New York Times Answers - Friday, 11th September 1981 There are 38 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 11th September 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tight gripCLAMPAAcross 6: Relative of dratDANGAAcross 10: A oneTOPSAAcross 14: PalatialREGALAAcross 15: On and onEVERAAcross 16: Composer SatieERIKAAcross 17: Masqat citizenOMANIAAcross 18: Inference or deductionCOROLLARYAAcross 20: SportFUNAAcross 21: Arias for tenorsSOLIAAcross 23: Mrs. ___ Warfield SimpsonWALLISAAcross 24: SheernessTRANSPARENCEAAcross 27: SideTEAMAAcross 28: Oak genusQUERCUSAAcross 32: Former ruler of IranSHAHAAcross 35: Two-pointer made with easeLAY-UPAAcross 35: Two-pointer made with easeLAYUPAAcross 37: TolerableSO-SOAAcross 38: "Black gold"OILAAcross 39: Cha or boheaTEAAAcross 40: ___ roomRECAAcross 41: ErectREARAAcross 43: FactotumDOALLAAcross 45: Roll topDESKAAcross 46: Not so prolixBRIEFERAAcross 48: Grade of a U.S.N. enlisted manRATEAAcross 50: Court disasterPLAYWITHFIREAAcross 55: On ___ (broadcasting)THEAIRAAcross 58: Teen-___AGERAAcross 59: NopeNIXAAcross 60: Rare thingsHENSTEETHAAcross 62: "The Man ___"ILOVEAAcross 64: ___ wereASITAAcross 65: Source of some greaseSUETAAcross 66: Mopish onePINERAAcross 67: BankrollsWADSAAcross 68: "H.M.S. Pinafore" groupTARSAAcross 69: Went throughSPENTDDown 1: Tenant's farmCROFTDDown 2: LorisLEMURDDown 3: Guam's capitalAGANADDown 4: StaffMANDDown 5: Crinkly fabricPLISSEDDown 6: RhetoricalDECLAMATORYDDown 7: To have: Fr.AVOIRDDown 8: Saul's grandfather or uncleNERDDown 9: AdultGROWNUPDDown 10: People often behind barsTELLERSDDown 11: Viva-voceORALDDown 12: ___ Thomas, author of "Down These Mean Streets"PIRIDDown 13: "The ___ the limit!"SKYSDDown 19: Cluny productLACEDDown 22: Fire ___, semiprecious stoneOPALDDown 25: Unspecified degreeN-THDDown 25: Unspecified degreeNTHDDown 26: NOW causeEQUALRIGHTSDDown 29: PithCOREDDown 30: WieldsUSESDDown 31: CloutSOCKDDown 32: Rowan treeSORBDDown 33: Yesterday, in MetzHIERDDown 34: "Merry" in a game nameALAIDDown 36: IndeedYEADDown 42: MealsREPASTSDDown 43: Bride, to the groomDEARESTDDown 44: DelayedLATEDDown 45: Syn., for oneDEFDDown 47: Pass quicklyFLITDDown 49: Rose nuisanceTHRIPSDDown 51: SprinkleWATERDDown 52: Hole-___INONEDDown 53: CleftRIVENDDown 54: Try hardEXERTDDown 55: UnfreezeTHAWDDown 56: "For ___ jolly . . . "HESADDown 57: BagnoldENIDDDown 61: The U.S., in FranceEUADDown 63: Pitcher partLIP