| Clue | Answer |
| Person close to 100? | ASTUDENT |
| Kind of game or line | PICKUP |
| Belt and hose | CARPARTS |
| Poker declaration | IRAISE |
| Neil Armstrong declaration | THEEAGLEHASLANDED |
| Film critic Jeffrey | LYONS |
| Part of a dovetail joint | TENON |
| Sub | HERO |
| Seizure sensors, for short | EEGS |
| What a parent might warn a child to watch out for | THEBOGEYMAN |
| Deviate from one's path | YAW |
| Bash with a splash | POOLPARTY |
| ___ inglés? | HABLA |
| Noir alternative | AULAIT |
| Part of a Spanish explorer's name | DELEON |
| Funny Girl composer | STYNE |
| Chutes and ladders locale | WATERPARK |
| Ho Chi Minh City festival | TET |
| 1961 Tony winner for Best Musical | BYEBYEBIRDIE |
| Sistine Chapel painting setting | EDEN |
| Antennae, so to speak | EARS |
| Charged | RANAT |
| Butterfly, but not a caterpillar | IMAGO |
| Average ... or a literal hint to 17-, 26- and 42-Across | PARFORTHECOURSE |
| Cave | GROTTO |
| Trump | OVERRULE |
| Duke's transportation? | ATRAIN |
| Game for which it's helpful to have hands-on experience? | PEEKABOO |
| House work? | ACT |
| Comedian Mort | SAHL |
| Deuce follower | TREY |
| Until | UPTO |
| Beginning | DAWN |
| Now ___ shakes my soul: Sappho | EROS |
| Highest power? | NTH |
| Traveler's checks, for short? | TSA |
| Not let up in criticism | PILEON |
| Site of a 1953 C.I.A.-directed coup | IRAN |
| Paddle around | CANOE |
| Organlike legume | KIDNEYBEAN |
| Function | USE |
| Taxi eschewer, for short | PED |
| Animal shelter animal | STRAY |
| 2013 Joaquin Phoenix film | HER |
| Chest compressor, for short | EMT |
| In abundance | GALORE |
| Ritzy | SWANK |
| Promoted | TOUTED |
| Real imp | HOLYTERROR |
| Brio | ELAN |
| Big name in morning radio | OPIE |
| The Confessions of ___ Turner (1967 Pulitzer winner) | NAT |
| Wallop | PASTE |
| ___, boy! | HERE |
| Canned food made by Nestlé | ALPO |
| L.A. Law actress | DEY |
| Peter Fonda's role in "Easy Rider" | WYATT |
| ___ Lingus | AER |
| TV channel with the slogan "Very Funny" | TBS |
| Concern | BEARON |
| Clinton-backed pact | NAFTA |
| Don't blame me! | NOTI |
| Brain-freezing treat | ICEE |
| Sitcom character who curses by shouting "Shazbot!" | MORK |
| Special quality | AURA |
| Eats | GRUB |
| Hedda Gabler setting | OSLO |
| Org. that's most likely to appreciate this puzzle? | PGA |
| Sketches, e.g. | ART |
| Short flight | HOP |
| New Year's ___ | EVE |
| Job ad abbr. | EEO |
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New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answer - Jan 1, 2015
New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answer - Jan 1, 2015
The Times Concise Crossword Puzzle Answer - December 31, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| (Of bathroom) accessible from the bedroom | ENSUITE |
| Ancient empire in western Asia | ASSYRIA |
| Ancient region now in Greece and Bulgaria | THRACE |
| Ancient two-handled jar | AMPHORA |
| Anger | IRE |
| Aromatic plant once used in medicines | NARD |
| Be victorious | WIN |
| Bird of prey's claw | TALON |
| Conceited girl | MADAM |
| Dissertation | TREATISE |
| Hair remover | SHAVER |
| Incarnation of Vishnu | RAMA |
| Insulting language | ABUSE |
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Joint of meat | LOIN |
| Needless; excessive | UNDUE |
| North-eastern region | TYNESIDE |
| Officially noted | ONRECORD |
| One not agreeing | DISSENTER |
| One who extols another | EULOGIST |
| Partial refund | REBATE |
| Rated | RANKED |
| Shrewd, perceptive | ASTUTE |
| Socially outgoing | EXTROVERT |
| Stringed instrument | HARP |
| Stunning blow | WHAMMY |
| Very loyal, committed | STAUNCH |
The Times Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answer - December 31, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| A foolish error in rebuffing affection | GAFFE |
| Are you going to lose energy? | WILT |
| Count one in headquarters | BASIE |
| Cross boundary of acting at Edinburgh? | INFRINGE |
| Decisively influence game — one turns aside to admit craft | SWINGBRIDGE |
| Female alien apprehended by State Security | SAFETY |
| Flier having power managed use to conserve fuel | PEGASUS |
| From early plane, tourists flop — one is shattered | SPIRITOFSTLOUIS |
| Got up as bishop to welcome a man to supervise dinner | MAITRED |
| Hangman doing one's will? | EXECUTOR |
| I like reflecting on France's fine culture | BONSAI |
| I may fly in no end of temper | FUR |
| Keen to finish, back in conference venue | POTSDAM |
| King assembled yeomen close to sacristy, ready for opener? | KEYMONEY |
| Nearly overturning utensil, I was clumsy | OOPS |
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Not in favour of an alcoholic drink | AGIN |
| Not much of a bang? One's missing a trick here? | LITTLESLAM |
| Old tribesman bound for the guillotine, imagine | PICTURE |
| One checking pub measures, say, that's ready for a bite | INCISOR |
| One obsessed by computer language — not right | GEEK |
| One's sole contribution to global warming? | CARBONFOOTPRINT |
| Our sodality shortly to be slammed for worshipping wrongly | IDOLATROUS |
| Plant we used to staunch internal haemorrhage? | TUMBLEWEED |
| Securing a force, dispatched round city | SACRAMENTO |
| Stand-in for stand-up in good cause | COMICRELIEF |
| Started a psalm, perhaps, very keen on new edition | INTONED |
| Starting with the detail, cheers missing son | BOTTOMUP |
| Twist, taking top off pot | URN |
| Ultimately bolder, inspector, after his initial regret | REMORSE |
| Way to get disorderly house under restraint | MODESTY |
The Guardian Quick Crossword Puzzle Answer - Jan 01, 2015
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accompanied by | WITH |
| Agreed! | OKAY |
| Bank draft | CHEQUE |
| Competitor whose abilities are unknown | DARKHORSE |
| Done for | WASHEDUP |
| Draw together | KNIT |
| Feel extremely awkward | NOTKNOWWHERE |
| Island country, formally called Formosa | TAIWAN |
| Joyful song — girl's name | CAROL |
| Mystery drama | WHODUNNIT |
| Non-believer in god — hates it (anag) | ATHEIST |
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| One who performs important but routine tasks | CHIEFCOOKAND |
| Points farthest from the middle | EXTREMES |
| Sea creature — lean crab (anag) | BARNACLE |
| See 4 | TOPUTONESELF |
| See 6 | BOTTLEWASHER |
| Sets afloat — motor boats | LAUNCHES |
| Sounds made by owls | HOOTS |
| Start | OUTSET |
| Synagogue official who sings and leads prayer — contra (anag) | CANTOR |
| Upper body garment | TANKTOP |
| Vase-shaped vessels | URNS |
The Guardian Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answer - Jan 01, 2015
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| A centre for research into breadfruit | CALABASH |
| American female tennis legend | ASHE |
| Booze off limits to birth control enthusiast | TOPE |
| Buddy and Charlie don't know the words? | CHUM |
| Chat show host walks on water | PIERS |
| Chemist stocks drug for stars | BOOTES |
| Cold meal wrapped in foil | SCUPPER |
| Date of road tax moving forward | TRYST |
| Do successors occupy country, having ousted last PM? | PREMIER |
| Ends of Rice, Brown and Garner? Time for anger | ENRAGE |
| Esteemed journalist is buried under grass | RATED |
| Friend tied knot round wattle | DEWLAP |
| Grey matter with a laminated cover | THALAMI |
| Had better drug previously, it seemed to Arachne | METHOUGHT |
| Hit squire near the knuckle | RISQUE |
| Lure fish in a westerly direction and downwind | LEEWARD |
| Mate rounded Cape unnoticed | HUBBY |
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mo's audible nervous habit | TIC |
| Most of matchmaker's meeting with male went smoothly | SWAM |
| Passing mention of sex in broken Yoruba | OBITUARY |
| People who undermine subordinates slyly, but noiselessly | SABOTEURS |
| Perfectly embodies the ultimate in courageous soldier material | TOAST |
| Ram's purpose, in sum | TOTUP |
| Really big sizes are in the ascendant, OK? | SOSO |
| Rookie Conservative, upside down and back to front | TYRO |
| Shadowy figure trashing hotel suite | SILHOUETTE |
| Show indifference and keep quiet, when confronted with wig | SHRUG |
| Six ducks living on Scottish islands, one with more than one tongue | LINGUIST |
| Split from husband, heading off to give birth in cowshed | HALVE |
| Styptic band inserted into a temporary splint | ASTRINGENT |
| They went in search of sheepskin, as bottled gas ran out | ARGONAUTS |
| They worship former Tory leader, full of lies or nonsense | IDOLISERS |
| You can count on these four Swedes swearing out loud | ABACUSES |
Eugene Sheffer King Feature Syndicate Crossword Puzzle Answer - Jan 01, 2015
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 'A Chorus Line' song | ONE |
| 'Hey!' | YO |
| 'Monkey suit' | TUXEDO |
| 'NCIS' evidence | DNA |
| 'The People's Court' prop | GAVEL |
| Afternoon gathering | TEA |
| Authoritative statements | DICTA |
| Bachelor's final answer | IDO |
| Beige | ECRU |
| Body powder | TALC |
| Broom closet item | MOP |
| Bullets and such | AMMO |
| Cattle, in poetry | KINE |
| Commit (to) | DEDICATE |
| Commotion | ADO |
| Emulate Columbus | SAIL |
| Engrossed | RAPT |
| Exam format | ORAL |
| Existed | WAS |
| Free from blame | VINDICATE |
| Gold mold | INGOT |
| High-five, basically | SLAP |
| Historic period | ERA |
| Japanese sash | OBI |
| Khan title | AGA |
| Lab heater | ETNA |
| Last place | REAR |
| Lawyers' org | ABA |
| Leak out slowly | SEEP |
| Long-legged Nile birds | IBISES |
| Long. crosser | LAT |
| Meadow | LEA |
| Mexican entree | TACO |
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mid-month date | IDES |
| Montezuma, for one | AZTEC |
| Night flight | REDEYE |
| Otherwise | OR |
| Past | AGO |
| Pennsylvania port | ERIE |
| Petri dish gel | AGAR |
| Pinch | NIP |
| Pismire | ANT |
| Pop | SODA |
| Prickly seed case | BUR |
| Relinquish the throne | ABDICATE |
| Robinson or Dalloway | MRS |
| Sales pitch | SPIEL |
| Sand formation | DUNE |
| Savings-plan acronym | IRA |
| Scrub a NASA mission | ABORT |
| Showroom sample | DEMO |
| Subject's follower | PREDICATE |
| Tempo | BEAT |
| Test the waters | WADE |
| Third pig's material | BRICKS |
| Time of your life? | AGE |
| Top | CREST |
| Track circuits | LAPS |
| Tropical tree | PALM |
| Unyielding | IRON |
| Uses a taser | ZAPS |
| Vim and vigor | PEP |
| Visa rival | AMEX |
| Wile E. Coyote's supplier | ACME |
| Witticism | MOT |
| Wrestling surface | MAT |
Thomas Joseph King Feature Syndicate Crossword Puzzle Answer - Jan 01, 2015
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 'Cool Hand Luke' star | NEWMAN |
| 'No ifs, --, or buts' | ANDS |
| 'Scram!' | GIT |
| 'Twilight' sequel | NEWMOON |
| -- de la Cité | ILE |
| Added to the payroll | HIRED |
| Annual celebration | NEWYEAR |
| Aunt, in Arles | TANTE |
| Basketball net holder | RIM |
| Battle site of 1914 | MARNE |
| Bub | MAC |
| Bygone | OLDEN |
| Clumsy | AWKWARD |
| Commerce | TRADE |
| Conclusion | END |
| Counting number | INTEGER |
| Crowd scene actor | EXTRA |
| Fiji's capital | SUVA |
| Flamenco cries | OLES |
| Free throw sound | SWISH |
| Gravity studier | NEWTON |
| Gun, as a motor | REV |
| Hearty dish | STEW |
| Impoverished | NEEDY |
| Inning with a stretch | SEVENTH |
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Land in the sea | ISLET |
| Lease signers | TENANTS |
| Like paraffin | WAXY |
| Lion sound | ROAR |
| Makes a mistake | ERRS |
| Milk producer | COW |
| Movies | CINEMA |
| One, for Juan | UNO |
| Online messages | |
| Ore source | MINE |
| Out of bed | RISEN |
| Permit | ALLOW |
| Peruvian peaks | ANDES |
| Piece of data | FACT |
| Plant boss | FOREMAN |
| Quite a few | MANY |
| River of Missouri | OSAGE |
| Sense of self | EGO |
| Small crown | TIARA |
| Soothing lotion | SALVE |
| Tick off | IRK |
| Trick-taking game | HEARTS |
| Tries hard | STRAINS |
| Uncooked | RAW |
| USN rank | ENS |
L.A. Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Answer - Dec 31, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Constant Craving" singer | LANG |
| "Mystery!" network | PBS |
| "Zounds!" | GADZOOKS |
| Actress Gardner | AVA |
| Anaheim's Honda Center, e.g | ARENA |
| Badly need a bath | REEK |
| Ball | ORB |
| Beauties | GEMS |
| Bender | SPREE |
| Big mess | SNAFU |
| Blotter letters | AKA |
| Blow away | AMAZE |
| Blubbery baby? | SEALPUP |
| Camper's dining gear | MESSKIT |
| Canonized mlle | STE |
| Carpentry tool | AWL |
| City name meaning "spring mound" | TELAVIV |
| City thoroughfare: Abbr | AVE |
| Clarinet insert | REED |
| Classical lead-in | NEO |
| Colorful mnemonic | ROYGBIV |
| Day play | MATINEE |
| Dept. with a sun on its seal | ENER |
| Easily corrupted | VENAL |
| Egg-white omelet's lack | YOLK |
| First name of TV's Dr. House | GREG |
| Food for dunking | SOP |
| Free | UNLOOSE |
| Future D.A.'s hurdle | LSAT |
| Gift recipient's sentiment | THANKYOU |
| Hardly hardy | FRAIL |
| Having four sharps | INE |
| Highfalutin sorts | SNOBS |
| Hoarder's cry | ALLMINE |
| Hoi __ | POLLOI |
| Holiday lights site | EAVE |
| Hollywood's Morales | ESAI |
| Horn banned from the 2014 World Cup | VUVUZELA |
| Isle of Mull neighbor | IONA |
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Justice replaced by Kagan | STEVENS |
| King who supported Molière | LOUISXIV |
| Kings and queens | BEDS |
| Lampshade-shaped chocolate | ROLO |
| Like some verbs and gas | REGULAR |
| Limber | AGILE |
| Line to tear along: Abbr | PERF |
| Logician Turing | ALAN |
| Maker of Smart Target acne treatment | PROACTIV |
| Many an Enya fan | NEWAGER |
| Naval off | ADM |
| Northeastern educational octet ... or, in a way, what the ends of 20-, 31-, 49- and 61-Across comprise | IVYLEAGUE |
| One-named R&B singer | MYA |
| Parker who played Davy Crockett | FESS |
| Pontificate | ORATE |
| Princess Leia's last name | ORGANA |
| Putting green features | HOLES |
| RR stop | STA |
| Ryder Cup team | USA |
| See the sites? | SURF |
| Showing strong feeling | EMOTIVE |
| Shrewd | SAVVY |
| Singles bar conversation starter | LINE |
| Slate of VIPs | ALIST |
| Snack in a stack | OREO |
| Some, in Seville | UNAS |
| Squared up | EVEN |
| They may be tacked on | FEES |
| Tiny pond plant | ALGA |
| Treble staff symbol | GCLEF |
| Two-gamete cell | ZYGOTE |
| Vagabond | TRAMP |
| Welcoming accessory | MAT |
| West Coast hrs | PST |
| Whistle wetter | SALIVA |
| With some wiggle room | FLEXIBLY |
| Woodcutter who knew the magic words | ALIBABA |
| World Cup org | FIFA |
| __-mo replay | SLO |
USA Today Crossword Puzzle Answer - Dec 31, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Acid" used in some trips | LSD |
| "All My Children" woman | ERICA |
| "Get ___!" ("Start working!") | ONIT |
| "Later, amigo" | ADIOS |
| "Let's not forget . . ." | ALSO |
| "Once ___ a time . . ." | UPON |
| "___ Brockovich" (2000 film) | ERIN |
| 1 mmHg pressure | TORR |
| 18 or 21, typically | OFAGE |
| 67.5 degrees, direction-wise | ENE |
| A pueblo dweller | ZUNI |
| A type of tide | NEAP |
| Adhere | BOND |
| An NFC division | EAST |
| Annoying smell | ODOR |
| Arch type | OGEE |
| Architect's detail | SPEC |
| Artistic musical work | OPUS |
| Basketball stadium | ARENA |
| Be hotter than one should | RUNATEMPERATURE |
| Bejewel, e.g | ADORN |
| Birth veil | CAUL |
| Bottom of a shoe | SOLE |
| Brats' looks | SMIRKS |
| Brief try | STAB |
| Buddhism doctrine | ZEN |
| Camp lullaby | TAPS |
| Casts out | EGESTS |
| Change copy | EDIT |
| Chatter idly | PRATE |
| Coaster in winter | SLED |
| Coiled | WOUND |
| Condor's clutcher | TALON |
| Costa del ___ | SOL |
| Create a distraction | RUNINTERFERENCE |
| Crookspeak, e.g | ARGOT |
| Crooner Campbell | GLEN |
| Data | STATS |
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Deluges | TORRENTS |
| Edging of small loops, as on lace | PICOT |
| Emperor with a fiddle | NERO |
| Event for the physically fit | CROSSCOUNTRYRUN |
| For all to hear | ALOUD |
| Form a spiral | CURL |
| Gossiper's tidbit | RUMOR |
| Grabbed | TOOK |
| Guy | FELLA |
| He gave us a lift | OTIS |
| High, rocky ridge | TOR |
| High-priced theater section | LOGE |
| Hydras, sea anemones, et al | POLYPS |
| Iceberg segments | FLOES |
| In progress | AFOOT |
| Introduction to psychology? | PARA |
| It's played in chukkers | POLO |
| Its capital is Gaborone | BOTSWANA |
| Japanese cartoon genre | ANIME |
| Like beavers, it's said | EAGER |
| Mischievous one | ROGUE |
| Modern way to produce a copy | EPRINT |
| Not gross, in England | NETT |
| One spelling for any Eastern potentate | AMIR |
| Perpetrator | FELON |
| Piece sawed from a larger piece | OFFCUT |
| Prefix for "while" | ERST |
| Pungent veggie | ONION |
| Relatively harmless sword | EPEE |
| Shade of blue | COBALT |
| Shore eagles | ERNS |
| Snorer's disorder, sometimes | APNEA |
| Speed, to a DJ | RPM |
| Test answer, at times | TRUE |
| TV spot | PROMO |
| Within the group | AMID |
| You might order it with naan | RAITA |
| ___ capita | PER |
Universal Crossword Puzzle Answer - Dec 31, 2014
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Help yourself" offering | BUFFET |
| "If all ___ fails ..." | ELSE |
| "In the headlights" animal | DEER |
| "Poly" add-on | ESTER |
| "Private" transportation | JET |
| 1944 Normandy event | DDAY |
| Address for many officers | SIR |
| Alaska resident | ALEUT |
| Amount of medication | DOSE |
| Angora fleece | MOHAIR |
| Arizona features | MESAS |
| Batman's garment | CAPE |
| Be a pain in the neck | ANNOY |
| Be crazy about | ADORE |
| Be less than candid | LIE |
| Before, to a poet | ERE |
| Bluefin, e.g | TUNA |
| Bratty kid | IMP |
| Bread type | RYE |
| Canadian native | CREE |
| Chapter of history | ERA |
| Cultivating tool | HOE |
| Dawns, in poetry | MORNS |
| Delete | ERASE |
| Diesel of films | VIN |
| Difficult and controversial issues | HOTPOTATOES |
| Dynamite's kin | TNT |
| Easily infuriated | HOTTEMPERED |
| Emitted sunbeams | RAYED |
| Exodus commemoration feast | SEDER |
| Famines or shortages | DEARTHS |
| Fancy poem of tribute | ODE |
| Fly close to the ground | HEDGEHOP |
| Fox alternative | NBC |
| Fragrant root used in perfumes | ORRIS |
| Fringed carriages | SURREYS |
| Go for it again | RETRY |
| Grand-scale poetry | EPOS |
| Humanitarian symbol | REDCROSS |
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inn owner, sometimes | HOTELKEEPER |
| Is after you? | ARE |
| It has a wet head and hops | ALE |
| Jacuzzis | HOTTUBS |
| Japanese aborigine | AINU |
| Kind of physics | META |
| Lewis the puppeteer | SHARI |
| Liftoff preceder? | ONE |
| Like one in a rage | HOTHEADEDLY |
| Married woman, in Madrid | SENORA |
| Medicinal ointment | SALVE |
| Money receiver | PAYEE |
| Multiple wombs | UTERI |
| Musical discernment | EAR |
| Nobel-winning UN agcy | ILO |
| Opposite of WSW | ENE |
| Parcels (with "out") | METES |
| Pared or skinned | FLAYED |
| Place for some durable furniture | PATIO |
| Pond scum, e.g | ALGAE |
| Popular cured meat | HAM |
| Rectangular paving stone | SETT |
| Rejected one | OUTCAST |
| Republican Party | GOP |
| Retribution seeker | AVENGER |
| Rhubarb or Boston cream | PIE |
| Scrooge's utterance | BAH |
| Sheep type | MERINO |
| Small and elegant | BIJOU |
| Star-to-be | COMER |
| String quartet part | VIOLA |
| Tenement arrangement | LEASE |
| The "O" of Cheerios | OAT |
| Tofu source, in London | SOYA |
| Type of house or glasses | OPERA |
| Volcano on Antarctica | EREBUS |
| Washout on the dance floor | OAF |
| Well-ordered | NEAT |
| Young goats | KIDS |