New York Times Answers - Friday, 9th October 1981 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 9th October 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Inverness is oneCAPEAAcross 5: Kind of stripCOMICAAcross 10: Struck, old styleSMITAAcross 14: Across the plateOVERAAcross 15: SeedOVULEAAcross 16: River in a canine's nameAIREAAcross 17: Gardner's lawyer-detectivePERRY MASONAAcross 19: Caesar's etymological cousinTSARAAcross 20: Subject of a book by Adelaide Bry: 1976ESTAAcross 21: Anguineous creaturesEELSAAcross 22: Not so prolixTERSERAAcross 24: Sometime partners of starsBARSAAcross 25: First name of the 18th U.S. PresidentHIRAMAAcross 26: Identity documentsPAPERSAAcross 29: Hammett private eyeSAMSPADEAAcross 32: With 40 Across, a patriotETHANAAcross 33: Visorless capBERETAAcross 34: PuntyRODAAcross 35: Cut of meatLOINAAcross 36: Passages for gas, steam, etc.PORTSAAcross 37: ChevetAPSEAAcross 38: Form for Frank Lloyd WrightELLAAcross 39: Plods, as through mudSLOGSAAcross 40: See 32 AcrossALLENAAcross 41: StretchELONGATEAAcross 43: Gripping toolPLIERSAAcross 44: Forage plantVETCHAAcross 45: Licorice or parsnipROOTAAcross 46: LaudPRAISEAAcross 48: One of Adam's boysSETHAAcross 49: Hood's quaffALEAAcross 52: ___ KongHONGAAcross 53: Spillane's slugging shamusMIKEHAMMERAAcross 56: Setting for a gemOUCHAAcross 57: Heed Revere's warningARISEAAcross 58: Home of the HawksOMNIAAcross 59: Items in Trevino's bagTEESAAcross 60: Slender candleTAPERAAcross 61: BlessingBOONDDown 1: Clerical mantleCOPEDDown 2: Some are raraeAVESDDown 3: Flibberti-gibbetyPERTDDown 4: Commit a blooperERRDDown 5: Promising onesCOMERSDDown 6: Athletic fieldsOVALSDDown 7: Put into disorderMUSSDDown 8: Intl. labor groupILODDown 9: Small French coinsCENTIMESDDown 10: Petty rulerSATRAPDDown 11: Christie's gumshoeMISSMARPLEDDown 12: Of wrath: Lat.IRAEDDown 13: HI before 1959TERRDDown 18: Pine forYEARNDDown 23: Formerly, formerlyERSTDDown 24: One of the astronautsBEANDDown 25: Male red deerHARTSDDown 26: West Indian volcanoPELEEDDown 27: Coral islandATOLLDDown 28: Van Dine's suave sleuthPHILOVANCEDDown 29: Twilled fabricSERGEDDown 30: Medicine applicatorDOSERDDown 31: Beautiful areasEDENSDDown 33: Salvation Army founderBOOTHDDown 36: Dining-table doilyPLACE MATDDown 37: Finished a flightALITDDown 39: NCO'sSGTSDDown 40: Love, in LanaiALOHADDown 42: WhinniesNEIGHSDDown 43: CommotionPOTHERDDown 45: A.F.B. in TexasREESEDDown 46: Unit of illuminationPHOTDDown 47: LibertineROUEDDown 48: Between hop and jumpSKIPDDown 49: Bullets and bombs, for shortAMMODDown 50: Light, gauzy fabricLENODDown 51: Milesian's landERINDDown 54: A GershwinIRADDown 55: Kind of sceneMOB