New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 20th May 1981 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 20th May 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: CollarsNABSAAcross 5: Rizzuto of diamond famePHILAAcross 9: Embarkation port in 1492PALOSAAcross 14: Pres. or V.P.EXECAAcross 15: DescartesRENEAAcross 16: ___ acidsAMINOAAcross 17: Conductor's cryALLABOARDAAcross 19: Where a dude becomes an equestrianRANCHAAcross 20: "___ the Marines!"TELLITTOAAcross 21: What Olympic bobsleds doCAREENAAcross 22: World Series star: 1969AGEEAAcross 23: "Volsunga" or "Forsyte"SAGAAAcross 24: Latin I verbAMOAAcross 27: "The ___ News Bears"BADAAcross 28: Boot a ground ballERRAAcross 29: "___ Misérables"LESAAcross 32: PlaidTARTANAAcross 34: Eric Heiden, for oneMEDALISTAAcross 36: Prepare for a boutTRAINAAcross 37: Protection for Jim PlunkettPADAAcross 38: Piebald or skewbaldPINTOAAcross 39: Whole numbersINTEGERSAAcross 41: Babylonian coinSHEKELAAcross 42: Bee followerCEEAAcross 43: Power agcy.TVAAAcross 44: Bando of baseballSALAAcross 45: Vane readingSSEAAcross 46: Masonry wedgeSHIMAAcross 47: Celebes oxANOAAAcross 49: ProustMARCELAAcross 52: Cafeterias' kinAUTOMATSAAcross 56: Febrero's predecessorENEROAAcross 57: Yosemite peak (world's largest monolith)ELCAPITANAAcross 58: CompanionwaySTAIRAAcross 59: Hebrew letterALEFAAcross 60: Marsh birdSORAAAcross 61: Nickname for a Chandler of baseball fameHAPPYAAcross 62: Nineveh's partnerTYREAAcross 63: Smoke-fog comboSMOGDDown 1: UnclutteredNEATDDown 2: Wheel spindleAXLEDDown 3: Its sound ends a roundBELLDDown 4: La ___, opera houseSCALADDown 5: Extremely variablePROTEANDDown 6: AngryHEATEDDDown 7: Obi accessoryINRODDown 8: Came in firstLEDDDown 9: Figure-skating maneuverPARAGRAPHLOOPDDown 10: Soprano LucineAMARADDown 11: "Hold that ___!"LINEDDown 12: Nostalgic adverbONCEDDown 13: Vater's boySOHNDDown 18: Cosmologist's or heavy puncher's conjecture?BIG-BANG THEORYDDown 21: Boxing programCARDDDown 23: Rate, as players at WimbledonSEEDDDown 24: ClassicalATTICDDown 25: Seine tributaryMARNEDDown 26: Wax eloquentORATEDDown 29: Johnny Miller's milieuLINKSDDown 30: KefauverESTESDDown 31: Beat the catcher's throwSTOLEDDown 33: Reason for extra inningsTIEDDown 34: Grad. degreesMASDDown 35: Golfer's concernLIEDDown 37: Hyde Park vehiclePRAMDDown 40: MaleficEVILDDown 41: Pioneers' trailSANTA FEDDown 44: U.F.O.SAUCERDDown 46: Redeemable certificateSCRIPDDown 48: Not quite rightAMISSDDown 49: Network or knitworkMESHDDown 50: Theater org.ANTADDown 51: GarnerREAPDDown 52: AssociateALLYDDown 53: Fissionable unitATOMDDown 54: South Seas stapleTARODDown 55: Catch quickly, as a ballSNAGDDown 57: End a crash dietEAT