New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 5th August 1981 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 5th August 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Show Boat" torch songBILLAAcross 5: DavenportsSOFASAAcross 10: Featured role in a chorusSOLOAAcross 14: Exchange premiumAGIOAAcross 15: Demand, as paymentCLAIMAAcross 16: Stuffy onePRIGAAcross 17: Gershwin tune: 1924SOMEBODYLOVESMEAAcross 20: Results of typists' errorsERASURESAAcross 21: Tennyson heroineOENONEAAcross 22: British gunSTENAAcross 23: Places on a RRSTASAAcross 24: TV talk groupsPANELSAAcross 27: Thorpe, Zaharias et al.ATHLETESAAcross 31: BurningAFIREAAcross 32: Pile for burningPYREAAcross 33: UnderdoneRAREAAcross 34: Salty wife's manLOTAAcross 35: Noisy oil wellsROARERSAAcross 38: DisputeROWAAcross 39: Olivier's titleLORDAAcross 41: AttitudeVIEWAAcross 42: StiffenTENSEAAcross 44: Team coached by Chuck NollSTEELERSAAcross 46: More crowdedDENSERAAcross 47: Elevator cagesCARSAAcross 48: Midnight or Marvel: Abbr.CAPTAAcross 49: Kind of warrantSEARCHAAcross 52: Hitchcock forteSUSPENSEAAcross 56: Gershwin musical of the 20'sSTRIKEUPTHEBANDAAcross 58: Tupelo, for oneTREEAAcross 59: Aromatic herbANISEAAcross 60: Life sto.BIOGAAcross 61: Azov, Galilee, etc.SEASAAcross 62: Iraqi moneyDINARAAcross 63: Dresden's riverELBEDDown 1: FoundationBASEDDown 2: StravinskyIGORDDown 3: Capital of PeruLIMADDown 4: "The Most Happy Fella" composerLOESSERDDown 5: Rodgers creationsSCORESDDown 6: "In ___ days . . . "OLDENDDown 7: ElvesFAYSDDown 8: DistressAILDDown 9: Not so jarringSMOOTHERDDown 10: He wrote "The Faerie Queene"SPENSERDDown 11: ApproximatelyOR SODDown 12: DelineateLIMNDDown 13: Molding with a snaky shapeOGEEDDown 18: Common suspectBUTLERDDown 19: Entree itemVEALDDown 23: BroadcastSTREWDDown 24: Grows dullPALLSDDown 25: StirringAFOOTDDown 26: Saltpeter, in SuffolkNITREDDown 27: Lew of the moviesAYRESDDown 28: Mountain poolsTARNSDDown 29: Worn awayEROSEDDown 30: Ed Norton's milieuSEWERDDown 32: What socks come inPAIRSDDown 36: Business expensesOVERHEADDDown 37: Russian plainSTEPPEDDown 40: BelittlesDECRIESDDown 43: Site of a famous raidENTEBBEDDown 45: NeedLACKDDown 46: Clement Moore reindeerDASHERDDown 48: ___ rug (jitterbugs)CUTSADDown 49: Transportation for those in a hurrySSTSDDown 50: Raison d'___ETREDDown 51: PrecinctAREADDown 52: TwirlSPINDDown 53: Tenpenny, e.g.NAILDDown 54: Supercilious oneSNOBDDown 55: RimEDGEDDown 57: Single: PrefixUNI