New York Times Answers - Saturday, 31st December 2011 There are 33 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 31st December 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sign of engine troubleSMOKEAAcross 6: What a 61-Across will be called for only a little while longerMISSAAcross 6: What a 61-Across will be called for only a little while longerMISS.AAcross 10: One on a Liszt listOPUSAAcross 14: Like some suitsCIVILAAcross 15: "This shindig rocks!"ITSABLASTAAcross 17: Computer screenfulICONSAAcross 18: Part of MelanesiaNEW GUINEAAAcross 19: Subject for a folderORIGAMIAAcross 21: Always or sometimes, sayADVERBAAcross 22: ApprovalsNODSAAcross 23: "The thoughtful soul to solitude retires" poetOMARAAcross 26: Gets setGELSAAcross 27: "___ dunno ..."OHIAAcross 29: Sandy tract by the sea, to a BritDENEAAcross 31: They're often placed on parcelsREALESTATETAXESAAcross 39: Lawyer's setup?PRIVATE PRACTICEAAcross 40: Righted wrongsMADERESTITUTIONAAcross 41: Picks a fightSTARTSSOMETHINGAAcross 42: RustleSTIRAAcross 43: Wiretapping grp.NSAAAcross 44: Accessory that may have a state name on itSASHAAcross 47: Old Testament "man of the field"ESAUAAcross 49: Lift, of a sortT-BARAAcross 53: Like many garagesONECARAAcross 55: Excuse-interrupting commentSPAREMEAAcross 57: Occasion to put on sheetsTOGAPARTYAAcross 60: Primer optionLATEXAAcross 61: Shower head?BRIDE-TO-BEAAcross 62: Right wrongsATONEAAcross 63: Psychiatrist's appt.SESSAAcross 64: Turnovers, e.g.STATAAcross 65: PostsSENDSDDown 1: OffshootSCIONDDown 2: Start that conveys very little?MICRODDown 3: Like prickly pearsOVOIDDDown 4: Novelist whose character Adah speaks in palindromesKINGSOLVERDDown 5: Four-footed orphan of literatureELSADDown 6: Half note, in BritainMINIMDDown 7: -nik kinITEDDown 8: Yemen-to-Zimbabwe dir.SSWDDown 9: Continuing dramaSAGADDown 10: Food item often cut into ringsOLIVEDDown 11: Setting for instrumentsPANELDDown 12: ___ manualUSERSDDown 13: SkewerSTABDDown 16: Belt tighteningsBUDGETCUTSDDown 20: Like the best chicken or turkey, sayMOISTESTDDown 24: Electrical accessoriesADAPTORSDDown 25: Crop furtherRETRIMDDown 28: Feature of many a box of chocolatesHEARTSHAPEDDown 30: UnclutterNEATENUPDDown 31: CD rate?RPMSDDown 32: "Hoc ___ in votis"ERATDDown 33: Slave singing several solosAIDADDown 34: Red Sox anthemTESSIEDDown 35: "If things were to continue thus ..."ATTHATRATEDDown 36: Number of one of the Olympics canceled due to W.W. IIXIIIDDown 37: Study of some bubbles?: Abbr.ECONDDown 38: Hong Kong's Hang ___ indexSENGDDown 44: Large boreSNOREDDown 45: UmbrellaAEGISDDown 46: OodlesSCADSDDown 48: HeretoforeAS YETDDown 50: Back with breadBET ONDDown 50: Back with breadBETONDDown 51: ImproveAMENDDDown 52: Curly-furred catsREXESDDown 53: Parlors with TV screens: Abbr.OTBSDDown 54: Experiment runners?RATSDDown 56: "Oh, cruel world ..."ALASDDown 58: BushwaROTDDown 59: Sched. lettersTBA