New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 21st October 1981 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 21st October 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Prefix with tasseDEMIAAcross 5: Aphid, e.g.PESTAAcross 9: Former Turkish military titlePASHAAAcross 14: Molecular partATOMAAcross 15: Frequent follower of forEVERAAcross 16: TremulousASPENAAcross 17: "Ship of the desert"DROMEDARYAAcross 19: Soothing wordTHEREAAcross 20: Amorous songSERENADEAAcross 21: Pigment containing iron oxideSIENNAAAcross 22: Senator from KansasDOLEAAcross 23: Poet who wrote "The Faerie Queene"SPENSERAAcross 24: Lightweight carriageCHAISEAAcross 27: Give a wide berth toSHUNAAcross 28: Relative of a mesaLOMAAAcross 29: Players' stockREPERTOIREAAcross 35: Let forthEMITAAcross 36: SavannaLEAAAcross 37: Top of a cliffBROWAAcross 38: Lengthwise on a lighterFORE-AND-AFTAAcross 42: Please a gourmandSATEAAcross 43: Strong vaporREEKAAcross 44: Where matches are brought to thousandsARENASAAcross 46: Kind of butterflyEMPERORAAcross 50: Rarae ___AVESAAcross 51: Spread through, causing gradual changeLEAVENAAcross 52: Game birdPHEASANTAAcross 56: He played alongside MantleMARISAAcross 57: Irregular soldierGUERRILLAAAcross 58: Public noticeEDICTAAcross 59: Site of a Vichy French naval defeat: 1940ORANAAcross 60: Galley gearOARSAAcross 61: NapsRESTSAAcross 62: Accommodations at hostelsBEDSAAcross 63: Pens' business endsNIBSDDown 1: PopsDADSDDown 2: To be, in BoulogneETREDDown 3: Secure, as with cablesMOORDDown 4: ClosestIMMEDIATEDDown 5: CyclistPEDALERDDown 6: Foil a would-be catcherEVADEDDown 7: ParchedSEREDDown 8: ExperimentTRYDDown 9: Like GriseldaPATIENTDDown 10: PaleASHENDDown 11: Sir Patrick of ballad fameSPENSDDown 12: Industrial center in GermanyHERNEDDown 13: Approaching, in poesyANEARDDown 18: TV programENOSDDown 21: StimulusSPURDDown 23: Bundle, as of papersSHEAFDDown 24: Musical symbolCLEFDDown 25: ___ sapiensHOMODDown 26: Moslem commanderAMIRDDown 27: Hold forthSPEAKDDown 30: Follower of box or marshELDERDDown 31: Monomaniac's problemOBSESSIONDDown 32: Site of Mount DemavendIRANDDown 33: Ecclesiastical courtROTADDown 34: Kids' mothersEWESDDown 39: RetardsARRESTSDDown 40: Glowing gasNEONDDown 41: GrogshopsTAVERNSDDown 45: Back seatREARDDown 46: GantryELMERDDown 47: Civil War generalMEADEDDown 48: Juliet's fiancéPARISDDown 49: Put out bag and baggageEVICTDDown 50: Forward or onwardAHEADDDown 52: Word after simonPUREDDown 53: Jai ___ALAIDDown 54: Body established in F.D.R.'s dayNLRBDDown 55: Soviet news agencyTASSDDown 57: U.S.N. tarGOB