLAD HANDAAcross 67: ContinueGO ONAAcross 67: ContinueGOONDDown 1: HerderCOWHANDDDown 2: Peeved, after "in"APETDDown 3: Texas's ___ Duro CanyonPALODDown 4: VeteranOLD HANDDDown 5: OverwhelminglyHANDS-DOWNDDown 6: Malt liquor foamsBARMSDDown 7: Riyadh nativeARABDDown 8: Site of Jesus' first miracleCANADDown 9: Tough spotKNOTHOLEDDown 10: "A Garden of Earthly Delights" novelistOATESDDown 11: ThrashesFLOGSDDown 12: Like some Bach worksFUGALDDown 13: Individually craftedHANDMADEDDown 21: Gently persuadeCOAXDDown 25: NearbyAT HANDDDown 26: Remains at a steel millSLAGDDown 27: Suffer fromHAVEDDown 28: BickeringATITDDown 29: ___ VerdeMESADDown 30: Modern injectionsBOTOXDDown 31: Order at a butcher'sLOINDDown 33: Saskatchewan tribeCREEDDown 34: Early movie mogulLOEWDDown 35: Coin wordUNUMDDown 36: Actress SedgwickKYRADDown 37: Former Nebraska senator JamesEXONDDown 39: GrantingALLOWINGDDown 42: SubmitHANDINDDown 43: SquareNERDDDown 45: "Can I help?"NEEDAHANDDDown 46: Open shotFOREHANDDDown 47: OriginROOTSDDown 48: Lift the spirits ofELATEDDown 49: 1978 Peace NobelistSADATDDown 50: Did telemarks, e.g.SKIEDDDown 53: Scott Turow bookONELDDown 54: "___ Lama Ding Dong" (1961 hit)RAMADDown 55: Place for keys and lipstickHANDBAGDDown 56: "Othello" villainIAGODDown 57: Laura who wrote "Wedding Bell Blues"NYRODDown 58: Personal and directHANDS-ON