New York Times Answers - Saturday, 24th October 1987 There are 35 across clues and 44 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 24th October 1987. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Opera premiere: Cairo, 1871AIDAAAcross 5: Box-office takeGATEAAcross 9: Opera premiere: Milan, 1831NORMAAAcross 14: Get ready for an examPREPAAcross 15: PortentOMENAAcross 16: Asian wild sheepURIALAAcross 17: Opera premiere: Venice, 1857SIMONBOCCANEGRAAAcross 20: Explorer JohnsonOSAAAcross 21: Avian lung outgrowthAIR SACAAcross 22: Bank divd.INTAAcross 23: Certain M.D.'sGPSAAcross 25: Noble CastilianGRANDEEAAcross 28: Canceled a space missionABORTEDAAcross 32: SaarinenEEROAAcross 33: CholerRAGEAAcross 34: Debussy's "Air de ___"LIAAAcross 36: HackneyedTRITEAAcross 40: Opera premiere: St. Petersburg, 1836ALIFEFORTHETSARAAcross 44: Kitchen toolDICERAAcross 45: FarrowMIAAAcross 46: Ship cavityHOLDAAcross 47: Iranian coinRIALAAcross 50: Seminole chiefOSCEOLAAAcross 52: Body kneadingMASSAGEAAcross 55: Balfe's "Joan of ___"ARCAAcross 56: Room in Mozart's "Abduction . . . "ODAAAcross 57: RogueRASCALAAcross 61: Grasp, to BurnsTAEAAcross 64: Opera premiere: Paris, 1881TALESOFHOFFMANNAAcross 68: Growing outENATEAAcross 69: BombeckERMAAAcross 70: LoosenUNDOAAcross 71: Opera premiere: Rome, 1900TOSCAAAcross 72: Designer ChristianDIORAAcross 73: Former Algerian rulersDEYSDDown 1: Lhasa ___APSODDown 2: Blooming bulbIRISDDown 3: Rabble-rousingDEMAGOGICDDown 4: G.I. addressAPODDown 5: Mongolian desertGOBIDDown 6: Falla's "El ___ Brujo"AMORDDown 7: GumshoesTECSDDown 8: Confine a budgerigarENCAGEDDown 9: Puccini's Suor AngelicaNUNDDown 10: Bauxite, e.g.OREDDown 10: Bauxite, e.g.ORE.DDown 11: UnbendingRIGIDDDown 12: W.W. I battle siteMARNEDDown 13: WingedALATEDDown 18: Publisher CondéNASTDDown 19: Mideast portACREDDown 24: Likes betterPREFERSDDown 26: Commedia dell'___ARTEDDown 27: Cold wind over Tex.NORTHERDDown 28: Rumanian cityARADDDown 29: "___ Ha'i"BALIDDown 30: SpriteELFDDown 31: God, in GenovaDIODDown 35: EstuaryARMDDown 37: Flammable liquid hydrocarbonISOOCTANEDDown 38: LoftyTALLDDown 39: Wagnerian goddessERDADDown 41: Assam silkwormERIADDown 42: Franco's uncleTIODDown 43: OwnsHASDDown 48: Of soil: Comb. formAGRODDown 49: BrowsedLEAFEDDDown 51: Leg partCALFDDown 52: Bach art formMOTETDDown 53: Hersey townADANODDown 54: Casa roomsSALASDDown 58: Indian title of respectSHRIDDown 59: Italian lagoCOMODDown 60: At some removeAFARDDown 62: "Show Boat" captainANDYDDown 63: Father of CainanENOSDDown 65: Common abbr.ETC.DDown 66: Galilee, e.g.SEADDown 67: Kind of pieMUD