New York Times Answers - Thursday, 29th October 1981 There are 36 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 29th October 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: BlockheadDOLTAAcross 5: Chatter indiscreetlyBLABAAcross 9: Schoolgoer of rhymeLAMBAAcross 13: Having side petalsALARAAcross 14: "The City in the Sea" poetEAPOEAAcross 16: Slangy suffix with switchEROOAAcross 17: First of the Astaire-Rogers films: 1933FLYINGDOWNTORIOAAcross 20: Kind of budTASTEAAcross 21: Gland: Comb. formADENOAAcross 22: GlobeORBAAcross 23: H, to HippocratesETAAAcross 25: FugitiveRUN AWAYAAcross 25: FugitiveRUNAWAYAAcross 27: Erica Jong novel: 1973FEAROFFLYINGAAcross 32: Certain means: Abbr.AVSAAcross 33: Stick for señorPALOAAcross 34: Bed of rosesEASEAAcross 37: Wedding-cake featureTIERAAcross 39: Part of R.A.F.ROYALAAcross 42: PlacesLOCIAAcross 44: Land west of VietnamLAOSAAcross 46: One of a radio pairAMOSAAcross 48: Gold, to CortésOROAAcross 49: TV sitcom: 1967–70THEFLYINGNUNAAcross 53: Fife's cousinPICCOLOAAcross 56: Inits. of a teaching groupNEAAAcross 57: Número ___UNOAAcross 58: Forward a messageRELAYAAcross 61: Clean up after a chalk talkERASEAAcross 65: Rodents that glide through the airFLYINGSQUIRRELSAAcross 68: Columbo portrayerFALKAAcross 69: Letter closureYOURSAAcross 70: A son of AphroditeEROSAAcross 71: ___ Pea, Popeye's "adoptic infink"SWEEAAcross 72: Possible coll. majorMATHAAcross 73: Kind of bagTOTEDDown 1: DottyDAFTDDown 2: Stewing potOLLADDown 3: BalladsLAYSDDown 4: More commonplaceTRITERDDown 5: PanhandleBEGDDown 6: Terhune's "___ Dog"LADADDown 7: Two peas in ___APODDDown 8: Section of ManhattanBOWERYDDown 9: Zodiacal signLEODDown 10: Sherwood Forest missileARROWDDown 11: Ballerina ShearerMOIRADDown 12: Kind of trapBOOBYDDown 15: BoredomENNUIDDown 18: Pilgrim greeting to an IndianNETOPDDown 19: One thousand kilogramsTONNEDDown 24: From a distanceAFARDDown 26: Arab's headbandAGALDDown 27: SuperfluityFATDDown 28: OminousEVILDDown 29: On a cruiseASEADDown 30: Polly Holliday TV roleFLODDown 31: AllegiantLOYALDDown 35: PresentlySOONDDown 36: Not quite off-whiteECRUDDown 38: U.S. Army training branchROTCDDown 40: Alcott of the linksAMYDDown 41: Kind of clothLOINDDown 43: Charged atomIONDDown 45: FleecedSHORNDDown 47: Scornful expressionSNEERDDown 50: LamentationELEGYDDown 51: Noted N.M. archeological siteFOLSOMDDown 52: AtticGARRETDDown 53: InflatesPUFFSDDown 54: Sargent Shriver, to E.M.K.IN-LAWDDown 55: Irish novelist Kathleen ___COYLEDDown 59: Greenish hueAQUADDown 60: Portable tentYURTDDown 62: Prefix with sol or spaceAERODDown 63: Piggy-bank apertureSLOTDDown 64: Latin ancestor of "essence"ESSEDDown 66: Newscaster PappasIKEDDown 67: Ending for bull or bearISH