New York Times Answers - Thursday, 21st April 1983 There are 40 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 21st April 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Like a tortoiseSLOWAAcross 5: Spa featureBATHAAcross 9: Choose, as a policyADOPTAAcross 14: Globin or stat predecessorHEMOAAcross 15: Site of Gannon U.ERIEAAcross 16: ContradictBELIEAAcross 17: Thought: Comb. formIDEOAAcross 18: Yellowish greenNILEAAcross 19: Cottonmouth, e.g.SNAKEAAcross 20: Singer Barbara of HoustonMANDRELLAAcross 22: Hamilton noteTENNERAAcross 23: As ___ (up to now)YETAAcross 24: Ancient tribe of BritonsICENIAAcross 26: RoeSPAWNAAcross 29: DepressedHEARTSOREAAcross 33: Kind of Judea: 37 B.C.HERODAAcross 34: Vesuvio's close relativeETNAAAcross 35: Speaker of the diamondTRISAAcross 36: ___ gin fizzRAMOSAAcross 37: Grad. degreePH.D.AAcross 37: Grad. degreePHDAAcross 38: Marley in "A Christmas Carol"GHOSTAAcross 39: Organism modified by environmentECADAAcross 40: Abbr. in KeflavikICELAAcross 41: Adorée of early filmsRENEEAAcross 42: ExtremeDESPERATEAAcross 44: Love, in VeneziaAMOREAAcross 45: A sister of ThaliaERATOAAcross 46: Red Baron, e.g.ACEAAcross 47: Small carriage for hireFIACREAAcross 50: Morse or BellINVENTORAAcross 55: Violinist MoriniERIKAAAcross 56: Aweather's oppositeALEEAAcross 57: Ship on which Hercules sailedARGOAAcross 58: Filled with cargoLADENAAcross 59: ExpensiveDEARAAcross 60: GoldfishCARPAAcross 61: Bergen creationSNERDAAcross 62: "Let us . . . encourage the ___": J.F.K.ARTSAAcross 63: Flèche weaponEPEEDDown 1: Filler of a sortSHIMDDown 2: Helen of Troy's motherLEDADDown 3: AuguryOMENDDown 4: Walter Lantz characterWOODYWOODPECKERDDown 5: Pulitzer poet: 1944BENETDDown 6: Seed coveringARILDDown 7: Russ Westover characterTILLIETHETOILERDDown 8: Half of a TV program's titleHEEDDown 9: PreoccupiedABSENTDDown 10: Hank Ketchum characterDENNISTHEMENACEDDown 11: Buck's memorable peasantOLANDDown 12: Zebulon of exploring famePIKEDDown 13: Palmer, frequentlyTEERDDown 21: Pulls apartRENDSDDown 22: Japanese monasteryTERADDown 25: Chandler's productCANDLEDDown 26: Make confettiSHREDDDown 27: What "shalom" meansPEACEDDown 28: Tony of the Red SoxARMASDDown 29: Swing aficionado of the 1940'sHEPCATDDown 30: U. of Maine townORONODDown 31: Word following lateRISERDDown 32: A LauderESTEEDDown 38: Preprandial prayerGRACEDDown 40: "Dies ___," Latin hymnIRAEDDown 43: MissionERRANDDDown 46: States as a factAVERSDDown 47: Arabic copper coinFELSDDown 48: Where Kurdish is spokenIRANDDown 49: Hospital workerAIDEDDown 51: UnadulteratedNEATDDown 52: SpringeTRAPDDown 53: Frightful fellowOGREDDown 54: HalterROPEDDown 56: Nabokov heroineADA