New York Times Answers - Thursday, 12th March 1981 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 12th March 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Put on a playSTAGEAAcross 6: Sloping passageRAMPAAcross 10: Russian ruler: 879–912OLEGAAcross 14: Cut offSEVERAAcross 15: Humorous suffixEROOAAcross 16: News-gathering assetNOSEAAcross 17: Odets play: 1935WAITINGFORLEFTYAAcross 20: Con manFAKERAAcross 21: ___ a pinNEATASAAcross 22: Intense stateHEATAAcross 24: Flightless bird of N.Z.WEKAAAcross 27: Osprey or European buzzardGLEDEAAcross 28: Burma's first prime ministerUNUAAcross 29: Past, e.g.TENSEAAcross 31: June bugDORAAcross 32: UprightHONESTAAcross 36: Nixon Cabinet memberSTANSAAcross 38: Knott play: 1966WAITUNTILDARKAAcross 42: Setting in "The Petrified Forest"DINERAAcross 43: MountASCENDAAcross 45: C.P.A.'s abbr.AMTAAcross 48: Word with maid or manMETERAAcross 50: Actress BrittMAYAAcross 51: French comic of yoreRAIMUAAcross 53: Seattle ___ of racing fameSLEWAAcross 55: ___ Straits, rock groupDIREAAcross 56: HistoryANNALSAAcross 58: Kind of terrierCAIRNAAcross 60: Beckett play: 1952WAITINGFORGODOTAAcross 65: Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1958AGEEAAcross 66: "Das Rheingold," e.g.OPERAAcross 67: Month before febreroENEROAAcross 68: "Poor Richard" playwright: 1964KERRAAcross 69: Fleming heroBONDAAcross 70: Great English actress: 1848–1928TERRYDDown 1: N.Y.C.–D.C. directionSSWDDown 2: "___ and Sympathy," 1953 hitTEADDown 3: OrnisAVIFAUNADDown 4: ReachGET ATDDown 5: Composer SatieERIKDDown 6: MisgivingREGRETDDown 7: Sound in "Annie"ARFDDown 8: Cow's callMOODDown 9: Smut, for shortPORNDDown 10: "Love Story" actorONEALDDown 11: Hit the ball upwardLOFTEDDDown 12: New Mexico, to a MexicanESTADODDown 13: Yellowstone featureGEYSERDDown 18: "___ Girl in Town," 1957 musicalNEWDDown 19: Tales of CamelotLEGENDSDDown 22: "Come again?"HUHDDown 23: Adequate, onceENOWDDown 25: European falconKESTRELDDown 26: ___-Saloon LeagueANTIDDown 30: Large room or hallSALADDown 33: Leif ___, former news commentatorEIDDDown 34: Sources of excitementSTIMULIDDown 35: Musical-comedy itemTUNEDDown 37: Botanical pouchSACDDown 39: Knicks' rivalsNETSDDown 40: Mnemonic deviceREMINDERDDown 41: Knot in woodKNARDDown 44: Eosin, e.g.DYEDDown 45: Colombian IndianARAWAKDDown 46: Emulate Earl WeaverMANAGEDDown 47: More minuteTINIERDDown 49: Best-known performanceRECORDDDown 52: Etonian's parentMATERDDown 54: "___ Games," 1969 playWARDDown 55: Pilotless planeDRONEDDown 57: Hoity-toity personSNOBDDown 59: "___ Around," 1964 songIGETDDown 61: Postmaster's post: Abbr.GPODDown 62: MarshFENDDown 63: He put on a show for hockey fansORRDDown 64: TrifleTOY