New York Times Answers - Saturday, 17th December 2011 There are 34 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 17th December 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spicy blendSALSADIPAAcross 9: Building supportsJOISTSAAcross 15: One who works with combsAPIARISTAAcross 16: Secret targetARMPITAAcross 17: Potential result of a 56-AcrossREVERSALAAcross 18: Kind of pantsPAJAMAAAcross 19: SackAXEAAcross 20: Winner over NYY in the 2001 World SeriesARIAAcross 21: Like suckersDELUDEDAAcross 22: Black and whiteSQUAD CARAAcross 25: Have a heated phone exchange?SEXTAAcross 26: Old Testament outdoorsmanESAUAAcross 28: Make unfathomableENCRYPTAAcross 30: "There's no hope!"ALLISLOSTAAcross 32: With 60-Across, Michelle Kwan or Michelle WieASIANAAcross 36: Slow exercisesT'AI CHIAAcross 36: Slow exercisesTAI CHIAAcross 36: Slow exercisesTAICHIAAcross 37: Record achievementGRAMMYAAcross 38: John ___, English explorer who named Lake VictoriaSPEKEAAcross 39: Fax forerunnersTELETYPESAAcross 42: "Go! Go! Go!"FLOORITAAcross 44: Heroine of Bulwer-Lytton's "The Last Days of Pompeii"IONEAAcross 45: Bit of emotional damageSCARAAcross 48: Outdoor dining placeMESSTENTAAcross 50: Like stocking capsTAPEREDAAcross 52: Lowest number on a clockSIXAAcross 53: TV title lawyer StoneELIAAcross 56: Legal actionAPPEALAAcross 57: Rum-flavored dessertsTORTONISAAcross 59: "Prego" precederGRAZIEAAcross 60: See 32-AcrossAMERICANAAcross 61: StillSILENTAAcross 62: Time for crisis managementRED ALERTDDown 1: Actress Rue of "Rules of Engagement"SARADDown 2: CulminationAPEXDDown 3: Denies who one really isLIVESALIEDDown 4: Bill accompanier: Abbr.SAEDDown 5: Pianist ClaudioARRAUDDown 6: Powerful friend of Queen VictoriaDISRAELIDDown 7: Reiterated refusalISAIDNODDown 8: Scandalous 1980s inits.PTLDDown 9: JestsJAPERYDDown 10: Kind of rinseORALDDown 11: "That's my two cents"IMJUSTSAYINDDown 12: One in a dark suitSPADEDDown 13: Durable ticker?TIMEXDDown 14: German townSTADTDDown 21: Feathered flierDARTDDown 23: Way to preserve food freshnessQUICK-FREEZEDDown 24: Mails a dupeCCSDDown 26: ManducatesEATSDDown 27: Response to an affrontSLAPDDown 29: Break upPARTDDown 31: Author SilversteinSHELDDown 33: WeaknessIMPOTENCEDDown 34: "Exactly right!"AMENDDown 35: Where Loews is "L"NYSEDDown 37: Run downGETTIREDDDown 39: Drove diagonallyTOEDDDown 40: Stretcher settings: Abbr.ERSDDown 41: Easily bentLISSOMEDDown 43: Diner orderOMELETDDown 45: Dos for dudesSTAGSDDown 46: Kind of pantsCAPRIDDown 47: Dismay, in DoverAPPALDDown 49: SpareEXTRADDown 51: PourRAINDDown 54: One guilty of pseudologiaLIARDDown 55: "Who ___?"ISNTDDown 57: Pine productTARDDown 58: Pine productOIL