New York Times Bonus Answers - Friday, 1st January 1999 There are 43 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times Bonus crossword on Friday, 1st January 1999. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Bonus AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Shade treesELMSAAcross 5: Shrinking inland seaARALAAcross 9: Hack's customerFAREAAcross 13: Jacob's first wifeLEAHAAcross 14: He's first on baseball's all-time hit listROSEAAcross 15: Powell, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffCOLINAAcross 16: He's first in the late-night TV ratingsLENOAAcross 17: Microwave, slangilyNUKEAAcross 18: Syrians, Iraqis, et al.ARABSAAcross 19: The First __ (band with whom 21-Across sang)EDITIONAAcross 21: Kenny of countryROGERSAAcross 23: Code-breaking org.NSAAAcross 24: Builder of 70-AcrossOLDSAAcross 26: Gene Kelly's "__ Girls"LESAAcross 27: Use an abacusADDAAcross 28: "I've been __!"HADAAcross 30: "The First __ Ever I Saw Your Face"TIMEAAcross 34: Violins' big brothersCELLIAAcross 37: The first bishop of RomePETERAAcross 39: In a blue funkSADAAcross 40: "First papers" filerALIENAAcross 41: News org. created in 1958UPIAAcross 42: Tickle pinkELATEAAcross 44: Tell it like it isn'tLIEAAcross 45: "__ Joe's" (sandwich-board message)EAT ATAAcross 47: Senior memberDOYENAAcross 48: Chanteuse HorneLENAAAcross 50: Dinghy propellerOARAAcross 51: Partner of "far between"FEWAAcross 52: Independent Rhodesia's first Prime Minister __ SmithIANAAcross 54: Strong cartDRAYAAcross 56: First World __WARAAcross 59: "First come, first __"SERVEDAAcross 62: __ First Committee, founded April 1941AMERICAAAcross 64: "Musta been someone else!"NOTMEAAcross 65: Royal IndianRANIAAcross 67: Some choir voicesALTIAAcross 68: "Wings" won the first one for Best PictureOSCARAAcross 69: Jannings, who won the first 68-Across for Best ActorEMILAAcross 70: Vintage carsREOSAAcross 71: Madeline of "Clue"KAHNAAcross 72: Declare untrueDENYAAcross 73: Brontë heroine JaneEYREDDown 1: Woodrow Wilson's first First LadyELLENDDown 2: City on the AireLEEDSDDown 3: Suffix with Beatle or WrestleMANIADDown 4: KaputSHOTDDown 5: Palmer, the first golfer to reach $1 million in earningsARNOLDDDown 6: First-__ draft choiceROUNDDDown 7: Pop the questionASKDDown 8: Suggestive lookLEERDDown 9: Lee De __ (broadcaster of the first radio news)FORESTDDown 10: Controversial apple sprayALARDDown 11: Barbecue entreeRIBSDDown 12: Some dash widthsENSDDown 15: Parakeet padCAGEDDown 20: Kid in a Jimmy Hatlo comicIODINEDDown 22: Shoppe sign wordOLDEDDown 25: Alan, the first American in spaceSHEPARDDDown 27: Drink on draftALEDDown 29: Keep __ (persevere)ATITDDown 31: Brit's conversation starterISAYDDown 32: First __ (captain's inferior)MATEDDown 33: First placeEDENDDown 34: Ump's decisionCALLDDown 35: Nobelist WieselELIEDDown 36: First __ (legal claim taking priority over others)LIENDDown 37: "__ lid on it!"PUTADDown 38: Flight in the wee hoursRED-EYEDDown 38: Flight in the wee hoursREDEYEDDown 43: __ Sunday (first Sunday after Easter)LOWDDown 46: First-rateA-ONEDDown 49: __ first class (military rank)AIRMANDDown 51: First __ (the Clintons, in the 1990's)FAMILYDDown 53: State as factAVERDDown 55: Put the collar onRANINDDown 56: Post, who made the first solo flight around the worldWILEYDDown 57: Role playerACTORDDown 58: Up the betRAISEDDown 59: Baseball's "Slammin' Sammy"SOSADDown 60: Engrave with acidETCHDDown 61: Scott in an 1857 decisionDREDDDown 63: First-rateRAREDDown 64: __-Hockey (table game)NOKDDown 66: "Botch-__" (1952 Clooney tune)AME