New York Times Answers - Friday, 13th February 1981 There are 38 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 13th February 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hook for landing fishGAFFAAcross 5: Deadly African snakeMAMBAAAcross 10: "___ Rheingold"DASAAcross 13: Buck chaserAROOAAcross 14: AudiblyALOUDAAcross 15: Scraps for SpotsORTSAAcross 17: Gaseous elementNEONAAcross 18: Acquisitive femaleGOLD DIGGERAAcross 20: Source of great wealthGOLD MINEAAcross 20: Source of great wealthGOLDMINEAAcross 22: George Eliot novelROMOLAAAcross 23: Thin cutSLICEAAcross 24: Legislative bodiesSENATESAAcross 25: Saint who founded the Ursuline orderANGELAAAcross 27: BeginningONSETAAcross 28: Trevanian's "The ___ Sanction"LOOAAcross 29: S.A. ruminantsLLAMASAAcross 31: Egyptian moon goddessISISAAcross 35: Liquid measuresGILLSAAcross 37: NeedlefishGARAAcross 38: SettingSCENEAAcross 39: Opera star Frances ___: 1883–1952ALDAAAcross 40: CheckARRESTAAcross 42: Russian villageMIRAAcross 43: The horrors of GomorrahVICESAAcross 45: See 3 DownPYRITEAAcross 47: Cross; gibbetPOTENCEAAcross 50: Certain slippersMULESAAcross 51: Indicate clearlyEVINCEAAcross 52: Garden flowerMARIGOLDAAcross 55: Locale for Puccini's "Girl"GOLDENWESTAAcross 57: Medicinal plantALOEAAcross 58: Kind of arm or kickSIDEAAcross 59: ConciseTERSEAAcross 60: Money in TorinoLIRAAAcross 61: German articleDERAAcross 62: Odin's SleipnirSTEEDAAcross 63: Kin of Shangri-LaEDENDDown 1: Work groupGANGDDown 2: Pertaining to Mars: Comb. formAREODDown 3: Iron sulfide with a deceiving colorFOOL'S GOLDDDown 4: CaressFONDLEDDown 5: Like Tamino's fluteMAGICALDDown 6: SoloALONEDDown 7: Insectivorous mammalMOLEDDown 8: Potential flowerBUDDDown 9: Add some ZIP to thisADDRESSDDown 10: OpinionatedDOGMATICDDown 11: Idiomatic vocabularyARGOTDDown 12: Stone pillarSTELEDDown 16: Sp. matronsSRASDDown 19: "Last Days of Pompeii" heroineIONEDDown 21: Machines for grindingMILLSDDown 24: Kind of drumSNAREDDown 25: Aquatic plantALGADDown 26: Short fiber of silk or woolNOILDDown 27: Bradley and KhayyámOMARSDDown 30: CoincideAGREEDDown 32: Like jelly or pasteSEMISOLIDDDown 33: Monogram element: Abbr.INITDDown 34: DrySEREDDown 36: "The ___ Hill Mob," 1950 filmLAVENDERDDown 38: Phonograph needlesSTYLIDDown 40: BroguesACCENTSDDown 41: GushedSPURTEDDDown 44: Actor-director of early filmsINCEDDown 46: DelightREGALEDDown 47: DowelsPEGSDDown 48: Egg-shapedOVOIDDDown 49: Diacritical markTILDEDDown 50: Billiard shotMASSEDDown 52: Neither more nor lessMEREDDown 53: LearningLOREDDown 54: Campus V.I.P.DEANDDown 56: Fit for ducksWET