New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 20th December 2017 There are 36 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 20th December 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Russian rulerTSARAAcross 5: ThemesMOTIFSAAcross 11: Gathering of people with a shared interestMEETUPAAcross 13: Pennsylvania, for exampleAVENUEAAcross 14: Nixes, as a proposalTORPEDOSAAcross 16: BibliophileREADERAAcross 17: Possess, in the BibleHASTAAcross 18: Sunrise's direction, in SonoraESTEAAcross 20: "We shall never know all the good that a simple ___ can do": Mother TeresaSMILEAAcross 21: With 22-Across, certain way to make 60-AcrossONEAAcross 22: See 21-AcrossEIGHTAAcross 24: Game-ending cry at a card tableGINAAcross 25: Designer JacobsMARCAAcross 27: V.I.P. at boot campSARGEAAcross 28: Dunham of "Girls"LENAAAcross 29: Some businesses: Abbr.LLCSAAcross 31: Assessing, with "up"SIZINGAAcross 33: With 34-Across, another way to make 60-AcrossFOURAAcross 34: See 33-AcrossFIVEAAcross 35: Colorful bird with a big billTOUCANAAcross 37: Dole (out)METEAAcross 38: Carrier of electricityCORDAAcross 39: Electricity, e.g.POWERAAcross 41: Be flippant withSASSAAcross 45: Office data: Abbr.HRSAAcross 46: With 47-Across, a third way to make 60-AcrossSEVENAAcross 47: See 46-AcrossTWOAAcross 48: AbsurdINANEAAcross 50: Opera set partly on the banks of the NileAIDAAAcross 52: Food or airNEEDAAcross 53: 19th-century Midwest territoryDAKOTAAAcross 55: Annie and the Little Mermaid, notablyREDHEADSAAcross 57: Like paradiseEDENICAAcross 58: Network (with)LIAISEAAcross 59: VoicedSONANTAAcross 60: This puzzle's themeNINEDDown 1: More conciseTERSERDDown 2: Month number 60-Across: Abbr.SEPTDDown 3: Had a date, sayATEDDown 4: Like cutting in lineRUDEDDown 5: DefaceMARDDown 6: Sunset's direction, in SorrentoOVESTDDown 7: 60-Across, in baseballTEAMDDown 8: Person native to an areaINDIGENEDDown 9: Kind of stationFUELINGDDown 10: First name in women's tennisSERENADDown 11: 2016 Disney film set in PolynesiaMOANADDown 12: Pretend to bePOSEASDDown 14: Singer Yorke of RadioheadTHOMDDown 15: AdoSTIRDDown 19: NestfulEGGSDDown 23: Mate for a bullHEIFERDDown 26: ___ 60-Across (state of euphoria)CLOUDDDown 27: Difficult situationSCRAPEDDown 28: A cat is said to have 60-Across of themLIVESDDown 30: ___ Jacquet, director of "March of the Penguins"LUCDDown 32: Problem before a big date, informallyZITDDown 33: Left bereftFORSAKENDDown 35: What transported Dorothy to OzTORNADODDown 36: Burst in spaceNOVADDown 37: Gregor who pioneered in geneticsMENDELDDown 38: UpbraidsCHIDESDDown 40: Small damWEIRDDown 42: "Relax, soldier!"ATEASEDDown 43: Greta Garbo or Ingrid BergmanSWEDEDDown 44: Gains yardage?SODSDDown 46: Arrive, as a stormSET INDDown 49: Prefix meaning 60-AcrossNONADDown 51: Possible score after 40-allADINDDown 52: German homophone of 60-AcrossNEINDDown 54: "___ now!" (infomercial phrase)ACTDDown 56: Japanese "yes"HAI