New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 17th December 2014 There are 34 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 17th December 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: HomeyDAWGAAcross 5: Talks like a tosspotSLURSAAcross 10: Corp. money execsCFOSAAcross 14: Subject of a court bargainPLEAAAcross 15: Spicy Eastern cuisineHUNANAAcross 16: "Nuts" director MartinRITTAAcross 17: Hyperbole for an arduous taskITLLTAKEFOREVERAAcross 20: "Two-L" beastLLAMAAAcross 21: Writer ___ Rogers St. JohnsADELAAAcross 22: Oxymoron for cautious travelMAKEHASTESLOWLYAAcross 27: Classic time to duelATNOONAAcross 28: Earn, as profitREAPAAcross 29: Maritime alertSOSAAcross 30: Rive Gauche's riverSEINEAAcross 31: NadaZILCHAAcross 32: Squash unitsSETSAAcross 33: Pesky arachnidsMITESAAcross 34: Parks in 1955 newsROSAAAcross 38: WiredHYPERAAcross 39: Jiggly treatJELL-OAAcross 39: Jiggly treatJELLOAAcross 40: Ending for a 10-DownISMAAcross 43: Flavoring for a French cordialANISAAcross 44: "Body Heat" director LawrenceKASDANAAcross 45: Litotes for beautyNOTUNATTRACTIVEAAcross 48: Intentionally misleadLIETOAAcross 49: Like MGM's lionAROARAAcross 50: Simile for densenessASTHICKASABRICKAAcross 56: Leakes of reality TVNENEAAcross 57: Play the sirenTEMPTAAcross 58: Hairy son of IsaacESAUAAcross 59: SweetieDEARAAcross 60: Cheese choiceSWISSAAcross 61: Exclamation that's a homophone of 53-DownAHMEDDown 1: Printer resolution fig.DPIDDown 2: Pilot's abbr.ALTDDown 3: Tightly interlockedWELL-KNITDDown 4: Many Spanish Armada shipsGALLEONSDDown 5: Tribal healerSHAMANDDown 6: "Last Days" actor HaasLUKASDDown 7: Article in Le MondeUNEDDown 8: Prince William's mil. branchRAFDDown 9: ___-Caps (movie theater candy)SNODDown 10: Literally, "I believe"CREDODDown 11: Reporter's questions, collectivelyFIVEWSDDown 12: Opera with "Ave Maria"OTELLODDown 13: Many pound dogsSTRAYSDDown 18: Lake near RenoTAHOEDDown 19: Alice's sitcom husbandRALPHDDown 22: Part of W.M.D.MASSDDown 22: Part of W.M.D.MASS.DDown 23: Precisely, after "to"ATEEDDown 24: Least freshTRITESTDDown 25: Angler with potsEELERDDown 26: Some bunts, for shortSACSDDown 31: "Hush!"ZIPITDDown 33: Avian mimicMYNADDown 34: Place to stop and text, perhapsREST AREADDown 35: Ancestor of Scottish Gaelic and ManxOLD IRISHDDown 36: Many a Balkan nativeSLAVDDown 37: Top-notchA-ONEDDown 38: Red River delta capitalHANOIDDown 39: Ebenezer's ghostly ex-partnerJACOBDDown 40: Far from shoreINLANDDDown 41: "Got it"SOISEEDDown 42: Eur. erupterMT ETNADDown 44: Gold standardsKARATSDDown 46: King Arthur's father ___ PendragonUTHERDDown 47: Talks like Don CorleoneRASPSDDown 51: Number after a decimal: Abbr.CTSDDown 52: London's ___ GardensKEWDDown 53: French friendAMIDDown 54: Ending with nanny or spyCAMDDown 55: Scrabble 10-pointer, spelled outKUE