New York Times Answers - Friday, 15th May 2009 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 15th May 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tower that's typically scaled from the outsideSILOAAcross 5: Confederate general EarlyJUBALAAcross 10: Concern for a checkerFACTAAcross 14: Confident assertionICANAAcross 15: HarmoniouslyASONEAAcross 16: Cap material?SNOWAAcross 17: Fun applicationTEMPORARYTATTOOAAcross 20: Before making the cut?PREOPAAcross 21: Subterranean linesGASMAINSAAcross 22: Bare-bonesAUSTEREAAcross 25: "Ubu Imperator" artist, 1923ERNSTAAcross 26: Boom producerTNTAAcross 27: Beach houses, oftenRENTALSAAcross 31: "Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips With Me" instrumentUKEAAcross 32: Pot coverTEA COZYAAcross 33: Playback problemSKIPAAcross 34: Argue (with)SPARAAcross 37: Ann of "Rebel Without a Cause"DORANAAcross 38: Some dollsKENSAAcross 39: Get together (with)ALLYAAcross 40: The annus in Dryden's "Annus Mirabilis"MDCLXVIAAcross 42: Response to an e-mailed joke, maybeLOLAAcross 43: GigglesTEEHEESAAcross 44: DwindleEBBAAcross 47: Stuffy, as airSTALEAAcross 49: Barely boilingASIMMERAAcross 51: Captain Marvel, to Billy BatsonALTER EGOAAcross 55: Hit the big leaguesGOPROAAcross 56: Means of secret writing ... or a description of a 17-Across?DISAPPEARINGINKAAcross 59: Supermodel SastreINESAAcross 60: Soon to experienceIN FORAAcross 61: Lake bordering four statesERIEAAcross 62: Three-___PEATAAcross 63: Nobles and knights in the Middle Ages, e.g.CASTEAAcross 64: Start to do well?NE'ERDDown 1: Be content with where one isSITPATDDown 2: Annual river thawICERUNDDown 3: Like the worst of excusesLAMESTDDown 4: High, in a wayONPOTDDown 5: It holds the mayoJARDDown 6: ___ Patriot Act (2001 measure)U.S.A.DDown 6: ___ Patriot Act (2001 measure)USADDown 7: Wimbledon champ, 1976-80BORGDDown 8: "Dragonwyck" author SetonANYADDown 9: Do-oversLETSDDown 10: Canopus or PolarisFSTARDDown 11: Protesting the pro-testers?ANTINUKEDDown 12: Kind of cap with a tailCOONSKINDDown 13: Some ballroom dancesTWOSTEPSDDown 18: ___ citatoOPEREDDown 19: C.I.A. betrayer arrested in 1994AMESDDown 23: Computer instructions headingREADMEDDown 24: Secure, in a wayENCODEDDown 28: Image on a dimeTORCHDDown 29: Garden shrubAZALEADDown 30: Largish animals with black ear tuftsLYNXESDDown 32: Go for itTRYDDown 33: Biathlon needSKIDDown 34: Party dishfulSALSADIPDDown 35: Stripped-down storyPLOT LINEDDown 35: Stripped-down storyPLOTLINEDDown 36: Hopelessly confuddledALLATSEADDown 41: Winning move?V SIGNDDown 43: Maryland player, informallyTERPDDown 44: Result of many conquests, perhapsEMPIREDDown 45: Late comedian MacBERNIEDDown 46: Stock figureBROKERDDown 48: MinimalLEASTDDown 50: ___ David (six-pointed star)MOGENDDown 52: "Beowulf," for oneEPICDDown 53: Rowlands of "Gloria"GENADDown 54: LubbersOAFSDDown 57: HokumROTDDown 58: SteamIRE