New York Times Answers - Monday, 22nd December 2008 There are 38 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 22nd December 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sidewalk Santa worker, e.g.TEMPAAcross 5: Bugler's bedtime tuneTAPSAAcross 9: VagrantTRAMPAAcross 14: Felipe or Moises of baseballALOUAAcross 15: Sahara irrigatorNILEAAcross 16: Site of the Ho Chi Minh MausoleumHANOIAAcross 17: First in a John Updike novel seriesRABBITRUNAAcross 19: Confess (to)OWN UPAAcross 20: Twin Mary-Kate or AshleyOLSENAAcross 21: DefaceMARAAcross 23: Info on a pill bottleDOSEAAcross 24: Batsman at a wicket, sayCRICKETPLAYERAAcross 28: SpunkMETTLEAAcross 29: Give forthEMITAAcross 30: Turn downDENYAAcross 31: Tree popular in street namesELMAAcross 33: GrossNASTYAAcross 37: "The loneliest number," in a Three Dog Night songONEAAcross 38: "Get going!," and a hint for the starts of 17-, 24-, 51- and 62-AcrossHOPTOITAAcross 41: Little Jack Horner's dessertPIEAAcross 42: ZestGUSTOAAcross 44: Hydrotherapy providerSPAAAcross 45: Places for holstersHIPSAAcross 46: Bedouin, e.g.ARABAAcross 49: Long-necked wadersEGRETSAAcross 51: Holder of an unfair trialKANGAROO COURTAAcross 55: "Oh, woe!"ALASAAcross 56: Fish-sticks fishC.O.D.AAcross 56: Fish-sticks fishCODAAcross 57: Hearty steakTBONEAAcross 60: Breads with pocketsPITASAAcross 62: Umbrellalike fungusTOADSTOOLAAcross 65: Theodore Roosevelt, to EleanorUNCLEAAcross 66: Humorist BombeckERMAAAcross 67: ExtremitiesENDSAAcross 68: Giggly laughTEHEEAAcross 69: Channel for football and basketball gamesESPNAAcross 70: Out with the fleetASEADDown 1: Root used for poiTARODDown 2: Carrier to Tel AvivELALDDown 3: Crowded, frenzied gatheringsMOBSCENESDDown 4: Middle school stage, commonlyPUBERTYDDown 5: Grenade fillerTNTDDown 6: Balloon fillerAIRDDown 7: Large featherPLUMEDDown 8: House mate?SENATEDDown 9: However, brieflyTHODDown 10: Numbers yet to be crunchedRAW DATADDown 11: VexANNOYDDown 12: Computer attachmentMOUSEDDown 13: Peter the pepper pickerPIPERDDown 18: "What's ___ for me?"INITDDown 22: Meas. of engine speedRPMDDown 25: Queenly role for LizCLEODDown 26: Large brown algaeKELPDDown 27: Bits of fluffLINTDDown 28: Restaurant postingMENUDDown 30: One enrolled in obedience schoolDOGDDown 32: Washington and McKinley: Abbr.MTSDDown 34: Receptacles for tobacco chewersSPITTOONSDDown 35: A large part of a waitress's incomeTIPSDDown 36: "Right on!"YESDDown 38: Israeli danceHORADDown 39: Grp. in which many of the leaders wear robesOPECDDown 40: Othello's undoerIAGODDown 43: Household downsizing eventTAGSALEDDown 45: Chamomile productHERB TEADDown 47: Rocket trajectoryARCDDown 48: Little foot warmerBOOTEEDDown 50: Boring routinesRUTSDDown 51: Done forKAPUTDDown 52: Skirt with a flareA-LINEDDown 52: Skirt with a flareALINEDDown 53: "But of course!"NATCHDDown 54: Signs of decayODORSDDown 58: Knotty swellingNODEDDown 59: Designer SchiaparelliELSADDown 61: VisitSEEDDown 63: Unit of electricityAMPDDown 64: Vice president QuayleDAN