New York Times Answers - Thursday, 7th March 2013 There are 35 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 7th March 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Difficult political situationPOTATOAAcross 7: ChiliPEPPERAAcross 13: Tennis world since 1968OPENERAAAcross 15: Dan who drew "Archie"DECARLOAAcross 16: Movable propertyCHATTELAAcross 17: Good news on the economyUPTRENDAAcross 18: Plop precederKERAAcross 19: Digital doughECASHAAcross 21: So-called "Wheat Capital of Oklahoma"ENIDAAcross 22: One "coming" in a Three Dog Night hitELIAAcross 23: Big maker of power toolsSKILAAcross 24: European capital that's majority-MuslimTIRANEAAcross 26: Ex-Yankee MartinezTINOAAcross 28: Eisner's successor at DisneyIGERAAcross 30: Western Sahara neighbor: Abbr.MORAAcross 31: SlumpsSAGSAAcross 32: What honor students often haveAAVERAGESAAcross 35: Third base, in baseball lingo ... or a hint for answering eight other clues in this puzzleHOTCORNERAAcross 37: Means of divinationTEALEAVESAAcross 39: Shem's eldest sonELAMAAcross 43: 1960 chess champTALAAcross 44: Debate positionANTIAAcross 45: George Takei TV and film roleSULUAAcross 46: Formal "yes"ITISSOAAcross 48: "Did I do ___?"THATAAcross 52: Fraternity lettersNUSAAcross 53: ___ FieldCITIAAcross 54: Slate, for oneEZINEAAcross 55: Frequent abbr. in BBC announcementsGMTAAcross 56: Crusty rollsKAISERSAAcross 59: Marathoner's assetSTAMINAAAcross 61: GirdENSTEELAAcross 62: Study groupSEMINARAAcross 63: Real good-lookerTAMALEAAcross 64: Showed offDOGGEDDDown 1: Snacks in the frozen food aislePOCKETSDDown 2: "Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind" speakerOPHELIADDown 3: Making the rent?TEARINGDDown 4: Army ___ANTDDown 5: Heads overseas?TETESDDown 6: Hoover rivalORECKDDown 7: EnergyPEPDDown 8: Outer: PrefixECTDDown 9: Certain kitchen knifePARERDDown 10: John is a common onePRENAMEDDown 11: Current events?ELNINOSDDown 12: Lover of souped-up enginesRODDERDDown 14: Jai ___ALAIDDown 15: "Well, yeah!"DUHDDown 20: Plum brandySLIVOVITZDDown 24: Beach sightsTERNSDDown 25: "Dies ___"IRAEDDown 27: Workplace watchdog, in briefOSHADDown 29: "The Hoax" star, 2006GEREDDown 32: "... ___'clock scholar"ATENODDown 33: "... to skin ___"ACATDDown 34: Advanced deg. testsGRESDDown 36: Spanish wavesOLASDDown 37: James Bond's lover in "From Russia With Love"TATIANADDown 38: Undemocratic tendencyELITISMDDown 40: Thrusting suddenlyLUNGINGDDown 41: Barnard grads, e.g.ALUMNAEDDown 42: Spicy pretzel dipMUSTARDDDown 43: It's hard to scoreTICKETDDown 47: Blues vocalist ___ Monica ParkerSISTADDown 49: Kettle soundHISSDDown 50: Put upANTEDDDown 51: Latin lover's wordsTEAMODDown 54: Subj. for recent arrivals, maybeESLDDown 57: Electric ___EELDDown 58: "Riddle me, riddle me ___"REEDDown 60: Red fighterMIG