New York Times Answers - Thursday, 9th March 2006 There are 39 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 9th March 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Places to do-si-doSQUARAAcross 6: With 71-Across, one way to think (with a hint to this puzzle's theme)INSIDEAAcross 12: Decline of the West?SUNSETAAcross 14: Mason jar useCANNINGAAcross 16: Happens to, old-styleBETIDESAAcross 18: Any "Star Wars" filmEPISODEAAcross 19: Prefix with polarUNIAAcross 20: BisectorAXISAAcross 22: EncourageSPURONAAcross 23: LCECNAAcross 25: Drift (about)GADAAcross 27: Dish eaten with a sporkSLAWAAcross 28: "Good" cholesterol inits.HDLAAcross 29: Daily regimenTHREEAAcross 31: InAMIDAAcross 33: Mommy's triplets?EMSAAcross 35: LosersALSORANSAAcross 37: One on the linksACEAAcross 40: Home of Nascar's Talladega Superspeedway: Abbr.ALAAAcross 40: Home of Nascar's Talladega Superspeedway: Abbr.ALA.AAcross 42: Brightness units, for short?IQSAAcross 43: ___ PepperSGTAAcross 44: Don who won the 1962 Cy Young awardDRYSDALEAAcross 47: Above 13, brieflyUHFAAcross 49: SatisfyMEETAAcross 50: EMERAAAcross 52: ___ room (dorm facility)RECAAcross 55: Some houses are built on itSPECAAcross 57: __-Blo (brand of fuse)SLOAAcross 58: Henry James novel set in New York CityWASHIAAcross 60: Sacred beetle of ancient EgyptSCARABAAcross 62: TenderSOREAAcross 64: PokeyPENAAcross 65: Turns inRETIRESAAcross 67: HusbandryFARMINGAAcross 69: At handINCLOSEAAcross 70: "Get real!"FACEITAAcross 71: See 6-AcrossTHEBOXAAcross 72: UQSNODDown 1: SSBULDDown 2: SlakeQUENCHDDown 3: LooseUNTIEDDDown 4: Walt Whitman's "___ Watch'd the Ploughman Ploughing"ASIDDown 5: REDANDDown 6: Something to slip onICEDDown 7: Isn't vigilantNAPSDDown 8: Impertinent onesSNIPSDDown 9: ParochialINSULARDDown 10: 3-D representationsDIORAMASDDown 11: Funding, as a chairENDOWINGDDown 13: ___ Avery of Looney TunesTEX.DDown 13: ___ Avery of Looney TunesTEXDDown 15: ___-Y (modern youth)GENDDown 17: :-<, in a chat roomSIGHDDown 21: Detective writer ParetskySARADDown 24: Jacobs Field's home, on scoreboardsCLEDDown 26: Poor boy providerDELIDDown 29: TSLAEDDown 30: ESQUADDown 32: Summer observance: Abbr.DSTDDown 34: HarebrainedMADDDown 36: Kyrgyzstan cityOSHDDown 37: Fleet leader: Abbr.ADMDDown 38: It's seen in the first or last quarterCRESCENTDDown 39: Pirate featureEYEPATCHDDown 41: CharityALMSDDown 45: UnfruitfulSTERILEDDown 46: Catch in potsEELSDDown 48: Italian monkFRADDown 51: You may hit it when you're angryROOFDDown 53: SpotsESPIESDDown 54: ___ Blanc, popular wine grapeCHENINDDown 56: Faux chocolateCAROBDDown 58: WERAUDDown 59: INGTODDown 60: Hindu honorificSRIDDown 61: Kiss, in a Paul Anka songBESODDown 63: Battle of Britain fliers: Abbr.RAFDDown 66: Make more alluring, with "up"SEXDDown 68: 1974 John Wayne movieMCQ