New York Times Answers - Saturday, 2nd December 2006 There are 34 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 2nd December 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Closing barsTAPSAAcross 5: Leaves for dinnerSWISS CHARDAAcross 15: "The Green Hornet" trumpeterHIRTAAcross 16: Mixed drink?WINE COOLERAAcross 17: WhereaboutsAREAAAcross 18: Roosevelt Island localeANTARCTICAAAcross 19: Boxer on the cover of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"LISTONAAcross 21: Battle of Endor fighterEWOKAAcross 22: SubmitBOWAAcross 23: Brand of chipsINTELAAcross 24: Thin fastenerBRADAAcross 25: Anita Loos's autobiographical "A ___ Like I"GIRLAAcross 26: LotsAGOODMANYAAcross 28: Musical notation pioneerGUIDOAAcross 29: BlowsFLUBSAAcross 30: HamperBASKETAAcross 31: LegsSTAMINAAAcross 34: Light housecoatsDUSTERSAAcross 35: It's said to be everythingTIMINGAAcross 36: Third highest trump in card gamesBASTAAAcross 37: Saxophonist great, familiarlyTRANEAAcross 38: Common reply to a parent's demandDOIHAVETOAAcross 42: Plain sightHERDAAcross 43: Inner earsCOBSAAcross 44: Ranger, e.g.NHLERAAcross 45: Alexander Pope's "Solitude," e.g.ODEAAcross 46: Unlocked?BALDAAcross 47: Hybrid women's clothingSKORTSAAcross 48: JackpotMOTHER LODEAAcross 51: Actress Petty of "A League of Their Own"LORIAAcross 52: Park Avenue retailer?AUTODEALERAAcross 53: CrossSPANAAcross 54: Not the biggest thoroughfare in townSTOPSTREETAAcross 55: FlapTO-DODDown 1: Name shared by a Grace and a MuseTHALIADDown 2: Putting onAIRINGDDown 3: FastPRESTODDown 4: AttitudeSTATE OF MINDDDown 5: Sweet ___ of Avon (epithet for Shakespeare)SWANDDown 6: One in column A?WINDDown 7: Washington postsINTERNSDDown 8: Main laneSEAWAYDDown 9: Provincetown entreeSCRODDDown 10: TiltCOCKDDown 11: InHOTDDown 12: One making excusesALIBIIKEDDown 13: Black boxRECORDERDDown 14: Decide by chanceDRAWLOTSDDown 20: ConservativeOLD-LINEDDown 20: ConservativeOLDLINEDDown 24: Dessert whose name means "peasant woman"BABADDown 25: English composer of the opera "The Perfect Fool"GUSTAVHOLSTDDown 27: Kind of beanMUNGDDown 28: Regular container?GAS TANKDDown 30: AmateurishBUSHDDown 31: Columbus discovery of 1493ST. THOMASDDown 32: WipedTIREDOUTDDown 33: Alabama slammer ingredientAMARETTODDown 34: Toaster setting?DAISDDown 36: Author of the memoir "One Soldier's Story"BOBDOLEDDown 38: Thing that shrinks when inflated?DOLLARDDown 39: Cheap cigar, slangilyELROPODDown 40: Monopoly's railroads, e.g.TETRADDDown 41: "If music be the food of love, play on" speakerORSINODDown 43: Addition symbolCARETDDown 46: SacksBEDSDDown 47: GE Building muralistSERTDDown 49: SpringHOPDDown 50: Grand finale?DEE