New York Times Answers - Friday, 31st July 1981 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 31st July 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Maturing agentAGERAAcross 5: Like London in 1666AFIREAAcross 10: Columnist's lineITEMAAcross 14: Netman NastaseILIEAAcross 15: Limited in spaceLOCALAAcross 16: Soft leatherNAPAAAcross 17: Opera by Kienzl: 1898DON QUIXOTEAAcross 19: StewSNITAAcross 20: Windmill armAWEAAcross 21: "It might have ___"BEENAAcross 22: Boxers' embraceCLINCHAAcross 24: AffectionateFONDAAcross 25: Squirrel awaySTASHAAcross 26: Locale for J.R. EwingDALLASAAcross 29: Assert to be trueMAINTAINAAcross 32: ExpectAWAITAAcross 33: Tadpole, for oneLARVAAAcross 34: CauchoULEAAcross 35: Steam-engine inventorWATTAAcross 36: Burn superficiallySINGEAAcross 37: Large land massASIAAAcross 38: Commit a boo-booERRAAcross 39: DiscontinueCEASEAAcross 40: DrudgerySWEATAAcross 41: Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose is oneSEAPLANEAAcross 43: ExcoriateSCORCHAAcross 44: Member of a string quartetVIOLAAAcross 45: Biblical kingSAULAAcross 46: Kind of benefitFRINGEAAcross 48: Kind of bridgeTOLLAAcross 49: Good buddyPALAAcross 52: Desired roleLEADAAcross 53: Opera by Wagner: 1856DIEWALKUREAAcross 56: Architectural pierANTAAAcross 57: Frittered time awayIDLEDAAcross 58: Large lakeERIEAAcross 59: RendTEARAAcross 60: Comes closeNEARSAAcross 61: Twelve moonsYEARDDown 1: Opera by Verdi: 1871AIDADDown 2: Word before wormGLOWDDown 3: German articleEINEDDown 4: Necessary: Abbr.REQDDown 5: NoncitizensALIENSDDown 6: OutwittedFOXEDDDown 7: Graven imageICONDDown 8: Norway ___RATDDown 9: Choice on campusELECTIVEDDown 10: Assert emphaticallyINSISTDDown 11: Another opera by Wagner: 1845TANNHAUSERDDown 12: Grand in scopeEPICDDown 13: School subj.MATHDDown 18: German naval weaponU-BOATDDown 23: One of the WoodsLANADDown 24: DartFLITDDown 25: Looey's aideSARGEDDown 26: Veep under CoolidgeDAWESDDown 27: Not in the darkAWAREDDown 28: Another opera by Verdi: 1853LATRAVIATADDown 29: ParsonageMANSEDDown 30: Sacro followerILIACDDown 31: Below, to ByronNEATHDDown 33: Tropical climberLIANADDown 36: Shut up hermeticallySEALEDINDDown 37: Military misdemeanorAWOLDDown 39: Choke upCLOGDDown 40: Kind of rowboatSCULLDDown 42: Greek odistPINDARDDown 43: Dinner greensSALADSDDown 45: Farmer, at timesSOWERDDown 46: Below the true pitchFLATDDown 47: Poet Sully Prudhomme (1901 Nobelist)RENEDDown 48: Weblike tissueTELADDown 49: UnadulteratedPUREDDown 50: Opera highlightARIADDown 51: Eye wickedlyLEERDDown 54: Edible fishIDEDDown 55: EssentialKEY