New York Times Answers - Friday, 23rd March 2012 There are 34 across clues and 34 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 23rd March 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Aunties' sistersMAMMASAAcross 7: Gold medalTOPPRIZEAAcross 15: FlyAVIATEAAcross 16: Prepare to take off, perhapsUNLOOSENAAcross 17: Evers of civil rightsMEDGARAAcross 18: Quick seasonal greeting?XMASCARDAAcross 19: Ice cream gobbler's woeBRAINFREEZEAAcross 21: A.L. East team, on scoreboardsBOSAAcross 22: Ear-relevantOTICAAcross 23: Old Norse workEDDAAAcross 24: Orange exteriorPEELAAcross 25: United entities before 1991: Abbr.SSRSAAcross 26: "Get Smart" enemy agencyKAOSAAcross 27: 2008 Israeli political biographyGOLDAAAcross 28: Beater of a full boat in pokerQUADSAAcross 30: Naturally brightSUNLITAAcross 31: DevelopsMATURESAAcross 34: C6H6BENZENEAAcross 35: Stilted-sounding "Consider it done"ISHALLAAcross 36: "The Godfather" enforcer who "sleeps with the fishes"BRASIAAcross 37: "Cheers" alternative, in a letterYOURSAAcross 38: Providers of inside looks?MRISAAcross 39: "Minnie the Moocher" featureSCATAAcross 43: Archer of filmANNEAAcross 44: In a day, saySOONAAcross 45: Solving aidCLUEAAcross 46: End of a line in EnglandZEDAAcross 47: Hit MTV series starting in 2009JERSEYSHOREAAcross 50: Double grace period?AMENAMENAAcross 52: Start operating, datewiseOPENONAAcross 53: Vronsky's loveKARENINAAAcross 54: Stoolies, oftenNAMERSAAcross 55: Like clams during winterINSEASONAAcross 56: 1993 rap hit in which Snoop Doggy Dogg popularized the term "bootylicious"DREDAYDDown 1: Relatives of merenguesMAMBOSDDown 2: Heads offAVERTSDDown 3: Where trapeze artists connectMIDAIRDDown 4: Ancient talisman with mathematical propertiesMAGIC SQUAREDDown 5: ___ advantageATANDDown 6: One bound to do workSERFDDown 7: Ball wearTUXEDOSDDown 8: Popping Prozacs, perhapsONMEDSDDown 9: Common statue settingPLAZADDown 10: AskPOSEDDown 11: Legendary raptorROCDDown 12: Figure skater BrasseurISABELLEDDown 13: Directed attention (on)ZEROEDINDDown 14: Runs overENDSLATEDDown 20: Goes overREADSDDown 24: Source of false returnsPONZISCHEMEDDown 26: Film critic PaulineKAELDDown 27: Magazine articlesGUNSDDown 29: E-tailing specificationsURLSDDown 30: They can get choppySEASDDown 31: "Ponyo" writer/director Hayao ___MIYAZAKIDDown 32: In unisonASONEMANDDown 33: BoomsTHUNDERSDDown 34: PickleBRINEDDown 36: Pierce with linesBROSNANDDown 38: "West Side Story" Oscar winnerMORENODDown 40: Like the I.B.M. PC, oftenCLONEDDDown 41: Light show?AURORADDown 42: MinuteTEENSYDDown 44: Four enter them, but only two surviveSEMISDDown 47: Tennis star NovotnaJANADDown 48: Over there, to bardsYONDDDown 49: Practice with gloves onSPARDDown 51: Once known asNEE