New York Times Answers - Thursday, 27th October 1983 There are 36 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 27th October 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: AfireLITAAcross 4: CatchBAGAAcross 7: Fragrant compoundESTERAAcross 12: Medial quantityAVERAGEAAcross 14: ModifiedALTEREDAAcross 16: Keep watch onMONITORAAcross 17: Day that Durocher marriedLARAINEAAcross 18: SoupBROTHAAcross 19: Battleship destroyed in 1898MAINEAAcross 21: Like Marvell's mistressCOYAAcross 22: Since: Scot.SYNEAAcross 23: City in NigeriaIBADANAAcross 25: Catapult ammoSTONESAAcross 28: Malone of the 76ersMOSESAAcross 32: Cry of contemptBOOAAcross 35: RobertsORALAAcross 36: Loni Anderson, e.g.BLONDEAAcross 37: GarbAPPARELAAcross 39: Minting of moneyCOINAGEAAcross 40: They come in flightsSTAIRSAAcross 41: AdmonishWARNAAcross 42: Workout loc.GYMAAcross 43: One-time Italian coinsSOLDIAAcross 44: Have amnesiaFORGETAAcross 46: Name of eight post-Norman kingsEDWARDAAcross 48: Rooms in a haremODASAAcross 52: Get-up-and-goVIMAAcross 55: "The Prisoner of ___": HopeZENDAAAcross 56: Live from day to dayEXISTAAcross 57: FattyADIPOSEAAcross 59: Act as an agentMEDIATEAAcross 61: Caligula and NeroTYRANTSAAcross 62: Circular Greek letterOMICRONAAcross 63: Easy gaitsLOPESAAcross 64: Wife of Amen-RaMUTAAcross 65: Jan.–Dec. periodsYRSDDown 1: Charles and MaryLAMBSDDown 2: Africa's ___ CoastIVORYDDown 3: Projecting part, in carpentryTENONDDown 4: English spaBATHDDown 5: PastAGODDown 6: EmbryonicGERMINALDDown 7: Beast with twisted hornsELANDDDown 8: Make more efficientSTREAMLINEDDown 9: Congou, e.g.TEADDown 10: Actor PorterERICDDown 11: Site for certain banditsRENODDown 13: Bar mitzvahs, e.g.RITESDDown 14: Type of writALIASDDown 15: Ottoman official of yoreDEYDDown 20: First shepherdABELDDown 24: Time of dayNOONDDown 26: Belt of the earthTORRID ZONEDDown 27: Mine findsORESDDown 29: Stump of a toothSNAGDDown 30: TenseEDGYDDown 31: AppearSEEMDDown 32: Deep toneBASSDDown 33: Vision: Comb. formOPTODDown 34: GeyseriteOPALDDown 36: Court nameBORGDDown 38: ___-mémoire (memorandum)AIDEDDown 39: Plant with spicy or medicinal seedsCARDAMOMDDown 41: This was "in the beginning"WORDDDown 44: Temples of yoreFANESDDown 45: PoisonousTOXICDDown 47: Rebecca and BenjaminWESTSDDown 49: Pepys workDIARYDDown 50: Former N.Y.C. hotelASTORDDown 51: Some carbinesSTENSDDown 52: Container for wineVATDDown 53: Romantic interludeIDYLDDown 54: Contemporary of ChagallMIRODDown 56: Blue-pencilEDITDDown 58: Soft foodPAPDDown 60: Rhea's cousinEMU