New York Times Bonus Answers - Wednesday, 1st April 1998 There are 43 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times Bonus crossword on Wednesday, 1st April 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Bonus AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Creedence Clearwater's "__ Stop the Rain?"WHOLLAAcross 6: Unable to throw strikesWILDAAcross 10: Hippies' homesPADSAAcross 14: 50's war zoneKOREAAAcross 15: "Zip-__-Doo-Dah"ADEEAAcross 16: Mayberry ladOPIEAAcross 17: Like a MensanSMARTAAcross 18: Rain __ and dogsCATSAAcross 19: River to the Caspian SeaURALAAcross 20: Climatic fluctuation producing heavy rainsEL NINOAAcross 22: 35-Down lyricist BobMERRILLAAcross 24: Dir. of some rainstormsENEAAcross 25: Prefix with space or dynamicAEROAAcross 26: __ Cruces, N.M.LASAAcross 27: Construction beamIBARAAcross 30: The Weather Girls' "__ Raining Men"ITSAAcross 32: Actor Mix of "The Rainbow Trail"TOMAAcross 34: "Neither snow, __ rain ..."NORAAcross 35: "The Bell Jar" author SylviaPLATHAAcross 37: Becomes liquefiedMELTSAAcross 41: "It Ain't __ Rain No Mo'" (1924 hit)GONNAAAcross 43: "Just Walking in the Rain" singer JohnnieRAYAAcross 44: "... stirring dull roots with spring rain" writer T. S.ELIOTAAcross 45: Loud, as the surfAROARAAcross 46: St. Patrick's Day musicianPIPERAAcross 48: It's south of Ga.FLA.AAcross 49: "Rain __" (Dustin Hoffman film)MANAAcross 51: Fabled "Arabian Nights" birdROCAAcross 52: Pound, as a hard rainPELTAAcross 53: Fitness centerSPAAAcross 56: Medicinal measureDOSEAAcross 58: Mai __ cocktailTAIAAcross 60: Windstorm often accompanied by rainTEMPESTAAcross 62: "Rain" playwright JohnCOLTONAAcross 65: Humorist BombeckERMAAAcross 66: __ sapiensHOMOAAcross 68: Stock-purchase phraseATPARAAcross 70: With 4-Down, "The Rain in Spain" lyricistALANAAcross 71: Compound common in crosswordsENOLAAcross 72: "Super-duper!"NEATOAAcross 73: Bit of biblical graffitiMENEAAcross 74: The Grateful __ ("Box of Rain" band)DEADAAcross 75: "Come Rain or Come Shine" composer HaroldARLENDDown 1: Calendar divs.WKSDDown 2: ResidenceHOMEDDown 3: Kind of thermometerORALDDown 4: See 70-AcrossLERNERDDown 5: Caesar's tongueLATINDDown 6: Texas cityWACODDown 7: Actress LupinoIDADDown 8: "__ Call You Sweetheart"LETMEDDown 9: Rainless expanseDESERTDDown 10: Rain like heckPOURDDown 11: Showery monthAPRILDDown 12: __-PrayerDIALADDown 13: PeddlesSELLSDDown 21: "Laughter in the Rain" singer SedakaNEILDDown 23: Boardinghouse residentROOMERDDown 25: Fred, who danced to "Isn't It a Lovely Day to Be Caught in the Rain"ASTAIREDDown 27: Swenson of "Benson"INGADDown 28: Mannerless oneBOORDDown 29: Florence's riverARNODDown 31: Rain-delay rolloutTARPDDown 33: Singer TillisMELDDown 35: "Don't Rain on My __"PARADEDDown 36: Syringe, for shortHYPODDown 38: "Into each __ some rain ..."LIFEDDown 39: Motorist's payoutTOLLDDown 40: Bit of sports infoSTATDDown 42: "Miss Saigon" setting, brieflyNAMDDown 47: Outer: PrefixECTODDown 50: Had some munchiesNOSHEDDDown 52: __-patter (rain sound)PITTERDDown 53: "Rain, __, and Speed" (Joseph Turner painting)STEAMDDown 54: Socialite MestaPERLEDDown 55: Jordan's capitalAMMANDDown 57: "Tears in the Rain" actress SharonSTONEDDown 59: TV host StewartALANADDown 61: What you might hear the rain beat againstPANEDDown 62: "__ Rain" (Crosby, Stills & Nash tune)COLDDDown 63: October birthstoneOPALDDown 64: Thurmond or Archibald of the N.B.A.NATEDDown 67: Extinct kin of the ostrichMOADDown 69: Scientology founder L. __ HubbardRON