New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 2nd March 2005 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 2nd March 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Strip ___MALLAAcross 5: Favored by GodBLESTAAcross 10: Wielding a peeler, maybeONKPAAcross 14: Locket shapeOVALAAcross 15: Instant message sender, perhapsAOLERAAcross 16: Disney lionessNALAAAcross 17: Purse itemCOMBAAcross 18: Popular group danceHOKEYPOKEYAAcross 20: Like dessert winesSWEETAAcross 22: Top-2% groupMENSAAAcross 23: "Ich bin ___ Berliner"EINAAcross 24: Travelers' org.AAAAAcross 26: Plod alongTRUDGEAAcross 28: Toasters do itCLINKGLASSESAAcross 34: River isletAITAAcross 35: Farmer's letters?EIEIOAAcross 36: Salinger title girlESMEAAcross 40: Desk set itemPERSONALIZEDPENAAcross 44: Van ___, Calif.NUYSAAcross 45: Enter againRELOGAAcross 46: Neighbor of Braz.ARGAAcross 47: Four-runner?GRANDSLAMMERAAcross 51: Break into parts, as a monopolyBUST-UPAAcross 54: Hoo-haADOAAcross 55: Notebook makerIBMAAcross 56: Unwelcome forecastSLEETAAcross 60: Potter's potions professorSNAPEAAcross 64: One with a half-interestJOINTOWNERAAcross 67: Laundry itemIRONAAcross 68: Earthen potOLLAAAcross 69: Commercial prefix with linerMETROAAcross 70: Grant for a film?CARYAAcross 71: Lone Star State sch.UTEPAAcross 72: Rodeo critterBRONCAAcross 73: Girl or boy lead-inATTADDown 1: Comfy footwearMOCSDDown 2: Swear toAVOWDDown 3: ___ duckLAMEDDown 4: Lands' End competitorLLBEANDDown 5: Dickensian epithetBAHDDown 6: Warp-and-weft machineLOOMDDown 7: Actress SommerELKEDDown 8: GlimpsedSEENDDown 9: Soap opera meetingsTRYSTSDDown 10: A Beatle brideONODDown 11: In one's natural stateNAKEDDDown 12: Movie set light: Var.KLEIGDDown 13: John of "Miracle on 34th Street"PAYNEDDown 19: PeelPAREDDown 21: 1970's Japanese P.M. ___ FukudaTAKEODDown 25: Not "fer"AGINDDown 27: Worked withUSEDDDown 28: ___ CrunchCAPNDDown 29: PlaceLIEUDDown 30: Humble response to praiseITRYDDown 31: Pick upLEARNDDown 32: Felt under the weatherAILEDDDown 33: TaintsSOILSDDown 37: Most of it nowadays is filteredSPAMDDown 38: ___ mortalsMEREDDown 39: Many an M.I.T. grad: Abbr.ENGRDDown 41: U.S.A.F. rankSSGTDDown 42: "Nana" authorZOLADDown 43: Old oathEGADSDDown 48: Sign of disuseRUSTDDown 49: Self-assuranceAPLOMBDDown 50: Friend on "Friends"MONICADDown 51: Exquisite trinketBIJOUDDown 52: Letter-shaped fastenerUBOLTDDown 53: Prepare to get shot?SMILEDDown 57: Water holderEWERDDown 58: Course on insects, for shortENTODDown 59: Fork-tailed flierTERNDDown 61: "I smell ___"ARATDDown 62: Left sidePORTDDown 63: "Only Time" singerENYADDown 65: Quick restNAPDDown 66: Bird in the "Arabian Nights"ROC