New York Times Bonus Answers - Thursday, 1st January 2009 There are 41 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times Bonus crossword on Thursday, 1st January 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Bonus AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Australian rockers who recorded "Back in Black"ACDCAAcross 5: Execs., collectivelyMGTAAcross 8: Anti-mugger sprayMACEAAcross 12: __ Sea (waters off Australia)CORALAAcross 14: Bit of verbal fanfareTADAAAcross 15: Lake __ (Australia's lowest point)EYREAAcross 16: Pacific nation whose currency is the Australian dollarNAURUAAcross 17: Commonwealth __ (symbol on Australia's flag)STARAAcross 18: Explorer Ponce de __LEONAAcross 19: "Slippery" treeELMAAcross 20: Duck-billed Australian mammalsPLATYPIAAcross 23: Train network: Abbr.RWYAAcross 24: Othello, for oneMOORAAcross 25: Job for Perry MasonCASEAAcross 27: __ Bay, AustraliaBOTANYAAcross 30: Sank, as a puttHOLEDAAcross 33: Ill willSPITEAAcross 34: Cartoon skunk __ Le PewPEPEAAcross 35: Vintner's vesselVATAAcross 38: H. H. Munro's pseudonymSAKIAAcross 39: New South __, AustraliaWALESAAcross 40: Irish Rose's loverABIEAAcross 42: Dogpatch diminutiveLILAAcross 43: Has __ (is connected)ANINAAcross 44: Bergen dummy Mortimer __SNERDAAcross 45: Australian wild dogDINGOAAcross 47: Competes in the Tour de FranceCYCLESAAcross 48: Did the Australian crawlSWAMAAcross 50: Beef unitSIDEAAcross 51: Classic Pontiac muscle carGTOAAcross 52: Australian hoboSWAGMANAAcross 56: Australian race horse Phar __LAPAAcross 59: Clown fish who lands in an Australian dentist's fish tankNEMOAAcross 61: Garfield's palODIEAAcross 62: Online salesETAILAAcross 64: State firmlyAVERAAcross 65: Stir upRILEAAcross 66: One-named New Age keyboardistYANNIAAcross 67: Gymnasts' perfectionsTENSAAcross 68: Australian outlaw __ KellyNEDAAcross 69: Pal, to an AustralianMATEDDown 1: Complexion woeACNEDDown 2: Energy source exported by AustraliaCOALDDown 3: Bongo or congaDRUMDDown 4: Elevator partCARDDown 5: "The Simpsons" creator __ GroeningMATTDDown 6: Australian's greetingGDAYDDown 7: Ground crew's rolloutTARPDDown 8: Australian-raised actor __ GibsonMELDDown 9: __ Rock (Australian landmark)AYERSDDown 10: Australian actor Russell __CROWEDDown 11: Start of a choose-up rhymeEENYDDown 13: "Evita" star Patti __LUPONEDDown 14: Russian autocrat of oldTSARDDown 21: Myrna __ of "The Thin Man"LOYDDown 22: Zamboni's milieuICEDDown 24: "Waltzing __" (Australian folk song)MATILDADDown 26: "__ Australia Fair" (Australian's national anthem)ADVANCEDDown 27: Chem majors' degs.BSSDDown 28: Gem mined in AustraliaOPALDDown 29: Polynesian carvingTIKIDDown 30: Sun: PrefixHELIODDown 31: Australian __ (tennis tournament)OPENDDown 32: __ Murray, Australia's "bush-bard"LESDDown 34: Feeling of hungerPANGDDown 36: Explorer __ Tasman, who mapped much of AustraliaABELDDown 37: Get poopedTIREDDown 39: Pasty-facedWANDDown 41: Mag. staffersEDSDDown 44: Australia's largest citySYDNEYDDown 46: AOL chatsIMSDDown 47: Undercover org.CIADDown 48: Australian __ Irwin, "The Crocodile Hunter"STEVEDDown 49: Australians call them "sheilas"WOMENDDown 50: Hook's sidekickSMEEDDown 51: Swarming pestGNATDDown 53: In need of a patchWORNDDown 54: Straight as __ (honest, to an Australian)ADIEDDown 55: Richly adornGILDDDown 56: Australian-born singer __ CantrellLANADDown 57: "If it __ broke ..."AINTDDown 58: Ballet bendPLIEDDown 60: Surgery ctrs.ORSDDown 63: Hat with a pompomTAM