New York Times Answers - Friday, 23rd December 2011 There are 27 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 23rd December 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Couldn't stop obsessing aboutGOTHUNGUPONAAcross 12: BoltedMADEARUNFORITAAcross 14: Nehru jackets have themMANDARINCOLLARSAAcross 16: Decides to tryINDICTSAAcross 17: Branch of mathematicsLOGICAAcross 18: Man of steel?STATUEAAcross 19: Add numbers to, sayPAGINATEAAcross 22: Flower named for its resemblance to a turbanTULIPAAcross 23: Typesetting no-noWIDOWAAcross 24: Paul in politicsRONAAcross 25: Bread box?SAFEAAcross 26: Renaissance painter BotticelliSANDROAAcross 27: Member of a caste systemANTAAcross 28: Stealing from the collection plate, e.g.SACRILEGEAAcross 31: Org. whose roots go back to the Civil WarIRSAAcross 34: Violent upheavalTHROESAAcross 35: MaintainAVERAAcross 39: "Evita" narratorCHEAAcross 40: Change for the betterAMENDAAcross 41: "I'm very impressed!"BRAVOAAcross 42: InsectsHEXAPODSAAcross 44: Trees sought by leaf peepersMAPLESAAcross 45: Twig used in wickerworkOSIERAAcross 46: Murderer in P.D.Q. Bach's spoof opera "A Little Nightmare Music"SALIERIAAcross 47: Game you can't lose twiceRUSSIAN ROULETTEAAcross 51: Nationwide Series eventsSTOCKCARRACESAAcross 52: Initiated, as an undertakingSPEARHEADEDDDown 1: Visitor at the beginning of "The Hobbit"GANDALFDDown 2: Material for the Guinness BookODDITIESDDown 3: Part of a serviceTEACUPDDown 4: "The Luck of Roaring Camp" writerHARTEDDown 5: "Trinity" novelistURISDDown 6: Poor Clares memberNUNDDown 7: Seller of supplementsGNCDDown 8: Overhead light, perhapsUFODDown 9: It grows older and then croaksPOLLIWOGDDown 10: Woollike acrylic fiberORLONDDown 11: River flowing between two Great LakesNIAGARADDown 12: Birthplace of VirgilMANTUADDown 13: Largest moon in the solar system with a retrograde orbitTRITONDDown 14: Morning weather phenomenaMISTSDDown 15: TrailSCENTDDown 19: Steering system componentsPINIONSDDown 20: Slaphappy, sayADDLEDDDown 21: SticksGORESDDown 23: BattledWARREDDDown 26: NobodySCHMODDown 29: How Pyrrhic victories are wonATAPRICEDDown 30: Secret Service agent's accoutermentEARPIECEDDown 31: Blood shed on Mount OlympusICHORDDown 32: Popular test animal in medical researchRHESUSDDown 33: They put half the world downSEXISTSDDown 36: Did Jeeves's jobVALETEDDDown 37: Turns outEVERTSDDown 38: Albert's love in "Bye Bye Birdie"ROSIEDDown 41: Irving Berlin's "Always," e.g.BALLADDDown 43: Creator of many talking animalsAESOPDDown 44: Actress TierneyMAURADDown 46: CrossSOREDDown 48: Rap sheet abbr.A.K.A.DDown 48: Rap sheet abbr.AKADDown 49: Manufacturer of bar code scannersNCRDDown 50: Stadium shoutRAH