New York Times Answers - Thursday, 20th December 2012 There are 33 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 20th December 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hair-raisingSCARYAAcross 6: Secretive org.CIAAAcross 9: Cause of everything going up?ARSONAAcross 14: HipAU COURANTAAcross 16: RangeGAMUTAAcross 17: Gamer's midday meal?XBOXLUNCHAAcross 18: Quick online messageENOTEAAcross 19: SpotESPYAAcross 20: Dancer/choreographer MichioITOAAcross 21: Villains in the "28-Down" films, e.g.SICKOSAAcross 22: Working hours for director Shyamalan?MNIGHTSHIFTAAcross 24: Fourth-largest city in the AmericasLIMAAAcross 27: Use, as dishesEAT ONAAcross 28: Nasal spray brandSINEXAAcross 29: Restaurant's after-dinner selectionTEASAAcross 31: Red wing?GOPAAcross 34: N.Y.C. subway line in one's imagination?ATRAINOFTHOUGHTAAcross 38: AtomicWEEAAcross 39: Fishes or cuts bait, sayOPTSAAcross 40: They take a beatingDRUMSAAcross 41: Centipede creatorATARIAAcross 44: Stops in the countryINNSAAcross 45: Bozo in a big Mercedes?SCLASSCLOWNAAcross 50: Peppermint ___PATTIEAAcross 51: Hearth's contentASHAAcross 52: End of many company namesSONSAAcross 56: Santa ___ANITAAAcross 57: With 63-Across, extra holiday pay ... or what's in 17-, 22-, 34- and 45-Across?CHRISTMASAAcross 59: Noodle dishRAMENAAcross 60: UpperSTIMULANTAAcross 61: Some hard-to-wrap presentsSLEDSAAcross 62: Starting O, maybeTICAAcross 63: See 57-AcrossBONUSDDown 1: Old German duchy nameSAXEDDown 2: Team supposedly cursed by a billy goatCUBSDDown 3: Rent-___ACOPDDown 4: Classic theater nameROXYDDown 5: Actor BrynnerYULDDown 6: "Pretty, pretty please?"CANTIDDown 7: Sporting a fake nose and glasses, maybeINCOGDDown 8: Sporting figure: Abbr.ATHDDown 9: Discriminatory, in a wayAGEISTDDown 10: Spanish spreadRANCHODDown 11: Proof positiveSMOKING GUNDDown 12: LackingOUT OFDDown 13: Cloud producer, for shortNTESTDDown 15: TotalRUINDDown 21: Narc's discoverySTASHDDown 22: Conservative skirtMAXIDDown 23: Early racesHEATSDDown 24: Diet, commerciallyLITEDDown 25: As it happensINREALTIMEDDown 26: "Give ___ buzz"MEADDown 28: See 21-AcrossSAWDDown 29: The weather, commonlyTOPICDDown 30: Newt, onceEFTDDown 32: ___ lawOHMSDDown 33: Liq. measuresPTSDDown 35: Like 36-Down, e.g.NORSEDDown 36: Frigg's husbandODINDDown 37: It may fill a nicheURNDDown 42: Inked upTATTEDDDown 43: Japanese or JavaneseASIANSDDown 45: Trades one-twos, saySPARSDDown 46: Ear partCANALDDown 47: "Chicago Hope" Emmy winnerLAHTIDDown 48: Umpire of Hamlet's fencing match with LaertesOSRICDDown 49: ImpulseWHIMDDown 52: French town in '44 newsSTLODDown 53: Gulf landOMANDDown 54: Part of a sitcom sign-offNANUDDown 55: Big "birds" of oldSSTSDDown 57: Ill. hoursCSTDDown 58: Fill-inSUB