New York Times Bonus Answers - Thursday, 1st March 2012 There are 43 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times Bonus crossword on Thursday, 1st March 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Bonus AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Vocalist for the Irish rock band U2BONOAAcross 5: Drag queen's wrapBOAAAcross 8: Irish __ dancingSTEPAAcross 12: Swiftly, to ShakespeareAPACEAAcross 14: Instrument on Irish euro coinsHARPAAcross 15: Play an Irish ball-and-stick gameHURLAAcross 16: Reveal, as feelingsLET ONAAcross 17: __ Islands (group off the Irish coast)ARANAAcross 18: Irish Rose's loveABIEAAcross 19: O. Henry techniqueIRONYAAcross 20: Heredity unitGENEAAcross 21: GrannyNANAAAcross 22: "Illmatic" rapperNASAAcross 24: Put on weightGAINAAcross 26: River of FlorenceARNOAAcross 29: Alder or elderTREEAAcross 32: "Toora __ ..." (Irish lullaby syllables)LOORAAAcross 36: Unmannerly sortBOORAAcross 37: Mushy farePAPAAcross 38: Aer __ (Irish airline)LINGUSAAcross 39: Hobby farm bugANTAAcross 40: Wailer of Irish mythBANSHEEAAcross 42: __ up (angry)HETAAcross 43: Find trivial fault withCARPATAAcross 45: Grain used in Irish soda breadOATAAcross 46: Henry VIII's sixth wife, Catherine __PARRAAcross 47: Work doughKNEADAAcross 48: Hook's Irish henchmanSMEEAAcross 49: "Are not!" comebackAMSOAAcross 50: Broccoli __RABEAAcross 52: Product maker: Abbr.MFRAAcross 54: Home of Irish kingsTARAAAcross 57: Prefix with sphereATMOAAcross 60: "__ ear and out ..."INONEAAcross 64: Dry as dustARIDAAcross 65: Irish __ (lamb dish)STEWAAcross 66: Irish playwright BrendanBEHANAAcross 67: "My Wild Irish __"ROSEAAcross 68: Irish playwright O'CaseySEANAAcross 69: Irish county bordering County MayoSLIGOAAcross 70: Baltic Sea feederODERAAcross 71: O'Hare's airport codeORDAAcross 72: Negative yardage, in footballLOSSDDown 1: "__ Ha'i"BALIDDown 2: Letters near 0, on a phoneOPERDDown 3: Alliance headquartered in BrusselsNATODDown 4: Irish singer SinéadO'CONNORDDown 5: Stark nakedBAREDDown 6: A color on the Irish flagORANGEDDown 7: Sleep disorderAPNEADDown 8: Irish airport in County ClareSHANNONDDown 9: Hefty hornTUBADDown 10: Name that's derived from the Irish word for "Ireland"ERINDDown 11: "Not guilty," sayPLEADDown 13: One-named Irish New AgerENYADDown 14: Witchy womanHAGDDown 23: Irish patron, for shortSTPATDDown 25: "Would __ to you?"ILIEDDown 26: Taken __ (surprised)ABACKDDown 27: Irish tenor __ TynanRONANDDown 28: The Fighting Irish of __ DameNOTREDDown 30: Did a marathonRANDDown 31: __ Downs (English racetrack)EPSOMDDown 33: Old Irish alphabetOGHAMDDown 34: Regretful sortsRUERSDDown 35: Minute Maid Park playerASTRODDown 38: "__ Eat Cake"LETEMDDown 40: __ Bing! ("The Sopranos" club)BADADDown 41: Possess, to a ScotHAEDDown 44: Irishman on March 17, perhapsPARADERDDown 46: Charles, who championed Irish home rulePARNELLDDown 48: Irish __ (dog breed)SETTERDDown 51: Low man at the operaBASSODDown 53: Bends the truthFIBSDDown 54: Poi sourceTARODDown 55: Baseball's youngest 600-homer man, for shortARODDDown 56: Greet the judgeRISEDDown 58: Beverage for BeowulfMEADDDown 59: The "O" in MYOBOWNDDown 61: Xenia's stateOHIODDown 62: HenpecksNAGSDDown 63: Grandson of Adam and EveENOS