New York Times Answers - Saturday, 31st December 2005 There are 29 across clues and 44 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 31st December 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Some baitINSECTSAAcross 8: Best-selling novel featuring lawyer Mitch McDeereTHEFIRMAAcross 15: Central Vermont, e.g.MOUNTAINOUSAREAAAcross 17: Element of ironyOPPOSITEMEANINGAAcross 18: Ship, to a poetKEELAAcross 19: Not separateWEDAAcross 20: Possessive on a Chinese menuTSOSAAcross 21: Semidome sitesAPSESAAcross 25: Cry of disbeliefPAHAAcross 26: Son of Prince ValiantARNAAcross 29: Far from welcomingICYAAcross 30: ___-MexCALAAcross 32: CutLOPAAcross 35: Not take risksBEONTHESAFESIDEAAcross 39: Neighbor of a PrussianALSACELORRAINERAAcross 40: Unsentimental practicalityTOUGHMINDEDNESSAAcross 41: F1 neighborESCAAcross 42: He played Sam on "Cheers"TEDAAcross 43: Expert finish?ISEAAcross 44: Rob Roy's rejectionNAEAAcross 45: Movie inits.HBOAAcross 47: Related Nobel-winning physicistsBOHRSAAcross 49: Film critic BalázsBELAAAcross 51: "I get it!"AHAAAcross 53: They have no graceOAFSAAcross 57: 1994 Christopher Walken comedyABUSINESSAFFAIRAAcross 62: TownsmanLOCALINHABITANTAAcross 63: Dry, in a wayINKLESSAAcross 64: SailGOBYSEADDown 1: Comment after an accidentIMOKDDown 2: Informal rejectionNOPEDDown 3: Apartment V.I.P.SUPEDDown 4: Col. Paul Tibbets's motherENOLADDown 5: Pieces of bread?: Abbr.CTSDDown 6: Popular sushi fishTAIDDown 7: Host's invitationSITDDown 8: Substantial volumeTOMEDDown 9: In colorHUEDDDown 10: Spanish pronounESADDown 11: Coca-Cola Company brandFANTADDown 12: Material for tablecloths and doiliesIRISHLINENDDown 13: City named for a Civil War generalRENODDown 14: They're often sold with papersMAGSDDown 16: IntelligenceNEWSDDown 22: TargetPITCHTODDown 23: ProjectSCHEMEDDown 24: Shadow siteEYELIDDDown 25: One before a tribunal, maybePLEADERDDown 26: ModerateABATEDDown 27: Slangy movesRELOSDDown 28: "It didn't work out"NOSUCHLUCKDDown 30: Part of many workouts, informallyCARDIODDown 31: From the topAFRESHDDown 33: Ukrainian port, to nativesODESADDown 34: As suchPER SEDDown 34: As suchPERSEDDown 36: Peck atNAGDDown 37: Many a deliverySONDDown 38: Anger, e.g.SINDDown 46: PrimaryBASALDDown 47: Big doBASHDDown 48: Movable typeSOFTYDDown 49: Part of IndonesiaBALIDDown 50: Dark, in verseEBONDDown 51: French cordial flavoringANISDDown 52: Natural incubatorsHENSDDown 54: Some batteriesAAASDDown 55: Something to be slapped withFINEDDown 56: Abbr. on Mexican mailSRTADDown 58: Part of l'IndonésieILEDDown 59: Decline in priceSAGDDown 60: Typing systemABODDown 61: Inconsequential inventionFIB