New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 5th October 1983 There are 38 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 5th October 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: CutGASHAAcross 5: Fictional sleuth and sonsCHANSAAcross 10: VipersASPSAAcross 14: GrampusORCAAAcross 15: BoundaryLIMITAAcross 16: Nobelist German physicist: 1914LAUEAAcross 17: CicatrixSCARAAcross 18: ExpungeERASEAAcross 19: Handle for an ancient vaseANSAAAcross 20: Finest, noblest humansSALTOFTHEEARTHAAcross 23: Book sectionINDEXAAcross 24: Not wellILLAAcross 24: Not wellILL.AAcross 25: Perfect-launching expressionA-OKAAcross 27: Area below the crusPESAAcross 28: ShineBEAMAAcross 32: CheerBRAVOAAcross 34: Garment for autumnTOPCOATAAcross 37: SinglesONESAAcross 38: Wouk workTHEWINDSOFWARAAcross 41: ___ Islands, off IrelandARANAAcross 42: Puget Sound portSEATTLEAAcross 43: Capital of Western AustraliaPERTHAAcross 45: SteadLIEUAAcross 46: ResidueASHAAcross 49: Tot or jotTADAAcross 50: SinERRAAcross 53: TalentFORTEAAcross 55: Award-winning 1981 filmCHARIOTSOFFIREAAcross 60: Whaler in a Melville bookAHABAAcross 61: SocietyGUILDAAcross 62: Mare's toddlerFOALAAcross 63: Network of nervesRETEAAcross 64: Glanced amorouslyOGLEDAAcross 65: Laborer of yoreESNEAAcross 66: Once, onceERSTAAcross 67: Donna and WalterREEDSAAcross 68: Comedian FoxxREDDDDown 1: Rumormonger's delightGOSSIPDDown 2: SecretARCANEDDown 3: Heats, as milkSCALDSDDown 4: " . . . Poker Flat" writerHARTEDDown 5: Musical symbolCLEFDDown 6: Trumpeter from New OrleansHIRTDDown 7: Nurse in the Far EastAMAHDDown 8: Japanese-AmericanNISEIDDown 9: "___ and Glass," Lennon songSTEELDDown 10: WingedALARDDown 11: City near Long BeachSANTA ANADDown 12: CinchPUSHOVERDDown 13: Celebes, for oneSEADDown 21: "The ___ Incident," 1943 filmOXBOWDDown 22: Church vestmentALBDDown 26: Greek islandKOSDDown 29: FinialsEPISDDown 30: Teen-ager's woeACNEDDown 31: Of form, as opposed to substanceMODALDDown 33: Poet Nicholas: 1674–1718ROWEDDown 34: Big topTENTDDown 35: Piedmontese cityASTIDDown 36: Kind of bag or boardTOTEDDown 38: Actor Arthur: 1894–1975TREACHERDDown 39: Construction workersHARDHATSDDown 40: DownFLUFFDDown 41: DeftAPTDDown 44: "And love but ___ forever": BurnsHERDDown 46: MelodiousARIOSEDDown 47: MaroonSTRANDDDown 48: ListedHEELEDDDown 51: SeverityRIGORDDown 52: ___ et noir (gambling game)ROUGEDDown 54: TenderOFFERDDown 56: Support a swindlerABETDDown 57: Baked clayTILEDDown 58: Pung or lugeSLEDDDown 59: Las Vegas termODDSDDown 60: Metric unitARE