| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| (For a German) ’er indoors | HAUSFRAU |
| (Knotty?) relative | GRANNY |
| Absorb | ASSIMILATE |
| Academic (abbr) | PROF |
| Beetle — aphrodisiac | SPANISHFLY |
| Compulsive buyer | SHOPAHOLIC |
| Double-reed instrument | OBOE |
| Equestrian discipline | DRESSAGE |
| Evening do | SOIREE |
| Festival of lights | DIWALI |
| Go away! | SHOO |
| Gorbachev's policy of 'openness' | GLASNOST |
| Gospeller | PREACHER |
| Group of countries using a common currency | EUROZONE |
| Hyphen — sprint | DASH |
| Jokes | LAUGHS |
| Mild oath — aged (anag) | EGAD |
| Moggie | PUSS |
| Old Middle Eastern ruler | SHAH |
| One dropping off | SLEEPYHEAD |
| Person who becomes a monster when the moon is full | WEREWOLF |
| Root-and-branch plant? | TREE |
| Temper tantrum | HISSYFIT |
| The long key | SPACEBAR |
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The Guardian - Quick Crossword Answer - Jul 31, 2014
The Guardian - Quick Crossword Solutions - Jul 31, 2014
The Guardian - Quick Crossword Answer - Jul 30, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| A marathon, for example | ROADRACE |
| Aquatic weasel-like mammal | OTTER |
| Daft | INANE |
| Difficult time for an adolescent | PUBERTY |
| End of a beam supporting a sail on the mast of a square-rigger | YARDARM |
| Even more 7 down! | NICER |
| Exceeding the bounds of reason | EXORBITANT |
| French Mediterranean resort | NICE |
| Generate (anag) | TEENAGER |
| Great Sam (anag) | MEGASTAR |
| Hack jargon | JOURNALESE |
| Hibernia | IRELAND |
| It causes special pleasure | TREAT |
| Lead astray — deviant | PERVERT |
| Mario Vargas Llosa's native land | PERU |
| Piano or computer device | KEYBOARD |
| Platitude | TRUISM |
| Swimming naked | SKINNYDIPPING |
| Togetherness (of sound and picture, say) | SYNC |
| Whodunnit | MURDERMYSTERY |
| Worker in ceramics — move aimlessly | POTTER |
| Yolky? | EGGY |
The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Answer - Jul 31, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| A debtor's last crime arises, when something's clarified about it — he's been warned | GARNISHEE |
| An heir, perhaps, to call up all together | ASONEMAN |
| Baking, two of you get real tan like this | AUNATUREL |
| Blame president coming off stage | ODIUM |
| Bowled out, top of the order went quickly | ATSPEED |
| Confined, I'd say — back behind bars? | CAGEDIN |
| Daughter's unbridled joy augmented when fellow's pulled in World's End | DAYOFJUDGEMENT |
| Exercise time, though taking a quick look over one's shoulder? | KEEPFIT |
| Flower springing up out of nothing — the old roots | OXEYE |
| Giving up not very unusual food shop | DELI |
| Ill-treated, one's no good between the sheets | ABUSED |
| In this speech, one would have to be included as a token | DICTION |
| It's beaten — Good Heavens! — with spirit | BONGODRUM |
| It's hard to recall ingredients of country remedy | EMERY |
| It's said to signal the dying moments for a lot | GOINGGOINGGONE |
| Like the film Roxanne? It's central to the plot | FEATURELENGTH |
| Live by appearing early | BETIMES |
| Occupying sizeable area, a centre for rehabilitation | TENACRE |
| Plain covers turning green in first class | SERENGETI |
| Red Book's dosh distributed, when dividing swag | BLOODSHOT |
| Restrict inmate, given punishment | CONFINE |
| Scrooge's way so very old and slow, not quite retired | NIGGARDLINESS |
| Shouting about rather regular customer | HABITUE |
| Sitting in solitude is my belief | DEISM |
| Song sung with not so much feeling | NUMBER |
| Split balls — harsh sounds heard | BREAKOFF |
| The threat of bad anger management | DANGERMAN |
| Try to gain entry to an old Greek competition | AGON |
The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Answer - Jul 30, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Apparently sweet thing in mother, even gentler | EXEC |
| As is a tree in five-star sporting event? | BOXING |
| Catching cold too, using a muff | CONTAGIOUS |
| Catching cold, can 12? | LOCO |
| Cave-dweller keeping second chap in or out? | BATSMAN |
| Dot — ultimate character in EastEnders taking a regular drink | STIPPLE |
| Dump the cheap drink | PLONK |
| Exclusion from place of work as rugby player dismissed | LOCKOUT |
| Feel restraining order is excessive | TOOMUCH |
| Female graduates rewrite manual with masculine conclusion | ALUMNAE |
| Guillotine important figure | GLADIOLI |
| I must go behind boy, one wearing short yellow bloomers | PLASTERED |
| In Devon, a current company leader is business manager | BRANDISHED |
| In general free | ATLARGE |
| Is a member's cast so sozzled? | MATCH |
| Kind heart of Irish setter flourished | EIGHTY |
| Missile attacks in this global warfare and nuclear fallout starts to spread | SNOWBALLFIGHT |
| Mount frames in alabaster (amateur art) | ARARAT |
| No rage? L! | CHRISTMAS |
| Old lover, not-half 25 in the end | EXTREME |
| See 14 | SPOTTED |
| See 14 | WRAPPING |
| See 22 down | PAPER |
| See 25 | CUCKOO |
| See 25 | REVENGE |
| Sound transaction straightforward for aircraft | SAILPLANE |
| Super double-dotty bird | GREAT |
| Taking drug (on drugs), put your foot down | SPEEDUP |
| With investment of 500, possibly nice when twice the amount | INCIDENCE |
Jonesin Crosswords Crossword Answer - Jul 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Arrested Development" narrator Howard | RON |
| "Do the ___" (soft drink ad phrase) | DEW |
| "Let ___" | ITBE |
| "Now I see" | AHA |
| "___ Smart" (like you, if you solve this puzzle?) | GET |
| Backup group | POSSE |
| Bernanke subj | ECON |
| Blue-green shade | TEAL |
| Car horn noise | TOOT |
| Chew toy on Batman's utility belt? | GOTHAMBONE |
| Container for stir-fried vegetables? | PEAPOD |
| Digital camera variety, for short | SLR |
| Dos that get picked out | AFROS |
| Double-bladed weapon | AXE |
| Double-___ (Oreos variety) | STUF |
| Driving force | EGO |
| Dull person | BORE |
| Ending for emir | ATE |
| Ensign's org | USN |
| Explorer Juan Ponce ___ | DELEON |
| Fill with passion | ENAMOR |
| Fish served in filets | TILAPIA |
| Get better, maybe | AGE |
| Get the engine humming | REVUP |
| Give a good staredown (not!) | LEERAT |
| Groan-inducing jokes | PUNS |
| Grub | EATS |
| Halloween costume that includes big ears, dark clothing and a bunch of charts? | GOTHROSSPEROT |
| In the most desperate way | DIREST |
| Jason's ship | ARGO |
| Like screwball comedies | WACKY |
| Like some sci-fi boots | ANTIGRAVITY |
| List-ending abbr | ETAL |
| Mad scientist who is the enemy of Action Man | DRX |
| Manure | DUNG |
| MIT grad, maybe | ENGR |
| Novelist Jaffe | RONA |
| Paycheck line | NET |
| Petting zoo critter | LAMB |
| PG&E opponent Brockovich | ERIN |
| Pitcher Hideo | NOMO |
| Porker's pad | STY |
| Prof's admission that someone's helping him temporarily? | GOTTATAFORNOW |
| Pulls a heist on | ROBS |
| Put a spell on | HEX |
| Raptor's grabbers | TALONS |
| Raw metal source | ORE |
| Semi-frozen drink similar to an Italian ice | GRANITA |
| She came between Hillary and Michelle | LAURA |
| She plays Liz on "30 Rock" | TINA |
| Shopping binges | SPREES |
| Soul great Redding | OTIS |
| Spicy General on a menu | TSO |
| Spoke indirectly | MINCEDWORDS |
| Sportscaster Dick | ENBERG |
| Swear like a sailor | CURSE |
| System with paddles and a joystick | ATARI |
| Take a baby off the bottle | WEAN |
| Takes more Time? | RENEWS |
| Tell on | RATOUT |
| Tended to a scratch | ITCHED |
| That girl | HER |
| The Good Witch from "The Wizard of Oz" | GLINDA |
| They'll help serve your Earl Grey | TEASETS |
| Turn sharply | ZAG |
| Type of convertible | TTOP |
| Type of garden with rocks | ZEN |
| Uses of mentally-based propaganda, in CIA-speak | PSYWARS |
| Visit Vancouver, say? | GOTOCANADA |
| Voice box | LARYNX |
| Widow of King Hussein | NOOR |
| Wonder | AWE |
| ___ de mer | MAL |
| ___ Hill (R&B group) | DRU |
| ___ Lateef of jazz | YUSEF |
| ___ Wat (Cambodian temple) | ANGKOR |
L.A. Times Daily Crossword Answer - Jul 31, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Brave New World" drug | SOMA |
| "Bus Stop" playwright | INGE |
| "Copacetic, man" | IDIG |
| "Quartet in Autumn" English novelist Barbara | PYM |
| "What kind of a name is 'Wilbur' for a man?" speaker | MRED |
| "Zounds!" | EGADS |
| A | PER |
| A, in Germany | EIN |
| Amount past due? | TRE |
| Arithmetic column | TENS |
| Astrologer Dixon | JEANE |
| Auditioner's goal | ROLE |
| Autograph signing locale | STAGEDOOR |
| Balkan native | SERB |
| Beethoven honoree | ELISE |
| Bohr of the Manhattan Project | NIELS |
| Call, in a way | RADIO |
| Carefully considered | MEASURED |
| Caught at the theater | SAW |
| Circuit protector | FUSE |
| Clarifier usually abbreviated | IDEST |
| Code carrier | GENE |
| Court cover-up | ROBE |
| Dark time in ads | NITE |
| Dark time in poetry | EEN |
| Director's "Done with this segment!" | ANDSCENE |
| Donation, say | AID |
| Draw together | UNITE |
| Drinks slowly | SIPS |
| Egyptian pyramid's eight | EDGES |
| Exits | GOES |
| Falco of "Nurse Jackie" | EDIE |
| False __ | IDOL |
| Figure with 10 sides | DECAGON |
| Gossip columnist Barrett | RONA |
| Greed and jealousy are among them | BASERINSTINCTS |
| Haboob, for one | WINDSTORM |
| Henri's lady friend | AMIE |
| Humerus neighbor | ULNA |
| Idealist | DREAMER |
| Ingredients in some stews | PEAS |
| It'll bum you out | DOWNER |
| It's perpendicular to a threshold | JAMB |
| Latin "others" | ALIA |
| Lifted | RAISEDUP |
| Lightens | EASES |
| MD for women | GYN |
| Miami Sound Machine singer | ESTEFAN |
| Multipart story | SAGA |
| Nashville awards gp | CMA |
| One may be habitual | LIAR |
| Pageant symbols | TIARAS |
| Put in place | SITUATE |
| Really opens up | BARESONESSOUL |
| Republic formerly under Danish rule | ICELAND |
| River ends? | ARS |
| Seating option | AISLE |
| Ship that sailed to Colchis | ARGO |
| Sounded right | RANGTRUE |
| Start of a solution | IDEA |
| Steer catcher | RIATA |
| Stephen King title city | SALEM |
| Threat of power, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 24- and 45-Across | SABERRATTLING |
| Three-time A.L. MVP | BERRA |
| Trig. ratio | COS |
| USS Enterprise android | DATA |
| Warrants another mention | BEARSREPEATING |
| What a QB tries to avoid | INT |
| What may make the future tense? | OMEN |
| Withdraw by degrees | WEAN |
| WWII intelligence org | OSS |
| Yosemite __ | SAM |
L.A. Times Daily Crossword Answer - Jul 30, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Chasing Pavements" singer | ADELE |
| "Don't change that" | STET |
| "I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee" speaker | LEIA |
| "Runaway" singer Shannon | DEL |
| "The joke's on you" | HAHA |
| "Understood" | SAYNOMORE |
| "__ Boys": "Little Men" sequel | JOS |
| "__ With Me": hymn | ABIDE |
| Airport city east of Los Angeles | ONTARIO |
| Apiary dwellers | BEES |
| Appt. book divisions | HRS |
| Artful stratagems | PLOYS |
| Auto pioneer Benz | KARL |
| Ax | FIRE |
| Baseball card stat | RBI |
| Calculus pioneer | EULER |
| Capital of Belgium | EURO |
| City near the Great Salt Lake | OGDEN |
| Collectible marbles | AGATES |
| Come to pass | OCCUR |
| Come together | MEET |
| Convinced | SOLD |
| Cowboy's neckwear | BOLO |
| Deceptive military tactic | DECOY |
| DNA lab item | SWAB |
| Emcees' responsibilities | LEADINS |
| Emulate Dillinger | ROBABANK |
| Entrepreneur's start | IDEA |
| Farm grunt | OINK |
| Fish-eating bird | LOON |
| Friendly address | KIDDO |
| Gastroenteritis cause, perhaps | ECOLI |
| Go in haste | HIE |
| Gum with a longtime eyepatch-wearing mascot | BAZOOKA |
| Had-at link | AGO |
| Kick back | LAZE |
| Landed | ALIT |
| Like fine port | AGED |
| Like pink toys, stereotypically | FORGIRLS |
| Little of this, little of that | OLIO |
| Make red-faced | ABASH |
| Many a Prado painting | GOYA |
| Nonkosher | TREF |
| Of age | OLDENOUGH |
| One brewing in a cup | TEALEAF |
| Opposite | POLAR |
| Opposite of alway | NEER |
| Oranges opposite? | APPLES |
| Picasso contemporary | MIRO |
| Pinnacle | ACME |
| Plains people | OTOS |
| Pledge drive bags | TOTES |
| Prenatal procedures | AMNIOS |
| Prepare, in a way, as sweet potatoes | MASH |
| Pull | TUG |
| Right hand | AIDE |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's lake | ERIE |
| Rubs out | OFFS |
| Ruffle | FRILL |
| Run away, say | REACT |
| Saturated hydrocarbon | ALKANE |
| Says further | ADDS |
| Score after deuce | ADIN |
| Shakers, but not movers | SECT |
| Spherical dessert | BOMBE |
| Standoffish | ALOOF |
| Stereotypical benefactor | RICHUNCLE |
| Strong desire | URGE |
| Tempts | ALLURES |
| Took off | LEFT |
| Trilogy, often | SAGA |
| Vacation location | SHORE |
| Waved banner hinted at by the ends of 17-, 36- and 42-Across | WHITEFLAG |
| Went up | ROSE |
| What a slight favorite has | EDGE |
| Where Herod ruled | JUDEA |
| Word after new or full | MOON |
| World Baseball Classic team | CUBA |
L.A. Times Daily Crossword Answer - Jul 29, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Avatar" race | NAVI |
| "Look what I did!" | TADA |
| "Star Wars" guru | YODA |
| 27-Across sound | HIC |
| Actress Gardner | AVA |
| Advised about | INON |
| Backless sofa | DIVAN |
| Battery found, in a way, in eight puzzle answers | AAAA |
| Battle of Britain fliers: Abbr | RAF |
| Be bold enough | DARE |
| Bit of body art, briefly | TAT |
| Brunch and lunch | MEALS |
| Busybody | YENTA |
| Carrier to Copenhagen | SAS |
| Caviar, e.g | ROE |
| Competitor | RIVAL |
| Computer adventure game | MYST |
| Construction beam | IBAR |
| Crimson Tide coach Nick | SABAN |
| Cuban capital | HAVANA |
| Egypt neighbor | LIBYA |
| Endangered ape | ORANG |
| Fancy tie | ASCOT |
| Fence the loot for, say | ABET |
| File attachment icon | CLIP |
| Floor-washing aid | MOP |
| Golf scorecard numbers | PARS |
| Have a good cry | SOB |
| Hawkeye State | IOWA |
| Heavy drinker | SOT |
| Inbox fillers | EMAILS |
| Inland Asian sea | ARAL |
| Island off Africa's southeast coast | MADAGASCAR |
| Jay Z's genre | RAP |
| Just barely | ATAD |
| Key of Beethoven's Ninth: Abbr | DMIN |
| Lawn option in warm climates | BAHAMAGRASS |
| Lipton alternative | SALADA |
| Long-billed wader | IBIS |
| Madison or Monroe, for short | JAS |
| May honoree | MOM |
| Meander | GAD |
| Missed the bus, forgot lunch, argued with the boss, etc | HADABADDAY |
| Napkin holder | LAP |
| Not any | NONE |
| Notre Dame's Fighting __ | IRISH |
| Obeyed a doctor holding a tongue depressor | SAIDAH |
| Olympic sprinter Devers | GAIL |
| One of the Gallos | ERNEST |
| Operatic solo | ARIA |
| Ordered | BADE |
| Pastoral verse | IDYL |
| Picnic staple | PASTASALAD |
| Proofreader's find | ERROR |
| Put ammo into | LOAD |
| Recipe amt | TSP |
| Roy Rogers' birth name | SLYE |
| Run __: pay later at the bar | ATAB |
| Safari and Yukon | GMCS |
| Santa __ winds | ANA |
| Scale, as a wall | CLIMB |
| Sleepover with more giggling than sleeping | PAJAMAPARTY |
| South Seas resort island | TAHITI |
| Stallone role | RAMBO |
| Still-life object | VASE |
| Straw topper first made in Ecuador, surprisingly | PANAMAHAT |
| Suffix with pay | OLA |
| Tibetan monk | LAMA |
| Took a crack at | TRIED |
| Train station abbr | ARR |
| Turkish currency | LIRA |
| Twin-hulled vessel | CATAMARAN |
| Undoubtedly | FARANDAWAY |
| Update the factory equipment | RETOOL |
| Voyager-launching org | NASA |
| Woodworking groove | DADO |
| __ Islands, south of Cuba | CAYMAN |
| __ school | MED |
Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Jul 31, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| ''Aladdin'' prince | ALI |
| ''Could you explain that?'' | WHY |
| ''Fancy that!'' | GEE |
| ''Mad Men'' broadcaster | AMC |
| 100 Sonoran centavos | PESO |
| 20 Down holder | CRUET |
| 8 Down Cookies 'N Creme ingredient | OREO |
| 911 respondent | EMT |
| Awards show superlative | BEST |
| Banjo-eyed ne'er-do-well of the comics | BARNEYGOOGLE |
| Bar bottle | GIN |
| Brute in a 1728 novel | SWIFTIANYAHOO |
| Coat flap | LAPEL |
| Composer from Lombardy | MENOTTI |
| Continental prefix | AFRO |
| Court order of a sort | GAG |
| Cove cousin | INLET |
| Covered in goo | GUNKY |
| Covers in goo | TARS |
| Crying shame | PITY |
| Cycle starter | TRI |
| Don't just seem | ARE |
| Draw in | LURE |
| Dreamer's activity | REM |
| Drops on crops | DEW |
| Elemental form | ISOTOPE |
| Esoteric | ARCANE |
| Facebook photo labels | TAGS |
| Faculty achievement | TENURE |
| Financial backer | ANGEL |
| Force along | URGE |
| Fortysomethings' group | GENX |
| Good to go | SET |
| In doubt | IFFY |
| In reality | ASITIS |
| Incites, with ''on'' | EGGS |
| It may be awkward | AGE |
| It sounds like ''heir'' | ERE |
| Italy's longest river | THEPO |
| Legendary engineer Jones | CASEY |
| Linguistics topic | USAGE |
| Little warbler | WREN |
| Long-winded person | GASBAG |
| Mag-space sellers | ADREPS |
| Many a ''Sister Act'' role | NUN |
| Matthew Perry on ''Friends'' | CHANDLERBING |
| Middle muscles | ABS |
| Most contemptible | LOWEST |
| Most-passed bill | ONE |
| Name of six British kings | GEORGE |
| Name of six popes | PAUL |
| No longer in effect | OFF |
| No placebo | DRUG |
| Of the first Roman emperor | AUGUSTAN |
| Online help source | FAQ |
| Paint poorly | DAUB |
| Picnic supply | ICE |
| Pistachio portion | SCOOPFUL |
| Plugs away | TOILS |
| Princess Leia coif | BUN |
| Pundit | SAGE |
| Restraint | FETTER |
| Safflower product | OIL |
| Short-tailed feline | LYNX |
| Smack into | RAM |
| Small choir | OCTET |
| South American capital | QUITO |
| Spending restraints | LIDS |
| Symbol of strength | OAK |
| Thin out | RAREFY |
| Threaten | MENACE |
| Tiny trumpeter | CYGNET |
| Trash-bag closer | TIE |
| TV promo descriptor | ALLNEW |
| Unescorted | SOLO |
| Was in accord | JIBED |
| Wiggly dessert | JELLO |
| www.tulane.__ | EDU |