New York Times Answers - Friday, 5th December 2014 There are 35 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 5th December 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Perish the thought!"GODIHOPENOTAAcross 12: Many a delivery participantDADAAcross 15: It has a "Complete My Album" serviceITUNESSTOREAAcross 16: It'll slow down trafficICEAAcross 17: He played Maxwell Smart in 2008STEVECARELLAAcross 18: EnergyVIMAAcross 19: Idée originTETEAAcross 20: The end of Samson?ITEAAcross 21: "Absolutely"YESIDOAAcross 23: Ingredients in bowstring waxesROSINSAAcross 25: Marks, as a boxXESINAAcross 26: One-sixth of diciottoTREAAcross 27: What may drop in disbeliefJAWAAcross 30: Certain union memberWIFEAAcross 31: Show signs of lifeSTIRAAcross 33: Kind of acid used in fireproofingBORICAAcross 35: "Encore!"BISAAcross 36: Made a comeback, sayTURNEDTHETABLESAAcross 39: Greenwich-to-New Haven dir.ENEAAcross 40: They might come with trainsGOWNSAAcross 41: Old show horseMREDAAcross 42: Athletic conf. for UMassATENAAcross 44: Title bird in a Rimsky-Korsakov opéraCOQAAcross 45: One may be smoked outBEEAAcross 46: "If I Were a Carpenter" singerDARINAAcross 48: Province : Canada :: ___ : RussiaOBLASTAAcross 51: Part of a large kingdomANIMALAAcross 53: Umami source, brieflyMSGAAcross 54: 16-season N.H.L.'er FleuryTHEOAAcross 56: Start to sense?NONAAcross 57: Totally break upDIELAUGHINGAAcross 60: One smoked, informallyCIGAAcross 61: Renowned long jumperEVELKNIEVELAAcross 62: Causes of street rumbles?ELSAAcross 63: National coming-out day?RELEASEDATEDDown 1: DriftGISTDDown 2: Furry oyster crackerOTTERDDown 3: By dint ofDUETODDown 4: Get a share of, sayINVESTINDDown 5: Chuckle bitHEEDDown 6: Of songbirdsOSCINEDDown 7: They have 125 questions and last 130 mins.PSATSDDown 8: French soliloquy starter?ETREDDown 9: Arche de ___ (boat in la Bible)NOEDDown 10: General-aviation alternative to Le BourgetORLYDDown 11: Early text messagerTELEXDDown 12: Like any number by itselfDIVISIBLEDDown 13: SouredACIDIFIEDDDown 14: Succubus, e.g.DEMONESSDDown 22: Secure, with "up"SEWDDown 24: Like "come" and "go": Abbr.IRREGDDown 27: 2002 Denzel Washington thrillerJOHNQDDown 28: Frequent foe of Wonder WomanARESDDown 29: What "many a man hath more hair than," in ShakespeareWITDDown 31: Browning selection?SUNTANOILDDown 32: Aids for datingTREERINGSDDown 33: Riboflavin, familiarlyBTWODDown 34: Transport over dry land?CAMELDDown 36: Social event in "No, No, Nanette"TEADANCEDDown 37: Rx writerDOCDDown 38: Showed signs of lifeBREATHEDDDown 43: Ancient game much studied in game theoryNIMDDown 45: Options for target practiceBBGUNSDDown 47: Early touter of air bagsNADERDDown 48: Home to baseball's Orix BuffaloesOSAKADDown 49: Sanskrit for "the auspicious one"SHIVADDown 50: Canon elementTENETDDown 52: UnexplodedLIVEDDown 53: "___ Modiste" (Victor Herbert operetta)MLLEDDown 55: Eyeball, in a wayOGLEDDown 58: Gulper ___EELDDown 59: Bestow, to BurnsGIE