New York Times Answers - Thursday, 25th December 2008 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 25th December 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Choker componentCLASPAAcross 6: Music pioneered by Byron Lee and the DragonairesSKAAAcross 9: ___ secretaryMADAMAAcross 14: RummageRIFLEAAcross 15: SufferAILAAcross 16: Bygone OldsALEROAAcross 17: Sorkin who created "The West Wing"AARONAAcross 18: Section in a record storeCLASSICALAAcross 20: Chestnut-colored mustang offspring?BROWNBRONCOCOLTAAcross 22: Its coat of arms includes a vicuñaPERUAAcross 23: "Rule, Britannia" composer ThomasARNEAAcross 24: NutsLOCOAAcross 27: Like the space around a first-class seat, sayAMPLEAAcross 29: ConSCAMAAcross 33: Pitcher Hideo Nomo's birthplaceOSAKAAAcross 35: "No ___" ("Beats me")IDEAAAcross 37: RipenAGEAAcross 38: Main dedicatee of an Austin cathedral?CHIEFTEXANSAINTAAcross 42: "Talk to ___," Pedro Almodóvar filmHERAAcross 43: Time-honored name?LUCEAAcross 44: Food processor settingPUREEAAcross 45: TorpedoedSANKAAcross 47: David ___, founder of the Libertarian PartyNOLANAAcross 50: A.A.A. jobsTOWSAAcross 51: ___ wereASITAAcross 53: Brick makerLEGOAAcross 55: Hefty invoice for boots and spurs?GIANTCOWBOYBILLAAcross 62: On the fenceNOTSOSUREAAcross 63: Dashboard itemRADIOAAcross 64: EmasculateUNMANAAcross 65: Embarrassed, perhapsREDAAcross 66: Last name of Kipling's KimO'HARAAAcross 67: FreshSASSYAAcross 68: ___ Balls (snack cakes)SNOAAcross 69: Masters champ of 1949, 1952 and 1954SNEADDDown 1: GrouchCRABDDown 2: Epithet that's an anagram of 60-DownLIARDDown 3: Big doAFRODDown 4: SnailSLOWPOKEDDown 5: Pasta salad ingredientPENNEDDown 6: Pelvic boneSACRUMDDown 7: Overseas shipping unitKILODDown 8: Star of Broadway's "QED," 2001-02ALANALDADDown 9: Brick placerMASONDDown 10: Walker, Cooper and othersALICESDDown 11: Art ___DECODDown 12: Asia's ___ SeaARALDDown 13: ShedMOLTDDown 19: Present for viewing ... or prevent from being viewedSCREENDDown 21: Bust holderBRADDown 24: Ness and TayLOCHSDDown 25: Dublin-born film star MiloOSHEADDown 26: ___ terrierCAIRNDDown 28: DotPIXELDDown 30: The City of a Thousand MinaretsCAIRODDown 31: Predecessor of FordAGNEWDDown 32: Doles (out)METESDDown 34: Org. founded by Samuel GompersAFLDDown 36: Saharan viperASPDDown 39: Garb for Robin Hood and his bandTUNICSDDown 40: Trips through rain forests, maybeECOTOURSDDown 41: Famously fast routeAUTOBAHNDDown 46: Home of Fort Scott National Historic SiteKANSASDDown 48: Light ratio in astronomyALBEDODDown 49: Prefix with romanticNEODDown 52: Like some silencesSTONYDDown 54: SpinnersGYROSDDown 55: Prey for lionsGNUSDDown 56: College in New Rochelle, N.Y.IONADDown 57: Mall conveniencesATMSDDown 58: Cousin of a treecreeperWRENDDown 59: Family name suffix in taxonomyIDAEDDown 60: Money that's an anagram of 2-DownLIRADDown 61: DishwasherfulLOAD