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Newsday.com - Apr 01, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solution - Apr 01, 2015
Clues Answers
''A fool and __ money . . .'' HIS
''Mamma __!'' MIA
''Out of my kitchen!'' SHOO
Anvil metal IRON
Auction disclaimer ASIS
Babysitter's handful BRAT
Bay State NFLers PATRIOTS
Besmirch SOIL
Bit of beryllium ATOM
Bogus FALSE
Boxing venue RING
Brute BEAST
Bunch of Brownies TROOP
Bygone OLD
Chowder tidbit CLAM
Cousin of poison ivy SUMAC
Cozy spot NOOK
Crusty ends of a loaf HEELS
Drink served with sushi TEA
Eurasia's __ Mountains URAL
Eye-friendly reading LARGEPRINTBOOK
Fairly brisk pace TROT
Fan-club favorite IDOL
Film promo TEASER
Flight assignments SEATS
Fluttery feeling TINGLE
Frightful LURID
Fuzzy fruit KIWI
GI with one stripe PFC
Golf course hazard CREEK
Gravy holders BOATS
Have a bite EAT
Hawkeye State IOWA
Heaviest inert gas RADON
Hitchhiker's hope RIDE
Hubbub ADO
Impish sprite PIXIE
Insignificant MERE
Clues Answers
Insignificant MINOR
Invitations BIDS
Leave reeling DAZE
Leveling wedge SHIM
Major conflicts WARS
Med.-show sets ERS
Move like molasses OOZE
Moved with a rustle SWOOSHED
Obliterate ERASE
Petty thief SMALLTIMECROOK
Picked CHOSE
Pink-center porterhouse MEDIUMRARESTEAK
Predicament SCRAPE
Prefix for pilot or graph AUTO
Princess in ''Frozen'' ELSA
Ranch roamers CATTLE
Red shade CERISE
Senegal's capital DAKAR
Set of beliefs CREDO
Sets as a price ASKS
Shear (off) LOP
Shout of delight WHOO
Sneezy sound ACHOO
Soak (up) SOP
Speck of dust MOTE
Strait-laced PRIM
Summer park events CONCERTS
Telegraphy pioneer MORSE
Timeline segment ERA
Transversely ACROSS
Truth twister LIAR
Ultimate computer whiz UBERGEEK
Unwitting tools PAWNS
Was sure of KNEW
Wheel bar AXLE
Whole bunch SLEW
__ Baba ALI
__ Roberts University ORAL

The Telegraph - Toughie - Mar 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solution - Mar 31, 2015
Clues Answers
Avenge mortal that's destroyed what may determine the flow of power GALVANOMETER
Big foul raven could be allowed no excuses UNFORGIVABLE
Bombs ruin delicate finish EGGSHELL
Child's vehicle holy man placed in front of car STROLLER
Disclose one in merrymaking REVEAL
Eastern fighter concerned with one who's left EMIGRE
Elderly minority rushed over to meet Scotsman NONAGENARIAN
Evil man provided backing, ending with little money MALEFICENT
Fellow feeds a rook having got in for fruit MANDARINES
Graduate needs capital and artifice, mostly being concerned with pressure in the air BAROMETRIC
Hereabouts he's left to become a destroyer SABOTEUR
In expansion getting badly paid leads to ruin DILAPIDATION
In Paris I could go to hospital, heading off unruly fast driver JEHU
Instrument nun keeps at home to accompany tenor CLARINET
Clues Answers
Only a small pond MERE
Perhaps showing around even Poland in wake of credit for script SCREENPLAY
Playful, loud and dangerous FRISKY
Pope is said to be such a Continental monarch, with supporting sect UNERRING
Prepare to battle upstream furiously in Alaska? On the contrary TAKEUPARMS
Principal structure ARCH
Strip seen in Senegal at harvest-feast LATH
Take a risk with girl before church DICE
Tear shown by minister to Queen CAREER
Temperature of 56 in east south-central state KELVIN
Warning doctor in row TIMBER
Widespread infection of the outer skin? That's not right EPIDEMIC
Windy state of Elizabeth, having to hold on and, in short, book in BREEZINESS
Wise to get out iron initially for an eagle ERNE

The Telegraph - Cryptic - Mar 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution- Mar 31, 2015
Clues Answers
'Masquerade: class band', flyer broadcast FANCYDRESSBALL
'Twelfth Night' character explosive? Not half, involving leader in Illyria VIOLA
After giving birth, plan a tot's needs to have development POSTNATAL
Agony over boundary reportedly hit very hard and extremely fast HELLFORLEATHER
Arrive after month crossing heart of large US state MARYLAND
Behind everyone else, in spite of everything AFTERALL
Ear, perhaps, for what's played in church ORGAN
Eccentric hoarding silver? Shock horror! OUTRAGE
Employed by national paper? Now and then ATTIMES
Female has week visiting country WOMAN
Greek character faithfully reproduced songs? MUSIC
Guide unhappy in moment of truth SHOWDOWN
Hellish poorly? No end, having caught a sunburn SATANIC
In document, called mad DERANGED
Inexpensive pile acquired by company CHEAPO
Clues Answers
Landed estate's custom, we hear MANOR
Many a holidaymaker here affected by said vision? CAMPSITE
Materials used to portray pond plant MARESTAIL
Odd quote about a bishop keeling over ERRATIC
Out of bed, drunk is on edge UPTIGHT
Performing in two legs ONSTAGE
Rise when clubs close ASCEND
Savoury from Greek island area SAMOSA
Steal the Spanish piece NICKEL
Sweet spot at the centre? BULLSEYE
To cool food, such may be blown FANFARE
Understood tense account given by Italian TACIT
US artifacts ace airman transported AMERICANA
What a stall on the pier may sell -- book matches? NOVELTIES
Writer cast lots in play TOLSTOY

The Telegraph - Quick - Mar 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Quick Crossword Puzzle Answer - Mar 31, 2015
Clues Answers
Aristocracy GENTRY
Assistant AIDE
Bodyguard MINDER
Buffet meal SMORGASBORD
Condition STATE
Early spring flower SNOWDROP
Footwear item SHOE
Fuel DIESEL
Go down DESCEND
Horseback sport POLO
Leather strap TAWSE
Lifeless VAPID
London river THAMES
Clues Answers
Once more AGAIN
Overnight case VALISE
Particular DETAIL
Pear-shaped fruit AVOCADO
Practise REHEARSE
Register ENROL
Royal residence PALACE
Singly ALONE
Slanting OBLIQUE
Steadfast STAUNCH
Swallow-like bird MARTIN
Wharf QUAY

The Times - Concise - March 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 6674 - March 31, 2015
Clues Answers
Bobbin, reel SPOOL
Captain —, Scots pirate KIDD
Chess piece ROOK
Dried fruit CURRANT
Extinct elephant MAMMOTH
Famous English novel JANEEYRE
Happen again REOCCUR
Helped ASSISTED
Holy city of Islam MECCA
Indian currency RUPEE
Indirect reference ALLUSION
Instruction to MPs THREELINEWHIP
Italian opera composer PUCCINI
Clues Answers
Luxury railway carriage PULLMAN
Noble title PEERAGE
One who delivers (people) from sin REDEEMER
Plant yielding starch CASSAVA
Punctuation mark COMMA
Record of a year's events ANNAL
Rough estimate APPROXIMATION
Sheep's coat WOOL
Spiky-leaved plant YUCCA
Tell (a story) NARRATE
Underground plant parts ROOTS
Visit CALL
Went wrong ERRED

The Times - Cryptic - March 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26060 - March 31, 2015
Clues Answers
Anger that smoulders in church service INCENSE
Aussie bouncers! Opener in trepidation bats here? ROOST
Author attends game with cricket side in form PENTAGON
Cutting foot off grass is wrong SIN
Force character, less disposed to work, to find job GLAZIER
Fuel-producing vehicle British provided in difficult situation CARBONIFEROUS
Gather fuel — litres taken within PLEAT
Heated hostilities close to Actium WARM
Inspiration from cleaner at office ERATO
Nursery gardener beds one flaming hybrid for decoration MILITARYCROSS
Observe, as in Paris, Frenchman having to speak at length COMMEMORATE
Old American on piano gets work OPUS
Onset unnoticed in non-specific health problem AGUE
Particularly sporty DNA scientist for example grabs cash CRICKETING
Clues Answers
Payment reportedly gutted blonde girl PHOEBE
Pound of butter? RAM
Primate called to expand openly gay article ORANGUTAN
Remain strong — huge carnivore ahead BEARUP
Report social worker gives auditor ACCOUNTANT
Slow to allow husband cigar supply LETHARGIC
Source of poison near son in shivering death NIGHTSHADE
Steppe-dweller so roused to travel across river, on Thursday OSTROGOTH
Supply joke online? EQUIP
This is to be loaded, having boundless wealth AMMO
To have won the deal improperly is poor DOWNATHEEL
Union woman, large, dealing in figures NUMERICAL
Who may be poor as RU team? AMATEURS
Years ago, one fired transport provider to stop silly mistakes BLUNDERBUSS

The Guardian - Quick - Mar 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Quick Crossword Puzzle Solution - Mar 31, 2015
Clues Answers
Abel's brother CAIN
Art songs for voice and piano LIEDER
Evaluated ASSESSED
Exclusive group CLIQUE
Fabric stiffener STARCH
Face VISAGE
Garden plant with large flowers of various colours PANSY
Girl's name — gemstone BERYL
Hairless BALD
Hogwash BILGE
I beg your pardon SORRY
Inundated DELUGED
Need REQUIRE
Clues Answers
Old man (anag) ALMOND
Person authorised to remove unacceptable passages CENSOR
Poison used in pesticides and weedkillers ARSENIC
Pupa CHRYSALIS
Reckless person DAREDEVIL
Reckless person MADCAP
Red pepper sauce TABASCO
Speeded up Accelerated
Subsidiary activity SIDELINE
Ta — ta-ta CHEERS
The Bartered Bride composer SMETANA
Water tank CISTERN

The Guardian - Cryptic - Mar 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Mar 31, 2015
Clues Answers
A little mischief on parking space for cabbies PRANK
Asian couple at back of romantic place messing around PARSI
Bigwig to lead on an anecdote collection TOPBANANA
Comparatively audacious sermon about fool on the first, taking day off SASSIER
Deception of crack city job FUNNYBUSINESS
Did what Nicole Scherzinger did on the circuit more than once? PULLEDA
Fool close to van carrying performers caused trouble ACTEDUP
Fools students over mass reductions in population, we hear NUMSKULLS
Hanky-panky? Like one jerking or like one thrusting? JIGGERYPOKERY
I collected rent for Peter Rachman? PROFITEER
Judge's sentence of East Londoner will, sparking appeal? ENDEARING
Man's inspiring review of holiday area's lost retreats HIDYHOLES
Outside hotel, is able to adjust this beacon BELISHA
Perfidy of busty woman, old source of comedy DOUBLEDEALING
Clues Answers
Potter's game? Winning event that's staged FRAMEUP
Registered web address to describe a country RURAL
Rotating ties aren't popular joke shop purchase STINKBOMB
Run and go by sink RELAPSE
See 4 FASTONE
Set Australian into popping crease, anticipating an incutting delivery CAESAREAN
Set of three April fools PRIAL
Sign lost from pound sterling — nasty trick! UNDERPLOT
Slow to drop unscrupulous regular string pulling and chicanery SHARPPRACTICE
So good around pervert SICKO
Swaggering male set up Soho scams without clothes MACHO
Toy dog CORGI
Ultimate in conmen starts to inveigle her into lowering zip NIHIL
Vixen's crony, one engaged in capers PRANCER

Irish Times (Simplex) - Apr 01, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Puzzle Solution - Apr 01, 2015
Clues Answers
42, say NUMBER
A shipworm TEREDO
Area for skating RINK
Become smaller SHRINK
Borders, around pictures say FRAMES
Business, industry, trade COMMERCE
Calculate, compute or estimate RECKON
Cellar BASEMENT
Countries settled by and under the control of other countries COLONIES
Cushion for kneeling HASSOCK
Deliberately sink a ship SCUPPER
Drawings, graphs DIAGRAMS
Formerly Leopoldville KINSHASA
Gesture encoding a message SIGNAL
He'd nap around this shiny shrub DAPHNE
Herb for remembrance ROSEMARY
Clues Answers
Imaginary one-horned creature UNICORN
Irritates, annoys IRKS
Is in store for AWAITS
Loud, high-pitched cry SCREAM
Musical performances CONCERTS
Osculates KISSES
Spring-flowering small tree HAWTHORN
Start playing STRIKEUP
Stories, traditions, etc., of a group of people FOLKLORE
Title of rulers in some Asian countries KHAN
Tropical plant with edible pods OKRA
Unoccupied VACANT
Unsympathetically, cruelly UNKINDLY
Vital or carping CRITICAL
Waste material RUBBISH
XI ELEVEN

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Apr 01, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Puzzle Solution - Apr 01, 2015
Clues Answers
Credit note resembles 12 across from the estate CRESCENT
Didn't get first position with director PLACED
Entertains a creative influence at school AMUSES
Female expert adds fuel to the fire, to begin with, where Labour is doing the most work, practically speaking COALFACE
For those who are late, this is nothing to do with one of those who is doomed DEADDUCK
Fortune-teller admits direction doesn't show someone in a good light SNEER
Going somewhere soon? It's hellish being left on the edge! LIMBO
It's lewd for half the prudes to sublet over institute PRURIENT
Junkie joins party with couple of pills in payment for rent (4'1,3) USERSFEE
Laundrette drops deal for local oddball NUTTER
Leaderless Mediterranean city takes on case for one of those with injured parties ICEBAG
Learns a lesson from one of those described in 2 down SCHOOLKID
Notice article for stew SEETHE
Ordinary person making this wants to forget it - the director wants it to be remembered SCENE
Clues Answers
Peacekeepers getting systematic is against everything Einstein stood for UNSCIENTIFIC
Peaty gin cocktail from Alexandria EGYPTIAN
Pleasant stink created by the representatives of the police in European country FRAGRANCE
Plot with Defoe, all at sea, to find new paradise GARDENOFEDEN
Put a tick against Russian writer on the radio CHECKOFF
Sailor rings Maurice from a single cell AMOEBA
Secretary admits first Greek letter has nothing to do with first three characters in 8 down, for example PISTACHIO
Starts 18 across with what poser said CHEESE
Sue leaves free house in relation to this HEREOF
The men and women behind Munster and Leicester said it to camera with groups of directors CHEESEBOARDS
They cover half of 18 across with these cloches roughly CHEESECLOTHS
Up after being down? AWAKE
Went to school by train from delta EDUCATED
With Fortune getting fourth score, this person won't waste the subs TREASURER

Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Apr 01, 2015 Crossword Answer

Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate Crossword Puzzle Solution - Apr 01, 2015
Clues Answers
'Goosebumps' author STINE
'Spring ahead' hrs DST
Asian capital TAIPEI
Aye undoer NAY
Bridal cover VEIL
Capri, e.g ISLE
Chef's garb APRON
Clarify EXPLAIN
Cobra or copperhead SNAKE
Deer kin MOOSE
Despondent SAD
Drum type BONGO
Embellished style BAROQUE
Farm fraction ACRE
Flight component STAIR
French painter INGRES
Galvanizing agents ZINCS
Gloom MURK
Home ABODE
Irate MAD
Jockey's handful REINS
Kabul's land (Abbr.) AFG
Lair DEN
Largest of the seven ASIA
Major URSA
Moby's pursuer AHAB
Neckwear of a sort ASCOT
Clues Answers
Nikita's successor LEONID
Old photo tint SEPIA
out a living EKE
Piglet SHOAT
Pinnacle APEX
Pollster's find TREND
Pop DAD
Refuge OASIS
Regional ZONAL
Related (to) AKIN
Rodgers collaborator HART
Roman 'Aloha' AVE
Rx, for short SCRIP
Scrooge's outcry BAH
See 13-Across GATHERSNOMOSS
Son, on the Seine FILS
Storm center EYE
Suitable OKAY
Supporting FOR
Tarzan's son BOY
Teensy tale FIB
Throwing game ring QUOIT
Toothpaste target TARTAR
Tour de France need BIKE
Uneasiness ANGST
Wasted no time HIED
With 33-Across, aphorism AROLLINGSTONE

Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Apr 01, 2015 Crossword Answer

Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate Crossword Puzzle Solution - Apr 01, 2015
Clues Answers
'Got it' ISEE
Ad focus PRODUCT
Annual visitor SANTA
Aphrodite's love ARES
Arp's art DADA
Autographs INKS
Caesar, for one ROMAN
Church sight ALTAR
Company thinker IDEAMAN
Declines WANES
Drilled HOLED
Enlarged proportionately SCALEDUP
Fido's foot PAW
Forest youngster FAWN
Found with difficulty SCAREDUP
French article LES
Hosp. sections ERS
Hotel door openers KEYCARDS
In reserve ONICE
Leaf lifter ANT
Library stamp DUEDATE
Like the Sahara ARID
Low card TREY
Make a speech ORATE
Mink's cousin OTTER
Clues Answers
Model buy KIT
Most writing PROSE
Negotiations TALKS
Ninnies TWITS
Ninny FOOL
Not active IDLE
Noted trumpeter ALHIRT
Opposite of post- PRE
Plant pests APHIDS
Position STAND
Pot part LID
Quarrel ROW
Runway sights PLANES
Sculptor's output STATUARY
Sea spouter WHALE
Some ANY
Sports vehicle feature ROLLBAR
Supply voices for DUB
Surgeon's implement LANCET
Survives LASTS
Sushi choice EEL
Time for showers APRIL
Trattoria fare PASTA
TV explorer DORA
Went ahead LED

Jonesin Crosswords - Mar 31, 2015 Puzzle Answer

Jonesin Crosswords - Mar 31, 2015 Puzzle Answer
Clues Answers
"Capote" costar Catherine KEENER
"Chandelier" chanteuse SIA
"Dancing Queen" music group ABBA
"Danny and the Dinosaur" author ___ Hoff SYD
"Israel Through My Eyes" author EBAN
"Let's Roll" jazz singer James ETTA
"Lord of the Rings" beast ORC
"Masters of the Universe" protagonist HEMAN
"You've ___ Friend" (James Taylor hit) GOTA
'60s campus gp SDS
Ab-developing exercise SITUP
Abu Dhabi VIP EMIR
Actor Hector of "Chicago Hope" and "Monk" ELIZONDO
Bassoons' smaller relatives OBOES
Big boss CEO
Blackjack component ACE
British party member TORY
Carpentry tools ADZES
Cleveland ___, OH HTS
Cologne brand named after a Musketeer ARAMIS
Columnist Savage DAN
Creamy cracker spread BRIE
Cruise ship levels DECKS
Cry of recognition AHA
Deviating off-course ERRATIC
Dinosaur in Mario-themed Nintendo games YOSHI
Does 80 in a 40, perhaps SPEEDS
Encouraged, with "up" BUOYED
Goat-legged deities FAUNS
Hand-held fare TACO
Hangdog SAD
He'll tell you there's no "I" in "TEAM" SAJAK
Hell-___ (determined) BENT
High flier AVIATOR
Hip-hop's Run-___ DMC
In ___ (working in harmony) SYNC
Irish-Caribbean island chain? THEOBAHAMAS
Clues Answers
It goes up and down while you eat JAWBONE
John Denver Band bassist Dick (anagram of SINKS) KNISS
Just ___ (a little under) SHYOF
Kingly title SIRE
L squared, in Roman numerals MMD
Laments loudly SOBS
Landing place STRIP
Levine of Maroon 5 ADAM
Like "haxored" and "pwn'd" LEET
Like xenon or krypton INERT
Lots and lots of SOMANY
Make a circular trip starting between California and Nevada? GOTAHOETOTAHOE
Ogre in love with Princess Fiona SHREK
Part attached at the hip? STER
Pledge drive bag TOTE
Quasi-eco-themed Pauly Shore movie BIODOME
Raymond's nickname on "The Blacklist" RED
Ready-to-hug position ARMSOUT
Rehearsed ahead of time STAGED
Rock guitarist's accessory AMP
Rye topper PASTRAMI
Savion Glover's specialty TAP
Second addendum to a letter, briefly PPS
Showy birds at the dance? BALLPEAHENS
Siegfried's colleague ROY
Stare at EYE
Stores owned by the guy who played Frasier's dad? MAHONEYMARKETS
Stubbed piggy toe, e.g OWIE
Tex-Mex ingredient? HYPHEN
They may be significant OTHERS
Throw out, as a question POSE
Uno, e.g CARDGAME
Wednesday stuff ASH
Well-off person, so to speak HAVE
Yearly exam PHYSICAL
___ about (roughly) ONOR
___ de la Cite (Notre Dame's locale) ILE

Jonesin' - Mar 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Jonesin' Crossword Puzzle Solution - Mar 31, 2015
Clues Answers
'Children of a Lesser God' Oscar winner MATLIN
'It's ___ bad ...' NOTAS
'La Di Da Di' rapper with Doug E. Fresh SLICKRICK
'So tell me ...' IASKYOU
'You ___ out?' INOR
'___ you get in?' WHEND
'___-la-la...' TRA
As a result of DUETO
Banking info CDRATES
Baroque violinist and composer Giuseppe TORELLI
Believer in good and evil DUALIST
Biological transmitter AXON
Christmas crooner Perry COMO
Cologne compass point OST
Dakota du Sud, for one ETAT
Depilatory brand name NEET
Distort SKEW
Dog's decoration? KRAUT
Dye company worker STAINER
Extensive WIDE
Furniture wood TEAK
Go to sleep, with 'out' CONK
Golfer Inkster JULI
Hard, like rain POURING
Harkness ___ Mansion (part of Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, CT) EOLIA
Hit the gym TONEDUP
In again RETRO
It gets fired up on the farm TRACTOR
It's a real peach CLINGSTONE
Just so TOATEE
Level usually checked along with triglycerides LDL
Like Bill Murray and Bob Odenkirk, by birth ILLINOISAN
Like some events BLESSED
Clues Answers
Low jewelry ANKLETS
Make it through the season intact? BINGEWATCH
Medieval Japanese land manager (hidden in MOJITOS) JITO
Narrative ACCOUNT
Palace of Westminster structure, before its renaming after Queen Victoria KINGSTOWER
Path for a jet AIRLANE
Pericles' princedom TYRE
Petty tyrants SATRAPS
Prefix meaning 'outer' ECT
Protected sequence in some spy movies LAUNCHCODE
Record label with late-night TV ads KTEL
Restrain, as breath BATE
Russian letter that makes the 'ya' sound BACKWARDSR
Second of 24 BETA
Sentiment in Taylor Swift's 'Wildest Dreams' HESSOTALL
Show set in Baltimore, with 'The' WIRE
Slightly, in Shetland AWEEBIT
Some TVs PLASMAS
Spread brand invented in Italy NUTELLA
Station wagons, in Stratford ESTATECARS
The Jackson 5's fourth #1 hit single (and Mariah Carey's sixth) ILLBETHERE
They may help to lift wings TONGS
Trap set under the kitchen window, say ANTBAIT
Unusual collection EXOTICA
Venomous snake KRAIT
Verdi opera AIDA
Was winning LED
Wear down GNAW
Word div SYL
Work on a nameplate ETCH
World Series of Poker champ Mike, nicknamed 'The Mouth' MATUSOW
___ above the rest ACUT
___ Lions (Penn State athletes) NITTANY

L.A. Times Daily - Mar 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

L.A. Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Solution - Mar 31, 2015
Clues Answers
"Alas and __!" ALACK
"Days of __ Lives" OUR
"Tao Te Ching" poet __-tzu LAO
"Yummy!" DELISH
"__ Life": Sinatra hit THATS
"__ o' your throats": "Measure for Measure" APOX
*Hidden explosives activator TRIPWIRE
*Off-the-wall game? HANDBALL
*One given to flights of fancy DAYDREAMER
*Pest-control device MOUSETRAP
*Simple garment HOUSEDRESS
Actress Hagen UTA
Aerobic exercise aid STEP
Apply, as pressure EXERT
Attend uninvited CRASH
Bagpiper's topper TAM
Beer holder STEIN
Brewski SUDS
Came out of one's shell? HATCHED
Campus URL suffix EDU
Chastain of women's soccer BRANDI
City in northern France LILLE
City NW of Orlando OCALA
Colombian city CALI
Comic Izzard EDDIE
Dash gauge TACH
December 24 or 31 EVE
Drunkard SOT
Each PER
Ear piece? STUD
Ex-Disney CEO Michael EISNER
Exit the bus GETOFF
Farm female HEN
FDR's last vice president HST
Figuratively, where some wild ideas come out of; literally, a hint to a word and its position when paired with the starts of the answers to starred clues LEFTFIELD
Go round and round SPIN
Got under control TAMED
Grant-granting gp NEA
Greet the day AWAKEN
Clues Answers
Guided LED
Height: Pref ACRO
Hersey's bell town ADANO
Ice cream maker Joseph EDY
IHOP condiment SYRUP
In need of a chill pill TENSE
Iraqi port BASRA
Letter after iota KAPPA
Like paradise EDENIC
Mubarak of Egypt HOSNI
Mystery writer Gardner ERLE
Neighborhood AREA
Old Russian ruler TSAR
Overthrow TOPPLE
Pawn at a shop HOCK
Phobic AFRAID
Pitiless CRUEL
Printer cartridge contents INKS
Puncture with a pin PRICK
Rented again RELET
Romeo and Juliet, e.g ROLES
Saintly glow AURA
Serious GRAVE
Short-lived Egypt-Syr. alliance UAR
Silly INANE
Song of praise PAEAN
Soul automaker KIA
Sportscast rundown RECAP
Tap concern DRIP
Thread dispenser SPOOL
TV forensic drama CSI
Unoriginal BANAL
Vague shapes BLOBS
Went round and round ROTATED
Western defense gp OAS
Woodlands man-goat SATYR
Words after "crack" or "live by" ACODE
__ shot FLU
__-slapper KNEE

Universal - Mar 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Universal Crossword Puzzle Solution - Mar 31, 2015
Clues Answers
"A Lesson From ___" ALOES
"And now, without further ___ ..." ADO
"As ___ as the driven snow" PURE
"Cut it out!" STOP
"The Bridges of Madison County" state IOWA
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-___" DAH
A washer might stop it DRIP
Adventurous tale CONTE
Aquatic mammal OTTER
Arthurian knight KAY
Augusta score PAR
Baking ingredient FLOUR
Blood fluids SERA
Blue hue TEAL
Bothersome people or animals PESTS
Branch structure NEST
Choler IRE
Cookbook phrase ALA
Courteous chap GENT
Dancing maneuver DIP
Diamond Head island OAHU
Document authenticator SEAL
Electronic device DONGLE
Emulate a leopard LEAP
Examine again, as a patient RESEE
Extreme sorrow DOLOR
Eyelid inflammation STYE
Fancy server SILVERPLATTER
Former French coin SOU
Formerly, an attachment to "while" ERST
German industrial city ESSEN
Going up in smoke AFIRE
Grassy yards LAWNS
Hairy primates APES
Have surgery GOUNDERTHEKNIFE
He and she THEY
High-hatters ELITISTS
Implement with which to break CUE
In ___ of (replacing) LIEU
Clues Answers
Indian yogurt dish RAITA
Invitation heading WHERE
It's heard in the Highlands ERSE
It's taken for trips LSD
Ladder crosspiece RUNG
Like a bug in a rug SNUG
Like some mushrooms POISONOUS
Major airport OHARE
Make vertical UPEND
Makes different ALTERS
Maternity ward frequenters PAPAS
Metallic flimsiness TINNINESS
More than occasionally OFTEN
Nicholas I or II TSAR
North Atlantic food fish SCUP
Often-quoted saying ADAGE
On the water's surface AFLOAT
One for the off-road UTE
One of an iamb's two SYLLABLE
One who had momentary success FLASHINTHEPAN
One who hasn't turned pro? ANTI
One's equals PEERS
Patton portrayer SCOTT
Porter or Younger COLE
Pound resident STRAY
Product of stress ULCER
Rice University athletes OWLS
Ring legend ALI
River in Missouri OSAGE
Separator of family names NEE
Some wedding guests AUNTS
Stand-___ (replacements) INS
Toss one's hat in the ring VIE
Type of personality or citizenship DUAL
Way back when ONCE
Without company ALONE
Young swan CYGNET
___ of thieves DEN
___-Wan Kenobi OBI

USA Today - Mar 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

USA Today Crossword Puzzle Answer - Mar 31, 2015
Clues Answers
"Aah!" accompaniment OOH
"Canterbury Tales" inn TABARD
"Glycerine" opener NITRO
"Hast thou ___ the Jabberwock?" SLAIN
"Hello" and "goodbye," somewhere ALOHA
"Life is ___ a dream" BUT
"That's gross!" YUK
Abbr. after a comma, sometimes ETC
Adds vitamins, e.g ENRICHES
Anagram for "soared" ADORES
Annual day for quitters? SMOKEOUT
Archaeological bit SHARD
Basic unit of Romanian currency LEU
Be a bungler ERR
Big Aussie birds EMUS
Big name in lawn-care products ORTHO
Bottomless gulf ABYSS
Breakfast sizzler BACON
Brit. reference set OED
Christopher of "Superman" REEVE
Combine ADD
Commotion (var.) HULLABALLOO
Conveniently placed ATHAND
Disguise for illegal activities FRONT
Doctor in a 1964 movie LAO
Dracula, in another form BAT
Excitable sort HOTHEAD
Feeling of foreboding DREAD
Flaky dessert PIE
Gift with 23-Down LEI
Greek "P" RHO
Have to say "oops!" MAKEABOOBOO
Haymaker? BALER
Hidden means of support? BRA
Horse farm hand OSTLER
How the cheated pay? OUTTHEWAZOO
Humiliates SHAMES
Island "discovered" by Columbus CUBA
It may have clawed feet BATHTUB
Clues Answers
It's unvarnished TRUTH
Japanese floor coverings TATAMIS
Legendary Hope BOB
License plate TAG
Lighter fuel BUTANE
Long, narrow groove STRIA
Make like Etna ERUPT
Man the tiller STEER
Mass transit unit BUSLOAD
More than a third of "Mississippi" ESSES
Most unruly ROWDIEST
N.Y. and S.F., e.g SPTS
Nest egg, for short IRA
New Jersey city PATERSON
Nymph of the mountains OREAD
Oldish PC screen CRT
Part of a sot's hygiene routine? BEERSHAMPOO
Petty quarrels TIFFS
Puts an end to wavering OPTS
Rosters of names ROTAS
Should (with "to") OUGHT
Significant time span, historically ERA
Slumber stopper ALARM
Somewhat harmless swords EPEES
Spanish abode CASA
Tasseled hat FEZ
Teen idol of the '50s FABIAN
Things not done TABOOS
Tokyo's name, once EDO
U.N. agency concerned with workers ILO
Well liquid of old INK
Western art colony TAOS
What assayers analyze ORE
What Keats wrote on an urn? ODE
What you'll need for the big game? RIFLE
Where one can draw 24 hrs. a day? ATM
Whistle-stop site DEPOT
Womb occupants-to-be OVA
Wranglers alternative LEE