New York Times Answers - Friday, 17th February 2012 There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th February 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Stud, sayBABEMAGNETAAcross 11: Court defendant: Abbr.RESPAAcross 15: He played Don Altobello in "The Godfather Part III"ELIWALLACHAAcross 16: FairEXPOAAcross 17: Side effect?AFTERTASTEAAcross 18: Hillbilly's plugCHAWAAcross 19: More, to a 37-DownMASAAcross 20: Eric of "Funny People," 2009BANAAAcross 21: It's gradually shrinking in the ArcticSEAICEAAcross 23: Lost tractionSLIDAAcross 24: One punched in an officeSTAPLERAAcross 25: Kitchen dusting aidSIFTERAAcross 28: Admirable personCLASS ACTAAcross 29: They might be left hangingCHADSAAcross 30: Not pussyfootingBLUNTAAcross 31: 1990s Indian P.M.RAOAAcross 32: "Youth With a Skull" painterHALSAAcross 33: Didn't use a high enough 45-Across, maybeFRIEDAAcross 34: Carpenter's grooveDADOAAcross 35: Some E.M.T. casesODSAAcross 36: They stand for thingsNOUNSAAcross 37: Kind of nutBETELAAcross 38: Evenly matchedONE-TO-ONEAAcross 40: Employees at a ritzy hotelVALETSAAcross 41: Is routed byLOSESTOAAcross 42: WhiffHINTAAcross 43: Hand holder?MITTENAAcross 44: Grain, e.g.FEEDAAcross 45: Ray blockage no.SPFAAcross 48: Month whose zodiac sign is a fishADARAAcross 49: "Lady Baltimore" novelist, 1906OWEN WISTERAAcross 52: Prefix with 3-DownTERAAAcross 53: "It'll be O.K." lead-inTHERETHEREAAcross 54: Tummy fillerEATSAAcross 55: "Whoa, not so fast!"EASYDOESITDDown 1: Appear thrilledBEAMDDown 2: Two before CharlieALFADDown 3: Computing 0s and 1sBITSDDown 4: Milk sourceEWEDDown 5: Sense, slangilyMARBLESDDown 6: Aquila's brightest starALTAIRDDown 7: Secretive body partGLANDDDown 8: Mariner's grp.NASADDown 9: Outer: PrefixECTDDown 10: Postapocalyptic best seller of 1978THESTANDDDown 11: Wraps upRECAPSDDown 12: SendEXHILARATEDDown 13: Flighty typeSPACE CADETDDown 14: Drills, e.g.POWERTOOLSDDown 22: League divisionEASTDDown 23: Criteria: Abbr.STDSDDown 24: Veers sharplySLUESDDown 25: Friend one grows up with, oftenSCHOOLMATEDDown 26: "News to me!"IHADNOIDEADDown 27: Reason for a track delayFALSESTARTDDown 28: "Faded Love" singer, 1963CLINEDDown 30: Film with the tagline "Borat was SO 2006"BRUNODDown 33: Where following a star might lead youFOOTNOTEDDown 34: Shoulder press target, brieflyDELTDDown 36: It's in front of the cockpitNOSEDDown 37: South-of-the-border bad guyBANDITODDown 39: Colorful additions to tanksTETRASDDown 40: BeheldVIEWEDDDown 42: Name in seven Shakespeare titlesHENRYDDown 44: Charges from counselFEESDDown 45: They may be prayed to in Fr.STESDDown 46: Graceful fairyPERIDDown 47: Part of a long neckFRETDDown 50: "Huh?"WHADDown 51: "___ being Brand" (Cummings poem)SHE