New York Times Answers - Thursday, 17th December 2015 There are 33 across clues and 44 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 17th December 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Like a banjoTWANGYAAcross 7: AnnulABROGATEAAcross 15: Make fastSECUREAAcross 16: FlexibleNONRIGIDAAcross 17: 1813 novel made into a 2005 filmPRIDEANDPREJUDIEDIEAAcross 19: Successor to ChurchillEDENAAcross 20: Exclamations of exasperationOYSAAcross 21: DrivesGOADSAAcross 22: More than half of all batteries soldAASAAcross 24: Moriarty, to HolmesFOEAAcross 25: Five-time Emmy-winning actressCANDIEDIEBERGENAAcross 31: A monster may have a big oneMAWAAcross 34: Places that may have beeches and benchesARBORSAAcross 35: Something to dispense withURNAAcross 36: Word that can be followed by any of several colorsCODEAAcross 37: Outdoor feastLUAUAAcross 38: Piece of the N.R.A.?: Abbr.ASSOCAAcross 40: One making a lot of turns on the road?AXLEAAcross 41: "Oh yeah ... uh-huh"IBETAAcross 42: ___-di-dahLAHAAcross 43: Made outESPIEDAAcross 45: Word repeated at the start of every "Star Wars" filmFARAAcross 46: Racy books named after a Victorian garmentBODIEDIERIPPERSAAcross 48: Biathlon needAIMAAcross 49: Five fifthsONEAAcross 50: Perform lousilySTINKAAcross 53: Calendar keeper, for shortPDAAAcross 55: A headEACHAAcross 59: Alcoholic drink so named because of its color, not its contentLONGISLANDIEDIEDTEAAAcross 63: BoilingINCENSEDAAcross 64: Trouble, in YiddishTSURISAAcross 65: Bygone royalsTSARINASAAcross 66: Blanche DuBois's sisterSTELLADDown 1: It's about 5 mLTSPDDown 2: LivedWEREDDown 3: BitingACIDDDown 4: In the altogetherNUDEDDown 5: Certain foot soldierGRENADIERDDown 6: House support?YEADDown 7: Roddick who won the 2003 U.S. OpenANDYDDown 8: ConksBOPSDDown 9: Time off, in mil. slangRNRDDown 10: Where Nike is headquarteredOREGONDDown 11: Boy toy?GIJOEDDown 12: Quito quaffAGUADDown 13: Cleaned (up)TIDIEDDDown 14: Things going down the drain?EDDIESDDown 18: Oenophile's concernNOSEDDown 23: Son of DavidABSALOMDDown 24: EncloseFENCE INDDown 25: 10-Down neighbor: Abbr.CALIFDDown 25: 10-Down neighbor: Abbr.CALIF.DDown 26: Caribbean vacation destinationARUBADDown 27: Hawk or HornetNBAERDDown 28: Go extinctDIE OUTDDown 29: Indian-born writer of the 1981 Booker PrizeRUSHDIEDDown 30: Miracle-___GRODDown 31: ChutzpahMOXIEDDown 32: Chicago's ___ PlanetariumADLERDDown 33: Bed intruders?WEEDSDDown 36: Dogpatch creatorCAPPDDown 39: Beatles title girlSADIEDDown 44: First to break the tapeSPEEDIESTDDown 46: Beach attractionBIKINIDDown 47: Multihued horseROANDDown 48: InflameANGERDDown 50: Pupil of a snake's eye, oftenSLITDDown 51: PlentyTONSDDown 52: Worshiper of IntiINCADDown 53: Answer to a judgePLEADDown 54: PopsDADSDDown 56: In unison, in a wayADUEDDown 57: PC keyCTRLDDown 58: Greeting with a saluteHEILDDown 60: W-4 entry: Abbr.SSNDDown 61: Topics of many self-help booksDIETSDDown 62: "___ whole ..."ASA