New York Times Answers - Friday, 2nd January 2009 There are 27 across clues and 44 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 2nd January 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Problem in closing?SALES RESISTANCEAAcross 16: Just before it's too lateTHEELEVENTHHOURAAcross 17: 1984 JoBeth Williams comedy/adventure filmAMERICANDREAMERAAcross 18: Ouija optionYESAAcross 19: Bucket seat featureCONTOURAAcross 20: Seventeen people, brieflyEDSAAcross 21: One whose deposits are often collectedHENAAcross 22: Hit-making group?MOBAAcross 24: Gazelle, at timesLOPERAAcross 27: Beetle's needGASAAcross 30: GroundedBASEDAAcross 34: One way to kick a bad habitAVERSION THERAPYAAcross 37: It's a shore thingPIERAAcross 38: Alice who wrote the short-story collection "Open Secrets"MUNROAAcross 39: Utter collapseRUINAAcross 40: Preview crowdINVITEDAUDIENCEAAcross 43: "... ye shall ___ more vanity": Ezekiel 13:23SEENOAAcross 44: Social group memberANTAAcross 45: Social groupCLASSAAcross 46: InstinctiveGUTAAcross 48: 1980s N.B.A. guard MatthewsWESAAcross 49: They look better when they're rippedABSAAcross 52: Like some cookie sheetsGREASEDAAcross 56: I have, in Le HavreJAIAAcross 59: Pressure points?WEATHERSTATIONSAAcross 62: Who said "A hungry man is not a free man"ADLAIESTEVENSONAAcross 63: One who'd like to put you in your placeREAL ESTATE AGENTDDown 1: Supporting pieceSTAYDDown 2: World-weary wordsAHMEDDown 3: RefuseLEESDDown 4: Poet's ending with what or howE'ERDDown 5: They might be full of baloneySLICERSDDown 6: Brief scouting outing?RECONDDown 7: ___ and Jaron (identical-twins pop duo)EVANDDown 8: PostedSENTDDown 9: Prefix with GermanicINDODDown 10: Not be picky with an instrument?STRUMDDown 11: First film in CinemaScope, 1953THEROBEDDown 12: Word associated with a light bulbAHADDown 13: It's on Norton SoundNOMEDDown 14: Given a lineCUEDDDown 15: Goes offERRSDDown 21: Whitebait, e.g.HERRINGDDown 23: Rodeo trioBARRELSDDown 24: Stone, to CaesarLAPISDDown 25: Like a shepherd's chargesOVINEDDown 26: Really get toPEEVEDDown 27: City NE of RotterdamGOUDADDown 28: Ban succeeded him in 2007ANNANDDown 29: Supporting pieceSTRUTDDown 31: Luxury hotel amenitySAUNADDown 32: Big picturesEPICSDDown 33: ___ per centimeter (surface tension measure)DYNESDDown 35: George Harrison's "___ Mine"IMEDDown 36: V-shaped carrierHODDDown 41: Real poserTOUGHIEDDown 42: Brewer's productICED TEADDown 47: They have certain rings to themTREESDDown 48: ZigzagWEAVEDDown 49: Start ___ (be extremely aggressive)AWARDDown 50: Eliot heroBEDEDDown 51: A room with una vista?SALADDown 53: Formerly archaic?ERSTDDown 54: Fictional wirehairASTADDown 55: Decide to leaveSTETDDown 56: Cuban patriot MartíJOSEDDown 57: Like some sources: Abbr.ANONDDown 57: Like some sources: Abbr.ANON.DDown 58: Abba's "Love ___ Easy"ISNTDDown 60: Jazz guitarist FarlowTALDDown 61: Like Mahler's Symphony No. 4ING