New York Times Answers - Friday, 12th October 1984 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 12th October 1984. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Conceal in the handPALMAAcross 5: Illegal grassPOTAAcross 8: Early manABELAAcross 12: Song for DomingoARIAAAcross 13: Growth celebrated in a musicalHAIRAAcross 14: Hammett's P.I.SPADEAAcross 15: Simian soldier?GUERRILLAAAcross 17: Ieper, to the FrenchYPRESAAcross 18: Copy a flightless bird?EMULATEAAcross 19: LurchesCAREENSAAcross 21: OverflowSPILLAAcross 22: Chanteuse Edith ___PIAFAAcross 23: Do-well predecessorNE'ERAAcross 25: Marine mammal route?SEA LANEAAcross 28: SnakesASPSAAcross 31: CheatsROOKSAAcross 33: Carangid fishSCADAAcross 34: BalladLAYAAcross 35: WildebeestGNUAAcross 36: Work unitERGAAcross 37: Bacon's associatesEGGSAAcross 39: 13 to 19TEENSAAcross 41: VortexEDDYAAcross 42: Bedouin parking area?CAMELOTAAcross 44: OvenKILNAAcross 46: Gardner's namesakesAVASAAcross 47: TV puppetMADAMAAcross 50: OvalELLIPSEAAcross 53: Cringed like Elsie?COWEREDAAcross 55: TracksRAILSAAcross 56: Like a cat's oniony dish?LYONNAISEAAcross 58: Soap plantAMOLEAAcross 59: The Iron ___ (Mrs. Thatcher)LADYAAcross 60: Nobelist poet Sully-PrudhommeRENEAAcross 61: RationalSANEAAcross 62: HeavenSKYAAcross 63: CoasterSLEDDDown 1: Verso or rectoPAGEDDown 2: Flowering plantsARUMSDDown 3: Stay in bed, as an invalidLIEUPDDown 4: Game fishMARLINSDDown 5: StakePALEDDown 6: BribeOILDDown 7: Agr. vehicleTRACDDown 8: Court of ___APPEALSDDown 9: Yogi unmasked?BAREFACEDDDown 10: First placeEDENDDown 11: Of lower degreeLESSDDown 13: Schicklgruber, allegedlyHITLERDDown 14: Site of LatakiaSYRIADDown 16: Breathing soundRALEDDown 20: GibbonsAPESDDown 24: Thesaurus makerROGETDDown 25: Give out goose eggsSKUNKDDown 26: Aromatic plantNARDDDown 27: IrritableEDGYDDown 28: Guinness, for oneALECDDown 29: StorySAGADDown 30: Shaw's porcine play?PYGMALIONDDown 32: MonadONEDDown 38: Home of Mozart's barberSEVILLEDDown 39: FlipTOSSDDown 40: Sale of church propertySIMONYDDown 41: Wins affectionENDEARSDDown 43: SlipLAPSEDDown 45: Fine fabricLAWNDDown 48: Prospero's spriteARIELDDown 49: Intermediate, in lawMESNEDDown 50: PeriodsERASDDown 51: Mongolian monkLAMADDown 52: Old measures of lengthELLSDDown 53: Buffalo BillCODYDDown 54: ExploitDEEDDDown 57: Chatter like an ox?YAK