New York Times Answers - Friday, 8th May 1981 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 8th May 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: UlulateHOWLAAcross 5: Eve's trio in a 1957 filmFACESAAcross 10: Rough fileRASPAAcross 14: OutAWAYAAcross 15: LikenessIMAGEAAcross 16: Ending for confer or deferENCEAAcross 17: PermitsLETSAAcross 18: Ursa MajorLARGERBEARAAcross 20: Lyric poemODEAAcross 21: CutSLITAAcross 22: Montemezzi's "L'Amore ___ Re"DEITREAAcross 23: Where Joan of Arc perishedROUENAAcross 25: TartACIDAAcross 26: Grow embitteredFESTERAAcross 28: Pass on some bus linesTRANSFERAAcross 32: FrogRANIDAAcross 33: Military V.I.P.'sBRASSAAcross 34: Town in New GuineaLAEAAcross 35: Historic periodsERASAAcross 36: Eisenhower in 1911PLEBEAAcross 37: On which Joan of Arc perishedPYREAAcross 38: He wears a toothELKAAcross 39: Corp. officerTREASAAcross 40: Worked at steadilyPLIEDAAcross 41: This may have seedsRYE BREADAAcross 41: This may have seedsRYEBREADAAcross 43: Kin of klipspringersELANDSAAcross 44: Lady who is often fickleLUCKAAcross 45: TossedFLUNGAAcross 46: EliteCHOICEAAcross 49: Rich earthLOAMAAcross 50: Albee's "___ and Yam"FAMAAcross 53: CapricornHORNEDGOATAAcross 55: AgreeJIBEAAcross 56: ImitatedAPEDAAcross 57: Golfer's thrillEAGLEAAcross 58: Tool company's customerUSERAAcross 59: Hardy heroineTESSAAcross 60: Cure, as fur skinsDRESSAAcross 61: Quaker pronounTHEEDDown 1: NimbusHALODDown 2: Was in debtOWEDDDown 3: HydrusWATER SNAKEDDown 4: Belgian-French riverLYSDDown 5: Secondary item in a newspaperFILLERDDown 6: With full forceAMAINDDown 7: HaulCARTDDown 8: Squirrel's theftEGGDDown 9: PericarpSEEDCASEDDown 10: Makes a new propositionREBIDSDDown 11: "He hath spread ___ . . . "ANETDDown 12: Trauma mementoSCARDDown 13: A DumasPEREDDown 19: Controlling powerREINSDDown 21: Apt rhyme for wooedSUEDDDown 24: Erstwhile Cape Cod A.F.B.OTISDDown 25: Middle EasternersARABSDDown 26: Less confinedFREERDDown 27: BetimesEARLYDDown 28: Stair partTREADDDown 29: Piscis VolansFLYING FISHDDown 30: Like some sealsEAREDDDown 31: WoodwindsREEDSDDown 33: Stark; barren; drearyBLEAKDDown 36: Came firstPRECEDEDDDown 37: George C. Marshall devised onePLANDDown 39: Pause in hostilitiesTRUCEDDown 40: WindfallPLUMDDown 42: ShuttersBLINDSDDown 43: Raises the spiritsELATESDDown 45: Gives birth, as a mareFOALSDDown 46: Light conversationCHATDDown 47: Diamond nameHOPEDDown 48: Bauxite and galenaORESDDown 49: Theater sectionLOGEDDown 51: Busy as ___ABEEDDown 52: Adjective for a trifleMEREDDown 54: Destructive freshwater fishGARDDown 55: ProtrudeJUT