New York Times Answers - Thursday, 20th August 1981 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 20th August 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Iridescent gemOPALAAcross 5: Frat-party garmentsTOGASAAcross 10: Orlando raritySNOWAAcross 14: Local food store, for shortDELIAAcross 15: Old-womanishANILEAAcross 16: Fundy phenomenonTIDEAAcross 17: Flap, as a sailSLATAAcross 18: Bogged downMIREDAAcross 19: MuchoA LOTAAcross 20: Terpsichorean twosomeFREDANDGINGERAAcross 23: IrksRILESAAcross 24: Jerry Pate's turf piercerTEEAAcross 25: GetawayESCAPEAAcross 28: Noxious vaporsMIASMASAAcross 32: PillageLOOTAAcross 33: O'Neill's "___ for the Misbegotten"AMOONAAcross 35: Carney or BuchwaldARTAAcross 36: Hit film of 1933FLYINGDOWNTORIOAAcross 40: "There! ___ Said It Again": Mann-Evans songIVEAAcross 41: He spoke for StandishALDENAAcross 42: Two-toed slothUNAUAAcross 43: Chilean poet's familyNERUDASAAcross 45: AbominateDETESTAAcross 47: NestNIDAAcross 48: CentersCORESAAcross 50: Sometime co-star with 20 AcrossEDWARDEHORTONAAcross 55: BecloudBLURAAcross 56: ___-visual equipmentAUDIOAAcross 57: FracasRIOTAAcross 59: On the CaspianASEAAAcross 60: Tree lumpGNARLAAcross 61: Caribbean sightISLEAAcross 62: ServantsHELPAAcross 63: Teasdale and a RooseveltSARASAAcross 64: Lowly laborerPEONDDown 1: "___ bodkins!"ODSDDown 2: RichesPELFDDown 3: WinglikeALARDDown 4: Educated classLITERATIDDown 5: Mexican dishTAMALEDDown 6: Cat-___-tailsONINEDDown 7: StrengthensGIRDSDDown 8: Give ___ up (assist)ALEGDDown 9: Political agitationSEDITIONDDown 10: Western vehiclesSTAGESDDown 11: Egyptian deltaNILEDDown 12: AromaODORDDown 13: MoistWETDDown 21: Brief swimDIPDDown 22: Sartre's "Nothingness"NEANTDDown 25: PuckishELFINDDown 26: Find the answersSOLVEDDown 27: More bashfulCOYERDDown 28: Cut, as a lawnMOWNDDown 29: W.W. I battle siteMARNEDDown 30: Diva's numbersARIASDDown 31: ChubbySTOUTDDown 33: AppendsADDSDDown 34: One of the Three StoogesMOEDDown 37: Comaneci or BoulangerNADIADDown 38: Sunday bestGLADRAGSDDown 39: SurpassOUTSTRIPDDown 44: DiscloseUNWRAPDDown 45: Prattles foolishlyDROOLSDDown 46: Poetic contractionE'ERDDown 48: Fragrant woodCEDARDDown 49: Prime Minister before SuzukiOHIRADDown 50: OtherwiseELSEDDown 51: One-on-one encounterDUELDDown 52: The Danube, in HungaryDUNADDown 53: Seine tributaryOISEDDown 54: ___ contendereNOLODDown 55: Scrooge's expressionBAHDDown 58: Decimal baseTEN