| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| (In pursuit) get closer | GAINON |
| Amusement | DISTRACTION |
| Animate | INSPIRE |
| Begin | INITIATE |
| Biblical book — anaesthetics | NUMBERS |
| Cast out | EXILED |
| Certain | SURE |
| Chemistry (school slang) | STINKS |
| Eavesdrop | LISTENIN |
| Equal | ONAPAR |
| German theologian who led the Reformation, d. 1546 | LUTHER |
| Half naked | TOPLESS |
| He set (anag) | THESE |
| Mountain (could be a heavy smoker!) | VOLCANO |
| Native of Rome? | ITALIAN |
| Park officer | RANGER |
| Plant disease | BLIGHT |
| Playing live — together | INCONCERT |
| Previously | EARLIERON |
| Romeo | LOVER |
| Run away to Gretna Green? | ELOPE |
| Sluggish | LANGUID |
| Steal (anag) | LEAST |
| Trains — intentions | AIMS |
| Visit | CALLON |
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The Guardian - Quick Crossword Answers - Apr 29, 2014
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The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Answers - Apr 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 'Ground Zero' cast I'd banished | OSTRACIZED |
| 20 silver ointment boxes | SALVAGE |
| Anorak edges woven with winter clothing | KNITWEAR |
| Be somebody, not so flipping Philistine | EMBODY |
| Chicken Shock picked up a prestigious award in America | PULITZERPRIZE |
| Ciabatta may be said to be exclusively family-made | INBRED |
| Compiler likes men and women to live and drink | IMBIBE |
| Cried, being deeply hurt | YELPED |
| Endless seafood | BALTI |
| Fly down with courage | BLUEBOTTLE |
| Greeks regularly need prompt salvation | RESCUE |
| Heather's after hospital with treatment | HAND |
| If cheese eating course routinely ends a meal, for starters offer something else | ICECREAM |
| Immunity from holding up river | FREEDOM |
| Instrument back in the middle of republican IRA conspiracy | OCARINA |
| Leisurely, for an Italian poet | ANDANTE |
| Lifelong imprisonment for criminal | FELON |
| One taking pictures of Daddy snoring in the middle of karaoke | PAPARAZZO |
| Outdo 'Vote for Clegg' on the radio | PICNIC |
| Postman on the phone | |
| Queens on wall heard thus? | CATERWAUL |
| Render sharp pen, being straight | HONESTY |
| Sauna bath cures — all stripped naked | AUNATUREL |
| See 1 | CIRCUS |
| See 15 | TRAFALGAR |
| See 16 | LING |
| She cavorted with spy in cyberspace while her husband had a close shave | REBECCA |
| Shoe style on many performers in London | OXFORD |
| Some wind back through clear gap used at site of battle | CAPE |
Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answers - Apr 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| A flock of geese | GAGGLE |
| Badge or emblems of office | INSIGNIA |
| Caretakers in church | VERGERS |
| Collection of historical documents | ARCHIVE |
| Cooking instructions | RECIPE |
| Dirty, squalid | SORDID |
| Dog-house | KENNEL |
| Dust-like powder from some plants | POLLEN |
| Escapes, eludes | EVADES |
| First garden | EDEN |
| Flat, smooth and divisible by two | EVEN |
| Fragrances, scents | PERFUMES |
| French general and president | DEGAULLE |
| Frightened | AFRAID |
| General who crossed the Alps with elephants and defeated the Romans | HANNIBAL |
| Hoofed animal | DEER |
| Instalment | EPISODE |
| Liable to change unpredictably | VOLATILE |
| Merged into one | UNITED |
| On a single occasion | ONCE |
| One travels a distance between home and work | COMMUTER |
| Protecting from danger | GUARDING |
| Reached a goal | ATTAINED |
| Rope to lasso or tether | LARIAT |
| Ruling as sovereign | REIGNING |
| Self-important and overbearing | ARROGANT |
| Skilled Tibetan mountaineer | SHERPA |
| Sound of noisy weeping | BOOHOO |
| Spending time doing nothing | IDLING |
| Stored-up wealth | TREASURE |
| Stronghold for shelter in battle | CITADEL |
| They're preciously green | EMERALDS |
Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Answers - Apr 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 5.10 at bar with no energy for playing music | VIOLIN |
| Describes daddy's behaviour on golf course going mental losing head | PARENTAL |
| Dog? It has small meaning in Lyon! | PETIT |
| Drunk can start with carry out | TRANSACT |
| Edward came back for coffee without answer for upstart - as if that happened before! | DEJAVU |
| Elvis left advisedly after June 5th | DDAY |
| Enthusiastic community holds party for one of Keane's plays | EFFUSIVE |
| Extremely hard after order to a great extent | OHSO |
| Fail to see what belongs to us at institute in America | MISSOURI |
| Followed as workers lost head on court action | ENSUED |
| Great young men sheltering nest? It does something to the heart! | GLADDENS |
| In my opinion, absent relative goes to engineer to tie over | ASISEEIT |
| In spite of that, the French resistance saying he is to blame | BUTLER |
| Keeps to himself as his companion goes to college in America | HERMIT |
| Liquidation of village? | SETTLEMENT |
| Local disappointment for amateur on strike where one might find enamel (1,4,2,3,5) | AKICKINTHETEETH |
| Makes a mistake working in court reporting to last boss | BLUNDERS |
| Matthew said it was weak at the end of July for stout | FLESHY |
| Open Sesame is the way in to fish quarter | ACCESSCODE |
| Plant unearthed in decor, nevertheless | CORN |
| Predatory birds wore out steelworkers | KESTRELS |
| Put together local surprise on weekend | COOK |
| Red fruit is first class on island in America | HAWAII |
| Sailor gets it somewhat? | ABIT |
| Splash out at home locally on half of Kindle | PADDLE |
| The ins and outs of Labour policy has a lot of frills attached | LACY |
| They make a dog's dinner of things in the kitchen for those working in the computer industry | PROCESSORS |
| Would you believe it, in London they were thrown out of the garden | ADAMANDEVE |
Jonesin Crosswords Crossword Answers - Apr 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Agreed!" | AMEN |
| "Baby ___" (Amy Poehler/Tina Fey movie) | MAMA |
| "Catch Me If You Can" airline | PANAM |
| "Dawn of the Dead" director | ROMERO |
| "Do ___ others …" | UNTO |
| "I get it" responses | AHS |
| "Jack Sprat could ___ fat" | EATNO |
| "Man of a Thousand Faces" Chaney | LON |
| "My Name Is" rapper | EMINEM |
| "Pink Friday" singer Nicki | MINAJ |
| "Poor me!" | ALAS |
| "Previously..." | LASTTIME |
| "SNL" cartoon creator Robert | SMIGEL |
| "The Dark Knight Rises" director | NOLAN |
| "The House of the Spirits" author Allende | ISABEL |
| "You Are Here" chart | MAP |
| "___ Dieu!" | MON |
| 1860s soldier, briefly | REB |
| 1990s arcade basketball game | NBAJAM |
| 24-hour marathon of Bruce Lee movies, for instance? | MARTIALBLISS |
| 24-hr. device | ATM |
| A bird in the bush | EMU |
| Abbr. with a Spanish surname | SRA |
| Actress Sue ___ Langdon | ANE |
| Acts human? | ERRS |
| Agcy. that compiles the Occupational Outlook Handbook | BLS |
| Agreeable odor | AROMA |
| Article printed daily? | THE |
| Athletic competitions | MEETS |
| Beaver barriers | DAMS |
| Bibliophile's item | BOOK |
| Card game with a colorful deck | UNO |
| Cocktails with umbrellas | MAITAIS |
| Commuter's option | BUS |
| Cuban dance | RUMBA |
| Detective novelist ___ Stanley Gardner | ERLE |
| Disapproving of | ANTI |
| Egg ___ | NOG |
| Embarrassing reason that hospital gown won't stay put? | UNTIEDFRONT |
| Enjoy, like pretzels | SNACKON |
| Entanglement | IMBROGLIO |
| Erykah who sang "On & On" | BADU |
| Farm's mouse-catcher | BARNOWL |
| Find a job for | USE |
| Glass in the radio booth | IRA |
| Good to go | ALLSET |
| Haleakala National Park's island | MAUI |
| Hall's singing partner | OATES |
| Hearing aid? | EAR |
| Hereditary | INBORN |
| Horses, at times | SNORTERS |
| Indy-winning family | UNSERS |
| Jasmine, e.g | RICE |
| Jazzman Getz | STAN |
| Kicking org | MLS |
| King or carte lead-in | ALA |
| Like some phones or moves | SMART |
| Liquor made from agave | MESCAL |
| Memorization | ROTE |
| Moderately slow in tempo | ANDANTE |
| Monopoly quartet: abbr | RRS |
| More or less | SORTOF |
| Not lopsided | INBALANCE |
| Parisian turndown | NON |
| Plenty | ALOT |
| Scanning org | TSA |
| Shiba Inu meme character | DOGE |
| Small batteries | AAS |
| Some tests | BETAS |
| Tardy | LATE |
| The result of turning dollar bill portraits into clouds? | GEORGESTRATI |
| Tiny amount | IOTA |
| Where pigs meet potential partners? | DATINGSTIES |
| Wood furniture worker | STAINER |
| Yanni fan, maybe | NEWAGER |
| ___ Lanka | SRI |
L.A. Times Daily Crossword Answers - Apr 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Amen!" | SOBEIT |
| "The Raven" poet | POE |
| "We're off __ the wizard ..." | TOSEE |
| "Who am __ argue?" | ITO |
| 401(k) kin, briefly | IRA |
| Aegean island | IOS |
| Airplane maneuver | CLIMB |
| Ancient Andean | INCA |
| Angler's "I don't have to throw this one back," and hint to the first word of 18-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across | ITSAKEEPER |
| Apple product | MAC |
| Barely makes, with "out" | EKES |
| Belgian composer Jacques | BREL |
| Bert's buddy | ERNIE |
| Burial places | TOMBS |
| Cabbage side | SLAW |
| Choose not to vote | ABSTAIN |
| Computer input | DATA |
| Cookbook amts | TSPS |
| Cry of distress | WOEISME |
| Desert stopover | OASIS |
| Done in, as a dragon | SLAIN |
| Estrada of "CHiPs" | ERIK |
| Evel on a bike | KNIEVEL |
| Every September, say | YEARLY |
| Family chart | TREE |
| Fortified position | BASTION |
| Fragrance | ODOR |
| Furthermore | ALSO |
| Generating, as interest on an account | EARNING |
| Generic product | STOREBRAND |
| Go it alone | SOLO |
| Group in pews | LAITY |
| Hawaiian dish | POI |
| Hold the title to | OWN |
| Image on many tie-dyed shirts | PEACESYMBOL |
| Indiana hoopster | PACER |
| Kinks girl who "walks like a woman and talks like a man" | LOLA |
| La __ Tar Pits | BREA |
| Like milk on the floor | SPILT |
| Like some rays and dust | COSMIC |
| Little more than | MERE |
| Make aware | ALERT |
| Marsh plant | SEDGE |
| Modify | ALTER |
| Move covertly | SLINK |
| NCO rank | SSGT |
| Nursery school adhesive | GLUE |
| Old Finnish cent | PENNI |
| Old-timey "not" | NARY |
| Packed like sardines | INOIL |
| Part of a B'way address | NYNY |
| Peter Fonda's beekeeper | ULEE |
| Pimply condition | ACNE |
| Playwright Simon | NEIL |
| Promos | ADS |
| Readying a field, say | PLOWING |
| Referee's call | TIMEOUT |
| Rooney of "60 Minutes" | ANDY |
| Rowlands of "Gloria" | GENA |
| Sch. whose mascot is Brutus Buckeye | OSU |
| Show embarrassment | TURNRED |
| Singer Lisa et al | LOEBS |
| Sly look | LEER |
| Southern Florida "trail" that's a portmanteau of the two cities it connects | TAMIAMI |
| Spanglish speaker, often | LATINO |
| Stare unsubtly | GAWK |
| Subject of adoration | ICON |
| Surreptitious data-collecting computer program | SPYWARE |
| Toyota __4: SUV model | RAV |
| U.S./Canada's __ Canals | SOO |
| University grad | ALUM |
| Wagger on the dog | TAIL |
| Wild West movie | OATER |
| Woodland deity | SATYR |
| Xbox One, for one | GAMECONSOLE |
| Young fellow | LAD |
Newsday.com Crossword Answers - Apr 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| ''As __ on TV'' | SEEN |
| Abandon | DESERT |
| Approximately | ORSO |
| Aspect | PHASE |
| Assist in evil | ABET |
| Baby's bed | CRIB |
| Beaver's work | DAM |
| Blows one's top | GOESAPE |
| Briny bodies of water | SEAS |
| Cabbage salad | SLAW |
| Common cold symptom | SORETHROAT |
| Corporate officers, for short | VPS |
| Cranks out | PRODUCES |
| Cry of distress | YOWL |
| Cupboard, for example | CLOSET |
| Dance move | STEP |
| Delivery room cry | ITSABOY |
| Desert plants | CACTI |
| Disordered | MESSY |
| Double-curve letter | ESS |
| Drink served with marshmallows | HOTCHOCOLATE |
| Earth-friendly prefix | ECO |
| Easter event with floats | PARADE |
| Employ | USE |
| Enters a password | LOGSIN |
| Entice | TEMPT |
| Eternally | EVER |
| Evert of tennis | CHRIS |
| Explosion | BLAST |
| Eye rudely | OGLE |
| Food sample | TASTE |
| Garden pest | APHID |
| Goatee site | CHIN |
| Gumbo vegetable | OKRA |
| Has the nerve | DARESTO |
| Hawaiian garlands | LEIS |
| Hawaiian Punch rival | HIC |
| Hawaiian strings | UKES |
| Heavy fruit of some palm trees | COCONUT |
| Just slightly | ATAD |
| Lo-cal, on a label | LITE |
| Longish skirt | MIDI |
| Mediocre grades | CEES |
| Meet by chance | CROSSPATHS |
| Metal-bearing rock | ORE |
| Nest site | TREE |
| Not imaginary | REAL |
| Olden times | YORE |
| On the house | FREE |
| Pierre's friend | AMI |
| Pistachio covering | SHELL |
| Pork or beef | MEAT |
| Poster paint | TEMPERA |
| Pre-holiday nights | EVES |
| Prefix meaning ''earth'' | GEO |
| Red-tag event | SALE |
| Remote | FAR |
| Ring loudly | PEAL |
| Salon waves | PERMS |
| Saw socially | DATED |
| Sharply sloped | STEEP |
| Showroom model | DEMO |
| Sleeve's end | CUFF |
| Slightly improper | RACY |
| Small woodwinds | OBOES |
| Speedy | FAST |
| Spooky | EERIE |
| Started the grill, say | LITAFIRE |
| Stood up | AROSE |
| Surprise win | UPSETVICTORY |
| Surprisingly agile | SPRY |
| That lady | SHE |
| Top of a jar | LID |
| Toys that spin | TOPS |
| Uninteresting | BLAH |
| VIP's vehicle | LIMO |
| Whirlpool | EDDY |
| Working busily | ATIT |
Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate Crossword Answers - Apr 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| '-- Little Teapot' | IMA |
| '-- makes the heart grow fonder' | ABSENCE |
| 'Despicable Me' character | GRU |
| -- and crafts | ARTS |
| -- were (so to speak) | ASIT |
| Architect Mies van der -- | ROHE |
| Army rank (Abbr.) | COL |
| Arp's style | DADA |
| Arrangements | SETUPS |
| Bedouin | ARAB |
| Billboards | ADS |
| Black, in verse | EBON |
| Blue dye source | ANIL |
| Bookkeeper (Abbr.) | CPA |
| Bribe | SOP |
| Bridge coup | SLAM |
| Cagers' org | NBA |
| Caspian feeder | URAL |
| Chart format | PIE |
| Choir's rendition | PSALM |
| Concept | IDEA |
| Conk out | DIE |
| Diamond corners | BASES |
| Diminish | ABATE |
| Don't indulge | ABSTAIN |
| Egyptian bird | IBIS |
| Expert | ACE |
| Freddy's street | ELM |
| Free from guilt | ABSOLVE |
| Gambling game | FARO |
| Genetic evidence | DNA |
| Green liqueur | ABSINTHE |
| Harbor structure | PIER |
| Have a bug | AIL |
| Hayseed | RUBE |
| Help | AID |
| Honest prez | ABE |
| Individuals | ONES |
| Initial stake | ANTE |
| Irritate | ROIL |
| Italian wine region | ASTI |
| Last part | FINALE |
| Leave secretly | ABSCOND |
| Lets | ALLOWS |
| Loosen | UNDO |
| Macs' alternatives | PCS |
| Mel of baseball | OTT |
| Memorize | LEARN |
| Method | WAY |
| Name of a hotel | OMNI |
| Neighbor of Arg | BOL |
| Ordinate counterpart | ABSCISSA |
| Part of UNLV | LAS |
| Pirates' potation | RUM |
| Press | IRON |
| Russian legislature | DUMA |
| Social stratum | CLASS |
| Sort of tennis shot | LOB |
| Sounds of hesitation | UMS |
| Spacecraft compartment | POD |
| Speaker's place | DAIS |
| Standard | NORM |
| Turkey topping | GRAVY |
| Use the USPS | |
| Vicious figure? | CIRCLE |
| Zhivago's love | LARA |
Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate Crossword Answers - Apr 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 'Walden' writer | THOREAU |
| -- Jima | IWO |
| -- pro nobis | ORA |
| Abode | HOUSE |
| Almanac fill | FACTS |
| Bearing | MIEN |
| Briefly | INSUM |
| Cutting humor | SARCASM |
| Entomology subjects | INSECTS |
| Exhibit | DISPLAY |
| Flat | LEVEL |
| Food fancier | EPICURE |
| Football play start | SNAP |
| French designer | DIOR |
| Game caller | REF |
| Genetic stuff | DNA |
| Hawaiian greeting | ALOHA |
| Hot brew | TEA |
| In the style of | ALA |
| Jason of 'All the President's Men' | ROBARDS |
| Language suffix | ESE |
| Monopoly avenue | VENTNOR |
| Neptune's domain | SEAS |
| Nevada city | RENO |
| NFL all-star game | PROBOWL |
| Phoenix NHL team | COYOTES |
| Play division | ACT |
| Plummets | DROPS |
| Pointy | SHARP |
| Pollen collector | BEE |
| Queen -- lace | ANNES |
| Renowned | FAMED |
| Rushing measure | YARDS |
| Sea dogs | SALTS |
| Seek safety | RUNFORCOVER |
| Seventh Greek letter | ETA |
| Slump | DROOP |
| Sneaker feature | TREAD |
| Some Europeans | SERBS |
| Storage site | BIN |
| Store sign | OPEN |
| Sturgeon eggs | ROE |
| Tatter | SHRED |
| Tolkien baddie | ORC |
| Try to get a city hall job | RUNFORMAYOR |
| Tutu of South Africa | DESMOND |
| Watch chain | FOB |
| Whetstone user | HONER |
| Whoop it up | REVEL |
| Worried | ATEAT |
USA Today Crossword Answers - Apr 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Gone With the Wind" plantation | TARA |
| "What will ___ think of next?" | THEY |
| Alphabetizes, e.g | SORTS |
| Alternative to yes or no | MAYBE |
| Arced throw | LOB |
| Baby's second word? | DADA |
| Basketballs, but not footballs | ORBS |
| Before thou knowest it | ANON |
| Bellhop's expectation | TIP |
| Best man's concern | RING |
| Biological classifications | GENERA |
| Business attire | SUIT |
| Bustling activity | ADO |
| Card with three pips | TREY |
| Change copy | EDIT |
| Coal, wood and gas | FUELS |
| Cobwebby place | ATTIC |
| Comfortable situation or position | BEDOFROSES |
| Completely calm | SERENE |
| Cook, as clams | STEAM |
| Cyclotron fodder | ATOM |
| Describing the nose passages | NASAL |
| Dieties | GODS |
| Dismount | ALIGHT |
| Dosage amt | TSP |
| Eastern nurse | AMAH |
| Emanating from stars | ASTRAL |
| Equine shade | ROAN |
| Follow commands | OBEY |
| Free bakery "promotion" | AROMA |
| Gardener's soil | LOESS |
| Get ___ start (run behind) | ALATE |
| Give off, as radiation | EMIT |
| Grade factor | TEST |
| Guggenheim procurement | ART |
| H H H, in Athens | ETAS |
| Hairy Himalayan humanoid | YETI |
| Hard to connect with | ALOOF |
| Human ___ Project | GENOME |
| In full flower | ABLOOM |
| Inflexible official | BUREAUCRAT |
| It may be spread before dinner | TABLECLOTH |
| Keogh plan relative | IRA |
| Laziness | SLOTH |
| Makes happen, as revenge | EXACTS |
| Matt Weiters uses one | MITT |
| Meeting leader | CHAIRWOMAN |
| More than just suspicious of | ONTO |
| Most current | LATEST |
| Muscle-to-bone connector | SINEW |
| Musk-secreting mammal | CIVET |
| Myrna of "The Thin Man" | LOY |
| Of all time | EVER |
| Passport authorization | VISA |
| Photo ___ (camera sessions) | OPS |
| Picnic pests | ANTS |
| Pig's nose | SNOUT |
| Playwright Eugene | ONEILL |
| Popeye's gal | OLIVE |
| Popular aquarium beauty | TETRA |
| Pro ___ (in proportion) | RATA |
| Projected 3-D image | HOLOGRAM |
| Runs a blast furnace | SMELTS |
| Semicircle path | ARC |
| Sentence subject, often | NOUN |
| Sharpen, as a knife | WHET |
| Shore recess | INLET |
| Slow-moving mollusks | SNAILS |
| Small sailing vessel | YAWL |
| Solitarily | ALONE |
| Theater of old | ODEON |
| They get put out often | FIRES |
| They give peas a chance | PODS |
| They're not well-seasoned | TYROS |
| Undivided | ONE |
| With "cerebral," a brain part | CORTEX |
| With an upset tummy | NAUSEOUS |
| Worldwide workers' org | ILO |