New York Times Answers - Thursday, 17th December 2020 There are 39 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 17th December 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Needing some kneading, sayACHYAAcross 5: Language in which a nutty person might be told "Yer bum's oot the windae"SCOTSAAcross 10: Hunting store purchaseAMMOAAcross 14: Hook's henchmanSMEEAAcross 15: Stamp holderALBUMAAcross 16: Birthday ___WISHAAcross 17: Basic ideaGISTAAcross 18: Items that are hard to throw away?BOOMERANGSAAcross 20: RemedyANTIDOTEAAcross 22: Troublemaker of 1-DownLOKIAAcross 23: Important piece in échecsROIAAcross 24: Money-collecting org.IRSAAcross 25: Word included to prevent libel, sayALLEGEDAAcross 28: Rough write-upDRAFTAAcross 30: Ballet basicPLIEAAcross 31: Losing tic-tac-toe rowOXOAAcross 32: Cry of dismay in 5-AcrossACHAAcross 34: Singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey ___RAEAAcross 35: LandedALITAAcross 36: Work suggested by this puzzle's circled and shaded squaresBEETHOVENSFIFTHAAcross 41: Strongly advocateURGEAAcross 42: -: Abbr.NEGAAcross 43: One of the KennedysTEDAAcross 44: Pudding flavorFIGAAcross 45: Big name in in-flight internetGOGOAAcross 46: ___ Nadu (Indian state)TAMILAAcross 50: America ___, star of TV's "Ugly Betty"FERRERAAAcross 52: Extinct flightless birdMOAAAcross 54: Lead-in to punctureACUAAcross 55: Actress ChaplinOONAAAcross 56: Like an unused air mattressDEFLATEDAAcross 58: That's gnus to me!WILDEBEESTAAcross 61: ShortcomingFLAWAAcross 62: Word before rich or talkIDLEAAcross 63: RentLEASEAAcross 64: Swiss Alp next to Lake LucerneRIGIAAcross 65: Just OKSO-SOAAcross 66: Small and pointy-eared, perhapsELFINAAcross 67: What "exaggerated" is sometimes misspelled withONEGDDown 1: Mythical realm accessible only by the rainbow bridge BifrostASGARDDDown 2: Key to this puzzle's theme?CMINORDDown 3: Greek goddess of the hearthHESTIADDown 4: Sight on Disney World's Expedition Everest rideYETIDDown 5: Flavor: Sp.SABORDDown 6: Sticks togetherCLOTSDDown 7: Instrument featured in 36-AcrossOBOEDDown 8: Rum ___ Tugger ("Cats" cat)TUMDDown 9: Most foulSMELLIESTDDown 10: UpAWAKEDDown 11: Puttering around?MINIGOLFDDown 12: Flavor enhancerMSGDDown 13: Exclamations of surpriseOHSDDown 19: Credit line?ROLEDDown 21: Leave behindDITCHDDown 25: ___ Freed, early radio personality who coined the term "rock 'n' roll"ALANDDown 26: It takes people outEXITDDown 27: Biblical verbDOTHDDown 29: What the opening motif of 36-Across is said to representFATEDDown 30: Response to "Grazie!"PREGODDown 33: Epithet for a judgeHONORABLEDDown 35: Lover of Radames, in operaAIDADDown 36: MusclyBUFFDDown 37: Tribe that fought the IroquoisERIEDDown 38: Servings with sweet-and-sour sauceEGGROLLSDDown 39: Summer Triangle starVEGADDown 40: ___ positionFETALDDown 45: Something editable using CRISPR technologyGENEDDown 47: Oscar winner MarleeMATLINDDown 48: Cooling-off period?ICE AGEDDown 49: First name of this puzzle's dedicatee, born December 1770LUDWIGDDown 51: Copland ballet with a hoedownRODEODDown 52: Longtime star of F.C. BarcelonaMESSIDDown 53: A lotOFTENDDown 56: What 49-Down became in later lifeDEAFDDown 57: Prefix with CubanAFRODDown 58: Ill. neighborWIS.DDown 58: Ill. neighborWISDDown 59: Formal "yes"IDODDown 60: Reef predatorEEL