New York Times Answers - Friday, 23rd September 1983 There are 39 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 23rd September 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Source of a powderTALCAAcross 5: Bar at the barESTOPAAcross 10: Fleeting odorWAFTAAcross 14: MargarineOLEOAAcross 15: Goddess of the huntDIANAAAcross 16: Bakery employeeICERAAcross 17: AverageMEANAAcross 18: EnrageANGERAAcross 19: Redactor's wordDELEAAcross 20: Great breadthEXPANSEAAcross 22: Village cynosureSTEEPLEAAcross 24: On edgeTENSEAAcross 26: De Soto contemporaryNASHAAcross 27: "Nine ___," film or sitcomTOFIVEAAcross 30: Afternoon napsSIESTASAAcross 33: Sunny's ___, 1983 Derby winnerHALOAAcross 34: Lab vesselRETORTAAcross 36: He wrote "The Brave Bulls"LEAAAcross 38: Mussorgsky's "Pictures ___ Exhibition"ATANAAcross 39: Mosaic contributionLAWAAcross 40: Geological divisionsEONSAAcross 41: Opposite of pos.NEGAAcross 42: Vermicelli and ravioliPASTASAAcross 45: Beer: SlangSUDSAAcross 46: Wine-decanter ornamentationRIGAREEAAcross 48: A dessertMOUSSEAAcross 50: Soviet news agencyTASSAAcross 51: Where to find a nosingSTAIRAAcross 53: Jogger's woeBLISTERAAcross 56: Elongated circleELLIPSEAAcross 60: Chess pieceROOKAAcross 61: Himalayan kingdomNEPALAAcross 63: Wearers of teethELKSAAcross 64: "The ___ of the skeleton": T. S. EliotAGUEAAcross 65: Cordial flavoringANISEAAcross 66: OrderlyNEATAAcross 67: ExpenseCOSTAAcross 68: RecluseLONERAAcross 69: Grace ___, in "A Rage to Live"TATEDDown 1: VolumeTOMEDDown 2: Author ComfortALEXDDown 3: VaultLEAPDDown 4: StrivingCONATIONDDown 5: He portrayed Lou GrantEDASNERDDown 6: Trigonometric termsSINESDDown 7: Children's gameTAGDDown 8: Small billsONESDDown 9: Ray, to BobPARTNERDDown 10: Most spaciousWIDESTDDown 11: Without a chiefACEPHALOUSDDown 12: Took a headerFELLDDown 13: Honey locust, e.g.TREEDDown 21: Neighbor of Ore.NEV.DDown 23: A side of ManhattanEASTDDown 25: PropertiesESTATESDDown 27: Holier ___ thouTHANDDown 28: Horse operaOATERDDown 29: Grossly wickedFLAGITIOUSDDown 31: Big Ten competitorIOWADDown 32: DispatchesSENDSDDown 35: OtherwiseELSEDDown 37: S. African foxASSEDDown 40: VoraciousESURIENTDDown 42: Bygone daysPASTDDown 43: Longfellow's "The ___ at Springfield"ARSENALDDown 44: Not so bigSMALLERDDown 47: Seal on a pistonGASKETDDown 49: LubricateOILDDown 52: HarassTEASEDDown 53: Bric-a-___BRACDDown 54: Co. trademarkLOGODDown 55: Slots spotRENODDown 57: EntreatyPLEADDown 58: Card game for threeSKATDDown 59: Ariosto's patronESTEDDown 62: Wrestling coupPIN