New York Times Answers - Friday, 17th March 2006 There are 34 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th March 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Modern investor's optionETRADEAAcross 7: Potluck supper offeringLASAGNAAAcross 14: Where some bank deposits are madeSHORESAAcross 15: Talkative onePARAKEETAAcross 16: Part of a frameTRUMPEDUPCHARGEAAcross 18: DerideHITATAAcross 19: Ranger that cost about $2,500EDSELAAcross 20: ___-Saint-Laurent (Quebec region)BASAAcross 21: FairEVENHANDEDAAcross 23: Gold medalist in Sarajevo and CalgaryWITTAAcross 24: Actress Polo of "Meet the Fockers"TERIAAcross 25: Not sharpMILDAAcross 26: A pair apart?POLESAAcross 27: Co. founded by H. Ross Perot in 1962EDSAAcross 28: AskPOSEAAcross 29: Something venturedGUESSAAcross 30: Calvins, e.g.BLUE JEANSAAcross 30: Calvins, e.g.BLUEJEANSAAcross 32: Nosy ParkerPRIERAAcross 34: Hall-of-famers Bill Klem and Nestor Chylak, e.g.UMPSAAcross 35: "___-Ami" (Guy de Maupassant novel)BELAAcross 38: Milan-based fashion housePRADAAAcross 39: She's a plusEMMEAAcross 40: French writer François ___ de ChateaubriandRENEAAcross 41: Ring sideROPEAAcross 42: Capricious conceitsPIPEDREAMSAAcross 44: Gray shadeASHAAcross 45: Privy fixtureBIDETAAcross 46: "Cómo ___?"ESTASAAcross 47: Sparing no expenseWHATEVERTHECOSTAAcross 50: Flawless diamond display?NOERRORSAAcross 51: "Hooray for the red, white, and blue!"USAUSAAAcross 52: They may give players a stiff armSPLINTSAAcross 53: Thrifty customer?RENTERDDown 1: Museumgoer, e.g.ESTHETEDDown 2: ShinedTHRIVEDDDown 3: Network devicesROUTERSDDown 4: Emporio ___ARMANIDDown 5: Bathysphere readingDEPTHDDown 6: San Jose-to-Fresno dir.ESEDDown 7: No longer practicingLAPSEDDDown 8: BowedARCEDDDown 9: Montreal-born comic who wrote jokes for J.F.K.SAHLDDown 10: Booking lettersA.K.A.DDown 10: Booking lettersAKADDown 11: Desert ratsGERBILSDDown 12: DisestablishesNEGATESDDown 13: Big news in the 40's and 50'sATESTSDDown 15: Short-hop specialistsPUDDLEJUMPERSDDown 17: "Room 222" actress NicholasDENISEDDown 22: Cause for an assignationAMOURDDown 23: Griper's litanyWOESDDown 26: GroanersPUNSDDown 28: Many a prayerPLEADDown 29: Couldn't hide one's astonishmentGAPEDDDown 30: WaitBIDEDDown 31: Daniel Decatur ___, composer of "Dixie"EMMETTDDown 32: It supplies driversPROSHOPDDown 33: Renaissance manRAPHAELDDown 35: EdgeBEAT OUTDDown 36: As oneEN MASSEDDown 37: Pitch from Carlton or MeritLESSTARDDown 38: Cioppino ingredientsPRAWNSDDown 39: You can get down from themEIDERSDDown 40: Do a price check onRESCANDDown 42: Basketball maneuverPIVOTDDown 43: Baseball's Little ColonelREESEDDown 45: Capital founded in 1191BERNDDown 48: Prefix with stateTRIDDown 49: Judah's house in a Lew Wallace novelHUR