New York Times Answers - Friday, 8th December 2023 There are 31 across clues and 32 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 8th December 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Boatloads or truckloadsSHIPMENTSAAcross 10: Question suggesting "What odd behavior!"WHODOESTHATAAcross 12: Gains groundNARROWSTHEGAPAAcross 14: Worker's end-of-year wishBONUSAAcross 15: PitifulSADAAcross 16: Figure whose name derives from the Hebrew for "adversary"SATANAAcross 18: Areas to practice driving skillsRANGESAAcross 20: Middle of MiddlesexCENTREAAcross 21: Taproom offering, in briefIPAAAcross 22: Output of the world's largest manufacturer of musical instrumentsYAMAHASAAcross 26: Canadian N.H.L. team, on scoreboardsOTTAAcross 27: 1977 best-selling novel set in a hospitalCOMAAAcross 29: BrokeTAMEDAAcross 30: Artist of "La Maja Desnuda" and "La Maja Vestida"GOYAAAcross 31: Five-time N.B.A. All-Star ThompsonKLAYAAcross 32: Words that guideCREEDAAcross 33: Uber ___EATSAAcross 34: Join so as to work togetherYOKEAAcross 35: Third most-spoken language in the worldHINDIAAcross 36: SlipsERRSAAcross 37: "___ does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from ___": Jeanne MoreauAGEAAcross 38: StockpilesAMASSESAAcross 40: Get even withTIEAAcross 41: Famous bridge siteRIALTOAAcross 43: Not allowing for variationSTRICTAAcross 45: Payment optionDEBITAAcross 46: What a nod might indicateBIDAAcross 49: Investor's considerationsRISKSAAcross 50: What old memories often causeSENIORMOMENTSAAcross 53: Made 'em lookTURNEDHEADSAAcross 54: Preservers of crop biodiversitySEEDBANKSDDown 1: [So what?]SHRUGDDown 2: Kiddie ride?HORSEYDDown 3: Utterance with one's hand on a Bible, maybeIDODDown 4: Comics sound effectsPOWSDDown 5: City east of TempeMESADDown 6: Abbr. below the name of some businessesESTDDDown 7: Highest degree attainable?N-THDDown 7: Highest degree attainable?NTHDDown 8: Defenses are prepared for themTHESESDDown 9: Pioneer in the field of exobiologySAGANDDown 10: "You sure about that?"WANNAMAKEABETDDown 11: Drawers on chests, maybeTATTOOARTISTSDDown 12: "Stop complaining. I didn't do anything wrong"NOAPOLOGIESDDown 13: Bouncing a penny into a cup, fancily shuffling cards, etc.PARTYTRICKSDDown 14: Indianapolis 500 venue, informally, with "the"BRICKYARDDDown 17: Balance sheet quantityNETASSETSDDown 19: Jazz sobriquetSATCHMODDown 20: Ones helping players get a round?CADDIESDDown 23: Song title in both "The Sound of Music" and "West Side Story"MARIADDown 24: Certain verbal agreementsAMENSDDown 25: RegardsHEEDSDDown 28: Certain verbal agreementAYEDDown 30: "How about that!"GEEDDown 38: What's going on?ATTIREDDown 39: Barely runSTREAKDDown 42: Cartoon character often seen sucking his thumbLINUSDDown 44: They contain fruitRINDSDDown 46: Gave rise toBREDDDown 47: Entertainment reference that began as a Usenet groupIMDBDDown 48: ___ Amendment (2010s extension of the Kyoto Protocol)DOHADDown 51: Tip jar itemONEDDown 52: All House speakers until 2007MEN