New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 2nd September 1981 There are 37 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 2nd September 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rum-and-water drinkGROGAAcross 5: ___ law, used by the FranksSALICAAcross 10: RebuffSLAPAAcross 14: "Hold ___ horses!"YOURAAcross 15: Historic town in IraqAMARAAAcross 16: BustleTO-DOAAcross 17: Mickey and kinMICEAAcross 18: CountenanceFAVORAAcross 19: Actor SkinnerOTISAAcross 20: Greet, in a waySHAKEHANDSWITHAAcross 23: Small drinksTOTSAAcross 24: PiqueIREAAcross 25: LoseMISLAYAAcross 28: Water plantALGAAAcross 30: BleakRAWAAcross 33: UtopianIDEALAAcross 34: RegionAREAAAcross 35: River in YorkshireAIREAAcross 36: See 56 AcrossDARKANDHANDSOMEAAcross 39: Indian butterGHEEAAcross 40: Toward the mouthORADAAcross 41: Decided forOPTEDAAcross 42: Goddess of the dawnEOSAAcross 43: House at O.S.U.FRATAAcross 44: SpringsARISESAAcross 45: Eur. countryAUSAAcross 46: SlammerSTIRAAcross 47: Words after "Fragile"HANDLEWITHCAREAAcross 54: Shaped like a stadiumOVALAAcross 55: Headdress at CanterburyMITREAAcross 56: With 36 Across, like a pinup manTALLAAcross 58: ___-Lenape, Delaware IndianLENIAAcross 59: Criminal offenseARSONAAcross 60: Madame BovaryEMMAAAcross 61: Yellowish-brown woolDRABAAcross 62: Certain tidesNEAPSAAcross 63: Famed couturierDIORDDown 1: Training ground for Larry HolmesGYMDDown 2: Louis XV and XVIROISDDown 3: Cry of painOUCHDDown 4: Superior, e.g.GREATLAKEDDown 5: Two-point score in footballSAFETYDDown 6: Baby sitters in PekingAMAHSDDown 7: Output of St. HelensLAVADDown 8: "___ City" (Pittsburgh)IRONDDown 9: General for whom a sweater was namedCARDIGANDDown 10: Author of "Oldtown Folks": 1869STOWEDDown 11: Pen name used by ViaudLOTIDDown 12: Mine passageADITDDown 13: Like Buckingham PalacePOSHDDown 21: Eucalyptus eaterKOALADDown 22: Spanish Mme.SRADDown 25: Tiny pestMIDGEDDown 26: Baking potatoIDAHODDown 27: Dry periodsSERESDDown 28: Enlightened BuddhistARHATDDown 29: ConductLEADDDown 30: Public disordersRIOTSDDown 31: Napoleon's "Grande" groupARMEEDDown 32: Devil's-trumpets, e.g.WEEDSDDown 34: Seaport in SpainADRADDown 35: Drew in by suctionASPIRATEDDDown 37: Eric the Red was oneNORSEMANDDown 38: Architectural orderDORICDDown 43: Suffix with careFULDDown 44: Site of the University of GeorgiaATHENSDDown 45: Talk-show quipAD-LIBDDown 46: Leather bandSTROPDDown 47: Where cargo goesHOLDDDown 48: AssertAVERDDown 49: Darling dogNANADDown 50: FencingWIREDDown 51: "___ boy!"ITSADDown 52: Nerve branchesRAMIDDown 53: Patron saint of sailorsELMODDown 57: GibbonLAR