New York Times Answers - Friday, 21st August 1981 There are 41 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 21st August 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Scrape roughlyRASPAAcross 5: Father of The Seven SistersATLASAAcross 10: Brief brouhahaSPATAAcross 14: Feel sympathy forACHEAAcross 15: Like some eyesBEADYAAcross 16: Part of a harrowTINEAAcross 17: Sound heard in a clowderPURRAAcross 18: Prowl hungrilyRAVENAAcross 19: QuondamONCEAAcross 20: TableauPICTUREAAcross 22: QuercineOAKENAAcross 23: Tide not likely to cause a floodNEAPAAcross 24: BesideNEXTTOAAcross 27: Part of a Presidential appealASKNOTAAcross 29: Degree for an English prof.DLITAAcross 30: Abecedarian threesomeFGHAAcross 33: Rods for roastsSPITSAAcross 34: Tom's folliesPEEPSAAcross 35: Second consonantCEEAAcross 36: Tunny containersTINSAAcross 37: OutsizeLARGEAAcross 38: Dessert for a court jester?FOOLAAcross 39: Cardiologist's clueEKGAAcross 40: QuestionableFISHYAAcross 41: Filmdom family nameFONDAAAcross 42: Gun one's engineREVAAcross 43: Piedmontese wine cityASTIAAcross 44: BafflesELUDESAAcross 45: Seat (second spelling)INSTALAAcross 47: Music-minded Renaissance priestNERIAAcross 48: SkedaddleSCOOTAAcross 50: A Lovelace lassLUCASTAAAcross 53: PickerelweedTULEAAcross 54: Samba's cousinMAMBOAAcross 56: Nickname for Archibald of the CelticsTINYAAcross 58: "Kane and ___," Jeffrey Archer novelABELAAcross 59: Village smithySHOERAAcross 60: First-rateA-ONEAAcross 61: StumpsGETSAAcross 62: Sword for Lord RaglanSABREAAcross 63: Nucleic acids, for shortRNASDDown 1: The least bit, informallyRAPDDown 2: "We'll tak' ___ . . . ": BurnsACUPDDown 3: WallflowerSHRINKING VIOLETDDown 4: Certain bonds, securities, etc.PERCENTSDDown 5: SuddenABRUPTDDown 6: TootTEARDDown 7: Alec Guinness and cohortsLAVENDERHILLMOBDDown 8: Frappe base, perhapsADEDDown 9: Prefix with thesis or chronicSYNDDown 10: Weasel prized for its furSTOATDDown 11: Hale-and-hearty statePINKOFCONDITIONDDown 12: Suffix with appear or clearANCEDDown 13: Owner of Leapin' LenaTEENDDown 21: Kit Carson's house is hereTAOSDDown 22: Baseball's Ed and MelOTTSDDown 25: LamentELEGYDDown 26: Aztec god of sowingXIPEDDown 27: Goldenrod's cousinASTERDDown 28: Kind of heelSPIKEDDown 31: Crystal-bearing nodule of stoneGEODEDDown 32: "Oh, woe!," in BordeauxHELASDDown 34: Cannelloni, e.g.PASTADDown 37: RosterLISTDDown 38: Adjective for a general or admiralFOURSTARDDown 40: "April Morning" authorFASTDDown 41: Dog's baneFLEADDown 44: Plea to PavarottiENCOREDDown 46: CarolsNOELSDDown 48: Bridegroom's feteSTAGDDown 49: Cheese chunkCUBEDDown 51: Over, in OberhausenUBERDDown 52: Grandma MosesANNADDown 54: Preliminary papers: Abbr.MSSDDown 55: Eureka!AHADDown 57: Something "she didn't say"YES