| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ancient capital of Assyria | NINEVEH |
| Be careful! | WATCHOUT |
| Bodily strength | MUSCLE |
| Campanile | BELLTOWER |
| Capital of Punjab | LAHORE |
| Cook in an oven | BAKE |
| Disorderly crowd | MOB |
| Get tender (anag) | DETERGENT |
| Give power to | ENABLE |
| Giving birth | BEARING |
| Group (of larks, ladies etc) | BEVY |
| Indian tea-growing state | ASSAM |
| Latin American dance | RUMBA |
| Lure | TEMPT |
| Majesty — eminence | GRANDEUR |
| Make fun of — fellow | GUY |
| People in general | FOLK |
| Person with experience in life | MANOFTHEWORLD |
| Physical beating | HIDING |
| Small piece of ground | PLOT |
| Spoiled through incompetence | BUNGLED |
| Temperature scale | CELSIUS |
| Throw away thoughtlessly | WASTE |
| Unsettled | INTHEAIR |
| Without compunction, pity, or compassion | REMORSELESSLY |
| Working out | TRAINING |
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The Guardian - Quick Crossword Answer - Sep 01, 2014
The Guardian - Quick Crossword Solutions - Sep 01, 2014
The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Answer - Sep 01, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| A short distance covered by light aircraft or jumbo in the past | MAMMOTH |
| Bad habits that are difficult to get out of | VICES |
| Barrels found around ancient dumps | DOLDRUMS |
| Board of Trade? | DEAL |
| Bob all set for musical party? | HAIRDO |
| Eager to go up after a key | AGOG |
| Exclude use of foreign lawyers | DEBAR |
| Firm, lean sort of soldier | RIFLEMAN |
| Get up after midnight and complain | GROUSE |
| Got together, after a final check | MATED |
| Green Party finally contrived to get power | ENERGY |
| It's evacuated during shelling | POD |
| Key pattern on a guitar? | FRET |
| Like marquetry with fashionable Dali design | INLAID |
| Live a moment with Dante's love | BEATRICE |
| Many tease girl about being a slowcoach | LAGGARD |
| Metal key used by the cook | TINOPENER |
| New or old slaver | DROOL |
| Notes seating is provided | SOFA |
| One who is deep in the letters of Freud and Eliot | OUTFIELDER |
| Opinion one can always go back on? | TENET |
| Outstanding old part of a building | OWING |
| Port for mother after morning rest, perhaps | AMSTERDAM |
| Produced admitted superiority | YIELDED |
| Pudding is seen to follow after | SPOTTEDDOG |
| Relax! Take a seat inside! | EASE |
| Reptile snarling at gorilla | ALLIGATOR |
| River seen swirling backwards | INREVERSE |
| Swindle to reduce the rent? | STITCHUP |
| Treatise closely followed, we hear | TRACT |
| Trouble with fog in vessel seeking shark | DOGFISH |
| Ventured again to take father out | DARED |
| Violet and Virginia in oral exam | VIVA |
Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answer - Sep 01, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Administrative division of a country | PROVINCE |
| Bringing up | RAISING |
| Ceremonial or official | FORMAL |
| Data processor | COMPUTER |
| Does Santa bow awkwardly to the African state? | BOTSWANA |
| Enclosures for horses | PADDOCKS |
| Explosive compound | DYNAMITE |
| Gas used in fluorescent lamps | NEON |
| Horny animal feet | HOOVES |
| Leg joint | KNEE |
| Legally responsible | LIABLE |
| Making a loud and angry speech | RANTING |
| Nearly, not quite | ALMOST |
| Noise caused by electrical interference | STATIC |
| Occurring at particular times of the year | SEASONAL |
| Of a new-born | NEONATAL |
| Official representing a country abroad | DIPLOMAT |
| Parts of a play | SCENES |
| Passing reference or indirect mention | ALLUSION |
| Provide with information | APPRISE |
| Queen of the Olympian gods | HERA |
| Relating to speech | ORAL |
| Room to manoeuvre | LEEWAY |
| Seven-sided figure | HEPTAGON |
| Soundless | SILENT |
| Stand firm against | RESIST |
| Stylish and charming | DEBONAIR |
| The study of religion | THEOLOGY |
| They say it's as good as a rest | CHANGE |
| Tool for lifting and carrying | SHOVEL |
| Tore roughly | RIPPED |
| Very knowledgeable | ERUDITE |
Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Answer - Sep 01, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Beastly types ringing piano firm for something to control flow from pipes | STOPCOCK |
| Church gives warning to stop tune that's orchestrated for small audience | CHAMBERMUSIC |
| Comically speaking, saves the world from the station and is a shinning example | SUPERHERO |
| Faint coming back with Spike from the centre | MIDPOINT |
| Fancy a tenor trembling | ORNATE |
| First three characters in 10 across can be very cold around New Year | MIDWINTER |
| Game for a couple of spirits in the middle of farmyard | GINRUMMY |
| Gone out yodelling in peaceful scene | IDYLL |
| Group during autumn to dance last for tenor | OCTET |
| Introductions to real estate lawyer in charge of antique | RELIC |
| It's lewd for half the prudes to sublet over institute | PRURIENT |
| It's not the end of the affair for Judge Small in Vogue | COURTSHIP |
| It's something one gets from bank for one of those in school with Shylock | LOANSHARK |
| Laugh at artist on society bender with Harry | HARASS |
| Locks press and twists dangerous parts of The Road | HAIRPINBENDS |
| Modelled figure on Last Word | SHAPED |
| Old square in Mediterranean city gets attention | NOTICE |
| Paid tribute to writer behind one version of Congratulations | COMPLIMENTED |
| Primarily, William comes back across new youth leader | MAINLY |
| Quit local team before associate | SIDEKICK |
| Remains in tree with half the bees | ASHES |
| Revolutionary ship worker can be useful as a pawn? | CHESSMAN |
| Sam drops moneybags from an earlier period | BYGONE |
| Secure with Taoiseach from first Cabinet | CLOSET |
| Show of hands for those in the pit, for instance | APPLAUSE |
| Takes soundings as Pat retires early initially from the orchestra | TAPERECORDER |
| Violent sedition is in all the papers | EDITIONS |
| Write one's name on old door at the last address in Milan | SIGNOR |
Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Sep 01, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| ''Hmm, I guess that's all right'' | OHOK |
| ''Now it's clear!'' | ISEE |
| All-knowing | WISE |
| Aluminum drink containers | CANS |
| Apply __ of paint | ACOAT |
| Baseball officials, for short | UMPS |
| Be a snoop | PRY |
| Became less nervous | CALMED |
| Bides one's time | WAITS |
| Big Apple baseballers | METS |
| Big marching-band instruments | TUBAS |
| Boggy area | SWAMP |
| Book of photos | ALBUM |
| Bowlers' targets | TENPINS |
| Bullfight cheers | OLES |
| Business transaction | DEAL |
| Center of an apple | CORE |
| Complete collections | SETS |
| Computer input | DATA |
| Cross the goal line | SCORE |
| Depend (on) | RELY |
| Depict unfairly | SKEW |
| Discontinue | CEASE |
| Dog's tiny biter | FLEA |
| Entice | LURE |
| Family autos | SEDANS |
| Find a new purpose for | REUSE |
| Folk wisdom | LORE |
| French-style pancake | CREPE |
| Game on horseback | POLO |
| Gas-station charges | FUELCOSTS |
| Genetic characteristic | TRAIT |
| Golfer's expenses | GREENSFEES |
| Gush forth | SPEW |
| Gush forth | ERUPT |
| Had a snack | ATE |
| Halo wearers | ANGELS |
| Hoax | SHAM |
| Hunt for bargains | SHOP |
| Hunter's gun | RIFLE |
| Joke around with | TEASE |
| Light-bulb measures | WATTS |
| Lightest in color | PALEST |
| List-shortening abbr | ETAL |
| Made simpler | EASED |
| Midterm, for one | TEST |
| Mix, as a salad | TOSS |
| Moms' mates | DADS |
| Mongrel dog | CUR |
| More than half | MOST |
| Mortgage percentages | LOANRATES |
| Needing washing | DIRTY |
| Nest-egg acct | IRA |
| Pirates' treasure holders | CHESTS |
| Poem of praise | ODE |
| Prod gently | NUDGE |
| Purring pet | CAT |
| Raring to go | EAGER |
| Real-estate market figures | HOMEPRICES |
| Ripen | AGE |
| Ripped | TORE |
| See eye to eye | AGREE |
| Shape of a noose | LOOP |
| Show embarrassment | TURNRED |
| Skinny | SLENDER |
| Spicy Indian seasoning | CURRY |
| Spot of land in the ocean | ISLE |
| Start a poker pot | ANTE |
| Swiss peaks | ALPS |
| Takes a risk | DARES |
| Talk back to | SASS |
| Tightly packed | DENSE |
| Updates factory machinery | RETOOLS |
| Urge forward | SPURON |
| Very funny person | RIOT |
| Very stylish | CHIC |
| Wave's high point | CREST |
| __ time (never) | ATNO |
New York Times Crossword Answer - Sep 01, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 'Garfield' cartoonist Davis | JIM |
| 'Yikes!' | EGAD |
| '___ Misérables' | LES |
| '___ you for real?' | ARE |
| 1930s art style, informally | DECO |
| 1957 hit covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1968 | SUSIEQ |
| Achieved a perfect score on | ACED |
| Add by degrees | PHASEIN |
| African country bordering 12-Down | MALI |
| African country bordering 16-Across | ALGERIA |
| Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun | EWE |
| Army NCOs | SSGTS |
| Beg | PLEAD |
| Boy Scout ___ badge | MERIT |
| Breaks ... or an anagram of the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle | TAMES |
| Business setback recorded on Schedule C | NETLOSS |
| Car fuel additive | ETHYL |
| Carpentry spacer | SHIM |
| Clothing chain with a 'Baby' division | GAP |
| Cut up, as a frog | DISSECT |
| Deluxe | POSH |
| Drink cooler | ICECUBE |
| Earth-shaking | SEISMIC |
| First word in many newspaper names | THE |
| Fossil fuel | COAL |
| Golden State school up the coast from L.A | UCSB |
| Groups hired for high-profile cases | LEGALTEAMS |
| Hesitation about something | QUALM |
| It goes 'Ah-h-h-choo!' | SNEEZE |
| It's really something | ENTITY |
| Jane Austen heroine | EMMA |
| Kind of school after nursery school: Abbr | ELEM |
| Leaves dumbstruck | AWES |
| Letters before an alias | AKA |
| Like a game with equal winners and losers | ZEROSUM |
| Like Old Norse writing | RUNIC |
| Make a goof | ERR |
| Many a car on the autobahn | OPEL |
| Many a service station adjunct | MART |
| Martinique et Guadeloupe | ILES |
| McKellen who played Magneto in the 'X-Men' films | IAN |
| Mocking remarks | JAPES |
| Mollify | APPEASE |
| Mythical strong man | ATLAS |
| Not eat eagerly | PICKAT |
| Obstinate reply | IWONT |
| Old jazz icon Anita | ODAY |
| Old politico Stevenson | ADLAI |
| One of a 1980s demographic | YUPPIE |
| Part of a joule | ERG |
| Pastrami and salami | DELIMEATS |
| Perry of fashion | ELLIS |
| Pyramid city close to Cairo | GIZA |
| Roget's listings: Abbr | SYNS |
| Run out of energy | LOSESTEAM |
| Sea of Tranquillity, for the Apollo 11 astronauts | BASE |
| Site of a church kneeler | PEW |
| Sky-blue | AZURE |
| Slalom, say | SKI |
| Socialite who inspired 1950's 'Call Me Madam' | PERLEMESTA |
| Spanish water | AGUA |
| Stale-smelling | MUSTY |
| State trees of North Dakota and Massachusetts | ELMS |
| Sulu and Uhura, e.g., on the Enterprise | SHIPMATES |
| Texts, e.g.: Abbr | MSGS |
| The 'P' of G.O.P | PARTY |
| Theater reservations | SEATS |
| Uncle ___ | SAM |
| Vietnam War weapon | NAPALM |
| What's filled up in a fill-up | GASTANK |
| Where Vietnam is | ASIA |
| Wither away | ATROPHY |
| Workplace communication | MEMO |
| Zoot ___ | SUIT |
| ___ Dhabi | ABU |
| ___ infection | STAPH |
| ___ Paulo | SAO |
| ___-la-la | TRA |
L.A. Times Daily Crossword Answer - Aug 31, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Help me out here, bud" | BEAPAL |
| "I'm buying!" | ONME |
| "Rocky III" actor | MRT |
| "Suits" network | USA |
| "That's rough" | PITY |
| #1 hit song from "Flashdance" | MANIAC |
| 1999-2004 Olds | ALERO |
| A dog, or a little hoarse | HUSKY |
| AHL's Iowa Wild, when they were in Houston | AEROS |
| Airer of many RKO films | TCM |
| Arcade pioneer | ATARI |
| Article 1, Section 3 constitutional subject | SENATE |
| At a distance | AFAR |
| Barenboim is its current music director | LASCALA |
| Bass-baritone Simon | ESTES |
| Ben Franklin's belief | DEISM |
| Bone: Pref | OSTEO |
| Bring to mind | EVOKE |
| Bulldoze, in Bath | RASE |
| Cab in a bottle, say | RED |
| California's Santa __ Mountains | ANA |
| Calvary inscription | INRI |
| Canter, for one | GAIT |
| Chant | INTONE |
| Chorus | REFRAIN |
| Cirque du __ | SOLEIL |
| Computer acronym | ASCII |
| Conceals | HIDES |
| Dazzles | WOWS |
| Disdain | SCORN |
| Dole out | ALLOCATE |
| Done for | KAPUT |
| Downward movement | DECREASE |
| Dutch cheeses | EDAMS |
| Envelope abbr | ATTN |
| ER command | STAT |
| Fair subject | SCIENCE |
| Farm workers | ANTS |
| Finally | ATLAST |
| Foals' fathers | SIRES |
| Forward, to Fellini | AVANTI |
| Fred Astaire's birthplace | OMAHA |
| G.W. Bush is the only president who earned one | MBA |
| Gardener's choice | LOAM |
| Garr of "Tootsie" | TERI |
| Genetic letters | RNA |
| Get underway | START |
| Grafton's "__ for Outlaw" | OIS |
| Half of sei | TRE |
| Here-there connection | NOR |
| Hindu mystics | YOGIS |
| Holiday veggie | YAM |
| Ill-tempered type | CRANK |
| In layers | TIERED |
| Investment factor | RISK |
| Is of use | AVAILS |
| Jack Jones' record label | KAPP |
| Jai __ | ALAI |
| Lao-tzu followers | TAOISTS |
| Last Supper question | ISITI |
| Laugh-a-minute | HOOT |
| Like an Aberdeen newborn | WEE |
| Luis' "Let's go!" | VAMOS |
| Made fun of | JAPED |
| Makes serious demands on | TAXES |
| Marshal under Napoleon | NEY |
| Mead milieu | SAMOA |
| Meat-filled pastry | RISSOLE |
| Michel's "mine" | AMOI |
| Mil. decoration | DSM |
| Modesto vintner | GALLO |
| Motor extension? | OLA |
| NFL scores | TDS |
| Norse god of war | ODIN |
| Not much | ABITOF |
| Not of the cloth | LAIC |
| NYC traveler's option | LGA |
| Old TV's "knight without armor in a savage land" | PALADIN |
| Ortega's "other" | OTRO |
| Oskar Schindler, to many | SAVIOR |
| Othello's lieutenant | CASSIO |
| Passionate | ARDENT |
| Peso part | CENTAVO |
| Piquant | ZESTY |
| Place for an ace? | SLEEVE |
| Play area | THEATER |
| Pope works | ESSAYS |
| Prepare for a trip | PACK |
| Prepares for use, as software | INSTALLS |
| Prior to, in poems | ERE |
| Pub offerings | ALES |
| Puff up in the breeze | BILLOW |
| Quieted, in a way | OILED |
| Schnauzer of fiction | ASTA |
| Sea dog | SALT |
| Set-__: arguments | TOS |
| Shift neighbor | ENTERKEY |
| Single | ONE |
| Siouan language | OSAGE |
| Sitting on | ATOP |
| Skosh | TAD |
| Slip by | ELAPSE |
| Smack, maybe | KISS |
| Snake venom, e.g | TOXIN |
| Some coins | TOKENS |
| South American monkey | TITI |
| Southwest competitor | UNITED |
| St. comprised of two peninsulas | MICH |
| Staff notation | REST |
| Stan Lee superheroes | XMEN |
| Star athlete in Archie Comics | MOOSE |
| Star of TV's "The Fugitive" | JANSSEN |
| Stock holder? | BARN |
| Stuffed | SATED |
| Supped | ATE |
| Support bar | RAIL |
| The arctic photographer had to consider __ | EXPOSURETIMES |
| The dating service photographer was happy when __ | EVERYTHINGCLICKED |
| The dessert photographer took a set of __ | JELLOSHOTS |
| The fashion photographer worried about __ | MODELBEHAVIOR |
| The IndyCar photographer used __ | ZOOMLENSES |
| The last Mrs. Chaplin | OONA |
| The old-time photographer preferred the __ | NEGATIVEASPECT |
| The stressed-out photographer __ | FINALLYSNAPPED |
| Thingamajig | DOODAD |
| Toronto team, familiarly | JAYS |
| Twain of country | SHANIA |
| U.K. record label | EMI |
| Unassertive type | DOORMAT |
| Underworld god | OSIRIS |
| Verdi's "__ tu" | ERI |
| Vermont ski resort | OKEMO |
| Victorian __ | ERA |
| Vintner's prefix | OEN |
| Vision: Pref | OPTO |
| Webzine | EMAG |
| When tripled, and so on | YADDA |
| White-robe providers | SPAS |
| Word with pool or table | TIDE |
| __ Bator | ULAN |
| __ Linda, Calif | LOMA |
| __ tai | MAI |
USA Today Crossword Answer - Aug 31, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Hungry, hungry" critter of a kid's game | HIPPO |
| "Now, wait just a ___!" | SEC |
| 17th letter of the Greek alphabet | RHO |
| Additive to some tissues | ALOE |
| After-dinner speech, sometimes | TRIBUTE |
| Andean stimulants | COCAS |
| Auger, e.g | BORER |
| Beany's cartoon pal | CECIL |
| Cask attachment | TAP |
| Checkered vehicles | CABS |
| Cheerios grain | OAT |
| Cigarette output | ASH |
| Clavell's "___-Pan" | TAI |
| Close-fitting short jacket | COATEE |
| Coffee container | CAN |
| Competition site | ARENA |
| Completely absorbed | RAPT |
| Doesn't exist | ISNT |
| Double-reed orchestra instrument | OBOE |
| Dr. McGraw of TV | PHIL |
| Ebenezer Scrooge epithet | BAH |
| Encircle | GIRD |
| Example in one's thesis, perhaps | CASESTUDY |
| Fair way to divide things up | EVENLY |
| Formerly, previously | ERST |
| Forming clumps | CAKY |
| Gambling and boozing, for two | VICES |
| Half a chocolate? | BON |
| Hebrew month preceding Yom Kippur | ELUL |
| Holier than ___ | THOU |
| Humiliate | ABASH |
| Hunter's get-up | VEST |
| Icicle site | EAVE |
| Ill at ___ | EASE |
| Light metallic sound | TING |
| Like certain sums | TIDY |
| London, Baltimore and Paris | CITIES |
| Luau entertainer, briefly | UKE |
| Madagascar primate | INDRI |
| Mishmash or medley | OLIO |
| Most memorable | CATCHIEST |
| Office building owner, often | LESSOR |
| Opera solo | ARIA |
| Pasture animal | SHEEP |
| Peace agreement | PACT |
| Pedestal part | DADO |
| Pen room | CELL |
| Photo on metal | TINTYPE |
| Pitcher of milk? | ELSIE |
| Play divisions | ACTS |
| Raise Cain | DISTURBTHEPEACE |
| Reason for some grants | NEED |
| Reason to see a doctor | IRRITATINGCOUGH |
| Retro restaurant | AUTOMAT |
| Rhythmical stress | ICTUS |
| Sapsucker's home | NEST |
| Shrek and Fiona, for two | OGRES |
| Single-principle philosopher | MONIST |
| Snatch a schnauzer | DOGNAP |
| Soccer pair? | CEES |
| Some bridge seats | EASTS |
| Stand at the banquet? | DAIS |
| The Taj Mahal's town | AGRA |
| They're spotted in Vegas | DICE |
| Things you'd rather not do | BOTHERSOMETASKS |
| This may be deductible | LOSS |
| Thunderous sound | BOOM |
| Tibetan monk | LAMA |
| Tight-mouthed | MUM |
| Toeing the party line | LOYAL |
| Took a shine to | LIKED |
| Track legend Lewis | CARL |
| Type of pool | GENE |
| When the night darkens | MOONSET |
| Wife of Lennon | ONO |
| Writer Waugh | ALEC |