New York Times Answers - Saturday, 13th December 2008 There are 23 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 13th December 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Like icingILLEGALAAcross 8: Alternative to Best Buy or Circuit CityCOMPUSAAAcross 15: What I may becomeROYALWEAAcross 16: VastOCEANICAAcross 17: Payback factorACCRUEDINTERESTAAcross 19: What a destroyer might destroyTORPEDO BOATAAcross 20: Tony's portrayer on "NYPD Blue"ESAIAAcross 21: Bloomingdale's rivalNORDSTROMAAcross 26: Letters used to avoid listingETC.AAcross 29: Between green and black, sayRIPEAAcross 30: Desert Storm defensesPATRIOTMISSILESAAcross 38: Bathroom buzzersELECTRICSHAVERSAAcross 39: When many people are offNATIONAL HOLIDAYAAcross 40: Fort Worth's ___ Carter MuseumAMONAAcross 41: Thimblerig thingPEAAAcross 42: JackLONGGREENAAcross 48: Really tough taskBEARAAcross 52: Pulsar, e.g.RADIO SOURCEAAcross 55: Verifiable claimSTATEMENTOFFACTAAcross 59: Explosive measureKILOTONAAcross 60: TradesmanCRAFTERAAcross 61: "No thanks"ILLPASSAAcross 62: Killer of Greedo in a sci-fi filmHANSOLODDown 1: Close to eruptingIRATEDDown 2: CrackpotsLOCOSDDown 3: Biker's wearLYCRADDown 4: ShrillEARPIERCINGDDown 5: Something to bond withGLUEDDown 6: FlooredAWEDDDown 7: BaitedLEDONDDown 8: Musician Oberst or playwright McPhersonCONORDDown 9: The planets, e.g.OCTADDDown 10: Makeup of some team schedulesMEETSDDown 11: Thing to shoot forPARDDown 12: "___ Grosse Légume" (Orson Welles novel)UNEDDown 13: Certain twinSISDDown 14: Production partACTDDown 18: Nigerian nativeIBODDown 22: Many quiz show fansTRIVIABUFFSDDown 23: Very upsetRILEDDDown 24: Work with chorusesOPERADDown 25: Tough to sort outMESSYDDown 27: Tenor SchipaTITODDown 28: Hokey jokesCORNDDown 30: Like correctional facilitiesPENALDDown 31: ___ BowlALAMODDown 32: Sitting Bull's tongueTETONDDown 33: Cancún kinswomanTIADDown 34: Year in which Middle English began, by traditionMCLDDown 35: Book closer?ISHDDown 36: Search for 37-DownsSHOPDDown 37: See 36-DownSALEDDown 43: Anna player in "Anna Karenina," 1935GRETADDown 44: 1990s president of the PhilippinesRAMOSDDown 45: They're pristineEDENSDDown 46: German magazine articleEINDDown 47: StepNOTCHDDown 49: Calliope relativeERATODDown 50: Gradually quickening, in mus.ACCELDDown 51: Fashionably nostalgicRETRODDown 53: Marsh birdSORADDown 54: Blink ___ eyeOFANDDown 55: Boot attachmentSKIDDown 56: 1961 hit song for the AngelsTILDDown 57: Each, in scoresALLDDown 58: EclipseTOP