New York Times Answers - Friday, 12th December 2014 There are 30 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 12th December 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Person at the top of the orderABBESSAAcross 7: ExcitedAMPEDUPAAcross 14: Fan's outputCOOLAIRAAcross 16: Brand behind the mouthwash PlaxCOLGATEAAcross 17: Tex-Mex itemTOSTADAAAcross 18: Robert Goulet, e.g.CROONERAAcross 19: Annual event held in the TheresienwieseOKTOBERFESTAAcross 21: Certain tube fillerNEONAAcross 22: Slangy goodbyeKEEPITREALAAcross 27: Relative of a harrierERNAAcross 28: All hits all the time?FIGHTAAcross 29: Reply on the radioWILCOAAcross 30: Person with important clerical dutiesVICARAAcross 31: Tuber grown south of the borderJICAMAAAcross 32: TomfooleryHIJINKSAAcross 35: Ones trying to prevent stealingBASEMENAAcross 36: Stud muffinADONISAAcross 37: Certain branchesSECTSAAcross 38: The tropics and othersZONESAAcross 39: Uses maximallyMILKSAAcross 40: CeilingCAPAAcross 43: Influential figure in upward mobility?ELISHA OTISAAcross 45: ___ Ball (event at Hogwarts during the Triwizard Tournament)YULEAAcross 46: Their best-selling (23x platinum) album had no titleLEDZEPPELINAAcross 48: Series of drug-related offenses?THEWIREAAcross 52: Politico who wrote "The Truth (With Jokes)"FRANKENAAcross 53: Skin cream ingredientRETINOLAAcross 54: Square snackSALTINEAAcross 55: Licensing requirement, maybeEYETESTAAcross 56: WeeTEENSYDDown 1: Start to play?ACTONEDDown 2: Talk show V.I.P.BOOKERDDown 3: Common ground?BOSTONDDown 4: John in a studioELTONDDown 5: 9-5, e.g.SAABDDown 6: Talk show V.I.P.'sSIDEKICKSDDown 7: Put up withACCEPTDDown 8: Mohamed ___, Egyptian president removed from power in July 2013MORSIDDown 9: Thickening agents?PLOTTWISTSDDown 10: Psych 101 subjectEGODDown 11: Judo rankingDANDDown 12: Trojan competitorUTEDDown 13: So saysPERDDown 15: 21-Across, e.g.RAREGASDDown 20: N.H.L. players' representative DonaldFEHRDDown 23: Reduces to bitsRICESDDown 24: Land east of BabyloniaELAMDDown 25: Fictional corporation that made a jet-propelled unicycleACMEDDown 26: It has points of interestLOANDDown 28: This is the endFINISH LINEDDown 30: Tree huggers?VINESDDown 31: Half a nursery rhyme coupleJACKSPRATDDown 32: Run through the gantlet, sayHAZEDDown 33: Pop ___IDOLDDown 34: Iowa politico ErnstJONIDDown 35: CredoBELIEFSDDown 37: ___ bathSITZDDown 39: Car modified for flying in "The Absent-Minded Professor"MODEL TDDown 40: "Home Alone" star, 1990CULKINDDown 41: Time Lords on "Doctor Who," e.g.ALIENSDDown 42: Big name in retailPENNEYDDown 44: Planes, quaintlyAEROSDDown 45: Broadway character who sings "The Rumor"YENTEDDown 47: Not that brightPALEDDown 48: Number of weeks in il Giro d'ItaliaTREDDown 49: "Stop right there!"HEYDDown 50: When le Tour de France is heldETEDDown 51: Romeo's was "a most sharp sauce"WIT