New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 16th September 1981 There are 38 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 16th September 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ___ forth (lectured)HELDAAcross 5: To one sideAPARTAAcross 10: IdeologiesISMSAAcross 14: Lake on the U.S.-Canadian boundaryERIEAAcross 15: News medium of yoreCRIERAAcross 16: Noted navigatorNOAHAAcross 17: Puccini heroineMIMIAAcross 18: EpigrammaticTERSEAAcross 19: Losing racerHAREAAcross 20: BabushkasSCARVESAAcross 22: SpirelikeTAPEREDAAcross 24: Fisheye lens, e.g.DISTORTERAAcross 26: KnotSNARLAAcross 29: Geisha's waistbandOBIAAcross 30: Roundup itemRIATAAAcross 34: Havens for sightseersMOTELSAAcross 36: What a litterbug doesSCATTERSAAcross 38: Skyways alienUFOAAcross 39: "Eureka!"AHAAAcross 41: Ashanti languageTWIAAcross 42: Pfc.'s, for exampleGISAAcross 43: Sparrowlike birdsTANAGERSAAcross 46: Evergreen oakENCINAAAcross 48: Eydie's manSTEVEAAcross 49: Word now on cigarette packsTARAAcross 51: MitigatedEASEDAAcross 52: Natives of ErivanARMENIANSAAcross 55: MentorADVISORAAcross 58: Book signaturesOCTAVOSAAcross 62: Iranian coinRIALAAcross 63: Michelangelo piecePIETAAAcross 65: Eliot's "Adam ___"BEDEAAcross 66: Wickerwork materialCANEAAcross 67: Places for troughsEAVESAAcross 68: Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1958AGEEAAcross 69: Conveyance without wheelsSLEDAAcross 70: "Romantic Comedy" authorSLADEAAcross 71: Quartz varietySARDDDown 1: Encloses, with "in"HEMSDDown 2: Gold-medalist HeidenERICDDown 3: What Pizarro called "City of Kings"LIMADDown 4: Mythical maiden of EireDEIRDREDDown 5: French play divisionsACTESDDown 6: Magician's wordPRESTODDown 7: BreezeAIRDDown 8: Set limitsRESTRICTDDown 9: Dutch ___TREATDDown 10: "___ the Wind," Lawrence and Lee playINHERITDDown 11: RiseSOARDDown 12: Aging fillyMAREDDown 13: DoffSHEDDDown 21: "Our Town" personaeVILLAGERSDDown 23: AppositePERTINENTDDown 25: Dictionary abbr.OBSDDown 26: BlackensSMUTSDDown 27: Dietary directive to J. SpratNOFATDDown 28: Make amendsATONEDDown 31: PatronageAEGISDDown 32: ThreefoldTRINEDDown 33: Hafez al-___, Syrian PresidentASSADDDown 35: "___ Wore a Yellow Ribbon," John Ford filmSHEDDown 37: Fearful respectAWEDDown 40: Like the Alcan HighwayARTERIALDDown 44: HelpedAVAILEDDDown 45: ___ Andreas faultSANDDown 47: Winter melonsCASABASDDown 50: Created a major disturbanceRIOTEDDDown 53: BroodsMOPESDDown 54: ___ in pointACASEDDown 55: Swings of a pendulumARCSDDown 56: Switch TV channelsDIALDDown 57: Barometer's forerunnerVANEDDown 59: Brightest star in LyraVEGADDown 60: River to the BalticODERDDown 61: Kind of pearlSEEDDDown 64: Perón or LeGallienneEVA