New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 24th August 1983 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 24th August 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ActivatorGOADAAcross 5: Scout sitesCAMPSAAcross 10: UltimateN-THAAcross 10: UltimateNTHAAcross 13: Hanging aroundIDLEAAcross 14: Music hallODEONAAcross 15: Words of worryOHOHAAcross 17: Kahn-Donaldson song: 1928LOVEMEORLEAVEMEAAcross 20: Dry-goods dealerDRAPERAAcross 21: Narrow valleyGLENAAcross 22: Ayres or WallaceLEWAAcross 23: HostEMCEEAAcross 25: Hard timesRIGORSAAcross 27: Sci-fi creatureANDROIDAAcross 30: Czech, for oneSLAVAAcross 31: ThroughPERAAcross 32: "___ a gun!"SONOFAAcross 35: Opt forELECTAAcross 38: Author Ben ___ WilliamsAMESAAcross 40: Lowest pointNADIRAAcross 42: "___ the Agent"ABIEAAcross 43: ReluctantLOATHAAcross 45: Ecological cyclesSERESAAcross 47: Southwestern IndianUTEAAcross 48: Field callsMOOSAAcross 50: Traveled over snowSLEDGEDAAcross 52: TastePALATEAAcross 54: Western BelleSTARRAAcross 55: SelfEGOAAcross 56: Theater signEXITAAcross 58: VerandaPIAZZAAAcross 62: Gordon-Revel song, with "The": 1935LOVELINESSOFYOUAAcross 65: Ash or rowanTREEAAcross 66: Land followerSCAPEAAcross 67: FedT-MANAAcross 68: RefugeARKAAcross 68: RefugeARK.AAcross 69: Cradle callsMAMASAAcross 70: PostedSENTDDown 1: Add unnecessarilyGILDDDown 2: ReputeODORDDown 3: Part of T.A.E.ALVADDown 4: More involvedDEEPERDDown 5: ForceCOERCIONDDown 6: ___ Annie in "Oklahoma!"ADODDown 7: BlendMERGEDDown 8: Kind of taxPOLLDDown 9: Apes a baddieSNEERSDDown 10: Fall mo.NOVDDown 11: Disney film: 1969THELOVEBUGDDown 12: Noted bardHOMERDDown 16: AxesHEWSDDown 18: Exec. itemsMEMOSDDown 19: Like some senior citizensANILEDDown 24: Best and StengelEDNASDDown 26: CelebratoryGALADDown 27: "Oh, What ___ Was Mary": 1919 songAPALDDown 28: Verne characterNEMODDown 29: Grey-Schertzinger song: 1929DREAMLOVERDDown 33: Lyrical poemODEDDown 34: InitialFIRSTDDown 36: QuoteCITEDDown 37: ___ off (in a snit)TEEDDDown 39: Ancient ambulatorySTOADDown 41: Sinks backRELAPSESDDown 44: Traveler's stopoverHOTELDDown 46: Comic like ChaplinSERIODDown 49: Form of discriminationSEXISMDDown 51: Rough scriptsDRAFTSDDown 52: SkinPELTDDown 53: MarketplaceAGORADDown 54: Cookbook directionSTEAMDDown 57: QuechuanINCADDown 59: FermentZYMEDDown 60: Biblical city (also called Tanis)ZOANDDown 61: Polly, to Tom SawyerAUNTDDown 63: Cartoon cryEEKDDown 64: Evian-les-Bains is oneSPA