New York Times Answers - Thursday, 8th October 1981 There are 39 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 8th October 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ChitsTABSAAcross 5: Do a parent's jobREARAAcross 9: Limited amount of timeSPANAAcross 13: "A part to tear ___ in": Shak.ACATAAcross 14: Manx's relativeERSEAAcross 15: ScintillatedSHONEAAcross 16: Baptism, e.g.RITEAAcross 17: Item in many still lifesVASEAAcross 18: Part of a Dante opusCANTOAAcross 19: CleavesADHERESAAcross 21: Opera star AldaFRANCESAAcross 23: Some scares for Dick WeberSPARESAAcross 25: Signed a contractINKEDAAcross 26: Range of influenceSPHEREAAcross 28: SuspensefulTENSEAAcross 30: Word of consolationTHEREAAcross 31: Red and BlackSEASAAcross 32: Like one side of LunaDARKAAcross 36: "Cabaret" lyricistEBBAAcross 37: Grew crops in a fixed orderROTATEDAAcross 40: Merry, in AvignonGAIAAcross 41: AutocratTSARAAcross 43: Hebrew lettersMEMSAAcross 44: "Grandfather Stories" authorADAMSAAcross 46: Not ___ in the worldACAREAAcross 48: Stock-market declinesSLUMPSAAcross 49: Sunnite deityALLAHAAcross 51: Fix rattan furnitureRECANEAAcross 53: Outstanding, as a performanceSTELLARAAcross 55: Hammett whodunit, with "The"THINMANAAcross 58: Lag behindTRAILAAcross 59: ___ Rios, JamaicaOCHOAAcross 61: 1953 Pulitzer Prize playwrightINGEAAcross 62: Lower-echelon personnelAIDESAAcross 63: SpreadOLEOAAcross 64: Author EphronNORAAAcross 65: RockfishBASSAAcross 66: BrimmingFULLAAcross 67: PunkieGNATDDown 1: "G.W.T.W." settingTARADDown 2: Kind of rainACIDDDown 3: Mother of SolomonBATHSHEBADDown 4: More sharply slopedSTEEPERDDown 5: Legendary equestrianREVEREDDown 6: Cover one's tracesERASEDDown 7: Beast that balksASSDDown 8: Coral ridgeREEFDDown 9: Hit the golf ball with the heel of the clubSHANKEDDDown 10: City in Puerto RicoPONCEDDown 11: Paid for a handANTEDDDown 12: ModernistsNEOSDDown 15: What a radar beam doesSCANSDDown 20: Thinner in density, as gasesRARERDDown 22: Hair treatmentRINSEDDown 24: Shore-dinner tidbitSTEAMERDDown 26: Directive to typesetterSTETDDown 27: Degs. for would-be KantsPHBSDDown 29: Highway signEATSDDown 31: Ending for hip or pollSTERDDown 33: Father of ElectraAGAMEMNONDDown 34: StormRAMPDDown 35: Oversized chocolate chipKISSDDown 38: Mid-American IndianOMAHADDown 39: Lama of renownDALAIDDown 42: Auto racesRALLIESDDown 45: Collection agency's tacticDUNNINGDDown 47: Directions to square dancersCALLSDDown 48: Dolphin colonySCHOOLDDown 49: Roman villa featuresATRIADDown 50: CluesLEADSDDown 52: A KennedyETHELDDown 53: PunctureSTABDDown 54: Mouth partROOFDDown 56: Taj Mahal siteAGRADDown 57: Undiluted, as whiskyNEATDDown 60: Actor GulagerCLU