New York Times Answers - Friday, 23rd October 1981 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 23rd October 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: LucrePELFAAcross 5: Duchesse, e.g.SATINAAcross 10: Whistlers on courtsREFSAAcross 14: RedolenceODORAAcross 15: FinaleCLOSEAAcross 16: Charlie Plumb's "___ Cinders"ELLAAAcross 17: Asian stapleTAROAAcross 18: Mrs. Chaplin et al.OONASAAcross 19: Marianas isleGUAMAAcross 20: With 48 Across, a Shakespearean lineMENOFFEWWORDSAAcross 23: President who became a Chief JusticeTAFTAAcross 24: GlancePEEKAAcross 25: TunesAIRSAAcross 27: Type of parkingVALETAAcross 30: Prefix with plasmECTOAAcross 31: Subject of a Kant critiqueREASONAAcross 33: Batman and Robin, e.g.DUOAAcross 36: Shakespearean trioTHEWEIRDSISTERSAAcross 39: Eternally, to a poetE'ERAAcross 40: Ukrainian riverDONETSAAcross 41: Shakespearean villainIAGOAAcross 42: Gunpowder ingredientNITERAAcross 43: "Merry Wives . . . " lassANNEAAcross 44: Oil cartelOPECAAcross 46: Safety and straightPINSAAcross 48: See 20 AcrossARETHEBESTMENAAcross 54: XericARIDAAcross 55: Rousseau novelEMILEAAcross 56: DeesisICONAAcross 58: Bear's orderSELLAAcross 59: Eastern V.I.P.AMEERAAcross 60: "There is no living with ___": AddisonTHEEAAcross 61: FainéantIDLEAAcross 62: Peep showRAREEAAcross 63: Darn this thingHOLEDDown 1: Smugglers' "grass"POTDDown 2: Dutch cheeseEDAMDDown 3: WisdomLOREDDown 4: Area near the pitFRONTROWDDown 5: SneerSCOFFDDown 6: In the airALOFTDDown 7: PitchTONEDDown 8: "The Last Time ___ Paris"ISAWDDown 9: Vane lettersNESWDDown 10: RueREGRETDDown 11: DodgeELUDEDDown 12: AmpullaFLASKDDown 13: HoustonSAMDDown 21: Western alliance initialsOASDDown 22: GapesOPENSDDown 25: Relative of smartACHEDDown 26: Road for CatoITERDDown 27: Darth of "Star Wars"VADERDDown 28: Aide: Abbr.ASSTDDown 29: Clark's girlLOISDDown 30: Nice summerETEDDown 31: UproarRIOTDDown 32: Fish hawk's cousinERNEDDown 33: Martin or JaggerDEANDDown 34: YenURGEDDown 35: Bear, to PedroOSODDown 37: UkaseEDICTDDown 38: MetalworkerTINSMITHDDown 42: PesterNEEDLEDDown 43: PismireANTDDown 44: SculledOAREDDDown 45: Rich copper orePRILLDDown 46: Martinique menacePELEEDDown 47: French departmentISEREDDown 49: AuditionHEARDDown 50: Austen heroineEMMADDown 51: Rathskeller quaffBIERDDown 52: Nymph who loved NarcissusECHODDown 53: CowardNOELDDown 54: "The World ___ See It": EinsteinASIDDown 57: George Eliot, ___ EvansNEE