New York Times Answers - Monday, 17th December 2007 There are 33 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 17th December 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ___ materALMAAAcross 5: Letter-shaped structural pieceIBARAAcross 9: Lesser-played half of a 45SIDEBAAcross 14: Elementary particleMUONAAcross 15: VexRILEAAcross 16: Gucci alternativePRADAAAcross 17: Upstate New York city and spaSARATOGA SPRINGSAAcross 20: Remote areasOUTLANDSAAcross 21: ImpRASCALAAcross 22: Head forGO-TOAAcross 23: The boondocksNOWHEREAAcross 24: Honeymooners' destinationNIAGARA FALLSAAcross 28: Alternative to .com or .eduORGAAcross 29: Fix, as brakesRELINEAAcross 30: Jacob's twinESAUAAcross 34: Track eventsMEETSAAcross 36: Asian New YearTETAAcross 37: Leaves portSAILSAAcross 38: Bygone U.S. gas brandESSOAAcross 39: Mother ___, 1979 Peace NobelistTERESAAAcross 41: Napkin's placeLAPAAcross 42: Former president of HarvardLARRYSUMMERSAAcross 45: Kodak, Pentax and NikonCAMERASAAcross 48: The "L" in S.&L.LOANAAcross 49: Is wild aboutADORESAAcross 50: Mythical island that sank into the seaATLANTISAAcross 54: Comic who played Robin Williams's son in "Mork & Mindy"JONATHANWINTERSAAcross 56: Auto route from Me. to Fla.USONEAAcross 57: 1930s migrantOKIEAAcross 58: Smell ___ (be suspicious)ARATAAcross 59: Groups of spiesNESTSAAcross 60: Fails to keep paceLAGSAAcross 61: Without: Fr.SANSDDown 1: "I ___ sorry!"AMSODDown 2: Hawaiian cookoutLUAUDDown 3: Homeowners' burdensMORTGAGESDDown 4: Like clocks with handsANALOGDDown 5: Shipment to a steel millIRON OREDDown 6: Home of the Cowboys, familiarlyBIGDDDown 7: "Sad to say ..."ALASDDown 8: ___ judicataRESDDown 9: Spread out ungracefullySPRAWLDDown 10: Isle of Man's localeIRISH SEADDown 11: Rumba or sambaDANCEDDown 12: Mystery writer's awardEDGARDDown 13: Swiss city on the Rhine, old-styleBASLEDDown 18: Dwellers along the VolgaTATARSDDown 19: Working stiffPROLEDDown 23: French city where Jules Verne was bornNANTESDDown 24: Alaskan city where the Iditarod endsNOMEDDown 25: AngersIRESDDown 26: Raises or lowers a hem, sayALTERSDDown 27: PassionateFIERYDDown 31: Time before talkiesSILENTERADDown 32: Banned orchard sprayALARDDown 33: Letter carriers' grp.USPSDDown 35: Broad-mindedTOLERANTDDown 37: Pago Pago residentSAMOANDDown 39: GarbageTRASHDDown 40: BesmirchesSULLIESDDown 43: Mountain ridgesARETESDDown 44: Powerful raysMANTASDDown 45: Louisianan of French descentCAJUNDDown 46: Get ___ of one's own medicineADOSEDDown 47: Pre-stereo recordingsMONOSDDown 50: Paul who sang "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"ANKADDown 51: Tiny branchTWIGDDown 52: Tehran's homeIRANDDown 53: Concordes, brieflySSTSDDown 55: "You've got mail" co.AOL