New York Times Answers - Saturday, 15th December 2007 There are 36 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 15th December 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: They get sore easilyHOTHEADSAAcross 9: 6'5" All-Star relief ace with identical first two initialsJJPUTZAAcross 15: Pretty poor chancesONEINTENAAcross 16: Pro's remarkIAGREEAAcross 17: ShakeUNSETTLEAAcross 18: 1970s-'80s Australian P.M.FRASERAAcross 19: They're litSOTSAAcross 20: Places to make notesSTAFFSAAcross 22: ___-Aztecan languageUTOAAcross 23: Itinerary abbr.ETAAAcross 24: Up to snuffOKAYAAcross 25: Take offFLEEAAcross 26: Rivals for the folks' attention, maybeSIBSAAcross 28: Wasn't straightLIEDAAcross 29: Part of some disguisesBEARDAAcross 30: Org. that fought warrantless wiretappingACLUAAcross 31: Words of expectationODDSAREAAcross 33: Raise canines?TEETHEAAcross 35: MeanieSADISTAAcross 39: Ingredients in a protein shakeRAWEGGSAAcross 43: Part of a French 101 conjugationETESAAcross 44: Get bronze, sayMEDALAAcross 47: Butcher's offeringLOINAAcross 48: Mother of HadesRHEAAAcross 49: DumpsAXESAAcross 50: "A Chapter on Ears" essayistELIAAAcross 51: Where Mt. Tabor is: Abbr.ISRAAcross 52: Paris possessiveSESAAcross 53: What reindeer doPRANCEAAcross 55: Pro fighterANTIAAcross 56: "Enough!"QUITITAAcross 58: Fail to keepGO BACK ONAAcross 60: Not at all close toUNLIKEAAcross 61: Dessert of chilled fruit and coconutAMBROSIAAAcross 62: Liszt's "Paganini ___"ETUDESAAcross 63: They're friedTOSSPOTSDDown 1: Filled in for a vacationer, in a wayHOUSESATDDown 2: WarnedONNOTICEDDown 3: Subject to an assessment?TESTABLEDDown 4: RushesHIESDDown 5: Fangorn Forest dwellerENTDDown 6: Caseworkers?: Abbr.ATTSDDown 7: Muscle named for its shapeDELTOIDDDown 8: Didn't proceed forthrightlySNEAKEDDDown 9: FlashJIFFYDDown 10: JostlesJARSDDown 11: Org. with aces and chipsPGADDown 12: Sci-fi author Le GuinURSULADDown 13: Be about to fallTEETERDDown 14: Took dead aim, with "in"ZEROEDDDown 21: They come and goFADSDDown 25: TributaryFEEDERDDown 27: Buddhist teachingsSUTRASDDown 28: Eponymous theater mogulLOEWDDown 29: Top pieceBRADDown 32: Grp. with a common purposeASSNDDown 34: "I'm sorry, Dave" speaker of sci-fiHALDDown 36: "Probably"ITHINKSODDown 37: Gets the job doneSEESTOITDDown 38: Catherine I and othersTSARINASDDown 40: ___ Peterson, lead role in "Bells Are Ringing"ELLADDown 41: Beginning with vigorGOINGATDDown 42: Composer PucciniGIACOMODDown 44: Certain ballMASQUEDDown 45: Order to leaveEXEUNTDDown 46: 1957 RKO purchaserDESILUDDown 50: "Symphony in Black" and othersERTESDDown 53: Main routePIKEDDown 54: Low pointsEBBSDDown 55: "Rent-___"ACOPDDown 57: Rx instructionTIDDDown 59: "___ sine scientia nihil est" (old Latin motto)ARS