New York Times Answers - Friday, 5th January 2007 There are 35 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 5th January 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Modern, efficient matchmaking processSPEEDDATINGAAcross 12: Alimentary particle?ORTAAcross 15: One who got held up, maybeLATEARRIVALAAcross 16: Old Testament book: Abbr.NEHAAcross 17: SensorELECTRIC EYEAAcross 18: TV schedule lettersTBAAAcross 19: Director CravenWESAAcross 20: PleadsSUESAAcross 21: Drawer freshenerSACHETAAcross 23: Record collection?CUTSAAcross 24: Soothing artPASTELSAAcross 25: "Nope"UNHUNHAAcross 28: Something you might part with overseasSAYONARAAAcross 29: Kmart acquisitionSEARSAAcross 30: Popular wedding giftLINENAAcross 31: N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer ___ BarneyLEMAAcross 32: Sans warrantyASISAAcross 33: Slate evaluatorVOTERAAcross 34: Biblical peakNEBOAAcross 35: Acre's setting: Abbr.ISRAAcross 36: Stable parentsMARESAAcross 37: Like tigers vis-à-vis lionsRARERAAcross 38: Good as newREPAIREDAAcross 40: Washer settingGENTLEAAcross 41: Arrives like a social butterfly?FLITSINAAcross 42: Pinup's prideGAMSAAcross 43: Unspecified, but invariably unpleasant, alternativeOR ELSEAAcross 44: Harry Belafonte cryDAYOAAcross 45: RegrettableSADAAcross 48: Fabled elephant abductorROCAAcross 49: "Impossible!"ITCOULDNTBEAAcross 52: The third to the fifth?CDEAAcross 53: "Miss You Like Crazy" singer, 1989NATALIECOLEAAcross 54: Some tech. inst. gradsEESAAcross 55: Worker around a furnaceGLASSBLOWERDDown 1: RaftSLEWDDown 2: Like 24-AcrossPALEDDown 3: Are, in AlençonETESDDown 4: Port. joined it in 1986EECDDown 5: Old Japanese carsDATSUNSDDown 6: "The Art of Arousal" writerDRRUTHDDown 7: Northern constellationARIESDDown 8: Little jerksTICSDDown 9: "___ no idea"IVEDDown 10: Skeptical sortNAYSAYERDDown 11: Player of Joe the BartenderGLEASONDDown 12: Open-eyedONTHEALERTDDown 13: 1974 David Bowie songREBELREBELDDown 14: 1953 hit that mentions "old Napoli"THATSAMOREDDown 22: Shipping unit: Abbr.CTNDDown 23: Mean typesCURSDDown 24: You can see right through themPANESDDown 25: Falcon's homeU. S. AIR FORCEDDown 25: Falcon's homeUS AIR FORCEDDown 26: Dessert with candied fruit, nuts and liqueurNESSELRODEDDown 27: Top secrets?HAIRPIECESDDown 28: PlacedSITEDDDown 30: Oscar winner for "Two Women"LORENDDown 33: Like some winesVARIETALDDown 34: Bert Bobbsey's twin and othersNANSDDown 36: LostMISSINGDDown 37: ModernizeREMODELDDown 39: N.L. scoreboard abbr.ATLDDown 40: 1960's-70's antidiscrimination movementGAY LIBDDown 42: Residents of ancient AlesiaGAULSDDown 44: ___ toldDOASDDown 45: Throw belowSTOWDDown 46: Au faitABLEDDown 47: Rural road sign imageDEERDDown 50: Windy City rail inits.CTADDown 51: PX shopperNCO