New York Times Answers - Friday, 18th December 2009 There are 37 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 18th December 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Huh?"SAYWHATAAcross 8: Rule without exceptionsIRONLAWAAcross 15: Sent a line, sayWROTETOAAcross 16: "The Imaginary Invalid" playwrightMOLIEREAAcross 17: Request for entertainmentAMUSEMEAAcross 18: Words of acclamationALLHAILAAcross 19: 1984 historical novel, with "The"HAJAAcross 20: Home to Torrey Pines Golf CourseLAJOLLAAAcross 22: Bellini's "___ furor delle tempeste"NELAAcross 23: Think piece?IDEAAAcross 25: Mini replacementsNANOSAAcross 26: Tiny opening?ITTYAAcross 27: Shortsighted solution?LASIKAAcross 29: Período de 31 díasMESAAcross 30: Fed. billTNOTEAAcross 31: Peninsula south of the Gulf of TriesteISTRIAAAcross 33: BreaksRECESSESAAcross 35: The Sun and Mercury are in it: Abbr.WNBAAAcross 37: It may come from a loud speakerRANTAAcross 38: Place for a collared personSQUAD CARAAcross 42: Means of obtaining data about planetsFLYBYSAAcross 46: Picks outCULLSAAcross 47: Gen. Pershing's command: Abbr.AEFAAcross 49: Hit to short right, sayBLOOPAAcross 50: Calculated thingRISKAAcross 51: ShellacCREAMAAcross 53: Outfielder ChávezENDYAAcross 54: One in a long line of workers?ANTAAcross 55: Certain pitchCOAL TARAAcross 55: Certain pitchCOALTARAAcross 57: "The ___ of Malta," Christopher Marlowe playJEWAAcross 58: Comic character in whitefacePIERROTAAcross 60: Marker makerCRAYOLAAAcross 62: Neither here nor there?EN ROUTEAAcross 63: Offer to hostASK OVERAAcross 64: Now gender-neutralDESEXEDAAcross 65: Gritty TV series set in BaltimoreTHEWIREDDown 1: "Kwanzaa" comes from itSWAHILIDDown 2: Forces afloatARMADASDDown 3: "C'mon, that can't be true!"YOUJESTDDown 4: Birth data: Abbr.WTSDDown 5: Height enhancerHEELDDown 6: Hindu soulATMANDDown 7: Digital detritusTOEJAMDDown 8: Second song on "Beatles '65"IMALOSERDDown 9: Drum set?ROLLSDDown 10: Indian water holderOLLADDown 11: Biomedical research inits.NIHDDown 12: Rough housingLEANTOSDDown 13: Opera quickieARIETTEDDown 14: "Actually, it's true"WELLYESDDown 21: StandoutONERDDown 24: High passageway between buildingsAIRWALKDDown 26: FashionableIN STYLEDDown 28: StripesKINDSDDown 30: Like some dumbbells: Abbr.TENLBDDown 32: First string?ABCDDown 34: Half-___ (coffee order)CAFDDown 36: Superior, as an investmentAAARATEDDDown 38: Like some elbows and fendersSCRAPEDDDown 39: Tonic water ingredientQUININEDDown 40: Wool coatsULSTERSDDown 41: Line holderREELDDown 43: First hard rock band to score a #1 country hitBONJOVIDDown 44: Producer of high and outside pitches?YODELERDDown 45: Virus kinSPYWAREDDown 48: Deep-pocketed typeFAT CATDDown 51: "My Fair Lady" actor RobertCOOTEDDown 52: Place for a craneMARSHDDown 55: GistCRUXDDown 56: Make a pile in a casino?RAKEDDown 59: Eggs sometimes served on toastROEDDown 61: "Man, that hurts!"YOW