New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 18th February 2009 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 18th February 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hits with bug sprayZAPSAAcross 5: Jaguar, e.g.CATAAcross 8: With 61-Across, a possible title for this puzzleSHIFTAAcross 13: It may be brightIDEAAAcross 14: Ex-politico with a Nobel and an EmmyGOREAAcross 15: The Beatles produced itMANIAAAcross 16: New entrepreneur's needPLANAAcross 17: Cadets' org.ROTCAAcross 18: English county on the North SeaESSEXAAcross 19: Home of the Sundance Film FestivalPARKCITYUTAHAAcross 22: Dipstick coatingOILAAcross 23: King, in PortugalREIAAcross 24: Debussy subjectMERAAcross 25: FoofarawADOAAcross 28: Corporate action that increases the par value of its stockREVERSE SPLITAAcross 31: "And I ___ ..."QUOTEAAcross 33: Wordsmith's ref.O.E.D.AAcross 33: Wordsmith's ref.OEDAAcross 34: Sari-clad royalRANIAAcross 35: Fencing moveLUNGEAAcross 36: Dickensian cryBAHAAcross 37: Makes fun of, in a wayMOCKSAAcross 38: Right handAIDEAAcross 39: Monk's titleDOMAAcross 40: Like gnatsPESKYAAcross 41: Bone, for oneNEUTRALSHADEAAcross 44: Grazed, e.g.ATEAAcross 45: One of the Manning brothersELIAAcross 46: Noted convert to Islam in 1964ALIAAcross 47: Semi partCABAAcross 50: 1999 Melissa Joan Hart movieDRIVEMECRAZYAAcross 53: Parting wordADIEUAAcross 56: Poverty, pollution and suchILLSAAcross 57: Have ___ to one's headAGUNAAcross 58: Closet fillerLINENAAcross 59: Look out for?ABETAAcross 60: "Quo Vadis" roleNEROAAcross 61: See 8-AcrossGEARSAAcross 62: Mosquito protectionNETAAcross 63: MushroomedGREWDDown 1: NadaZIPPODDown 2: First name in 1950s politicsADLAIDDown 3: ___ onionPEARLDDown 4: Brought to ruinSANKDDown 5: Bug-building gameCOOTIEDDown 6: Pseudo-culturedARTYDDown 7: Shawnee chief at the Battle of TippecanoeTECUMSEHDDown 8: Artists' boo-boosSMEARSDDown 9: Beanery fareHASHDDown 10: Favored bunchINSDDown 11: "For shame!"FIEDDown 12: Cigarettes have itTAXDDown 14: Show sorrowGRIEVEDDown 20: Minos's landCRETEDDown 21: Ticked (off)TEEDDDown 25: Word of woeALACKDDown 26: Awfully smallDINKYDDown 27: Porter's regretful "Miss"OTISDDown 28: Physician/synonymistROGETDDown 29: Gads aboutROAMSDDown 30: Plain EnglishPROSEDDown 31: Library signQUIETDDown 32: Excessive, as forceUNDUEDDown 35: Clark's crush on "Smallville"LANADDown 36: From Sucre, sayBOLIVIANDDown 37: Battlefield shoutMEDICDDown 39: "The Persistence of Memory" painterDALIDDown 40: Most likely to sunburnPALESTDDown 42: Off-season offeringsRERUNSDDown 43: Shakespearean soliloquistHAMLETDDown 47: Hoops playerCAGERDDown 48: Like a clear skyAZUREDDown 49: At this pointBYNOWDDown 50: Animal on XING signsDEERDDown 51: Hamburg's riverELBEDDown 52: Summoned, in a wayRANGDDown 53: Subj. with unknownsALGDDown 54: Go kaputDIEDDown 55: "___ pig's eye!"INA