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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..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: They were frozen on August 15, 1971
AAcross 6: "__ the torpedoes!" (cry of August 5, 1864)
AAcross 10: Clockmaker Thomas
AAcross 14: Put up with
AAcross 15: Toast topper
AAcross 16: Give a hoot
AAcross 17: The __ Act, passed August 10, 1917
AAcross 18: The largest in the world opened in Bloomington, Minn., in August 1992
AAcross 19: Gets mellower
AAcross 20: Start a handball game
AAcross 22: They gave their last public concert on August 29, 1966
AAcross 24: The Battle of __ Island, August 27, 1776
AAcross 26: Mule's father
AAcross 27: Suffix with Brooklyn or Vietnam
AAcross 28: Virginia __, born on Roanoke Island on August 18, 1587
AAcross 31: "__ Thumb" (locomotive demonstrated by Peter Cooper on August 28, 1830)
AAcross 33: Fast way to the U.K.SST
AAcross 35: Suffix with schnozz or pay
AAcross 36: Speakers' platforms
AAcross 38: __ Gay (plane in the news on August 6, 1945)ENOLA
AAcross 42: Union challenged by Reagan on August 6, 1981PATCO
AAcross 44: R.O.T.C. relativeOCS
AAcross 45: Thurmond, who set a new filibuster record on August 29, 1957STROM
AAcross 46: Diarist NinANAIS
AAcross 47: August excursions, perhaps
AAcross 49: Three-faced one of film
AAcross 50: Poe's "The Black __," which first appeared on August 19, 1843
AAcross 52: Sculler's need
AAcross 53: Bunion sites
AAcross 54: Make a choice
AAcross 57: Simpleton's utterance
AAcross 59: "It Ain't Gonna Rain __"NOMO
AAcross 61: The __ Falls Power Co., supplier of electric power since August 26, 1895
AAcross 63: It achieved independence on August 17, 1960
AAcross 66: Frank, who was betrayed on August 4, 1944
AAcross 67: "Swoosh" logo company
AAcross 70: __ Cup, annual tennis event since August 8, 1900
AAcross 72: Gossip column snippet
AAcross 73: Catchall abbr.
AAcross 73: Catchall abbr.
AAcross 74: Light on one's feet
AAcross 75: Sunshine, slangily
AAcross 76: Social reformer Jacob August __RIIS
AAcross 77: __ T, car introduced on August 12, 1908
DDown 1: __-MartWAL
DDown 2: Vigoda and BurrowsABES
DDown 3: Surrender
DDown 4: Gertrude, who swam the English Channel on August 6, 1926
DDown 5: Control mechanism, for short
DDown 6: __ Perignon
DDown 7: In the style of
DDown 7: In the style of
DDown 8: Pêche __ (creation of chef Auguste Escoffier)
DDown 9: As muchNOLESS
DDown 10: Fitzgerald's forte
DDown 11: NRA Blue __ (symbol that first appeared on August 1, 1933)
DDown 12: Kilmer poem that appeared in the August 1913 issue of "Poetry"
DDown 13: "Steppenwolf" writer Hermann
DDown 21: Within: PrefixENTO
DDown 23: Impose, as a tax
DDown 25: Beckett's "Waiting for __" (London opening of August 1955)GODOT
DDown 28: L-__ (parkinsonism treatment)
DDown 29: The Fed's Greenspan
DDown 30: Pro __ (proportionately)
DDown 32: Smaller than "mini"
DDown 34: Explosive initials
DDown 36: Yankees catcher Jorge
DDown 37: Flu variety
DDown 39: Cookie often eaten inside-out
DDown 40: Common word at Woodstock, August 1969
DDown 41: Home of Iowa StateAMES
DDown 43: Pres. of the U.S.CIC
DDown 48: Advocating change, politically: Abbr.
DDown 51: Turner, who led an August 1831 rebellion
DDown 53: Trinidad and __ (country that achieved independence on August 31, 1962)
DDown 54: Live, in a TV studio
DDown 55: One of a trio that weighed anchor August 3, 1492
DDown 56: 19th-century Chief Justice Roger
DDown 58: Half of Hispaniola
DDown 60: "__, I'm Adam"
DDown 62: Emeralds and rubies
DDown 64: First-century Roman poet
DDown 65: The Battle of the __, August 1, 1798
DDown 68: Chiang __-shek
DDown 69: 1997 U.S. Open champ Ernie
DDown 71: Choice: Abbr.
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