New York Times Answers - Friday, 23rd January 1981 There are 38 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 23rd January 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Leadership of a groupHELMAAcross 5: City in IdahoARCOAAcross 9: CocksureSMUGAAcross 13: Layer of the irisUVEAAAcross 14: Rainbow fishMAORIAAcross 16: False attitudePOSEAAcross 17: Subject painted by many artistsLAST SUPPERAAcross 19: Fruit punchesADESAAcross 20: Rushes violently againstASSAULTSAAcross 21: ContortedATWISTAAcross 23: Ruby or SandraDEEAAcross 24: Nosher's delightEATINGAAcross 26: Lab vesselsRETORTSAAcross 30: Disease of apple and pear treesMEASLESAAcross 33: Afghan princesAMIRSAAcross 34: CartsHAULSAAcross 36: Peruvian seaportILOAAcross 37: Cozy quartersDENSAAcross 38: ColorlessMOUSYAAcross 39: Young mooseCALFAAcross 40: Banking abbr.INTAAcross 41: TopkickSARGEAAcross 42: City invaded by Nazis: May 1941CANEAAAcross 43: Fragrant substanceODORANTAAcross 45: Casual visitorsDROPINSAAcross 47: GustoRELISHAAcross 49: Grand ___ OpryOLEAAcross 50: Sight in the Arctic OceanICE CAPAAcross 50: Sight in the Arctic OceanICECAPAAcross 52: Macbeth's fatal flawAMBITIONAAcross 57: What S. B. Anthony wantedVOTEAAcross 58: Louvre cynosureLAGIOCONDAAAcross 60: ChoosesOPTSAAcross 61: Heap kudos uponEXALTAAcross 62: Habeas corpus, e.g.WRITAAcross 63: Hudsons' contemporariesREOSAAcross 64: Son of AphroditeEROSAAcross 65: Bleeped item on TVNONODDown 1: Shimmy's cousinHULADDown 2: Gabor and BraunEVASDDown 3: Color or point followerLESSDDown 4: Trump cards in certain gamesMATADORSDDown 5: FetishAMULETDDown 6: Wholly absorbedRAPTDDown 7: ThicketCOPSEDDown 8: Money in MalmöOREDDown 8: Money in MalmöORE.DDown 9: GeneratesSPAWNSDDown 10: Painter-sculptor born in LivornoMODIGLIANIDDown 11: ___ up (exhausts)USESDDown 12: ExploitGESTDDown 15: In a wrathful wayIRATELYDDown 18: LitigantsSUERSDDown 22: Sobrinos' kinTIASDDown 25: Pleasingly divertedAMUSEDDDown 26: Receiving setRADIODDown 27: Free from defectsEMENDDDown 28: His self-portrait is in the LouvreTINTORETTODDown 29: Tennis wearSHORTSDDown 31: "Lady of the Lake" ladyELLENDDown 32: Tuxedo and chesterfieldSOFASDDown 35: Summer mo.AUGDDown 38: One-third of a cohortMANIPLEDDown 39: City on Table BayCAPE TOWNDDown 41: Spacious hallSALADDown 42: MulligrubsCOLICDDown 44: Welcome breakRECESSDDown 46: Characters in "Star Wars"ROBOTSDDown 48: Mother of IshmaelHAGARDDown 50: NovelloIVORDDown 51: ContendCOPEDDown 53: Venus de ___ (Louvre attraction)MILODDown 54: Small Japanese receptacleINRODDown 55: One-eyed godODINDDown 56: Defense org.NATODDown 59: ChopperAXE