New York Times Answers - Friday, 17th December 2010 There are 33 across clues and 33 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th December 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Progress too slowlyLAGAAcross 4: Joe Btfsplk's creatorCAPPAAcross 8: Effective salesmanCLOSERAAcross 14: TavernALEHOUSEAAcross 16: Micro wave?RIPPLEAAcross 17: Popular name for tolnaftateTINACTINAAcross 18: Things holding up the works?EASELSAAcross 19: Image that stays with youTATTOOAAcross 20: Traffic reporter, you might sayCBERAAcross 22: TV show whose opening music is the Who's "Who Are You"CSIAAcross 23: Where Alfred Krupp was bornESSENAAcross 24: Frequent flierBIRDAAcross 25: What an only child lacksSIBSAAcross 26: Lump in one's throat?UVULAAAcross 28: "The Cryptogram" playwright, 1995MAMETAAcross 29: Noisy vehiclesMOTORSCOOTERSAAcross 32: Meeting in which one person is anxious to leavePAROLEHEARINGAAcross 33: Staples of old police workWALKIETALKIESAAcross 34: PayPal transactions, e.g.ETAILAAcross 35: LockTRESSAAcross 36: Welsh word in a Pennsylvania college nameBRYNAAcross 37: Held backKEPTAAcross 38: "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" singerSIMBAAAcross 43: Subj. of Stansfield Turner's "Burn Before Reading"CIAAAcross 44: Attain successRISEAAcross 45: A term may end with oneRECALLAAcross 46: Full-blownALL-OUTAAcross 48: DeclutterNEATENUPAAcross 50: Malicious sortMEANIEAAcross 51: Aids in breaking shellsEGGTEETHAAcross 52: Arthur who wrote "The Symbolist Movement in Literature"SYMONSAAcross 53: Part of the American Greetings logoROSEAAcross 54: 1950 film noirD.O.A.DDown 1: Milky drinkLATTEDDown 2: CoverALIASDDown 3: Bathroom door signGENTSDDown 4: Natural skin moisturizerCOCONUT OILDDown 5: Caddy, e.g.AUTODDown 6: Clairvoyance and suchPSIDDown 7: Means of getting the lead outPENCIL SHARPENERDDown 8: Ecclesiastical council's formulationCREEDDDown 9: Embroidery expertLIARDDown 10: Black ___OPSDDown 11: Lab stockSPECIMENSDDown 12: Analyst who leaked the Pentagon PapersELLSBERGDDown 13: Puts up a fightRESISTSDDown 15: Word on Harry Powell's left fingers in "The Night of the Hunter"HATEDDown 21: Common glow-in-the-dark itemBRACELETDDown 24: Liquid dispensers in laboratoriesBURETTESDDown 25: "Vexations" composerSATIEDDown 27: Mouse lookalikeVOLEDDown 28: Canadian singer with a 1995 album that went 16x platinumMORISSETTEDDown 29: Language that reads the same backward and forwardMALAYALAMDDown 30: ___ Man, commercial symbol since the 1950sORKINDDown 31: Dumbarton ___ Conference (1944 meeting that laid the groundwork for the U.N.)OAKSDDown 32: Three-time N.B.A. Coach of the YearPATRILEYDDown 33: Monitor toppersWEBCAMSDDown 37: High-strung items?KITESDDown 39: Slush Puppie alternativeICEEDDown 40: Like horsesMANEDDDown 41: Comic strip bullyBLUTODDown 42: Series openerALPHADDown 44: Leave destituteRUINDDown 45: Unimpressive attireRAGSDDown 47: 1969 bed-in participantONODDown 49: Roman IEGO