New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 1st October 1985 There are 38 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 1st October 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "You're a better man ___ . . . ": KiplingTHANIAAcross 6: Express wearinessSIGHAAcross 10: DisimpassionedCALMAAcross 14: Gossip's fodderRUMORAAcross 15: On the MediterraneanASEAAAcross 16: Was contriteRUEDAAcross 17: "But war's ___ . . . ": CowperAGAMEAAcross 18: Mozart's ViennaWIENAAcross 19: Kirghiz rangeALAIAAcross 20: Ben Kingsley roleMOHANDASKGANDHIAAcross 23: Venus, to VirgilDEAAAcross 24: Mineo and BandoSALSAAcross 25: Track circuitsLAPSAAcross 28: Part of a ballroom danceCHAAAcross 31: Ceremonial actRITUALAAcross 35: Word with bred or willILLAAcross 35: Word with bred or willILL.AAcross 36: A captain and a kingAHABSAAcross 38: Tuned drumBONGOAAcross 39: E. M. Forster novelAPASSAGETOINDIAAAcross 42: Vitalize afreshRENEWAAcross 43: Makes a moveSTIRSAAcross 44: Claus aideELFAAcross 45: Blows z'sSNORESAAcross 47: Vichy is oneSPAAAcross 48: "___ bien!"TRESAAcross 49: Equation wordPLUSAAcross 51: Double this for an insectTSEAAcross 53: Paul Scott novel, with "The"JEWELINTHECROWNAAcross 61: Zagros Mountains siteIRANAAcross 62: Poi sourceTAROAAcross 63: Do-___ effortORDIEAAcross 64: FluffLINTAAcross 65: Sister of AresERISAAcross 66: DisturbsROILSAAcross 67: Positions a golf ballTEESAAcross 68: Family branchSEPTAAcross 69: Aquatic eaglesERNESDDown 1: Streetcar in LondonTRAMDDown 2: A sci-fi writer's awardHUGODDown 3: Oriental nurseAMAHDDown 4: Desert roversNOMADSDDown 5: Reynolds Broadway roleIRENEDDown 6: "I never ___ Moor": DickinsonSAWADDown 7: Goddess of fertilityISISDDown 8: Some carniesGEEKSDDown 9: La Guardia structureHANGARDDown 10: Presidential hopeful in 1984CRANSTONDDown 11: "___ Lang Syne"AULDDDown 12: Jacob's first wifeLEAHDDown 13: Year of Columbus's fourth voyageMDIIDDown 21: Gorbachev's villaDACHADDown 22: Excuses at courtALIBISDDown 25: PerjurersLIARSDDown 26: Horn or stock predecessorALPENDDown 27: City in Tex. or Ill.PLANODDown 29: WitchesHAGSDDown 30: IncitesABETSDDown 32: Prefix with line or mineUNDERDDown 33: NimbleAGILEDDown 34: LazesLOAFSDDown 36: TooAS WELLDDown 37: Yugoslav tobacco-shipping townSTIPDDown 40: "How sharper than a ___ tooth . . . ": Shak.SERPENTSDDown 41: Emulate DemosthenesORATEDDown 46: TrainsSUITESDDown 48: French Revolution aftermathTERRORDDown 50: Delusion's partnerSNAREDDown 52: Shutout spoilerSCOREDDown 53: Leave a loverJILTDDown 54: River or canalERIEDDown 55: Anagram for anewWANEDDown 56: StumbleTRIPDDown 57: ArmyHOSTDDown 58: Thor's sireODINDDown 59: Sly trickWILEDDown 60: Loch ___NESS