New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 17th March 2009 There are 34 across clues and 45 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 17th March 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ComprehendGRASPAAcross 6: ContemptibleBASEAAcross 10: Shade of many a swimming pool basinAQUAAAcross 14: Surgeon's toolLASERAAcross 15: Web addressesURLSAAcross 16: Parts of a tea setCUPSAAcross 17: SprightlyAGILEAAcross 18: Politician's goalSEATAAcross 19: Give the heave-hoTOSSAAcross 20: 1940s hit radio show featuring the bartender ArchieDUFFYSTAVERNAAcross 23: Salad additiveOILAAcross 24: Marveled audibly (at)OOHEDAAcross 28: 1939 James Joyce novelFINNEGANSWAKEAAcross 33: Second-smallest state: Abbr.DEL.AAcross 33: Second-smallest state: Abbr.DELAAcross 34: Instrument held with two handsOBOEAAcross 35: Pakistani leader, 1977-88ZIAAAcross 36: 1960s sitcom about a group of castawaysGILLIGANSISLANDAAcross 41: G.I. entertainersUSOAAcross 42: X ___ xylophoneASINAAcross 43: Work unitERGAAcross 44: 1946 Bing Crosby hitMCNAMARASBANDAAcross 49: Blog messagesPOSTSAAcross 50: Sculler's itemOARAAcross 51: 1960s sitcom set in a P.O.W. campHOGANSHEROESAAcross 59: On the brinyASEAAAcross 62: "Am ___ late?"ITOOAAcross 63: ___ cottaTERRAAAcross 64: Wimbledon surfaceLAWNAAcross 65: Head forGO-TOAAcross 66: Jew traditionally dressed in a black coat and hatHASIDAAcross 67: CannedAXEDAAcross 68: Period of timeSPANAAcross 69: SoloALONEDDown 1: DelightedGLADDDown 2: Prego competitorRAGUDDown 3: "Yeah, right!"ASIFDDown 4: "To thine own ___ be true"SELFDDown 5: VictimizePREYONDDown 6: AdoBUSTLEDDown 7: Geographical datumAREADDown 8: Czech, e.g., but not a HungarianSLAVDDown 9: Ferrara ruling familyESTEDDown 10: Ad exhortationACTNOWDDown 11: Status ___QUODDown 12: Good timesUPSDDown 13: NumbskullASSDDown 21: TransgressSINDDown 22: Kentucky Derby prizeROSESDDown 25: Sand trap, e.g.HAZARDDDown 26: Barely making, with "out"EKINGDDown 27: DefunctDEADDDown 28: Prison populationFELONSDDown 29: Needing a doctor's attentionILLDDown 29: Needing a doctor's attentionILL.DDown 30: "___ Fly Now" ("Rocky" theme)GONNADDown 31: Tummy musclesABSDDown 32: "___ won't!"NOIDDown 33: Establishment with a revolving mirrored ballDISCODDown 36: Forrest ___, 1994 Oscar-winning roleGUMPDDown 37: Schoolyard retortIAMSODDown 38: Fed. property overseerGSADDown 39: PublicizeAIRDDown 40: Novelist DeightonLENDDown 45: AvailableAT HANDDDown 46: "Already?"SOSOONDDown 47: "Rubbish!"BAHDDown 48: First name in soulARETHADDown 52: Play dates?GIGSDDown 53: SurmountingATOPDDown 54: ___ beneNOTADDown 55: Down-to-earthREALDDown 56: RoughlyOR SODDown 57: Land that's saluted in this puzzleERINDDown 58: Marquis de ___SADEDDown 59: Menu phraseALADDown 59: Menu phraseALA.DDown 60: Instrument famously played by Bill Clinton on "The Arsenio Hall Show"SAXDDown 61: One catching a ram's eyeEWE