New York Times Answers - Friday, 7th May 2010 There are 34 across clues and 34 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 7th May 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Not just a mess-up, in modern lingoEPICFAILAAcross 9: NecessaryNEEDBEAAcross 15: Alternative to Holiday InnLAQUINTAAAcross 16: First name that's feminine in English and masculine in ItalianANDREAAAcross 17: Picker-uppers?ANTENNASAAcross 18: Steps taken on a farm?STILESAAcross 19: Ball holdersTEESAAcross 20: Nickname since 1959ALOHA STATEAAcross 22: "___ you!"ITSAAcross 23: Fern featureSPOREAAcross 24: Voiceless, in phoneticsSURDAAcross 25: National capital on a river of the same nameOTTAWAAAcross 27: Dinner ___DATEAAcross 30: Union opponentREBAAcross 31: Big company located in Times SquareNASDAQAAcross 32: Salesperson who may give you a ringAVONLADYAAcross 34: Knock out, in a wayDRUGAAcross 36: Film character who lives to be 877YODAAAcross 37: Swiss cheese ingredientCOWS' MILKAAcross 41: Step on the way to the Olympics, maybeTRIALSAAcross 45: Old Spanish queenENAAAcross 46: With 35-Down, something meant to be shakenSNOWAAcross 47: Naturally brightSUNLITAAcross 48: High-school put-downNERDAAcross 50: Drainage areaBASINAAcross 52: Big inits. in campingKOAAAcross 53: Musician nicknamed El ReyTITOPUENTEAAcross 56: Guilt symptomPANGAAcross 57: Support in a stadiumROOT ONAAcross 58: Staple of classic rock, informallyZEPPELINAAcross 60: StillAT RESTAAcross 61: Spread out over time, in a wayAMORTIZEAAcross 62: Welcome cry for the seasickLANDHOAAcross 63: SlursASPERSESDDown 1: RaptureELATIONDDown 2: C.I.A. director under ObamaPANETTADDown 3: Battery used to measure brightness?IQTESTSDDown 4: Providers of tips for improving one's English?CUESDDown 5: Five bonesFINDDown 6: "True Blood" actressANNAPAQUINDDown 7: ___-Ethiopian War, 1935-36ITALODDown 8: His #2 was retired in 1997LASORDADDown 9: Org. with the motto "For the benefit of all"NASADDown 10: Docs with penlightsENTSDDown 11: Shortens, maybeEDITSDDown 12: Big name in radio adviceDRLAURADDown 13: Really embarrassed, perhapsBEETREDDDown 14: Passed effortlesslyEASEDBYDDown 21: Emotionally tough to takeHEAVYDDown 23: They're all abuzzSWARMSDDown 26: ElaboratesADDSDDown 28: Treat on a stickTOOTSIEPOPDDown 29: Evasive maneuverEND RUNDDown 33: Gone flat?LAINDDown 35: See 46-AcrossGLOBEDDown 37: KeyCENTRALDDown 38: The tiniest bitONEIOTADDown 39: Opposite of pacificWAR-TORNDDown 40: Annual celebration with candlesKWANZAADDown 42: They're basicALKALISDDown 43: Put on a pedestalLIONIZEDDown 44: Symbol of chastitySTAGNESDDown 49: Lavished gifts (on)DOTEDDDown 51: Cuts offSTEMSDDown 54: DeluxePOSHDDown 55: "Come ___ these yellow sands": "The Tempest"UNTODDown 56: Czech-born N.H.L.'er Sykora or PruchaPETRDDown 59: Lead-in to washPRE