New York Times Answers - Saturday, 21st February 1981 There are 36 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 21st February 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ProceedsNETAAcross 4: Author of "The Immigrants"FASTAAcross 8: Start of a nursery rhymeBAABAAAAcross 14: Fighting temperIREAAcross 15: Construction itemIBARAAcross 16: Fictional sleuth ___ LupinARSENEAAcross 17: River in ChinaKAN.AAcross 18: IrresoluteVACILLATINGAAcross 20: Put outISSUEDAAcross 22: Hindu asceticFAKIRAAcross 23: Difficult ageTEENSAAcross 24: Capone, Jolson et al.ALSAAcross 25: Italian wineSOAVEAAcross 29: Antiknocks, e.g.ADDITIVESAAcross 31: Map addendumINSETAAcross 32: Flower receptaclesVASESAAcross 33: ConsecrateANOINTAAcross 34: Current measuresAMPERESAAcross 37: Miami's hiemal boastCLIMATEAAcross 38: Babe Ruth's first nameGEORGEAAcross 39: Native of ShirazIRANIAAcross 40: Ingredient of ouzoANISEAAcross 41: Containers for colorful mixturesPAINTCANSAAcross 45: Varnish ingredientRESINAAcross 46: Police-call lettersAPBAAcross 47: Author AlexHALEYAAcross 48: ___ HauteTERREAAcross 50: Fruity desserts, for shortMELBASAAcross 51: Islands north of New GuineaADMIRALTIESAAcross 55: Op or PopARTAAcross 56: "___ emptor"CAVEATAAcross 57: HindustaniURDUAAcross 58: Compass dir.NBEAAcross 59: IsolateENISLEAAcross 60: FlaySKINAAcross 61: Prefix with patheticSYMDDown 1: KhrushchevNIKITADDown 2: ExpungedERASEDDDown 3: TightenedTENSEDDDown 4: Pentagon V.I.P.FIVESTARGENERALDDown 5: Aldrich's "Story of ___ Boy"ABADDDown 6: AlgonquianSACDDown 7: ToysTRIFLESDDown 8: Pitching errorBALKDDown 9: Lorraine Hansberry hit: 1959ARAISININTHESUNDDown 10: High, as inflationary pricesASTRONOMICALDDown 11: "___ Mir Bist . . . "BEIDDown 12: ___ ArborANNDDown 13: Arm of the Medit.AEGDDown 19: Young maidenLASSDDown 21: Meccas for scholarsUNIVERSITIESDDown 24: Rosary beadsAVESDDown 26: Europe's neighborASIADDown 27: Release, as angerVENTDDown 28: Suffix with major or cigarETTEDDown 30: Phrase of understandingISEEDDown 33: Bates or ArkinALANDDown 34: Laboratory mediumAGARDDown 35: Part of the writing on the wallMENEDDown 36: Petits ___POISDDown 37: BassinetCRIBDDown 39: Satellite of SaturnIAPETUSDDown 41: Eng. legislative assemblyPARLDDown 42: St. ___, city NNW of LondonALBANSDDown 43: At handNEARBYDDown 44: Solar followerSYSTEMDDown 49: EstimateRATEDDown 50: Middle: PrefixMEDIDDown 51: King's superiorACEDDown 52: CupidDANDDown 53: DIII doubledMVIDDown 54: AnnoyIRK