| Clue | Answer |
| "Africa" band | TOTO |
| "Born From Jets" sloganeer | SAAB |
| "Conan" channel | TBS |
| "Flowers for Algernon" author Daniel | KEYES |
| "Good one!" | NICE |
| "I'll throw your dagger __ the house": "Twelfth Night" | OER |
| "Java" jazzman | HIRT |
| "Maybe" | I'LL SEE |
| "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" gp. | ELO |
| "Same here" | DITTO |
| "Step __!" | ASIDE |
| "Swinging time? | AT BAT |
| "The Snows of Kilimanjo" setting | SAFARI |
| "Toodle-oo!" | BYENOW |
| "True Detective" network | HBO |
| "Twittering Machine" artist | KLEE |
| "What happened next?" | ANDTHEN |
| __ point | FOCAL |
| 2006 World Cup champion | ITALY |
| 55-Down datum:Abbr. | ETA |
| 82-Down's river | ARNO |
| Advantages | UPSIDES |
| Airman or seaman | RANK |
| Apennines article | UNA |
| Aristocrat's sunrise-to-sundown trip? | LORDSDAYSJOURNEY |
| Arrange in a cabinet | FILE |
| As a whole | ENBLOC |
| Bad lighting? | ARSON |
| Belief systems | ISMS |
| Big rigs | SEMIS |
| Bilingual subj. | ESL |
| Bill sharer | COSTAR |
| Blender brand | OSTER |
| Chain components, perhaps | ATOLLS |
| Charged, infantry-style | RANAT |
| Chat | JAW |
| Cheap metal lacking an owner? | NOBODYS FOOL GOLD |
| China neighbor | LAOS |
| Choir selection | HYMN |
| Classic Ford | TBIRD |
| Cold __ | CALL |
| Company excelling in many fields? | DEERE |
| Conductor Walter | BRUNO |
| Crunched muscles | ABS |
| Daft | INANE |
| Dance in a pit | MOSH |
| Designer Johnson | BETSEY |
| Distribution | ISSUANCE |
| Divide into shares | SPLIT |
| Drags to court | SUES |
| Dramatist Hellman | LILLIAN |
| Drink, e.g. | INGEST |
| Dungeness delicacy | CRAB |
| Easy jobs that are meant to be? | DESTINYSCHILDSPLAY |
| Enjoyed the lake | SWAM |
| Epitome of deadness | DOORNAIL |
| European city whose university was officially established in 1343 | PISA |
| Fangorn Forest denizen | ENT |
| Far from flush | NEEDY |
| Forensic ID | DNA |
| Garden area | PLOT |
| Gaze over, as a lake | LOOKACROSS |
| Golden district on the Thames | KEW |
| He played Klaatu in "The Day The Earth Stood Still" (2008) | KEANU |
| Heap | SLEW |
| Highlander | GAEL |
| Hit the road | WENT |
| Home of Lihue Airport | KAUAI |
| Homer Simpson's boss | MRBURNS |
| Hoops | B BALL |
| Housekeeper's bete noire | SLOB |
| How many modern TV shows may be seen | INHD |
| Imam's faith | ISLAM |
| Impudence | LIP |
| In working order | USABLE |
| Ire | BILE |
| Ire | WRATH |
| It's quite a blow | GALE |
| L.A. athlete | LAKER |
| Land east of the Urals | ASIA |
| Lift or squat | REP |
| Like Bit-O-Honey candy bars | CHEWY |
| Like kiwifruit | OVOID |
| Like kiwifruit | ALA |
| Longtime Brit. Music label | EMI |
| Loser's fatal mistake? | SNOOZE |
| Magazine VIPs | EDS |
| Major Pa. and N.J. routes | TPKS |
| Most intimate | CLOSEST |
| Multimetallic Canadian coin | TOONIE |
| Muslim dignitary | EMIR |
| Mythical creature in Dante's "Inferno" | MINOTAUR |
| NASA was formed during his admin. | DDE |
| Nestle dessert brand | EDYS |
| Newbie | TYRO |
| Nile dangers | ASPS |
| Nincompoop | BOOB |
| Novelty item with an eyeglasses variety | SILLYSTRAW |
| Nut trees | HAZELS |
| Nutmeg State collegian | ELI |
| On edge | TESTY |
| One may start with the striking of a gavel: Abbr. | SESS |
| Organ to lend or bend | EAR |
| Part of ERA: abbr. | AVG |
| Peak west of the Ionian Sea | ETNA |
| Pen | PRISON |
| Playground retort | ARESO |
| Power dept. | ENER |
| Private student | TUTEE |
| Reputed UFO fliers | ETS |
| Rich kind of cake baked by a newspaper employee | PRINTERSDEVILSFOOD |
| Right | REDRESS |
| Shorten, in a way | MOW |
| Show gratitude to | THANK |
| Singer Clooney's delicate flowers? | ROSEMARYSBABYBREATH |
| Snow or nose follower | JOB |
| Solar system components | ORBS |
| Some decals | IRONONS |
| Some smartphones | LGS |
| Spanish article | LAS |
| Spirit in a bottle | GENIE |
| State as fact | CLAIM |
| States as fact | SAYSSO |
| Sunject of Odysseus | ITHACAN |
| Sushi option | EEL |
| Symbol of strength | OAK |
| Talk show furniture | SOFA |
| They often have multiple courses | MEALS |
| Tiny arachnid | MITE |
| Topiary tress | YEWS |
| Traveler's purchase | TICKET |
| Tupperware topper | LID |
| Two-time NFL sacks leader __ Allen | JARED |
| Tyler who voices Lana, "Archer" | AISHA |
| Upper garment parts | BOSOMS |
| Victims of physicist's scam? | SCHRODINGERSCATSPAWS |
| What leaders hold | SWAY |
| Wind farm features | VANES |
| Words that have a ring to them? | ITHEEWED |
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L.A. Times Daily - Nov 01 2015 Sunday Crossword Puzzle Answer
L.A. Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Solution - Nov 01 2015 Sunday
L.A. Times Daily - Nov 01 2015 The Sunday Crossword by Merl Reagle
| Clue | Answer |
| "__ pretty sight" | NOT A |
| "__ Were the Days" | THOSE |
| "__, Mistress of the Dark" | ELVIRA |
| "30 Rock" first name | TINA |
| "Borat" creator Sacha __ Cohen | BARON |
| "Cheers" co-star | WENDT |
| "Don't mind __!" | IF I DO |
| "Don't Touch My Hat" singer | LOVETT |
| "Forty whacks" weapon | AXE |
| "Hello" ladies? | DOLLYS |
| "None for me, thanks" | I PASS |
| "Picnic" co-star | KIM NOVAK |
| "Where the Boys Are" loc. | FLA |
| "Wild Bill" Donovan's org. | OSS |
| __ cleanup | BAT |
| __ Mater (hymn) | STAB AT |
| 1940s actress known for her yodeling hillbilly roles | JUDY CANOVA |
| Adder injection | VENOM |
| Alice, to Ralph, at times | ARIOT |
| Author Seton | ANYA |
| Autumn color | OCHER |
| Bad news for latecomers: Abbr. | SRO |
| Basic note series | CSCALE |
| Become | GET |
| Before, once | ERE |
| Believe, perhaps | BUYINTO |
| Benin's capital | PORTONOVO |
| Bug on Escher's Moebius strip | ANT |
| Camera angle: abbr. | POV |
| Capt. Scott's ice ship that means "Newfoundland" in Latin | TERRA NOVA |
| Change your genes | MUTATE |
| Chops up, as garlic | MINCES |
| Clothes closers, in Japan | OBIS |
| Cold culprit | RHINOVIRUS |
| Cold-weather drink | COCOA |
| Comfortably warm | TOASTY |
| Coming __ | SOON |
| Credit alternative | DEBIT |
| Crosspiece | BAR |
| Cry to surprise | OHO |
| Defense acronym | NATO |
| Delay | STALL |
| Deli orders | BLTS |
| Dept. boss | MGR |
| Dined on | HAD |
| Director Sergio | LEONE |
| Do a news job | ANCHOR |
| Down Under denizen | EMU |
| Draft org. | SSS |
| Early paperback | DIME NOVEL |
| Earth models | GLOBES |
| English royal house | TUDOR |
| Environmental prefix | ECO |
| Established (a claim) | STAKED |
| Fairy godmother prop | WAND |
| Father Guido Sarducci of "SNL" reruns | DONNOVELLO |
| FDR project | TVA |
| Frank of Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 | BORMAN |
| FYI circular | MEMO |
| Get rid of | LOSE |
| Give a new face | RENOVATE |
| Gladstone attended it | ETON |
| Go through again | RELIVE |
| Growl, old-style (or backward, pealed) | GNAR |
| Hack | HEW |
| Have __ (care) | A HEART |
| Having a bill, as a cap | VISORED |
| Held the deed to | OWNED |
| Help | SERVICE |
| Her son fled to 89 Down | EVE |
| Hero's conclusion | INE |
| Hi, in HI | ALOHA |
| His of her, to Henri | SES |
| How I hope don't feel right about now | IN OVER YOUR HEAD |
| Hydrox addition | IDE |
| Intoxicating | HEADY |
| It really cooks | CONVECTION PVEN |
| Japanese actress Yoko or U.S. astronaut Daniel | TANI |
| Kareem at 15-Down | LEW |
| King of Norway | OLAV |
| Landfill emanation | ODOR |
| Landin the Bible | NOD |
| Latka's womanizing alter-ego on "Taxi," __ Ferrari | VIC |
| Lead watchdog: abbr. | EPA |
| LeBron and co. | CAVS |
| Like Carroll's rabbit | LATE |
| Lover-boy | CASANOVA |
| Ludlum's secret "Identity" | BOURNE |
| Major artery | CAROTID |
| Mazol __ | TOV |
| Misers, in Milan | AVARI |
| More meddlesome | NOSIER |
| Motivational Wayne | DYER |
| Musician;s tapper | TOE |
| No longer one-sided | EVEN |
| Once and __ | FOR ALL |
| Pacifist's dream | NO WAR |
| Part of a closing act? | SUTURE |
| PR self | IMAGE |
| Primero number | UNO |
| PT. of USSR | SOV |
| Quarantine order | NO VISITORS |
| Real-life don Vito | GENOVESE |
| Realty listings | HOUSES |
| Red-hot types? | MAMAS |
| Regional dialect | PATOIS |
| Regretted | RUED |
| Restless desire | ITCH |
| Ring combination | ONE TWO |
| Road with a no. | RTE |
| Sch. Near Beverly Hills | UCLA |
| Security breach | LEAK |
| See 82-Down | OFLOVE |
| Ship of myth | ARGO |
| Silk source | SOY |
| Simian | APE |
| Singer whose "I Just Wanna Stop" was a Top Ten hit in 1978 | GINO VANNELLI |
| Sleepy colleague? | DOC |
| Slugger Slaughter | ENOS |
| Space heading? | AERO |
| Spread's old name | OLEO |
| Spy from Pottsylvania | BORIS BADENOV |
| Start of many a western city | SAN |
| Stock up on, as provisions | LAYIN |
| Storied avian | ROC |
| Strong as __ | ANOX |
| Swedish car company | VOLVO |
| Tableaux | SCENES |
| Take th bait | BITE |
| Tall, dark, or handsome, for ex. | ADJ |
| Tire feature | TREAD |
| Toy with a tail | KITE |
| Transmission chain | AAMCO |
| Tucson's environs | DESERT |
| Two cents' worth | SAY |
| Unedited, as data | RAW |
| Vincent's lifelong ally | THEO |
| Violin virtuoso? | AMATI |
| Wallace of "The Champ" | BEERY |
| Wee swig | NIP |
| What I hope you don't need right about now | NOVOCAINE |
| Whose sake? | PETES |
| With 97-Down, an Al pacino thriller | SEA |
| Words after home, not hone | INON |
| Wound (up) | ENDED |
| WWII decision-maker | IKE |
| Yak | GAB |
| Yukon SUV mfr. | GMC |
Premier Sunday - King Feature Syndicate - Nov 1 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| '-- little teapot ...' | IMA |
| '-- perfect world ...' | INA |
| '--'s Gold' (1997 film) | ULEE |
| '10' star Bo | DEREK |
| 'Bill' penner Jerome | KERN |
| 'Fire away!' | ASK |
| 'Give it --!' ('Try!') | ASHOT |
| 'Hey, you there' | PSST |
| 'I love,' to Ovid | AMO |
| 'If -- Would Leave You' | EVERI |
| 'Indubitably!' | WHYYES |
| 'Oh, uh-huh' | ISEE |
| 'That's all there is --' | TOIT |
| 'World Cafe' airer | NPR |
| -- -di-dah | LAH |
| -- -Mart | WAL |
| -- au vin (chicken dish) | COQ |
| 11-Down guess, briefly | ETA |
| 27-Across' continent | ASIA |
| Actor Karl | MALDEN |
| Adequate, to Li'l Abner | ENUF |
| Allstate rival | AETNA |
| Also include | ADD |
| Anise-flavored liqueur | OUZO |
| Apple debut of 2013 | IPADAIR |
| Approached to assail | CAMEAT |
| Bakery treat | PIE |
| Beer in Bath | ALE |
| Black mark | STIGMA |
| Brand of hair remover | NAIR |
| Brick floors of fireplaces | HEARTHS |
| Butterlike product | OLEO |
| Carte or mode lead-in | ALA |
| Chaos | MAYHEM |
| Check recipient | PAYEE |
| Cold Italian desserts | GELATI |
| Counteract | NEGATE |
| Crams, e.g | STUDIES |
| Darns, e.g | SEWS |
| Declares, informally | SEZ |
| Dirt Devil, e.g., for short | VAC |
| Easter entrées | HAMS |
| Elder Obama daughter | MALIA |
| Elmo's street | SESAME |
| End of the riddle | IMPORTANTQUESTION |
| Endurance | STAMINA |
| Engine sound | HUM |
| Erfurt article | DER |
| Farrow of films | MIA |
| Feline sign | LEO |
| Female koala | DOE |
| Fighting spirit | METTLE |
| First-string athletic group | ATEAM |
| Fourth of a fiscal yr | QTR |
| Frat 'O' | OMEGA |
| Frat 'T' | TAU |
| From Cork, e.g | IRISH |
| Giant in pens | BIC |
| Give -- on the back | APAT |
| Give a boost | AID |
| Go as low as | STOOPTO |
| Gucci or Armani rival | VERSACE |
| Hack down | AXE |
| Houston college, for short | RICEU |
| Inert element | NEON |
| Informal name for Utah | DESERET |
| Italian money | EURO |
| Jewish holiday in spring | PURIM |
| Leave agape | AWE |
| Lew of 'State Fair' | AYRES |
| Louisville-to-Atlanta dir | SSE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Loutish sort | YAHOO |
| Manicure boards | EMERIES |
| Many truck engines | DIESELS |
| Meyers or Onassis | ARI |
| Moved like a kangaroo | LEAPT |
| N.J. hours | EST |
| Of sheep | OVINE |
| Old major-league team | EXPOS |
| Opposite of chaos | ORDER |
| Overdue debt | ARREARS |
| Painter Pablo | PICASSO |
| Pal of Hook | SMEE |
| Part of ERA | EARNED |
| Phone bug | TAP |
| PIN points | ATMS |
| Pipe fitting | ELL |
| Pleasant | LIKABLE |
| Pond coating | SCUM |
| Pop singer Bareilles | SARA |
| Portion out anew | REALLOT |
| Prayer ends | AMENS |
| Prefix with tasking | MULTI |
| Pretense | ACT |
| Pro-war sorts | HAWKS |
| Quiet | SILENCE |
| Really dislike | HATE |
| Red-eyed sparrow | TOWHEE |
| Riddle's answer | THREEMENANDAMAYBE |
| Riddle, part 2 | FUNNYMOVIEINWHICH |
| Riddle, part 3 | ATRIOOFGUYSCANONLY |
| Riddle, part 4 | GIVESOMEONEAN |
| Riddle, part 5 | EQUIVOCALREPLYTOAN |
| Rival | ENEMY |
| Romanov ruler | TSAR |
| Russia's Trotsky | LEON |
| Sea- -- Airport | TAC |
| Sedan, say | AUTO |
| Seoul's land | KOREA |
| Shar- -- (wrinkly dogs) | PEIS |
| Silver or gold | METAL |
| Social reformer Jacob | RIIS |
| Spanish for 'other' | OTRA |
| Sphere | REALM |
| Spider-Man co-creator | STANLEE |
| Sports VIP | ALLSTAR |
| Sports VIP | MVP |
| Spread of puréed liver | PATE |
| Start of a riddle | WHATCOULDYOUCALLA |
| Stir-fry tidbit | SNOWPEA |
| Stock debut, for short | IPO |
| Suffix with fiend | ISH |
| Suffix with switch | EROO |
| Sun. church talk | SER |
| Takes off the bottle | WEANS |
| Times of distinction | ERAS |
| Tips off | ALERTS |
| Trials by fire | ORDEALS |
| Triple crown | TIARA |
| Ulna's end | ELBOW |
| Usual | NORM |
| Very little | ATAD |
| Very regretful one | RUER |
| Waffle pour-on | SYRUP |
| Walk over | STEPON |
| Water nymph of myth | NAIAD |
| What the weary get, in a saying | NOREST |
| Wish for | WANT |
| Wood for dartboards | ELM |
| Worn (away) | EATEN |
| Yellowish fruit | APRICOT |
| Young cow | CALF |
New York Times - Nov 1 2015 Sunday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Aha!' | OHISEE |
| 'Before ___ you go ...' | ILET |
| 'Buy it. Sell it. Love it' company | EBAY |
| 'Chill!' | RELAX |
| 'Damage' director Louis | MALLE |
| 'Helm's ___!' (nautical cry) | ALEE |
| 'I've heard enough' | SPAREME |
| 'My mistake!' | OOPS |
| 'Stop kidding yourself' | BEREAL |
| 'Try ___ might ...' | ASI |
| '___ she blows!' | THAR |
| 1998 Jim Carrey comedy/drama, with 'The' | TRUMANSHOW |
| 2014 Emmy-winning miniseries based on a 1996 film | FARGO |
| 88-Across + cuatro | DOCE |
| Actor Gulager | CLU |
| After deductions | NET |
| Algebraic input | VALUE |
| Amu Darya outlet, once | ARALSEA |
| Andrews or Dover: Abbr | USAFB |
| Apply | EXERT |
| Bar mitzvahs, e.g | RITES |
| Big name in printers | EPSON |
| Boasts | CROWS |
| Brazilian tourist destination | COPACABANABEACH |
| Capital of Minorca | MAHON |
| Casino convenience | ATM |
| Catchall abbr | ETAL |
| Certifications in some college apps | GEDS |
| Circuit for Serena and Venus Williams, in brief | WTATOUR |
| City from which Vasco da Gama sailed, to locals | LISBOA |
| Computer data acronym | ASCII |
| Consequences of downsizing | JOBCUTS |
| Cooperated with, e.g | HELPED |
| Crowd sound | ROAR |
| Cursed | SWOREAT |
| Delta calculation, briefly | ETA |
| Derisive laugh sound | HAR |
| Distilled coal product | TAROIL |
| Does in | OFFS |
| Dr. Seuss environmentalist | LORAX |
| Dump site monitor, for short | EPA |
| Elementary school science class item | ANTFARM |
| Evaluator of flight risks, for short | FAA |
| Expelled politely | LEDOUT |
| Father figures | PAS |
| Fay Vincent's successor as baseball commissioner | BUDSELIG |
| First name in Disney villains | CRUELLA |
| Fix, as a pool cue | RETIP |
| Flowed | RAN |
| Flower girl? | ROSE |
| Follow the advice 'When in Rome ...' | ADAPT |
| Foolish sort | SILLYGOOSE |
| Force under Stalin | REDARMY |
| Furry frolicker | OTTER |
| Get tough | HARDEN |
| Giant image in the sky over Gotham | BAT |
| Golfer Aoki | ISAO |
| Goodie bag filler | SWAG |
| Google SafeSearch target | SMUT |
| Hair extension? | IEST |
| Home of the David Geffen School of Medicine, for short | UCLA |
| Home theater option | RCA |
| Homes for Gila woodpeckers | CACTI |
| Honored academic retiree | EMERITA |
| Hothead's response | RANT |
| Indie rock band Yo La ___ | TENGO |
| Info on a parking ticket | PLATENUMBER |
| It contains a lot of balloons | COMICBOOK |
| It might be full of baloney | HOAGIE |
| Junior in the Football Hall of Fame | SEAU |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Kerry's 2004 running mate | EDWARDS |
| Kind of rock | GARAGE |
| L. Frank Baum princess | OZMA |
| Leo with the 1977 #1 hit 'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing' | SAYER |
| Libertine | RAKE |
| Like black-tie affairs | FANCY |
| Like father, like son? | MALE |
| Like many OPEC nations | ARAB |
| Long | PINE |
| Longtime California senator | BARBARABOXER |
| Look shocked | GAPE |
| Lyme disease transmitter | DEERTICK |
| Macy's, e.g | CHAIN |
| Managed care grps | HMOS |
| Mars : Roman :: ___ : Norse | TYR |
| Marsh birds | SORAS |
| Mete out | ALLOT |
| Minor setback | SNAG |
| More charming | NICER |
| Mrs. McKinley | IDA |
| Mt. Olive offerings | DILLS |
| No-hunting zone | ANIMALSANCTUARY |
| Nut, basically | SEED |
| One-to-one, e.g | TIE |
| Ones putting on acts | MCS |
| Opaque | CLEARASMUD |
| Order from a sports doc | MRI |
| Outdoor sports store | REI |
| Paperless I.R.S. option | EFILE |
| Parseghian of Notre Dame | ARA |
| Part of the biosphere | FAUNA |
| Part of the neck? | FRET |
| Piece of garlic | CLOVE |
| Plain to see | WRITLARGE |
| Pop-up, sometimes | ALERT |
| Primatologist Goodall | JANE |
| Put-down | DIS |
| Rap sheet entry | PRIORARREST |
| Relative of a bug | WIRETAP |
| Search blindly | GROPE |
| Singular | LONE |
| Sleep stages | REMS |
| Some collars | ETONS |
| Something that doesn't follow the letter of the law? | MAILFRAUD |
| Spousal agreement | YESDEAR |
| Staple of a rock band tour | BUS |
| Stick up | ROB |
| Street sign abbr | CIR |
| Suffix with hex- | ANE |
| Suffix with hippo- | DROME |
| Sun Devils' sch | ASU |
| Survey unit | HOUSEHOLD |
| Taipei-to-Seoul dir | NNE |
| Teased | JAPED |
| Tertius planeta from the sun | TERRA |
| The black ball in el juego de billar | OCHO |
| The tiniest bit | ONEIOTA |
| Tip of Italy, once? | LIRA |
| Tolkien beast | ORC |
| Used up | ALLGONE |
| Visible S O S | FLARE |
| Voice-controlled device from the world's largest online retailer | AMAZONECHO |
| Weightlifting technique | CLEANANDJERK |
| What a pitching wedge provides | LOFT |
| What Marcie calls Peppermint Patty in 'Peanuts' | SIR |
| What might result from a minor hit | DENT |
| Where Rigel is | ORION |
| World Series of Poker's Vegas home | THERIO |
| Xeric | ARID |
| ___ soap | BAROF |
Premier Sunday - King Feature Syndicate - Oct 25 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Designing Women' co-star | DIXIECARTER |
| 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' author | DALECARNEGIE |
| 'Kill bill' vote | NAY |
| 'Quantum Healing' author | DEEPAKCHOPRA |
| 'Wayne's World' co-star | DANACARVEY |
| '— always said ...' | ASIVE |
| '— be my pleasure' | ITD |
| '— cool!' | NOT |
| 30-day mo | APR |
| 32nd prez | FDR |
| 4 p.m. social | TEA |
| Ally makers | UNITERS |
| Apt. units | RMS |
| Assessed | RATED |
| Attack like a playful pup | NIPAT |
| Beaver work | DAM |
| Beck of radio | GLENN |
| Being there | PRESENCE |
| Best Actor nominee for 'Hotel Rwanda' | DONCHEADLE |
| Big birds of myth | ROCS |
| Big shot | VIP |
| Boise loc | IDA |
| Breathing problems | APNEAS |
| Brit's prison | GAOL |
| Building wing | ELL |
| Burn soother | ALOE |
| Canines, e.g | TEETH |
| Catholic leaders | POPES |
| Cause a floating log to spin by walking on it | BIRL |
| Century parts | DECADES |
| Champion | VICTOR |
| Charlotte of 'Diff'rent Strokes' | RAE |
| Childishly trivial | PUERILE |
| Cold cubes | ICE |
| Comic Jimmy | DURANTE |
| Cry from a 4-Across | HURRAH |
| Cur's threat | GRR |
| Defeat | OUTDO |
| Direct (at) | AIM |
| Dust buster, for short | VAC |
| E. Sicilian volcano | MTETNA |
| Embed firmly | IMPLANT |
| Ending for Brit | ISH |
| Ending of some pasta names | INI |
| Equip | ACCOUTER |
| Ex-slaves | FREEMEN |
| Extreme diet rule, perhaps | NOCARBS |
| Eyed | ESPIED |
| Farewells | ADIEUS |
| Farming-related prefix | AGRO |
| Filmmaker Federico | FELLINI |
| Fit for — (regal) | AQUEEN |
| Five womb-mates | QUINTS |
| Gala | FETE |
| Galilee residents | ISRAELIS |
| Gary's state | INDIANA |
| Gestures from 4-Acrosses | VSIGNS |
| Giant in retail furniture | IKEA |
| Give relief | AID |
| Goat's call | BAA |
| Harass | BADGER |
| He played Clark Kent on 'Lois and Clark' | DEANCAIN |
| Heavy lifter | CRANE |
| High-ranking cleric | PRELATE |
| Hole — (ace) | INONE |
| Insect feeler | PALP |
| Irked greatly | ATEAT |
| Itsy-bitsy | EENSY |
| Jack of early TV | PAAR |
| January gem | GARNET |
| Jet airliner model that's an apt alternate title for this puzzle | DCTEN |
| Jim who played Gomer Pyle | NABORS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Juice brand | HIC |
| Kickoff prop | TEE |
| King, to Juan | REY |
| Kiwi cousins | EMUS |
| Landscaping tools | EDGERS |
| Leveling stuff | TNT |
| Like batik fabric | HANDDYED |
| Lost cause | GONER |
| Made over | REDID |
| Many a sewer-line tube, briefly | PVCPIPE |
| MD's gp | HMO |
| Mil. draft gp | SSS |
| Nada | NONE |
| Navigate | STEER |
| Nile locale | EGYPT |
| North Dakota's tree | ELM |
| Not closing seasonally | ALLYEAR |
| Not different | ALIKE |
| Nucleotide triplet | CODON |
| Obsesses | FIXATES |
| Old TV's 'My Friend —' | IRMA |
| Pan covers | LIDS |
| PC linkup | LAN |
| Pop music's — Lobos | LOS |
| Pre-U queue | RST |
| Previously | EARLIER |
| Psychic glows | AURAS |
| Pt. of NBA | ASSOC |
| Rats on | BETRAYS |
| Red Cross skill, for short | CPR |
| Regal Norse name | OLAV |
| Relay athlete | RACER |
| Scot's denial | NAE |
| Sean Penn drama | IAMSAM |
| See 83-Down | CAN |
| Selma locale | ALABAMA |
| Sharpening device | HONER |
| She played Alice in 'Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice' | DYANCANNON |
| She played Frenchy in 'Grease' | DIDICONN |
| Show host | EMCEE |
| Shows to be downloaded | PODCASTS |
| Simile part | ASA |
| Sixth actor to play James Bond | DANIELCRAIG |
| Slews | ATON |
| Slight smell | WHIFF |
| Slimy stuff | MUD |
| Small, like Abner | LIL |
| Snack | BITE |
| Social studies class | CIVICS |
| Sorority letter | KAPPA |
| Sorority letters | PSIS |
| Start to fall | SAG |
| Sudafed alternative | BENADRYL |
| Talk show host with three Emmys | DICKCAVETT |
| Talks glibly | PATTERS |
| Tastelessly artistic | KITSCHY |
| They bray | ASSES |
| Threads | DUDS |
| Tire holder | WHEEL |
| Undecorated | BARE |
| Univ. helpers | TAS |
| USN officer | ENS |
| Very familiar (with): Fr | AUFAIT |
| What you might call a cool cat | DADDYO |
| Wine region in California | SONOMA |
| Winter frost | HOAR |
| With 118-Down, fuel container | GAS |
| Writer Rice | ANNE |
| Zones | AREAS |
| Zoomed | SPED |
| — -ski party | APRES |
| — nous | ENTRE |
Universal - Oct 31 2015 Saturday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| "All systems go!" | READY |
| "American Idol" contestant Clay | AIKEN |
| "Cool" amount | MIL |
| "Prima Ballerina" artist | DEGAS |
| "Sesame Street" regular | OSCAR |
| Absorbed | RAPT |
| According to | ASPER |
| Added attractions | EXTRAS |
| Aggravate | IRK |
| Airline to Chile | LAN |
| Airport listing, for short | ETA |
| Amend 40-Across | REMAP |
| Ballroom activity | SAMBA |
| Bars for guitars | CAPOS |
| Be content with, as one's laurels | RESTON |
| Belafonte or Lewis | SHARI |
| Big Aussie bird | EMU |
| Boastful | FULLOFPRIDE |
| Book containing legends | ATLAS |
| British flying grp | RAF |
| Brownish-gray color | TAUPE |
| Calendar abbr | AUG |
| Cascades peak | SHASTA |
| Chablis, for one | WINE |
| Circulatory trunk | AORTA |
| Cleans up text | EDITS |
| Closest or farthest orbit point | APSIS |
| Coarse metal files | RASPS |
| Consume eagerly | EATUP |
| Depth charge target | UBOAT |
| Disorderly crowd | MOB |
| Do housework | CLEAN |
| Do private eye work | SPY |
| Enjoy Aspen | SKI |
| Event with a pinata | FIESTA |
| Flop of a firecracker | DUD |
| Geyser emission | STEAM |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Gong in an orchestra set | TAMTAM |
| Guerrero and others | PEDROS |
| Hoity-toity attitude | AIRS |
| Hosiery annoyance | SNAG |
| K-12 grp | PTA |
| Lace tips | AGLETS |
| Looked like a villain | SNEERED |
| Makes an attempt | TRIES |
| Mistreats | ABUSES |
| Moon stages | PHASES |
| More remorseful | SORRIER |
| Nancy Drew's beau | NED |
| Not obvious | SUBTLE |
| One with high hopes | ASPIRER |
| One-celled creatures (Var.) | AMEBAE |
| Opportunity, in slang | SHOT |
| Places to darken? | TANNINGBEDS |
| San Diego pro | CHARGER |
| Satisfies | SATES |
| Seventh inning event | STRETCH |
| Shipping protections | BUBBLEPACKS |
| Short-tailed weasel | STOAT |
| Sidekick, south of the border | AMIGO |
| Sine's reciprocal, briefly | COSEC |
| Some toy dogs | POODLES |
| Something that can be bro kin? | SIS |
| Stork's delivery | BABY |
| Stretch of shrubbery | HEDGE |
| The Hulk's catalyst | ANGER |
| Throwing a party | PLAYINGHOST |
| Use the keyboard again | RETYPE |
| Used car deal, e.g | RESALE |
| Used inelegant language | SWORE |
| Valuable rock | ORE |
| Vertical reference line on a graph | YAXIS |
| ___ fly (RBI earner) | SAC |
| ___ point (example) | CASEIN |
USA Today - Oct 31 2015 Saturday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clue | Answer |
| ".. Dawning of the __" | AGE |
| "__ me your tired, your poor .." | GIVE |
| "Get lost!" | SCRAM |
| "La-la" lead-in | TRA |
| "That Lucky Old Sun" singer Frankie | LAINE |
| "The Kitchen God's Wife" author Amy | TAN |
| __ Mahal | TAJ |
| 1936 presidential candidate Landon | ALF |
| A Rose | PETE |
| Actress Sharon | STONE |
| Arcylic fiber | ORLON |
| Beer barrel | KEG |
| Border on | ABUT |
| Burn | SCORCH |
| Cakes' companion | ALE |
| Camper's necessity | CAN OPENER |
| Captain Queeg's ship | CAINE |
| Certain factory worker | ROBOT |
| Common question | PAPER OR PLASTIC, CASH OR CHARGE, REGULAR OF DECAF |
| Common question, once | SMOKING OR NON |
| Commute-sharing arrangement | CAR POOL |
| Crossword buffalo | ANOA |
| Dancer Montez | LOLA |
| Deodorant brand | BAN |
| Deteriorate | CORRODE |
| Eeyore's friend | ROO |
| Escape the notice of | ELUDE |
| Eyes | ORBS |
| Facial twitch | TIC |
| Father of the Mothers of Invention | ZAPPA |
| Field role | RAE |
| Former U.S. intelligence org. | OSS |
| Gets ready | PREPS |
| Good guy | MENSCH |
| Grande, e.g. | RIO |
| Groucho's brother | ZEPPO |
| Hardened | INURED |
| Hurry | DASH |
| Indian music style | RAGA |
| Item in a baby's wardrobe | BIB |
| Keep one's eyes open | ONSERVE |
| Live __ (1986 concert) | AID |
| Michelangelo sculpture | PIETA |
| Mr. Zimbalist, or his son | EFREM |
| Neither's partner | NOR |
| Nothern Calif. Airport | SFO |
| Old-fashioned | DATED |
| PC display unit | CRT |
| Photo finish? | REALISM |
| Pig's place | PEN |
| Purim's month | ADAR |
| Reed of rock | LOU |
| Ripken or Poly | CAL |
| River in Germany | EDER |
| RR stop | STN |
| Russian fighter jet | MIG |
| Seconf of 12, for short | FEB |
| Secular | LAIC |
| Selected at random | ARBITRARY |
| Seraglio | HAREM |
| Sgt. or cpl. | NCO |
| Shipping guy | ARI |
| Small brook | RILL |
| Some songs | ARIAS |
| Stocking part, once | SEAM |
| Suffix for south or west | ERN |
| Switch positions | ONS |
| Thespian | ACTOR |
| This, in Havana | ESTA |
| Took to the streets, in a way | RIOTED |
| Type of scout | CUB |
| Up and about | ASTIR |
| Walter's "Odd Couple" role | OSCAR |
| Was less than perfect | ERRED |
| Word in a Sylvia Plath title | JAR |
| Young chicken | FRYER |