New York Times Answers - Friday, 11th December 1981 There are 35 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 11th December 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: SootheCALMAAcross 5: "Humoresken" composerGRIEGAAcross 10: Soho swellTOFFAAcross 14: Draft statusONEAAAcross 15: BeatOUTDOAAcross 16: Former queen of JordanALIAAAcross 17: Hero of a 1914 novelPENRODSCHOFIELDAAcross 20: Make ___ (steal)AWAYWITHAAcross 21: Kind of antennaDIPOLEAAcross 22: Roman historianLIVYAAcross 23: Flyway soundTWEEAAcross 24: Bird that walks on floating leavesJACANAAAcross 27: One of Rome's sevenQUIRINALAAcross 31: "Not with ___ but . . . ": EliotABANGAAcross 32: Without sparkleDULLYAAcross 33: Ending with payOLAAAcross 34: SidekickPARDAAcross 35: ExerciseDRILLAAcross 36: From ___ (the works)ATOZAAcross 37: Turku, to SwedesABOAAcross 38: Shimmering patternMOIREAAcross 39: Cut backPRUNEAAcross 40: That can be identifiedNAMEABLEAAcross 42: CriticizedRAPPEDAAcross 43: Hospital dept.X-RAYAAcross 44: Ballet leapJETEAAcross 45: ServileABJECTAAcross 48: Certain aircraftAUTOGIROAAcross 52: Creator of 17 AcrossBOOTHTARKINGTONAAcross 54: SommerELKEAAcross 55: Tavern offeringLAGERAAcross 56: SmidgenIOTAAAcross 57: WhitetailDEERAAcross 58: Sap slowlyERODEAAcross 59: Wife of Wang LungOLANDDown 1: Panama gum treeCOPADDown 2: Once moreANEWDDown 3: Yakutsk's riverLENADDown 4: Where the Choptank flowsMARYLANDDDown 5: Object of Tom's peepGODIVADDown 6: NeglectedRUSTYDDown 7: YenITCHDDown 8: Old English letterEDHDDown 9: BenevolenceGOOD WILLDDown 9: BenevolenceGOODWILLDDown 10: Asian capitalTAIPEIDDown 11: Chromolithograph, for shortOLEODDown 12: Meet, as a needFILLDDown 13: Pass the peakFADEDDown 18: In debtOWINGDDown 19: BlazingFIERYDDown 23: Veil materialTULLEDDown 24: Land of sakeJAPANDDown 25: Rhyme schemeABABADDown 26: ReboundCAROMDDown 27: Lots of paperQUIREDDown 28: ___ to par (ailing)NOTUPDDown 29: SoloALONEDDown 30: Did nothingLAZEDDDown 32: In a matter-of-fact wayDRILYDDown 35: FightDOBATTLEDDown 36: Certain chordARPEGGIODDown 38: Sergeant's commandMARCHDDown 39: A founder of the Liberal Association of South AfricaPATONDDown 41: Devonshire's capitalEXETERDDown 42: Call it a night or a dayRETIREDDown 44: Faked out of positionJUKEDDDown 45: In the cribABEDDDown 46: Tree trunkBOLEDDown 47: Dangerfield productJOKEDDown 48: Ship on which Hercules sailedARGODDown 49: Chemical suffixITOLDDown 50: List of personsROTADDown 51: Judah's wicked sonONANDDown 53: Bern's riverAAR