New York Times Answers - Thursday, 2nd October 2008 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 2nd October 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: In a poem, it "perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door"RAVENAAcross 6: Sing like Mel TorméSCATAAcross 10: Use cue cardsREADAAcross 14: Slightly aheadUPONEAAcross 15: Part of a military bandTUBAAAcross 16: ___ dixitIPSEAAcross 17: Anxious baseball player at the plate?BATTWIRLERAAcross 19: Talk like DaffyLISPAAcross 20: Supermarket bagfulICEAAcross 21: Great literature it's notSMUTAAcross 22: Wallpaper and suchDECORAAcross 23: "Big Sur" writer, 1962KEROUACAAcross 25: Worst in the worst wayTROUNCEAAcross 27: Sign above a luau buffet?PICKYOURPOISAAcross 29: Working factory, e.g.ASSETAAcross 32: Actress Popplewell of "The Chronicles of Narnia"ANNAAAcross 33: ___ in victoryVASAAcross 34: Hogwarts stickWANDAAcross 35: High-school disruptersGANGSAAcross 37: Big partyFETEAAcross 38: ___ premiumATAAAcross 39: Out of orderDOWNAAcross 40: Broad valleysDALESAAcross 41: Land of laughs?YUKTERRITORYAAcross 45: Horace who founded the New York TribuneGREELEYAAcross 46: They may be seen on slidesAMOEBASAAcross 50: Certain resident of YemenADENIAAcross 51: ReadyPREPAAcross 52: Home of Sault Ste. Marie: Abbr.ONTAAcross 53: It may be held at a 39-DownMAYOAAcross 54: Flood of ideas?BRAINSURGEAAcross 57: ObserverEYERAAcross 58: Barn young 'unCALFAAcross 59: Where to see "bombs bursting"INAIRAAcross 60: Flat soundSSSSAAcross 61: One who wants you to put away everything he sets outCHEFAAcross 62: Two-time Time Man of the Year (and a hint to 17-, 27-, 41- and 54-Across)NIXONDDown 1: 1980s craze starterRUBIKDDown 2: QuicklyAPACEDDown 3: Campaign targetVOTERDDown 4: Suffix with insistENTDDown 5: Preinterview purchase, maybeNEWSUITDDown 6: Lit, as a matchSTRUCKDDown 7: Zealot's groupCULTDDown 8: Five-spotABEDDown 9: Contents of some pitsTARDDown 10: ProvokeRILEUPDDown 11: "War and Peace," e.g.EPICNOVELDDown 12: Business partnerASSOCIATEDDown 13: Takes the starch out ofDEPRESSESDDown 18: Product promoted as having both "beauty" and "brains"IMACDDown 22: Nickelodeon's explorerDORADDown 24: Newspaper pieceOPEDDDown 25: Chinese secret societyTONGDDown 26: DirectsRUNSDDown 28: One-named New Age musicianYANNIDDown 29: Road trip eventsAWAYGAMESDDown 30: Popular dates for datesSATURDAYSDDown 31: Loser at the dice tableSNAKE EYESDDown 35: BloodGOREDDown 36: Out of whackAWRYDDown 37: Actress DunawayFAYEDDown 39: Shop with 53-AcrossDELIDDown 40: Pays a visitDROPSINDDown 42: Choir sectionTENORSDDown 43: DutyTARIFFDDown 44: HarbingerOMENDDown 47: Powdered cleaning agentBORAXDDown 48: Hospital procedure, for shortANGIODDown 49: DraconianSTERNDDown 51: Washed outPALEDDown 54: Abbr. atop some e-mailsBCCDDown 55: Cheering wordRAHDDown 56: Sea urchin, at a sushi barUNI