New York Times Answers - Friday, 16th March 1984 There are 36 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 16th March 1984. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Absolute rulerTSARAAcross 5: Rainbow flowerIRISAAcross 9: Cacao and bumboTREESAAcross 14: Church partAPSEAAcross 15: Hawaiian gooseNENEAAcross 16: English novelist: 1814–84READEAAcross 17: Put offPOSTPONEDAAcross 19: EldritchEERIEAAcross 20: DeleteERASEAAcross 21: Cut a disk out of a metal plateTREPANNEDAAcross 23: Lets slackenREMITSAAcross 25: AssignationTRYSTAAcross 26: Nucha or nuqueNAPEAAcross 28: Bowl or cannonMORTARAAcross 32: ChanneledCANALIZEDAAcross 37: African lakeNYASAAAcross 38: One-pip dominoACEAAcross 39: Dolly Varden, e.g.TROUTAAcross 41: Windy City, for shortCH'IAAcross 41: Windy City, for shortCHIAAcross 42: ImpassiveSTOICAAcross 45: Preceded in timeANTEDATEDAAcross 48: Stretching muscleTENSORAAcross 50: Unit of measurementYARDAAcross 51: Mountain nymphOREADAAcross 54: Cute marsupialsKOALASAAcross 58: A bursting inwardIMPLOSIONAAcross 62: Musical worksOPERAAAcross 63: Italy's chief financial centerMILANAAcross 64: Fish used in genetic researchSWORDTAILAAcross 66: La ___, Argentine portPLATAAAcross 67: Mother of ApolloLETOAAcross 68: Pile Pelion on ___OSSAAAcross 69: Units of loudnessSONESAAcross 70: DashELANAAcross 71: WoodwindREEDDDown 1: Slender candleTAPERDDown 2: Reproductive bodySPOREDDown 3: Tea-growing area in IndiaASSAMDDown 4: Greek wine flavored with pine resinRETSINADDown 5: Daughter of CadmusINODDown 6: SplitRENTDDown 7: LifelessINERTDDown 8: Feast at which the Haggadah is recitedSEDERDDown 9: BetrayalTREASONDDown 10: Spaceman's finaleREENTRYDDown 11: Receive for effortEARNDDown 12: ___ Sedgwick, tragic heiressEDIEDDown 13: GermSEEDDDown 18: Flower partPETALDDown 22: Poe's Arthur Gordon ___PYMDDown 24: Point of landSPITDDown 27: Book of the BibleEZRADDown 29: Savoir-faireTACTDDown 30: County in N.C.ASHEDDown 31: MaraudRAIDDDown 32: MoldCASTDDown 33: Greek peninsulaACTEDDown 34: Rialto lightNEONDDown 35: Long periodEONDDown 36: ObligationDUTYDDown 40: Tropical timber treeTEAKDDown 43: Set apartISOLATEDDown 44: Cigars or crownsCORONASDDown 46: Dickens characterDROODDDown 47: Electrician's deviceADAPTORDDown 49: ___ gestaeRESDDown 52: PassageAISLEDDown 53: Wooden pinDOWELDDown 55: HireLEASEDDown 56: SpringARISEDDown 57: GreensSALADDDown 58: PuckerelsIMPSDDown 59: Grain sorghumMILODDown 60: Marshall ___PLANDDown 61: ___ beneNOTADDown 65: QB JaworskiRON