New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 21st December 2010 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 21st December 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Do a double-take, e.g.REACTAAcross 6: Made a choiceOPTEDAAcross 11: Composition of Jack Haley's Oz characterTINAAcross 14: God, to MuslimsALLAHAAcross 15: Gaucho's plainLLANOAAcross 16: "Six Feet Under" networkHBOAAcross 17: F.A.A. supervisors?PLANEBOARDSAAcross 19: Belief suffixISMAAcross 20: Start of a countdownTENAAcross 21: Jerome who composed "Ol' Man River"KERNAAcross 22: DoltsASSESAAcross 24: Object to online commentary?MINDBLOGGINGAAcross 27: Cosine's reciprocalSECANTAAcross 30: "Waiting for Lefty" playwrightODETSAAcross 31: It's walked on pirate shipsPLANKAAcross 32: "... ___ saw Elba"EREIAAcross 34: Awaiting scheduling, initiallyTBAAAcross 37: Holiday smokes?CHRISTMASCLAROSAAcross 41: BroadcastAIRAAcross 42: Strong desiresYENSAAcross 43: TickleAMUSEAAcross 44: Want badly, with "for"YEARNAAcross 47: Least amiableICIESTAAcross 48: Cleaned up after a spill?BLOTTEDWATERAAcross 52: Tilter's weaponLANCEAAcross 53: ___-Tass news agencyITARAAcross 54: Martinique, par exempleILEAAcross 57: Heavenly bodyORBAAcross 58: Defamation in the Garden of Eden?ADAMSLANDERAAcross 62: Fertility clinic cellsOVAAAcross 63: Potter's potions professorSNAPEAAcross 64: Playing pieces in RummikubTILESAAcross 65: Nat Geo, for oneMAGAAcross 66: Snap courseEASYAAAcross 67: Wield, as powerEXERTDDown 1: Totally absorbedRAPTDDown 2: Vogue competitorELLEDDown 3: Shepard in spaceALANDDown 4: Pink-slipCANDDown 5: "Lola" bandTHEKINKSDDown 6: Start of grace, maybeOLORDDDown 7: Fallback strategyPLANBDDown 8: Subject of a cigarette ratingTARDDown 9: Shut downENDDDown 10: Prescription measureDOSAGEDDown 11: "You're right"THISISTRUEDDown 12: "The Wild Duck" playwright HenrikIBSENDDown 13: Chinese restaurant requestNOMSGDDown 18: Out of alignmentBENTDDown 23: Bilko or Friday: Abbr.SGTDDown 24: Gershwin's "The ___ Love"MANIDDown 25: Windblown soilLOESSDDown 26: Keatsian or PindaricODICDDown 27: Pet advocacy org.SPCADDown 28: Grades K-12ELHIDDown 29: Allotment of one, usually, for an airline passengerCARRYONBAGDDown 32: Make improvements toEMENDDDown 33: Turned chickenRANDDown 35: One calling the shotsBOSSDDown 36: "I'd hate to break up ___"ASETDDown 38: One of four on a RollsTYREDDown 39: Cut jaggedlyLACERATEDDown 40: Mideast potentate: Var.AMIRDDown 45: Catchall abbr.ETC.DDown 46: Free from anxietyATEASEDDown 47: Font option: Abbr.ITALDDown 48: Burst into flowerBLOOMDDown 49: Maggot or grubLARVADDown 50: Hardly machoWIMPYDDown 51: Totally lostAT SEADDown 54: Pink-slipIDLEDDown 55: Lecher's lookLEERDDown 56: Once, old-styleERSTDDown 59: Paternity suit evidenceDNADDown 60: Smallish batteriesAASDDown 61: Give a thumbs-downNIX