New York Times Answers - Friday, 12th December 1997 There are 35 across clues and 33 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 12th December 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: FitSUITEDAAcross 7: Cricket soundsCHIRRSAAcross 13: OrdinaryMUNDANEAAcross 14: More available for useHANDIERAAcross 16: Brother of Tamar, in the BibleABSALOMAAcross 17: PestiferousIRKSOMEAAcross 18: Mathematician's ordinalN-THAAcross 18: Mathematician's ordinalNTHAAcross 19: "The Lux Show" star of 50's TVCLOONEYAAcross 21: Empty (of)RIDAAcross 22: Deadline, sometimesNOONAAcross 24: Jackson and othersANNESAAcross 25: ___-Honey (candy bar)BITOAAcross 26: RegisterENROLAAcross 28: Map rtes.STSAAcross 29: Apply (for)PUT INAAcross 29: Apply (for)PUTINAAcross 30: Comics debut of 3/12/51DENNISTHEMENACEAAcross 33: Caddie's itemSCORECARDAAcross 34: Four-star ratings, sayCRITICALACCLAIMAAcross 40: Move, in a wayREPOTAAcross 41: Up to, informallyTILAAcross 42: Reddish-orangish brownHENNAAAcross 43: Order on an orderASAPAAcross 44: I.Q. test nameBINETAAcross 46: In ___ (undisturbed)SITUAAcross 47: WhupTANAAcross 48: Card game also called high-low-jackSEVEN-UPAAcross 50: McDaniel of C&WMELAAcross 51: Speak for the deadELEGIZEAAcross 53: Hauling feeDRAYAGEAAcross 55: Make like newREMODELAAcross 56: Removed by melting, e.g.ABLATEDAAcross 57: In Solomon's waySAGELYAAcross 58: Kind of roomROMPERDDown 1: Low soundSUBTONEDDown 2: Like Samson, before DelilahUNSHORNDDown 3: Gilbert and Sullivan princessIDADDown 4: Sprinkle after a showerTALCDDown 5: Part of a famous plane nameENOLADDown 6: Without reticenceDEMONSTRATIVELYDDown 7: It has a 60-year cycleCHINESECALENDARDDown 8: Small gameHARESDDown 9: Very darkINKYDDown 10: Map rtes.RDSDDown 11: 1942 Abbott and Costello movieRIORITADDown 12: Arab, e.g.SEMITICDDown 13: Kind of flightMANNEDDDown 15: Not in its original formREDONEDDown 20: At riskONTHELINEDDown 23: Going on and onNONSTOPDDown 25: ___ of joy (newborns)BUNDLESDDown 27: PermissibleLICITDDown 29: Toehold?PERCHDDown 31: Part of A.S.P.C.A.: Abbr.SOCDDown 32: Big ___MACDDown 34: Hole in the groundCRATERDDown 35: Antique dealers' dealsRESALESDDown 36: Locale in a 1964 hitIPANEMADDown 37: Provide pizazzANIMATEDDown 38: Whole thingINTEGERDDown 39: Bear-clawedMAULEDDDown 44: Automobile headlight holderBEZELDDown 45: Certain engineTURBODDown 48: Support, with "with"SIDEDDown 49: Lifeline sitePALMDDown 52: Prince in EzekielGOGDDown 54: TrapYAP