| Clue | Answer |
| "__ do you good" | ITLL |
| "__ Exit to Brooklyn" | LAST |
| "Calm down!" | COOL IT |
| "Eros" anagram | ORES |
| "Four" at the fore | TETRA |
| "God __ America" | BLESS |
| "That's no way __!" (response to misconduct) | TO ACT |
| "The Matrix" lead rule | NEO |
| "To the max" indicator | EST |
| __ borealis | AURORA |
| Acronym on space shuttles | NASA |
| Against | COUNTER TO |
| Alcohol type | ETHYL |
| Amazon parrot | MACAW |
| Andean land | PERU |
| Author Horatio | ALGER |
| Be sore | ACHE |
| Big wheel in business | MAGNATE |
| Cards for 36-Across | TAROT |
| Central airplane portion | FUSELAGE |
| Cold cuts emporium | DELI |
| Cortilion star, informally | DEB |
| Course of physical training | REGIMEN |
| Crystal-ball consulter | SEER |
| Culture's belief system | ETHOS |
| Delivers a defeat in chess | MATES |
| Eggs for Caesar | OVA |
| Emulates a canary | WARBLES |
| Ending for "musket" | EER |
| Established, as a land | SETTLED |
| Exceptionless | EVERY |
| Flulike symptoms | AGUES |
| Give a push to | URGE |
| Grammatically correspond | AGREE |
| Greek marketplace | AGORA |
| Groove for a carpenter | DADO |
| Grunt from Scrooge | BAH |
| Half and half | ONE |
| Hallow conclusion? | EEN |
| Have existence | ARE |
| Horses running leisurely | LOPERS |
| In dire need of funds | STRAPPED |
| Increased, as prices | UPPED |
| Inverted "v" mark | CARET |
| Joviality | MIRTH |
| Kind of passage | NASAL |
| Legalese for "unless" | NISI |
| Loose rock debris | SCREE |
| Luxury auto, for short | ROLLS |
| Made a right turn, on a horse | GEED |
| Make a bust? | SCULT |
| Marine __ | CORPS |
| Military branch up high, briefly | USAF |
| More faithful | TRUER |
| Nature's cut over | SCAB |
| New Hampshire college | DARTMOUTH |
| Nobleman | EARL |
| Obtain | GET |
| Once, once | ERST |
| One enjoying the sights | EYER |
| Ornamental jug | EWER |
| Part of the Corn Belt | IOWA |
| Payment for a poker hand | ANTE |
| Pirate's sound of frustration | AARGH |
| Place for old hits | ASIDE |
| Police informant | STOOL PIGEON |
| Pronounce | UTTER |
| Radium discoverer Marie | CURIE |
| Rocket type | RETRO |
| Scottish lake | LOCH |
| Select from a group | CULL |
| Some overhangs | BEER BELLIES |
| Things in a pod | PEAS |
| Typical Kuwaiti | ARAB |
| Use a keyboard | TYPE |
| Way to preserve | CAN |
| Writer of verse | POET |
| Zodiac carnivore | LEO |
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Universal - Oct 01, 2015 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Answer
Universal Crossword Puzzle Solution - Oct 01, 2015 Thursday
USA Today - Oct 01, 2015 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clue | Answer |
| ".. In __ disbelief" | UTTER |
| "__ me to introduce myself" | ALLOW |
| "__ seeing things?" | AM I |
| "__ Today" (news source) | USA |
| "Affirmative" | YES |
| "Are we there __?" | YET |
| "Comin' __ the Rye" | THRO |
| "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" boy | ANI |
| __ out (withdraws) | OPTS |
| Airport info, initially | ETA |
| All over again | ANEW |
| Applications | USES |
| Arctic transport | SLEDGE |
| Bench-press unit | REP |
| Bird's pouch | CRAW |
| Capitaine's milieu | MER |
| Checkup performers | DOCTORS |
| Chief of a North American tribe | SACHEM |
| Comedian Andrew Dice | CLAY |
| Common connector | AND |
| Corrects copy | EDITS |
| Countermands a deletion | STETS |
| Court order | WRIT |
| Derived a conclusion | DEDUCED |
| Detroit athlete | LION |
| Did alpine calls | YODELED |
| Do arithmetic | ADD |
| Doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth | MUDD |
| Dry, as champagne | SEC |
| Dud of a car | LEMON |
| First half of an inning | TOP |
| Forensic tool, nowadays | DNA |
| Gaucho's weapons | BOLAS |
| Georgia Tech grad, perhaps | ENGR |
| Get-up-and-go | PEP |
| Girl, to Burns | LASS |
| Guy to find in kids' books | WALDO |
| Having prongs | TINED |
| Inclined surfaces | RAMPS |
| Indian state or its tea | ASSAM |
| It may have one's hours on it | PUNCHED CARD |
| Jack, king or queen | PICTURE CARD |
| Jack-of-__-trades | ALL |
| Kind of jacket | NEHRU |
| Legendary bird of prey | ROC |
| Like a bright night | STARLIT |
| Like a good jingle | CATCHY |
| Like a rainbow | ARCED |
| Like Goodwill goods | USED |
| Like sheet music? | NOTED |
| Magic lamp occupant | GENIE |
| Make accustomed (to) | ENURE |
| Male gland | PROSTATE |
| Manning of the NFL | ELI |
| No longer one | APART |
| Old-fashioned introduction | CALLING CARD |
| One afraid of pain? | WINCER |
| One of 52 | PLAYING CARD |
| Plant-swelling problem | EDEMA |
| Processes a credit card | SWIPES |
| Punch sound | POW |
| Ready for a commitment? | INSANE |
| Red remote button, typically | REC |
| Rueful word | ALAS |
| Rustic dads | PAS |
| Scary apparition | BOGLE |
| Shutout score, in soccer | NIL |
| Slaps the cuffs on | ARRESTS |
| Spot not easily removed | STAIN |
| Sunglasses, in slang | SHADES |
| Susan's "All My Children" role | ERICA |
| Third canonical hour | TERCE |
| Town in New York state | OLEAN |
| Tupperware parts | LIDS |
| Union flouters | SCABS |
| Waits patiently | ABIDES |
| Wicker material | OSIER |
| Worst, weatherwise | NASTIEST |
Newsday.com - Oct 01, 2015 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ''Look __ ye leap'' | ERE |
| ''The fix __!'' | ISIN |
| 20-stamp buy | BOOKLET |
| Bad review | PAN |
| Bear seen at night | URSA |
| Benedict Arnold's co-conspirator | ANDRE |
| Brinker's prize | SKATES |
| Brought to light | BARED |
| Bruins' sch | UCLA |
| Certain sultanate subject | OMANI |
| Check holder | BEARER |
| Chill out | REST |
| Chopin work | ETUDE |
| Comes up | RISES |
| Conceal | CLOAK |
| Do a diner chore | BUSTABLES |
| Do a dispatcher's job | SHIPPARCELS |
| Do some woodworking | PLANEBOARDS |
| Eiffel Tower, essentially | IRON |
| EMT destinations | ERS |
| English channel, with ''the'' | BEEB |
| Enticement | LURE |
| Fervent | AVID |
| Foot support | ARCH |
| French cheese | BRIE |
| From ''Venezia'' | ITALIANO |
| Fudge the facts | LIE |
| Genesis twin | ESAU |
| Great trait | ASSET |
| Has staying power | LASTS |
| Internists' org | AMA |
| Long, long time | EON |
| Mall stands | KIOSKS |
| Managed | MADEDO |
| Metrical tribute | ODE |
| Musical gift | EAR |
| No longer changeable | SET |
| Novelist Walker | ALICE |
| Of ebb and flow | TIDAL |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Outdoes | BESTS |
| Oxford oath | BLIMEY |
| Painter of dreamscapes | DALI |
| Party planning website | EVITE |
| Passes over | ELIDES |
| Peanut, in the South | GOOBER |
| Prepare to hem | PINUP |
| Presidential term, often | ERA |
| Prone to deceive | WILY |
| Publishing VIPs | EDS |
| Purview | AREA |
| Put at risk | BET |
| Queen's subjects | BEES |
| Ranch crew | HANDS |
| Real-life incident | SCENE |
| Santa __, CA | ANA |
| Sarandon Oscar role | NUN |
| Search for | SEEK |
| Semisoft cheese | MUENSTER |
| Set of principles | ETHIC |
| Something to build on | SITE |
| Source of flour or rumors | MILL |
| Spire | STEEPLE |
| Stage whisper | ASIDE |
| Staying power | LEGS |
| Storybook elephant king | BABAR |
| Striped cat | TABBY |
| Strong inclinations | YENS |
| Summer Olympics event | EPEE |
| Tack on | APPEND |
| Thrilled | GLAD |
| Toboggan courses | RUNS |
| Topped, as a torte | ICED |
| Tuned in | AWARE |
| UFO crew | ETS |
| Viscount's superior | EARL |
| Word on Irish stamps | EIRE |
| Work with a K-9 Corps | TRAINDOGS |
| __ word (briefly) | INA |
L.A. Times Daily - Oct 01, 2015 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clue | Answer |
| "__ real nowhere man": Beatles lyric | HESA |
| "__ We Meet Again": 1940 romance film | TIL |
| "Evil Woman" grp. | ELO |
| "Green Acres" co-star | GABOR |
| "Jaws" shark, e.g. | MAN EATER |
| "The Wealth of Nations" author Smith | ADAM |
| __ Gay | ENOLA |
| 1973 Court decision alias | ROE |
| 2006 skating silver medalist Cohen | SASHA |
| A/C measure | BTU |
| Accumulates | AMASSES |
| Annual get-together | REUNION |
| Ash, for example | RESIDUE |
| Break down, in a way | PARSE |
| Cheaper market option | HOUSE BRAND |
| Classic sci-fi play | RUR |
| Common link | AND |
| Complaint | GRIPE |
| Concise | TERSE |
| Dandy | FOP |
| Descartes' conclusion | IAM |
| Diamonds, say | ASSET |
| SEND | |
| Exact | PRECISE |
| FDR power project | TVA |
| Fill the tank | GAS UP |
| Fla. Summer setting | EDT |
| Fool | IDIOT |
| Gossips | YENTAS |
| Govt. benefits org. | SSA |
| Ho Chi Minh Nausoleum city | HANOI |
| Horrify | APPALL |
| Hunker down for the duration of | WAIT OUT |
| Impact sound | WHAM |
| In times past | AGO |
| Joy | GLEE |
| Keep at it | PLUG AWAY |
| Lays siege to | BE SETS |
| Longing | YEN |
| Marseille sight | MER |
| Metric wts. | KGS |
| Miner's reward | ORE |
| MLB Network analyst Martinez | PEDRO |
| Most extensive | VASTEST |
| Munich man | HERR |
| Muscle cords | SINEWS |
| Nary __: no one | A SOUL |
| Old saw | ADAGE |
| Performance enhancement banned by MLB | HGH |
| Piano piece for four hands | DUET |
| Placate | APPEASE |
| Protected from violent weather | STORM PROOF |
| Puts on | DONS |
| Rise | ASCEND |
| Roof extension | EAVE |
| See 55-Across | THE FIRE |
| Site of the 2000 USS Cole attack | ADEN |
| Snowman in "Frozen" | OLAF |
| Spanish encyclopedist St. __ of Seville | ISIDORE |
| Squeezed (out) | EKED |
| Sticks | ADHERES |
| Stop | PREVENT |
| Strutted | PARADED |
| Style | FASHION |
| Take the blame for | ADMIT |
| Troubles | WORRIES |
| Understand | GRASP |
| Vatican City coin | EURO |
| Vocal nod | YEA |
| Waikiki wreath | LEI |
| War hero Murphy | AUDIE |
| What "I" may indicate | RTE |
| With 61-Across, radar trap question .. And a hint to what can precede each part of the answers to 3-, 6-, 30- and 40-Down | WHERES |
| Word often followed by a number or letter | STEP |
| Young humbre | NINO |
| Young newts | EFTS |
The Sun - Coffee Time - Oct 01, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Abate | RECEDE |
| Abrupt | CURT |
| Actor's outfit | COSTUME |
| Agreeable | PREDISPOSED |
| Attendants | ENTOURAGE |
| Be in charge of | RUN |
| Be overbearing | DOMINEER |
| Body | TORSO |
| Entry to a house | DOORSTEP |
| Equip | RIG |
| Evil giant | OGRE |
| Flair, dash | ELAN |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Formal request | APPLICATION |
| Gaining knowledge | LEARNING |
| Inlaid design | MOSAIC |
| Invalid | NULL |
| Jeans material | DENIM |
| Job review | APPRAISAL |
| Jolliest | MERRIEST |
| Pre-adulthood | ADOLESCENCE |
| Rigid car roof | HARDTOP |
| Seven-piece band | SEPTET |
| Statue at Giza | SPHINX |
| Washing-line grippers | Clothespegs |
The Sun - Cryptic - Oct 01, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Ancient statue beginning to perish in foreleg – one marks the spot | SPHINX |
| Arrogantly control achiever round colliery | DOMINEER |
| Bad times to make a mistake held to be most light-hearted | MERRIEST |
| Concede ales drunk in teenage years! | ADOLESCENCE |
| Dash into outside lane | ELAN |
| Despise drop, roughly inclined | PREDISPOSED |
| Discovering that inclination is about right | LEARNING |
| Extend ladder | RUN |
| Group put outside unruly pet | SEPTET |
| Laundry equipment removes splotches, eg | Clothespegs |
| Manipulate sailing tackle | RIG |
| Move back and surrender again | RECEDE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Northern university students, void | NULL |
| Paris – ruined in a friend's estimation | APPRAISAL |
| Request for hard work | APPLICATION |
| Rising sea contains popular material | DENIM |
| Short axe is about right | CURT |
| Shortly, company aims to create tile pattern | MOSAIC |
| Therefore returning monster | OGRE |
| Thick slice in the porch? | DOORSTEP |
| Those following dodgy green auto | ENTOURAGE |
| Trunk destroying roots | TORSO |
| Type of car roof difficult to beat? | HARDTOP |
| US comet breaking habit | COSTUME |
The Telegraph - Toughie - Sep 30, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Alarm going off in retro-rockets -- half having got loose | TERROR |
| All right to sit in middle of rumble seat, guys? | BLOKES |
| and 24 and 25: The fruits of wandering urges? | FREE |
| Arrest a cashier pretty well for a trifle | BAGATELLE |
| Cold and damp, we hear, but extensive | ROOMY |
| East-ender's trial announced -- as an accessory | EARRING |
| Fighter in the ring punched at random -- number missing | MATADOR |
| Gone past? If you do, it could be wrong | OUTGROWN |
| He dispossesses loan shark without a penny | USURPER |
| He's getting a sight better | OPHTHALMOLOGIST |
| Like a siren -- or her black and white dress? | TWOTONE |
| Little prince's stuff? | GEORGETTE |
| Live without food or water? | ONAIR |
| Morph translator's style to cover a non-smoker | TRANSFORM |
| Perhaps bar food not fully reliable | MEASURE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Presents a right good entertainment initially, with less to worry about | LARGESSE |
| Recipient of a dead bishop's office clutching trimmed robe | ADDRESSEE |
| Rudely treat us as soaks | SATURATES |
| Ruin the setter's salad | ENDIVE |
| Salesman's almost totally involved in Turkey | TRAVELLER |
| See 1 Across | AFTER |
| See 1 Across | TIME |
| See 23 | RANGE |
| See 23 | EGGS |
| Snapper's sleekness regularly depresses crew | LENSMAN |
| Start off model on carpet that's crumpled | RUGOSE |
| Tie provides amusement during dressing | LIGAMENT |
| Victor used soy liberally on seconds | ODYSSEUS |
| When a bowler's left out without hesitation? (2,3,4,2,1,3) | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT |
The Telegraph - Cryptic - Sep 30, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| British Standard applied to Golden Globes | ORBS |
| Converted coach without one must get criticised | TRANSLATED |
| Cool girl fans do badly with no end of potential | SANGFROID |
| Cost associated with football sticker | TRANSFER |
| Error to turn right -- next to that is where plants are trained | ESPALIER |
| Fare available for soldiers out without protection? | MENU |
| Fatter, possibly eating whilst getting second opinion | AFTERTHOUGHT |
| Hung over? | DANGLED |
| Hypocrite pairs off outside hotel on the borders of Europe | PHARISEE |
| Inscription, say, included in loan | LEGEND |
| Inverted and sad after leading team | UPSIDEDOWN |
| Light diversion forcing father into response | REFRACTION |
| Maybe shares popular garb for the clergy | INVESTMENT |
| Old church has brief solution for a large amount | OCEANS |
| Outburst and terrible earful over parking | FLAREUP |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Part of salad plate given to artist | RADISH |
| Person lying falsifed heat burns | SUNBATHER |
| Raise tail | REAR |
| Rank old car with the top off | RATE |
| Restraint of newspapers in region with no golf | REPRESSION |
| Ring on this gong to support member of the Lords? | EARLOBE |
| Rumoured seat of power for cast | THROWN |
| Sanitation of hospital eyeing reforms | HYGIENE |
| Signify agreement and finally remove swelling | NODE |
| Sort of party involved in floor gymnastics? | ORGY |
| Troubles caused by factories starting late | ILLS |
| TV programme about bowlers, perhaps, who must develop | CHATSHOW |
| Unfortunately adopted by European from a Pacific region | AUSTRALASIAN |
| Visitor judged broadcast by theatre audience | HOUSEGUEST |
| Waste time showing instruction to printer | STET |
The Telegraph - Quick - Sep 30, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Aged | OLD |
| Arable land | TILLAGE |
| Charges | FEES |
| Cure | HEAL |
| Deception | SLEIGHT |
| Dramatic scene | TABLEAU |
| Eject | OUST |
| Enjoyment | GUSTO |
| Fat | LARD |
| Fault (electronics) | GLITCH |
| Flier | LEAFLET |
| Focal points | HUBS |
| Implores | BEGS |
| Irrigates | WATERS |
| Maintains | HOLDS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Male (goat) | BILLY |
| Monarchist | ROYALIST |
| Morbid voyeur | GHOUL |
| Mountainous | HILLY |
| Nonconformist | REBEL |
| Oscillate | WOBBLE |
| Poor poetry | DOGGEREL |
| Rent | LEASE |
| Reproach | UPBRAID |
| Result (anag) | ULSTER |
| Sanitation | HYGIENE |
| Scally | ROGUE |
| Thin coating | VENEER |
| Tow | TUG |
| Warbles | YODELS |
The Times - Concise - September 30, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| (Of male) stylish, spirited | DASHING |
| Army servant | BATMAN |
| Average; miserly | MEAN |
| Bad-tempered, spiteful | SPLENETIC |
| Catkin-bearing tree | ALDER |
| Corona round sun/moon | AUREOLA |
| East African country | KENYA |
| Enclose; deceive | TAKEIN |
| Fencer's warning cry | ENGARDE |
| Garden pest | APHID |
| Give different form to | RESHAPE |
| Hard metal element | IRIDIUM |
| Indian leader | GANDHI |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Lubricant | GREASE |
| Mode of expression | IDIOM |
| Novel by Thomas Mann | DEATHINVENICE |
| Nut; country | BRAZIL |
| One planting seeds | SOWER |
| Pale daffodil | NARCISSUS |
| Port in Essex | HARWICH |
| Roused from sleep | WOKEN |
| Simple bed | BUNK |
| Standard | NORMAL |
| Stimulus | INCENTIVE |
| Tight embrace | HUG |
| Type | ILK |
The Times - Cryptic - September 30, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ... Stainer's composed, showing such cultural pretension | ARTINESS |
| 27 player in side getting goal? | LEGEND |
| Aim of lonely hearts' club member until now | TODATE |
| Call councillor amid havoc near south London terminal | CHARINGCROSS |
| Drinking receptacle allowed to touch mouth | GOBLET |
| Emergency as camper losing contents over river | CRISIS |
| Expert copper's put in charge | ACCUSE |
| Female has row in supermarket stocking Irish knitwear | FAIRISLE |
| He wrote volume in French about revolutionary | VERNE |
| Hollywood folk, maybe, performing in French director's biblical work | LAMENTATIONS |
| Impressive person's kind deed | CLASSACT |
| Inaccurate book losing jacket in London school | LOOSE |
| Ishmael heartlessly disturbed prophet | ELISHA |
| Madison Square empty, surprisingly, in heart of winter? | MIDSEASON |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Name most of African country after a former British PM | CALLAGHAN |
| Name of cape in US state with water on either side | CANAVERAL |
| Newspaper article about a session in the spa? | SAUNA |
| Personal document I had with certainty transcribed on back of pad | IDENTITYCARD |
| Pre-Euro currency sailor deposited in a French bank, not surprisingly | UNREMARKABLY |
| Put an end to rugby match | RUBOUT |
| Revealed my spouse has left me? | IMPARTED |
| Rhubarb desserts? | COBBLERS |
| Standing up in important ceremony | ERECT |
| The mass starts with a new hymn | ANTHEM |
| Time and place during holiday for live entertainment | STAGEPLAY |
| Uniformed youngster displays nothing that's in style | AIRSCOUT |
| Very confused over musical work, piece for organ | SOLOSTOP |
| Worshipped by fans, I perform song about start of show | IDOLISED |
The Guardian - Quick - Sep 30, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Asian country, capital Kathmandu | NEPAL |
| Bill of fare | MENU |
| Burdensome | ONEROUS |
| Chant | INTONE |
| Cop's foal (anag) | FOOLSCAP |
| Eccentrics | ODDBALLS |
| Historical era | EPOCH |
| Involving danger | RISKY |
| Looks at — organs | EYES |
| Meddler | BUSYBODY |
| Minimum | LEAST |
| Overwhelmed by grief | BROKENHEARTED |
| Pavement edge | KERB |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Pear-shaped fruit | QUINCE |
| Pina colada ingredient | COCONUT |
| Population survey | CENSUS |
| Province of central Canada | MANITOBA |
| Racecourse near Windsor | ASCOT |
| Roman sea god | NEPTUNE |
| Sharp hooked claw | TALON |
| Spray can | AEROSOL |
| Stares (anag) | ASSERT |
| Term of respect in India | SAHIB |
| Top of one's head | PATE |
| Very brief affair | ONENIGHTSTAND |
| Wash vigorously | SCRUB |
The Guardian - Cryptic - Sep 30, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Up the Gunners!' ringing around one lost away leg, initially | ARISEN |
| ... one of which is flipping politician of no value | NUGATORY |
| A large computer returned name of God | ALLAH |
| All parts of computer memory that can be on or off to the same degree | EVERYBIT |
| Arsenal's content members ... | ARMS |
| Bony bits in ear — wager about five all round | VERTEBRAE |
| Builder hurriedly erected housing area in Germany | RUHR |
| Closely packed crowd in lift | PRESS |
| Constant snot supply in nose often picked at first | NONSTOP |
| Cook starts to explain echidna's grim diet? | REGIME |
| Demands this month's cover for One Direction | INSISTS |
| Dissolute chap drinks good French red | ROUGE |
| Doctor, you said, left wearing uniform | CONSULTANT |
| Dog given a name after a series of letters | AFGHAN |
| Drop a query somewhat less easy to understand | OPAQUER |
| Greek character, soldier and model live in squalor | PIGIT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Immature creature — ant's first stage as insect | PUPA |
| Let rip | RENT |
| Make new home right above East Yorkshire town | RESETTLE |
| Motherless animal raised on plain | LLANO |
| Note to social worker's intended | MEANT |
| Puck, lusty creature, into female birds in the area | AVIFAUNA |
| Short time before eating seconds | TERSE |
| Simple writing about space for flat dwellers? | PLAINSMEN |
| Some Mother's Pride? Worried about one slice having no crusts | LIONCUB |
| Stimulate a tart's nipple | TEAT |
| Stops white ants covering new area | TERMINATES |
| Straying partner, topless, putting it about | ERRANT |
| Untidy women mislaid Len's tarts | SLATTERNS |
| Virgin, topless and bottomless, to show not Jewish? | ARYAN |
| Volunteers to wear a G-string mostly designed for a heavenly body | GIANTSTAR |
| With starter finally replaced, consumed meal | TEA |
New York Times - Oct 01 , 2015 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clue | Answer |
| ___ acid | AMINO |
| ___ Field | CITI |
| ___ the light! | I SAW |
| 2003 OutKast hit that was #1 for nine weeks | HEYYA |
| After-dinner drink | CORDIAL |
| Any old person, so to speak | WARMBODY |
| Athletic shoe brand | AVIA |
| Band with the 1988 #1 hit "Need You Tonight" | INXS |
| Bandleader who became a 1950s sitcom star | ARNAZ |
| Birthday or "mother's maiden name," e.g. | PASSWORD HINT |
| Blue state majority, for short | DEMS |
| Books that may depict dragons, unicorns and griffins | BESTIARIES |
| Budding | NASCENT |
| Buster of rock | TNT |
| Capital in sight of Kilimanjaro | NAIROBI |
| Cause of a stuffed-up nose | HEAD COLD |
| Chat room overseers, for short | MODS |
| Command and control | KEYS |
| Conflagration | INFERNO |
| Constraint | LIMITER |
| Cooper preceder | MINI |
| Currency that features architecture, not portraiture | EUROS |
| Dallas player, for short | MAV |
| Depend | RELY |
| Desert royal | EMIR |
| Detail | MINUTIA |
| Dunces | DIMWITS |
| East of Eden family name | TRASK |
| Eyesore | MESS |
| Fat meas. | BMI |
| Field ration, for short | MRE |
| Fifth on an eight-part scale | SOL |
| French connections | ETS |
| General ___ chicken | TSOS |
| German Expressionist who was blacklisted by the Nazis | OTTODIX |
| German steel center | ESSEN |
| Get ready to play | WARM UP |
| Goddess in a chariot drawn by peacocks | HERA |
| Hip again | RETRO |
| Judge of 1980s-'90s TV | WAPNER |
| Latex-like glove material | NITRILE |
| Leader Castro | RAUL |
| Like triple plays | RARE |
| Low camera perspective | WORMS EYE VIEW |
| Mad rush | TEAR |
| Make the scapegoat for | BLAME ON |
| Mercury, in alchemy | AZOTH |
| Mischievous | ARCH |
| Officially ... | FOR THE RECORD |
| Outcast | PARIAH |
| Part of 52-Across | TRI |
| Party spreads | PATES |
| Percussive dance | TAP |
| Peter out, as a trail | GOCOLD |
| Post-surgery place | ICU |
| Provider of underground entertainment? | ANT FARM |
| Radio button | AMFM |
| Renaissance fair props | SWORDS |
| Reply to a bit of cleverness | CUTE |
| Sci-fi play of 1921 | RUR |
| Scotland's Firth of ___ | TAY |
| Ship's pole | SPAR |
| Slept with | BEDDED |
| Smallest NATO member by population | ICELAND |
| Star Wars queen | PADME |
| Super- | ULTRA |
| Surely not me? | MOI |
| The P.L.O.'s Arafat | YASSER |
| Title judge of a 1995 sci-fi film | DREDD |
| Top | LID |
| Trampled | RAN OVER |
| Tree with burs | BEECH |
| What a tech specialist might ask you to send | SCREENSHOT |
| What an endangered animal may get | ID TAG |
| Yank's opposite | REB |
| You can't stop humming it | EARWORM |
Irish Times (Simplex) - Oct 01, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Ask earnestly | APPEAL |
| Bag for money | PURSE |
| Brand new, just out | LATEST |
| Conveyed in words | EXPRESSED |
| Deep, ringing and mournful | PLANGENT |
| Domesticating, mastering | TAMING |
| Drag along behind | TOW |
| Extreme, poverty say | ABJECT |
| Extremely bad or disagreeable | DREADFUL |
| For each or every | PER |
| Forces someone out and takes their place | OUSTS |
| German motorway | AUTOBAHN |
| Grown-ups | ADULTS |
| Handy, practical | USEFUL |
| Hold the same view | AGREE |
| Invertebrate with many legs | CENTIPEDE |
| It's measured in pascals | PRESSURE |
| It's now known as Iran | PERSIA |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Lift or throw with great effort | HEAVE |
| Long pin for holding meat | SKEWER |
| Makes fit for a new purpose | ADAPTS |
| Male singing voice | TENOR |
| Not approximate, precise | EXACT |
| Official representatives of countries | DIPLOMATS |
| One from Kingston, say | JAMAICAN |
| Pass by, as time | ELAPSE |
| Political elections | POLLS |
| Prevents or hinders passage | OBSTRUCTS |
| Russian pancake | BLINI |
| Snakes, lizards, etc. | REPTILES |
| Spattered | SPLASHED |
| Supporting beams | JOISTS |
| Twenty-first letter of the Greek alphabet | PHI |
| Upper or outer edge | RIM |
| Vengeful, malicious | SPITEFUL |
| Wall painting | FRESCO |
Irish Times (Crosaire) - Oct 01, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A reading from Roy Orbison summit in Mexican ravine | ARROYO |
| Alarm priest over something fashionable, as it's in mint condition | PRISTINE |
| Celebration of wedding in one of the ports | RUBY |
| Channel dropped Henry Lowe report on Ulster dish popular around Rialto | CANNELLONI |
| Describes haughty person with tarragon salad | ARROGANT |
| Fly-by-night was associated with 9 across and looks after one on campaign trail perhaps | BATMAN |
| Furthermore, it's nothing like Takeaway | PLUS |
| Genesis doesn't appeal to the left - and that's a particular class thing | BIRTHRIGHT |
| Go beyond what's trendy at the top | INFRINGE |
| Going all the way back, first-class cannabis gets you to the perfect place | UTOPIA |
| Greek letter from Valerie to Mary only has fifty per cent of old principles | CHIVALRY |
| Hanging around freezing with couple of those in charge with the foreign review | ICICLE |
| Hot shots in cocktail case | ACES |
| Hot wrap with mango centre | STOLEN |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| I muttered to one in the audience | VIEWER |
| It's an important bit of work to order half of supply to be taken back | OPUS |
| It's useless to refuse | WASTE |
| Light wine is a popular addition to front of house in a glass called after Catherine of Alexandria | ROSEWINDOW |
| Meander around Roman stream | ROAM |
| Responsible for a libel action | LIABLE |
| Shoots around European capital for The Greens | BRUSSELSSPROUTS |
| Show off dark wool - it's what manufacturers are capable of | WORKLOAD |
| Speaks for someone Dave mixed-up ringing Oscar and Tom | ADVOCATE |
| Stick with escort leaving Gloucester | GLUE |
| Take in little by little with Egyptian flower around hostelry | NIBBLE |
| The type of district one isn't supposed to drive through | REDLIGHT |
| Uniform set created for Hard Times perhaps | MISFORTUNE |
| Whip out hanky, as it shows some gratitude | THANKYOU |
Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Oct 01, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Just say ' | NO |
| 'People' competitor | US |
| 'Survivor' setting, often | ISLAND |
| Ambulance worker (Abbr.) | EMT |
| Antitoxins | SERA |
| Apply lightly | DAB |
| Baltimore newspaper | SUN |
| Bankruptcy cause | DEBT |
| Capone foe | NESS |
| Chilled | ICED |
| College life | ACADEMIA |
| Competent | ABLE |
| Crucial time | DDAY |
| Den | LAIR |
| Dine | SUP |
| End for mob or text | ILE |
| Engrave, say | ETCH |
| Fall (over) | KEEL |
| Farm fraction | ACRE |
| Farm wagon of a sort | OXCART |
| Foreman rival | ALI |
| Former mates | EXES |
| Gorilla | APE |
| Greek consonants | XIS |
| Has the wherewithal | CAN |
| Head light | HALO |
| Helen's home | TROY |
| Jewelry container, maybe | MUSICBOX |
| Jousting weapons | LANCES |
| Judicial garb | ROBE |
| Larynx | VOICEBOX |
| Last (Abbr.) | ULT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Laugh-a-minute | RIOT |
| Lendl or Boesky | IVAN |
| Many Louvre pieces | OILS |
| Maple genus | ACER |
| Meetings | SESSIONS |
| Oddly funny | IRONIC |
| Open somewhat | AJAR |
| Past | AGO |
| Persia, now | IRAN |
| Pianist Peter | NERO |
| Pleasant | NICE |
| Positions for favorable viewing | BOXSEATS |
| Prompt | CUE |
| Quick mission | ERRAND |
| Requirement | NEED |
| Robust | HALE |
| Sapporo sash | OBI |
| Secular | LAIC |
| Send out invitations | ASK |
| Series of skirmishes | WAR |
| Sign up | ENLIST |
| Smallest prime number | TWO |
| Sports-page summary | BOXSCORE |
| Spur | INCITE |
| Swelled head | EGO |
| Tall tale | LIE |
| Time card abbr | HRS |
| Total | SUM |
| U.K. award | OBE |
| Wade opponent | ROE |
| Warrior of legend | AJAX |
| Was right for | SUITED |