New York Times Answers - Friday, 6th December 2019 There are 31 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 6th December 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Samsung-versus-Apple and othersADWARSAAcross 7: Regular at a fitness centerGYM RATAAcross 13: ReturnsPROFITAAcross 14: Gather dustLIEIDLEAAcross 15: Containing neither meat nor dairyPAREVEAAcross 16: Dietary claim on some potato chip bagsLESSSALTAAcross 17: "Here's one for you, smarty-pants"ANSWERMETHISAAcross 19: Something cast in cleromancyLOTAAcross 20: Not just sit thereREACTAAcross 21: Breaks, in a wayTAMESAAcross 25: Rugged classSPORT UTILITYAAcross 27: Source of illegal ivory, informallyHIPPOAAcross 30: Puts to bed, with "in"TUCKSAAcross 31: One with a habitNUNAAcross 32: Cash ___ (restaurant caveat)ONLYAAcross 33: New World songbirdVIREOAAcross 34: OverhaulREDOAAcross 35: Feminine suffix in Spanish namesITAAAcross 36: Power cord?SINEWAAcross 37: Cut (down)PAREDAAcross 38: Take the more difficult path, metaphoricallySWIMUPSTREAMAAcross 41: Something made for one's idols?TOTEMAAcross 42: AncientHOARYAAcross 43: Abbr. for an open slotTBAAAcross 46: Dressing room attendantMAKEUPARTISTAAcross 49: "Don't mention it"NOBOTHERAAcross 52: Some kaffiyeh wearersSAUDISAAcross 53: Went pastOVERRANAAcross 54: Company with a purple-and-green asterisk in its logoETRADEAAcross 55: National tree of IndiaBANYANAAcross 56: Clean, as a lab coat?DEFLEADDown 1: Horrify, in HampshireAPPALDDown 2: Pipe cleaner brandDRANODDown 3: DrubWORSTDDown 4: SomeA FEWDDown 5: It flows from the Cottian Alps to the AdriaticRIVERPODDown 6: Lead-in to -scopeSTEREODDown 7: Lillian of silent filmsGISHDDown 8: Firm affirmationYESITISDDown 9: Prayer bookMISSALDDown 10: Nutritional fig.RDADDown 11: ___ setALLDDown 12: Celebration in Ho Chi Minh CityTETDDown 14: Low-carb sandwichLETTUCEWRAPDDown 16: Series of visits to colleges, maybeLECTURETOURDDown 18: Actor whose roles have included both a fictional and a real-life U.S. presidentMARTINSHEENDDown 22: Person in a rushMINERDDown 23: Exercise done on a benchETUDEDDown 24: Bishops' gatheringSYNODDDown 25: One who bugs another person?SPYDDown 26: Ring result, for shortTKODDown 27: RaiseHOISTDDown 28: Halved, perhapsINTWODDown 29: Interweave, as hairPLAITDDown 33: Kind of passVIPDDown 34: Super Bowl LIII loserRAMDDown 36: Island near KrakatoaSUMATRADDown 37: WagePAY RATEDDown 39: Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?"MEMORYDDown 40: Rubbed outERASEDDDown 43: Ebbing and flowing, sayTIDALDDown 44: Queen's "We Will Rock You" vis-à-vis "We Are the Champions"BSIDEDDown 45: Totally lostAT SEADDown 47: Sadiq ___, London mayor beginning in 2016KHANDDown 48: NeighborhoodTURFDDown 49: ___ Hill (San Francisco neighborhood)NOBDDown 50: Eggs Florentine, once?OVADDown 51: Son of, in Hebrew namesBEN