New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 28th August 1991 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 28th August 1991. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bactrian backbreaker?STRAWAAcross 6: Light sourceBULBAAcross 10: Ruthless rulerTSARAAcross 14: Fight siteARENAAAcross 15: Seed coveringARILAAcross 16: A hoop of the FiftiesHULAAAcross 17: Resting spotsSEATSAAcross 18: She's in the high-C areasDIVAAAcross 19: DarkEBONAAcross 20: Make a tentative assumptionHYPOTHESIZEAAcross 23: Knight or KennedyTEDAAcross 24: ModernistNEOAAcross 25: D. Webster's adversaryDEVILAAcross 27: Nightmarish streetELMAAcross 30: "A ___ Is Born"STARAAcross 33: TV's "The Young ___"RIDERSAAcross 36: Count caloriesDIETAAcross 38: A son of SethENOSAAcross 40: Sum upTOTALAAcross 41: Give reasonable form toINTELLECTUALIZEAAcross 44: Coat with a tin-lead alloyTERNEAAcross 45: Reporter's queryWHENAAcross 46: SporeSEEDAAcross 47: BusybodiesSNOOPSAAcross 49: Geraint's wifeENIDAAcross 51: Sixties org. on campusesSDSAAcross 52: Readies, for shortPREPSAAcross 54: GlobeORBAAcross 56: Sci-fi saucerUFOAAcross 58: Bring into accord with reasonRATIONALIZEAAcross 64: Farm sightSILOAAcross 66: Inn offeringROOMAAcross 67: EstateMANORAAcross 68: London Magazine essayistELIAAAcross 69: Large handbagTOTEAAcross 70: Element found in 6 AcrossARGONAAcross 71: WorktableDESKAAcross 72: Novelist PatonALANAAcross 73: AppearsSEEMSDDown 1: Window partSASHDDown 2: Low cardTREYDDown 3: HarvestREAPDDown 4: Playwright ChekhovANTONDDown 5: SquandersWASTESDDown 6: CommandedBADEDDown 7: "Trinity" authorURISDDown 8: EnragedLIVIDDDown 9: Sports jacketBLAZERDDown 10: ArticleTHEDDown 11: Elusive pointsSUBTLETIESDDown 12: Fiber-yielding plantALOEDDown 13: Author AynRANDDDown 21: Arthur Hailey novelHOTELDDown 22: Musical set in ArgentinaEVITADDown 26: Rock stars, to teen-agersIDOLSDDown 27: Readies for publicationEDITSDDown 28: Material from flaxLINENDDown 29: Locale of The Daily PlanetMETROPOLISDDown 31: AfreshANEWDDown 32: Author Mazo de la ___ROCHEDDown 34: DemolishedRAZEDDDown 35: Glides over iceSLEDSDDown 37: Carreras is oneTENORDDown 39: British gunSTENDDown 42: A Molokai denizenLEPERDDown 43: Blue-collar groupUNIONDDown 48: Peloponnesian War participantSPARTADDown 50: Pinter productsDRAMASDDown 53: Bar or toad followerSTOOLDDown 55: Proclaim loudlyBLAREDDown 56: SecondhandUSEDDDown 57: Manicurist's implementFILEDDown 59: JotIOTADDown 60: PortentOMENDDown 61: Little Sheba's creatorINGEDDown 62: Certain lensZOOMDDown 63: Sea eaglesERNSDDown 65: "Mighty" plantOAK