New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 21st December 2021 There are 39 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 21st December 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bygone Russian rulerTSARAAcross 5: Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San AntonioKISSAAcross 9: Like some spraysNASALAAcross 14: "The Simpsons" character with a palindromic nameOTTOAAcross 15: Part of a footINCHAAcross 16: "The best is ___ come"YETTOAAcross 17: Capture the attention ofGRABAAcross 18: Not quite shutAJARAAcross 19: Sing smoothlyCROONAAcross 20: Hawk's homeAERIEAAcross 22: Russia's ___ MountainsURALAAcross 24: Dating ___APPAAcross 25: Skiing and snowboardingWINTERSPORTSAAcross 28: Fulfill completelySATEAAcross 29: With special importanceNOTEDLYAAcross 32: Sewing shop supplySPOOLSAAcross 35: Puts money (on)BETSAAcross 36: Lens holderEYEAAcross 37: Work hard forEARNAAcross 38: B or C of the Spice GirlsMELAAcross 39: Building with a loftBARNAAcross 40: Prominent feature of a fennec foxEARAAcross 41: Pesky plantWEEDAAcross 43: Card suit that symbolizes a medieval weaponSPADESAAcross 45: Hare ___KRISHNAAAcross 47: Sight near an exit signDOORAAcross 48: Display of mentalism ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squaresSPOONBENDINGAAcross 52: www.nytimes.com, for oneURLAAcross 53: Attempt, metaphoricallySTABAAcross 54: ReserveSTOREAAcross 56: Give away, as a story's endingSPOILAAcross 58: Smooth (out)IRONAAcross 60: Walkie-talkie wordOVERAAcross 61: Pinky and the Brain, for twoTOONSAAcross 62: It may be printed on a place matMENUAAcross 63: ___-do-wellNE'ERAAcross 64: Put into the potANTEDAAcross 65: First place?EDENAAcross 66: WapitisELKSDDown 1: Caesar dressing?TOGADDown 2: ScatterSTREWDDown 3: Developer of the game BreakoutATARIDDown 4: M.L.B.'s first Rookie of the Year (1947)ROBINSONDDown 5: Sorento automakerKIADDown 6: Cause harm toINJUREDDown 7: Lasting marksSCARSDDown 8: Explosion fragmentsSHRAPNELDDown 9: Home of the Met, the Whitney and the Frick, in briefNYCDDown 10: Make fizzyAERATEDDown 11: Halts abruptlySTOPSDEADDDown 12: CrowningATOPDDown 13: Actor Chaney nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces"LONDDown 21: List shortener: Abbr.ET ALDDown 21: List shortener: Abbr.ET AL.DDown 23: Plundered goodsLOOTDDown 26: U.F.O. pilotsETSDDown 27: Some N.F.L. blockersRTSDDown 30: Orpheus' instrumentLYREDDown 31: UrgesYENSDDown 32: Ask forSEEKDDown 33: Talk show host JackPAARDDown 34: Ingredient in perfume and potpourriORRISROOTDDown 35: Furniture depicted in Frida Kahlo's "The Dream" (1940)BEDDDown 38: Interim periodMEAN TIMEDDown 38: Interim periodMEANTIMEDDown 39: Singing voice meaning "heavy-sounding"BARITONEDDown 41: Question of identityW.H.O.DDown 41: Question of identityWHODDown 42: First and only chimpanzee to orbit EarthENOSDDown 43: Cronus, to UranusSONDDown 44: Whale groupsPODSDDown 46: Long, thin strip used in building constructionSPLINEDDown 47: Prepare, in a way, as chickenDEBONEDDown 49: Exposed for all to seeBAREDDDown 50: Work of fictionNOVELDDown 51: One of Cyprus's two official languagesGREEKDDown 52: "___ the housetop, click, click, click ..."UP ONDDown 52: "___ the housetop, click, click, click ..."UPONDDown 55: GoofsERRSDDown 56: Subway stop: Abbr.STADDown 57: It may give you visualsLSDDDown 59: SisterNUN