New York Times Answers - Friday, 2nd January 1981 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 2nd January 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Biblical dreamerJACOBAAcross 6: Capp and JolsonALSAAcross 9: Billiard shotMASSEAAcross 14: Red ___, oil-fire fighterADAIRAAcross 15: Quick tripHOPAAcross 16: BenefitAVAILAAcross 17: Beethoven's "___ Solemnis"MISSAAAcross 18: Suite movementAIRAAcross 19: Nicolai of the MetGEDDAAAcross 20: Vehicle for Barrymore, Davis and HepburnTHECORNISGREENAAcross 23: Jackie Coogan role, with "The"KIDAAcross 24: Pfc.'s mentorsNCOSAAcross 25: CompensatedREPAIDAAcross 29: Governor's pin-upSTATEMAPAAcross 33: Some original New YorkersERIESAAcross 34: Like a Hammett characterTHINAAcross 35: "The Greatest"ALIAAcross 36: Holden CaulfieldCATCHERINTHERYEAAcross 40: ___ loss (perplexed)ATAAAcross 41: "Not with a ___ but a whimper": EliotBANGAAcross 42: Chosen fewELECTAAcross 43: ProcrastinatePOSTPONEAAcross 46: TV's Dr. GillespieMASSEYAAcross 47: Nonworking days, in LondoneseHOLSAAcross 48: Morsel for Spectacular BidOATAAcross 49: Unfinished trilogy by Frank NorrisTHEEPICOFWHEATAAcross 56: O.K.'s of a sortYEAHSAAcross 57: Feminist's cause, for shortERAAAcross 58: Part of ESPEXTRAAAcross 60: Parisian's partitionPAROIAAcross 61: WorryNAGAAcross 62: SaltpeterNITERAAcross 63: Ole of vaudevilleOLSENAAcross 64: H.S.T. successorDDEAAcross 65: Special interestSTAKEDDown 1: Spread or crisisJAMDDown 2: Mine passageADITDDown 3: Hard stuffCASHDDown 4: French riverOISEDDown 5: Like the Dead SeaBRACKISHDDown 6: Beatles' "___ Day's Night"AHARDDDown 7: Kind of chopLOINDDown 8: Action at a trackSPRINTINGDDown 9: Obsessive ideaMAGGOTDDown 10: DisinclinedAVERSEDDown 11: Marquis de ___SADEDDown 12: Kind of show or walkSIDEDDown 13: Entertainer's assetELANDDown 21: Suffix with human or planetOIDDDown 22: BriefSCANTDDown 25: Sum upRECAPDDown 26: One of nine sistersERATODDown 27: Century plantsPITASDDown 28: Predecessor of the N.R.C.AECDDown 29: Take a ___ to (fancy)SHINEDDown 30: Grown filliesMARESDDown 31: ___ clover, forage plantALYCEDDown 32: DevoutnessPIETYDDown 34: Overcome limitationsTRANSCENDDDown 37: Levi's "Christ Stopped at ___"EBOLIDDown 38: Missionary's concernsHEATHENSDDown 39: City overheadsELSDDown 44: Markham's "The Man with ___"THEHOEDDown 45: Visits briefly or unexpectedlyPOPSINDDown 46: Symbol of voracityMAWDDown 48: Mead's "Coming ___ in Samoa"OF AGEDDown 49: Steno's mishapTYPODDown 50: MendHEALDDown 51: Lugs of jugsEARSDDown 52: Towards the mouthORADDDown 53: Sartre's "No ___"EXITDDown 54: "___ boy!"ATTADDown 55: Arduous journeyTREKDDown 59: "Friends ___ all . . . ": G. BurgessARE