New York Times Answers - Friday, 21st December 2018 There are 35 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 21st December 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Striped sea predatorsTIGERSHARKSAAcross 12: Whirlpool siteTUBAAcross 15: ShotINOCULATIONAAcross 16: Not you specificallyONEAAcross 17: Entertainment for a long ride, perhapsBOOKSONTAPEAAcross 18: Honoree on the third Friday of Sept.MIAAAcross 19: Business ___ENDAAcross 20: Fountain fareSODASAAcross 21: Expressionist painter JamesENSORAAcross 23: Sends anewRESHIPSAAcross 25: Arugula and escaroleGREENSAAcross 26: When the French Open startsMAYAAcross 27: One way to rideBAREBACKAAcross 29: Use, as a mattressLIEONAAcross 32: Having zero interest, sayBOREDAAcross 33: Steve of rock guitar fameVAIAAcross 34: "Look at me, ___ helpless ..." (opening to "Misty")IMASAAcross 35: FlockLAITYAAcross 36: Alpine capitalBERNAAcross 37: Exclamations of exasperationOYSAAcross 38: PremonishesWARNSAAcross 39: "Where ___ fail, music speaks": Hans Christian AndersenWORDSAAcross 40: Making a mark of a sortNOTCHINGAAcross 42: Album fill, informallyPIXAAcross 43: ReliefSUCCORAAcross 44: "CSI" propBODY BAGAAcross 48: "Yuck!"GROSSAAcross 49: Greeting in BritainHULLOAAcross 51: Ahead of, poeticallyEREAAcross 52: Org. with a serpent in its logoAMAAAcross 53: 1987 children's best sellerWHERESWALDOAAcross 56: Some grad students, for shortTASAAcross 57: Person depicted on the Alabama state quarterHELEN KELLERAAcross 58: Denizen of Fangorn ForestENTAAcross 59: Repeated phrase in the chorus of a classic folk balladOHMYDARLINGDDown 1: River near the PantheonTIBERDDown 2: See 55-DownINONEDDown 3: StockGOODSDDown 4: Johann ___, 16th-century defender of CatholicismECKDDown 5: Dressing choiceRUSSIANDDown 6: Title girl in a 1965 #1 hitSLOOPYDDown 7: They operate around the clockHANDSDDown 8: Encouraging start?ATTADDown 9: Shore indentationsRIASDDown 10: Keystone enforcerKOPDDown 11: Displayed derisionSNEEREDDDown 12: Hall-of-Fame pitcher who once struck out 10 consecutive battersTOMSEAVERDDown 13: Labor party member's holding?UNION CARDDDown 14: Hides in a cabin, perhapsBEARSKINSDDown 22: Mo. neighborNEBDDown 22: Mo. neighborNEB.DDown 24: Coverage options, brieflyHMOSDDown 25: Overcast, in BritainGREYDDown 27: Comics soundBOINGDDown 28: They may be dark or fineARTSDDown 29: Film distribution company for "The Hunger Games"LIONSGATEDDown 30: Declaration from a volunteerIMYOURMANDDown 31: Locale of many a red-eye destinationEAST COASTDDown 32: Traditionally red structureBARNDDown 35: RetreatLAIRDDown 36: SquarishBOXYDDown 38: Elite groupWHOSWHODDown 39: Mr. Rochester in "Jane Eyre," e.g.WIDOWERDDown 41: Mails a dupeCCSDDown 42: Warszawa's landPOLSKADDown 44: HarmonizeBLENDDDown 45: Casus ___ (action justifying a war)BELLIDDown 46: "As You Like It" forestARDENDDown 47: Captain von Trapp's given nameGEORGDDown 49: Bridge positionHELMDDown 50: Manhattan Project scientist Harold ___UREYDDown 54: Bit of derisive laughterHEHDDown 55: With 2-Down, multipurposeALL