New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 13th May 1981 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 13th May 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Thick sliceSLABAAcross 5: Word before dash or happySLAPAAcross 9: Give the highlightsRECAPAAcross 14: Naples coinLIRAAAcross 15: Chaucer's "The Miller's ___"TALEAAcross 16: A resinELEMIAAcross 17: "___ in the Life" (Beatles song)ADAYAAcross 18: Mine findsORESAAcross 19: NoelCAROLAAcross 20: Grenade of sortsMOLOTOV COCKTAILAAcross 23: California wine valleyNAPAAAcross 24: Caviar, e.g.ROEAAcross 25: SwervesSHEERSAAcross 28: Most insipidBLANDESTAAcross 33: Mackinaws and chesterfieldsCOATSAAcross 34: Kringle's anathemaSOOTAAcross 35: Bravo or NegroRIOAAcross 36: Garnish similar to Thousand IslandRUSSIAN DRESSINGAAcross 40: "People ___ Funny," of radio fameAREAAcross 41: MortgageLIENAAcross 42: Alpha's antithesisOMEGAAAcross 43: Between stem and sternMIDSHIPSAAcross 46: Turning pointsCRISESAAcross 47: R.P.I. roomLABAAcross 48: Sonny's exCHERAAcross 49: Sled pullersSIBERIANHUSKIESAAcross 57: ___ up (took refuge)HOLEDAAcross 58: Rondelet or roundelPOEMAAcross 59: "Picnic" playwrightINGEAAcross 60: Public warehouseETAPEAAcross 61: It comes in cakesSOAPAAcross 62: College sports org.NCAAAAcross 63: Lascivious oneSATYRAAcross 64: Tolkien creaturesENTSAAcross 65: RamblesGADSDDown 1: Bridge bonanzaSLAMDDown 2: Italian islandLIDODDown 3: Soviet seaARALDDown 4: Musket adjunctsBAYONETSDDown 5: Urban ballplayers' targetsSTOOPSDDown 6: Caterpillar's categoryLARVADDown 7: GuinnessALECDDown 8: Colombian coinPESODDown 9: CalculateRECKONDDown 10: High, in a wayELATEDDDown 11: Wax, in prescriptionsCERADDown 12: Mine: Fr.AMOIDDown 13: Troche or bolusPILLDDown 21: AnklebonesTARSIDDown 22: Orange boxCRATEDDown 25: SkedaddleSCRAMDDown 26: Moslem nymph in ParadiseHOURIDDown 27: MitigatedEASEDDDown 28: PortendsBODESDDown 29: AbandonedLORNDDown 30: IroquoiansERIESDDown 31: ScorchSINGEDDown 32: Caligula's cloaksTOGASDDown 34: Scissors strokeSNIPDDown 37: Suspect's defenseALIBIDDown 38: LesionsSORESDDown 39: SimperingSMIRKINGDDown 44: Irving's ___ HollowSLEEPYDDown 45: Less lenientHARDERDDown 46: DupesCHUMPSDDown 48: DupeCHEATDDown 49: "___ more to be pitied . . . "SHESDDown 50: Theta followerIOTADDown 51: Calf's cryBLATDDown 52: Westminster Abbey areaAPSEDDown 53: Moment of truth in a G. Cooper classicNOONDDown 54: Former Machu Picchu residentINCADDown 55: Archaic expletiveEGADDDown 56: Poseidon's septetSEAS