New York Times Answers - Friday, 31st December 2021 There are 33 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 31st December 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Colorful custardy confectionFRUITTARTAAcross 10: Sudden inspirationsGASPSAAcross 15: Waltz onomatopoeiaOOMPAHPAHAAcross 16: LoveADOREAAcross 17: Classic diner ordersTUNAMELTSAAcross 18: Apply, as ointmentRUBONAAcross 19: Kitchen brand whose name is an ambigramOXOAAcross 20: Pit-___APATAAcross 21: More might come before itORLESSAAcross 22: Its employees might get under your skinXRAYLABAAcross 24: Thing with ringsTREEAAcross 25: Legal actionAPPEALAAcross 28: Some Disney-inspired Halloween costumesELSASAAcross 30: "___ me!" (request to a fridge-goer)BEERAAcross 31: Like blue and green ski trails, vis-à-vis black diamondsEASIERAAcross 33: PepVIMAAcross 36: Looks the other wayLETSTHINGSSLIDEAAcross 39: Modern ___ERAAAcross 40: "A ___ place is in the House, and in the Senate" (bumper sticker)WOMANSAAcross 41: Actress KendrickANNAAAcross 42: Sharon's predecessor as Israeli P.M.BARAKAAcross 43: One of the Blues BrothersELWOODAAcross 45: One of the Coen brothersJOELAAcross 48: Relative by marriageSTEPDADAAcross 50: Where to do as others do, it's saidINROMEAAcross 52: StainBLOTAAcross 53: SprinklingFEWAAcross 56: Canon competitorLEICAAAcross 57: Street featured in Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (that's also 50-Across)VIAVENETOAAcross 59: Still stickyTACKYAAcross 60: Make thinATTENUATEAAcross 61: Crushes itSLAYSAAcross 62: Couple in the back of a carREARTIRESDDown 1: SnapFOTODDown 2: Component of three of the five French "mother sauces"ROUXDDown 3: "That's ... never gonna happen"UMNODDown 4: "Double" or "triple" drinkIPADDown 5: Actress Taylor of TV's "Bones"TAMARADDown 6: Agatha Christie novel named after Death's mount in RevelationTHEPALEHORSEDDown 7: Make ___ forAPLAYDDown 8: Danger for desert hikersRATTLESNAKEBITEDDown 9: Ending with four or six, but not fiveTHSDDown 10: Teri of "Mr. Mom"GARRDDown 11: Does laundry or pays bills, in modern lingoADULTSDDown 12: ClearheadedSOBERDDown 13: Novel contentPROSEDDown 14: TellSENSEDDown 21: Couldn't let go ofOBSESSEDOVERDDown 22: Group portrayed in "Slacker" and "Reality Bites," familiarlyXERSDDown 23: StraightenALIGNDDown 25: ProficientABLEDDown 26: ___ reviewPEERDDown 27: One quadrillion: PrefixPETADDown 29: Trio of horrors?ARSDDown 32: TargetAIMATDDown 33: Rosso o biancoVINODDown 34: Driver's license fig.IDNODDown 35: Ren Faire concessionMEADDDown 37: United competitor, onceTWADDown 38: "Heavens!"LAWDDDown 42: SquarishBLOCKYDDown 44: Not yet manifestLATENTDDown 45: SpurnsJILTSDDown 46: Longtime "Inside the N.B.A." commentatorONEALDDown 47: Writer JongERICADDown 49: South America's Río de la ___PLATADDown 51: Eponym of the World Series M.V.P. awardMAYSDDown 53: "Have no ___ of perfection - you'll never reach it": DalíFEARDDown 54: Suffix with towelETTEDDown 55: Melancholiac's listWOESDDown 57: Dictionary abbr.VARDDown 57: Dictionary abbr.VAR.DDown 58: Rapa ___ (Easter Island)NUI