New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 20th October 2009 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 20th October 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Composer KurtWEILLAAcross 6: Basketball backboard attachmentHOOPAAcross 10: It's the truthFACTAAcross 14: "Are not!" retortAMTOOAAcross 15: Dame who's a hootEDNAAAcross 16: Jacob's twinESAUAAcross 17: View from the Oval OfficeROSE GARDENAAcross 19: Madams' partnersSIRSAAcross 20: Grab ___ (eat on the run)ABITEAAcross 21: Wrecks beyond repairTOTALSAAcross 23: Stay-at-home ___DADAAcross 25: Premium Scotch whiskeyCHIVASREGALAAcross 28: Sportscaster HershiserORELAAcross 30: Sip from a flaskNIPAAcross 31: Greeted the morningAROSEAAcross 32: First-rateCLASSAAAcross 35: Tandoori-baked breadNAANAAcross 37: Event featuring sports stars of yesteryearOLDTIMERSGAMEAAcross 42: Not a copy: Abbr.ORIGAAcross 43: New York's ___ SquareHERALDAAcross 45: "Your 15 minutes of fame ___!"AREUPAAcross 49: Litter box visitorCATAAcross 51: Sushi bar soupMISOAAcross 52: Pastry sold at pizzeriasSAUSAGE ROLLAAcross 56: Safety device eschewed by the Flying WallendasNETAAcross 57: Levels of societySTRATAAAcross 58: Like an unborn baby's positionFETALAAcross 60: 10 C-notesTHOUAAcross 61: Make an abrupt change ... and a hint to this puzzle's themeSHIFTGEARSAAcross 66: Passbook amts.DEPSAAcross 67: Smooth, as the wayPAVEAAcross 68: Kovacs of early TVERNIEAAcross 69: Word after Bay or grayAREAAAcross 70: Eyelid woeSTYEAAcross 71: Aid in pulling an all-nighterNODOZDDown 1: It was hell, to ShermanWARDDown 2: Punk rock subgenreEMODDown 3: "You're on!"ITSADEALDDown 4: Leopold's 1920s co-defendantLOEBDDown 5: Mr. Spock's forteLOGICDDown 6: Found on this pageHEREINDDown 7: Like a "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" itemODDDDown 8: Cyclops eye countONEDDown 9: TrousersPANTSDDown 10: Addams Family uncleFESTERDDown 11: Panini cheeseASIAGODDown 12: France's Bruni-Sarkozy and othersCARLASDDown 13: Bit of a fightTUSSLEDDown 18: Greece's capital, in its airport codeATHDDown 22: Tropicana fruitORANGEDDown 23: ___ HollidayDOCDDown 24: Folkie GuthrieARLODDown 26: Partner of oilVINEGARDDown 27: On ___ with (equal to)APARDDown 29: Drug sold on blotting paperLSDDDown 33: Visit while on the road, as a motelSTOPATDDown 34: BroadcastAIRDDown 36: ___ WednesdayASHDDown 38: Prey for owlsMICEDDown 39: Biceps' placeARMDDown 40: The rest of the U.S., to HawaiiansMAINLANDDDown 41: "You're something ___!"ELSEDDown 44: Preceder of com or orgDOTDDown 45: #2 in a prosecutor's office: Abbr.ASSTDADDown 46: Newsman DanRATHERDDown 47: Chunnel's homeEUROPEDDown 48: Patriotic chantUSAUSADDown 50: Chewy coating for an appleTOFFEEDDown 53: Says while chokingGASPSDDown 54: Tennis do-overLETDDown 55: Three-star U.S. Army officerLTGENDDown 59: Commercial prefix with "flot"AERODDown 62: Busby or derbyHATDDown 63: Wall creeperIVYDDown 64: Ipanema's localeRIODDown 65: "___ who?"SEZ