New York Times Answers - Saturday, 3rd January 1981 There are 36 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 3rd January 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: InsurgentREBELAAcross 6: SecateursSHEARSAAcross 12: Full of spiritFIREDUPAAcross 14: UnfriendlyHOSTILEAAcross 16: AbridgmentEPITOMEAAcross 17: "Necktie party" figureRUSTLERAAcross 18: Mrs. Sundance in a filmETTAAAcross 19: KudosPRAISEAAcross 21: Small apeLARAAcross 22: ENE or WSWDIRAAcross 23: CreeperVINEAAcross 24: CounterclockwiseLEVOAAcross 25: Genethliacons, e.g.ODESAAcross 27: Stow cargoLADEAAcross 28: Climbing plant of AsiaBETELAAcross 29: This is smaller than 36 AcrossNEAP TIDEAAcross 31: Kind of jaw or eyeGLASSAAcross 32: Apple varietyROMEAAcross 33: First name of Amahl's creatorGIANAAcross 34: PuleWHINEAAcross 36: Daily occurrence at the shoreHIGH TIDEAAcross 40: JiggersSHOTSAAcross 41: Curlicues in writingTAGSAAcross 42: Wireless wordOVERAAcross 43: Buster Brown's dogTIGEAAcross 44: Wang ___, Pearl Buck heroLUNGAAcross 45: Domesday Book moneyORAAAcross 46: Name of fame in a national gameOTTAAcross 47: IgniteKINDLEAAcross 49: "Trinity" authorURISAAcross 50: SalarySTIPENDAAcross 52: Hit song in 1953EBBTIDEAAcross 54: Ruddy duckSLEEPERAAcross 55: Less jumpySERENERAAcross 56: ___ Abbey, U.S. painterEDWINAAAcross 57: What Genuine Risk ran for in MayROSESDDown 1: Destructive vortexRIPTIDEDDown 2: Asmara's provinceERITREADDown 3: Elementary particleBETADDown 4: Tokyo's former nameEDODDown 5: Small massLUMPDDown 6: The Alamo, e.g.SHRINEDDown 7: Not necessarily a homeHOUSEDDown 8: Actual beingESSEDDown 9: Siamese coinATTDDown 10: Small streamsRILLETSDDown 11: Separates into filamentsSLEAVESDDown 12: "___ her damask cheek": Shak.FEED ONDDown 13: Diffuse widelyPERVADEDDown 15: Actor Leon ___: 1881–1951ERROLDDown 20: CoadjutorAIDEDDown 24: ShedLEAN-TODDown 26: Ariel, for oneSPRITEDDown 27: Thorny treeLIMEDDown 28: HokumBLAHDDown 30: Lots and lotsTONSDDown 31: Musicians' stintsGIGSDDown 33: Titters nervouslyGIGGLESDDown 34: "___ While You Work," woodcarver's songWHITTLEDDown 35: Made helplessHOGTIEDDDown 36: Something to lendHANDDDown 37: Substance resembling dentinIVORINEDDown 38: RidiculesDERIDESDDown 39: Hit manERASERDDown 40: German sculptor-painter: 1440?–1533STOSSDDown 41: Reindeer's feeding groundsTUNDRADDown 44: NaperyLINENDDown 47: Civil War capKEPIDDown 48: Legendary Irish kingEBERDDown 49: Allies of Kit CarsonUTESDDown 51: "Treasure Island" characterPEWDDown 53: Fam. memberBRO