New York Times Answers - Thursday, 31st December 2015 There are 38 across clues and 44 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 31st December 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Onetime gig for Wiig, in briefSNLAAcross 4: Keep the sauce from congealing, saySTIRAAcross 8: ___ SimpsonGRAMPAAAcross 14: Low note?MOOAAcross 15: StashHIDEAAcross 16: BanksRELIESAAcross 17: Spider-Man's surrogate fatherUNCLEBENAAcross 19: Commercial leader?ADEXECAAcross 20: Enjoy the swimsuit edition of The New England Journal of Medicine?GOOGLEDOCSAAcross 22: Giant ManningELIAAcross 23: Club alternativeBLTAAcross 24: Organization in "The Da Vinci Code"OPUSDEIAAcross 27: Actress Gerwig of "Mistress America"GRETAAAcross 30: "Yeah, that's the spot"AAHAAcross 32: Put down roots?SODAAcross 33: Oral voteNAYAAcross 34: Brief entries in an auto film festival?CARGOSHORTSAAcross 39: Like Scotch whiskyAGEDAAcross 41: RibTEASEAAcross 42: FlagTIREAAcross 43: Sickly-looking overlord?WAGONMASTERAAcross 46: Bhikkhuni : Buddhism :: ___ : CatholicismNUNAAcross 47: Tall oneLIEAAcross 48: Rotational speed meas.RPSAAcross 49: GrilledASKEDAAcross 51: Neither improve nor declinePLATEAUAAcross 54: Bank figure, for shortPINAAcross 55: Half of us?ESSAAcross 56: People obsessed with being online?EGOMANIACSAAcross 62: Round a corner in 65-Across ... or what you must do to answer the clues for 20-, 34-, 43- and 56-AcrossPASSGOAAcross 65: Game patented December 31, 1935MONOPOLYAAcross 66: Psychologist Pinker who wrote "How the Mind Works"STEVENAAcross 67: Words of rebukeETTUAAcross 68: UnderstandingKENAAcross 68: UnderstandingKEN.AAcross 69: What you may have with mom, dad or an overbearing bossISSUESAAcross 70: Swiftly built home?NESTAAcross 71: Cable channel that airs "Portlandia"IFCDDown 1: Like an "I told you so" lookSMUGDDown 2: ProscriptionNONODDown 3: Spanish nutsLOCODDown 4: WallopSHELLACDDown 5: Terminus of the Qingzang railwayTIBETDDown 6: Known to authoritiesIDEDDDown 7: City near SparksRENODDown 8: ClutchGRASPDDown 9: With 10-Down, Irish draughtREDDDown 10: See 9-DownALEDDown 11: Cosmopolitan, e.g.MIXED DRINKDDown 12: Key's longtime partner in sketch comedyPEELEDDown 13: Computer acronym since the 1960sASCIIDDown 18: Modern civil rights initialismLGBTDDown 18: Modern civil rights initialismLGBT+DDown 21: They share the airCOHOSTSDDown 25: Escort, slangilyUSHDDown 26: Some air pollutionSOOTDDown 27: Plague, with "at"GNAWDDown 28: 1971 documentary about Ravi ShankarRAGADDown 29: Bridge sitter?EYEGLASSESDDown 30: Relative of a throwAREARUGDDown 31: Audibly flooredAGASPDDown 35: Convenience partly obviated by banking appsATMDDown 36: "Got me now?"SEEDDown 37: AlignTRUEDDown 38: Texting buttonSENDDDown 40: Darer's cryDO ITDDown 40: Darer's cryDOITDDown 44: Born on the bayou?NEEDDown 45: Cause for a reschedulingRAIN OUTDDown 45: Cause for a reschedulingRAINOUTDDown 50: Insignificant personSNIPDDown 51: "The choice of a new generation" sloganeer, oncePEPSIDDown 52: Challenges for future counsel, in briefLSATSDDown 53: Bajillions of yearsAEONSDDown 54: Fly holderPANTSDDown 57: HarbingerOMENDDown 58: SpeckMOTEDDown 59: Isao in the Golf Hall of FameAOKIDDown 60: Head of staff?CLEFDDown 61: AlignSYNCDDown 63: "Law & Order" spinoff, familiarlySVUDDown 64: "Huh, never would've figured"GEE