New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 31st August 1983 There are 38 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 31st August 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rhyme schemeABABAAcross 5: Trunk fastenerHASPAAcross 9: WooerSWAINAAcross 14: Weather indicatorVANEAAcross 15: Norwegian kingOLAVAAcross 16: SampleTASTEAAcross 17: With 23 Across, boxer's explanation for his long layoffIHADABOUTAAcross 19: Famed race horseALSABAAcross 20: Corn spikeEARAAcross 21: ShortlySOONAAcross 22: He portrayed DisraeliARLISSAAcross 23: See 17 AcrossWITHHEPATITISAAcross 26: Two-time loser to D.D.E.AESAAcross 27: Tragedy by EuripidesORESTESAAcross 30: She wrote "Three Lives"STEINAAcross 33: Shelter in a gardenBOWERAAcross 35: Altar on highARAAAcross 36: Carnegie or AlbertHALLAAcross 37: RescuedSAVEDAAcross 38: Pert lassSNIPAAcross 39: Garb like a burnooseABAAAcross 40: Bicuspid's neighborMOLARAAcross 41: Heaven's pearly itemsGATESAAcross 42: Spokes' protectionsHUBCAPSAAcross 44: B.C. vesselARKAAcross 44: B.C. vesselARK.AAcross 45: With 56 Across, wiseacre's reply to boxerOHTHATGREEKISAAcross 51: Jewelers' weightsCARATSAAcross 53: Like a bump on ___ALOGAAcross 54: MemorabiliaANAAAcross 55: Clean the slateERASEAAcross 56: See 45 AcrossATOUGHPUGAAcross 58: InscribeENTERAAcross 59: Landlocked Asian countryLAOSAAcross 60: RamblerROSEAAcross 61: ClairvoyantsSEERSAAcross 62: Poilu's weaponARMEAAcross 63: Stretches the budgetEKESDDown 1: Miller's "___ from the Bridge"AVIEWDDown 2: Member of an Iranian sectBAHAIDDown 3: "Cooking has become ___": BurtonANARTDDown 4: Procrustean ___BEDDDown 5: BindlestiffsHOBOESDDown 6: Knocked for ___ALOOPDDown 7: Finnish bathSAUNADDown 8: Certain G.I.PVTDDown 9: Track officialSTARTERDDown 10: Discoverer of TahitiWALLISDDown 11: AideASSISTANTDDown 12: Philippine groupITASDDown 13: Birds' beaksNEBSDDown 18: Very paleASHENDDown 22: BroadcastAIREDDDown 24: GreetHAILDDown 25: Sears ___, ChicagoTOWERDDown 28: Part of HOMESERIEDDown 29: JugheadsSAPSDDown 30: Former ruler at TeheranSHAHDDown 31: Freud's "Totem und ___"TABUDDown 32: Highly wroughtELABORATEDDown 33: Wood for airplane modelsBALSADDown 34: GametesOVADDown 37: Last year's froshSOPHSDDown 38: "For Pete's ___!"SAKEDDown 40: Is importantMATTERSDDown 41: Shorthand expertGREGGDDown 43: Sub's nemesisCHASERDDown 44: InciteAROUSEDDown 46: A dweller in the CrimeaTATARDDown 47: MelancholyGLOOMDDown 48: Cushion stuffingKAPOKDDown 49: FunctioningIN USEDDown 50: MagiSAGESDDown 51: A homophone for seizeCEESDDown 52: "Rosamond" composerARNEDDown 56: Chicken ___ reineALADDown 56: Chicken ___ reineALA.DDown 57: Charlemagne's dom.HRE