New York Times Answers - Monday, 15th December 2008 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 15th December 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: CopycatAPERAAcross 5: Alternative to MasterCard and Visa, informallyAMEXAAcross 9: "Aw, quit your joshin'!"PSHAWAAcross 14: Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives"TERIAAcross 15: Spy from withinMOLEAAcross 16: Erie Canal cityUTICAAAcross 17: SecularLAICAAcross 18: Poet Ezra's favorite desserts?POUNDCAKESAAcross 20: Give in (to)ACCEDEAAcross 22: Have a ganderLOOKAAcross 23: It transcends sight, hearing, smell, taste and touchE.S.P.AAcross 23: It transcends sight, hearing, smell, taste and touchESPAAcross 24: City with ships at docksSEAPORTAAcross 26: Christmas carolNOELAAcross 28: Eye partsUVEASAAcross 30: In need of a napDROWSYAAcross 34: Main part of a knifeBLADEAAcross 37: When said three times, a film about Pearl HarborTORAAAcross 39: TabooNONOAAcross 40: Skin of a fruitRINDAAcross 41: Hollywood's Dennis or RandyQUAIDAAcross 42: Magician HenningDOUGAAcross 43: Prefix with presentOMNIAAcross 44: Officials who cry "Yer out!"UMPSAAcross 45: River to the CaspianVOLGAAAcross 46: Activity in a darkened roomSEANCEAAcross 48: Become establishedSET INAAcross 50: Lady's manGENTAAcross 52: Attempt at getting a tanSUNBATHAAcross 56: Bank offerings, brieflyCDSAAcross 59: Prefix with phobiaACROAAcross 61: Belgrade's landSERBIAAAcross 62: Essayist Charles's favorite entree?LAMBSHANKSAAcross 65: Opposite of dry, as hairOILYAAcross 66: Sky-blueAZUREAAcross 67: Slanted type: Abbr.ITALAAcross 68: Not scheduled to competeIDLEAAcross 69: Impressionist EdgarDEGASAAcross 70: Voice qualityTONEAAcross 71: MinusLESSDDown 1: Book often stored horizontallyATLASDDown 2: War's oppositePEACEDDown 3: Jong who wrote "Fear of Flying"ERICADDown 4: Writer Anne's favorite dessert?RICEPUDDINGDDown 5: Electric current unitAMPEREDDown 6: Call to a calfMOODDown 7: Hebrew monthELULDDown 8: Gas in arc lampsXENONDDown 9: Purse the lips, with "up"PUCKERDDown 10: Depot: Abbr.STADDown 11: QB's cry after a string of numbersHIKEDDown 12: Perfect tennis servesACESDDown 13: Stinging flierWASPDDown 19: ThingamajigDOODADDDown 21: Antiwar advocateDOVEDDown 25: Actress O'NealTATUMDDown 27: Writer Jack's favorite entree?LONDONBROILDDown 29: Afternoon TV fareSOAPSDDown 31: Winter coat materialWOOLDDown 32: Like a bug in a rug, according to an expressionSNUGDDown 33: Exercise with crossed legsYOGADDown 34: Parker ___ (game co.)BROSDDown 35: Lemon-___ (Kool-Aid flavor)LIMEDDown 36: Tennis's KournikovaANNADDown 38: Reacts to yeastRISESDDown 41: Satisfy, as thirstQUENCHDDown 45: Plant with tendrilsVINEDDown 47: Puts an end toCEASESDDown 49: Tug-of-warTUSSLEDDown 51: Stubbornness or kindliness, e.g.TRAITDDown 53: Put up withABIDEDDown 54: Money drawersTILLSDDown 55: President after GrantHAYESDDown 56: Decked out (in)CLADDDown 57: StupefyDAZEDDown 58: Contentedly confidentSMUGDDown 60: Aware ofONTODDown 63: Playtex productBRADDown 64: State west of Mo.KAN.