New York Times Bonus Answers - Saturday, 1st August 1998 There are 44 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times Bonus crossword on Saturday, 1st August 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Bonus AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: They were frozen on August 15, 1971WAGESAAcross 6: "__ the torpedoes!" (cry of August 5, 1864)DAMNAAcross 10: Clockmaker ThomasSETHAAcross 14: Put up withABIDEAAcross 15: Toast topperOLEOAAcross 16: Give a hootCAREAAcross 17: The __ Act, passed August 10, 1917LEVERAAcross 18: The largest in the world opened in Bloomington, Minn., in August 1992MALLAAcross 19: Gets mellowerAGESAAcross 20: Start a handball gameSERVEAAcross 22: They gave their last public concert on August 29, 1966BEATLESAAcross 24: The Battle of __ Island, August 27, 1776LONGAAcross 26: Mule's fatherASSAAcross 27: Suffix with Brooklyn or VietnamESEAAcross 28: Virginia __, born on Roanoke Island on August 18, 1587DAREAAcross 31: "__ Thumb" (locomotive demonstrated by Peter Cooper on August 28, 1830)TOMAAcross 33: Fast way to the U.K.SSTAAcross 35: Suffix with schnozz or payOLAAAcross 36: Speakers' platformsPODIAAAcross 38: __ Gay (plane in the news on August 6, 1945)ENOLAAAcross 42: Union challenged by Reagan on August 6, 1981PATCOAAcross 44: R.O.T.C. relativeOCSAAcross 45: Thurmond, who set a new filibuster record on August 29, 1957STROMAAcross 46: Diarist NinANAISAAcross 47: August excursions, perhapsTRIPSAAcross 49: Three-faced one of filmEVEAAcross 50: Poe's "The Black __," which first appeared on August 19, 1843CATAAcross 52: Sculler's needOARAAcross 53: Bunion sitesTOESAAcross 54: Make a choiceOPTAAcross 57: Simpleton's utteranceDUHAAcross 59: "It Ain't Gonna Rain __"NOMOAAcross 61: The __ Falls Power Co., supplier of electric power since August 26, 1895NIAGARAAAcross 63: It achieved independence on August 17, 1960GABONAAcross 66: Frank, who was betrayed on August 4, 1944ANNEAAcross 67: "Swoosh" logo companyNIKEAAcross 70: __ Cup, annual tennis event since August 8, 1900DAVISAAcross 72: Gossip column snippetITEMAAcross 73: Catchall abbr.ET ALAAcross 73: Catchall abbr.ET AL.AAcross 74: Light on one's feetAGILEAAcross 75: Sunshine, slangilyRAYSAAcross 76: Social reformer Jacob August __RIISAAcross 77: __ T, car introduced on August 12, 1908MODELDDown 1: __-MartWALDDown 2: Vigoda and BurrowsABESDDown 3: SurrenderGIVEDDown 4: Gertrude, who swam the English Channel on August 6, 1926EDERLEDDown 5: Control mechanism, for shortSERVODDown 6: __ PerignonDOMDDown 7: In the style ofALADDown 7: In the style ofALA.DDown 8: Pêche __ (creation of chef Auguste Escoffier)MELBADDown 9: As muchNOLESSDDown 10: Fitzgerald's forteSCATDDown 11: NRA Blue __ (symbol that first appeared on August 1, 1933)EAGLEDDown 12: Kilmer poem that appeared in the August 1913 issue of "Poetry"TREESDDown 13: "Steppenwolf" writer HermannHESSEDDown 21: Within: PrefixENTODDown 23: Impose, as a taxASSESSDDown 25: Beckett's "Waiting for __" (London opening of August 1955)GODOTDDown 28: L-__ (parkinsonism treatment)DOPADDown 29: The Fed's GreenspanALANDDown 30: Pro __ (proportionately)RATADDown 32: Smaller than "mini"MICRODDown 34: Explosive initialsTNTDDown 36: Yankees catcher JorgePOSADADDown 37: Flu varietyASIANDDown 39: Cookie often eaten inside-outOREODDown 40: Common word at Woodstock, August 1969LOVEDDown 41: Home of Iowa StateAMESDDown 43: Pres. of the U.S.CICDDown 48: Advocating change, politically: Abbr.PROGDDown 51: Turner, who led an August 1831 rebellionTURNERDDown 53: Trinidad and __ (country that achieved independence on August 31, 1962)TOBAGODDown 54: Live, in a TV studioON AIRDDown 55: One of a trio that weighed anchor August 3, 1492PINTADDown 56: 19th-century Chief Justice RogerTANEYDDown 58: Half of HispaniolaHAITIDDown 60: "__, I'm Adam"MADAMDDown 62: Emeralds and rubiesGEMSDDown 64: First-century Roman poetOVIDDDown 65: The Battle of the __, August 1, 1798NILEDDown 68: Chiang __-shekKAIDDown 69: 1997 U.S. Open champ ErnieELSDDown 71: Choice: Abbr.SEL