New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 5th May 1981 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 5th May 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Express praiseCLAPAAcross 5: Suffix with pay or taxABLEAAcross 9: "Front porch" materialFLABAAcross 13: What a Mexican whistlesAIREAAcross 14: StupendousGREATAAcross 15: Entertainer FalanaLOLAAAcross 16: Got evenSQUAREDACCOUNTSAAcross 19: Famed man from Mo.HSTAAcross 20: Iraqi, to an IraniENEMYAAcross 21: Word after round or flankSTEAKAAcross 22: ___ StreetMAINAAcross 23: Ibsen characterASEAAcross 24: Math professor's "impossible" commandSQUARETHECIRCLEAAcross 32: Fourth-down playPUNTAAcross 33: Patriotic British composerARNEAAcross 34: Dry ___ (plant disease)ROTAAcross 35: Leaping before lookingRASHAAcross 36: Roi's mateREINEAAcross 38: In slanguage, a heavy financial lossBATHAAcross 39: Newscaster SeamansIKEAAcross 40: Outsize incisorTUSKAAcross 41: ___-bittyITTYAAcross 42: Is treated fairlyGETSASQUAREDEALAAcross 47: Theater sectionPITAAcross 48: "Get a ___ on!"MOVEAAcross 49: Once moreAGAINAAcross 52: ___ Ching (Chinese scripture)TAOTEAAcross 54: First name of "The Arkansas Traveler"BOBAAcross 57: Expression used when a plan goes awryBACKTOSQUAREONEAAcross 60: Author WieselELIEAAcross 61: Goatlike creaturesFAUNSAAcross 62: Highest pointNOONAAcross 63: Certain small fryTADSAAcross 64: Campus org.FRATAAcross 65: To be: Fr.ETREDDown 1: Till contentsCASHDDown 2: Fluids: Abbr.LIQSDDown 3: In ___ (habituated to dullness)ARUTDDown 4: VegetablePEADDown 5: PassionateARDENTDDown 6: RayBEAMDDown 7: FragileLACYDDown 8: Apples, oranges, ___ETC.DDown 9: Tool for making decorative groovesFLUTERDDown 10: Like a certain EagleLONEDDown 11: Ski resort in UtahALTADDown 12: Sit on a sunny shoreBASKDDown 14: Barbara Eden role on TVGENIEDDown 17: Display fear, as a fillyREARDDown 18: Davis from Cogdell, Ga.OSSIEDDown 22: Trig., geom., etc.MATHDDown 23: Breakout in adolescenceACNEDDown 24: ShootSPRIGDDown 25: Tragic 1980 event in ItalyQUAKEDDown 26: Loose, as a diamondUNSETDDown 27: Oriental poemHAIKUDDown 28: Puzzler's birdERNDDown 29: Prepare for shippingCRATEDDown 30: Girl's name (anagram for total)LOTTADDown 31: Alcohol baseETHYLDDown 36: Become oxidizedRUSTDDown 37: Abbr., chiefly for lawyersESQDDown 38: WaitBIDEDDown 40: "___ funny, McGee"TAINTDDown 43: Large nailsSPIKESDDown 44: QuantityAMOUNTDDown 45: Lists of personsROTASDDown 46: AlwaysEVERDDown 49: Assist an arsonistABETDDown 50: PartyGALADDown 51: TartACIDDDown 52: DictatorTSARDDown 53: ___ vitae (brandy)AQUADDown 54: Napoleon or WellingtonBOOTDDown 55: ___ about (courtroom phrase)ONORDDown 56: Part of N.B.BENEDDown 58: On a holidayOFFDDown 59: Compass pointENE