Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Solver - Feb 28, 2014

 Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Solutions - Feb 28, 2014

Clue	Answer
A portion of time	PERIOD
Arab country and river	JORDAN
Assisting	AIDING
Came into possession of	OBTAINED
Changed direction abruptly	SWERVED
Cuban cocktail of rum and lime	MOJITO
Customary observance or practice	RITUAL
Evening service of worship	VESPER
First man	ADAM
Hard currency	CASH
Highest point, apex	ACME
Keeping away from	AVOIDING
Luxury, sumptuousness	OPULENCE
Malignant tumour on the skin	MELANOMA
Mariner, sailor	SEAFARER
Normally	USUALLY
On the inside	INTERNAL
Pal, buddy	CHUM
Removes dirt	CLEANS
Scampered, scuttled	SCURRIED
Sudden and unexpected	ABRUPT
Sweet on a stick	LOLLIPOP
The acid in vinegar	ACETIC
The king who thought he could hold back the tide	CANUTE
The West	OCCIDENT
They carry golf clubs	CADDIES
Thrash about helplessly	FLOUNDER
Tools to hold or twist a nut or bolt	WRENCHES
Unending time	ETERNITY
Willow twigs	OSIERS
With reference to, concerning	APROPOS
Without delay	ATONCE

Ink Well xwords Crossword Solver - Feb 28, 2014

 Ink Well xwords Crossword Solutions - Feb 28, 2014

Clue	Answer
'I wanna!'	LEMME
'Screw off'	EATME
'Suppose that ...'	IFSAY
'We're good to go' gestures	OKSIGNS
'You're lying!'	NOTTRUE
'___ Fiction'	PULP
50 Cent's '___ Club'	INDA
B-boy connection?	ASIN
Best Upset and Best Play, for two	ESPYS
Black mother, peppermint father, genmaicha aunt, pekoe baby, etc.?	STEEPFAMILY
British character Bertram on 'The Office'	NELLIE
Buick coupe until 1991	REATTA
Cold and waiting to get drunk	ONICE
Executes, as a computer program	RUNS
Fathers who don't get married	ABBOTS
French toast	SALUT
German article	EIN
Gets by	MAKESDO
Go out with	SEE
Green light	ASSENT
Hard-living singer James	ETTA
Improvised section for a soloist	CADENZA
Innocent response to 'Are you smoking that cigarette inside?'	ITSOUT
Intimate detail?	BRASIZE
Intro French class for a fluent French speaker, e.g	EASYA
Japanese watch company	SEIKO
John's co-star in 'Say Anything'	IONE
Judge Lance in the Simpson and Keating trials	ITO
Karaoke need, casually	MIC
Key of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6	BFLAT
King of the borscht?	ALPHABEET
Massiveness	HEFT
Mendes in 'The Place Beyond the Pines'	EVA
Mock	ERSATZ
Monthly ranking in Tiger Beat?	TOPTEENLIST
Morning show specialty	INANITY
Nuts	MAD
One living under anti-gay laws almost as harsh as in Kansas	UGANDAN
One way to turn on a snowboard	TOESIDE
Opposer of background checks: Abbr	NRA
Orange juice cocktails	MIMOSAS
Org. that recently voted to accept openly gay troops	BSA
People who go along with anything, as it were	LAPDOGS
Pitcher-turned-sportscaster Hershiser	OREL
Place an obstacle in front of	STYMIE
Plantarflexion muscle locales	FEET
Protection against lurid search content	FILTER
Protest against squished conditions inside easter candy packaging?	PEEPRALLY
Question intensely	GRILL
Reasons for an exam after a hook-up: Abbr	STDS
Record label that was absorbed by Geffen	MCA
Rescue squad letters	EMS
Sartorius muscle locale	LEG
Savvy about	ONTO
Screening agcy	TSA
Search for intelligence	SPY
Self cutting, e.g.?	EDITING
Sharp turn	ZIG
Shot barely taken?	NUDEPIC
Show biz award 'grand slam': Abbr	EGOT
Show disdain for	SNORTAT
Sidewalks, e.g	PATHS
Slaves of Sparta	HELOTS
Soft marker point	FELTTIP
Some examples of 8-Acrosses	DCUPS
Square	EVENUP
They're longer than singles	EPS
TV chef, to her critics?	DEENOFSIN
University whose mascot is Riptide the Pelican	TULANE
Word after garage or porch	SALE
Word before Moe Dee or G Rap, in hip-hop names	KOOL
Words repeated in Buster Poindexter's 'Hot Hot Hot'	OLEOLE
Wrath	IRE
___ Garten (The 'Barefoot Contessa')	INA

The Chronicle of Higher Education Crossword Solver - Feb 28, 2014

 The Chronicle of Higher Education Crossword Solutions - Feb 28, 2014

Clue	Answer
'CBS This Morning' anchor O'Donnell	NORAH
'Golly!'	BOY
'Ha!,' in texts	LOL
'The ___ Show' (radio program that featured Peter Sellers)	GOON
1983 Pritzker Prize winner	PEI
Absorbed	RAPT
Another term for a BOLO ('Be on the lookout')	APB
Birthplace of film mogul Louis B. Mayer	MINSK
Calistoga's county	NAPA
Caught sight of	SPIED
Cheerleader's cry	RAH
City on Egypt's coast	SUEZ
Cod piece?	HARDC
Creator of Adam Bede and Silas Marner	ELIOT
Dance that can be done standing or sitting	HULA
Dangles	LOLLS
Dip holder, perhaps	SALTINE
Do poorly at the theater	FLOP
Dr. Zaius and others	APES
Easygoing	LAX
Edit-menu command	UNDO
Election Day, e.g.: Abbr	TUE
Eponymous developer of a mineral scale	MOHS
Financing letters	APR
First name in linguistics	NOAM
Google alternative	BING
High-class	TONY
Hockey equipment	SKATES
Island known for its nightclubs	IBIZA
It's often hooked	BRA
Key	MAIN
Like sea urchins	SPINY
Like some instruments	SURGICAL
Looks into?	XRAYS
Maiden-name indicator	NEE
Match a bet	CALL
Nicorette connoisseur?	SMOKINGGUMFAN
One way to read	ALOUD
One who has trouble letting things go?	PACKRAT
Org. in 'American Hustle'	FBI
Org. that issues 'The World Factbook'	CIA
Otherworldly glow	AURA
Pasta-sauce ingredient	BASIL
Phenom	WHIZ
Prepare to connect printers to a computer?	ADDSERIALCABLES
Privy to	INON
Process that yields the answers to 19, 24, and 43 Across?	GRADINFLATION
Pulley part	ROPE
Put down	INSULTED
Put in one's two cents	OPINE
Salon option, for short	PERM
Savings options, for short	IRAS
See 9 Down	IRON
Shakespearean possessive	THY
Show off one's muscles	FLEX
Sound of shock?	ZAP
Spurn, as a just-opened present?	JAMBACKINTHEBOX
Swarm around a hill	ANTS
Swarm around a hive	BEES
Tear to pieces	RIPUP
Time Warner ___	INC
Tournament placing	SEED
Unpleasant sort	OGRE
Valuable bar	INGOT
Venom injector	FANG
Volkswagen model	JETTA
Ward healers?	RNS
Wartime target	ENEMY
Watteau work	OIL
Where most people live	ASIA
With 11 Down, hinged kitchen appliance	WAFFLE
Word before or after house	BOAT
Worked with a pick	MINED
___ football	ARENA
___ of Court (professional legal societies)	INNS
___ of Nails (college football trophy)	KEG

Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Solver - Feb 28, 2014

Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Solutions - Feb 28, 2014

Clue	Answer
A promising future, for instance, holding key to merchant ship	ARGOSY
American travelling through square heard Rick's flighty woman from the past	AVIATRIX
Artist great at painting the fashion business	RAGTRADE
Below, paying novice inside? That's saying it wasn't as important as it really was!	UNDERPLAYING
Can no longer order detectives to press on with head of department	DISCONTINUED
Cast includes one doing the paperwork	FILING
Classic case, in a manner of speaking	BYWORD
Clean hands is a major talking point in court	INNOCENCE
Draw Number 10?	STANDOFF
Eager to take place on board from one involved in on-line business	SURFER
Guardian to stand up for Cockney girl	DEFENDER
Hamlet tends to sob a lot to old newsman	TOWNCRIER
Handy pieces of equipment for cutting something down to size	KNIVES
Hassle on holiday from Project	STICKOUT
Heard principal accepted truth	AXIOM
If many affected by scandal?	INFAMY
Job at Christmas gets donation from Cape	GIFTWRAP
Jumpy on the board at anniversary? It's child's play!	BOUNCYCASTLE
Most withdrawn call for silence gets positive response from Turkish leader	SHYEST
Play starts with golf event at school	OPENS
Produced Saw from criminal assets returned to designer	TOOLMAKER
Reluctant to be in good mood over such a ratty, hairy coat	COYPU
Scare a doctor with salad	CAESAR
Single out one hollow damaged for your information	IDENTIFY
Switch class in intelligence agency associations	CONSORTIA
That Bush can be poisonous and spicy hearing advice from lawyer to computer company	SUMAC
Train one awkward copper at the last minute as unable to express oneself	INARTICULATE
Two coppers perhaps on sak¿ cocktail found in bakery	CUPCAKES

The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Solver - Feb 28, 2014

 The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Solutions - Feb 28, 2014

Clue	Answer
'Meat' misspelt 'meet' or an abnormality in the extreme	HAMMERTOE
Abstinent church admitted to wine consumption at first	ASCETIC
Belief under leadership of Salmond in diatribe	SCREED
Brave attempt in the end to get lost	HOPIT
Chase fraudulent online buyer	ECASH
Compound contains iodine for conductor	TOSCANINI
Control, say, put back	REINSTATE
Copy letters capturing passionate heart of relative	PHOTOSTAT
Drive home, referring to signs at the borders on the way	STRESS
French singer, singer keeping alive, surprisingly	CHEVALIER
Furniture item, one in theatre?	DRESSER
Mark out shop, then university	DELIMIT
Most are rough to some extent, one looking hard	STARER
No place for art, direct header scored	NOTATED
Open or closed, perhaps	ASTHECASE
Pass out after injection into sensitive area, as one moaning	CROSS
Ploughman's enquiry having sowed his seed?	DIDTHE
Prepared to act? Start	ONSET
Rare delivery is among one of seven on ship	DAISY
Rat or rat — it could be?	TRAITOR
Result of fire, bum full of gas	ASHES
Run, as one jumping	SKIPPER
See 1 across	FORYOU
See 1 across	EARTHMOVE
See 14	MAYBE
See 19 across	AFFAIRS
See 2	CUTTER
See 5	PATCH
Soldier back at the front — tasteless pretension matters overseas	FOREIGN
Sow seed, hoeing extensively, planting in gaps at each opening	SHEPIG
The way builder's helper joins police	METHOD
Toilet rolls, about a thousand, providing theme	LEITMOTIF

USA Today Crossword Solver - Feb 28, 2014

USA Today Crossword Solver - Feb 28, 2014 :

Clue	Answer
"Auld ___ Syne"	LANG
"Don't look ___!" ("I'm clueless!")	ATME
"Last chance!"	NOWORNEVER
"Much ___ About Nothing"	ADO
"When do we want it?" respone	NOW
"___ the fields we go . . ."	OER
Accept, as a coupon	HONOR
Adam's garden	EDEN
Adds water to	WETS
Angel topper	HALO
Aromatic salves	BALMS
At times	NOWANDTHEN
Bike-wheel wire	SPOKE
Builder's map	PLAT
Cam attachment?	ERA
Charitable	GENEROUS
Checkup frequency, often	YEARLY
Come out of hiding	EMERGE
Condescending one	SNOOT
Court-martial setting	TRIBUNAL
Cream alternatives	GELS
Creme cookie	OREO
Do as a nomad does	ROVE
Doesn't stay	GOES
Evening hour	NINE
First Lady of Mount Olympus	HERA
Foolish person	TWIT
Fuel-rating number	OCTANE
Full of gossip	NEWSY
Ginger cookie	SNAP
Glossy fabric	SATIN
Gorgeous pitchers	EWERS
Gossipmonger	YENTA
Has possession of	OWNS
Having spent less time in the sun	PALER
Heavy marijuana users, in slang	STONERS
Highland tongue	ERSE
In a good mood	UPBEAT
Just out of the box	NEW
Like a gentleman's agreement	ORAL
Like overused muscles	ACHY
Local, to a collegian	TOWNIE
Louisiana backwater	BAYOU
Man responsible for many couples	NOAH
Master's follower	PHD
Naval blockade enforcers	GUNBOATS
One lacking in pigment	ALBINO
One who'll put you in your place	USHER
One whose working days are numbered?	OPERATOR
Orange or apple	TREE
Oscar winner Wiest	DIANNE
Passionate about	INTO
Pinch, as pie crust	CRIMP
Prefix with "pedic" or "dontic"	ORTHO
Red Sea peninsula	SINAI
Resort city near Lake Tahoe	RENO
Right this second	HEREANDNOW
Rocky mountain peaks	TORS
Rugs from Sweden	RYAS
Something underfoot?	SOLE
Sorvino who acts	MIRA
Spread liberally	SMEARED
Stocking type	NYLON
Taking to court	SUING
The best and the brightest	ELITE
Turf claimers	GANG
Very soon	ANYTIMENOW
Way to read or think	ALOUD
Weightlifting maneuver	SNATCH
Whimsical garden fixture	GNOME
Word often ignored in indexing	THE
Word with bug or green	EYED
Word with cafe or film	NOIR
___ out a living (barely got by)	EKED

Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate Crossword Solutions - Feb 28, 2014

 Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate Crossword Solver - Feb 28, 2014

Clue	Answer
'Keen!'	NEATO
'Stand' band	REM
1950s singing style	DOOWOP
Bert's buddy	ERNIE
Broadway's Stritch	ELAINE
Burmese, for one	CAT
Camp craft	CANOE
Closet item	HANGER
Colony members	ANTS
Court divider	NET
Cow chow	HAY
Diplomatic group	CONSULS
Dr. of rap	DRE
Earthy color	OCHER
Electra's brother	ORESTES
Fountain order	MALT
Frost, for one	POET
Globe features	OCEANS
Hackneyed	STALE
Had longings	ACHED
Had obligations	OWED
Head out	LEAVE
High pair	ACES
Hound's hands	PAWS
Krazy --	KAT
Letter after pi	RHO
Mario Puzo book	OMERTA
Migrating rodent	LEMMING
Minister to	TREAT
Moved a raft	POLED
Night sight	MOON
Outback bird	EMU
Puppy sound	YIP
Quilt fill	DOWN
Refers to	CITES
River of Provence	RHONE
Scathing reviews	PANS
School event	DANCE
Sinful city	SODOM
Spirited horse	STEED
Statement of disbelief	WHATDOYOUMEAN
Statement of surprise	WHATDOYOUKNOW
Stopwatch button	RESET
Stringent	SEVERE
Supplied with funding	ENDOWED
Take in	CON
Tuna sandwiches	MELTS
Valhalla VIP	ODIN

Newsday.com Crossword Solver - Feb 28, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Feb 28, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Gotta go now!''	ITSLATE
About-face	UTURN
Afterthought start	ALSO
Agitates	ROUSES
Ancient Near East empire	ASSYRIA
Astronaut of '62 and '98	GLENN
Avoid radar detection	FLYLOW
Be worthy	RATE
Biblical passage	TEXT
Big ox	OAF
Book insert	ERRATA
British synonymist	ROGET
Camper's mishap?	OUTINGFALL
CBS franchise	CSI
Chaotic place	ZOO
Common rhyme scheme	ABBA
Conversation piece	CURIO
Court org	USTA
Cruise officer	PURSER
Datebook abbr	TUE
Daytime show	MATINEE
Devoted fans	ADORERS
Eminent interval	ERA
Explorer Tasman	ABEL
Exultation	JOY
FAQ part	ASKED
First-founded US capital	SANTAFE
Flex finish	IBLE
Flummoxing	DAZING
French 101 verb	ETRE
Generic dog	FIDO
Ham and eggs	FOODS
Honey ingredient	NECTAR
How some hors d'oeuvres are served	CUBED
It may end a fight	TKO
Ivy Leaguer	ELI
Jewish casserole	KUGEL
Lacks being	ISNT
Least prepared	RAWEST
Makeup, for one	TEST
Manager's special	SALE
Marine predator	EEL
Monopoly corner	JAIL
Natural aptitudes	FLAIRS
Nine-to-fiver's cry	TGIF
Notary's maintenance task?	WAXINGSEAL
Oktoberfest mementos	STEINS
Onetime Hemingway home	CUBA
Others: Lat	ALIA
Passing fancies	FADS
Past couples	EXES
Physicist Rutherford	ERNEST
Piece of the action	CUT
Powerfully played, to Puccini	FFF
Prime minister before Yitzhak	GOLDA
Put down	ABASE
Reddish-brown	COCOA
Respond to a bluff, maybe	FOLD
Rips up	RENDS
Scratch or dent	FLAW
Series staged at 30 Rock	SNL
Sign on a locked door	INUSE
Soother	BALM
Stuck	STYMIED
Successful selection in ''Concentration''?	MATCHINGBOX
The way it sits	ASIS
Toys seen in parks	KITES
Trickster of Norse myth	LOKI
Troop assistance grp	USO
Use a pail, perhaps	BAIL
Vinegar, essentially	ACID
Visibly terrified	ASHEN
What boys will be	MEN
Winter hrs. in OH	EST
Without much give	TAUT
Workshop grippers	CCLAMPS
Young lady using eHarmony.com?	LINKINGMISS
Zombie ingredient	RUM

LA Times Crossword Solver 28 Feb 14, Friday

LA Times Crossword Answers 28 Feb 14, Friday

Across
1. "Poetic" or "Prose" mythological work EDDA
5. Movie-rating org. MPAA
9. R&B singer known for popularizing Auto-Tune T-PAIN
14. Device for Marner LOOM
15. Orderer's reference MENU
16. "In what way?" HOW SO?
17. Not to mention ALSO
18. Non-magical "Harry Potter" animal? MUGGLE DEER (from “mule deer”)
20. Shill PLANT
22. Serengeti predators LIONS
23. Camembert left out in the sun too long? SAGGY CHEESE (from “say ‘cheese’”)
26. Whammy HEX
29. Cockney location word ‘ERE
30. Bean opening? SOY
31. Constant flow STREAM
33. Annoy MOLEST
36. Inventing middle name ALVA
37. Woman's enticing movements? FEMININE WIGGLES (from “feminine wiles”)
42. Gulf of __ ADEN
43. Stands ARISES
44. The Aztecs' Tonatiuh, for one SUN GOD
47. Bert Bobbsey's twin NAN
48. Old sports org. with a red, white and blue ball ABA
51. Germaphobia may be a symptom of it, for short OCD
52. Miracle in the mire? BOGGY WONDER (from “boy wonder”)
56. British bishop's headdress MITRE
57. Target AIM AT
58. Periodical dedicated to stylish boots? UGGS WEEKLY (from “US Weekly”)
63. Best Picture of 1958, and a hint to this puzzle's theme GIGI
64. Japanese comics MANGA
65. Kitchenware brand EKCO
66. First name in case fiction ERLE
67. Rebuff SPURN
68. Lunkhead DODO
69. One may make you uncomfortable LEER

Down
1. Go by ELAPSE
2. Almighty __ DOLLAR
3. How much to take DOSAGE
4. First __ equals AMONG
5. "Dee-lish!" MMM!
6. Little, in Lille PEU
7. Position, as a pool cue ANGLE
8. Bellow title hero March AUGIE
9. Place to browse THE NET
10. Sci-fi vehicles PODS
11. Reverence AWE
12. Expert finish? -ISE
13. Here-there link NOR
19. Fan's disappointment LOSS
21. 1980s-'90s heavyweight champ TYSON
24. E. follower COLI
25. Serengeti scavenger HYENA
26. Word after raise or catch HELL
27. Place for a nest, perhaps EAVE
28. Short holiday? XMAS
32. Joplin works RAGS
33. Artistic dynasty MING
34. Sun. message SER
35. Strong like string TWINY
37. Burkina __ FASO
38. Cabinet dept. EDUC
39. Heal MEND
40. Part of Caesar's boast I SAW
41. Italy's largest port GENOA
45. Sci-fi character nicknamed Ben OBI-WAN
46. Heap affection (on) DOTE
48. Regard highly ADMIRE
49. Hunting dog BEAGLE
50. More pretentious ARTIER
53. "__ is good" GREED
54. "Wall Street" antagonist who said 53-Down GEKKO
55. Spinal Tap guitarist Tufnel NIGEL
56. Roman Cath. title MSGR
58. Verbal stumbles UMS
59. Disparity GAP
60. Serengeti prey GNU
61. PC screen type LCD
62. "__-hoo!" YOO

New York Times Crossword Solver 28 Feb 14, Friday

New York Times Crossword Solver 28 Feb 14, Friday :

Across		Down
1. Modern-day locale of ancient Nineveh : IRAQ 5. People down under? : CAVERS 11. Exceeds the speed limit? : ODS 14. Exceed the speed limit, maybe : RACE 15. Company with an Energy Boost line : ADIDAS 16. Minim : JOT 17. Terse admission : IDID 18. It'll keep a roof over your head : LIVINGWAGE 20. Fall, in a way : SIN 21. Like a good lookout : ALERT 22. Bouillabaisse seasoning : THYME 23. They soar at the opera : HIGHNOTES 25. When to do a pressing job : ASAP 26. Mitochondrion-made material, briefly : ATP 27. Back, to a shellback : AFT 29. Investments since 1975 : TRADITIONALIRAS 38. What a tropical tourist definitely doesn't want to bring home : MALARIAPARASITE 39. It helps you let go : EMOTIONALOUTLET 40. Many of them play at the Olympics : NATIONALANTHEMS 41. Some Windows systems : NTS 42. Shakespeare sonnet mentioning Philomel's mournful hymns : CII 43. Title for Liszt : ABBE 46. Gigantic : TEXASSIZE 52. Text with Numbers : TORAH 54. Patent : OVERT 55. Carlito's way : VIA 56. Street view : STOREFRONT 58. First name in popular shorts : WALT 59. Bond bit : ION 60. Coors Field player : ROCKIE 61. Almost never : ONCE 62. Really dirty : XXX 63. Try again : REHEAR 64. Salk Institute architect Louis : KAHN		1. From Galway, say : IRISH 2. Cuts into a pizza, often : RADII 3. Sailing through : ACING 4. Last thing seen by a proof reader? : QED 5. Some Wall Street contracts : CALLOPTIONS 6. Go on ___ : ADIET 7. Exist abroad? : VIVRE 8. Applies polish to? : EDITS 9. Flew : RAN 10. Squad cmdr. : SSGT 11. R&B group with the 1972 hit "Back Stabbers," with "the" : OJAYS 12. Proselytizers push it : DOGMA 13. Pickle, e.g. : STEEP 19. Finder's query : WHATISTHIS 21. Like some helmets and shields : ANTIRIOT 24. Couldn't hit pitches : HADATINEAR 27. Singer who's a Backstreet Boy's brother : AARONCARTER 28. Sir James Galway, e.g. : FLAUTIST 29. Dodgers' foes : TMEN 30. Hindu hero : RAMA 31. Legions : ALOT 32. Suffix with Edward : IANA 33. It's around 6 on the Mohs scale : OPAL 34. "The Lion King" lion : NALA 35. Get to : RILE 36. "Let me ___!" : ATEM 37. Philatelic goals : SETS 43. When the first dogwatch ends : ATSIX 44. It's not a cheap shot : BOTOX 45. Bombers' locale : BRONX 46. Spelunker's aid : TORCH 47. Conjure : EVOKE 48. City with major avenues named Cincinnati and Columbus : XENIA 49. First name among socialites : IVANA 50. It means nothing : ZILCH 51. All gone : EATEN 53. Mann's man : HERR 57. Ill-wisher : FOE 58. Thai pan : WOK