New York Times Answers - Friday, 5th October 2007 There are 37 across clues and 31 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 5th October 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Navigation hazardDENSEFOGAAcross 9: CoolnessAPLOMBAAcross 15: Way offEXITLANEAAcross 16: Special delivery?PREMIEAAcross 17: Married man who had long been a bachelorBENEDICTAAcross 18: Many a monthly check writerTENANTAAcross 19: Missing the point?SCORELESSAAcross 21: Car barSTRUTAAcross 22: W.W. II agcy.OSSAAcross 23: Drawer units?CELSAAcross 25: ___ Genevieve County, Mo.STEAAcross 26: Take offSPLITAAcross 29: When repeated, a "Funny Girl" songSADIEAAcross 30: Utterance when pointing to a womanHERAAcross 31: ChiefLEADAAcross 32: Famously fussy pair of dinersSPRATSAAcross 33: Any of les Trois MousquetairesAMIAAcross 34: Acts on a gut feeling?EATSAAcross 35: Gold rush storytellerHARTEAAcross 36: Hardware store offeringBRADAAcross 37: In the style of: SuffixESEAAcross 38: Fishing boatsDORIESAAcross 39: Island republicEIREAAcross 40: ___ phenomenon (optical illusion)PHIAAcross 41: Like most mammalsEAREDAAcross 42: He wrote "A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die"KAFKAAAcross 43: Top of some scalesTENAAcross 44: ChumpCLODAAcross 45: Univ. offeringsMASAAcross 46: Not having as favorable a prognosisILLERAAcross 48: Main, maybeWATER PIPEAAcross 53: Quiet craftGLIDERAAcross 55: Dangerous places for correspondentsWARZONESAAcross 56: Bunny backer?HEFNERAAcross 57: Where workers gatherAPIARIESAAcross 58: Risers meet themTREADSAAcross 59: QB who was the 1963 N.F.L. M.V.P.YATITTLEDDown 1: Five-time U.S. presidential candidate in the early 1900sDEBSDDown 2: One making firm decisionsEXECDDown 3: Hombre, onceNINODDown 4: Some athletes shoot themSTEROIDSDDown 5: Like many an heir apparentELDESTDDown 6: Goes underFAILSDDown 7: If everONCEDDown 8: Overdoes itGETSCARRIEDAWAYDDown 9: Not out of placeAPTDDown 10: ImportunesPRESSESDDown 11: Carnival followerLENTDDown 12: "Che!" title role player, 1969OMARSHARIFDDown 13: Watch notchMINUTEMARKDDown 14: Alternative that should be followedBETTERIDEADDown 20: Put under?SEDATEDDDown 24: The Chi-___ (1970s R & B group)LITESDDown 26: "Pleasant dreams"SLEEPTIGHTDDown 27: Seed-separating gizmoPEASHELLERDDown 28: Past prime time?LATEINLIFEDDown 29: U.S. air-to-air missileSPARROWDDown 32: Navigation hazardSHOALDDown 36: "C'mon, do me this favor"BEASPORTDDown 38: OrdainedDECREEDDDown 42: Post-Taliban Afghan presidentKARZAIDDown 45: Kind of scholarshipMERITDDown 47: Mrs. Turnblad in "Hairspray"EDNADDown 49: Spanish hors d'oeuvreTAPADDown 50: CompetingINITDDown 51: StripPEELDDown 52: Forum infinitiveESSEDDown 54: Commuters' choices: Abbr.RRS