| Clues | Answers |
| "Go West" writer Greeley | HORACE |
| "I, Robot" writer | ASIMOV |
| __ chi | TAI |
| __ step further | GO A |
| An American star respresents it | STATE |
| Animal house | ZOO |
| Antietam fighter | REB |
| Auto manufacturer's headache | RECALL |
| Be in session | SIT |
| Be laid up with | HAVE |
| Bicycle wheel spokes, e.g. | RADII |
| Bit for the dog bowl | ORT |
| Bohemia resident | CZECH |
| Bring about, biblical-style | DOEST |
| Capacious coffeepot | URN |
| Cast out, in a way | EVICT |
| Catch on | GRASP |
| Ceremonial pole | TOTEM |
| Certain major leaguer in ads? | PITCHMAN |
| Change for a five | ONES |
| Charlie and Martin | SHEENS |
| Chest beater | APE |
| Colonial ruler | VICEROY |
| Command center | WAR ROOM |
| Commit a fault | SIN |
| Down in the mouth | MOROSE |
| Drop in the ocean | EBB |
| Exhibit divergence | VARY |
| Exploited laborer | PEON |
| Fabricating | LYING |
| Flatbed boat | BARGE |
| Forest of WWII note | ARGONNE |
| Great house | FRAT |
| Grosslike Greek letter | TAU |
| Gutter locales | EAVES |
| Having a key, in music | TONAL |
| Household task | CHORE |
| Intervene | STEP IN |
| Investigate an old case | REOPEN |
| Is afraid to | DARENT |
| James Bond, for one | SECRET AGENT |
| Juan Peron's first lady | EVA |
| Kind of benefit | FRINGE |
| Literary scraps | ANA |
| Longer river in France | LOIRE |
| Make less bitter | SWEETEN |
| Mythical baddie | ORC |
| On the lookout | ALERT |
| One of the "Little Women" | MEG |
| Part of a runner's garb | SHORTS |
| Place for extra fuel | RESERVE TANK |
| Ply with pie, e.g. | SATE |
| Purchaser | BUYER |
| Qt, halves | PTS |
| Religious scroll | TORAH |
| S or XL | SIZE |
| Seafood delicacy | ROE |
| Seize by force | WREST |
| Shopping center | PLAZA |
| Spanish "friend" | AMIGO |
| Sterns' opposites | PROWS |
| Sundial number | III |
| Tabloid twosome | ITEM |
| Thai language | LAO |
| Thing to go into? | GREAT DETAIL |
| Timely question? | WHEN |
| Tow truck | WRECKER |
| Tub events | BATHS |
| Was frugal | SCRIMPED |
| Where stars gather? | PLANETARIUM |
| Whirlybird's moving part | ROTOR |
| Widespread fad | RAGE |
| Wine fruit | GRAPE |
| Wing with a bend | ELL |
| Word with "dial" or "earth" | TONE |
| Yemeni city | ADEN |
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USA Today - Mar 1 2016 Tuesday Crossword Puzzle Answer
USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solution - Mar 1 2016 Tuesday
L.A. Times Daily - Mar 1 2016 Tuesday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
| *"Animal Farm" tyrant | NAPOLEON |
| *"Toy Story" toy bank | HAMM |
| *40-Across' gal | PETUNIA |
| *GEICO spokescritter who squeals, "Wee wee wee!" | MAXWELL |
| *Stutterer in Looney Tunes sign-offs | PORKY |
| *Unlikely title shepherd in a 1995 film | BABE |
| *Whom Charlotte saved, in an E.B. White classic | WILBUR |
| __ girl! | ATTA |
| __ Grande | RIO |
| __ Lingus | AER |
| Actress Zadora | PIA |
| Amer. attorney's study | US LAW |
| Arctic chunk | FLOE |
| Bedding accessory | SHAM |
| Bigfoot kin | YETI |
| Biological order including eight-armed creatures | OCTOPODA |
| Burn slightly | SEAR |
| Carter's vice president | MONDALE |
| Catching-up query | WHATS NEW? |
| Dies __: Latin hymn | IRAE |
| Do as told | OBEY |
| Doggie | POOCH |
| Domelike building top | CUPOLA |
| Domesticated | TAMED |
| Earth-friendly prefix | ECO |
| FBI operatives | AGENTS |
| Flows back | EBBS |
| Gawk at | OGLE |
| Golly! | GEE! |
| Great Taste...__ Filling: Miller Lite slogan | LESS |
| Having the capacity for learning | EDUCABLE |
| Human rights advocate Jagger | BIANCA |
| I remember now! | OH YES! |
| Key with one sharp: Abbr. | E MIN |
| Latin art | ARS |
| Leaves in a big hurry | RACES OFF |
| Mall event | SALE |
| Maxims | ADAGES |
| Mets' former stadium | SHEA |
| More pert | SAUCIER |
| Music studio activity | TAPING |
| Ninotchka star Greta | GARBO |
| Nonprofit URL ending | ORG |
| One-__ jack | EYED |
| Online investment service | E*TRADE |
| Pay television | CABLE |
| Per unit | A POP |
| Per unit | EACH |
| Perjurer's confession | I LIED |
| Photo __: media events | OPS |
| Poker call | IM IN |
| Provide (for oneself) | FEND |
| QB's gains | YDS |
| Real hoot | RIOT |
| Really bad | CRUMMY |
| Really eager | KEEN |
| Reason-based faith | DEISM |
| Reputed UFO pilot | ALIEN |
| Rest of the afternoon | NAP |
| Ribald | Ribald BAWDY |
| Saintly glow | HALO |
| Seductive quality | ALLURE |
| See 65-Across | PIG DAY |
| Self-regard | EGO |
| Silent Night words before calm and bright | ALL IS |
| Singer Yoko | ONO |
| Skiing surface | SNOW |
| Some reddish deer | ROES |
| Strange: Pref. | XENO- |
| Suffix with novel | ETTE |
| Take more Time? | RENEW |
| The Thinker sculptor | RODIN |
| Tote | LUG |
| Use as support | LEAN ON |
| Used-up pencils | NUBS |
| Variety | TYPE |
| Waiting one's turn | IN LINE |
| With 67-Across, annual March 1 event celebrated in the answers to starred clues | NATIONAL |
| Words of refusal | I CANT |
New York Times - Mar 1 2016 Tuesday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Eek!' | YIPES |
| 'Forget I said that' | NEVERMIND |
| 'Get it?' | SEE |
| 'Put a tiger in your tank' brand | ESSO |
| 'What a ___!' | GAS |
| '___ Maria' | AVE |
| 1950 Bette Davis film hinting at something found 15 times in this puzzle | ALLABOUTEVE |
| 2000-03 Disney Channel series with Shia LaBeouf | EVENSTEVENS |
| 56-Down opener | ENERO |
| Accept, as losses | EAT |
| Advil competitor | ALEVE |
| Affirmations to captains | AYES |
| Art Deco designer of the 1920s and '30s | ERTE |
| Birds-and-the-bees class | SEXED |
| Brains | SENSE |
| Bread spread | OLEO |
| Bygone G.M. car, appropriately enough | OLDS |
| Certain rosary counter | NUN |
| Chat up at a bar, say | HITON |
| Chris Rock, for the 2016 Oscars | HOST |
| Cousin of an ostrich | RHEA |
| Daredevil who survived more than 400 bone fractures | EVELKNIEVEL |
| Dawn goddess | EOS |
| Each and ___ | EVERY |
| Egyptian vipers | ASPS |
| Extension for the White House website | GOV |
| Fine Cremona violin | AMATI |
| Fjord vis-à-vis an ocean | ARM |
| Flying Pan | PETER |
| Follower of wye | ZEE |
| For fear that | LEST |
| Forty-niner's tool | SIEVE |
| Fraction of a ruble | KOPECK |
| Greenwich Village sch | NYU |
| High jump or 4 x 100-meter relay | EVENT |
| High-stress hosp. area | ICU |
| Hollowed out, as an apple | CORED |
| It's been a long time | EON |
| Kind of lane for car-poolers | HOV |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like most Twizzlers | RED |
| Like the Parthenon | GREEK |
| Luau music makers, for short | UKES |
| Merman of song and stage | ETHEL |
| Missing, militarily | AWOL |
| Nintendo video game princess | ZELDA |
| Not socially acceptable | UNPC |
| Number two: Abbr | ASST |
| Ob-___ | GYN |
| Oil-producing matter in shale | KEROGEN |
| One watching very, very closely | HAWK |
| Ooze | SEEP |
| Personal annoyances | PETPEEVES |
| Pigeon's perch | LEDGE |
| Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' and 'The Wall' | LPS |
| Place to buy a Slurpee | SEVENELEVEN |
| Plantation pests | WEEVILS |
| Prey for a barracuda | EEL |
| Quick vacation | GETAWAY |
| Response to 'Who's there?' | ITSME |
| Sailor's heading | ALEE |
| Shape of some shirt necks | VEE |
| Sir ___ McKellen (Gandalf portrayer) | IAN |
| Snoozer | BORE |
| Some shortening | LARD |
| Stopped | PREVENTED |
| Sumatran swinger, informally | ORANG |
| Super G needs | SKIS |
| Surgery sites, briefly | ORS |
| Syllables delivered with fingers in the ears | LALALA |
| Theater ticket price factor | TIER |
| Things that are rising globally, according to scientists | SEALEVELS |
| Throws in | ADDS |
| Tri and tri again? | HEXA |
| User names on Twitter | HANDLES |
| W.W. II British gun | STEN |
| Watergate monogram | RMN |
| Year, in Uruguay | ANO |
| ___ Health magazine | MENS |
Jonesin' - Mar 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| '... 'cause I ___ me spinach, I'm Popeye ...' | EATS |
| 'American ___ Warrior' | NINJA |
| 'Beat it!' | SCRAM |
| 'Dirty Dancing' actress Jennifer | GREY |
| 'Good to go!' | IMSET |
| 'Hmm ...' | LETMESEE |
| 'I call it!' | DIBS |
| 'Only ___' (Oingo Boingo song) | ALAD |
| 'Smokey ___ Cafe' | JOES |
| '___ quam videri' (North Carolina motto) | ESSE |
| 1920s leading lady ___ Naldi | NITA |
| 1960s bluesman Redding | OTIS |
| Abbr. in the footnotes | IBID |
| Actress Byrne | ROSE |
| Actress Sedgwick of 'The Closer' | KYRA |
| Agree (with) | JIBE |
| Barbecue offering, or what the other three theme answers do? | SPARERIBS |
| Behind the times | DATED |
| Blast creator | TNT |
| Blunt-edged sword | EPEE |
| Bossa nova relative | SAMBA |
| Box score stat | RBI |
| Buddy who bugs Bert | ERNIE |
| Buying binge | SPREE |
| Calculators with sliding beads | ABACI |
| Coastal Alaskan city | NOME |
| Consenting responses | YESES |
| Crew team need | OAR |
| Dark Lord of the Sith | VADER |
| Dir. from Reno to L.A | SSE |
| Do a grocery store task | BAG |
| Each, informally | APOP |
| English aristocrat | EARL |
| Even out | ALIGN |
| Facebook display | NEWSFEED |
| Falafel accompanier | PITA |
| Feels under the weather | AILS |
| First name in fragrances | ESTEE |
| First state to weigh in on presidential candidates | IOWA |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Former MTV personality Daisy | FUENTES |
| Friar's Club event | ROAST |
| From Limerick | IRISH |
| Get one's feet wet | WADE |
| Got the most votes | WON |
| Grain in granola | OAT |
| Grain in some whiskey | RYE |
| Having no experience in | NEWAT |
| Home buyer's need, usually | LOAN |
| How anchovies are preserved | INOIL |
| Inauguration Day recitation | OATH |
| Ink for a fan of '60s chess champion Mikhail? | TALTATTOO |
| Insult your private instructor's headwear? | DISTUTORCAP |
| Introduction from an Italian guy who doesn't speak much English? | GIOVANNIISI |
| It's often served sweetened | GREENTEA |
| Jessica of '7th Heaven' | BIEL |
| Katniss Everdeen's projectile | ARROW |
| Late actor Vigoda (for real) | ABE |
| Leaf and Pathfinder, for two | NISSANS |
| Lena Dunham show | GIRLS |
| Mail deliverers at Hogwarts | OWLS |
| Mango side, maybe | SALSA |
| Monopoly token choice | HAT |
| Move slowly | PLOD |
| Mr. Hoggett's wife, in 'Babe' | ESME |
| Musician who feuded with Eminem | MOBY |
| Onslaught | ATTACK |
| Photographer Adams | ANSEL |
| Prince William's alma mater | ETON |
| Restroom door word | MEN |
| Resulted in | LEDTO |
| Roman ___ (novel genre) | ACLEF |
| Sandwich need | BREAD |
| Site of a 1976 anti-Apartheid uprising | SOWETO |
| Trees that yield hard wood | TEAKS |
| Where Chad is | INAFRICA |
| Word of affirmation | OKAY |
| Write hastily, with 'down' | JOT |
| Yeezy Boost 350, for one | SHOE |
Jonesin' - Feb 23 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'At Last' singer James and namesakes | ETTAS |
| 'Bleeding Love' singer Lewis | LEONA |
| 'Epic ___ Battles of History' | RAP |
| 'Lady ___' (Chris de Burgh hit) | INRED |
| 'South Park' baby brother | IKE |
| 'Star Trek' captain's order | ENGAGE |
| 'Tap' star Gregory | HINES |
| 'That's super!' | NEAT |
| 'The Alchemist' novelist ___ Coelho | PAULO |
| 'The ___ From Ipanema' | GIRL |
| 'The ___ Is Mightier' ('Celebrity Jeopardy' category on 'SNL') | PEN |
| 'Un momento, ___ favor' | POR |
| 'Where to Invade Next' director Michael | MOORE |
| '___ Lugosi's Dead' (Bauhaus song) | BELA |
| '___ tov!' | MAZEL |
| 2012 AFTRA merger partner | SAG |
| Acad | SCH |
| Actress Catherine ___-Jones | ZETA |
| Ambient noises from appliances, e.g | HUMS |
| Artist's tribute | HOMAGE |
| Attire | DRESS |
| B, as in bouzouki | BETA |
| Bawl out | SCOLD |
| Bedelia of kiddie lit | AMELIA |
| Before, to Keats | ERE |
| Big golf competition using devices emitting electromagnetic waves? | MASERSTOURNAMENT |
| Butcher's cuts | TBONES |
| Bygone period | ERA |
| Cafe con ___ (Spanish drink) | LECHE |
| CBS segment, for short? | SYS |
| Cosmetics company that sells door-to-door | AVON |
| Country south of Iran | OMAN |
| Crude oil cartel | OPEC |
| Deli hanger | SALAMI |
| Detractor | HATER |
| Dir. opposite NNW | SSE |
| Fender Stratocaster inventor's zodiac sign, aptly | LEO |
| Fiery Italian landmark | ETNA |
| Fold, as a flag | FURL |
| Gasoline additive | ETHANOL |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Give a hoot | SHOUT |
| Grow fond of | COTTONTO |
| Ham preparer, perhaps | CURER |
| Hunter of Greek myth | ORION |
| Instant coffee brand that'll shock you awake? | TASERSCHOICE |
| Jellied tomato dish | ASPIC |
| Joined the table | SAT |
| Knock out | DRUG |
| Lava lamp's heyday | SEVENTIES |
| Like marked-up textbooks | USED |
| Little brat | SNOT |
| Longtime NPR host Diane retiring in 2016 | REHM |
| Loses hope | DESPAIRS |
| Lyft alternative | UBER |
| Mao ___-Tung | TSE |
| Mark Twain's real last name | CLEMENS |
| Medal of Honor recipient | HERO |
| Military shoulder pad | EPAULET |
| Mineral hardness scale | MOHS |
| Minimal effort | EASE |
| Need a backrub, say | ACHE |
| New York politico Andrew | CUOMO |
| Not plugged in | OFF |
| Notwithstanding | DESPITE |
| Nuisance | PAIN |
| Onetime mall bookstore name | BDALTON |
| Out of style | PASSE |
| Part of IPA | ALE |
| Pigsty, so to speak | MESS |
| Place to do your bidding | EBAY |
| Play-by-play announcer show mixed with a police procedural? | SPORTSCASERS |
| Relevant, in legalese | ADREM |
| Southern stew ingredient | OKRA |
| Start of a Caesarean trio | ICAME |
| Ties in (with) | HASTODO |
| Time out | HIATUS |
| Tokyo rolls | SUSHI |
| Uncensored media | FREEPRESS |
| Water filter brand | PUR |
Jonesin' - Feb 16 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'According to me,' in shorthand | IMO |
| 'Alley-___!' | OOP |
| 'Boyz N the Hood' actress Long | NIA |
| 'Huckleberry Finn' transport | RAFT |
| 'Keep Portland Weird' state | OREGON |
| 'Rapa-___' (1994 Easter Island film) | NUI |
| 'Rock-hard' muscles | ABS |
| 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' publisher | HYPERION |
| 'The West Wing' actress ___ Kelly | MOIRA |
| '___ Fideles' | ADESTE |
| '___ know what it's like ...' | ITOO |
| 1850s litigant Scott | DRED |
| 2222 and 2468, e.g., briefly | YRS |
| Acquisition by marriage | INLAW |
| Agcy. concerned with fraud | FTC |
| Alaska's ___ Fjords National Park | KENAI |
| Antlered animal | ELK |
| Apple MP3 player | IPOD |
| Architectural rib | OGIVE |
| Asian capital nicknamed the City of Azaleas | TAIPEI |
| Austen title matchmaker | EMMA |
| Awake into the wee hours | UPLATE |
| Best Actress nominee for 2015's 'Room' | BRIELARSON |
| Big game show prize, maybe | TRIP |
| Bill ___, the Science Guy | NYE |
| Blow off | SPURN |
| Bumps in the road | SNAGS |
| Canter or trot | GAIT |
| Certain orthodontic device | HEADGEAR |
| Charlie Brown's oath | RATS |
| Chemistry suffix | IDE |
| Circulation improver | FAN |
| Club crowd-workers | DJS |
| Country with a red, white and blue flag | NORWAY |
| Devoured | ATE |
| Exercise unit | REP |
| Ferrell's cheerleading partner on 'SNL' | OTERI |
| Fish served on a cedar plank | SALMON |
| Fork over | SHELLOUT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| H, as in Greek | ETA |
| Hardwood trees | ELMS |
| He played a part in 2000's 'Boiler Room' | BENAFFLECK |
| He played the central unifying character in 1995's 'Four Rooms' | TIMROTH |
| He wrote, directed, and starred in the 2003 cult film 'The Room' | TOMMYWISEAU |
| How walkers travel | ONFOOT |
| In storage | STOWED |
| It keeps pages from flying everywhere | STAPLE |
| Johnny ___ ('Point Break' character) | UTAH |
| Jouster's outfit | ARMOR |
| Keep from escaping | SEALIN |
| Less caloric, in ads | LITE |
| Library vols | BKS |
| Loch of legend | NESS |
| Major uproar | RIOT |
| Masc. alternative | FEM |
| Maurice and Robin's brother | BARRY |
| Neighborhoods | AREAS |
| Olympics broadcaster Bob | COSTAS |
| P, in the NATO phonetic alphabet | PAPA |
| Pad prik king cuisine | THAI |
| Po, in a 2016 sequel, e.g | PANDA |
| Primrose protector | THORN |
| Prison chief | WARDEN |
| Rainy-day boots | GALOSHES |
| Reduction site | SPA |
| Republican presidential candidate Marco | RUBIO |
| Right turns, horsewise | GEES |
| Sculling needs | OARS |
| She starred in 2002's 'Panic Room' | JODIEFOSTER |
| Shiba ___ (Japanese dog breed) | INU |
| Short cleaner? | VAC |
| Skyline haze | SMOG |
| Small bite | NOSH |
| Songstress Shore | DINAH |
| Tennis champ Rafael | NADAL |
| Time-half link | ANDA |
| Use 62-Down | ROW |
| Wrestler's objective | PIN |
Jonesin' - Feb 9 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Chi-Raq' director | LEE |
| 'Hand over the money!' | PAYUP |
| 'I'll get right ___!' | ONIT |
| 'Sideways' valley | NAPA |
| 'The Lion King' role | NALA |
| '___ Wide Shut' | EYES |
| Ashcroft and Holder, for short | AGS |
| Bag-screening gp | TSA |
| Build ___ (bird's job) | ANEST |
| Cedars-___ Medical Center | SINAI |
| Concert souvenir | TEE |
| Conservatory focus | ARTS |
| Coup ___ | DETAT |
| Decent, so to speak | DRESSED |
| Door opener that only works when the weekend's over? | BRASSMONDAYKEY |
| Drug for Hunter S. Thompson | LSD |
| Dumbo's claim to fame | EARS |
| Elizabeth Warren, e.g | SENATOR |
| Ernest or Julio of winemaking | GALLO |
| Exposed to light | LASED |
| Fall behind | LAG |
| Fortify | ENRICH |
| Greek letters | PIS |
| Green beginning | ECO |
| Himalayan beast | YAK |
| Hobbyist's racer | SLOTCAR |
| Hoops | BBALL |
| Humor, casually | LAFFS |
| Jennings sends packages when there's no mail service? | SUNDAYKENSHIPS |
| Just fine | AOK |
| Labwork | TESTS |
| Martin killed in 2012 | TRAYVON |
| Mighty tree | OAK |
| Nomad's tent | YURT |
| Nonfiction bestseller topic, often | DIET |
| Not genuine | FALSE |
| Not quite shut | AJAR |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Nothin' | NADA |
| One of five lakes | ERIE |
| Opportunity, in metaphor | DOOR |
| Organizer | FILE |
| Part of Caesar's last question | ETTU |
| Part of UAE | ARAB |
| Particle from a weekend coffee server? | SATURDAYURNION |
| Prepare to feather | TAR |
| Pushes | URGES |
| Remain in place | STAYPUT |
| Rock | STONE |
| Root beer brand | AANDW |
| Sans-serif Windows typeface | ARIAL |
| Say 'prob'ly,' for instance | ELIDE |
| Seaweed, or a phrase of denial | NORI |
| Shoot the breeze | CHAT |
| Snooze | NAP |
| Some journalism | TVNEWS |
| Stadium | ARENA |
| Take to the rink | SKATE |
| Tree stuff | SAP |
| Tricks | DUPES |
| Undivided | ONE |
| Unit for a frequent flier | AIRMILE |
| Vowelless reproach | TSK |
| Weightlifting exercise | PRESS |
| West of award show antics | KANYE |
| Where Buckeyes hail from | OHIO |
| Wild card | JOKER |
| Wombs | UTERI |
| Word after fast or (more recently) slow | FOOD |
| Workweek closers that are a hit with everyone? | BESTFRIDAYENDS |
| Wouldn't stand for it? | SAT |
| ___ & World Report (defunct print magazine) | USNEWS |
| ___ out a living | EKED |
| ___ Vegans (some Nevada residents) | LAS |
| ___-Lytton Fiction Contest (competition to write terrible prose) | BULWER |
Jonesin' - Feb 2 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Achtung Baby' co-producer Brian | ENO |
| 'An Inconvenient Truth' presenter | ALGORE |
| 'And ___ grow on' | ONETO |
| 'Antiques Roadshow' airer | PBS |
| 'Dame' Everage | EDNA |
| 'Dirty Jobs' host Mike | ROWE |
| 'Elementary' star Lucy | LIU |
| 'Inglourious Basterds' org | OSS |
| 'My Dog Has ___' | FLEAS |
| 'Platoon' star Willem | DAFOE |
| 'Right now' | PDQ |
| 'That's amazing!' to a texter | OMG |
| 'The Simpsons' storekeeper | APU |
| 'Yeah, that's what they all say. They all say ___': Chief Wiggum | DOH |
| .com kin | EDU |
| 102, to Caesar | CII |
| 1990 Gerardo hit '___ Suave' | RICO |
| Actor/writer Barinholtz of 'The Mindy Project' | IKE |
| Altared statement? | VOW |
| Apple MP3 player | IPOD |
| Apprehend | NAB |
| Astounded | INAWE |
| Astounds | STUNS |
| Australian coat of arms bird | EMU |
| Award for a Brit. officer | DSO |
| Back muscle, for short | LAT |
| Ball cap | LID |
| Battery terminal | ANODE |
| Billionaire corporate investor Carl | ICAHN |
| Birds with curved bills | IBISES |
| Blood work, e.g | TEST |
| Bone near the biceps | ULNA |
| Capricious activity, in a colorful metaphor | CHASINGRAINBOWS |
| Chinese tea variety | OOLONG |
| Closings | ENDS |
| Completely cover | LIEOVER |
| Component of wpm | WDS |
| Corp. takeover strategy | LBO |
| Depeche ___ | MODE |
| Designer monogram | YSL |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Do a Google search on yourself, e.g | EGOSURF |
| Do a lawn chore | MOW |
| Edible mushroom of Japan | ENOKI |
| Extremely urgent | DIRE |
| First Great Lake, alphabetically | ERIE |
| Five, to Francois | CINQ |
| Fly catcher | WEB |
| Garden of ___ (Biblical site) | EDEN |
| Gave in | CAVED |
| Goes cuckoo for | FALLSINLOVEWITH |
| Grammy-nominated Macy Gray song of 2000 | ITRY |
| Guardian Angels hat | BERET |
| Hardly close | AFAR |
| Hardly eager | LOATH |
| Have a meal | EAT |
| How some like their coffee | ICED |
| In a ___ (teed off) | SNIT |
| Intro for sound or violet | ULTRA |
| Last name in 2015's 'Creed' | BALBOA |
| Lego person or character, slangily | MINIFIG |
| Lehar operetta 'The Merry ___' | WIDOW |
| Litigation instigator | SUER |
| Marshy ground | MIRE |
| Milo's pug pal, in a 1986 film | OTIS |
| Nickname for the new host of 'Celebrity Apprentice' | ARNIE |
| Outsmart | BEST |
| Pai ___ (Chinese casino game) | GOW |
| Park where Citi Field is located | FLUSHINGMEADOWS |
| Peel, as an apple | PARE |
| Picks up a book | READS |
| Portland Timbers org | MLS |
| See 28-Down | ACID |
| Sir Thomas the tea merchant | LIPTON |
| Sondheim song that starts 'Isn't it rich?' | SENDINTHECLOWNS |
| Speak with a grating voice | RASP |
| Stimulate, as an appetite | WHET |
| This or that, e.g | OPTION |
| Tiresome, like a joke | OLD |
| With 14-Across, vitamin B9 | FOLIC |
| Without a match | ODD |
Wall Street Journal - Mar 1 2016 - Brass Bands Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Call on me! I know the answer!' | OHOH |
| 'Message received' | ROGER |
| 'The Gondoliers' girl | TESSA |
| 'There's ___ in team' | NOI |
| Accelerator particle | ION |
| Aesop's loser | HARE |
| Alert folks are on theirs | TOES |
| Baby food choice | PEAS |
| Back's counterpart | FORTH |
| Be in debt | OWE |
| Beagle's flopper | EAR |
| Black key next to G | AFLAT |
| Boomers' offspring | XERS |
| Brand that claims to be 'the ultimate beauty tool' | QTIP |
| Brass bloom? | TRUMPETUNIA |
| Brass broadcasters? | CORNETWORKS |
| Brass buffoon? | TROMBONEHEAD |
| Brass buzzer? | FLUGELHORNET |
| Bright idea emoji | BULB |
| Candidates' contest | RACE |
| Center | MIDST |
| City north of Dallas | PLANO |
| Command ctrs | HQS |
| Convoy unit | SEMI |
| Crater's edge | RIM |
| Day divs | HRS |
| Dick or Jane, for example | FORENAME |
| Dutch bloom | TULIP |
| Duty | IMPORTTAX |
| Engage in histrionics | EMOTE |
| Exemplify perfectly | EPITOMIZE |
| Exile spot of 1814 | ELBA |
| Fitting | APT |
| Future stallion | COLT |
| Geography class reference | ATLAS |
| Golfer Michelle | WIE |
| Gung-ho | AVID |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Had a bite | ATE |
| Hog holder | STY |
| Home of the Huskies | UCONN |
| In the country | RURAL |
| Investment interest | STAKE |
| Is furious | RAGES |
| Jay Z's genre | RAP |
| Knock for a loop | AMAZE |
| Latecomer to a show, perhaps | STANDEE |
| Like some Coast Guard rescues | AIRSEA |
| Like some spy messages | ENCODED |
| Magic, on scoreboards | ORL |
| Miyazaki's 'The Wind Rises,' for example | ANIME |
| Movers and shakers | DOERS |
| Not at home | ABROAD |
| Not at home | AWAY |
| Object of a preposition, usually | NOUN |
| Paella ingredient | RICE |
| Painter Paul | KLEE |
| Perry who's commemorated with a theater award | ANTOINETTE |
| Petty of 'Orange Is the New Black' | LORI |
| Procedure: Abbr | SYS |
| Residents of Tolkien's Fangorn Forest | ENTS |
| Reward for Rover | TREAT |
| Risk or Trouble | GAME |
| Ruggedly healthy | HARDY |
| Scarlett who loved Ashley Wilkes | OHARA |
| Shape of POTUS's office | OVAL |
| Shunned | ESCHEWED |
| Stomach soother, for short | BROMO |
| Striped marine predator | TIGERSHARK |
| Textile plant sight | LOOM |
| They're underfoot | SOLES |
| Tossed more than a few back | TOPED |
| TV series set at the McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak firm | LALAW |
| Understood | GOT |
| Yahtzee components | DICE |
The Washington Post - Feb 29 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Here Come the Warm Jets' composer Brian | ENO |
| 'Simmer down!' | NOWNOW |
| 'Tannhäuser,' for one | OPERA |
| '___ Only Just Begun' (1970 hit by The Carpenters) | WEVE |
| '___ Rosenkavalier' | DER |
| A8 manufacturer | AUDI |
| April fifth? | ELL |
| Beer named for a Dutch river | AMSTEL |
| Belly button buildup | LINT |
| Benchmark | NORM |
| Blue Jacket | COLUMBUSPRO |
| Bottom of the barrel | DREGS |
| Bottom of the barrel | WORST |
| Brand of honey | SUEBEE |
| Bullets, in poker | ACES |
| Bumps off | ICES |
| Cass and Michelle, in '60s pop | MAMAS |
| Chow down | EAT |
| Closing hour for many NYC bars | FOURAM |
| Collect dust, say | SIT |
| Conflict that ended on Nov. 11, 1918 | WWI |
| Cool daddy | BOPPER |
| Costner's role in 'The Untouchables' | NESS |
| Counterculturalist Gravy | WAVY |
| Crackpots | LOCOS |
| Cupboard crawler | ANT |
| Do a flimflam on | CON |
| Dorm VIPs | RAS |
| Dumbo's 'wing' | EAR |
| E pluribus ___ | UNUM |
| Elmo and Ernie's street | SESAME |
| Fictional plantation in Georgia | TARA |
| Flair | ELAN |
| Fox enemy? | MSNBC |
| Go after | SEEK |
| Golfers Sam and J.C | SNEADS |
| Green jacket | MASTERSPRIZE |
| Hiking help | MAP |
| Hotel conveniences | SAFES |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| It falls in fall | LEAF |
| Just managing, with 'out' | EKING |
| Lock, stock, and barrel | INTOTO |
| Lounge singer Clifton portrayed by Andy Kaufman | TONY |
| Maui music maker | UKE |
| Media executive Roger | AILES |
| Melodramatic remark | ALAS |
| Mount Rushmore prez | ABE |
| One of the sisters in 'Frozen' | ELSA |
| Part of NCO | NON |
| Payroll ID | SSN |
| Perfect figure? | TEN |
| Pheasant female | PEAHEN |
| Pig | SLOVEN |
| Playwright's device | ASIDE |
| Port of Iraq | BASRA |
| Portland-to-Boise dir | ESE |
| Positive | ABOVEZERO |
| Punch line? | POW |
| Red Jacket | SENECACHIEF |
| Ryder Cup team | USA |
| S.D. Padres' division | NLWEST |
| Sip from a flask | NIP |
| Skip the fancy nuptials | ELOPE |
| Some are electrical | ENGINEERS |
| Tach letters | RPM |
| Taken out, in a sense | ONLOAN |
| Texas A&M team | AGGIES |
| This and that | OLIO |
| Topic of objectivism | EGO |
| Upper hand | EDGE |
| Very expensive | BIGTICKET |
| Wall St. takeover | LBO |
| Weep | SOB |
| Where a Czech mates? | EUROPE |
| Window treatments | TINTS |
| Yellow jacket | STINGINGWASP |
| Yosemite Valley rock climbing challenge | ELCAPITAN |
| ___ a Beautiful Day ('60s psychedelic band) | ITS |
Canadiana - Feb 29 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Accordingly | ERGO |
| Avoids | AVERTS |
| Barge | SCOW |
| Bert's ____ (Bertuzzi's body work) | HURTS |
| British neighbourhood bars | PUBS |
| Calendar abbreviation | AUG |
| Carey's ____ ( Price's stick work) | PARRIES |
| Civil rights heroine Parks | ROSA |
| Dan's ____ (Alfredson's scoring touch) | HANDS |
| Dory device | OAR |
| Earth's first lady | EVE |
| Elipse | OVAL |
| Entered a plea | PLED |
| Eye part | IRIS |
| Fable master | AESOP |
| Fireplace part | MANTEL |
| Frappe | ICE |
| Fur coat | PELISSE |
| Gaffe | SLIP |
| Gaudy song bird | ORIOLE |
| Goes gaga | ADORES |
| Hawaiian goose | NENE |
| Japanese appies | SUSHI |
| Japanese waiste pouch | INRO |
| Kyle's ____ ( Brodziac's dekes) | WILES |
| Land measures | ACRES |
| Lodes | ORES |
| Minister's residence | MANSE |
| Misses Shropshire and Suffolk | EWES |
| New Zealand aboriginal | MAORI |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Onassis, to pals | ARI |
| Parallelogram | RHOMBUS |
| Partisan or toxic preceder | NON |
| Prefix for centre or gram | EPI |
| Recordings | TAPES |
| Russian despot | TSAR |
| Sailed aloft | SOARED |
| Sargasso and Tasman | SEAS |
| Scorch | SEAR |
| Serf | SLAVE |
| Skidded | SLID |
| Small bed | COT |
| Splendidly brave | BRAW |
| Stare lasciviously | OGLE |
| Student pilot's milestones | SOLOS |
| Sundin swear words | DRATS |
| Swiss peak | ALP |
| Tater | SPUD |
| Tolkien tree person | ENT |
| Transcending | META |
| Tree juice | SAP |
| Unyielding | DOUR |
| Upper Chamber mbr | SEN |
| Vesa's _____ (Toscala's miracle saves) | GUESSES |
| Wander | ROAM |
| Wayne's ____ (Gretzky's dominance) | REIGNS |
| Wharf | PIER |
| Window latch | Snib |
| Yuletide fixtures | SANTAS |
| Zone | REGION |