New York Times Answers - Thursday, 8th October 2009 There are 42 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 8th October 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ___ salad (dish with ground beef)TACOAAcross 5: Where Panasonic is headquarteredOSAKAAAcross 10: Nav. ___ACADAAcross 14: "Get ___," 1967 hit for the EsquiresONUPAAcross 15: Florida tourist destinationEPCOTAAcross 16: Hershey's candyROLOAAcross 17: Like many old gym socksRIPEAAcross 18: *Baseball featDOUBLE PLAYAAcross 20: ___ friendsAMONGAAcross 22: Pay dirtOREAAcross 22: Pay dirtORE.AAcross 23: Clear, in a wayDE-ICEAAcross 23: Clear, in a wayDEICEAAcross 24: *Physics periodHALF-LIFEAAcross 24: *Physics periodHALFLIFEAAcross 26: Garth Brooks, by birthTULSANAAcross 27: Winter Olympics racesSLALOMSAAcross 28: Marijuana's active substance: Abbr.THCAAcross 29: Directional endingERNAAcross 30: Old greetingAVEAAcross 31: Farm soundMOOAAcross 32: Not just turn downMUTEAAcross 33: Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred cluesTIMEAFTERTIMEAAcross 37: Kind of waveSINEAAcross 38: One of the Canterbury pilgrimsNUNAAcross 39: Golden Globe-winning English actor McShaneIANAAcross 40: M.D.'s who deliverOBSAAcross 41: Palm productOILAAcross 42: X, e.g.NUMERALAAcross 46: Last word in shampoo instructionsREPEATAAcross 48: *Brave frontGAMEFACEAAcross 49: Dentist's admonitionBRUSHAAcross 50: Do a background check onVETAAcross 51: "What he said"DITTOAAcross 52: *Asthmatic's concernAIRQUALITYAAcross 55: Town at one end of the Windsor BridgeETONAAcross 56: Something a person may take a spin in?TUTUAAcross 57: Blinded painfullyMACEDAAcross 58: Filmmaker RiefenstahlLENIAAcross 59: To be, to 33-DownESSEAAcross 60: Targets of some spraysODORSAAcross 61: Harriet Beecher Stowe novelDREDDDown 1: They're read at servicesTORAHSDDown 2: Uncouth sortANIMALDDown 3: Basilica featureCUPOLADDown 4: Hazard around an aerosol canOPENFLAMEDDown 5: Work started by London's Philological Soc.O.E.D.DDown 5: Work started by London's Philological Soc.OEDDDown 6: Many Mel Brooks filmsSPOOFSDDown 7: "Dedicated to finding ___" (diabetes foundation motto)ACUREDDown 8: Japanese portKOBEDDown 9: The Falcons, on scoreboardsATLDDown 10: Cosmetician AdrienARPELDDown 11: Olympics venueCOLISEUMDDown 12: Individually, in a wayA LA CARTEDDown 13: Leading ladyDOYENNEDDown 19: N.E.A. part: Abbr.EDUCDDown 21: Part of a hazmat suitGLOVEDDown 25: Follow-up to a parent's command, maybeIMEANITDDown 26: Metal that's an effective radiation shieldTHORIUMDDown 28: It may be pinchedTOEDDown 31: Range part: Abbr.MTNDDown 32: Treacherous expanseMINE FIELDDDown 32: Treacherous expanseMINEFIELDDDown 33: Caligula's predecessor as emperorTIBERIUSDDown 34: Not graduallyINSPURTSDDown 35: Suffix with glee or sorrowFULDDown 36: Like circus elephantsTAMEDDDown 37: Potassium ___ (preservative)SORBATEDDown 41: Home of highways H-1, H-2 and H-3OAHUDDown 42: Flap one's gumsNATTERDDown 43: Vermin hunterRATTERDDown 44: When Romeo meets JulietACTONEDDown 45: Russian playwright AndreyevLEONIDDDown 47: -likeESQUEDDown 48: Insurance giantGEICODDown 50: ___ the Dragon, ruler of old WallachiaVLADDDown 53: "Yo te ___"AMODDown 54: Stat for an R.B.YDS