New York Times Answers - Friday, 7th August 1981 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 7th August 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: False godBAALAAcross 5: City in Lebanon or AlgeriaSAIDAAAcross 10: InterpretREADAAcross 14: Large-mouthed jarOLLAAAcross 15: HelpedAIDEDAAcross 16: All: Comb. formOMNIAAcross 17: Hot, humid time in July and AugustDOGDAYSOFSUMMERAAcross 20: Affirmative voteYEAAAcross 21: Not flatHILLYAAcross 22: RentLEASEAAcross 23: These are often baldPATESAAcross 24: Siouan IndianOTOAAcross 25: Hindu term of respectSAHIBAAcross 28: "___ as good as a mile"AMISSISAAcross 32: Pearl Buck heroineOLANAAcross 33: New York, N.Y.GOTHAMAAcross 36: Biographical collectionANAAAcross 37: Chase ReynardRIDETOTHEHOUNDSAAcross 40: Stretch (out)EKEAAcross 41: Innermost part of an arteryINTIMAAAcross 42: GarlandsLEISAAcross 43: East Indian herbsSESAMESAAcross 45: LenityMERCYAAcross 46: Mal de ___ (seasickness)MERAAcross 47: Respiratory soundsRALESAAcross 50: Cleanse thoroughlySCOURAAcross 53: Word with over or underSIZEDAAcross 54: FingerstallCOTAAcross 57: Ends a certain kind of huntCALLSOFFTHEDOGSAAcross 60: To ___ (perfectly)ATEEAAcross 61: FainterPALERAAcross 62: ___ avisRARAAAcross 63: Marine recruitBOOTAAcross 64: Administrators, for shortEXECSAAcross 65: Suffix with mob or oldSTERDDown 1: Kind of check or guardBODYDDown 2: Medicinal plantALOEDDown 3: KelpALGADDown 4: YouthLADDDown 5: "___ Isn't So," Berlin tuneSAYITDDown 6: Usher's milieuAISLEDDown 7: Adored onesIDOLSDDown 8: ResistDEFYDDown 9: Classified itemsADSDDown 10: Men's slippersROMEOSDDown 11: Opera star EamesEMMADDown 12: Gallic duncesANESDDown 13: Potentially ruinousDIREDDown 18: Fictional whalerAHABDDown 19: In the preceding monthULTIMODDown 23: Kind of needlePINEDDown 24: Nebraskan IndianOMAHADDown 25: LesionsSORESDDown 26: SimilarALIKEDDown 27: Nether worldHADESDDown 28: Attention-getting wordAHEMDDown 29: More rationalSANERDDown 30: Sanskrit, Pali, etc.INDICDDown 31: FreshSASSYDDown 33: Hopeless caseGONERDDown 34: Baseball's Mel and EdOTTSDDown 35: Meteorologist's abbr.THIDDown 38: Track-meet officialsTIMERSDDown 39: Rubber treesULESDDown 44: CharmAMULETDDown 45: Ancient Persian's associateMEDEDDown 47: RansackRIFLEDDown 48: A victim of CortésAZTECDDown 49: Ovens for glassmakersLEHRSDDown 50: BlacklegSCABDDown 51: Roman statesmanCATODDown 52: Bread spreadOLEODDown 53: Tunisian seaportSFAXDDown 54: Paint layerCOATDDown 55: MonsterOGREDDown 56: RulerTSARDDown 58: Unclose, poeticallyOPEDDown 59: Holders of M.D. degreesDRS