New York Times Answers - Monday, 17th September 2012 There are 37 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 17th September 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: *Prefix with physicsMETAAAcross 5: So last yearPASSEAAcross 10: Papa's partnerMAMAAAcross 14: Sounds of satisfactionAAHSAAcross 15: FieldsAREASAAcross 16: Hwys.RTESAAcross 17: "___ bien!"TRESAAcross 18: Film unitsREELSAAcross 19: Cats and gerbils, e.g.PETSAAcross 20: *Substance marketed under the name NutraSweetASPARTAMEAAcross 22: Stiller's partner in comedyMEARAAAcross 23: What "can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes," per Mark TwainLIEAAcross 24: *Fightin' wordsLEMMEATEMAAcross 26: Libra's symbolSCALESAAcross 29: Ashes containerURNAAcross 30: ___ sauceSOYAAcross 31: Religious councilsSYNODSAAcross 35: Aptly named fruitUGLIAAcross 39: *Coach's clichéd reminderTHERESNOIINTEAMAAcross 42: Teed offSOREAAcross 43: Bridge player's comboTENACEAAcross 44: Bygone flierTWAAAcross 45: Go pfft, as an engineDIEAAcross 47: ___ rod (molding with a twined serpent design)AARONSAAcross 49: *Chess endingCHECKMATEAAcross 55: LooLAVAAcross 56: Peter of "Casablanca"LORREAAcross 57: Pie filling ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues?MINCEMEATAAcross 61: The "A" in A.D.ANNOAAcross 62: ___ lilyCALLAAAcross 63: Basic drawing classARTIAAcross 64: French kingsROISAAcross 65: Shaquille of the N.B.A.ONEALAAcross 66: Singer CelineDIONAAcross 67: Greek war godARESAAcross 68: Pesto ingredientBASILAAcross 69: *"Don't look ___!"ATMEDDown 1: ___ Hari (W.W. I spy)MATADDown 2: What friends, Romans and countrymen lent, in ShakespeareEARSDDown 3: 1992 Robert Altman film about HollywoodTHEPLAYERDDown 4: AttackASSAILDDown 5: A comb makes onePARTDDown 6: "You're ___ pal"AREALDDown 7: Curt summonsSEEMEDDown 8: Oregon's capitalSALEMDDown 9: Double curveESSDDown 10: Advertising figure with a monocleMRPEANUTDDown 11: Bothered greatlyATEATDDown 12: About 39 inches, in EnglandMETREDDown 13: Source of much tea from AsiaASSAMDDown 21: Actress WitherspoonREESEDDown 22: Debussy's "La ___"MERDDown 25: What a Spanish orchestra producesMUSICADDown 26: Retired fliersSSTSDDown 27: Pacific salmonCOHODDown 28: The "S" in CBSSYSTEMDDown 32: SSW's oppositeNNEDDown 33: Suffix with ballOONDDown 34: Sábado or domingoDIADDown 36: "Quit your beefing!"GETOVERITDDown 37: What a sidewalk may abutLAWNDDown 38: "___ shocked as you are"IMASDDown 40: Blood group?RED CROSSDDown 41: Writer Zora ___ HurstonNEALEDDown 46: "I Like ___" ('50s political slogan)IKEDDown 48: Holiday Inn alternativeRAMADADDown 49: Barton of the 40-DownCLARADDown 50: Trophy or medalHONORDDown 51: Bert's pal on "Sesame Street"ERNIEDDown 52: Big appliance makerAMANADDown 53: Scrabble piecesTILESDDown 54: China's Zhou ___ENLAIDDown 58: TelephoneCALLDDown 59: Itsy-bitsy bitATOMDDown 60: Fork prongTINEDDown 62: Inner part of an ear of cornCOB