New York Times Answers - Friday, 20th September 1985 There are 38 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 20th September 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Laver rival, onceASHEAAcross 5: ClimaxCAPAAcross 8: La Casa ___ (The White House)BLANCAAAcross 14: Legal claimLIENAAcross 15: Gallina's largessOVAAAcross 16: CompensationREWARDAAcross 17: Pianist TempletonALECAAcross 18: Gas-pressure gaugeTENSIMETERAAcross 20: Emulates John R. NeillILLUSTRATESAAcross 22: News serv.UPIAAcross 23: Emanation from stagnationMIASMAAAcross 24: Acad. titlePROFAAcross 25: Ben Adhem's groupTRIBEAAcross 28: MeritEARNAAcross 30: Wild speechRANTAAcross 31: Carpenter's companionWALRUSAAcross 33: Leaf appendageSTIPELAAcross 35: Ursa Minor cynosurePOLARISAAcross 37: Francis Marion's ploysSORTIESAAcross 40: Having a handleANSATEAAcross 42: Tropical breakSIESTAAAcross 43: Elec. termACDCAAcross 45: Belgian cityMONSAAcross 47: Branch of zool.ENTOMAAcross 48: Kind of reviewRAVEAAcross 49: FinallyAT LASTAAcross 51: Hero of Uris's "Exodus"ARIAAcross 52: CalumniesDETRACTIONSAAcross 57: RamblingDISCURSIVEAAcross 59: Sub in a tubOLEOAAcross 60: White poplarsABELESAAcross 61: "___ let them clash!": BurnsE'ENAAcross 61: "___ let them clash!": BurnsEENAAcross 62: Well informed aboutUP ONAAcross 62: Well informed aboutUPONAAcross 63: Church seatSEDILEAAcross 64: TU-144, e.g.SSTAAcross 65: City on the YonneSENSDDown 1: Turkish regimentALAIDDown 2: ThresholdSILLDDown 3: BounderHEELDDown 4: BurdenENCUMBRANCEDDown 5: Short surpliceCOTTADDown 6: DisinclinedAVERSEDDown 7: Hats, trees or sheepPANAMASDDown 8: Cheese-making French regionBRIEDDown 9: Units on space vehiclesLEMSDDown 10: Reverential feelingAWEDDown 11: Student of flora and faunaNATURALISTDDown 12: Crinkled fabricCREPONDDown 13: AimlessADRIFTDDown 19: Jumps a batterySTARTSDDown 21: Sirs, to Louis XIVSIEURSDDown 24: Affectedly grandPRETENTIOUSDDown 25: County subdiv.TWPDDown 26: Contemporary Indian novelistRAODDown 27: UnwiseILL-ADVISEDDDown 29: Homer's legendary burial placeNIOSDDown 32: Rama's landSIAMDDown 34: Cobb's Judge ___PRIESTDDown 36: Ermines in summerSTOATSDDown 38: W.W. II arenaETODDown 39: U.S. missileSAMDDown 41: Log notationsENTRIESDDown 43: Cultivated areas in Tex.ARADASDDown 44: Vicious tropical fishCARIBEDDown 46: Aïda and Spartacus, e.g.SLAVESDDown 50: " . . . not ___ for tribute": HarperACENTDDown 52: Affair of honorDUELDDown 53: GaelicERSEDDown 54: Spoutless jugOLPEDDown 55: It glows for showsNEONDDown 56: Pearl Buck bookSONSDDown 58: Year in the reign of Antoninus PiusCLI