New York Times Answers - Saturday, 21st December 2002 There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 21st December 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Decision-making placeCROSSROADSAAcross 11: Teatimes: Abbr.AFTSAAcross 15: DivedHIT THE DIRTAAcross 16: Nautical adverbALEEAAcross 17: One who knows what's up?ASTRONOMERAAcross 18: They're not good to be behindBARSAAcross 19: LongerDESIRERAAcross 20: Island divided almost in half by the EquatorSUMATRAAAcross 22: NonsharerPIGAAcross 23: AboutASTOAAcross 24: Unlike Ike: Abbr.DEMAAcross 25: Question from behind a counterWHOSNEXTAAcross 29: Place for an ace?SLEEVEAAcross 31: Yangtze feederHANAAcross 32: Legal analyst Van SusterenGRETAAAcross 34: HuesTONESAAcross 35: "A Little Bitty Tear" hit maker, 1962IVESAAcross 37: Warning before a bite, perhapsSNARLAAcross 39: BegetSIREAAcross 40: DillyPEACHAAcross 42: Be for a timeACT ASAAcross 44: FeastedATEAAcross 45: TizzyLATHERAAcross 47: Enclosed in a shellKERNELEDAAcross 49: Revelation responseAHAAAcross 50: Extinct relatives of ostrichesMOASAAcross 52: Joint Chiefs member: Abbr.GENAAcross 53: Novel needSETTINGAAcross 55: One often ending sentences with "man"BEATNIKAAcross 59: Very slim marginHAIRAAcross 60: Major attar sourceDAMASK ROSEAAcross 62: "Aunt" with a "Cope Book"ERMAAAcross 63: When restrictions are liftedOPENSEASONAAcross 64: OriginateSTEMAAcross 65: Mysterious swimmerSEA SERPENTDDown 1: Hanger-on at the polls?CHADDDown 2: Irked reactionRISEDDown 3: Legendary Giant's familyOTTSDDown 4: Comics collectionSTRIPSDDown 5: Support systemSHORINGDDown 6: Inconstant peopleRENEGERSDDown 7: One may be disagreeableODORDDown 8: It's taken before firingAIMDDown 9: Prepare to cookDRESSDDown 10: Car barsSTRUTSDDown 11: "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" rhyme schemeAABADDown 12: "Absolutely not," e.g.FLATDENIALDDown 13: Grayish-green palette pigmentTERREVERTEDDown 14: Kind of bunSESAME SEEDDDown 21: What some birds doMOLTDDown 23: StormsATTACKSDDown 25: Affects adversely, as by a sudden changeWHIPLASHESDDown 26: Don't be cruelHAVEAHEARTDDown 27: Shout to an impatient crowdONE AT A TIMEDDown 28: Spinoff of TV's "Hercules"XENADDown 30: Daughter of HyperionEOSDDown 33: Works in la galeríaARTEDDown 36: Examination location: Abbr.SCHDDown 38: Generous giftsLARGESSEDDown 41: Powerful auto engineHEMIDDown 43: It's fit to be tiedSNEAKERDDown 46: Sonata sectionsRONDOSDDown 48: GinENTRAPDDown 51: Apparently amazedAGAPEDDown 54: Roller in a pitTRAMDDown 55: Declares off-limitsBANSDDown 56: Very slim marginNOSEDDown 57: "The pressure ___"ISONDDown 58: Smallville surnameKENTDDown 61: Latin possessiveMEA