New York Times Answers - Thursday, 31st December 2009 There are 36 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 31st December 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Small draftsSIPSAAcross 5: Vice president after BreckinridgeHAMLINAAcross 11: Govt. media monitorFCCAAcross 14: Return from a mountain?ECHOAAcross 15: Dreadful, old-styleUGSOMEAAcross 16: Mauna ___LOAAAcross 17: Person making firm decisionsCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDAAcross 20: Wasn't upSLEPTAAcross 21: Bobby-___SOXERAAcross 22: "Different strokes for different folks"TOEACHHISOWNAAcross 27: Radius, e.g.BONEAAcross 28: Intensely interestedAGOGAAcross 29: Vujacic of the Los Angeles Lakers, who's nicknamed "The Machine"SASHAAAcross 30: Cup holders?BRASAAcross 31: Alternatives to cups, in dessert ordersCONESAAcross 33: Something to throw on the BBQPATTYAAcross 35: Salute in stanzasODEAAcross 36: Mental figuresIQSAAcross 39: Click of condescensionTSKAAcross 40: On the authority ofPERAAcross 43: It's nothing new, with "the"USUALAAcross 45: Not worthlessOFUSEAAcross 47: Pirate LafitteJEANAAcross 50: Country statisticsAREASAAcross 53: Maestro KlempererOTTOAAcross 54: Parris Isl. outfitUSMCAAcross 55: 1960s sitcom set at a campHOGANSHEROESAAcross 57: Chew outSCOLDAAcross 59: Place to escape toHAVENAAcross 60: Storybook group residing in this puzzle?THREELITTLEPIGSAAcross 66: It has a very large bedSEAAAcross 67: "Niagara" star, 1953MONROEAAcross 68: Plot pieceACREAAcross 69: Athena's symbolOWLAAcross 70: Pachacuti's peopleINCANSAAcross 71: Be in a certain mood?WEREDDown 1: See 58-DownSECDDown 2: Potsdam pronounICHDDown 3: Multistep process starterPHASEONEDDown 4: Green crops cultivated for fodderSOILAGEDDown 5: Snorts of disdainHUMPHSDDown 6: She created HerculeAGATHADDown 7: Alternative to AOL or JunoMSNDDown 8: Bath bathroomLOODDown 9: Global lending org.IMFDDown 10: Cross-court items?NETSDDown 11: Limb benderFLEXORDDown 12: Detroit venue for sporting events and concertsCOBOARENADDown 13: Training groupsCADRESDDown 18: It's done for fun, for shortRECDDown 19: It's done for funHOBBYDDown 22: ___ BellTACODDown 23: Psalm startOGODDDown 24: AOL or JunoISPDDown 25: "Big deal"SOWHATDDown 26: D.C. diamond squadNATSDDown 32: Granny, to a great-auntSISDDown 34: Ref's callTKODDown 37: Thick-shelled seafood selectionQUAHOGDDown 38: Tony-winning "Spamalot" actress RamirezSARADDown 40: Shelve for a whilePUTONICEDDown 41: City in Padua provinceESTEDDown 42: Antique autosREOSDDown 43: Cry when you've had enoughUNCLEDDown 44: "Live Free or Die Hard" director WisemanLENDDown 46: What Fido "shakes hands" withFOREPAWDDown 47: To a TJUST SODDown 48: Abstain fromESCHEWDDown 49: Unconcerned with scruplesAMORALDDown 51: "Punk'd" host KutcherASHTONDDown 52: Some are bituminousSHALESDDown 56: BrinkEVEDDown 58: With 1-Down, moderately sweet, to a vintnerDEMIDDown 61: Hoops coach KrugerLONDDown 62: Magazine with an annual "500"INCDDown 63: La-la lead-inTRADDown 64: [Mumble, mumble]GRRDDown 65: "Comprende?"SEE