New York Times Bonus Answers - Wednesday, 1st October 1997 There are 43 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times Bonus crossword on Wednesday, 1st October 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Bonus AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Part of Africa named by Vasco da Gama on Christmas 1497NATALAAcross 6: Golden __ (Sir Francis Drake's flagship)HINDAAcross 10: Double-reed woodwindOBOEAAcross 14: Old toothpaste brandIPANAAAcross 15: "Zip-__-Doo-Dah"ADEEAAcross 16: Explorer for whom an Antarctic sea is namedROSSAAcross 17: Clark's exploration partnerLEWISAAcross 18: TiersROWSAAcross 19: Paint layerCOATAAcross 20: Pothook shapeESSAAcross 21: Dutch explorer TasmanABELAAcross 23: With "Free" and 50-Down, Boer-founded regionORANGEAAcross 25: "__ sauvages" (the Indians, to the French)LESAAcross 26: __ Genevieve (French settlement of 1735)STEAAcross 27: Suffix with rocket or chariotE'ERAAcross 28: See 26-DownCIBOLAAAcross 32: Florida discoverer Ponce de __LEONAAcross 33: Admiral Byrd book about polar explorationALONEAAcross 34: N.Y.'s Pataki, e.g.GOVAAcross 35: 1985 Kate Nelligan title roleELENIAAcross 40: Land explored by PizarroPERUAAcross 41: "The Murders in the __ Morgue"RUEAAcross 42: Norwegian explorer __ the RedERICAAcross 43: Troop encampmentETAPEAAcross 45: "Ich bin __ Berliner"EINAAcross 46: "It's __ pleasure"BEENAAAcross 47: "Rag Mop" brothersAMESAAcross 49: Western explorers' guide KitCARSONAAcross 50: J.F.K. landerSSTAAcross 53: __ Salvador (Columbus landing point)SANAAcross 54: Hell, to ShermanWARAAcross 55: Island visited by James Cook in 1769TAHITIAAcross 57: Chesapeake Bay discoverer Sir Ralph __LANEAAcross 58: "Where __?" (lost explorer's question)AMIAAcross 61: Early space explorer ShepardALANAAcross 62: Norwegian navigator EricsonLEIFAAcross 64: Central pointsNODESAAcross 66: State south of Ky.TENN.AAcross 67: Scottish explorer for whom an Australian lake is namedEYREAAcross 68: Newark founder Robert __TREATAAcross 69: C.P.R. specialistsEMTSAAcross 70: Bambi, e.g.DEERAAcross 71: __ Domingo (Columbus discovery of 1492)SANTODDown 1: River explored by John SpekeNILEDDown 2: King Kong's kinAPESDDown 3: Shooting marblesTAWSDDown 4: Singer DiFrancoANIDDown 5: Explorer who claimed Louisiana for FranceLASALLEDDown 6: Rabbit relativesHARESDDown 7: Sacred statueIDOLDDown 8: Word in many settlement namesNEWDDown 9: Mississippi River discoverer HernandoDESOTODDown 10: Killer whaleORCADDown 11: Kentucky explorer DanielBOONEDDown 12: River to the MissouriOSAGEDDown 13: Fragrant compoundESTERDDown 22: "Luck __ Lady Tonight"BEADDown 24: 5-Down's first nameRENEDDown 26: Coronado's quest, with "Cities of" and 28-AcrossSEVENDDown 28: __ Verde, rounded by Portuguese sailors in 1445CAPEDDown 29: "__ a Song Go ..."ILETDDown 30: When doubled, a member of the Society IslandsBORADDown 31: "Movin' __" ("The Jeffersons" theme)ONUPDDown 32: Mississippi River explorer JolietLOUISDDown 34: St. Patrick's Day colorGREENDDown 36: Lecherous lookLEERDDown 37: "__ Tu"ERESDDown 38: Pedro Alonzo __, Spanish navigator with ColumbusNINODDown 39: Sammy Davis Jr.'s "Yes __"ICANDDown 44: Dutch __ India Company (Hudson's employer)EASTDDown 46: Northeast Passage seeker WillemBARENTSDDown 48: Sent inMAILEDDDown 49: Six-pack componentCANDDown 50: See 23-AcrossSTATEDDown 51: Massachusetts Bay colony founded in 1628SALEMDDown 52: U.N.'s U __THANTDDown 54: Thin biscuitWAFERDDown 56: Bed-and-breakfastsINNSDDown 57: Sicilian simoleonsLIREDDown 58: Zheng He landed here in 1416ADENDDown 59: Butcher's stockMEATDDown 60: Proportion wordsISTODDown 63: Needle partEYEDDown 65: __ pro nobisORA