New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 12th December 2012 There are 37 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 12th December 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Prefix with distantEQUIAAcross 5: Ticks offSTEAMSAAcross 11: Good dealLOTAAcross 14: Be in a petSULKAAcross 15: Meriadoc the Magnificent, for oneHOBBITAAcross 16: Gardner of HollywoodAVAAAcross 17: Star of 11-/40-DownPETER O'TOOLEAAcross 19: Ski applicationWAXAAcross 20: "___ Lips Are Sealed" (1981 Go-Go's hit)OURAAcross 21: Last of a loafHEELAAcross 22: It helps hold glassesEARAAcross 24: Serta rivalSEALYAAcross 26: Director of 11-/40-DownDAVIDLEANAAcross 31: Take onASSUMEAAcross 33: Armand of "Private Benjamin"ASSANTEAAcross 34: Niña, Pinta and Santa MariaVESSELSAAcross 37: Surgery souvenirSCARAAcross 38: Pavement cautionSLOAAcross 41: Gather, with difficultySCAREUPAAcross 43: Last bitENDAAcross 44: LP playerHI-FIAAcross 46: "The Hunger Games" participantsHUNTERSAAcross 48: Adolescents' support groupALATEENAAcross 50: It might be off the wallDOUBLEAAcross 54: Setting of 11-/40-DownWORLD WAR IAAcross 57: Woody Allen title characterZELIGAAcross 58: Louisville's Muhammad ___ CenterALIAAcross 59: Sicilian cityENNAAAcross 61: Place to play the ponies, for shortOTBAAcross 62: "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away" speakerJOBAAcross 64: Award for 11-/40-DownBESTPICTUREAAcross 68: "32 Flavors" singer DiFrancoANIAAcross 69: Alter, in a wayLET OUTAAcross 70: Kind of feeUSERAAcross 71: ___ culpaMEAAAcross 72: ExplodesERUPTSAAcross 73: SampleTESTDDown 1: Mexican partnerESPOSADDown 2: Tech support may have long onesQUEUESDDown 3: ExtremistsULTRASDDown 4: Presidential nicknameIKEDDown 5: It has a silent tongueSHOEDDown 6: CarriedTOTEDDDown 7: African virusEBOLADDown 8: Blood-typing systemABODDown 9: Bucks, on a scoreboardMILDDown 10: MountsSTEEDSDDown 11: With 40-Down, film that opened on 12/16/1962LAWRENCEDDown 12: Lab eggsOVADDown 13: OverburdenTAXDDown 18: Near and dear, sayRHYMESDDown 23: Pitiful interjectionALASDDown 25: Candy heart wordLUVDDown 27: Garage employeeVALETDDown 28: DispensedISSUEDDDown 29: ___ all-time highATANDDown 30: Square figureNERDDDown 32: SpurnESCHEWDDown 35: Hot spotSAUNADDown 36: Sea eagleERNDDown 38: Creator of Eliza DoolittleSHAWDDown 39: "___ & Stitch" (Disney film)LILODDown 40: See 11-DownOFARABIADDown 42: Antidepressant brandPROZACDDown 45: "___ be O.K."ITLLDDown 47: Drag into courtSUEDDown 49: Like some mushroomsEDIBLEDDown 51: It has buttons on the leftBLOUSEDDown 52: Petrol measuresLITRESDDown 53: Ninth-century Anglo-Saxon kingEGBERTDDown 55: Apply another layer of asphalt toRETOPDDown 56: SuggestionsINPUTDDown 60: Small complaintsNITSDDown 62: Flashy two-point basketJAMDDown 63: Derivative with respect to "x" in f(x) = x + 10ONEDDown 65: "Lo, How a Rose ___ Blooming" (old hymn)E'ERDDown 66: Grimson of the N.H.L.STUDDown 67: Boy king of antiquityTUT