New York Times Answers - Thursday, 7th May 2009 There are 33 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 7th May 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: B-ball playerHOOP/CIRCLESTERAAcross 6: Like the Grand Canyon or Fourth of July fireworksAWEINSPIRING/ZEROAAcross 15: "Casablanca" co-starLORREAAcross 16: Phobic sortNEUROPATHAAcross 17: Prayer leadersIMAMSAAcross 18: Rush job?TALKRADIOAAcross 19: Broadway JoeNAMATHAAcross 21: "American Pie" actress TaraREIDAAcross 22: "Burma Looks Ahead" authorUNUAAcross 23: Head of steam?ESSAAcross 24: Give ___ (care)ADARNAAcross 26: Picasso's muse Dora ___MAARAAcross 27: De ___ (by right)JUREAAcross 29: JocundGAYAAcross 31: Cigar distributor, perhapsPROUDPAPAAAcross 36: Fictional hero on a quest to Mount DoomFRODOAAcross 40: Gets past a last difficulty ... or a hint to this puzzle's themeROUNDSTHECORNERAAcross 42: CreepyEERIEAAcross 43: UnisexHISORHERSAAcross 44: "Show pity, ___ die": "The Taming of the Shrew"ORIAAcross 46: Heading in a Keats volumeODESAAcross 47: "Notch" on Orion's beltSTARAAcross 50: Diaper, in DevonNAPPYAAcross 53: Mandela's org.ANCAAcross 56: Agcy. with agentsIRSAAcross 57: Stuff the piggy bankSAVEAAcross 58: Take, as an examSITFORAAcross 61: Means of some W.W. I raidsZEPPELINSAAcross 64: Complete, quicklyTHOROAAcross 65: OustersEVICTIONSAAcross 66: Crunching soundCRUMPAAcross 67: Welcome January 1, sayRING/ZEROINTHENEWAAcross 68: 1950s fad itemHULAHOOP/CIRCLEDDown 1: New York City tour providerHOOP/CIRCLELINEDDown 2: Bodies of organismsSOMASDDown 3: Suspended air travel?TRAMSDDown 4: Humorist BombeckERMADDown 5: Kick backRESTDDown 6: Hill denizenANTDDown 7: ___ smile (grin)WEARADDown 8: Calculus pioneerEULERDDown 9: Teeing offIRKINGDDown 10: Sud's oppositeNORDDDown 11: Where you may get steamedSPADDown 12: "The Taming of the Shrew" settingPADUADDown 13: 1986 Turner autobiographyITINADDown 14: Showtime, at NASARING/ZEROHOURDDown 20: Strings pulled in heaven?HARPSDDown 25: The endDEATHDDown 26: Some aromatic resinsMYRRHSDDown 27: SonnyJUNIORDDown 28: Milk dispenserUDDERDDown 30: Prior to, poeticallyAFOREDDown 31: Paid intro?PREDDown 32: Beluga delicacyROEDDown 33: Joint possession wordOURDDown 34: ___ Beta KappaPHIDDown 35: Classical storytellerAESOPDDown 37: Series openerONEDDown 38: Part of many Dutch surnamesDERDDown 39: Hosp. areasORSDDown 41: Buffalo Bill ___ Wild West ShowCODYSDDown 45: Bad way to be caughtINALIEDDown 47: Teeny dress measurementSIZERING/ZERODDown 48: ___ FountainTREVIDDown 49: Clinton's first defense secretaryASPINDDown 51: Par ___AVIONDDown 52: Pasta varietyPENNEDDown 53: Run ___ ofAFOULDDown 54: Bellini operaNORMADDown 55: Mysterious art visible from the skyCROPHOOP/CIRCLEDDown 57: Green of "The Italian Job," 2003SETHDDown 59: Scratcher's targetITCHDDown 60: Dolly Parton's "Travelin' ___"THRUDDown 62: %: Abbr.PCTDDown 63: Milwaukee-to-Houston dir.SSW