New York Times Answers - Monday, 25th December 2017 There are 40 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 25th December 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Adhering to old-fashioned modestyPRIMAAcross 5: Congeal, as bloodCLOTAAcross 9: Gate closerLATCHAAcross 14: Green precious stoneJADEAAcross 15: Years and years and yearsEONSAAcross 16: Honolulu helloALOHAAAcross 17: *Game-quickening timer in basketballSHOTCLOCKAAcross 19: Arabian Peninsula nationYEMENAAcross 20: Charlotte ___ (rich dessert)RUSSEAAcross 21: Lyndon Johnson and George W. BushTEXANSAAcross 22: Food unit counted by a dieterCALORIEAAcross 25: Budgetary excessFATAAcross 26: Golf ball propper-upperTEEAAcross 27: Columbus campus, brieflyOSUAAcross 28: *Snowbirds' destinationSUN BELTAAcross 28: *Snowbirds' destinationSUNBELTAAcross 30: Cartoondom's Olive ___OYLAAcross 31: WealthRICHESAAcross 33: Tie, as figure skatesLACE UPAAcross 35: Clobber in the ringKAYOAAcross 36: WeirdoNUTAAcross 37: Miss America accessorySASHAAcross 40: President saying "No!"VETOERAAcross 43: Utter failureFIASCOAAcross 45: Govt. of the RebsCSAAAcross 47: *Long vegetable with a yellow podWAX BEANAAcross 49: Game of pursuitTAGAAcross 50: Take part in 49-AcrossRUNAAcross 51: Mel honored in CooperstownOTTAAcross 52: Ships' direction controllersRUDDERSAAcross 54: MischievousIMPISHAAcross 56: SpunkMOXIEAAcross 57: Small food fishSMELTAAcross 58: List of popular songs ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred cluesHIT PARADEAAcross 62: Hairlike projections on cellsCILIAAAcross 63: Wagner's "Liebestod," e.g.ARIAAAcross 64: Something an arrested person tries to "make"BAILAAcross 65: Playful river animalOTTERAAcross 66: Some "big" burgersMACSAAcross 67: Reb's foeYANKDDown 1: Nighttime wear, familiarlyPJ'SDDown 2: Cheerleader's cryRAHDDown 3: Words solemnly swornIDODDown 4: Subway systemMETRODDown 5: Swede who developed a temperature scaleCELSIUSDDown 6: Ease up onLOOSENDDown 7: Without repetitionONCEDDown 8: Sound of disapprovalTSKDDown 9: Purchase for a newbornLAYETTEDDown 10: "Jeopardy!" host TrebekALEXDDown 11: *Marinara sauce thickenerTOMATO PASTEDDown 12: Vice president between Gore and BidenCHENEYDDown 13: Fairy tale boy who outsmarts a witchHANSELDDown 18: Mean witch's pronouncementCURSEDDown 21: Soft mineralTALCDDown 22: Bottle stopperCORKDDown 23: Landmass bounded by a mountain chain and three oceansASIADDown 24: *Dispenser of psychiatric advice to Charlie BrownLUCYVANPELTDDown 25: Notable achievementFEATDDown 29: Book jacket write-upBLURBDDown 32: What might turn up dirt on someone?HOEDDown 34: Stars-and-stripes land, for shortU.S.A.DDown 34: Stars-and-stripes land, for shortUSADDown 36: Call at a deli or barbershopNEXTDDown 38: What psychological trauma may leaveSCARDDown 39: SwineHOGSDDown 41: Like a midlevel general or a so-so movieTWOSTARDDown 42: Hippocratic ___OATHDDown 43: Social gaffeFAUX PASDDown 44: "Slumdog Millionaire" settingINDIADDown 45: Cooking oil brandCRISCODDown 46: PeakSUMMITDDown 48: SteamyEROTICDDown 53: Churchill Downs eventDERBYDDown 55: 1970s tennis champ NastaseILIEDDown 56: Sorvino of "Mighty Aphrodite"MIRADDown 58: Overly theatrical typeHAMDDown 59: Motorists' org.AAADDown 60: RacketDINDDown 61: Animal with a rackELK