New York Times Answers - Saturday, 16th May 1981 There are 26 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 16th May 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: An Oscar winner in 1977VANESSAREDGRAVEAAcross 16: La Guardia was oneITALIANAMERICANAAcross 17: Milton tragic workSAMSONAGONISTESAAcross 18: Liquid part of fatOLEINEAAcross 19: Ear inflammationOTITISAAcross 20: InciseRASEAAcross 21: This requires an ans.QUESAAcross 22: Yerkes or Lick, for shortOBSAAcross 25: Neither masc. nor fem.NEUTAAcross 27: ScoldingEARFULAAcross 30: One resigned to reversesDEFEATISTAAcross 35: British bishop's headdressMITREAAcross 36: Player like Mantle, Mays or MusialALLSTARAAcross 37: AttainedREACHEDAAcross 39: Twist, in TaxcoRUECAAAcross 40: Sultry spring winds in EgyptKHAMSEENSAAcross 42: Reflexive pronounITSELFAAcross 44: Calpurnia's needleACUSAAcross 45: Book of the Bible: Abbr.NEHAAcross 46: Sea eagleERNEAAcross 48: Mosel tributarySAARAAcross 52: An English poet and a U.S. actorPAYNESAAcross 55: Dessert specialtyMOUSSEAAcross 57: Famed protégé of Lorenzo the MagnificentLEONARDO DA VINCIAAcross 60: Oxygenating of venous bloodARTERIALIZATIONAAcross 61: Breakfast offeringWESTERNOMELETTEDDown 1: Part of a casquetteVISORDDown 2: Chateaubriand creationATALADDown 3: Contents of an onomasticonNAMESDDown 4: "___ Venner," O. W. Holmes novelELSIEDDown 5: Capital of Valais, SwitzerlandSIONDDown 6: RationalSANEDDown 7: Literary collectionANADDown 8: Certain stewsRAGOUTSDDown 9: Indulge in cabotinageEMOTEDDown 10: Actress DarcelDENISEDDown 11: "True ___"GRITDDown 12: ___ e bisi, Venetian dishRISIDDown 13: ___ ApostlesACTSOFTHEDDown 14: Cicero's "Alas!"VAEDDown 15: Nav. officerENSDDown 21: EccentricityQUIRKDDown 23: End of a Presidential nameBURENDDown 24: PungsSLEDSDDown 25: Pertaining to birthNATALDDown 26: Greek letterETADDown 28: CollectAMASSDDown 29: Translation for 12 DownRICEDDown 30: His first hit was "Splish Splash"DARINDDown 31: Wash outELUTEDDown 32: Places catering to licentious tastesFLESHPOTSDDown 33: Suffix with inchoative verbsESCEDDown 34: VestigeTRACEDDown 38: Nandu's look-alikeEMUDDown 41: "Star Wars" roleHANSOLODDown 43: Demon wolf of Norse mythologyFENRIRDDown 47: FortificationREDANDDown 48: Instrumental compositionSUITEDDown 49: In ___ (peeved)ASNITDDown 50: British trackASCOTDDown 51: Catherine de Médicis was oneREINEDDown 53: Writer Claude ___ANETDDown 54: River on The BroadsYAREDDown 55: LabyrinthMAZEDDown 56: Place for a raceOVALDDown 57: Scientific principleLAWDDown 58: Poetic "before"EREDDown 59: UnclearDIM