| Clues | Answers |
| "1,001 Arabian Nights" hero | ALI |
| "Holy__!" | MOLY |
| "La-di-__!" | DAH |
| "Love" attachment | LORN |
| "Now__seen everything!" | IVE |
| "Otello" is one | OPERA |
| "Platoon" setting, briefly | NAM |
| __Aviv | TEL |
| __dog (backwoods hunter) | COON |
| A thousand grand | MIL |
| Airport stat. | ETA |
| Angler's boot | WADER |
| Angry one's place? | WARPATH |
| Asian wild dog | DHOLE |
| Assortments | OLIOS |
| Be almost out | RUNLOW |
| Bearded antelope | GUN |
| Before of yore | ERE |
| Bigger-than-life | ICONIC |
| Bit of dawn moisture | DEWDROP |
| Bit of dust | MOTE |
| Breakfast order, sometimes | HAMOMELETTE |
| California wine valley | NAPA |
| Canines and bicuspids | TEETH |
| Celtic worshipper | DRUID |
| Clothes line | HEM |
| Colorless. Odorless gas | ETHANE |
| Cry like a cat | MEW |
| Dashboard abbr. | MPH |
| Despite, for short | THO |
| Did some shoe repair | RESOLED |
| Die down | ABATE |
| Dieter's fare | SALAD |
| Dismantle sail supports, e.g | UNRIG |
| Earthbound bird | EMU |
| Ebangelist known for his "Crusade" | BILLY GRAHAM |
| Eggs of a fish | ROE |
| Ellipsis part | DOT |
| German industrial area | RUHR |
| Ground-up bait | CHUM |
| Having wings | ALAR |
| Heretofore | ASYET |
| Implish little creatures | GOBLINS |
| In the style of | ALA |
| Japanese animation style | MANGA |
| Japanese noodles | RAMEN |
| Keep a subscription | RENEW |
| Kennal sound | YELP |
| Kind of rays | GAMMA |
| Like a sheep | OVINE |
| Low-iron conditions | ANEMIAS |
| Madagascar mammal | LEMUR |
| More feminine | GIRLIER |
| Neither liquid nor gaseous | SOLID |
| Nickel-and-__(cheapskate) | DIMER |
| Old N.Y. Nets league | ABA |
| Olympic track-and-field event | HAMMERTHROW |
| Orange coating | RIND |
| Outer regions of space | ETHER |
| Paul with a midnight ride | REVERE |
| Peaceful bird | DOVE |
| Plato, to Aristotle | TEACHER |
| Pound fraction | OUNCE |
| Rap sheet item | PRIOR |
| Related on the mother's side | ENATE |
| Remote-control abbr. | VOL |
| Retire from mil. Service | DEMOB |
| Singing club | GLEE |
| Sleep lab study, briefly | REM |
| Stately meal? | VIRGINIAHAM |
| Third Hebrew letter | GIMEL |
| To err is | HUMAN |
| Track transaction | WAGER |
| Unbending | RIGID |
| Unornamented | PLAIN |
| Wedding VIP | BESTMAN |
| Wine glass part | RIM |
| You-here link | ARE |
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USA Today - Jan 1 2016 Friday Crossword Puzzle Answer
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Newsday.com - Jan 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ''Bill of Wrongs'' author | IVINS |
| ''Go Set a Watchman'' novelist | LEE |
| ''That's so relaxing!'' | AAH |
| 1/1 or 7/4 | NATIONALHOLIDAY |
| 1978 Peace Prize sharer | SADAT |
| Account settler | PAYER |
| Artistic Chinese dynasty | MING |
| Bad, as butter | RANCID |
| Bamboo, for instance | REED |
| Bed threads | PJS |
| Beehive, e.g | COIF |
| Caviling | NITPICKINGABOUT |
| Coffee from Mauna Loa | KONA |
| Comedic missile | PIE |
| Comics cry | OOF |
| Cronkite's WWII employer | UPI |
| Don't do the rite thing | ELOPE |
| Edelweiss setting | ALP |
| Editorial shortening | CUTS |
| Elizabethan, for instance | ERA |
| Elon Musk, at Tesla | CEO |
| Eroded | ATE |
| Extend outward | JUT |
| Federal auditing agcy | GAO |
| First-century despot | NERO |
| Fruits of legumes | PODS |
| Home of Galileo Airport | PISA |
| How bar snacks are made | SALTY |
| Insurance groups | HMOS |
| Investment acronym | IRA |
| Invitation subheading | WHERE |
| Job order notation | ASAP |
| Legislator, in headlines | POL |
| Library patron | USER |
| Light gray | ASH |
| Likeness | IMAGE |
| Month, for short | JAN |
| Mr. Potato Head piece | LIPS |
| Music much heard in December | NUTCRACKERSUITE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| NBC fixture since '75 | SNL |
| Nothing at all | NADA |
| Novelist teaching at Princeton | OATES |
| Office machine | NETWORKCOMPUTER |
| Ongoing donation | TITHE |
| Paranormal sighting | UFO |
| Pasta salad seasoning | CAPERS |
| Pellet propeller | BBGUN |
| Persian Gulf nation | OMAN |
| Picasso's birthplace | SPAIN |
| Pilot's number | NINER |
| Poe perpetrator | APE |
| Pre-college yrs | ELHI |
| Prefix like pan- | OMNI |
| Prepare potatoes, perhaps | WHIP |
| Province near Turin | ASTI |
| Pursuit group | POSSE |
| Put forward | OFFER |
| Qualified negative | NOTASFARASIKNOW |
| Raucous sound | BLARE |
| Render unusable | RUIN |
| Revival movement prefix | NEO |
| Rude look | LEER |
| Rudimentary seed | OVULE |
| Savor the sunshine | BASK |
| Sends forth flashes | SPARKS |
| Sloppy place | STY |
| Smelting by-product | SLAG |
| Smoothed, as a sand trap | RAKED |
| Soap scent | LILAC |
| Spread made by Smucker's | JIF |
| Stalin's domain | USSR |
| Stated indirectly | GOTAT |
| Strong dislike | ANIMUS |
| Unsuccessful attempt | MISS |
| Unsuspecting ones | NAIFS |
| Usual methodology: Abbr | SOP |
| West African nation | BENIN |
| Words of wisdom | ADAGE |
L.A. Times Daily - Jan 1 2016 Friday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
| __ Family: 1979 R&B hit | WE ARE |
| __ sauce | SOY |
| 1952 "Your Show of Shows" Emmy winner | COCA |
| Actress Russo | RENE |
| American Pastoral Pulitzer-winning author | ROTH |
| Andalusian article | UNA |
| Arcade pioneer | ATARI |
| Assertion | CLAIM |
| Big name in beauty | ESTEE |
| Bite-sized Asian dish | SUSHI |
| Camping enthusiasts, for short | RVERS |
| Candy | SWEETS |
| Cavern critter | BAT |
| Cheek | SASS |
| Chief of Staff after Haldeman | HAIG |
| Church counter? | ROSARY |
| Circus couple? | CEES |
| Common sign of age | WEAR |
| Daisy lookalike | ASTER |
| Deli request | ON RYE |
| DOE division?: Abbr. | ENER |
| Door fastener | HASP |
| Dot follower? | COM |
| Egypt's Mubarak | HOSNI |
| End of a host's query | OR TEA? |
| Enjoying a lot | INTO |
| Family that wrote a lot of notes | BACHS |
| Fellows | GENTS |
| Fictional destroyer of Chamberlain, Maine | CARRIE |
| Food Channel adjective | SAVORY |
| Garden snake? | SERPENT |
| Goddess with cow's horns | ISIS |
| Gp. receiving diplomas | SRS |
| Green eggs advocate | SAM |
| Hair piece | HANK |
| High flat | MESA |
| Hill meeting: Abbr. | SESS |
| How it's done | MODE |
| It's all around you | AURA |
| Kansas site of the Eisenhower Presidential Library | ABILENE |
| Koothrappali on "The Big Bang Theory" | RAJ |
| Leaves without leave | DESERTS |
| Let go | ALLOW |
| Long, long time | AEON |
| MLB best-of-seven series | ALCS |
| No hassle | EASE |
| Osaka okay | HAI |
| Place to see stars | GALAXY |
| Powerful Giant | OTT |
| Proscription | BAN |
| Prynne punishment | RED A |
| Quaint retort | TISNT |
| Red Ryder ammo | BB SHOT |
| Reveling, after "on" | A TOOT |
| Ring ruling | TKO |
| Sees | GETS |
| Sign of summer | LEO |
| Sign-changing area | CUSP |
| Sponge | ABSORB |
| Strength | SINEW |
| Styled after | A LA |
| Summer quenchers | ADES |
| Super __ | PAC |
| Tabloid perennial | IDOL |
| Teach | EDUCATE |
| The Birds of America author | AUDUBON |
| They're left behind | ESTATES |
| Tombstone VIP | EARP |
| Utopia | EDEN |
| Vocal syllable | TRA- |
| Where to keep bustiers and halters? | TOP DRAWER |
| Where to keep clock components? | HANDBASKET |
| Where to keep papal headgear? | MITER BOX |
| Where to keep the newest merchandise? | JUST-IN CASE |
| Where to keep tunes? | DITTY BAG |
| Words from the wise | ADAGES |
| Yakutat native | ALASKAN |
| You can dig it | IRON ORE |
The Sun - Two Speed - Jan 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Adhesive strip | TAPE |
| Aerial | ANTENNA |
| Apprentices | TRAINEES |
| Aromatic gum resin | MYRRH |
| Arouse anger in | INFLAME |
| Artificer without a fancy is excellent | TERRIFIC |
| Aviators | AIRMEN |
| Be in charge of | CONTROL |
| Became aware of | NOTICED |
| Bolted | RACED |
| Check rule | CONTROL |
| Clammy | DANK |
| Command to a horse | WHOA |
| Cover with cloth | DRAPE |
| Crop-destroying insect | LOCUST |
| Cry of discovery | AHA |
| Decrease | DIMINISH |
| Doctrine | CREED |
| Driving force | SPEARHEAD |
| Driving force for point of a weapon | SPEARHEAD |
| Early enough | INTIME |
| Emigrated as a result of stirring Ed's letter | RESETTLED |
| Eventually rhythmic | INTIME |
| Fine porcelain | CHINA |
| First of the athletes pass extended finishing line | TAPE |
| Floor cleaner | MOP |
| Found Ankara somewhat cold and wet | DANK |
| Gatecrasher | INTRUDER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Grass on Catholic leader for beliefs | CREED |
| Greek bread | PITTA |
| High or low cards | ACES |
| I see inside panama hat | AHA |
| In silo customarily trapping insect | LOCUST |
| Interfere | MEDDLE |
| Interfere with gold or silver, we hear? | MEDDLE |
| Loot, ransack | PILLAGE |
| Madden nameless soldiers after final order | INFLAME |
| More svelte | SLIMMER |
| Moved elsewhere | RESETTLED |
| Mr Miles could be thinner | SLIMMER |
| Mutated marine flyers | AIRMEN |
| One in short road sprinted | RACED |
| Padre rearranged curtain | DRAPE |
| Personally owned posh car, has started using scented resin | MYRRH |
| Projecting feature for a country | CHINA |
| Reduce by having food with little in it | DIMINISH |
| Return advice, thanks for the bread | PITTA |
| Rifle attendant's unfit to carry | PILLAGE |
| Saw it once disturbed by daughter | NOTICED |
| Social worker and girl put up aerial | ANTENNA |
| Some sodium opened for cleaner | MOP |
| Superb | TERRIFIC |
| They are being educated to shower in northern river | TRAINEES |
| Uninvited guest at home was less polite after time | INTRUDER |
| Unusual case for playing-cards | ACES |
| Which person at a stop | WHOA |
The Telegraph - Toughie - Dec 31 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Rotten Blatter' -- almost habitual response | SEPTIC |
| ... leader's character shown in monumental error? | HEADSTONE |
| America and Cuba entered into reform to restore beginnings of links unexpectedly in about-turn | ALTERCOURSE |
| Assertion from car manufacturer found to be empty? | VOW |
| Band of Lib Dem MPs? | OCTET |
| Brassy performer, would-be candidate next year with odds slashed | TRUMPETER |
| Cameron unwinding in Mediterranean island | MENORCA |
| Crazy twist -- Ed (the other one)'s finally lost | SCREWBALL |
| Dentist initially is to take Cecil's head on American ship, causing debate | DISCUSS |
| Deny official EU backing for intervention by leader of Tories | REFUTE |
| Destroyed, Miliband trails Right as ... | RASED |
| Disposed of first of funds after terrible floods | SOLDOFF |
| Doctor Who's gone to air | SHOWOFF |
| Element of digital content -- photos with lord inhaling drug | PIXEL |
| Elevated temperature initially indicated alongside Desmond as things causing floods? | HIGHTIDES |
| Historic gathering on planet tackling international description of rapid rise | EXPONENTIAL |
| Increasingly smart to have bag, mostly, when coming up to seller? Not half | ABLER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Labour leader not for closure in steel town | CORBY |
| Leader of organisation with grim repute | ODOUR |
| Motorists' hit Top Gear to finish after run | REAREND |
| Newspaper boss intervening over revealing pictures | NUDES |
| Nursing and changing starts for Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, acclaimed young royal arrival | DAYCARE |
| Observe soldiers leaving Yemen after midpoint of ceasefire | EYE |
| Payment axed? With critics in majority, revised after short time | TAXCREDIT |
| Pollster's report wrong? Get out of here! | GALLOPOFF |
| Poor old Special One sacked, having failed | COLLAPSED |
| Takes soundings from doctors after further strikes end | PLUMBS |
| Towering symbol upholding rudiments of liberty, equality, fraternity France's inhabitants express | EIFFEL |
| Transport almost half of refugees heading west on railway | FERRY |
| Was leaning to the left, formerly in danger of extinction? | REDLISTED |
| Whistle-blower will need this as part of appeal | PEA |
| With intelligence, we snapped Mars wetly running | SMARTLY |
| Write new story on dog fed drug before start of Crufts | RECOVER |
The Telegraph - Cryptic - Dec 31 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| and 15 Across: Why nary a peep exchanged in timely greeting? | HAPPYNEW |
| and 19 Across: Cast laud Spooner's chanted lyric in topical song | AULDLANG |
| and 27 Across: Big-hearted punters try wild celebration somewhere in Scotland | EDINBURGH |
| Around Leamington Spa's outskirts, jolly 1950s youth showed off | FLAUNTED |
| Delivery man who may darken your doorway tonight | FIRSTFOOTER |
| Fighting soldiers' rations? | WARFARE |
| First of all, I'm not intending to idle about like last year. That's to begin with... | INITIALLY |
| Flawed heroes sully games manual | HOYLESRULES |
| Gum evidently endlessly chewed -- there's an admission | DIVULGEMENT |
| Honour reflected by fine online publication | EBOOK |
| In our time, military is deployed after one's left naval department | ADMIRALTY |
| International alliance judged and ignored | UNHEARD |
| Journalist provided with cool, complex organisation | EDIFICE |
| Lustier dancing -- Romeo gets closer | SULTRIER |
| Man in charge of course, photographer needs another snooze | SKIPPER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Me sporting tailored sateen? Kind of right | EASEMENT |
| Mutton dressed as lamb might appear in this majority | ADULTHOOD |
| Nameless theatrical awards for items used in play? | TOYS |
| Pet, we hear, is shy animal | DEER |
| Pinpoints signs of jewellery? | EARMARKS |
| Quiet resort hit by rumour of zoo animal from China | SHIHTZU |
| Relief turns up in leading democracy | INDIA |
| Rusty saw perhaps that's dropped by tree | CHESTNUT |
| Sea cub master knocked back bottles ... a hangover in waiting? | SAMBUCA |
| See 12 Across | YEAR |
| See 14 Across | SYNE |
| See 25 Across | STREETPARTY |
| Stimulate anew to download another 26? | REKINDLE |
| What's near end of 31st? | NIGHT |
| World-weariness that is holding a French knight back | ENNUI |
The Telegraph - Quick - Dec 31 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 2016 Olympics host city | RIODEJANEIRO |
| Abide by | ADHERETO |
| Abominable snowman | YETI |
| Ancient | OLD |
| Applications | UTILISATIONS |
| Boring tool | AUGER |
| Churchyard tree | YEW |
| Compass direction | EASTSOUTHEAST |
| Cut grass | HAY |
| December festival (informal) | CRIMBO |
| Esplanade | PROM |
| Fabulist | MYTHIST |
| Flying saucers | UFOS |
| Fool (Yiddish) | SCHMO |
| Go sick | AIL |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Habit | WONT |
| Homeric grunt of annoyance | DOH |
| Keep out | EXCLUDE |
| Leisure | EASE |
| Lout | YAHOO |
| Mode of expression | IDIOM |
| Multi-carriageway trunk roads (abbrev.) | MWAYS |
| Pouch | SAC |
| Quote | CITE |
| Rag, goad | TAUNT |
| Staying power | TENACITY |
| Strait-laced | PRIGGISH |
| Take down sails | UNRIG |
| Unimaginatively | STODGILY |
| Wife (informal) | MISSUS |
The Times - Concise - December 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A secondary effect; phone open mine (anagram) | EPIPHENOMENON |
| An appeal to a deity | PRAYER |
| Assembly to elect a Pope | CONCLAVE |
| Boldly flirtatious young woman | MINX |
| Casual top | TSHIRT |
| Catch sight of | ESPY |
| Child without parents | ORPHAN |
| County town of Devon | EXETER |
| Cut of meat; abolish | CHOP |
| Effect of UV on skin | SUNTAN |
| Medical photograph | XRAY |
| Pasta strip | NOODLE |
| Percussion player | XYLOPHONIST |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Range of Georgia, etc | CAUCASUS |
| Rather yellowish-brown in colour | SANDYISH |
| Right to illumination | ANCIENTLIGHTS |
| Run, be in charge of | MANAGE |
| Seizure of power | COUP |
| Spread out irregularly over a large area | SPRAWL |
| Therefore | ERGO |
| Unit of weight | TON |
| William — Hearst, US newspaper magnate | RANDOLPH |
| Wiring joint casing | JUNCTIONBOX |
| Woodworker | JOINER |
| — and Cleopatra (play) | ANTONY |
The Times - Cryptic - December 31, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Boat turned into a national symbol | LEEK |
| City Hall has altered a bit | LHASA |
| Commonly, school jumper needs treating initially in starch | ARROWROOT |
| Cussed fag-end brought to life | STUBBORN |
| Day's wet, filling this? | DRAIN |
| Did wrong to impound vehicle, producing official documentation | IDCARD |
| Disparage bird no longer on wing regularly | DODOWN |
| Dispatching with charge? Very keen to accept soldier raised appeal | DYNAMITING |
| Distributed cards: apt to keep check in short-term memory | SCRATCHPAD |
| Fast companion on the run | LOOSE |
| German and I are ruined! | UNDONE |
| German who has lost a few pounds? | DIETER |
| Getting on so well, as we all know | FAMOUSLY |
| Having provocative appearance, began scrubbing face | TARTEDUP |
| Her termination, late executed, found moving by English | MARIEANTOINETTE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Hill, not at all steep, made little impression | FELLFLAT |
| In car-boot sale unexpectedly I had body-building aid | ANABOLICSTEROID |
| Joint study perhaps that one needs to manoeuvre | ELBOWROOM |
| Killing time | OPENSEASON |
| Living in tower | KEEP |
| One priestly and laic curiously accepted | CANONICAL |
| Primate's outrageous work rebuffed | POTTO |
| Shabby appearance remarked | MEAN |
| Skirt length shortened among set of clothes | KILT |
| Such arms carried little at first | SMALLBORE |
| Surplus article replaced by nothing out of the ordinary here | UNWONTED |
| Sweet to study a female out of tenderness | CONFECTION |
| The sort to be thrown, given similar parts? | TYPECAST |
| What de Gaulle gave our Common Market application soon | ANON |
| Wicked to grab a pound, and extra pounds? | FLAB |
The Guardian - Cryptic - Jan 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A communist uprising blocks proposal for temperance | MODERATION |
| A single ship? That's a joke | ONELINER |
| Be good when 40, as they say | EXCEL |
| Bird has no energy to collect dole money for the landlord | PUBLICAN |
| European leader to disappear a hundred times | DANISH |
| Fast harmful drugs here | PHARMACY |
| Fine point of Germanic etymology | NICETY |
| God of generosity | EROS |
| Good or bad, sits a plant | SATISFACTORY |
| Hotel needs hand in development | INNOVATION |
| Keeps register to put a stop to motion | HOLDSTILL |
| National articles (including a series of letters) | AFGHAN |
| Not half kick, my chilli pickles | KIMCHI |
| Not in favour of Ain't Misbehavin' | ANTI |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Order to pen rap music part here | MANUSCRIPTPAPER |
| Perhaps bishop with cold mouth and nose first to catch dreaded disease | CLERGYMAN |
| Porter back in speed move | RELOCATE |
| Read about redhead getting tough | STURDY |
| Roguish partner chasing roguish cars | RASCALLY |
| Said to hitch up with the enemy of the sea | MARITIME |
| See 2 | ACES |
| Stinger capable of releasing poison? It's often nasty to begin with | SCORPION |
| The odds on awful scoop splashed out in the paper | FOOLSCAP |
| Ultimately slept with family member to be provocative | TAUNT |
| Vulgar criminal Blair indicted at last | RIBALD |
| What makes Bunny buy into pretentious behaviour? | NAMEDROPPING |
| What's better than a full house as cause for reform? | FOUR |
The Guardian - Quick - Jan 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Begin to deal with | GOABOUT |
| Body of dead meat | CARCASE |
| Calamitous | FATAL |
| Caterer (anag) | TERRACE |
| Children's game | MARBLES |
| Choose — choice | SELECT |
| Doctrine at odds with orthodoxy | HERESY |
| First-born | ELDEST |
| Form of alternative medicine | ACUPUNCTURE |
| Free from confusion — tidy | CLEARUP |
| Golfer's assistant | CADDIE |
| Inhabitant | DWELLER |
| Malodorous | SMELLY |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Nomenclature | TERMINOLOGY |
| Painstaking | CAREFUL |
| Pert — cosmetic (informal) | LIPPY |
| Prepare-to-stop signal | AMBER |
| Procreate | BREED |
| Rider's seat | SADDLE |
| Scoundrel | ROGUE |
| Small woodland | GROVE |
| Stratum | LAYER |
| Use up resources of | DEPLETE |
| Vaulted | LEAPT |
| Weighing instrument | SCALES |
| With dexterity | DEFTLY |
Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ''If ... be the food of love, play on'' (Twelfth Night) | MUSIC |
| ... is believing, they say | SEEING |
| A style, reminiscent of the past | RETRO |
| Anger at having been treated unjustly | INDIGNANT |
| Animals that spread disease | VERMIN |
| Artist's tripod | EASEL |
| Breaths words rather than voices them | WHISPERS |
| Choice, pick | SELECTION |
| Chopping, wood or jobs say | AXING |
| Copies, reproductions | REPLICAS |
| Fat and oils in living organisms | LIPIDS |
| Follows to catch | CHASES |
| Force applied to a surface | PRESSURE |
| Hasten out to Greece | ATHENS |
| Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | ASPIRE |
| In fact | INDEED |
| Irritation, anger | IRE |
| Is fond of | LIKES |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Largest or most distinguished | GREATEST |
| Make more attractive by adding details | EMBELLISH |
| Not sensible or intelligent | STUPID |
| Parcels | PACKAGES |
| Pledges, vows | PROMISES |
| Relating to the countryside | RURAL |
| Remained out of sight | HID |
| Sandy area by water | BEACH |
| Short sleep on fuzzy fabric surface | NAP |
| South-American cud-chewing animal | LLAMA |
| Stop doing something | DESIST |
| Terribly sad and distressing | TRAGIC |
| The night before | EVE |
| Unmarried | SINGLE |
| Usually, ordinarily | COMMONLY |
| Utter a piercing cry | SCREAM |
| Where the souls of heroes go in Norse mythology | VALHALLA |
| Woodwind instruments | RECORDERS |
Irish Times (Crosaire) - Jan 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A town in Cork contacted writer left in the lurch | ABANDONED |
| Attached a label to new gadget | TAGGED |
| Cash reserves for strikes | POUNDS |
| Castro embarrassed by bit-players | ACTORS |
| Conferences excluded crones with local dealer | FENCE |
| Don't start whispering when making a speech | UTTERING |
| Either sow mixture or else? | OTHERWISE |
| Expose cure for one initially from Utah | SMOKEOUT |
| Focus on The Last Word is reduced | CONCENTRATED |
| Formidable junction for Eric holding Irish men back | TERRIFIC |
| Get out of the rag trade - it's something the traffic police like to point out | RADAR |
| Go over and ask for key from Father Roche for the audience | APPROACH |
| Head over heels with crafty type in coach | TRAIN |
| In a manner of speaking, it's one of the first signs of spring in reference books | DICTIONARIES |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| In passing, this is always a grave business | DEATH |
| Instant homes? Surprise! Surprise! | ASTONISHMENT |
| Knowing one's stuff could make one cry | ONIONS |
| Leaders of North American tribe charged by state | NATION |
| Mandatory in Germany, it reverts to gangster | ESSENTIAL |
| Reason for cold storage in castle is cool | KEEPFRESH |
| Review draws attention to retweet from agency doing the rounds | PATROL |
| Sharp pain at the bottom of the legs on the bone is irritating | STITCH |
| Sounds like instruction not to give too much aid is defenceless | HELPLESS |
| Sounds like what Oliver experienced when he asked for more in the interval? | MEANTIME |
| Suggests there are pluses and minuses to description of the Book of Numbers | MATHEMATICAL |
| The Apprentice's boss sent all over the place | STUDENTS |
| They don't allow that in Moore Street? How heart-warming is that! | TOUCHING |
| What writers write on, some people lie about | SHEETS |
Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Jan 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| $$$ dispenser | ATM |
| ' got it!' | IVE |
| 'Golly!' | GEE |
| 'Mona ' | LISA |
| 'Odyssey' hero | ULYSSES |
| 'You bet!' | YEP |
| -pants (know-it-all) | SMARTY |
| 1773 Boston Harbor event | TEAPARTY |
| 1964 Anthony Quinn role | ZORBA |
| Actor Julia | RAUL |
| Aliens (Abbr.) | ETS |
| Arm bone | ULNA |
| Baba | ALI |
| Baseball arbiter | UMP |
| Best of worlds | BOTH |
| Boxing matches | BOUTS |
| Candied side dish | YAMS |
| Change over time | EVOLVE |
| Commandment start | THOU |
| Country star Randy | TRAVIS |
| Curved molding | OGEE |
| Distress letters | SOS |
| Editor's mark | STET |
| Egg on | URGE |
| Eye rakishly | OGLE |
| Finished | OVER |
| Fit fiddle | ASA |
| Form 1040 org | IRS |
| German river | EMS |
| Ghastly | ABYSMAL |
| Goal | AIM |
| Grouch | CRAB |
| Hale's partner | HEARTY |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Height abbr | ELEV |
| Help a crook | ABET |
| Horse fathers | SIRES |
| Inventor Nikola | TESLA |
| Italian 'Bye!' | CIAO |
| Kimono tie | OBI |
| Lima's land | PERU |
| Maltreat | ILLUSE |
| Museum piece | ART |
| Nabokov novel | LOLITA |
| Not home | OUT |
| Ore car | TRAM |
| Peepers | EYES |
| Picture puzzle | REBUS |
| Play divisions | ACTS |
| Prom escort | DATE |
| QB's gains | YDS |
| room (play area) | REC |
| Russian ruler | TSAR |
| Sen. Kennedy | TED |
| Sherlock Holmes nemesis | MORIARTY |
| Sly looks | LEERS |
| Spode piece | PLATE |
| Sultan's group of wives | HAREM |
| Tax prep pro | CPA |
| Toe count | TEN |
| Tubular pasta | ZITI |
| Tummy muscles | ABS |
| TV spots | ADS |
| U-boat | SUB |
| Uncommon | RARE |
| Wine buys | REDS |
| Yuletide mo | DEC |
Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Jan 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| As -- (generally) | ARULE |
| Boxing great | ALI |
| Business bigwigs | EXECS |
| Carnival city | RIO |
| Caustic stuff | LYE |
| Chick's mother | HEN |
| Christie's 'Death on --' | THENILE |
| Climbed | SCALED |
| Common dice roll | SEVEN |
| Composer Rorem | NED |
| Court-related | LEGAL |
| Disencumber | RID |
| Docking spots | PIERS |
| Finishes | ENDS |
| Fixed, as a piano | TUNED |
| For each | PER |
| Gem | STONE |
| Glided | SLID |
| Goof up | ERR |
| Gumbo veggie | OKRA |
| Gun at a race | STARTERPISTOL |
| Hand signal | GESTURE |
| It helps newbies | Beginnersluck |
| Kitchen gadget | RICER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Lead-ins | INTROS |
| Less fresh | STALER |
| Like draft beer | ONTAP |
| Luggage ID | TAG |
| Napkin spot | LAP |
| Pathetic person | LOSER |
| Rara -- | AVIS |
| Shopper's aid | LIST |
| Sitar tunes | RAGAS |
| Stared at | EYED |
| Straight | LINEAR |
| Stroked | PETTED |
| Take, as advice | ACTON |
| Takes care of | TENDSTO |
| Tennis star Monica | SELES |
| Theater feature | STAGE |
| Turns | ROTATES |
| Verdi work | OPERA |
| Votes in | ELECTS |
| Weeps noisily | SOBS |
| Winter gliders | SLEDS |
| Workout count | REPS |
| Writer Morrison | TONI |
| Yoked animals | OXEN |
New York Times - Jan 1 2016 Friday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
| 2009 million-selling Justin Bieber release | MYWORLD |
| 30. Flight figures, for short | ETAS |
| 40. Brief period | SPELL |
| Alaska's ___ Park Road | DENALI |
| Ave Maria, e.g. | ORISON |
| Base for some ice cream | BROWNIE |
| Beautifully worded | POETIC |
| Big cheese wheels? | ROLLS |
| Big source of coal: Abbr. | WVA |
| Binding exchange | IDOS |
| Bordeaux toasting time | ETE |
| Boss | ORDERAROUND |
| Creamy, whitish dish | RISOTTO |
| Create an icicle, say | DRIP |
| Edge | RIM |
| Edge | LIP |
| Embarrassed | SHAMEFACED |
| Famed cabin site | WALDENPOND |
| Fields of food? | MRS |
| First bishop of Paris | STDENIS |
| Generic | NONAME |
| Goddess who caused the Trojan women to riot in the "Aeneid" | IRIS |
| Grassy surface | SWARD |
| Gumshoe Charles | NORA |
| Having a protective cover, of a sort | LAMINATED |
| Heart's partner | SOUL |
| Historic computer | ENIAC |
| It sounds like you | YEW |
| Ketchup base | TOMATOPASTE |
| Like Swiss steak | BRAISED |
| Lit from above? | HALOED |
| Lucky Jim author | AMIS |
| Mass observance | RITE |
| Mature | RIPEN |
| Mets' division, for short | NLEAST |
| One side of the Mideast | RICEPILAF |
| Parting chorus | FAREWELLS |
| Perceived to be | SEENAS |
| Prominent feature of dubstep music | BASS |
| Provocative performance | POLEDANCE |
| Relevance | APTNESS |
| Rock's ___ Soundsystem | LCD |
| Sauce thickener | ROUX |
| Scream one's head off | VENT |
| Sinner's heart? | ENS |
| Slide presentation? | AMEBA |
| Some vaudeville fare | REVUES |
| Something you may need to get off your chest | BRA |
| Song that Paul McCartney wrote at 16 | WHENIMSIXTYFOUR |
| Stadium noisemaker | AIRHORN |
| Stance | PERSONALOPINION |
| Start of a Saturday night catchphrase | LIVE |
| Start to go down the drain | EDDY |
| Street ___ | CRED |
| Stretch out : | LIE |
| Sure, I'm game | LETS |
| Symbol on a cello or tuba composition | FCLEF |
| Texter's "Alternatively ..." | OTOH |
| The Time Machine people | ELOI |
| They take place in theaters | WARS |
| Tie securely | LASH |
| Try to avoid an accident, maybe | SWERVE |
| Walk on the Wild Side singer, 1973 | LOUREED |
| Wear for a flower child | LOVEBEADS |
| Winnebago relative | OTOE |
| Worked (out) | HASHED |