New York Times Answers - Friday, 4th September 1981 There are 37 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 4th September 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "A door is not a door when it's ___"AJARAAcross 5: Pamphleteer of '76OTISAAcross 9: Alaskan capeNOMEAAcross 13: AccustomINUREAAcross 14: GoadURGEAAcross 15: Dies ___IRAEAAcross 16: Pavlovian responseSALIVATIONAAcross 18: Umpire's decisionCALLAAcross 19: Witch birdANIAAcross 20: She wrote "The Ponder Heart"EUDORA WELTYAAcross 22: ___-surface missileAIRTOAAcross 24: Lizzie's antecedentTINAAcross 25: Core: Comb. formNUCLEOAAcross 27: Elsa of literatureLIONESSAAcross 31: Sackcloth's partnerASHESAAcross 32: Buffalo hockey proSABREAAcross 33: City in ParaguayITAAAcross 35: Rue de la ___PAIXAAcross 36: Location of 35 AcrossPARISAAcross 37: Pollution problemSMOGAAcross 38: C.I.O.'s partnerAFLAAcross 39: Restricted, as a neighborhoodZONEDAAcross 40: One of Ma Bell's broodPHONEAAcross 41: Looks up toADMIRESAAcross 43: Spanish laborersPEONESAAcross 44: Toronto's prov.ONTAAcross 45: Emulate CiceroORATEAAcross 46: He wrote "The Wapshot Chronicle"JOHN CHEEVERAAcross 51: Dan Beard's org.BSAAAcross 54: By any chanceEVERAAcross 55: Solemn sagacityOWLISHNESSAAcross 57: DasheenTAROAAcross 58: Containing much air, as fuelLEANAAcross 59: Ghana's capitalACCRAAAcross 60: Type of ginSLOEAAcross 61: Lough ___, IrelandERNEAAcross 62: Chinese answer to skilletsWOKSDDown 1: Giant panda in Moscow's zooANANDDown 2: Famed cordon bleuJULIACHILDDDown 3: Late Gk. shipping magnateARIDDown 4: IdolizesREVERESDDown 5: BeatOUTDODDown 6: Ramsey Lewis ___TRIODDown 7: Plane designer SikorskyIGORDDown 8: Eagleton and two ByrdsSENATORSDDown 9: Christian creedNICENEDDown 10: ___ Roberts U., TulsaORALDDown 11: Type of vinegarMALTDDown 12: Hard to holdEELYDDown 13: "Man ___ prisoner": PlatoISADDown 17: De Soto or HudsonAUTODDown 21: Le Montrachet, e.g.WINEDDown 23: HollyILEXDDown 25: Glove leatherNAPADDown 26: Colo. Springs campusUSAFADDown 27: Tutelary godsLARESDDown 28: Ditto: Abbr.IBID.DDown 29: Colleague of 2 DownSIMONEBECKDDown 30: Pelt, in a waySTONEDDown 32: Of sound mindSANEDDown 34: Jaques' septetAGESDDown 36: Ship's windowPORTHOLEDDown 37: Bar measurementSHOTDDown 39: Alloy ingredientZINCDDown 40: Southern shrubPEAR HAWDDown 42: Madison's successorMONROEDDown 43: Chief exec.PRESDDown 45: SheeplikeOVINEDDown 46: Kennedy comers and goersJETSDDown 47: Diamond categoryOVALDDown 48: ParagonHERODDown 49: PitcherEWERDDown 50: DashELANDDown 52: Russia and Latvia are two: Abbr.SSRSDDown 53: ___ rule (generally)ASADDown 56: Sgt., for oneNCO