New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 21st December 2011 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 21st December 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hold backSTEMAAcross 5: Egg pouchesSACSAAcross 9: Bus. cards in commercial mailings, e.g.ENCLSAAcross 14: Janowitz who wrote "Slaves of New York"TAMAAAcross 15: Dept. of Labor agencyOSHAAAcross 16: "M*A*S*H" settingKOREAAAcross 17: "Little Caesar" gangsterRICOAAcross 18: Movie about La Brea Tar Pits' formation?THEBIGSEEPAAcross 20: Sharp-tonguedACERBAAcross 22: Does a post-meal choreRINSESAAcross 23: Movie about a Nobel-winning chemist?THEIONKINGAAcross 26: Our sunSOLAAcross 29: Word after Farm or LiveAIDAAcross 30: CravingYENAAcross 31: Humble oneselfEATDIRTAAcross 34: Curtain materialSCRIMAAcross 36: Surfer wannabeHODADAAcross 37: Movie about Wall Streeters' excesses?CASHOFTHETITANSAAcross 42: So farAS YETAAcross 43: Bridge bid, brieflyONENOAAcross 44: Wild West badgeTINSTARAAcross 47: William Tell's cantonURIAAcross 48: Brit. military honorDSOAAcross 51: ___ ToméSAOAAcross 52: Movie about the early life of Lassie?PUPFICTIONAAcross 55: ___ Creed of A.D. 325NICENEAAcross 58: Nonsense word said while pointing a fingerEENIEAAcross 59: Movie about the memoirs of the Duke?WAYNESWORDAAcross 63: Saint Philip ___NERIAAcross 64: Packing heatARMEDAAcross 65: The "a" in a.m.ANTEAAcross 66: Baseball analyst HershiserORELAAcross 67: "Siddhartha" authorHESSEAAcross 68: River through BelgiumYSERAAcross 69: Seasonal song ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 23-, 37-, 52- and 59-AcrossNOELDDown 1: Geologic layersSTRATADDown 2: Meditative exercisesT'AI CHIDDown 2: Meditative exercisesTAI CHIDDown 2: Meditative exercisesTAICHIDDown 3: Acted the hostEMCEEDDDown 4: New Zealand nativeMAORIDDown 5: BoozehoundSOTDDown 6: Bat woodASHDDown 7: "S.N.L." alum OteriCHERIDDown 8: Texas/Louisiana border riverSABINEDDown 9: Ticker tests, for shortEKGSDDown 10: Snoop (around)NOSEDDown 11: Bygone Toyota sedanCRESSIDADDown 12: Jeans brandLEEDDown 13: Syrup baseSAPDDown 19: "Young Frankenstein" womanINGADDown 21: Certain protestBOYCOTTDDown 24: Soft ball brandNERFDDown 25: Put in stitchesKNITDDown 27: "The Plague" settingORANDDown 28: Bygone FordsLTDSDDown 32: Precarious place, metaphoricallyTHINICEDDown 33: ___ death (overwork)DOTODDown 34: Dams and doesSHESDDown 35: Unit now known as a siemensMHODDown 37: Musical with Mungojerrie and JennyanydotsCATSDDown 38: Home to billionsASIADDown 39: Prim and proper, e.g.SYNONYMSDDown 40: Plenty, informallyENUFDDown 41: Garr who played 19-DownTERIDDown 45: Knuckle draggersAPESDDown 46: Takeoff siteRUNWAYDDown 48: Do-re-miDINERODDown 49: Evening affairSOIREEDDown 50: "The Iceman Cometh" playwrightO'NEILLDDown 53: Lowly laborersPEONSDDown 54: Mortise's mateTENONDDown 56: Supermodel SastreINESDDown 57: Hand overCEDEDDown 59: Cartoon baby's cryWAHDDown 60: "Chances ___," 1957 #1 hitAREDDown 61: Address abbr.RTEDDown 62: ___ SpiegelDER