| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abound | TEEM |
| Board-and-sail sportsperson | WINDSURFER |
| Bring up (or what you can bring up!) | REAR |
| Change slightly | ADJUST |
| Drink from the bottle | SWIG |
| Gallantry | CHIVALRY |
| Including other similar items | ETCETERA |
| Lascivious | LEWD |
| Letting in currents of cold air | DRAUGHTY |
| Messages created by planes | SKYWRITING |
| Off one's rocker | SCREWY |
| Portable container for spirits | HIPFLASK |
| Quiet | UNEVENTFUL |
| Remove the outer layer | SKIN |
| Retired, but retaining the title of one's office | EMERITUS |
| River's edge | BANK |
| Speak with a spitting sound | SPLUTTER |
| Stack of hay — pain in the neck | RICK |
| Tall black fur hat | BEARSKIN |
| Thorny growth | ROSEBUSH |
| Try hard | STRIVE |
| Type of cheese | FETA |
| Uneven | PATCHY |
| Unprincipled reprobate — nursery rhyme animal | BLACKSHEEP |
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The Guardian - Quick Crossword Answers - May 29, 2014
The Guardian - Quick Crossword Solutions - May 29, 2014
The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Answers - May 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Beneath name, corpse treated with oil found here | NECROPOLIS |
| Beyond queasy on two quarters of sweets | PASTILLES |
| Boatman left sweetheart empowered | ABLE |
| Corrupt brief charged with drugs handout | FREEBIE |
| Definitely short and sweet, perhaps | COURSE |
| Empty sweet nothings by yard without showing any feeling | STONILY |
| Enough maple fudge? | AMPLE |
| Gobstopper in a mess, with bits of rock on ground | GRAVELLED |
| Had variable depth of focus, quick to change | ADHD |
| Humbug is licked into shape here | TOSH |
| Hurries on short trips to uncle's premises | POPSHOPS |
| Keen to go wild, drink and party | KNEESUP |
| Meat dish made by adding sweet lolly | BREAD |
| Nasty lesion found beneath foot | INSOLE |
| No right to release disc by one trendy and smart | FEELPAIN |
| No small islands around old port | OSTIA |
| Note strange reflection of artwork on wall | MURAL |
| One who likes to see suffering solvers, a devilish invention scrambling their heads | SADIST |
| Regrets controls, a Liberal gone astray | RUES |
| School has not one device to download or upload, even | POD |
| Secretly sweet on guest speaker | TONGUE |
| Shot at in road by airmen, hit by metal and died | STRAFFED |
| Spooner's paunch over his trousers from sweets | JELLYBEANS |
| Superior branches of stores are not quiet: after indulgence, they say | TREETOPS |
| Sweet (hard-boiled) on TV after nine? | WATERSHED |
| Sweet on little woman in dress | FROCK |
| Sweet-loving six-footer | FONDANT |
| Sweetly fragrant solver's on top of Boatman | THYMY |
| Type of rock, typically sweet | GLAM |
| Was careful with sack full of duke's letters about love | LOOKEDOUT |
| What makes you blue and sorrow'd, say? | WOAD |
| What's left, if I leave cold sweet? | CANDY |
| Where to put degrees for a dog: at the start? | ONSET |
Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answers - May 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2240lbs | TON |
| Assistance, help | AID |
| Boredom, tedium | ENNUI |
| Captious, carping | CRITICAL |
| Changeable | VARIABLE |
| Developing slowly and by degrees | GRADUALLY |
| Dried grape | RAISIN |
| Frosty and slippy | ICY |
| Go in | ENTER |
| Good enough | ADEQUATE |
| Hi, howdy | HELLO |
| Lasting, durable | PERMANENT |
| Leather with a napped surface | SUEDE |
| Light brown | TAN |
| Light wind | BREEZE |
| Loose skirt of the South Pacific | SARONG |
| Mowing tool | SCYTHE |
| One is confined to an institution | INMATE |
| Only, and nothing more | MERELY |
| Pointed weapons | SPEARS |
| Poorer in quality | INFERIOR |
| Protective garment | APRON |
| Put, situated | PLACED |
| Recurring sequences of events | CYCLES |
| Respect and admiration | ESTEEM |
| Run this way to rush about violently and out of control | AMUCK |
| Separated or at a distance | APART |
| Standard, reference point | CRITERION |
| Strict or harsh | SEVERE |
| Sudden stab of pain | TWINGE |
| Sweet courses | DESSERTS |
| Takes in along with others | INCLUDES |
| They're connected by blood or marriage | RELATIONS |
| Understanding and feeling for | SYMPATHY |
| Up to the point that | UNTIL |
| US canvas shoes | SNEAKERS |
Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Answers - May 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| A horse broken on dry land | ASHORE |
| Bar troubled priest | STRIPE |
| Because with Hull backing, one must be in dreamland | ASLEEP |
| Before Christmas, half of seizures can be very risky experiences | ADVENTURES |
| Bow before Bishop | ARCH |
| Broody Sultan produces them for horse in point-to-point | EGGS |
| Bugs Beria to cover part of the play | BACTERIA |
| Catch introductions to Book of Lost Tales | BOLT |
| Contents in compound covers large landmasses | CONTINENTS |
| Did away with all ties manufactured by anonymous person not on drugs and crack | MADEACLEANBREAK |
| Eldest going around Oldham forest | OLDEST |
| Enough of 16 down? | SUFFICIENT |
| Explanation is not positive on poor jewellery and it has to be charged | NOTATION |
| Fair celebration? | FESTIVAL |
| Gets a flavour of unfamiliar states | TASTES |
| Giles leaves wine glass on the canal | SWAN |
| Goes on to say Breaking Dad is on stage first | ADDS |
| Job for the jockey in the car | STEERING |
| Joker finds hospital ward returning takeaway | WITHDRAW |
| Looking back, middle eastern place to sleep is outstanding for those in the bank | DEBT |
| Recognised one studio for Edward ringing film centre | IDENTIFIED |
| Rob heard it's very tough in construction | STEEL |
| Shades unsteady Ethel Roosevelt initially in boat | SHELTERS |
| Sufficient for Bill to get half of equity before it's gets swallowed | ADEQUATE |
| The first one able, reported description of casualty | VICTIM |
| Too much for old partner on outskirts of central pass | EXCESS |
| Umpire admits what the storyteller says is of comfort | RELIEF |
| Very particular small exercise to change initially if in charge | SPECIFIC |
L.A. Times Daily Crossword Answers - May 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Show Boat" composer | KERN |
| "The Lead With Jake Tapper" airer | CNN |
| *Aperture | LENSOPENING |
| *It can be a painful reminder | REALITYCHECK |
| *Part of a class act | SCHOOLMATE |
| *Place to see shell decorations | SANDCASTLE |
| *Sister's symbol | SORORITYPIN |
| *Words said between courses | KEEPYOURFORK |
| Atelier fixture | EASEL |
| Barbecue venues | YARDS |
| Barbershop division? | PART |
| Bean used in falafel | FAVA |
| Blaze | FIRE |
| Bridge | SPAN |
| British nobles | EARLS |
| Call off | END |
| Cannoli cheese | RICOTTA |
| Chain named for two oceans | AANDP |
| Confident way to solve crosswords | ININK |
| Cuban dance | RUMBA |
| Diamond group | NINE |
| Diet guru Jenny | CRAIG |
| Earnestly appealed | PLED |
| Email again | RESEND |
| Fast-growing school's need, perhaps | ANNEX |
| First American to orbit Earth | GLENN |
| First Russian to orbit Earth | GAGARIN |
| Flowery composition | ODE |
| Future stallion | COLT |
| Game where the ends of the answers to starred clues are commonly heard | CHESS |
| Gives a tongue-lashing | RAILSAT |
| God with a vulture symbol | ARES |
| Grey Cup org | CFL |
| Half-woman, half-bird monster | HARPY |
| Hebrew : Ben :: Arabic : __ | IBN |
| Hiker's reference | MAP |
| Hold water | ADDUP |
| Hub WNW of LAS | SFO |
| In the infirmary | ILL |
| Influence | CLOUT |
| Irritable | TESTY |
| It's often skipped | ROPE |
| Jet-black gemstone | ONYX |
| Kind of acid in proteins | AMINO |
| Kyoto currency | YEN |
| Lao-__ | TSE |
| Like noses, at times | RUNNY |
| Like some partners | SILENT |
| Many a preadolescent | TWEEN |
| Maudlin | TEARY |
| Mine find | COAL |
| Mission where Jim Bowie fell | ALAMO |
| Mohawked muscleman | MRT |
| Nevertheless, informally | THO |
| Oak product ... or source | ACORN |
| One usually keeping to the right | SEMI |
| Patch plant | BRIAR |
| Pie perch | SILL |
| Pothook shape | ESS |
| Scion | PROGENY |
| Seaman descriptor | ABLE |
| Seed-bearing organ | OVARY |
| Send in | REMIT |
| Skin So Soft seller | AVON |
| Slender slider | SKI |
| Slippery, perhaps | WET |
| Southernmost Ivy | PENN |
| Stock market giant? | KNORR |
| Suffix with Senegal | ESE |
| Takes advantage of | USES |
| Traditional genre | FOLK |
| Trial VIPs | DAS |
| Turning part | ROTOR |
| Underground anchors | ROOTS |
| Walk on tiptoe | CREEP |
| World Cup cheer | OLE |
| __ number | EVEN |
| __ polloi | HOI |
Ink Well xwords Crossword Answers - May 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 'CrazySexyCool' trio | TLC |
| 'CSI' material | DNA |
| 'Don't even ___' | ASK |
| 'Later, y'all' | IGOTTAGO |
| 'Ready to go?' | ALLSET |
| 'The Book of ___' | ELI |
| 'Who do you think you ___?' | ARE |
| 90, usually | AMINUS |
| A bit cold | NIPPY |
| Actor Robert of 'I Spy' | CULP |
| Agcy. that supports research in economics and geology | NSF |
| Agreement that created a bloc during the Clinton years | NAFTA |
| Auction site that explicitly forbids the selling of souls | EBAY |
| Bush transplanted to Florida | JEB |
| Certain quality | AURA |
| Checked out, in a way | OGLED |
| Chutzpah | GALL |
| City near Beaujolais | LYON |
| Corvette roof types | TTOPS |
| Court plea, informally | NOLO |
| Currently hitting | ATBAT |
| Displays very clearly | OOZES |
| Dummy | BOOB |
| East Asian carp | KOI |
| End of the dinos? | SAUR |
| Exclamations of achievement | TADAS |
| Fashion magazine with a palindromic name | ELLE |
| Fire truck attachment | LADDER |
| Go, in a way | PEE |
| Govt. benefits provider | SSA |
| Holder of secret sauce? | FLASK |
| Indian caste known for working as genealogists | BHAT |
| Isao of the Golf Hall of Fame | AOKI |
| It needs oxygen | AEROBE |
| It's not fair, it's said | LIFE |
| Item under a dress | SLIP |
| Just like | ALA |
| La Brea pit substance | TAR |
| Laptops from Taiwan | ACERS |
| Latin 101 verb | AMAS |
| Latina actress/singer who started out as a breakdancer | JLO |
| Long stretch | EON |
| Magic, since the late '80s | NBATEAM |
| Mutually adulatory exchange | LOVEFEST |
| Nook purchases | EBOOKS |
| Org. that prohibits gay adults from holding leadership positions | BSA |
| Paddle relative | OAR |
| PC keys | ALTS |
| Peggy of conservative speechwriting | NOONAN |
| Person behind the times, as it were | FOSSIL |
| Position for insect fetishists? | BUTTONFLY |
| Prez known for building interstates | IKE |
| Ready for gifting, perhaps | INABOX |
| Rhythm recorders: Abbr | EKGS |
| Rob Ford's province | ONTARIO |
| Roman 1040 | MXL |
| Sat in the sun | TANNED |
| Sgt.'s underling | PFC |
| Skater Oksana who was in 'Blades of Glory' | BAIUL |
| Small songbird | TIT |
| Soothers | SALVES |
| Stand at the mall | KIOSK |
| Steve Case's former company | AOL |
| Subjects of many Tibetan religious paintings | BUDDHAS |
| Synagogue, during Yom Kippur? | ATONEPOINT |
| Texted word of entreaty | PLZ |
| The state or quality of being former New York governor Spitzer? | ELIOTNESS |
| They may be offered hot or cold, in Japanese restaurants | SAKES |
| They may get signed after a break | CASTS |
| They're lost after a sack: Abbr | YDS |
| Throw-in | FREEBIE |
| Time during which one is expected to haunt? | GHOSTSHIP |
| Trendy diet of questionable historical verisimilitude | PALEO |
| TV channel that eventually became Ion | PAX |
| TV spot for a black tie event featuring the music of James Taylor? | FOLKBALLAD |
| Velvet Underground lead singer Reed | LOU |
| Waders with curved bills | IBISES |
| We, as a species, have to have it [Ink Well ends June 25 - sign up at avxwords.com to keep getting great indie xwords!] | SEX |
| Working name letters | AKA |
| Young rink employee who works exclusively outside the skating area? | OFFICEBOY |
| ___ Cruces, New Mexico | LAS |
Newsday.com Crossword Answer - May 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| $5 bills, informally | ABES |
| '60s film star from France | BARDOT |
| 1880s audio recording medium | WAXCYLINDER |
| 1910s successor to 20 Across | SEVENTYEIGHT |
| 1970s successor to 28 Across | CASSETTETAPE |
| 1990s successor to 44 Across | COMPACTDISC |
| Admin. __ | ASST |
| AMEX alternative | VISA |
| Apple desktop computer | IMAC |
| At the time of | UPON |
| Baby's complaint | COLIC |
| Bolt | FLEE |
| Brief moment: Abbr | MSEC |
| Bring to ruin | DOIN |
| Brits' watering holes | PUBS |
| Choose | OPTFOR |
| Come to pass | OCCUR |
| Conductor's cry | ALLABOARD |
| Court ritual | OATH |
| Cowboy star of silents | TOMMIX |
| Crow's-nest locale | MAST |
| Diamond stat | RBI |
| Diet-aisle label | LOFAT |
| Easy strides | LOPES |
| European-style eatery | BISTRO |
| Far from laid-back | FIERCE |
| Fire-truck tools | AXES |
| Friend of Snow White | SLEEPY |
| Gandhi, for one | HINDU |
| Goes back over | RETRACES |
| Guys | HES |
| Handed-down wisdom | LORE |
| Hiring-fairness agcy | EEOC |
| Home near some henhouses | STY |
| How easy a thing might be | ASABC |
| Imperfections | FLAWS |
| In a refined manner | POLITELY |
| In progress | AFOOT |
| Intricate disagreement | IMBROGLIO |
| Iranian currency | RIAL |
| It means ''faraway'' | TELE |
| List shortener | ETC |
| Little demons | IMPS |
| Made ends meet | SUBSISTED |
| Market subsegment | NICHE |
| New Haven collegian | ELI |
| Nine-symbol message | SOS |
| Noggin | PATE |
| Noted author of bear books | MILNE |
| Numbered hwy | RTE |
| Off-white shade | OPAL |
| Out of the way | ASIDE |
| Part of a CSA signature | ELEE |
| Put emphasis on | STRESS |
| Red head met by Nixon | MAO |
| River through Dresden | ELBE |
| Ruling threesome | TROIKA |
| Says further | ADDS |
| Set of building standards | CODE |
| Shaker __, OH | HTS |
| Something flying at a beach | KITE |
| Stretchy fabric brand | LYCRA |
| Strong adhesive | EPOXY |
| Suffix for star | LET |
| Sweat (about) | FRET |
| Take the lead in | SPEARHEAD |
| Three-seater, often | SOFA |
| Tuning-fork standard | PITCH |
| Untrustworthy one | RAT |
| Verbal dig | SLUR |
| Vogue | STYLE |
| Well-balanced | LEVEL |
| Word on a bus destination sign | VIA |
| __-do-well | NEER |
Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate Crossword Answer - May 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 'Indeed' | YES |
| 'The Music Man' site | IOWA |
| 'Two and a Half Men' role | ALAN |
| -- Mahal | TAJ |
| A Gershwin brother | IRA |
| Advantage | EDGE |
| Aerobatic maneuver | LOOP |
| Altar affirmative | IDO |
| Ardor | HEAT |
| Author Wister | OWEN |
| Bankrolls | WADS |
| Be approved | PASSMUSTER |
| Bivouac array | TENTS |
| Candle matter | WAX |
| Chomps | BITES |
| Chutzpah | GALL |
| Coaster | SLED |
| Comic strip possum | POGO |
| Coop group | HENS |
| Crucifix | ROOD |
| Director Forman | MILOS |
| Disconcerting | ABASHING |
| Easter treats | EGGS |
| End | STOP |
| Expert | PASTMASTER |
| Glutton | PIG |
| Handel contemporary | BACH |
| Have bills | OWE |
| Illustrator Maxfield | PARRISH |
| In sections, as a window | PANED |
| Intimation | HINT |
| Jazz style | BOP |
| Layered rock | SHALE |
| Leap | HOP |
| Lotion additive | ALOE |
| Luau entertainment | HULA |
| Made from 'the best stuff on earth' brand | SNAPPLE |
| Man-mouse link | ORA |
| Monkey suit | TUX |
| Moor plant | HEATHER |
| Musical directive to Rhonda | HELPME |
| Notion | IDEA |
| On | ATOP |
| Partner of Stookey and Travers | YARROW |
| Pet-shelter transaction | ADOPTION |
| Pop flavor | COLA |
| Portrayal | ROLE |
| Ram's mate | EWE |
| Reuben cheese | SWISS |
| Scarlet | RED |
| Shade of green | PEA |
| Slangy suffix | OLA |
| Sleepwear | PAJAMAS |
| Soda shoppe order | MALT |
| Spigot | TAP |
| Sumac of music | YMA |
| Supermarket supply | BAGS |
| That girl | SHE |
| That man's | HIS |
| Toothpaste holder | TUBE |
| West of Hollywood | MAE |
| Whirl | SPIN |
| Wrote on a keyboard | TYPED |
| Zodiac cat | LEO |
Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate Crossword Answers - May 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 'Beau --' | GESTE |
| 'The Hobbit' hero | BILBO |
| 'The Waste Land' poet | ELIOT |
| Afternoon hour | ONE |
| Bayou native | CAJUN |
| Bit of change | PENNY |
| Bleeding stopper | STYPTIC |
| Bouncy tune | LILT |
| Burns' partner | ALLEN |
| Checkers side | RED |
| Coffee, in slang | JOE |
| Contented sound | PURR |
| Cowboy nickname | TEX |
| Diet no-no | FAT |
| Dramatist Jonson | BEN |
| Eagle's claw | TALON |
| Energetic people | FIREBALLS |
| Find darling | ADORE |
| Flat floaters | RAFTS |
| Floor unit | TILE |
| Former Spanish coin | PESETA |
| Genesis event | FLOOD |
| Horror director George | ROMERO |
| Like some frat parties | BEERY |
| Lose color | FADE |
| Military targeting | FIRECONTROL |
| Money machine | ATM |
| Oats holder | NOSEBAG |
| One, for Juan | UNO |
| Orioles | FIREBIRDS |
| Photo holder | ALBUM |
| Pollen collector | BEE |
| Put on the line | BET |
| Rap sheet item | ALIAS |
| Ring legend | ALI |
| Scary cry | BOO |
| Score amts | PTS |
| Shrek's love | FIONA |
| Social blunder | GAFFE |
| Squirrel's treat | ACORN |
| Steamed | MAD |
| Super serve | ACE |
| Suspects' stories | ALIBIS |
| Tack on | AFFIX |
| Travel meccas | RESORTS |
| Truck part | CAB |
| Twisty letter | ESS |
| Underhanded | DIRTY |
| Verdi opera | AIDA |
| Vivacious wit | ESPRIT |
| Yak it up | GAB |
| Young ones | TOTS |