New York Times Answers - Saturday, 29th December 2012 There are 29 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 29th December 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Urban contemporaryTRITTAAcross 6: "Git!"SCRAMAAcross 11: Sports org. of 1967-76ABAAAcross 14: Olive-colored birdVIREOAAcross 15: World powerhouse in table tennisCHINAAAcross 16: Word of logicNORAAcross 17: Bygone theory of astronomyPTOLEMAIC SYSTEMAAcross 20: BlanketGENERALAAcross 21: Round partsBEERSAAcross 22: Hideous oneREPULSERAAcross 26: Get-___ (starts)GOSAAcross 29: Obituary wordNEEAAcross 30: BugsVWSAAcross 33: "Ugly Betty" actressVANESSAWILLIAMSAAcross 39: Governor, e.g.ELECTED OFFICIALAAcross 40: "Idylls of the King," stylisticallyNARRATIVEPOETRYAAcross 41: 1959 doo-wop classicATEENAGERINLOVEAAcross 42: Alpine nativeLIECHTENSTEINERAAcross 43: "Grazie ___!" (Italian for "Thank God!")ADIOAAcross 44: Basketball Hall-of-Famer DanISSELAAcross 45: Thrust itemEPEEAAcross 48: Uses for a baseRESTSONAAcross 50: BalderdashHORSE MANUREAAcross 54: E.E.C. part: Abbr.EURAAcross 55: It may be bitterALEAAcross 56: "I did it!"SUCCESSAAcross 57: Grp. in grayCSAAAcross 58: Gridiron distance: Abbr.YDSAAcross 59: Sporting boots, saySHODDDown 1: Tube ratingTVPGDDown 2: It may be performed by people in robesRITEDDown 3: UnyieldingIRONDDown 4: Part of 1-DownTELEDDown 5: "___ is human ..."TOERRDDown 6: It has thousands of rootsSCALPDDown 7: Half of a classic religious symbolCH'IDDown 7: Half of a classic religious symbolCHIDDown 8: ___-A-Che (rapper)RICDDown 9: Response: Abbr.ANSDDown 10: Wishy-washy replyMAYBEDDown 11: Deal precederANTEDDown 12: Participant in an 1899 conflictBOERDDown 13: ___ dealARMSDDown 18: Risqué WestMAEDDown 19: Ones to whom an organization's messages are sentSERVICELISTDDown 23: Frayed, perhapsUNWOVENDDown 24: Funny Carol and familyLEIFERSDDown 25: "Woe is me!" typesSELFPITIERSDDown 26: Land visited by Paul in the New TestamentGALATIADDown 27: Clarinet needONEREEDDDown 28: ConcealmentsSECRECIESDDown 31: "I'll be right with you"WAITONESECDDown 32: Elided phrase in a Gershwin songSMARVELOUSDDown 33: Easily corruptedVENALDDown 34: One-seat carriagesSTANHOPESDDown 35: AssailedSETATDDown 36: Verona's riverADIGEDDown 37: They have their prideLIONESSESDDown 38: More craftySLYERDDown 46: Certain bird herdEMUSDDown 47: PerEACHDDown 48: Wished otherwiseRUEDDDown 49: Supporter of the Heller decision, 2008: Abbr.NRADDown 50: Allergy sourceHAYDDown 51: Played outOLDDDown 52: Abbr. after a telephone no.RESDDown 53: One with two or three stripes: Abbr.NCO