Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Dec 01, 2014

 Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Dec 01, 2014

Clue	Answer
'A mouse!'	EEK
'CSI' evidence	DNA
1955 Roger Williams hit	AUTUMNLEAVES
1972 Seals & Crofts hit	SUMMERBREEZE
amis	MES
Baffle	STUMP
Ballroom favorite	SAMBA
Beige	ECRU
Capri, e.g	ISLE
Collar stiffener	STARCH
Coors brand	ZIMA
Corral	PEN
Dance lesson	STEP
Deviate off course	YAW
Differently	ELSE
Doctor's due	FEE
Domino spot	PIP
Eastern potentate	EMIR
Eden denizen	ADAM
Enticement	LURE
Fallon's network	NBC
Fellows	MEN
French restaurant word	CHEZ
Got smarter	WISEDUP
Greek vowels	ETAS
Half a dance	CHA
Have a bug	AIL
Jacob's brother	ESAU
Latin 101 verb	AMAT
Lingerie piece	BRA
Loosen	UNDO
Lotion additive	ALOE
Mobile device, usually	PDA

Clue	Answer
Navy bigwig (Abbr.)	ADM
Not so much	LESS
One-time 007 portrayer George	LAZENBY
Onion's kin	LEEK
Opposite of 22-Across, in France	FEMMES
Oxidation	RUST
Pack down	TAMP
Pass, as a law	ENACT
Performance	ACT
Pinnacle	ACME
Pop	SODA
Relaxation	EASE
Rhyming tributes	ODES
Siegfried's partner	ROY
Silent Marx brother	HARPO
Sphere	ORB
Sticky stuff	GOO
Sturdy tree	OAK
Suitcase	BAG
Suitor	BEAU
Swab	MOP
Tennyson poem	MAUD
Tibetan critter	YAK
Tiny legume	PEA
Top card	ACE
Unfriendly	ALOOF
Union payment	DUES
Unmatched	SOLE
Urban disturbance	RIOT
Use	AVAIL
Vast expanse	SEA
Vegan staple	TOFU
Visored headgear	CAP

Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Dec 01, 2014

 Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Dec 01, 2014

Clue	Answer
Air traffic aid	RADAR
Assumed name	ALIAS
Bar bills	TABS
Celtic priests	DRUIDS
Century part	DECADE
Convent resident	NUN
Deli fixture	SCALE
Dispatch	SEND
Edict	DECREE
Eye part	RETINA
Fork features	TINES
Government income	TAXES
Had lunch	ATE
Historic period	EPOCH
Historic periods	ERAS
Idolize	REVERE
In medias --	RES
Knocked down	DECKED
Liberal study	ARTS
Like some cheese	AGED
Lying	DECEIT
Massage	RUB
Must have	NEEDS
One of the B vitamins	NIACIN
Opening	GAP

Clue	Answer
Parched	DRY
Paris river	SEINE
Play part	ACT
Poker payment	ANTE
Puts up	ERECTS
River stoppers	DAMS
Root spot	SOIL
S. Dak. neighbor	NEB
Showed over	RERAN
Singer McEntire	REBA
Solved cryptograms	DECODED
Sounds from pounds	BARKS
Spacious	ROOMY
Speedy	FAST
Spiraled	EDDIED
Storage building	SHED
Strangely different	EXOTIC
Three, in Torino	TRE
Trig function	SINE
Turn away	AVERT
Twisty turn	ESS
Uncommon	SCARCE
Weak	FEEBLE
Went fast	RACED
Zombies	UNDEAD

Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Dec 01, 2014

 Newsday.com Crossword Answer - Dec 01, 2014

Clue	Answer
''Do __ others . . .''	UNTO
''Hurry it up!''	CMON
Adventure tale	SAGA
Assistant	AIDE
At that time	THEN
Bands of bad guys	GANGS
Become depleted	RUNDRY
Biblical song	PSALM
Black-and-white cookie	OREO
Bugle or trumpet	HORN
Capital of the Bahamas	NASSAU
Charged towards	RANTO
City near Sacramento	FRESNO
Complete a plane flight	LAND
Computers' CD readers	DISKDRIVES
Condition	STATE
Coup d'__	ETAT
Cup edge	BRIM
Digs deeper for info	DRILLSDOWN
Doles (out)	METES
Downhill vehicle on snow	SLED
Elongated keyboard key	ENTER
Extend across	SPAN
Fishing poles	RODS
Flow slowly	SEEP
Flynn of films	ERROL
Game not won	LOSS
Gasoline cartel	OPEC
Go out with another couple	DOUBLEDATE
Gowns of India	SARIS
Grand story	EPIC
Grandma	NANA
Handed-down knowledge	LORE
In __ (eventually)	TIME
Make amends	ATONE
Make simpler	EASE
Menagerie	ZOO
Merit-badge earner	SCOUT
Miles away	AFAR

Clue	Answer
Most qualified	ABLEST
Muck	GUNK
No later than	UPTO
North Pole covering	ICECAP
Not doing anything	IDLE
Notions	IDEAS
Number on a shoebox	SIZE
Operatic solo	ARIA
Parakeets and poodles	PETS
Pertaining to sound	SONIC
Planting machine	SEEDER
Poke fun at	TEASE
Prefix for freeze	ANTI
Repaired, as a shoe bottom	SOLED
River blockers	DAMS
Salt Lake City locale	UTAH
Sci-fi vehicles, for short	UFOS
Sgts., for example	NCOS
Show to be true	PROVE
Slow-cooker dinner	STEW
Sound of relief	SIGH
Source of cider	APPLE
Speak hoarsely	RASP
Spur on	GOAD
Squirrel or mouse	RODENT
Straight beater in poker	FLUSH
Sunbeams	RAYS
Take, as advice	ACTON
Tiny circle	DOT
Tree source of syrup	MAPLE
Two-part ways into country kitchens	DUTCHDOORS
US alliance	NATO
Valentine flower	ROSE
West Point students	CADETS
When the script indicates	ONCUE
With no additives	PURE
Word-of-mouth	ORAL
__ cheese dressing	BLEU
__ mater	ALMA

The Guardian - Quick - Dec 01, 2014

 The Guardian - Quick Crossword Answer - Dec 01, 2014

Clue	Answer
1935 Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers film	TOPHAT
Ancient writing material	PAPYRUS
As a maned animal	LEONINE
Attack on all sides	BESET
Causing laughter — beyond a joke	RISIBLE
Coming from Tashkent	UZBEK
Decamp	ABSCOND
Disreputable	SLEAZY
European capital	PARIS
Fatal	DEADLY
French flag	TRICOLOUR
Front tooth	INCISOR
Group of friends together	POSSE

Clue	Answer
Identify individual characters	SPELL
Intentionally inflaming the emotions of the mob	RABBLEROUSING
Irish county	KERRY
Japanese robe	KIMONO
More oleaginous	OILIER
Return from outer space	REENTRY
Stick	GLUE
Sudden arrival or entry	INRUSH
Sunshade	PARASOL
There you have it (if you are closely related to Robert)!	BOBSYOURUNCLE
Tiddles' sound	PURR
What supposedly makes the heart grow fonder?	ABSENCE
Word history	ETYMOLOGY

The Guardian - Cryptic - Dec 01, 2014

 The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Answer - Dec 01, 2014

Clue	Answer
A clipped English accent	ACUTE
Acidity of beer with a head on	BITTERNESS
Admits having property increasing in price	OWNSUP
Be defeated in court, whence secrets are revealed	CLOSET
Big copper's ex gets kiss	OSCULATE
Bill may be a teacher	BEAK
Chaps concealing weapon in their clothing	GARMENTS
Cheek to have one in pub before church	INSOLENCE
Does it always figure in marriage break-ups?	ETERNALTRIANGLE
Drainage construction plant	GARDENIA
Famous Venetian on a cattle round-up	CANALETTO
Firm for horses	STABLE
Flashing light — still light	STROBE
Girl I object about	ENID
Give a telling off to cook	ROAST

Clue	Answer
Is paid, we hear, for making large amounts of tea	URNS
It reveals the stars in all their splendour	SPOTLIGHT
It runs out in time	SAND
Its absence is plain to see	ADORNMENT
Loyalty is required, say, in a union	ALLEGIANCE
Not one who yearns — not any more	NOLONGER
Peak calls turned out to be about further education	SCAFELL
Pelt American all round ring — sickening!	HIDEOUS
Post back with little hesitation	AFTER
Scientist developed trench coat	TECHNOCRAT
Three in old-fashioned pub	THEREDLION
Tied up with security, we hear	TRUSSED
Unexpected windfall may be mine	BONANZA
Wait to start the game	SERVE

Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 01, 2014

 Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answer - Dec 01, 2014

Clue	Answer
Body parts and musical instruments	ORGANS
Break, an agreement say	BREACH
Cold meals	SALADS
Envious, covetous	JEALOUS
Evaluated	ASSESSED
Flat grasslands in tropical Africa	SAVANNAS
Funny as a story about a type of canine	SHAGGY
Goading or provoking	NEEDLING
Handy, practical	USEFUL
Horse-drawn passenger vehicle	CARRIAGE
It's one in four	LEAPYEAR
Move from one place to another	TRANSFER
Music before an opera	OVERTURE
One gives legal advice	LAWYER
One of two armed conflicts in southern Africa	BOERWAR
Physical power	STRENGTH

Clue	Answer
Pomp, formality	CEREMONY
Press and smooth	IRON
Punctuation marks in compound words	HYPHENS
Send into water or space	LAUNCH
Series of consecutive items	LIST
Showing people to their seats	USHERING
Source	ORIGIN
The Importance of Being ... (Oscar Wilde)	EARNEST
Tubes to suck liquids	STRAWS
Units of electrical resistance	OHMS
Upward part of a plant	STEM
US president lived in a strange RNA age	REAGAN
Usually	NORMALLY
Vehicles for early US settlers	WAGONS
Vitality, get-up-and-go	ENERGY
Where the souls of heroes go in Norse mythology	VALHALLA

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 01, 2014

 Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Answer - Dec 01, 2014

Clue	Answer
A mistral devastated Cassandra	ALARMIST
Ageism problem in pictures	IMAGES
Article on food and lodgings describes what the firm's new member did?	ABOARD
At home it's unethical cutting short thanks to one's female lover	INAMORATA
Cycle race broadcast in mist sounds like reason why one is in concert audience	FORASONG
Drips may disturb those holding the old royals	ADDSUP
Exercise for detective getting half a greeting down the line	PEDIGREE
Father's confused and awake to what accountant does	PYRAMIDS
Get garage at fault - it needs to be part of the mix!	AGGREGATE
Gets transport back to ceremony around point-to-point in a state, completely compliant to others	SUBSERVIENCE
Hampered one of those cured by holy man on the ladder	HAMSTRUNG
Introduces early life of Peruvian extremists for marriage guidance perhaps	ELOPE
It's not hard travelling with Type B	EASYGOING
It's practical for addict to be affable	USERFRIENDLY

Clue	Answer
Last time relative of Daisy has day of rest after period of abstinence	EASTERSUNDAY
Left elves dancing in number of stories	LEVELS
Looking back, it finds India Pale Ale and whiskey for stag	WAPITI
Officer got back from Spain to Iran revolution with article - he must be nearly up to ninety!	OCTOGENARIAN
Paint a rosy picture of plan for foreign isle	IDEALISE
Pinter leaves guttersnipe for one of those at the hotel	GUEST
Races away from gatecrasher to Gareth Cook?	GATHER
Scare the pants off justice in bog	FRIGHTEN
Something in bakery turnover, for example, provides strength for those flat and on the edge	FLANGE
Still, this is where only the men gather before granny goes for tea	STAGNANT
Stops liar leaving rationalists	STATIONS
What 7 down will do in debate	ORATE
What the counter-intelligence crowd do in Germany can be cold	DEBUG
You'd expect her to have something to say for herself to one of the speakers	ORATOR

New York Times Crossword Answer - Dec 01, 2014

 New York Times Crossword Answer - Dec 01, 2014

Clue	Answer
'Gross!'	UGH
'Iliad' locale	TROY
'Modern Family' or 'All in the Family'	SITCOM
'Oh no!'	YIKES
'U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!,' e.g	CHANT
'You really ___!,' said the adoring arsonist	LIGHTMYFIRE
'You really ___!,' said the adoring seismologist	ROCKMYWORLD
'You really ___!,' said the adoring ship captain	FLOATMYBOAT
'You really ___!,' said the adoring tailor	SUITMYFANCY
'___ and restrictions may apply'	FEES
Activity with a tent and s'mores	CAMPOUT
Appear	SEEM
Beelike	APIAN
Class for some immigrants, for short	ESL
Coincide	AGREE
Coliseum	ARENA
Con's opposite	PRO
Connoisseur of fine food	GOURMET
Constructed	BUILT
Cousin of a python	BOA
Cul-de-___	SAC
Delivery room docs	OBS
Destiny	FATE
Din	NOISE
Essence	PITH
Event on the Bounty	MUTINY
Examined before robbing	CASED
Fashionable	CHIC
Field for Newton or Einstein	PHYSICS
Fortress	REDOUBT
French sea	MER
Frequently	OFTEN
Garbanzos, e.g	BEANS
Gentle winds	ZEPHYRS
Ginger ___	ALE
Go for a wok, say?	STIRFRY
Gold bar	INGOT
Grins from ear to ear	BEAMS
Groovy	FAB

Clue	Answer
Having high moral principles	NOBLE
Hawaiian necklace	LEI
In sum	ALLTOLD
Investment option for old age, in brief	IRA
Jury member	PEER
Knight's weapon	LANCE
Larger cousin of a violin	CELLO
Letter before cue, ar, ess ..	PEE
Loma ___, Calif	LINDA
Mineral layer involved in fracking	SHALE
Mouth the words	LIPSYNC
Northwest by north, e.g.: Abbr	DIR
Norway's capital	OSLO
One landing a job	HIREE
One of three on 'Let's Make a Deal'	DOOR
One who might steal a classmate's lunch money	BULLY
One with a long, long sentence	LIFER
Ping-Pong table divider	NET
Pink part of a cow, in cartoons	UDDER
Quill fluid	INK
Ready for market, as a chicken	PLUMP
Relative of a paddle	OAR
Rodeo rope	REATA
Sen. Cruz	TED
Sight-related	OPTIC
Single	UNWED
Sleuth, in old crime fiction	TEC
Sore	ACHY
Spoon-bending Geller	URI
Starting restaurant employee, maybe	BUSBOY
Take advantage of	USE
Take part in a buddy system, say	PAIRUP
To's opposite	FRO
Tree with lobed leaves	OAK
Trickery	GUILE
Website for customer reviews	YELP
Whittle down	PARE
Z Z Z, to Greeks	ZETAS
Zeal	ARDOR

USA Today Crossword Answer - Nov 30, 2014

 USA Today Crossword Answer - Nov 30, 2014

Clue	Answer
"American ___"	IDOL
"Amscray!"	SHOO
"Chances ___"	ARE
"Saturday Night Live" specialties	SENDUPS
"The very ___!"	IDEA
"What ___ can I say?"	ELSE
"___ you think it was?"	WHOD
Act of reparation	PENANCE
Allows to	LETS
Alumna bio word	NEE
American flag, affectionately	OLDGLORY
Annoy	PEEVE
Asian capital	HANOI
Be behind	OWE
Blueprint	MAP
Body treatment facility	SPA
Boozehound	TOPER
Bring on	HIRE
Campus military org	ROTC
Chocolate source	CACAO
Civil rights org	NAACP
Conflicted	TORN
Date tree	PALM
Depilatory brand	NAIR
Dresden's river	ELBE
Drink garnish	OLIVE
Duel weapons	PISTOLS
Dull, as writing	UNINSPIRED
Early pulpit	AMBO
Everyday	COMMONPLACE
Exodus commemoration	SEDER
Farm females	EWES
Feel regret	RUE
First name of late-night TV	DAVE
Flower holders	STEMS
Fly-fishing, among others	SPORT
Freckle	SUNSPOT
Gaelic name for Ireland	EIRE
Gehrig or Groza	LOU

Clue	Answer
Gym set?	REPS
Habitual	ACCUSTOMED
Handlebar attachments	GRIPS
Hindu god of destruction (var.)	SIVA
Interpreter of Judaic law	HILLEL
Intervals	GAPS
Jannings of "Quo Vadis"	EMIL
Jazz dates	GIGS
JFK overseer	FAA
LaBeouf of Hollywood	SHIA
Last part of a paint job	TOPCOAT
Lei locale	HONOLULU
Lug (var.)	SHLEP
Mine passage	SHAFT
Minus	SANS
Miracle on Ice loser of '80	USSR
More rational	SANER
Muslim chief	IMAM
Olympic sled	LUGE
Open spaces in a forest	GLADES
Open, as a bottle	UNCAP
Pack (down)	TAMP
Part woman, part bird of myth	HARPY
Pomade portion	GLOB
Prehistoric	OLD
Proven	ESTABLISHED
Radio operators	HAMS
Ratchet engager	PAWL
Rocky heights	TORS
Searched for prey, lion-style	PROWLED
Shape by whittling	SCULP
Some Greek consonants	NUS
Tear out, as a seam	UNRIP
Thousand ___, Calif	OAKS
Underhanded	LOW
United Nations agency (Abbr.)	ILO
Warty amphibian	TOAD
What an actor handles	PROP
___-Davis (pharmaceuticals)	PARKE