New York Times Answers - Friday, 24th December 2021 There are 35 across clues and 33 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 24th December 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: RetreatedDREWBACKAAcross 9: DropOMITAAcross 13: Artificial intelligence system modeled on the human brainNEURAL NETAAcross 15: Something that gets passed around a lotMEMEAAcross 16: Golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, for twoAFRIKANERSAAcross 18: So muchATONAAcross 19: All the king's men?LIEGESAAcross 20: Simple and glibPATAAcross 21: School with the slogan "Ex scientia tridens," familiarlyNAVYAAcross 22: Ancient symbols of lifeANKHSAAcross 23: Velcro alternativeLACESAAcross 25: Democratic leader?DEEAAcross 26: Recipe directionBEATAAcross 27: Strong, dark quaffBOCKAAcross 28: The British royal family has one called the Cambridge Lover's KnotTIARAAAcross 30: Some abbey attireCOWLSAAcross 31: UpASTIRAAcross 32: "I wasn't going to say anything, but since you brought it up ..."YEAHABOUTTHATAAcross 36: CrewPOSSEAAcross 37: Many a confession on a theater stageASIDEAAcross 38: Throws, informallyHUCKSAAcross 39: "I'm game"LETSAAcross 40: Last ___GASPAAcross 44: ___ Miguel Island, largest of the AzoresSAOAAcross 45: Currency units in PeruSOLESAAcross 47: Puccini opera ... or the first five letters of the maestro who conducted its La Scala premiereTOSCAAAcross 48: What Twix bars are sold inTWOSAAcross 50: Companion of the droid BB-8, in the "Star Wars" universeREYAAcross 51: Ear hair?TASSELAAcross 52: Calculus calculationRATEAAcross 53: Gained some courageGREWASPINEAAcross 55: What Shøp on "The Simpsons" is a parody ofIKEAAAcross 56: Agronomic analysesSOILTESTSAAcross 57: A cold wave can produce onePERMAAcross 58: Yule log?NICELISTDDown 1: Sequencing localeDNALABDDown 2: PolishREFINEDDown 3: Triumphant shoutEUREKADDown 4: "Black Boy" memoirist RichardWRIGHTDDown 5: Gets the batter out, sayBAKESDDown 6: "___ poor Romeo!": Shak.ALASDDown 7: Wolf's homeCNNDDown 8: MonitorKEEPACLOSEEYEONDDown 9: Besides Brunei, the only current sovereign sultanateOMANDDown 10: Creation date, file size and location, for an iPhone photoMETADATADDown 11: "That doesn't bother me anymore"IMOVERITDDown 12: Like an F.B.I. director's termTENYEARDDown 14: Fast fashion?TRACKSUITSDDown 17: Office address abbr.STEDDown 23: Ones making insulting offersLOWBALLERSDDown 24: Part of many university namesSTATEDDown 27: Flamboyant propBOADDown 29: "Black" followerISHDDown 30: "The gymnasium of the mind," per Blaise PascalCHESSDDown 32: Question that cannot be answered if its answer is "no"YOUAWAKEDDown 33: Two-wheeler at a charging stationESCOOTERDDown 34: "___ away!"ASKDDown 35: Cardinal points?: Abbr.TDSDDown 36: Alternative to litmus paperPHSTRIPDDown 40: It's the truth!GOSPELDDown 41: Noted basilica townASSISIDDown 42: Things picked up on a trailSCENTSDDown 43: Most likely to burn, maybePALESTDDown 46: Kind of chart, informallyORGDDown 47: DecorumTASTEDDown 49: Underground bandSEAMDDown 51: One end of the Mohs scaleTALCDDown 54: GameCube successorWII