New York Times Answers - Friday, 28th August 1981 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 28th August 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sort of a sortieRAIDAAcross 5: Thurber's "The Owl in the ___"ATTICAAcross 10: InterlocutionCHATAAcross 14: ___ spumanteASTIAAcross 15: Gandhi's garbDHOTIAAcross 16: Turkish liqueurRAKIAAcross 17: With 52 Across, a critical reviewTHISHORRORMOVIEAAcross 20: SwoonsSYNCOPESAAcross 21: FlickCINEMAAAcross 22: ScoldRATEAAcross 23: UndilutedPUREAAcross 24: Men carrying symbols of authorityMACERSAAcross 27: Willie Loman, e.g.SALESMANAAcross 31: Adjective for ants and aphidsALATEAAcross 32: Cremona creation, for shortSTRADAAcross 33: Basil ___, noted painter of birdsEDEAAcross 34: An early invader of BritainDANEAAcross 35: FilmySHEERAAcross 36: Target of Mariner IVMARSAAcross 37: Opposite of odiAMOAAcross 38: RingPHONEAAcross 39: "What ___ how fair she be?": G. WitherCAREIAAcross 40: Winds that mean "seasons" in ArabicMONSOONSAAcross 42: Kind of "Game" that hit N.Y.C. in 1954PAJAMAAAcross 43: Spot for a certain queenHIVEAAcross 44: Gleason's "And away ___!"WEGOAAcross 45: Cash-register recordingNOSALEAAcross 48: Former capital of the Mountain StateWHEELINGAAcross 52: See 17 AcrossISTRULYHORRIBLEAAcross 54: Bread; dough; moolaKALEAAcross 55: Rousseau classicEMILEAAcross 56: Sonny in "The Godfather"CAANAAcross 57: Conductor of the San Diego Symphony OrchestraEROSAAcross 58: Acted like HotspurRAGEDAAcross 59: Trivium and quadriviumARTSDDown 1: Exclamation in a Schulz comicRATSDDown 2: Pale as a ghostASHYDDown 3: Take ___ strideITINDDown 4: UnrelatedDISCRETEDDown 5: Takes as one's ownADOPTSDDown 6: Rubens's "___ Graces"THREEDDown 7: Rocky formationsTORSDDown 8: Robert of "Quincy"ITODDown 9: Like Arthur's TableCIRCULARDDown 10: GrimalkinsCRONESDDown 11: "We ___ met the enemy . . . "HAVEDDown 12: Actor Tamiroff: 1899–1972AKIMDDown 13: "___ Yellow Ribbon . . . "TIEADDown 18: Viscount TemplewoodHOAREDDown 19: Snagged in a bogMIREDDDown 23: Porter's "You Don't Know ___": 1929PAREEDDown 24: "___, I'm Adam"MADAMDDown 25: CottonwoodALAMODDown 26: CriterionCANONDDown 27: Sheppard-Turpin gunsSTENSDDown 28: O'Connor's cook on TVMEARADDown 29: Pertinent, to a prosecutorADREMDDown 30: Ending with Poly and IndoNESIADDown 32: GlowedSHONEDDown 35: Freshwater duckSHOVELERDDown 36: Variety of Italian potteryMAJOLICADDown 38: Doughboy's French allyPOILUDDown 39: Athlete like "Magic"CAGERDDown 41: Brokers' concernsSHARESDDown 42: Became a sidewalk superintendentPEEREDDDown 44: TotalityWHOLEDDown 45: Winged statue in the LouvreNIKEDDown 46: Glacial ridgesOSARDDown 47: Historic town in NormandySTLODDown 48: Zachary Taylor was oneWHIGDDown 49: Cousin of an H beamIBARDDown 50: Cartographer's abbr.NLATDDown 51: Roman family groupGENSDDown 53: Singer SumacYMA