New York Times Answers - Friday, 21st August 1987 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 21st August 1987. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Very dangerous elementRADONAAcross 6: Wide openAGAPEAAcross 11: ___ out (plan in detail)MAPAAcross 14: Lacquer resinELEMIAAcross 15: OverstuffedSATEDAAcross 16: Ab ___ (from square one)OVOAAcross 17: Shade of grayVIENNASMOKEAAcross 19: Wash. luminarySENAAcross 20: EachAPIECEAAcross 21: Little specialtyMIMICRYAAcross 23: With 24 Down and 55 Across, a dinner dishBRUSSAAcross 25: Org. established in 1949NATOAAcross 26: N.K.V.D.'s predecessorOGPUAAcross 29: Erstwhile corp.SERGAAcross 31: Barley beardsAWNSAAcross 34: Bristly plantTEASELAAcross 37: Kabob componentLAMBAAcross 39: Drabowsky or Berg of baseballMOEAAcross 40: Rhine tributaryAARAAcross 41: Extended breaksSIESTASAAcross 43: Take advantage ofUSEAAcross 44: Corn or cycle starterTRIAAcross 45: Friends, in FifeEMESAAcross 46: CaughtNAILEDAAcross 48: Start of N.C.'s mottoESSEAAcross 50: Castor and PolluxALPSAAcross 52: Glad or sad endingNESSAAcross 53: Kind of bagGRABAAcross 55: Puts to flightROUTSAAcross 58: ObstructionBARRIERAAcross 61: "Three men ___"INATUBAAcross 64: Becker specialtyACEAAcross 65: Wrapping materialMANILA PAPERAAcross 68: Fidel compadreCHEAAcross 69: Finnish lake, to SwedesENAREAAcross 70: Vamp's relativeINTROAAcross 71: Old cowboy star MaynardKENAAcross 71: Old cowboy star MaynardKEN.AAcross 72: Ancient chariotESSEDAAcross 73: Actor EzraSTONEDDown 1: Gun a motorREVDDown 2: Inter ___ALIADDown 3: ProfoundDEEPDDown 4: Kind of billOMNIBUSDDown 5: Forty-___NINERDDown 6: EstimateASSESSDDown 7: Whale groupGAMDDown 8: It was smashed in the 40'sATOMDDown 9: Hominid discovery announced in 1927PEKING MANDDown 10: SwellingEDEMADDown 11: Vodka and ginger beerMOSCOWMULEDDown 12: AsseverateAVERDDown 13: Snort glassPONYDDown 18: Puncture starterACUDDown 22: Give ___ whirl (make an effort)ITADDown 24: See 23 AcrossSELSSPRDDown 26: Mexican basket grassOTATEDDown 27: They work when engagedGEARSDDown 28: An insecticidePARIS GREENDDown 30: BetrayerRATDDown 32: Things to be countedNOSESDDown 33: OriginsSEEDSDDown 35: Suffix with TonkinESEDDown 36: SievasLIMABEANSDDown 38: Good-turn org.BSADDown 42: Glass or sand chaserEELDDown 47: TwinklingINSTANTDDown 49: SinERRDDown 51: BesmirchedSOILEDDDown 54: Singer MannAIMEEDDown 56: ___ voce (unanimously)UNADDown 57: On the ___ (under consideration)TAPISDDown 58: With 59 Down, a common miseryBACKDDown 59: See 58 DownACHEDDown 60: Certain acids, for shortRNASDDown 62: ___ no goodUP TODDown 63: Swiss cityBERNDDown 66: Eng. neighborIREDDown 67: CaviarROE