New York Times Answers - Saturday, 1st August 1981 There are 34 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 1st August 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Airport arr. estimatesETASAAcross 5: Asiatic palmNIPAAAcross 9: Not straightASKEWAAcross 14: SeduceVAMPAAcross 15: Singer EdAMESAAcross 16: Pat or DebbieBOONEAAcross 17: Melville titleOMOOAAcross 18: Urban aeriesPENTHOUSESAAcross 20: Meter unitKILOWATT HOURAAcross 22: Mezzo-soprano ObraztsovaELENAAAcross 23: Air: Comb. formAERAAcross 24: Author TarbellIDAAAcross 27: Urged (on)EGGEDAAcross 30: It's common or properNOUNAAcross 32: Gibson girl's shapeHOURGLASSFIGUREAAcross 38: One of the Siamese twinsENGAAcross 39: Old World cont.EURAAcross 40: GoalAIMAAcross 41: Get benchedSITAAcross 42: TropesFIGURESOFSPEECHAAcross 46: DrudgeTOILAAcross 47: Composed typeMETALAAcross 48: Dissenting voiceNAYAAcross 49: Perez stat.RBIAAcross 51: Double this for a perfume-yielding treeILANGAAcross 55: William Safire, onceSPEECHWRITERAAcross 59: Resin sourceBALSAMTREEAAcross 62: Bone: Comb. formOSSEAAcross 63: Zodiacal signARIESAAcross 64: "Mean ___," 1929 songTOMEAAcross 65: Henri's headTETEAAcross 66: Plaster used as a surfaceGESSOAAcross 67: Oklahoma cityENIDAAcross 68: Kind of masterTASKDDown 1: SummonEVOKEDDown 2: Dravidian tongueTAMILDDown 3: Soap plantAMOLEDDown 4: Inadvertent creator of phrases like "well-boiled icicle"SPOONERDDown 5: Valley of the grapesNAPADDown 6: "___ a man with . . . "IMETDDown 7: Five-year periodsPENTADSDDown 8: "Just ___ twig is bent . . . ": PopeASTHEDDown 9: "___ Ben Adhem"ABOUDDown 10: Turning to vinegarSOURINGDDown 11: Hagler stats.KOSDDown 12: Wind dir.ENEDDown 13: Singer MontgomeryWESDDown 19: Mount where Aaron diedHORDDown 21: Word with tail or tongueWAGGERDDown 25: DrenchDOUSEDDown 26: Of goldAURICDDown 28: Stick onGLUEDDown 29: What "the walls have"EARSDDown 31: One of the Low Countries: Abbr.NETHDDown 32: CloutHEFTDDown 33: Kind of soupONIONDDown 34: Boredom, to SophiaUGGIADDown 35: UnthreatenedSAFEDDown 36: Printing signFISTDDown 37: DamageIMPAIRDDown 43: Joyce bookULYSSESDDown 44: Fraternity letterOMICRONDDown 45: Gould or NugentELLIOTTDDown 49: Ad ___ (pertinent)REMDDown 50: MidlerBETTEDDown 52: ConfusedAT SEADDown 53: HideawaysNESTSDDown 54: Irene Papas, e.g.GREEKDDown 56: Mexican's "Give way!"PASODDown 57: Half: PrefixHEMIDDown 58: Tobacco, informallyWEEDDDown 59: ValiseBAGDDown 60: Land measureAREDDown 61: Fleur-de-___LIS