New York Times Answers - Friday, 31st December 2004 There are 31 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 31st December 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Got back at someone, eventuallyHADTHELASTLAUGHAAcross 16: Leave a dispute unsettledAGREETODISAGREEAAcross 17: "And I'll skip the boring part"YADDAYADDAYADDAAAcross 18: Book before Neh.EZRAAcross 19: Notable resignee: Abbr.RMNAAcross 20: Where operators stand by?: Abbr.ERSAAcross 21: Amer. moneyUSDAAcross 22: HandlesSEESTOAAcross 24: Simple problemSUMAAcross 26: InclinedASLOPEAAcross 30: RecommendationsPICKSAAcross 34: Bach's "joy of man's desiring"JESUAAcross 37: Bornean tree-dwellerORANGAAcross 39: Popular 1940's radio quiz showDRIQAAcross 40: "While ___ it …"IMATAAcross 41: Thelma's player in "Thelma & Louise"GEENAAAcross 42: RegardDEEMAAcross 43: Set, in SommeFIXEAAcross 44: Late name in Mideast politicsYASIRAAcross 45: Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!"LEVIAAcross 46: F.B.I. chief after SessionsFREEHAAcross 48: See 5-DownDESIREAAcross 50: Manufacturer's needDIEAAcross 52: One of an old film duoBACALLAAcross 56: They've been taggedITSAAcross 59: A multiple of XIXDLIAAcross 61: Monthly or quarterly, brieflyMAGAAcross 62: Swell place?SEAAAcross 63: Spinner of talesRUMPELSTILTSKINAAcross 67: "Guys and Dolls" songABUSHELANDAPECKAAcross 68: 66, e.g.NATIONALHIGHWAYDDown 1: Mount ___, peak 90 miles SSE of FairbanksHAYESDDown 2: GogglingAGAZEDDown 3: Eminem's discovererDRDREDDown 4: A TurnerTEDDDown 5: With 48-Across, deepest longingHEARTSDDown 6: One may go after the meaningETYMOLOGYDDown 7: AdvanceLOANDDown 8: Also sayADDDDown 9: TeamSIDEDDown 10: Crowned heads of oldTSARSDDown 11: StoresLAYSUPDDown 12: Bygone dignitaryAGADDown 13: Asian tongueURDUDDown 14: Some students' goals: Abbr.GEDSDDown 15: Ranch unitHEADDDown 23: Prepared porcini, e.g.SAUTEEDDDown 25: Piano primer reference pointMIDDLE CDDown 27: Companion of ArtemisOREADDDown 28: Bel ___PAESEDDown 29: Home of the Texas MotorplexENNISDDown 31: Language from which "Saskatchewan" is derivedCREEDDown 32: Mussorgsky's "The Great Gate of ___"KIEVDDown 33: 640 acres: Abbr.SQMIDDown 34: SecJIFFDDown 35: Kaffiyeh-clad commanderEMIRDDown 36: ___-Coburg, old German duchySAXEDDown 38: Conqueror of Naples, 1860GARIBALDIDDown 47: Cab Calloway's "kingdom"HIDEHODDown 49: UnkemptRAGTAGDDown 51: Popular talk showELLENDDown 53: Not evenASKEWDDown 54: Olympus competitorLEICADDown 55: Squat's oppositeLANKYDDown 56: Its flag says "God is great" 22 timesIRANDDown 57: Bass line providerTUBADDown 58: It's not cleanSMUTDDown 60: Land in el marISLADDown 61: Chi followerMINHDDown 64: Chi followerPSIDDown 65: 1960's chess champTALDDown 66: Geom. solidSPH