New York Times Answers - Thursday, 21st December 2000 There are 37 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 21st December 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: French registry listingsNOMSAAcross 5: Rule opposed by GandhiRAJAAcross 8: "Gesundheit!" evokerAHCHOOAAcross 14: Before longINAWHILEAAcross 16: Dover neighborCALAISAAcross 17: Drop inCOME OVERAAcross 17: Drop inCOMEOVERAAcross 18: Govt. investmentsTBILLSAAcross 19: Big-shouldered game bird?HUMPBACKQUAILAAcross 21: Inspiration for YeatsERATOAAcross 22: Money in ChinaYUANAAcross 23: It's tied at the backOBIAAcross 26: WoebegoneSADAAcross 29: Inn servingALEAAcross 30: Pocketful of doughWADAAcross 31: Challenge authoritySASSAAcross 35: Greenish-yellow pearBOSCAAcross 37: Artful Dodger?REESEAAcross 39: Select speedy news-gatherers?PICKQUICKPAPERSAAcross 42: Pianist ClaudioARRAUAAcross 43: ShoelacesTIESAAcross 44: Gray area: Abbr.ANATAAcross 45: 21-Across, for oneDEAAAcross 46: Period in the earth's historyEONAAcross 48: Artful Dodger, e.g.DIPAAcross 50: Subj. for skepticsE.S.P.AAcross 50: Subj. for skepticsESPAAcross 51: "... maids all in ___"AROWAAcross 53: SmidgensIOTASAAcross 58: Is not apt to write right?HASAWEAKQUILLAAcross 62: PicturesqueSCENICAAcross 64: MistreatmentILL-USAGEAAcross 65: "___ be the day!"THATLLAAcross 66: Good source for Vitamin CLIME TREEAAcross 67: Yam user?POPEYEAAcross 68: Telecommunications acronymLANAAcross 69: Cutty ___SARKDDown 1: CubbyholeNICHEDDown 2: "We're ___ way!"ONOURDDown 3: Bambino watcherMAMMADDown 4: Thoroughly searchedSWEPTDDown 5: Horse-racing Hall-of-Famer ___ RidgeRIVADDown 6: 1960's P.M. ___ Douglas-HomeALECDDown 7: UnevenJERKYDDown 8: De factoACTUALDDown 9: Slow Cuban danceHABANERADDown 10: Mid-2nd-century dateCLIIDDown 11: Frightening timeHALLOWE'ENDDown 11: Frightening timeHALLOWEENDDown 12: Standard stuffOILDDown 13: 1940's spy org.OSSDDown 15: WanderersHOBOSDDown 20: Relative of "honked"QUACKEDDDown 24: Port on the Shatt-al-ArabBASRADDown 25: Explanation precederID ESTDDown 27: Egypt's ___ SimbelABUDDown 28: "Stop procrastinating!"DOITNOWDDown 31: DiggerSPADEDDown 32: Buenos ___AIRESDDown 33: DumpSCRAPHEAPDDown 34: Relative of reggaeSKADDown 36: Poli ___SCIDDown 38: Smog-regulating grp.E.P.A.DDown 38: Smog-regulating grp.EPADDown 40: How a stomach might react to strange foodQUEASILYDDown 41: Kind of particlePSIDDown 47: Answer giverORACLEDDown 49: Ballet step on tiptoe without bending the kneePIQUEDDown 52: "One Touch of Venus" composerWEILLDDown 54: BumpsOUSTSDDown 55: Pageant wearTIARADDown 56: Popular early serials writerALGERDDown 57: Well-groomedSLEEKDDown 59: Money to play withANTEDDown 60: Others, to OctavianALIADDown 61: J train?KLMNDDown 62: Fuel additive brandS.T.P.DDown 62: Fuel additive brandSTPDDown 63: Comedienne MargaretCHO