New York Times Answers - Monday, 5th October 1981 There are 37 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 5th October 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Smith and HirtALSAAcross 4: Word with side or hogROADAAcross 8: ___ NostraCOSAAAcross 12: TwistSLUEAAcross 13: Prefix with liminal or nationalSUPRAAAcross 14: River in EnglandAVONAAcross 15: Munich's riverISARAAcross 16: SorceryWITCHCRAFTAAcross 18: Tiny amountsSOUPCONSAAcross 20: Rand's "___ Shrugged"ATLASAAcross 21: SinsERRSAAcross 22: YawnGAPEAAcross 24: ExposedOPENEDAAcross 27: Staubach threw theseLATERALSAAcross 31: Sew looselyBASTEAAcross 32: Straight-edged ___RAZORAAcross 33: Eerie flierBATAAcross 34: Superlative suffixesESTSAAcross 35: SeraglioHAREMAAcross 36: Had onWOREAAcross 37: LunchedATEAAcross 38: VacuumsVOIDSAAcross 39: Freeway signMERGEAAcross 40: Revolutionary War mercenariesHESSIANSAAcross 42: Post office employeeSORTERAAcross 43: All ___ (eager to hear)EARSAAcross 44: Pump, e.g.SHOEAAcross 45: Of the airAURALAAcross 48: Sci-fi flickSTARWARSAAcross 52: Author of "Dracula"BRAM STOKERAAcross 55: Spread on ryeOLEOAAcross 56: In one's birthday suitBAREAAcross 57: Old-womanishANILEAAcross 58: Take chargeLEADAAcross 59: King or ArkinALANAAcross 60: Persian's neighborMEDEAAcross 61: T-man, for oneFEDDDown 1: In additionALSODDown 2: Hilo feastLUAUDDown 3: These got in Medusa's hairSERPENTSDDown 4: Parthenon and Colosseum, e.g.RUINSDDown 5: ChoosesOPTSDDown 6: CurveARCDDown 7: Dit's companionDAHDDown 8: Nick of fictionCARTERDDown 9: EllipsoidalOVALDDown 10: LoungeSOFADDown 11: PismiresANTSDDown 12: Little girl's nicknameSISDDown 13: Excalibur was oneSWORDDDown 17: PranceCAPERDDown 19: AlgonquianCREEDDown 22: Intent looksGAZESDDown 23: ParticleATOMDDown 24: Haitian voodooOBEAHDDown 25: AdhesivePASTEDDown 26: KefauverESTESDDown 27: Garnishes, in a wayLARDSDDown 28: Cancel a missile launchABORTDDown 29: OutsizeLARGEDDown 30: GuideSTEERDDown 32: ShowersRAINSDDown 35: Kind of frostHOARDDown 36: LycanthropeWEREWOLFDDown 38: Small vesselsVIALSDDown 39: Person of Arab-Berber descentMOORDDown 41: Mates, pursers et al.SEAMENDDown 42: PortionSHAREDDown 44: Stone slabSTELEDDown 45: ___ Eban of IsraelABBADDown 46: Russian riverURALDDown 47: ___ avisRARADDown 48: SlideSKIDDDown 49: Away from the windALEEDDown 50: ScanREADDDown 51: TurfSODDDown 53: Headgear with kiltsTAMDDown 54: UnitONE