New York Times Answers - Friday, 27th February 2009 There are 31 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 27th February 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bygone flagTHESTARSANDBARSAAcross 16: Think a certain way aboutHAVEANOPINIONONAAcross 17: Make a callUSETHETELEPHONEAAcross 18: New York's Bear ___: Abbr.MTNAAcross 19: Ballyhooed new product of 1998IMACAAcross 20: Name repeated in a nursery rhymePETERAAcross 21: Short dog, for shortPOMAAcross 22: It's nothingNILAAcross 23: Before the racesPREMEETAAcross 25: Kind of depth finderSONICAAcross 27: Bit of noise pollutionBLAREAAcross 28: B and O figures: Abbr.ATNOSAAcross 29: Brilliant movesCOUPSAAcross 30: RollWADAAcross 33: Bubbly nameMOETAAcross 34: Loosens (up)WARMSAAcross 35: Big copper exporterPERUAAcross 36: Cover girl, e.g.?SPYAAcross 37: Laid-backTYPE BAAcross 38: Time beingNONCEAAcross 39: MammonismGREEDAAcross 40: "Something to Talk About" singer, 1991RAITTAAcross 41: Words starting a simple requestALLIASKAAcross 44: 1960s-'70s touchdown makerLEMAAcross 45: Mission statement partAIMAAcross 47: First name in conductingSEIJIAAcross 48: Actress MazarDEBIAAcross 49: Lab subj.SCIAAcross 50: Much of Central America, onceBANANAREPUBLICSAAcross 54: "This would be a first for me"IVENEVERTRIEDITAAcross 55: Trading posts?GENERALMANAGERSDDown 1: Beat but goodTHUMPDDown 2: Can't continueHASTOSTOPDDown 3: A tossupEVENMONEYDDown 4: Not hurting for cashSETDDown 5: Pastes in Mideastern cookingTAHINISDDown 6: Hardly heartyANEMICDDown 7: Relating to wheelsROTALDDown 8: You might not get paid while working on itSPECDDown 9: HurtAILDDown 10: Dayton-to-Toledo dir.NNEDDown 11: LadlesDIPPERSDDown 12: "Scènes de la Vie de ___" (novel on which a Puccini opera is based)BOHEMEDDown 13: Make ___ of itANOTEDDown 14: Actress BlakleyRONEEDDown 15: Comics dogSNERTDDown 23: DownrightPLUMBDDown 24: Emulates EveRAPSDDown 26: With 41-Down, shrunkenNOTDDown 27: Yet to be engaged?BOREDDDown 28: Early times, for shortAMSDDown 29: "The Insect Play" playwrightCAPEKDDown 30: Withdrew quietlyWENTASIDEDDown 31: It's a little over 65 degrees: Abbr.ARCTICCIRDDown 32: DeservedDUEDDown 34: Things that open and close yearly?WYESDDown 35: Maui mouthfulPOIDDown 37: CoachTRAINERDDown 38: Home of Walvis BayNAMIBIADDown 39: 1997 Demi Moore flickGIJANEDDown 40: Co-firing technique used to reduce pollution from electrical power plantsREBURNDDown 41: See 26-DownASBIGDDown 42: FurloughLEAVEDDown 43: Chambermaid's chargeLINENDDown 44: Pennies : dollar :: ___ : drachmaLEPTADDown 46: Producers of sunbowsMISTSDDown 48: Skin: SuffixDERMDDown 51: Palindromic girl's nameAVADDown 52: Bill of Rights subj.RELDDown 53: KickerLEG