New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 2nd March 2016 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 2nd March 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Beg pardon ..."AHEMAAcross 5: Help in a heistABETAAcross 9: Looked slack-jawedGAPEDAAcross 14: Like a neat bedMADEAAcross 15: King noted for saying "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"LEARAAcross 16: Still in the runningALIVEAAcross 17: "This won't hurt ___!"A BITAAcross 18: Setting for the highest-grossing movie of 1939TARAAAcross 19: George whose name is a lead-in to "film"LUCASAAcross 20: Politician in charge of pasta?ZITICOUNCILMANAAcross 23: Early anestheticETHERAAcross 24: ___-Drive, popular light-powered watchECOAAcross 25: Dice tossesROLLSAAcross 29: Hang in thereENDUREAAcross 34: Comfy shoeMOCAAcross 37: Means of transportation in "Cinderella"COACHAAcross 39: "Am I my brother's keeper?" brotherABELAAcross 40: Pasta, apparently?ORZOITWOULDSEEMAAcross 44: Circus horn honkerSEALAAcross 45: Cotton candy, mostlySUGARAAcross 46: Original "King Kong" studioRKOAAcross 47: Corrida combatantTOREROAAcross 50: Some used cars, informallyREPOSAAcross 52: Hole makerAWLAAcross 54: Orchard Field, todayOHAREAAcross 58: Card game with pasta for stakes?PENNEANTEPOKERAAcross 64: Philip Morris brandMERITAAcross 65: Word said with a handshakeDEALAAcross 66: Latvia's capitalRIGAAAcross 67: In the same wayALIKEAAcross 68: 1996 Gwyneth Paltrow title roleEMMAAAcross 69: H H HETASAAcross 70: Knight's mountSTEEDAAcross 71: "Angels We Have Heard on High," e.g.NOELAAcross 72: Mentally togetherSANEDDown 1: WowAMAZEDDown 2: Something to kick or breakHABITDDown 3: British poet/critic SitwellEDITHDDown 4: Job at which one excelsMETIERDDown 5: Certain saxALTODDown 6: Lover boyBEAUDDown 7: Yield, as interestEARNDDown 8: Tiny amountTRACEDDown 9: Tank unitGALLONDDown 10: Reunion attendee, brieflyALUMDDown 11: 12-point typePICADDown 12: Hunter who wrote "The Blackboard Jungle"EVANDDown 13: ___ MoinesDESDDown 21: Spring bloomsCROCIDDown 22: Cap material?ICEDDown 26: Sotheby's collectionLOTDDown 27: There are three for motionLAWSDDown 28: Search all overSCOURDDown 30: Court figures, brieflyDASDDown 31: Foe of the taxi industryUBERDDown 32: Stink to high heavenREEKDDown 33: Muppet who speaks in a falsettoELMODDown 34: Ending with second or upperMOSTDDown 35: Dessert item that was clued as "Mountain: Comb. form" in old crosswordsOREODDown 36: White House policy chiefCZARDDown 38: Donald Trump catchwordHUGEDDown 41: Bullring cheerOLEDDown 42: Cat's seat, maybeLAPDDown 43: Show exhaustionDROOPDDown 48: Went on a tiradeRANTEDDDown 49: Be in hockOWEDDown 51: Beach resort localesSHORESDDown 53: Filled with cargoLADENDDown 55: Muscular Japanese dogAKITADDown 56: Daughter of 15-AcrossREGANDDown 57: ExpungeERASEDDown 58: Clobber with snowballs, sayPELTDDown 59: The Gem City, so-called because of its sparkling lakeERIEDDown 60: Greek figure on many a trophyNIKEDDown 61: Jules Verne captainNEMODDown 62: Broken, as a broncoTAMEDDown 63: President Chaim Weizmann was on its first flightELALDDown 64: Some postgrad degreesMAS