New York Times Answers - Thursday, 1st March 2012 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 1st March 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across)AFFIXAAcross 6: ForwardAHEADAAcross 11: Players who spend most of their time on the bench, brieflyDHSAAcross 14: ___ Club, 1930s-'60s New York hot spotSTORKAAcross 15: Peer of EllingtonBASIEAAcross 16: Fish of the genus MoringuaEELAAcross 17: Unnecessary words cluttering wise sayings?PROVERBIAGEAAcross 19: Rai ___ (Italian TV channel)TREAAcross 20: Google resultsHITSAAcross 21: Dropper?OAFAAcross 22: See 36-DownPERONAAcross 24: ___ Shuffle (boxing move)ALIAAcross 25: Threat in "Armageddon"?DISASTEROIDAAcross 28: Salad bar tidbitLENTILAAcross 30: Pile of glacial debrisMORAINEAAcross 31: When repeated, words before "burning bright" to start a William Blake poemTYGERAAcross 32: BarkWOOFAAcross 34: Nap finish?STERAAcross 35: Good place for a picnic?REPASTUREAAcross 38: German interjectionsACHSAAcross 41: Honor His Honor, sayRISEAAcross 42: Pushes forURGESAAcross 46: Fly-catching birdsPHOEBESAAcross 48: OutABSENTAAcross 49: Like a tenacious sibling?PERSISTERLYAAcross 52: Nutritional fig.RDAAAcross 53: Additions and deletions, sayEDITSAAcross 54: SoakSOPAAcross 55: Old DodgeOMNIAAcross 56: Sharp-edged toolADZAAcross 57: "We've taken the city, but can we defend it?"?CONQUESTIONAAcross 61: Festa de ___ JoãoSAOAAcross 62: Native parka wearerALEUTAAcross 63: Sharp-crested ridgeARETEAAcross 64: Directional endingERNAAcross 65: Peter who directed "The Dresser"YATESAAcross 66: Like an unlucky encierro participantGOREDDDown 1: Urban playground surfaceASPHALTDDown 2: Kansas mil. post built in 1853FTRILEYDDown 3: SupportFOOTINGDDown 4: Sportscaster Cross and othersIRVSDDown 5: Classic JaguarXKEDDown 6: Arafat successorABBASDDown 7: Israel's third-largest cityHAIFADDown 8: That: Sp.ESADDown 9: Insurance giant on the N.Y.S.E.AIGDDown 10: Further inDEEPERDDown 11: City named after the French for "strait"DETROITDDown 12: Princess Leia, e.g.HEROINEDDown 13: Not Rubens's typeSLENDERDDown 18: AgitateROILDDown 23: They can be felt in a classroomERASERSDDown 25: ExtremeDIREDDown 26: Belted, in the BibleSMOTEDDown 27: It's sold in tubsTOFUDDown 29: Least windyTERSESTDDown 32: Top of a bottomWAISTDDown 33: Former intelligence agcy.OSSDDown 36: Three-term title for 22-Across: Abbr.PRESDDown 37: Like some lipsRUBYDDown 38: Quiet, in a wayAPPEASEDDown 39: Cheeseburger cheeseCHEDDARDDown 40: A ship may appear on itHORIZONDDown 43: More likely to make you sick, sayGERMIERDDown 44: PostscriptENDNOTEDDown 45: Like some glass or woodSTAINEDDDown 47: Europe's Bay of ___BISCAYDDown 48: L'Eiger, e.g.ALPEDDown 50: -likeESQUEDDown 51: RunawaysROUTSDDown 55: Spanish alternative?OTRODDown 58: Brazilian greetingOLADDown 59: Take homeNETDDown 60: Not stay all the way upSAG