L.A. Times Daily Crossword Answer - Oct 31, 2014

 L.A. Times Daily Crossword Answer - Oct 31, 2014

Clue	Answer
"Cheers," e.g	TOAST
"King Kong" studio	RKO
"Not interested"	ILLPASS
"Time to split!"	GOTTARUN
*"Whatever you say, wise goddess!"?	ALLRIGHTYATHENA
*Media member with a curly tail?	PRESSAKITA
*Refrigerator on the front lines?	AMANAOFWAR
*With 50-Across, travel guide that touts Oranjestad's worst hotels and restaurants?	ARUBATHE
Actor Gosling	RYAN
Amplify, in a way	MIKE
Beyond reasonable limits	TOOFAR
Birth announcement abbr	LBS
Bluff betrayer	TELL
Buzzing with activity	ASTIR
Climbing challenge	CRAG
Clipped	TERSE
Close securely	SEALUP
Common telenovela theme	AMOR
Cracked open	AJAR
Cybernotes	IMS
Dept. head	MGR
Didn't deny	OKED
Digital clock toggle	AMPM
Earthenware pot	OLLA
Fashion designer Anna	SUI
Feel offended by	RESENT
Fit	ABLE
Franklin's note	HUNDRED
Grammy-winning "We Are Young" band	FUN
Have words with	TALKTO
Henie on the ice	SONJA
Holiday song closer	SYNE
How-to units	STEPS
In __ parentis	LOCO
In-land link?	LALA
India __	INK
Itinerary word	VIA
José __: frozen Mexican food brand	OLE
Legendary galley	ARGO
Lose, in a Vegas game	BUST
Mount Rushmore figure, familiarly	ABE
Multigenerational tale	SAGA
Not available	INUSE
Not right	AWRY
Not turn away	ADMIT
Novelist Grey	ZANE
One may be going around	RUMOR
One may go into an empty net	GOAL
Ore. setting	PST
Qatari potentate	EMIR
Ready if required	ONICE
Run of lousy luck	BADPATCH
S&L offering for homeowners	REFI
Santa __ Mountains: coastal California range	CRUZ
Seahawks' org	NFC
See 25-Across	WRONGWAY
Shower harbinger	RAINDROP
Sitar selections	RAGAS
Six, for many	MEALTIME
Smallish batteries, and a hint to how the answers to starred clues are formed	AAS
Sorceress jilted by Jason	MEDEA
Splash clumsily	SLOSH
Squishy area	MIRE
Subject for da Vinci	ANATOMY
Suffix with Jumbo	TRON
Tang	NIP
Threat to a WWII destroyer	UBOAT
Travel needs for many	VISAS
Trip to see the big game?	SAFARI
What a shin guard protects	TIBIA
Word on the Great Seal of the United States	UNUM
Word with barn or storm	DOOR
Words of disgust	UGHS
Workout garb	SWEATS
Young wolf	WHELP
__ school	PREP

USA Today Crossword Answer - Oct 31, 2014

 USA Today Crossword Solutions - Oct 31, 2014

Clue	Answer
"A pocketful of ___"	RYE
"I was home all night," for one	ALIBI
"Where" attachment	WITHAL
1492 ship	NINA
Ark landfall	ARARAT
Autocrat of yore	TSAR
Bacterial strain	ECOLI
Barroom projectile	DART
Bejeweled adornment	TIARA
Bird that builds a hanging nest	VIREO
Bread for dipping	SOP
Bread-leavening agent	YEAST
Centimeter-gram-second units	DYNES
Chills, as a beverage	ICES
Chopped-meat dish	HASH
City in India	DELHI
Climactic whodunit cry	AHA
Common viper	ADDER
Cordage source	BAST
Daytona entries	CARS
Does basic math	ADDS
Egyptian god with a falcon's head	HORUS
Elected period	TERM
Father of Balder, in myth	ODIN
Feathers' go-with	TAR
Flip-a-coin test answer, sometimes	TRUE
Foofaraws	TODOS
Former NFL team	OILERS
Globular	ORBED
Great Lakes port	ERIE
Greater number	MORE
Hubble part	LENS
Imitation chocolate	CAROB
Indifferent to right or wrong	AMORAL
Intoxicating, as perfume	HEADY
It has two shoulders but no head	ROAD
James Brown	GODFATHEROFSOUL
Just love to pieces	ADORE
Kept in confinement	HELD
Lacking bodily or muscular strength	INFIRM
Large serving bowl	TUREEN
Least bound	FREEST
Letter to a Viking?	RUNE
Like some writing paper	LINED
Lower the lighting in	BEDIM
Medical solution	REMEDY
Money-back offering	REBATE
Motto	SLOGAN
Nerve fiber process	AXON
New accomplishments	FIRSTS
Nimble	SPRY
Play-of-color gemstone	OPAL
Point of a quill pen	NIB
Price-bearing flaps	TAGS
Removed seeds from, as cotton	GINNED
Scrooge player Alastair	SIM
Set an all-time record, e.g	GODOWNINHISTORY
Seventh-inning stretch song, often	GODBLESSAMERICA
Shaft between the wheels	AXLE
Ship, as a package	SEND
So far	ASYET
Some Hindu music pieces	RAGAS
Some Mercedes-Benz models	SLS
Tablet company	ACER
The "O" in B&O	OHIO
Turbo and prop	JETS
Turn sharply	SLUE
Wayne and Travolta	JOHNS
Weapon with a bell-shaped guard	EPEE
Weasel relative	OTTER
Wicked doing	EVIL
Word with "a prayer" or "a clue"	HASNT
Worshipped thing	IDOL
Years and years and years	AGES
Yellow-card issuer	REF
Yesterday, in Paris	HIER
___ in (get under control)	REIN
___ the line (conformed)	TOED

Universal Crossword Answer - Oct 31, 2014

 Universal Crossword Solutions - Oct 31, 2014

Clue	Answer
	SAKI
"Crazy Legs" Hirsch and others	ELROYS
"Cut it out!"	STOP
"Don't tread ___"	ONME
"Frasier" actress Gilpin	PERI
"Give ___ break!"	MEA
"Iliad" war god	ARES
"Look ___ hands!"	MANO
"The ___ of Kilimanjaro"	SNOWS
"Yadda, yadda, yadda"	ETC
"You can say that again!"	AMEN
Affirmative votes	YEAS
Antarctic predators	SKUAS
Asian nursemaids	AMAHS
Athlete of the Century Jim	THORPE
Atoll protector	REEF
Back street	ALLEY
Backs, anatomically	DORSA
Baltimore's ___ Harbor	INNER
Banished to Elba, e.g	ISLED
Basic unit of Romanian currency	LEU
Bit of high jinks	ANTIC
Blotto	TIPSY
Breathing sounds	RALES
Brought forth	BEGOT
Brownish shade	ECRU
Bunch	SCAD
Burrows and Vigoda	ABES
Cause of inflation?	AIR
City in New York	ELMIRA
DEA agents	NARCS
Did great on, as a test	ACED
Eagle or erne	BIRD
Earthenware cooking pots	OLLAS
Eat greedily (with "down")	SNARF
Envelop in mist	BEFOG
Eye layer	UVEA
Fairy-tale figure	GNOME
Hit the books	READ
Ireland, formerly	EIRE
It followed a girl to school	MARYSLITTLELAMB
Keep ___ to the ground	ANEAR
Kind of palm	SAGO
Listless dissatisfaction	ENNUI
Long Island county	NASSAU
Made a small sound	PEEPED
Mark with a branding iron	SEAR
More healthy	HALER
My ___ Massacre	LAI
New newts	EFTS
Old attachment for "while"	ERST
Old belt attachment	PAGER
Oldie with a star character named Stone	DONNAREEDTVSHOW
Opera star	DIVA
Outer limit	VERGE
Part of Einstein's equation	MASS
Pick from a lineup	IDENTIFY
Plot that thickens?	ACRE
Plumbing or heating, e.g	TRADE
Rank of KFC's Sanders, briefly	COL
Remove space between letters	KERN
Sabbath	LORDSDAY
Settled a bill	PAID
Shoot for (with "to")	ASPIRE
Slaps the cuffs on	NABS
Some bridge positions	EASTS
Street ___ (acceptability, slangily)	CRED
Supplies with weapons	ARMS
The "A" in A.D	ANNO
Tourist attraction in Amsterdam	ANNEFRANKMUSEUM
TV award	EMMY
With the bow, in scores	ARCO
Word with "limit" or "share"	TIME
Ziti, e.g	PASTA
___ as a doornail	DEAD
___ Lanka	SRI

Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Oct 31, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Solutions - Oct 31, 2014

Clue	Answer
''A Jug of Wine . . .'' poet	OMAR
''Iliad'' setting	TROY
Affirmative action	NOD
Biblical preposition	UNTO
Book before Joel	HOSEA
Brief lamentation	ALAS
Cane cutter	MACHETE
Clinked glasses	TOASTED
Critical shortage	NEED
Crop enemy	FROST
Dance and drama	ARTS
Dance lesson	STEP
Destination for e-filing	IRS
Detective, at times	TRACER
Eggnog spice	MACE
Embracing	INACLINCH
Erstwhile Ford	TBIRD
Fails to	DOESNOT
Farmland	SOIL
Flute range	ALTO
Foot-long lunch	HERO
Gasps, perhaps	REACTS
Gemini star	CASTOR
Grate accumulation	ASHES
Hereditary ruler	DYNAST
Hull hangers-on	BARNACLES
Intro speaker	EMCEE
It's a big step	STRIDE
Joyce's land	EIRE
Lens holders	RIMS
Lipton alternative	NESTEA
Literally, ''let it stand''	STET
Lob	TOSS
Low mark	DEE
Lugs	TOTES
Magna __	CARTA
Mailroom stamp	RECD
Marc Antony's love	AMOR
Med. specialty	NEURO
Melody line	LYRIC
Money-making operations	MINTS
Moonshine ingredient	MASH
North African capital	RABAT
One of the Muses	ERATO
One of the Muses	CLIO
Orange holders	CRATES
Organic fuel	PEAT
Porcelain ingredient	CHINACLAY
Portion out	ALLOT
Protective coat	SEALER
Rancor	SPITE
Religious pamphlets	TRACTS
Secret meeting	TRYST
See __ of hope	ARAY
Served up	DEALT
Smith biopic role	ALI
Snowman accessory	SCARF
Solo	ALONE
Something from the oven	AROMA
Start paying dues	JOINACLUB
Stick on	ATTACH
Stockpile	CACHE
Suspend	CEASE
Swiss chocolatier	LINDT
Take away	DETRACT
Tangy cuisine	CAJUN
Testing place	LAB
The entirety	ALL
Tiny biter	FLEA
Troupe group	ACTORS
Vane reading	EAST
Ventured	BET
Very ornate	ROCOCO
Wedding rental	LIMO
When most movies open: Abbr	FRI
Yell at a bowl	ROOT
Yodeling spot	ALP
__ butter (moisturizer)	SHEA

Jonesin' Crossword Answer - Oct 30, 2014

 Jonesin' Crossword Answer - Oct 30, 2014

Clue	Answer
'Beetle Bailey' figure	SARGE
'Hey, Soul Sister' band	TRAIN
'It's Your Thing' singers The ___ Brothers	ISLEY
'Melrose Place' actor Rob	ESTES
'Ocean's Eleven' job	HEIST
'That makes sense'	ISEE
'War of the World' actress	MIRANDAOTTO
'___ Tag!'	GUTEN
Ab ___ (from the beginning)	OVO
Absinthe flavoring	ANISE
Actress in 'Splash'	DARYLHANNAH
Alabama Slammer ingredient	SLOEGIN
Alert while driving	HONKAT
Area code 801 resident	UTAHAN
Ate just some	HADABIT
B-ball	HOOPS
Baby bird?	STORK
Barcelona bar food	TAPAS
Bird on the ground	EMU
Caterpillar's structure	TENT
CIA Director, 1997-2004	GEORGETENET
Cloud chamber particle	ION
Conde ___ Traveler	NAST
Corn covers	HUSKS
Cut into glass	ETCHED
Dangly throat thing	UVULA
Decide	OPT
Diplomatic skills	TACTS
Donkey with a pinned-on tail	EEYORE
Drop in	VISIT
Estonia or Latvia, once: abbr	SSR
Eye part	RETINA
First month, in Mazatlan	ENERO
Flair of pro wrestling	RIC
Follow-up to 'Angela's Ashes'	TIS
French film nominated for five Oscars	AMELIE
French movie theaters	CINES
Get the feeling	SENSE
Girl, in Guatemala	CHICA
Goes no farther	STAYS
He had quite a few words	ROGET
Impressive display	ARRAY
Items that sometimes get lost together	KEYS
Jamaican export	RUM
Jazzman's job	GIG
Leather color	TAN
Letter between 'kay' and 'em'	ELL
Like caviar	SALTY
Like Pac-Man and bell bottoms	RETRO
Louisville Slugger wood	ASH
Magazine holder	GUN
Nash of 'Reno 911!'	NIECY
Niacin's vitamin number	BTHREE
Number cruncher	CPA
Number that's its own cube	ONE
On a ship	ATSEA
Part of a heartbeat	SYSTOLE
Place to serve your own guacamole and salsa	TACOBAR
Plugs the battery in	CHARGES
Pyramide du Louvre architect	IMPEI
Snack that leaves a residue	CHEETOS
Some dresses	ALINES
Surface for some stretching	YOGAMAT
Teachers' org	NEA
They may be sordid	PASTS
Toms' mates	SHECATS
Toy that won't fall down, per its ads	WEEBLE
Two-time U.S. Open champ	MONICASELES
Upbeat	CHEERY
Urban pollutions	SMOGS
Vantage points	VIEWS
Voight's daughter	JOLIE
Wood known for a ring	ELIJAH
Word that turns sarcastic when said blandly	HOORAY

New York Times Crossword Answer - Oct 30, 2014

 New York Times Crossword Solutions - Oct 30, 2014

Clue	Answer
'... ish'	SORTA
'Wait ___!'	ASEC
A tot may have a big one	SIS
Abbr. on a music score	STAC
Actor Guy of 'Memento'	PEARCE
Anise relative	FENNEL
Arena, maybe	CENTER
Aston Martin DB5, for 007	SPYCAR
Baby seal	PUP
Benefit	BOON
Burns with a camera	KEN
Contribute	CIN
Covert maritime org	ONI
Development on the north side?	MOSS
Engage in oratory	ELOCUTE
Entertainers with something to get off their chests?	CPENDALESDANCERS
Eye part	LENS
Eye part	CONE
Fast-food chain named after a spice	COTLE
Fight against	OPPOSE
Focus of The Source magazine	RAPMUSIC
French woman's name meaning 'bringer of victory'	VERONIQUE
Funeral masses	PYRES
Good Samaritan, e.g	SAINT
Green sci	ECOL
Group associated with many tourist destinations	UNESCO
Hails	LAUDS
Hot spot	DESERT
Indivisibly	ASONE
John McCain, for one	ARIZONIAN
Jokester	WAG
Kind of gland	PINEAL
Lab safety org	OSHA
Last line of many a riddle	WHOAMI
Last thing learned in kindergarten?	ZEE
Like liquor, in an Ogden Nash verse	QUICKER
Like volunteer work	UNPAID
Lima's place	OHIO
Long-billed wader	AVOCET
Major figure in space?	URSA
Mideast chieftains: Var	EMEERS
Milk source	TEAT
Mountain nymph	OREAD
Moving	FLUID
NATO member with the smallest population: Abbr	ICEL
News inits	UPI
Nonhuman singer of a 1958 #1 song	CMUNK
Nouveau ___	RICHE
O.C.'s home	SOCAL
One using acid, say	ETCHER
Pass	ENACT
Philosopher William of ___	OCCAM
Place for un instituteur	ECOLE
Popular Polish dish	PIEROGI
Qom resident, e.g	IRANI
Slimming technique, briefly	LIPO
Spreadsheet input	RAWDATA
Summer abroad	ETE
Tar Heels' sch	UNC
Teller?	RAT
The Bahamas, e.g	ARCELAGO
They may be blocked in the winter	SINUSES
They may be made with pitching wedges	CSHOTS
Took stock?	LOOTED
Transfer ___	RNA
Treat represented visually by this puzzle's answer	CHOCOLATECCOOKIE
Tribe of the Upper Midwest	CPEWA
Upbeat	CPER
Vehicles that often have unlicensed drivers	GOKARTS
What a well may produce	ECHO
Wise one?	POTATOC
Wizard's wear	ROBE
Word before an advice columnist's name	ASK
Wore	SPORTED
Writer John who was an authority on cards	SCARNE
___ Dome (old Colts home)	RCA

New York Times Crossword Answer - Oct 31, 2014

New York Times Crossword Answer - Oct 31, 2014

Clue	Answer
Boston and Chicago, but not Seattle	ROCKBANDS
Diddly-squat	JACK
Inuit's transport	WHALEBOAT
Oscar nominee for "Fiddler on the Roof"	TOPOL
Recommended	ADVISABLE
Photoshop effect	SEPIA
Bright lights	NEONS
What naturals have	RAWTALENT
With 24-Across, witchcraft, e.g.	DARK
Up	RAISE
Sea-___	TAC
See 21-Across	ART
Ring of islands?	LEI
Barely clear, in a way	AWEIGH
Expert	COGNOSCENTE
Like Fortunato, in Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"	BURIEDALIVE
The Cask of Amontillado, e.g.	HORRORSTORY
Ease	LOOSEN
Predators in the "Predator" films, for short	ETS
Some I.R.A.'s	CDS
Be on the lookout signal, in brief	APB
___ country (rustic locale)	AMISH
Gallows ___	TREE
Anthrax cousin	METALLICA
Prey for a dingo	KOALA
Helpful	OFUSE
Get ready to click, maybe	MOUSEOVER
Ora pro ___	NOBIS
Having human form	INCARNATE
___ chic	TRES
Didn't kill each other	COEXISTED
Where primatologist Dian Fossey worked	RWANDA
We're in trouble now!	OHDEAR
Gambol	CAVORT
TV colonel	KLINK
20th-century first lady	BESS
Grp. with suits and cases	ABA
Easy decision	NOBRAINER
Start of an Eastern title	DALAI
Fusses	STEWS
Book after Hosea	JOEL
Desire	APPETITE
Introduction to English?	COINAGE
Social gathering	KLATCH
Grp. with a lot of baggage	TSA
British kitchen accessory	TEACLOTH
Like the words "hoagie" and "kitty-corner"	REGIONAL
Actor with the line "Rick! Rick, help me!"	LORRE
Small dams	WEIRS
___, like lightning, seeks the highest places: Livy	ENVY
Base men?	CURS
Some E.R. cases	ODS
Topping for skewered meat	SATESAUCE
Idiot box	BOOBTUBE
Desire	HOPEFOR
The son on "Sanford and Son"	LAMONT
Adam's apple coverer	CRAVAT
X	DELETE
Blackened	SEARED
Parrot	MIMIC
Prefix with -graphic	ICONO
Betty Boop and Bugs Bunny	TOONS
The way things are ...	ASIS
Tous ___ jours (daily: Fr.)	LES
Actress Russell of "Felicity"	KERI
Adolphe with an instrument named after him	SAX