New York Times Answers - Friday, 18th December 1981 There are 39 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 18th December 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Available doughWADAAcross 4: Beaufort-scale readingsGALESAAcross 9: Dolce ___ nienteFARAAcross 12: Guinness or WaughALECAAcross 14: Plains IndianOSAGEAAcross 15: Gaucho's weaponBOLAAAcross 16: IsomericALLOAAcross 17: Talk arrogantlyUSURPAAcross 18: PressIRONAAcross 19: Spur on a bird's leg or wingCALCARAAcross 21: CleansedDETERGEDAAcross 23: Washington city, river or countyYAKIMAAAcross 25: Diacritical markTILDEAAcross 26: Certain examsORALSAAcross 28: DressCLOTHEAAcross 31: German titleGRAFAAcross 34: N.B.A. teamNETSAAcross 36: Fasten; attachAFFIXAAcross 37: Item in some budgetsRENTAAcross 38: Breed of swineDUROCAAcross 40: Succulent part of fruitPULPAAcross 41: VowsOATHSAAcross 43: WeeTINYAAcross 44: Choir memberALTOAAcross 45: WelcomesGREETSAAcross 47: Ancient BritonsPICTSAAcross 49: ExpectAWAITAAcross 51: AgraffesCLASPSAAcross 54: Incised carvingINTAGLIOAAcross 57: MushroomAGARICAAcross 59: CarolNOELAAcross 60: Urged (on)EGGEDAAcross 62: DepartedGONEAAcross 63: Product from Quercus suberCORKAAcross 64: Courage; daringNERVEAAcross 65: LevelEVENAAcross 66: Reply: Abbr.ANSAAcross 67: Arboretum specimensTREESAAcross 68: Triple this for a wineESTDDown 1: British servicewomanWAACDDown 2: CalmALLAYDDown 3: Perry Mason's girl FridayDELLADDown 4: EpicureGOURMANDDDown 5: OnagerASSDDown 6: DoxologizeLAUDDDown 7: HeronEGRETDDown 8: InfectiveSEPTICDDown 9: Absent-mindedFORGETFULDDown 10: Relative of a magueyALOEDDown 11: South African monetary unitRANDDDown 13: Domineering leaderCOCKOFTHEWALKDDown 15: Transient; roverBIRD OF PASSAGEDDown 20: Make publicAIRDDown 22: Singer FitzgeraldELLADDown 24: Alaskan native's languageALEUTDDown 27: Long, narrow pieceSTRIPDDown 29: Sword partHILTDDown 30: Montreal baseball playerEXPODDown 31: Rum and waterGROGDDown 32: RaiseREARDDown 33: Echidnas, e.g.ANTEATERSDDown 35: Kind of boomSONICDDown 39: Islands in the AegeanCYCLADESDDown 42: Male animalSTAGDDown 46: "___ Spring," R. Carson bookSILENTDDown 48: Children's gameTAGDDown 50: Jungle denizenTIGERDDown 52: Show to be truePROVEDDown 53: Trig functionsSINESDDown 54: Ancient PeruvianINCADDown 55: " . . . the blaze of ___": MiltonNOONDDown 56: Fairy-tale villainOGREDDown 58: Penny-ante anteCENTDDown 61: Creation from a ribEVE