New York Times Answers - Thursday, 15th December 2005 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 15th December 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Does battleWARSAAcross 5: Name preceding "White Label"DEWARSAAcross 11: AforeEREAAcross 14: Help hold upABETAAcross 15: They're often old and wiseADAGESAAcross 16: Frame fillers in a perfect bowling gameXESAAcross 17: Exhibited severe embarrassmentWASASREDASABEETAAcross 20: Latin starsASTRAAAcross 21: Enfant's dreamREVEAAcross 22: Hebrides tongueERSEAAcross 23: Title role for Anne Baxter, 1950EVEAAcross 25: Grimace maker, maybeDETESTERAAcross 27: North Pole, for SantaADDRESSAAcross 31: It might accompany a MS.SAEAAcross 32: Stock ticker maker's inits.TAEAAcross 33: Underclassman?SERFAAcross 36: Dele undoersSTETSAAcross 40: Employees who once went up, up and awayTWASTEWARDESSESAAcross 44: Please, with "with"AGREEAAcross 45: "Your Future" sign displayerSEERAAcross 46: Time unit in basketball: Abbr.QTRAAcross 47: Hearing figs.DASAAcross 49: CheapensDEBASESAAcross 52: Uncommercial periodicalsGAZETTESAAcross 57: Output of an arachnidWEBAAcross 58: TestifyAVERAAcross 59: Essayist/novelist JamesAGEEAAcross 61: Relative of a boltSCREWAAcross 65: Approximates the time of completionSETSATARGETDATEAAcross 68: The Eisenhower years, e.g.ERAAAcross 69: Aquatic "grasses"SEDGESAAcross 70: "Housewife" Longoria et al.EVASAAcross 71: Teresa and Helena: Abbr.STSAAcross 72: Say forcefullyASSERTAAcross 73: Rear end of a slug?FESTDDown 1: Electric guitar effectWAWADDown 2: Tunic toppersABASDDown 3: Take tenRESTDDown 4: EyerSTARERDDown 5: Ladies' org. since 1890DARDDown 6: Ems-Weser Canal feederEDERDDown 7: Had water up to one's anklesWADEDDDown 8: Tequila sourceAGAVEDDown 9: You push these at bowling alleys and on VCR'sRESETSDDown 10: Lifeline for srs.SSADDown 11: Nudge (oneself)EXERTDDown 12: Originator of a popular peanut butter cupREESEDDown 13: Dimethyl sulfate, e.g.ESTERDDown 18: Not spendSAVEDDown 19: AssailsBESETSDDown 24: Start of North Carolina's mottoESSEDDown 26: RelaxationEASEDDown 27: Encouraging start?ATTADDown 28: TV toon Deputy ___DAWGDDown 29: TurtledoveDEARDDown 30: EmbroidersSEWSDDown 34: Leachman replaced her on "The Facts of Life"RAEDDown 35: Ethel's sitcom husbandFREDDDown 37: Honorifics for attys.ESQSDDown 38: Tours headTETEDDown 39: Lith. and Ukr., onceSSRSDDown 41: Lighted-candle occasionsSEDERSDDown 42: Animal milk sourceTEATDDown 43: SketchedDREWDDown 48: North and South DakotaSTATESDDown 50: Informal letter closingBESTDDown 51: Alphabet startABCDEFDDown 52: Terrific times, slangilyGASESDDown 53: Not let happenAVERTDDown 54: Olympian Z'sZETASDDown 55: "Criminy!"EGADSDDown 56: Durable fabricSERGEDDown 60: It flows to the ElbeEGERDDown 62: RantRAVEDDown 63: Guesstimates at J.F.K.ETASDDown 64: Early Hollywood sex symbolWESTDDown 66: High ___ kiteASADDown 67: The Atl. Coast is on itEST