New York Times Answers - Friday, 5th June 1981 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 5th June 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Jazz improvisationVAMPAAcross 5: AgainstANTIAAcross 9: DenturePLATEAAcross 14: Conductor BuketoffIGORAAcross 15: Norman who invaded TVLEARAAcross 16: Mr. Dithers of the comics, for oneRAGERAAcross 17: Cartoonist or riverARNOAAcross 18: Skirt styleMAXIAAcross 19: Structural memberI-BEAMAAcross 20: Madame de Staël, ___ NeckerNEEAAcross 21: Does it pack a wallop in Warsaw?POLISHVODKAAAcross 23: Holds backDETAINSAAcross 25: Markham memorialized himHOERAAcross 26: Like Joe in a Foster songOLDAAcross 27: Plant diseaseSMUTAAcross 28: GuidedLEDAAcross 31: Kind of glass or houseOPERAAAcross 34: Greek lettersCHISAAcross 35: A waiter for GodotGOGOAAcross 36: Lisbon born?PORTUGUESEBREADAAcross 39: "Sempre libera" is oneARIAAAcross 40: Assist, usually nefariouslyABETAAcross 41: DisorderlyROWDYAAcross 42: Billina in the Oz talesHENAAcross 43: ClothedCLADAAcross 44: Simba's footPAWAAcross 45: CampbellGLENAAcross 46: Church dignitaryPRELATEAAcross 50: Senado votes?SPANISHEYESAAcross 54: Japanese sectZENAAcross 55: Spring bloomLILACAAcross 56: That girl, in GersELLEAAcross 57: Baseball ployBUNTAAcross 58: Religious groupAMISHAAcross 59: BlackEBONAAcross 60: GaelicERSEAAcross 61: Use a JacuzziBATHEAAcross 62: Goggles partLENSAAcross 63: Natty Bumppo's quarryDEERDDown 1: Something to eatVIANDDDown 2: ConcurAGREEDDown 3: "Cape Martin" painterMONETDDown 4: ExpertPRODDown 5: NutALMONDDDown 6: Elaine and PatriciaNEALSDDown 7: TV sit-comTAXIDDown 8: Fog in a Dublin bar?IRISHMISTDDown 9: Hedge shrubPRIVETDDown 10: Sec. Donovan's concernLABORDDown 11: MellowedAGEDDDown 12: Wood for shipbuildingTEAKDDown 13: BombeckERMADDown 21: Rice dishPILAUDDown 22: AbodeHOUSEDDown 24: ArteryAORTADDown 27: He wrote "Muhammad Ali"SHEEDDDown 28: Theater-chain nameLOEWDDown 29: Relative of "Zounds!"EGADDDown 30: Goodman, the comedienneDODYDDown 31: Niger-Congo fishOPAHDDown 32: Minute openingPOREDDown 33: Where banshees wailERINDDown 34: Caribbean cad?CUBAN HEELDDown 35: Guttural soundGROWLDDown 37: High windsGALESDDown 38: Bonnie spotsBRAESDDown 43: Trite expressionCLICHEDDown 44: Dolls upPREENSDDown 45: Grind one's teethGNASHDDown 46: Gateway buildingPYLONDDown 47: Shade of blueAZUREDDown 48: Up-tightTENSEDDown 49: Employ an ingressENTERDDown 50: Thick sliceSLABDDown 51: Cotton shirtingPIMADDown 52: DismountedALITDDown 53: North Sea feederELBEDDown 57: River bottomBED