New York Times Bonus Answers - Friday, 1st January 2016 There are 44 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times Bonus crossword on Friday, 1st January 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Bonus AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sweet __ (popular drink in the Southern U.S.)TEAAAcross 4: Sweet __ (liveliest part of a baseball bat)SPOTAAcross 8: Word before and after "sweet" in a common sayingHOMEAAcross 12: Alan of "Sweet Liberty"ALDAAAcross 14: Baker with the 1986 hit "Sweet Love"ANITAAAcross 15: "Sweet Swan of __" (Ben Jonson memorial poem to Shakespeare)AVONAAcross 16: Walk wearilyPLODAAcross 17: "Nothing __" (Matthew Sweet song)LASTSAAcross 18: Take one's sweet __ (dawdle)TIMEAAcross 19: Word on Irish stampsEIREAAcross 20: "GoGreen!" org.E.P.A.AAcross 20: "GoGreen!" org.EPAAAcross 21: With 6-Down, Giants star with 511 homersMELAAcross 23: Irish dancesREELSAAcross 25: Sweetly, on a scoreDOLCEAAcross 29: Retirement plan initialsIRAAAcross 31: Jab with an elbowPRODAAcross 34: "Eureka!"AHAAAcross 35: "The field's chief flower, sweet above compare," to ShakespeareADONISAAcross 38: Thick and stringy, as a vineROPYAAcross 39: 1958-61 Mideast partnership: Abbr.UARAAcross 40: Have the nerveDAREAAcross 41: 1971 Donald Sutherland title roleKLUTEAAcross 43: Cheshire Cat's expressionGRINAAcross 44: Bird-related: PrefixAVIAAcross 45: DemeanorMIENAAcross 46: "Sweet __!" (bedtime expression of good wishes)DREAMSAAcross 48: Old Tom is a sweet variety of this spiritGINAAcross 49: Start the potANTEAAcross 50: U.S./Canada's __ CanalsSOOAAcross 51: Who says "Sweet marjoram" in "King Lear"EDGARAAcross 53: German surrealist MaxERNSTAAcross 57: Lawyer's chargeFEEAAcross 59: Troy, N.Y. sch.RPIAAcross 62: "I've __ Secret"GOTAAAcross 63: "The nearer the bone, the sweeter the __"MEATAAcross 66: Seth of "America's Sweethearts"GREENAAcross 68: "How sweet __!"ITISAAcross 69: 5-Down's riverARNOAAcross 70: Clifford who co-wrote "Sweet Smell of Success"ODETSAAcross 71: "__ She Sweet?"AINTAAcross 72: Penn of "Sweet and Lowdown"SEANAAcross 73: "The Sweetest Taboo" singerSADEAAcross 74: Shirt with a sloganTEEDDown 1: Gradually narrowTAPERDDown 2: "Dallas" matriarch Miss __ELLIEDDown 3: Be sweet onADOREDDown 4: Ginger __ (sweet treat)SNAPDDown 5: Leaning Tower cityPISADDown 6: See 21-AcrossOTTDDown 7: Home of a marsupial "devil": Abbr.TASMDDown 8: "Little Iodine" cartoonist Jimmy __HATLODDown 9: Egg: PrefixOVIDDown 10: Dad's "sweetums"MOMDDown 11: Suffix with ethyl or methylENEDDown 13: "Sweet __" (barbershop quartet song)ADELINEDDown 14: Ginger __ (sweet drink)ALEDDown 22: Nelson who sang "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" with Jeanette MacDonaldEDDYDDown 24: __ LankaSRIDDown 26: Nyro who wrote "Sweet Blindness"LAURADDown 27: "L'__!" ("To life!" in Hebrew)CHAIMDDown 28: Makes, as wagesEARNSDDown 30: Invite for coffee, sayASK INDDown 31: Sunsweet __ juicePRUNEDDown 32: Go badROTDDown 33: Pundits' pieces, for shortOPEDSDDown 35: "Haste makes waste," e.g.ADAGEDDown 36: King who was "the sweet psalmist of Israel"DAVIDDDown 37: Circular gasketO RINGDDown 42: "Don't __ Your Sweet Love Die" (bluegrass standard)LETDDown 43: "Sweet __ Brown" (Harlem Globetrotters signature song)GEORGIADDown 45: Stable femaleMAREDDown 47: Tommy with the 1966 hit "Sweet Pea"ROEDDown 52: "Sweet" river in a Burns poemAFTONDDown 54: Tag player's callNOTITDDown 55: "Goosebumps" author R. L. __STINEDDown 56: Sweetness or sournessTASTEDDown 58: Swellheads' problemsEGOSDDown 59: Lou who sang "Sweet Jane"REEDDDown 60: St. __ (Florida city, for short)PETEDDown 61: Shoo-__ (guaranteed winners)INSDDown 63: Pas' matesMASDDown 64: Bard's "before"EREDDown 65: Santa __ windsANADDown 67: Nutritional amt.RDA