New York Times Answers - Saturday, 5th December 1981 There are 40 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 5th December 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Now he belongs to the ___"AGESAAcross 5: LodgeROOMAAcross 9: SalkJONASAAcross 14: Shade of brownRUSTAAcross 15: BombeckERMAAAcross 16: "Lakme," e.g.OPERAAAcross 17: Winglike partsALAEAAcross 18: Change directionVEERAAcross 19: ___ handHIREDAAcross 20: Casual wearBLUE JEANSAAcross 20: Casual wearBLUEJEANSAAcross 22: ___ stores (resinous products)NAVALAAcross 23: GarnishLARDAAcross 24: How some puddings are preparedHASTILYAAcross 26: WretchedABJECTAAcross 29: Baluster shaperLATHEAAcross 30: Heep and CratchitCLERKSAAcross 31: Oil: Comb. formOLEOAAcross 32: Opposite of yangYINAAcross 35: "Midnight Cowboy" characterRATSOAAcross 36: ___ Nidre (Yom Kippur prayer)KOLAAcross 37: Spain's national museumPRADOAAcross 39: Printemps followerETEAAcross 40: RestedLAINAAcross 42: PierceSKEWERAAcross 43: Nickname of Edward VIII's brideWALLYAAcross 44: UpsetTIPPEDAAcross 45: Denoting rankORDINALAAcross 48: Healthy, in BrindisiSANOAAcross 49: PurposePOINTAAcross 50: Elite Turkish soldier, formerlyJANISSARYAAcross 55: Quash, in lawABATEAAcross 56: Buck heroineOLANAAcross 57: Wading birdIBISAAcross 58: SolitarianLONERAAcross 59: BindYOKEAAcross 60: Blue or WhiteNILEAAcross 61: Niña's endSTERNAAcross 62: GermSEEDAAcross 63: Grandpa Walton was his most noted roleGEERDDown 1: Swift horseARABDDown 2: DupeGULLDDown 3: A son of RebekahESAUDDown 4: Four-time Super Bowl winnersSTEELERSDDown 5: Goes backREVERTSDDown 6: Echo, e.g.OREADDDown 7: SignOMENDDown 8: Secretary of State: 1947–49MARSHALLDDown 9: U.S. financier-philanthropist: 1795–1873JOHNS HOPKINSDDown 10: NarcoticOPIATEDDown 11: Innovative Italian architectNERVIDDown 12: RegionalAREALDDown 13: With sorrowSADLYDDown 21: Ignis fatuusJACK-O'-LANTERNDDown 21: Ignis fatuusJACK-O-LANTERNDDown 25: ErodedATEDDown 26: Mediterranean portACREDDown 27: Calf's complaintBLATDDown 28: Ballet jumpJETEDDown 29: Off one's rockerLOONYDDown 32: Raucous cryYAWPDDown 33: ___ fixeIDEEDDown 34: Far northern French departmentNORDDDown 36: Party poopersKILLJOYSDDown 38: AbedREPOSINGDDown 41: So. stateALADDown 41: So. stateALA.DDown 42: Like panes in rose windowsSTAINEDDDown 43: July–August in AustraliaWINTERDDown 45: GeyseritesOPALSDDown 46: Golem, for oneROBOTDDown 47: Steak ___ (with cognac and sherry)DIANEDDown 48: Treacherous personSNAKEDDown 51: Medicinal herbALOEDDown 52: Anne Nichols heroABIEDDown 53: IrritateRILEDDown 54: North Sea feederYSER