New York Times Answers - Friday, 20th December 2019 There are 37 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 20th December 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Event for which participants may take the floorSIT-INAAcross 6: Pestered persistentlyRODEAAcross 10: Hindu love godKAMAAAcross 14: Grand Prix siteMONACOAAcross 15: Boost at the gymENERGYBARAAcross 17: BugsANNOYSAAcross 18: Actress whose full name can be made from the letters of DO RE MIDEMIMOOREAAcross 19: Alternative to whiteRYEAAcross 20: ___ Jahan, leader who commissioned the Taj MahalSHAHAAcross 22: This might be a bustSTATUEAAcross 23: Part of a dashCARSTEREOAAcross 26: HootsRIOTSAAcross 27: Treatment that reduces wrinklesLASERPEELAAcross 29: Boomsticks?TNTAAcross 31: Largest steel producer in the U.S.NUCORAAcross 34: Kind of football played indoorsARENAAAcross 35: Greek "Mother of the Gods"RHEAAAcross 36: Inedible kind of orangeOSAGEAAcross 37: Look afterMINDAAcross 38: Hardly try anymoreCOASTAAcross 39: Column in a baseball box scoreRUNSAAcross 40: Sportscaster JimNANTZAAcross 41: 50 Cent's "___ Control"OUTTAAAcross 42: Johnson's predecessor as British P.M.MAYAAcross 43: Some ranch cattleLONGHORNSAAcross 45: "X-Men" film spinoff starring Hugh JackmanLOGANAAcross 47: Congressional campaignSENATEBIDAAcross 51: University near the foothills of the Blue Ridge MountainsFURMANAAcross 53: "Whip It" bandDEVOAAcross 54: 1/2 vis-à-vis 1/3, sayEVEAAcross 55: In direct competitionMANOAMANOAAcross 57: Home of the South by Southwest festivalAUSTINAAcross 59: Big canned soup brandPROGRESSOAAcross 60: Irritates, with "on"GRATESAAcross 61: TricksGETSAAcross 62: Critic's awardSTARAAcross 63: Best Play and othersESPYSDDown 1: "Crime and Punishment" heroineSONYADDown 2: PrivateINNERDDown 3: This is the wayTAODDown 4: Hostile lookICYSTAREDDown 5: SnacksNOSHESDDown 6: Nervous witnesses in mystery novels, oftenREDHERRINGSDDown 7: "Blastoff!" precederONEDDown 8: Left side, informallyDEMSDDown 9: Country with hundreds of islands in the Red SeaERITREADDown 10: Former world capital whose name means "capital city"KYOTODDown 11: "Ah, yes, I'd been meaning to tell you ..."ABOUTTHATDDown 12: Total messMARE'S NESTDDown 13: What "r" might signifyAREDDown 14: Singer AnthonyMARCDDown 16: Online service introduced in 2004GMAILDDown 21: Frequent subject of headlines in The OnionAREAMANDDown 24: Difficult journeysSLOGSDDown 25: "Let me in!"OPENTHEDOORDDown 28: Site for some celebratory dancesENDZONEDDown 30: Bye line?TATADDown 31: Nothing special, with "the"NORMDDown 32: Nothing special, with "the"USUALFAREDDown 33: "Really, now? Really!?"CANYOUNOTDDown 35: ElectrifyROUSEDDown 38: Features on topographic mapsCONTOURSDDown 40: Walk-ons, oftenNONAMESDDown 43: Kendrick of rapLAMARDDown 44: Absolutely destroyRAVAGEDDown 46: Pirates' potablesGROGSDDown 48: 1970s first ladyBETTYDDown 49: Elite eightIVIESDDown 50: Homes in the woodsDENSDDown 52: Early illustrator of Uncle SamNASTDDown 55: No. that's converted for electric carsMPGDDown 56: Org. that shares its HQ with Cyber CommandNSADDown 58: DrainSAP