| Clues | Answers |
| "__ Recall" (Sci-fi film) | TOTAL |
| "__ seriously, folks.." | BUT |
| "Brain" of a PC | CPU |
| "Immediately!" in the OR | STAT |
| "Little __ Fauntleroy" | LORD |
| "To tell the truth .." | ACTUALLY |
| "Yippe!" | WAHOO |
| __ and vigor | VIM |
| __ King Cole | NAT |
| __ out at (reproved harshly) | LASHED |
| __ the line (behaved) | TOED |
| Apple gizmo | CORER |
| Arctic plain | TUNDRA |
| Ball-shaped cheese | EDAM |
| Barbary beast | APE |
| Bone __ (study) | UPON |
| Brother of Moses | AARON |
| Cancel, to NASA | ABORT |
| Cartographic speck | CAY |
| Certain crustacean | ISOPOD |
| Chicken __ king | ALA |
| Clear the chalkboard | ERASE |
| Click the fingers | SNAP |
| Common sight in Arizona | SAGUARO |
| Dense clump of trees or bushes | TUFT |
| Diamond Head locale | OAHU |
| Diplomatic official | CHARGED AFFAIRES |
| Doberman's warning | SNARL |
| Due | PAYABLE |
| Electric auto brand | TESLA |
| English horse race | ASCOT |
| Farm storage unit | SILO |
| Force of physics | DYNE |
| Four-door model | SEDAN |
| Georgetown athlete | HOYA |
| Harper and Stan | LEES |
| It's sometimes "junk" | FOOD |
| It's under the window | SILL |
| Kentucky boxing legend | ALI |
| Kind of node or gland | LYMPH |
| Length times width, often | AREA |
| Like curious onlookers | AGAZE |
| Long-running conflict | FEUD |
| Louisville Sluggers, e.g. | BATS |
| Medium-sized sofa | SETTEE |
| Miss America's accessory | SASH |
| Move like flood mud | OOZE |
| Muscle malady | ACHE |
| N. or S. state, briefly | DAK |
| Orchestral "tuning fork" | OBOE |
| Oscar or Tony | AWARD |
| Oyster shell interior | NACRE |
| Performances for one | SOLI |
| Persia, now | IRAN |
| Pinoche term | MELD |
| Prefix with "violet" | ULTRA |
| Public relations need | TACT |
| Put one in the win column | CHALKUPAVICTORY |
| Questionnaire datum | AGE |
| Rigel or Vega, e.g. | STAR |
| Some flies or blunts, for short | SACS |
| Suppress, in a way | BOTTLE UP |
| Synagogue scrolls | TORAHS |
| Synthethic fiber | RAYON |
| They have supporting parts | CHARACTER ACTORS |
| Tools for duels | FOILS |
| Toward sunrise | EAST |
| Tramp's companion | LADY |
| Tricky play, e.g. | RUSE |
| TV sports prize | ESPY |
| Verifiable statement | FACT |
| Wearable wares | APPAREL |
| Winged god of love | EROS |
| Wobbly, e.g. | UNSAFE |
| Wore the crown | RULED |
| Wound | HURT |
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Universal - Dec 1 2015 Tuesday Crossword Puzzle Answer
Universal Crossword Puzzle Solution - Dec 1 2015 Tuesday
USA Today - Dec 1 2015 Tuesday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
| "..__ I saw ELBA" | ERE |
| "A Prayer for Owen __" | MEANY |
| "All kidding __.." | ASIDE |
| "Annie Hall" Oscar winner | KEATON |
| "Inferno" writer | DANTE |
| "Once __ a time.." | UPON |
| "Stop talking!" | SHH |
| "That's amazing!" | WOW |
| "To __ is human .." | ERR |
| "Where" attachment | ELSE |
| __ Aviv | TEL |
| Ad word | SALE |
| Adjective for Mommie | DEAREST |
| Adversaries | RIVAL |
| Alaska or Florida | STATE |
| Arid Asian area | GOBI |
| Balloon filler | AIR |
| Banned pesticide | DDT |
| Big Band or Elizabethan | ERA |
| Boos' partners | HISSES |
| Boundary line | END |
| Bring shame upon | DISHONOR |
| Bypass the altar | ELOPE |
| Cause of depreciation | WEAR AND TEAR |
| Certain Dutch cheese | GOUDA |
| Circle, as planets | ORBIT |
| Cold dessert | GELATO |
| Cozy retreat | DEN |
| Criticize, and then some | SCATHE |
| Docking spot | PIER |
| Entertainers | HOSTS |
| Excessively | TOO |
| Farmland units | ACRES |
| Feathery neckwear | BOAS |
| Female gametes | OVA |
| Financing letters | APR |
| Fireplace part, sometimes | HEARTHSTONE |
| Garments | CLOTHES |
| General, to a Turk | AGA |
| Go from brunette to blonde | DYE |
| Habeas corpus, e.g. | WRIT |
| Half a cocktail? | TAI |
| Heartbreak | WOE |
| Hockey officials | REFS |
| Hulk of wrestling fame | HOGAN |
| Human trunk | TORSO |
| In worse health | ILLER |
| IOUs | MARKERS |
| Issues an advisory | WARNS |
| It may be hard to prove in court | INTENT |
| It won't buy much | CENT |
| Jules Verne milieu | SCIFI |
| Legendary actress Sophia | LOREN |
| Let off the hook? | UNPEG |
| Letter following sigma | TAU |
| Like Mr. Magoo | NEARSIGHTED |
| Medal giver | HONORER |
| More than suspicious of | ONTO |
| Moroccan capital | RABAT |
| Naval base near Honululu | PEARL HARBOR |
| Notebook flaps | TABS |
| Notices | ALERTS |
| Part of a bar code | AGE LIMIT |
| Possessive pronoun | ITS |
| Projecting window | ORIEL |
| Riddle relative | ENIGMA |
| Sage in turban | SWAMI |
| Shows remorse | REPENTS |
| Small-time | TWO BIT |
| Strong winds | GUSTS |
| Takes a breather | RESTS |
| Tarzan, notably | APEMAN |
| Teach one-one-one | TUTOR |
| Use crayons | COLOR |
| Vestment | ALB |
| Vocational identifiers | HATS |
Newsday.com - Dec 1 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ''Steady as __ goes'' | SHE |
| ''That's impressive!'' | GEE |
| Acquire | GAIN |
| Advance of cash | LOAN |
| Ark builder | NOAH |
| Back of one's neck | NAPE |
| Back-in-style fashion | RETRO |
| Be suspicious | SMELLARAT |
| Begin to boil | BUBBLE |
| Big party | GALA |
| Brings up, as a child | REARS |
| British sporty car, for short | JAG |
| Bull's-eye location | TARGET |
| Car radiator cover | GRILLE |
| Child's plea | CANI |
| Cider fruit | APPLE |
| Competent | ABLE |
| Conclude a plane flight | LAND |
| Cook in a barbecue | ROAST |
| Copier powder | TONER |
| Croat or Serb | SLAV |
| Distributed the cards | DEALT |
| Double-curve letter | ESS |
| Dry as dust | ARID |
| DVR button | REC |
| Elbow or 45 Across | JOINT |
| Election Day: Abbr | TUE |
| Endorse for use | RECOMMEND |
| For days __ (nonstop) | ONEND |
| Get to one's feet | STAND |
| Gymnast's roll | SOMERSAULT |
| Hamster or parakeet | PET |
| Humdinger | LULU |
| Journey | TRIP |
| Lake boat | CANOE |
| Lavish attention (on) | DOTE |
| Leg hinge | KNEE |
| Like molasses | SLOW |
| Look mopey | POUT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Major happening | EVENT |
| Molecule part | ATOM |
| Mom's sister | AUNT |
| Moonshine machines | STILLS |
| More faithful | TRUER |
| Mythical tale | LEGEND |
| On the up and up | LEGIT |
| One from Athens | GREEK |
| Pretty long time | YEARS |
| Private's superior: Abbr | SGT |
| Quitting phrase in poker | IMOUT |
| Regrets | RUES |
| Rental dwellings: Abbr | APTS |
| Repaired, as a page | TAPED |
| Rock on a mountain | LARGESTONE |
| Rock, as a cradle | SWINGGENTLY |
| Roll served at a diner | DINNERBREAD |
| Say yes | ASSENT |
| School fundraising gp | PTA |
| Sci-fi being | ALIEN |
| Short skirt | MINI |
| Small donkey | BURRO |
| South Korean capital | SEOUL |
| Spanish cheers | OLES |
| Strategy to try first | PLANA |
| Strong ale | STOUT |
| Stubborn beast | ASS |
| Suffix for kitchen | ETTE |
| Tart-tasting | SOUR |
| Therefore | ERGO |
| Tibetan priests | LAMAS |
| Tie up at a dock | MOOR |
| Unruly crowd | MOB |
| Up to, in ads | TIL |
| Very silly | INANE |
| Voting group | BLOC |
| Wear away | ERODE |
| Wide tie | ASCOT |
| Wooden strip | SLAT |
The Sun - Two Speed - Nov 30 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A dour disposition you and I find wearying | ARDUOUS |
| Acting platform | STAGE |
| Adult tadpole | FROG |
| Almost recognise large lake below hillock | KNOLL |
| Anarchic | RIOTOUS |
| Arctic dwelling | IGLOO |
| Army headquarters | BASES |
| Art of paper-folding | ORIGAMI |
| Azure | BLUE |
| Back-breaking | ARDUOUS |
| Belgian city | LIEGE |
| Boat park | MARINA |
| Burning beacon | BONFIRE |
| Canterbury's county | KENT |
| Convict Jack, having false alibi, by the way | JAILBIRD |
| Convict, inmate | JAILBIRD |
| Cropped cardigan | SHRUG |
| Delivery at nightclub door | BOUNCER |
| Designate | APPOINT |
| Designate river during a drink | APPOINT |
| Docile | TAME |
| Dwelling in Leipzig, look | IGLOO |
| Edible crustacean | PRAWN |
| Established | SECURED |
| Exaggerated fuss when eccentric hobo embraces friend | BALLYHOO |
| Expects fool to lead injured emus | ASSUMES |
| Fat about to turn in storeroom | LARDER |
| Feigns | ASSUMES |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Food store | LARDER |
| For example, tell tale about vassal | LIEGE |
| Good man to get on platform | STAGE |
| Got hold of broken red cues | SECURED |
| Graduate points to HQs | BASES |
| Granite's polluted by helium, eg | INERTGAS |
| Grassy hillock | KNOLL |
| Greeting | HELLO |
| Hue and cry | BALLYHOO |
| Indifferent reaction to quiet on mat | SHRUG |
| Just a tick, not one on the same pitch | MONOTONE |
| Love to set up French friend with Japanese art | ORIGAMI |
| Man on board consumes head of raw shellfish | PRAWN |
| Neon, eg | INERTGAS |
| Nightclub doorman | BOUNCER |
| No fibre destroyed in outdoor blaze | BONFIRE |
| Partially darken town in English county | KENT |
| Pedestrian tunnel | SUBWAY |
| Pipework to yank round rubbish receptacle | TUBING |
| Piping | TUBING |
| Rebellious unruly trio giving love to America | RIOTOUS |
| Ruin home alongside a boating park | MARINA |
| Sad colour | BLUE |
| Thank me for being meek | TAME |
| The man will have no word of greeting | HELLO |
| Thick mist surrounds river creature | FROG |
| Unvarying in pitch | MONOTONE |
| Vehicle reversing next to road tunnel | SUBWAY |
The Telegraph - Cryptic - Nov 30 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Broken-down train isn't moving | INTRANSIT |
| Classified government order | HIERARCHY |
| Dogs set about assailant | ALSATIANS |
| Embrace to really fix things | CLINCH |
| Emphatic about corporal, say, being out of step | INCONSISTENT |
| Fugitive takes cover in English diocese | ESCAPEE |
| Got quickly to one's feet -- or didn't make a move? | STOODFAST |
| Head south for the big cities | CAPITALS |
| His cricket records still stand today | WISDEN |
| I pry about that racket | NOISE |
| Issued with name and date corrected | EMANATED |
| Liberty, for example | STATUE |
| Longs for time with game partners | YEARNS |
| Make safe and secure, possibly | RESCUE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Not inclined to build | ERECT |
| One starts with a high jump, then performs acrobatic feats | SKYDIVER |
| One wasn't there to provide such a defence | ALIBI |
| Pass -- one is to be shown going round settlements | COLONIES |
| Predominant type found in newspaper production | EDITOR |
| Production line that's quietly effective? | STAGEWHISPER |
| Purchase money always available on time | LEVERAGE |
| Reserve short time in holiday place | SETASIDE |
| Short of cash in inn, I'd get thrown out | INDIGENT |
| Temporary fault makes light go out around China's capital | GLITCH |
| They get stuck into pieces of meat | SKEWERS |
| They sit qualifications | RIDERS |
| Traveller in pain on small yacht's prow | GYPSY |
| Twelve-inch pace? | FOOTSTEP |
The Telegraph - Quick - Nov 30 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Ballet skirt | TUTU |
| Bar | BAN |
| Bewail | MOAN |
| Breed of dog | LABRADOR |
| Child; a small amount | MITE |
| Daily | DIURNAL |
| Dregs | LEES |
| Exhilaration | ELATION |
| Exoneration | ACQUITTAL |
| Fish | TROUT |
| Italian city | TURIN |
| Leave out | OMIT |
| Maritime | NAUTICAL |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Memento | RELIC |
| Occupation; trade | BUSINESS |
| Outdo | EXCEED |
| Overturn | UPSET |
| Person eating | DINER |
| Pig pen | STY |
| Pill | TABLET |
| Prejudice | BIAS |
| Sky-blue | AZURE |
| Slaughterhouse | ABATTOIR |
| Surrounded | ENCIRCLED |
| Thing; demur | OBJECT |
| Unite together; split apart | CLEAVE |
The Times - Concise - November 30, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Approximately | CIRCA |
| Avoiding others | ASOCIAL |
| Baby's bed | CRADLE |
| Baroque composer | BACH |
| Bewitched | ENCHANTED |
| Burning source of light | GASLAMP |
| Common grassland plant | BUTTERCUP |
| Cooking vessel | PAN |
| Decorate | ADORN |
| Disturbance, confusion | TURMOIL |
| Fiercely burning fire | BLAZE |
| Five times thirteen | SIXTYFIVE |
| Humour understood by a small group | INJOKE |
| IE in full | IDEST |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Inflatable mattress | AIRBED |
| Liverpool racecourse | AINTREE |
| Medical worker | NURSE |
| Of doubtful legality | SHADY |
| Pen's point | NIB |
| Play part exaggeratedly | OVERACT |
| Prolonged dispute | FEUD |
| Pungent bulb | GARLIC |
| Respire | BREATHE |
| Retired person | PENSIONER |
| Roman chief magistrate | CONSUL |
| Star system | GALAXY |
| Undergarment | BRA |
| — Braun, Hitler mistress | EVA |
The Times - Cryptic - November 30, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Affected woman visiting Lake District's summit? | MANNERED |
| Aga lost in travels, pining for home | NOSTALGIA |
| Article about an elevated stadium | ARENA |
| Assumed appearance people of either sex talked of | GUISE |
| Backing American soldier, English can return fire | IGNITE |
| Brilliant! A dealer may have one in hand | DIAMOND |
| Called to account like a literary villain? | BROUGHTTOBOOK |
| Champion briefly imbibing a liqueur | ADVOCAAT |
| City gent going over Mayfair church? | NORWICH |
| Composite plant right outside church | LICHEN |
| Cost incurred switching parts of building plan? | OUTLAY |
| Drab setting for hospital vessel | DINGHY |
| Garden tool reportedly found under dried grass, say? Ah, well! | HEIGHHO |
| Humble dash printed in chapter head? | DEMEAN |
| Husband quits the country, having left a will | TESTATE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| In Russian peninsula's where you'll find a marsupial | KOALA |
| Island accommodating rodent house in the long run | MARATHON |
| Islander's triumphant cry drowned by painter | TAHITIAN |
| Put into French, say, "Without one, transport's delayed" | TRANSLATE |
| Redeploy us with resolve — us, emphatically | OURSELVES |
| Refrain delivered by Mercedes is tuneful | DESIST |
| Relative normality in European Community's early leaders | NIECE |
| Sadly, one accepted an assumed name | ALIAS |
| Signal refusal: unnerve principal of one's school? | SHAKEONESHEAD |
| State of sailor entering Napoleon's birthplace without resistance? | COSTARICA |
| Stole to secure granny unknown windfall | BONANZA |
| Thing former pupil put before meeting | OBSESSION |
| Trainer possibly accompanying husky, say — lucky thing! | HORSESHOE |
| University limited by old row in greeting escapologist | HOUDINI |
| Withholding name, disdainfully rejects London team | SPURS |
The Guardian - Cryptic - Nov 30 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| The French marche militaire? | MARSEILLAISE |
| A ship-to-shore cable | HAWSER |
| American language with new role in church | CREOLE |
| Assortment of cigars there's to be found in a shop | CASHREGISTER |
| Biblical judge required? Dig one out | GIDEON |
| Big-headed celebrity! | GREATNESS |
| Communist firm about belief | CREDO |
| Cut that could be needless | LESSENED |
| Did lines, when kept in | PENNED |
| Examples of incessant change | INSTANCES |
| Feeling depressed, give doctor a ring | MOPING |
| I snoop around to discover cause of death | POISON |
| Ike and Monty rent a shop | GENERALSTORE |
| Long-term category for art students? | LIFECLASS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Pad or shorten? | COMPRESS |
| Previously prepared to study, boy and girl pulled up | READYMADE |
| Recorder involved in test case | CASSETTE |
| Ruined, becoming used to it | INURED |
| Same ship, different stress | EMPHASIS |
| Snakeskin shoe? | MOCCASIN |
| Tall and thin and large, awkward Yank | LANKY |
| The little devil! Telling stories, making insinuations | IMPLYING |
| This said, repair is quickest | LEAST |
| United to make reparation | ATONE |
| Unruffled college head dressed in tartan | PLACID |
| Way to avoid duty at sea? | SWINGTHELEAD |
| When Roy rides out, it's laughable | DERISORY |
| With great insight, golf club has filled a key staff vacancy | PROFOUND |
The Guardian - Quick - Nov 30 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| As a rule | USUALLY |
| Belief held in the face of all contrary evidence | DELUSION |
| Betrothal | ENGAGEMENT |
| Branch of mathematics | CALCULUS |
| Cantona or Clapton? | ERIC |
| Commonwealth country of southeast Asia | MALAYSIA |
| Devout | PIOUS |
| Digital currency | BITCOIN |
| Dish out | ALLOT |
| Disreputable relative | BLACKSHEEP |
| Enormous | HUGE |
| Excellent | SUPERB |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Falling ice pellets | HAIL |
| Glasses | SPECTACLES |
| Labelled | TAGGED |
| Liverpudlian | SCOUSE |
| Pedestrian tunnel | SUBWAY |
| Queen executed in 1536 | ANNEBOLEYN |
| Rowing team | CREW |
| Scrutinise | EXAMINE |
| Sound practical judgment | SENSE |
| Tibetan capital | LHASA |
| Way in | ENTRANCE |
| Yearning | LONGING |
The Guardian - Quiptic - Nov 30 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| All's done in preparation for punch that wins boxing trophy | LONSDALEBELT |
| Amber ales brewed to exhibit a high-intensity ray | LASERBEAM |
| Angry former partner has a fund to question a witness for the other side | CROSSEXAMINE |
| Artist in copper | CONSTABLE |
| Circulates gold coins | ORBITS |
| Dishonesty found at base just above sea level | LOWLYING |
| Ely pubs set out to entertain royal very well indeed | SUPERBLY |
| Father's written about a primarily Trollopian literary genre | SATIRE |
| Flags put up next to A roads | STANDARDS |
| Flooded planet almost reaching unfortunate date | SATURATED |
| Gave in to Russia, backing split with alliance's last communist | SURRENDERED |
| I get meal reinstated, maintaining it's kosher | LEGITIMATE |
| Lie and try alibi about trustworthiness | RELIABILITY |
| Life peer's sword? | EPEE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Limerick, say, by Frost, say | RHYME |
| Mad old tax collector put away | IRATE |
| Make something to sit on | FORM |
| Month in which boy gets sickness | MALADY |
| Old Testament character without Latin name | ABEL |
| Prepares clothes for use on the golf course | IRONS |
| Principle restricting males to very basic accommodation | TENEMENT |
| Promotion for special drinks on sports field | SALESPITCH |
| Quiet place to make drink | STILL |
| Setter in jail with 23's killer | CAIN |
| Socket for a presentation system? | POWERPOINT |
| Tipsy chemist imbibing spirit | PSYCHE |
| Verger initially in charge, with a passion for the boss's house? | VICARAGE |
| Work memo with plenty changed | EMPLOYMENT |
The Guardian - Speedy - Nov 29 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Adroitness | FINESSE |
| Badgers' lair | SETT |
| Be out of one's depth | FLOUNDER |
| Confused mess | DOGSBREAKFAST |
| Cultivate | TILL |
| Death notice | OBITUARY |
| Fortified wine | SHERRY |
| Informer, nark | GRASS |
| Irresolute | HESITANT |
| Linked together | ARMINARM |
| Love affair | AMOUR |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Repudiation | REFUSAL |
| Savage | BRUTAL |
| Scene of 1956 crisis | SUEZ |
| Show disregard for | FLOUT |
| Simultaneously | ATTHESAMETIME |
| Slightly unwell | OUTOFSORTS |
| Spoken | ORAL |
| Taint | TARNISH |
| Token | SYMPTOM |
| Urchin | RAGAMUFFIN |
| Volley | SALVO |
The Guardian - Quick - Nov 28 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Assisted | AIDED |
| Average | MEAN |
| Basic skiing turn | STEM |
| Bring forth | PRODUCE |
| Concurred | AGREED |
| Discarded | THROWNAWAY |
| Downright | UTTERLY |
| Duffer | DUNCE |
| Extensive area of land | TRACT |
| Farming | AGRICULTURE |
| Frankness | CANDOUR |
| Frozen sweet | ICECREAM |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Game bird | GROUSE |
| Hard feelings | RANCOUR |
| In fact | ACTUALLY |
| Instance (anag) | CANNIEST |
| Lasting | ENDURING |
| Misfortunes | WOES |
| Muck | DIRT |
| Of small importance | MINOR |
| One working well with colleagues | TEAMPLAYER |
| Personal hero | IDOL |
| Stepped heavily | TROD |
Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 1 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| After all deductions | NET |
| Agreed to do something | ASSENTED |
| Becomes more mature or advanced | DEVELOPS |
| Checked someone for suitability, for a job say | VETTED |
| Child of a parent's sibling | COUSIN |
| Creator of three-dimensional art | SCULPTOR |
| Cut back, cropped | PRUNED |
| Directs or operates | CONTROLS |
| Enough or more than | AMPLE |
| Ensued, led to | RESULTED |
| Existing as theory, not existing in reality | NOTIONAL |
| Hanging cloths | CURTAINS |
| Held on tightly | CLUNG |
| Horrified, shocked | AGHAST |
| Imitate the primate | APE |
| In addition | AND |
| Mafia chief and Spanish aristocrat | DON |
| National council in former USSR | SOVIET |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Not tied up or attached | LOOSE |
| Of the sun | SOLAR |
| One is employed at a dock to load and unload ships | STEVEDORE |
| Point directly above the nadir | ZENITH |
| Pretend | LETON |
| Refuse to give in | RESIST |
| Scandinavian pastry | DANISH |
| Series of planned actions to achieve a goal | CAMPAIGN |
| Softly, musically speaking | PIANO |
| Standard of perfection or excellence | IDEAL |
| Strange living structures of Mrs Saigon | ORGANISMS |
| Strong need for drink | THIRST |
| Study of the properties of sound | ACOUSTICS |
| Textile, cloth | FABRIC |
| The art of growing dwarfed plants | BONSAI |
| Tints, tones | SHADES |
| Try to achieve something | ENDEAVOUR |
| Wee amounts of whisky | DRAMS |
Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 1 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Audacious type in stolen convertible | INSOLENT |
| Bird only makes appearance at certain times | CUCKOO |
| Bugbear in heatwave? | HATE |
| Can always be depended on to upset Lee Blair | RELIABLE |
| Cheapskate doesn't hold onto casket for Mass | HEAP |
| Come across high-performance car locally for business | COMMERCE |
| Divine butter attracts attention at start of meal | FATHOM |
| Dressing laggards with the best of gear | GLADRAGS |
| Frank Bond gets what Sigmund Freud came up with | FREEASSOCIATION |
| Freedom-of-information lawyer on second record by one of The Kinks | FOIBLE |
| It's not on after institute gets wrong impression perhaps | NOTION |
| Key to study is cut for one of those using his own dough perhaps | BREADKNIFE |
| Literary Polish raise surfer's concern | EDIT |
| Model has nothing that can be smoked | PERFECTO |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Older type of address in Madrid entertains Third Reich | SENIOR |
| Pool party upsets older party with ecstasy | PUDDLE |
| Relative gets a release | AUNTIE |
| Repeat to each other without heart | ECHO |
| Seaweed found in the botanical gardens | ALGA |
| Sky's the limit doing the rounds with parody | SKIT |
| Splits from college dance in the middle of music | CHOPS |
| They sit at the top with church flyers | CHAIRMEN |
| Threatened Brown over attack on engineer | BROWBEATEN |
| Too nervous to relax on the foreign ship | RESTLESS |
| Tricking paramilitary organisation to cover itself with ostentatious regalia | BLUFFING |
| Was fired in the past by state cleric for going to dance | CANNONBALL |
| Why fire top model? She's too much of a show off as far as husband is concerned! | TROPHYWIFE |
| You'd expect her to have something to say for herself to one of the speakers | ORATOR |
Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Dec 1 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Fast Five' star Diesel | VIN |
| 'Frozen' prince | HANS |
| 'Have some lasagna!' | EAT |
| 'I just kidding!' | WAS |
| 'NFL Live' channel | ESPN |
| 'Ouch!' | YEOW |
| 'Sopranos' player Robert | ILER |
| 'Told ya!' | SEE |
| A Simpson | BART |
| About, date-wise | CIRCA |
| Angers | IRES |
| B'rith | BNAI |
| Bad habit | VICE |
| Benjamin Moore sample | PAINTCHIP |
| Bit of butter | PAT |
| Blemish | FLAW |
| Blue-pencil | EDIT |
| Bop | CONK |
| Broken-vase repair need | GLUE |
| Buddy | PAL |
| Cannes cash | EURO |
| Comics punch | KAPOW |
| Cut (off) | LOP |
| Doggy treat | BISCUIT |
| Egypt's Anwar | SADAT |
| End in (have no winners) | ATIE |
| Falsehoods | LIES |
| Fast food initials | KFC |
| Fink | RAT |
| First family in 1911 | TAFTS |
| Franken and Gore | ALS |
| Garden bane | WEED |
| Gillette brand | ATRA |
| Grind, as teeth | GNASH |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Hale | FIT |
| Hose woe | SNAG |
| Joe and Jane | GIS |
| Jokester | WIT |
| LAPD rank | SGT |
| Like notebook paper | LINED |
| Magazine for execs | INC |
| Media mogul Turner | TED |
| Misuse of authority | POWERTRIP |
| Music lover's Apple | IPOD |
| Narnia's creator | CSLEWIS |
| Netting | MESH |
| Notice of dismissal | PINKSLIP |
| Oasis tree | PALM |
| Old Mideast org | UAR |
| Org. in 'J. Edgar' | FBI |
| Poker prize | POT |
| Pro | ACE |
| Psychic's claim | ESP |
| Puppy's squeal | YELP |
| Recedes | EBBS |
| Salsa, e.g | PARTYDIP |
| Sandwich shop | DELI |
| Screening agcy. at LAX | TSA |
| Sheltered, at sea | ALEE |
| Shipshape | TIDY |
| Take on | HIRE |
| They're hardly big shots? | BBS |
| Tiny criticism | NIT |
| Took the plunge? | FELL |
| Trio after F | GHI |
| Use needle and thread | SEW |
| Website pop-ups | ADS |
| Xbox rival | WII |
Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Dec 1 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'I -- Rock' | AMA |
| Accept eagerly | LAPUP |
| Antlered animal | ELK |
| Big trucks | SEMIS |
| Blood fluid | SERUM |
| Bright | SUNNY |
| Checkout swipe | SCAN |
| Chess pieces | MEN |
| Computer menu choice | UNDO |
| Convene | MEET |
| Created | MADE |
| Cruise stop | PORT |
| Danger | PERIL |
| Defy authority | REBEL |
| Didn't have | LACKED |
| Duo quadrupled | OCTET |
| Family | KIN |
| Fine study | ARTS |
| First person | ADAM |
| Game official | REF |
| Harvest goddess | OPS |
| Hotel feature | BAR |
| Hounds' quarry | FOX |
| In the style of | ALA |
| Invite | ASK |
| Like a judge | ROBED |
| Like some furniture polishes | LEMONY |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Lima's land | PERU |
| Mistreat | ABUSE |
| Molten rock | LAVA |
| Nuisance | PEST |
| Oregon's capital | SALEM |
| Pack for players | DECKOFCARDS |
| Pitcher Maglie | SAL |
| Play makeup | ACTS |
| Poem type | ODE |
| Pond paddler | DUCK |
| Public Enemy's music | RAP |
| Research spot | LAB |
| Rink surface | ICE |
| Second person | EVE |
| Seek, as office | RUNFOR |
| Ship authority | DECKOFFICER |
| Sides in an eternal battle | SEXES |
| Singly | ALONE |
| Sink feature | DRAIN |
| Sir's counterpart | MADAM |
| Sounded catty? | MEOWED |
| Stir-fry pan | WOK |
| Third person | ABEL |
| Track figures | ODDS |
| Tyke | TOT |
| Valleys | DALES |
| Work breaks | RESTS |
New York Times - Dec 01 2015 Tuesday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
| [Brrrr!] | SHIVER |
| ___ port | USB |
| ___Kosh B'Gosh | OSH |
| 1947 Hope/Crosby "Road" movie destination | RIO |
| 1952 Hope/Crosby "Road" movie destination | BALI |
| 1987 declaration from Michael Jackson | IMBAD |
| Alpine shouts | YODELS |
| Angers | IRES |
| Awaits decision | PENDS |
| Beatles song released on 12/3/1965 | NORWEGIANWOOD |
| Become hardened | OSSIFY |
| Borrowed, as a library book | HADOUT |
| Cameo material | ONYX |
| Cancel, as a mission | ABORT |
| Capital of Qatar | DOHA |
| Daughter of King Cymbeline in Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" | IMOGEN |
| Defeats soundly | STOMPS |
| Design detail | SPEC |
| Director's cry | ACTION |
| Dispositions | MOODS |
| Do one-third of a triathlon | BIKE |
| Doe follower, in song | ADEER |
| Dustup | ROW |
| End of the opening line | SHEONCEHADME |
| Ending with metal or mal- | WARE |
| Energizes, with "up" | AMPS |
| Exhibiting the most machismo | MANLIEST |
| Feel it the next day, say | ACHE |
| Fine by me | OKAY |
| Gray shade | ASH |
| Guantanamo Bay locale | CUBA |
| He's no gentleman | CAD |
| It might have some kinks in it | HOSE |
| Jane who said "I can live alone, if self-respect and circumstances require me so to do" | EYRE |
| Kind of rug | SHAG |
| Kind of tide | NEAP |
| Kind of tide | EBB |
| Long ago, long ago | ERST |
| Looks like trouble! | UHOH |
| Mach3 forerunner | ATRA |
| Maker of a famous 1969 landing | EAGLE |
| Marc who painted "Russian Village Under the Moon" | CHAGALL |
| Marshal under Napoleon | NEY |
| McDonald's and Burger King | CHAINS |
| Not rejecting out of hand | OPENTO |
| One of the Seven Dwarfs | HAPPY |
| Opening line, continued | ORSHOULDISAY |
| Partner of Vixen in "A Visit From St. Nicholas" | PRANCER |
| Picked | CHOSE |
| Pre-stereo format | MONO |
| Pretentious | ARTY |
| Prolonged attack | SIEGE |
| Pulled a fast one on | FOOLED |
| Radiator sound | HISS |
| Radius's neighbor | ULNA |
| Something perfect acoustics eliminate | ECHO |
| Something that might come to light? | MOTH |
| Something to roll up your windows for | CARWASH |
| Soon-to-be grads: Abbr. | SRS |
| Sound in a roundup | MOO |
| Squeeze (out) | EKE |
| Staggering | AREEL |
| Start of the opening line of 55-Across | IONCEHADAGIRL |
| Tech debut of 1998 | IMAC |
| The Browns, on scoreboards | CLE |
| The Monica of "Monicagate" | LEWINSKY |
| They form when water freezes at a roof's edge | ICEDAMS |
| Things bouncers check | IDS |
| Tinged | HUED |
| Top roll of a die | SIX |
| Turkish pooh-bahs | AGHAS |
| Wackadoodle | NUT |
| When doubled, a South Pacific isle | BORA |
| Wield | PLY |
| Word before and after "will be" | BOYS |
| Yea and nay | VOTES |