New York Times Answers - Saturday, 24th December 2005 There are 31 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 24th December 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: 1906 novel that helped produce widespread social reformsTHEJUNGLEAAcross 10: Certain League membersARABSAAcross 15: TroublingVEXATIOUSAAcross 16: Canon rivalRICOHAAcross 17: Post production?GRAPENUTSAAcross 18: Ellen who won three Emmys between 1973 and 1976CORBYAAcross 19: FitABLEAAcross 20: Thousands, slangilyGEESAAcross 22: Old intelligence org.OSSAAcross 23: Part of a modern soldier's addressMILAAcross 24: Floor exercise, in BritainPRESS-UPAAcross 27: Chiropterologist's interestBATAAcross 28: Gloomy thistle-eater of children's litEEYOREAAcross 30: French writer who coined the phrase "Facts are stubborn things"LESAGEAAcross 32: Hinge of a palindromeMIDDLELETTERAAcross 36: Henry Higgins and othersMALECHAUVINISTSAAcross 39: Demonizing, with "of"THINKINGEVILAAcross 40: First ___ (title for Napoleon)CONSULAAcross 41: "I'm dying, Egypt, dying" speakerANTONYAAcross 45: Word of supportAYEAAcross 46: Chromium usePLATINGAAcross 50: It has some crustPIEAAcross 51: Apt. specsRMSAAcross 52: GobSCADAAcross 53: First star ever photographed, 1850VEGAAAcross 54: They greet each other by pressing their noses togetherMAORIAAcross 57: Scrapbook fodderCLIPPINGSAAcross 60: Needle holdersETUISAAcross 61: Nobelist who proposed a League of PeaceROOSEVELTAAcross 62: CanLET GOAAcross 63: Ends of the earthANTIPODESDDown 1: It may be blacked outTVGAMEDDown 2: Bug with red and blue stripesHERBIEDDown 3: Germany to Russia, in W.W. IIEXALLYDDown 4: JokeJAPEDDown 5: Endangered Great Basin languageUTEDDown 6: "The Four-Chambered Heart" novelistNINDDown 7: SoakGOUGEDDown 8: Pegbox holdersLUTESDDown 9: Some driving testsESSESDDown 10: Cissoid segmentARCDDown 11: Blanco or NegroRIODDown 12: Ones seeking steady work?ACROBATSDDown 13: Star of two of 1990's top 15 Nielsen-rated showsBOBSAGETDDown 14: Ambulance chasersSHYSTERSDDown 21: Heavyweight champ, 1882-92SULLIVANDDown 24: Raise attentivelyPRICK UPDDown 25: Prairie region in Kansas rich in gypsum and ironREDHILLSDDown 26: Pounding, in a wayPEENINGDDown 29: AuspicesOMENSDDown 31: Relative of an avocetSTILTDDown 33: Degree in martial artsDANDDown 34: SchlepLUGDDown 35: Christmas ___EVEDDown 36: Where Elijah defeated the prophets of BaalMTCARMELDDown 37: Salty hailAHOYMATEDDown 38: Hits hard, to no effectLINESOUTDDown 42: Spread outOPENEDDDown 43: PettifogNIGGLEDDown 44: Froth producersYEASTSDDown 47: Capital served by Kotoka International AirportACCRADDown 48: Clutch performer?TALONDDown 49: DipIDIOTDDown 53: Lively, on scoresVIVODDown 55: Shell assetRIGDDown 56: Metric prefixISODDown 58: 23rd of 24 lettersPSIDDown 59: VinegarPEP