New York Times Answers - Saturday, 16th December 2006 There are 36 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 16th December 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Faux finishSILENTXAAcross 8: Ancient fertility goddessASTARTEAAcross 15: A position of prominenceTHEFOREAAcross 16: Fundamental groupTHREERSAAcross 17: Pedigree, e.g.DOG FOODAAcross 18: Father's Day gift, perhapsTIE CLIPAAcross 19: Prefix with centerEPIAAcross 20: BowwowsPOOCHESAAcross 22: Wait at the motor vehicle bureau, sayEONAAcross 23: Ball materialNERFAAcross 25: Closer to perfectionPURERAAcross 26: Its motto is "Lux et veritas"YALEAAcross 27: Capri, e.g.ISOLAAAcross 29: IdentifyTAGAAcross 30: AlterRESEWAAcross 31: Scarlatti's "Capriccio," e.g.SONATAAAcross 33: ComposesTYPESETSAAcross 35: Kind of supportTECHAAcross 37: When doubled, a shore dinner orderMAHIAAcross 38: 1988 Burt Reynolds flopRENTACOPAAcross 42: Persian attractionCATNIPAAcross 46: Time after retiring?ONEAMAAcross 47: General Mills brandKIXAAcross 49: Tundra or rain forestBIOMEAAcross 50: 1960's soul record labelSTAXAAcross 51: Back parts of keelsSKEGSAAcross 53: Suffix with gameSTERAAcross 54: Flight board abbr.ARRAAcross 55: Headdress wearerPHARAOHAAcross 57: CallUMPAAcross 58: Home of the Moai statuesRAPANUIAAcross 60: Certain Playgirl centerfoldMRAPRILAAcross 62: TrappedINABINDAAcross 63: French politician ___ de Silhouette, from whom the word "silhouette" comesETIENNEAAcross 64: Italian city, setting of a Walpole novelOTRANTOAAcross 65: Like some couplesSAMESEXDDown 1: Martyred bishop of ParisST. DENISDDown 2: Wishful replyIHOPESODDown 3: ShackleLEGIRONDDown 4: With 61-Down, 14th president's inits.EFFDDown 5: Informal denialNOOPDDown 6: MarchTROOPDDown 7: StruckXEDOUTDDown 8: Where to work out, maybeATTHEGYMDDown 9: Less socialSHIERDDown 10: "___ bon"TRESDDown 11: Post-Manhattan Project org.AECDDown 12: IssueRELEASEDDown 13: French poetic formTRIOLETDDown 14: Cable program with team coverage?ESPNEWSDDown 21: Political suffixCRATDDown 24: Recurring economic proposalFLATTAXDDown 26: Answer to "No, that's not!"YESITISDDown 28: 1980's TV quartetA-TEAMDDown 30: Doctor's orderREHABDDown 32: Maryland and Virginia are in it: Abbr.ACCDDown 34: Campaign grp.PACDDown 36: Seikan Tunnel terminusHOKKAIDODDown 38: "Will & Grace" maidROSARIODDown 39: CompetitorENTRANTDDown 40: Like some bond pricesNEARPARDDown 41: Debarking pointPIERDDown 43: Intersection interdictionNOTURNSDDown 44: Last song recorded by the BeatlesIMEMINEDDown 45: PuzzlePERPLEXDDown 48: Annual competition since 1995XGAMESDDown 51: Surgical implantSHUNTDDown 52: A little, colloquiallySORTADDown 55: Nabokov novelPNINDDown 56: Corey of "The Lost Boys"HAIMDDown 59: Grp. concerned with defenseABADDown 61: See 4-DownPEE