| Clues | Answers |
| "Did you __?" | EVER |
| "Mamma __!" | MIA |
| "So long, amigo!" | ADIOS |
| __ Sports Bureau | ELIAS |
| AriZona rival | NESTEA |
| Auto registration fig. | VIN |
| Barely sufficient | SCANT |
| Barn dance | REEL |
| Between two opposing forces, maybe | IN NO MANS LAND |
| Board game tokens | MEN |
| Boar's mate | SOW |
| Buster Brown's dog | TIGE |
| Change the decor of | REDO |
| Chimes in with | SAYS |
| Completely bewildered | TOTALLY AT SEA |
| Conical abode | TEPEE |
| Contestant's mail-in | ENTRY |
| Corpus Christi native | TEXAN |
| Crude transport | OILER |
| Cut off, as branches | LOP |
| Distillery supply | MALT |
| Does a banquet job | CATERS |
| Down with the flu | ILL |
| Earliest stage | ONSET |
| End of a sentry's question | FOE |
| End of a threat | OR ELSE |
| Ernie of the PGA | ELS |
| Euro fraction | CENT |
| Fashion designer Saab | ELIE |
| Feathers adhesive, once | TAR |
| Figure out | GET |
| Gardner of "Mogambo" | AVA |
| Great Lakes mnemonic | HOMES |
| Group of quail | BEVY |
| Haley who wrote "Roots" | ALEX |
| Hollywood cross street | VINE |
| How cowards live | IN FEAR |
| In charge of | OVER |
| Kett of old comics | ETTA |
| Mete out | ALLOT |
| Mislead, in a way | LIE TO |
| Mixed grill offerings | MEATS |
| North African ally of Rome | UTICA |
| Not jagged | EVEN |
| Opening stake | ANTE |
| Palsy-__ | WALSY |
| Part of a table setting | NAPKIN |
| Passing nitice, for short | OBIT |
| Perez or O'Donnell | ROSIE |
| Post-OR stop | ICU |
| Prefix meaning "height" | ALTI |
| Publicist's concern | IMAGE |
| Put together hastily | RIGUP |
| Quidditch, e.g. | SPORT |
| Reason to sue | TORT |
| Remaining unresolved | STILL UP IN THE AIR |
| Rooki's mentor, maybe | VET |
| Safin of tennis | MARAT |
| Sean of "Rudy" | ASTIN |
| Seasoning made from fermented soy | MISO |
| Seedless orange | NAVEL |
| Shire of "The Godfather" | TALIA |
| Showy decor | FINERY |
| Skull session nugget | IDEA |
| Spiral-sliced entree | HAM |
| Subtle airs | AURAE |
| Surrealist Joan | MIRO |
| Tankard filler | ALE |
| Tears into | SLAMS |
| The Huskies' sch. | UCONN |
| Things in settings | STONES |
| Tiny arachnid | MITE |
| Tithe portion | TENTH |
| Toga party locales, for short | FRATS |
| Tool with a bubble | LEVEL |
| Toughen, as steel | ANNEAL |
| Whack, Biblically | SMITE |
| Windy-day toys | KITES |
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USA Today - September 1 2016 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Answer
USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solution - September 1 2016 Thursday
Newsday.com - September 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ''Evita'' narrator | CHE |
| ''GWTW'' producer | SELZNICK |
| ''Middlemarch'' author | ELIOT |
| Actor Oliver | PLATT |
| Add inducements to | SWEETEN |
| Adhere closely | CLING |
| Alphabetizes | ORDERS |
| Bagpipe sound | DRONE |
| Cable installer | WIRER |
| Café sign of a sort | OPENLATE |
| Code carrier | GENE |
| Complains, so to speak | KICKS |
| Corroded | ATE |
| Corroded | WORN |
| Cutting-edge device | RAZOR |
| DC auditing agency | GAO |
| Designer Cassini | OLEG |
| Disclose | TELL |
| Dog-collar attachment | IDTAG |
| Farmer's gathering | EGGS |
| Final authority | SAYSO |
| First fruit locale | EDEN |
| First fruit picker | EVE |
| First Pixar film | TOYSTORY |
| Floor covering | TILE |
| Franks | REDHOTS |
| Gotham City VIP | WAYNE |
| Grand-scale | MACRO |
| Granular pasta | ORZO |
| Hold in high regard | PRIZE |
| Home of Tuskegee U | ALA |
| Home-remedy objective | SELFCURE |
| Improve, as text | EMEND |
| Informal claim | DIBS |
| Inn kin | MOTEL |
| Inn things | BEDS |
| Is a poor winner | GLOATS |
| Lip-balm additive | ALOE |
| Loafer's lack | LACES |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| May, to Spider-Man | AUNT |
| Middle of the 6th century | DLI |
| No longer crisp | LIMP |
| Non-donation declaration | IGAVE |
| Old enough | OFAGE |
| On the roof of | ATOP |
| Picked up on | GOT |
| Portrayal | ROLE |
| Prima ballerinas | ETOILES |
| Random attempt | STAB |
| Recital piece | SOLO |
| Red Muppet | ELMO |
| Rescue-squad acronym | SWAT |
| Roundup sound | MOO |
| Saunter | AMBLE |
| Short-straw drawer | LOSER |
| Sincere | REAL |
| Social standing | STATUS |
| Some till bills | TENS |
| Star in Orion | RIGEL |
| Start of MGM's motto | ARS |
| Steamed | RILED |
| Stitch's movie pal | LILO |
| Summons, for instance | WRIT |
| Symbol of servitude | YOKE |
| Tarzan film sound effect | YELL |
| Texter's ''Then again . . .'' | OTOH |
| Thief of a sort | LOOTER |
| Tint | HUE |
| Treasury Dept. branch | IRS |
| Trickster of Norse myth | LOKI |
| Where a pole may be found | FISHINGHOLE |
| Where a pole may be found | CATAMARAN |
| Where a pole may be found | FIRESTATION |
| Where a pole may be found | THEARCTIC |
| Wide-eyed | AGOG |
| Yarn quantity | HANK |
| Zillions | ALOT |
| __ Tour (FedEx Cup org.) | PGA |
L.A. Times Daily - September 1 2016 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
| "Duck soups!" | EASY |
| "I'd hate to break up __" | ASET |
| "Lone Survivor" actor Hirsch | EMILE |
| __ carte | ALA |
| 19-time All-Star Ripken | CAL |
| Academic term | TRIMESTER |
| Apiece | EACH |
| Author Harper | LEE |
| Banks on some magazine covers | TYRA |
| Bit of Hansel's trail | CRUMB |
| Champ-Elysees sights | CAFES |
| Company with a crocodile logo | LACOSTE |
| Co-star of Burt in "The Killers" | AVA |
| Counter alternatives | BOOTHS |
| Cries of discovery | AHAS |
| D.C. : Metro :: S.F. :__ | BART |
| Date bk. listings | APPTS |
| Elbow | POKE |
| Electronics brand relaunched in 2015 | AIWA |
| Fields | AREAS |
| Forest age indicators | TREE RINGS |
| Fur fighters, initially | PETA |
| Get too much sun | BAKE |
| Go through again | RELIVE |
| God with a hammer | THOR |
| Golfer Woosnam | IAN |
| Good name for a cook? | STU |
| Guacamole, e.g. | DIP |
| Hand-me-down | USED |
| Have too much, briefly | ODON |
| Inner, as a feeling | GUT |
| Insect that may live for 17 years | CICADA |
| It's often spoken with one hand at the edge of one's mouth | PSST |
| Land of ancient Asia Minor | IONIA |
| LBJ, for one | DEM |
| Live and breathe | EXIST |
| Live-in helper | AU PAIR |
| Loudness measure | DECIBEL |
| Lumberjack | AXER |
| Lummox | PALOOKA |
| Mahler's last symphony | TENTH |
| Mournful music | DIRGE |
| Nonpareil | BEST |
| One of 640 in a square mile | ACRE |
| Opinion | TAKE |
| Peeples of "Walker, Texas Ranger" | NIA |
| Pitching stat | ERA |
| Place for an anvil | EAR |
| Poivre's tablemate | SEL |
| Psychologist May | ROLLO |
| Resisting being taken? | CAMERA SHY |
| Retired | ABED |
| Revealed | BARED |
| Rock-clinging mollusk | ABALONE |
| Sailor's pronoun | SHE |
| Shady garden denizen | HOSTA |
| Signature scent since 1968 | ESTEE |
| Slushy treat | ICEE |
| Spikes | LACES |
| Stage segments | ACTS |
| Statue of Liberty architect | EIFFEL |
| Strasbourg step | PAS |
| Strike site | FRONTLINE, BASEBALL PARK, BOWLING GALLEY, UNIONSHOP |
| Tea of "Madam Secretary" | LEONI |
| They're often found in dens | RECLINERS |
| Toast-making sound | CLINK |
| Tom's mate | HEN |
| Took a snooze | NAPPED |
| Top suits | CEOS |
| Unspoiled spots | EDENS |
| Vikings' home: Abbr. | MINN |
| Went by | ELAPSED |
| Work at Museo del Prado | ARTE |
The Telegraph - Toughie - August 31 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 50 visiting one playing field | LOVERAT |
| A weird plant with large leaves | ARUM |
| About to fail, filling out conference form? | GOINGPEARSHAPED |
| Basket full of wife's yarn | CREWEL |
| CD cases will split | CLEAVED |
| Cotton on small piece of wood | TWIG |
| Dead heat not quite dignifying motorsport | DRAGRACING |
| Diameter I call exact | DISHOUT |
| Drawing of polar bears? | ANIMALMAGNETISM |
| Fake walls right answer at first place of solitude | ASHRAM |
| Fit person moves in line | CORRESPOND |
| Gipsy with cuts (not deliberate) | RANDOM |
| Good bargain all round? Apparently not | SQUAREDEAL |
| I'm pure and I might be perfect | UNIMPAIRED |
| In mid-morning, jump gate | ATTENDANCE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Independent sub's unfinished story | ITEM |
| Leave a girl single and available | PERMISSION |
| Live with one that's hard to live without! | BEAN |
| Location of Africa's lost currency | GUINEA |
| My life's hard | GOSH |
| One left turning, bordering on straight | LINEAR |
| Publicist cautiously holds back book | ACTS |
| River runs away from farmhouses | GANGES |
| Saw shortened dress | MAXI |
| Sort of bomb China used in war | NAPALM |
| Still, this isn't doctor's anger | MOBILE |
| Tory, say, rejected a Liberal set | CONGEAL |
| What we need to take home with us? | LIVINGWAGE |
| Wife's endless cheating | FRAU |
| X in naughty English shows? | ENLIGHTENS |
The Telegraph - Cryptic - August 31 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A student on grass? The other way round, but that's unofficial! | INFORMAL |
| Answer after song about a bete noire | ANATHEMA |
| Arab state welcoming last of various sycophants | YESMEN |
| Boat requiring speed around bar | PINNACE |
| Both sides will accept playing abroad -- but here? | LABRADOR |
| Disciplines needed for scenes otherwise including the Channel Islands | SCIENCES |
| End of letter written in pink pen | CORRAL |
| Father split his responsibility as such | PARENT |
| Favouring attack, to gain an advantage | PROFIT |
| Fish eggs left company transport facility | CARPOOL |
| Hello -- your ears must be burning! | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL |
| Holding supplies of a particular hosiery item | STOCKING |
| Looking embarrassed and inexperienced, make new sketch | REDRAW |
| Manage okay, but delayed over wearing medal | GETALONG |
| Neighbours perhaps like this artist entertaining a church leader | SOAPOPERA |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Northern Europeans must adopt centigrade measures | DANCES |
| Nothing to go with strawberries? Take the best | CREAMOFF |
| Part of leg that comes from a cow? | CALF |
| Quiet dependable person going around in the morning for plant | SHAMROCK |
| Ranked in order before editor became angry | DARKENED |
| Really on fire and really worried! | LITERALLY |
| Sorry etc about one on track | PATHETIC |
| Speed of free love -- it's within the bounds of curiosity | VELOCITY |
| Steep service charge after the first of March | MACERATE |
| The effect of a drop in gravity? | FREEFALL |
| Thump pest often found in bed | SLUG |
| To applaud role coming up is nonsense | CLAPTRAP |
| Trap a lie about bones like these? | PARIETAL |
| Worry, but nations together agree on terms | UNSETTLE |
The Telegraph - Quick - August 31 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Amount of length (imperial) | YARDAGE |
| Assist | HELP |
| Comfort | EASE |
| Cord snare | NOOSE |
| Cue; quick | PROMPT |
| Decision; grit | DETERMINATION |
| Expenses | COSTS |
| Feel sorrow | GRIEVE |
| Furrow | RUT |
| Instalment | EPISODE |
| Iron block | ANVIL |
| Jarred | JOLTED |
| Mire | MUD |
| On the move | ASTIR |
| Pace | TEMPO |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Pin | NAIL |
| Recruits | ROPESIN |
| Remain | STAY |
| Rip | TEAR |
| Stain | TARNISH |
| Stings | SMARTS |
| The dark | NIGHT |
| Thick painting | IMPASTO |
| Travel document | VISA |
| Treacle | MOLASSES |
| Unnatural | ABNORMAL |
| Vehicle | CAR |
| Wander | MEANDER |
| Zilch | NIL |
The Times - Concise - August 31, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Angler's kit | FISHINGTACKLE |
| Anthony —, author | BURGESS |
| Become smaller, contract | SHRINK |
| Cloth; evasive talk | FLANNEL |
| Disorderly; uneven | IRREGULAR |
| Eat steadily; artist | MUNCH |
| Former measure equal to a quarter of a chain | ROD |
| Fruit | APPLE |
| London football club | CHELSEA |
| Make ecstatically happy | ELATE |
| Mourn for; deplore | LAMENT |
| Mournful song | DIRGE |
| Open-weave fabric | NET |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Quentin —, film director | TARANTINO |
| Railway track; wrinkle | LINE |
| Sharp-tasting, sour | ACIDIC |
| Shooting star | METEOR |
| Short punch | HOOK |
| Soft surface lustre | SHEEN |
| Someone who is not an expert | LAYMAN |
| Story | NARRATIVE |
| Tendency to do nothing | INERTIA |
| Thor Heyerdahl's boat | KONTIKI |
| Threw (a ball) in a high arc | LOBBED |
| Trivial | PETTY |
| Vocal inflection | CADENCE |
The Times - Cryptic - August 31, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A nameless Louisiana native carries round wood | ACAJOU |
| A union leader at front of march, so we hear | AURALLY |
| Academic going round old university correcting scripts | PROOFREADING |
| Bill's description of the years after 1603? | POSTER |
| Bug is tiny and horrid, ultimately eliminated | WEEVIL |
| Chivalrous king regularly in the dark? | KNIGHTLY |
| Cunning cat turning to catch large bird | GUILLEMOT |
| Examiner repelled class almost all of time at school | TESTER |
| Fix piano, say | PEG |
| Fruit tree with bark protected | MAYAPPLE |
| Happy fool shortly about to appear upset | GLEEFUL |
| Hat put on briefly to cover ears? | TRICORNE |
| Ingredient of whisky and port | RYE |
| Knowingly accepts such a hopeless situation | NOWIN |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Mass, composition lacking start of curious vocal piece | MOTET |
| New-born animals eg cats go on this | LITTER |
| Pastures new, right, for top performer | SUPERSTAR |
| Plant drug-filled cigarette in tycoon's case | TREEFERN |
| Produce information, evidence initially seen by judge | GENERATE |
| Shilling and foreign coin put together on safe | SECURE |
| Stage applause after cricketer finally left field | BATTLEGROUND |
| State prison reportedly backed by crack troops | KANSAS |
| Train mountaineer to avoid cold at great height? | LIMBERUP |
| Uninspired philosopher might be so remiss | THOUGHTLESS |
| Who might trounce most boys with intrinsic skill? | Smartyboots |
| Wife once perhaps breaking pickle dish | SEXPOT |
| Work force agreement accepting cuts, oddly | FUNCTION |
| Worker maybe covering hole over entrance to roadway is engineer | BESSEMER |
The Guardian - Cryptic - August 31 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A classical man to you and me represents something harmful | VIRUS |
| A place bathed in light? Not in the winter | LAPLAND |
| Accident insurer finally sorted out, giving apology for mistake | ISTANDCORRECTED |
| Archbishop's envoy reported delay | WAIT |
| Billy Graham type is 'OT/NT-basher', put unfairly | SOUTHERNBAPTIST |
| Boleyn and husband, say, set up in hellish situation | GEHENNA |
| Briefly arrange private office in German city | DRESDEN |
| City girl keeping a date that brings new life | CORDOBA |
| Dodgy shiner not ultimately genuine | RHINESTONE |
| Dryden character in a note on work he left | ACHITOPHEL |
| Endure losing a sheep | WETHER |
| Examine and discredit one form of therapy | DISSECT |
| Firm's contract | COMPACT |
| Home worker engaging nurse and manager | INTENDANT |
| I mend TV set that's broken for selling off | DIVESTMENT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Inadequacy of computer being set up is concerning | INRE |
| Inspired Democrat lagging behind popular Italian dictator? | INDUCED |
| Kind to preside over slightly twisted board | CHARITABLE |
| Little nonentity not in clique | SECT |
| Managed to break into holiday home — it's very hard | GRANITE |
| Morning — chief time to get stuck in | MATIN |
| Name of London street hiding a chemical | REAGENT |
| North African countries suffering big harm | MAGHRIB |
| Note put about in the morning conveys unwanted message | SPAM |
| People on staff matter to boss | HEADCOUNT |
| Playwright beginning with page that expresses contempt | PSHAW |
| Put illiterately, Queen and I go walkabout | MEANDER |
| Row created by the French to fester | RANKLE |
| Star inside nebula not entirely detectable | DENEB |
| Wise man rolling in drink to see stars | PEGASUS |
The Guardian - Quick - August 31 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 5c coin | NICKEL |
| Adjust slightly | TWEAK |
| Allure | GLAMOUR |
| American wildcat | OCELOT |
| Australian city named for William IV's queen | ADELAIDE |
| Bouquet | POSY |
| Burning | AFLAME |
| Celebration of the Eucharist | MASS |
| Escapologist, d. 1926 | HOUDINI |
| From Bologna? | ITALIAN |
| Government-financed independent body | QUANGO |
| Graphic art | PAINTING |
| Of birds | AVIAN |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Olfactory organ | NOSE |
| One looking but not buying | WINDOWSHOPPER |
| Period post-sunset | TWILIGHT |
| Place where vessels are built | SHIPYARD |
| Pub | LOCAL |
| Roman city south-east of Naples | POMPEII |
| See 10 | TALK |
| See 18 | STATE |
| Social chat | SMALL |
| Strong tightly twisted cotton thread | LISLE |
| System of principles | CREDO |
| Undue government interference with personal choice? | NANNY |
| Without regard for fair play | NOHOLDSBARRED |
Irish Times (Simplex) - September 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Audible expression of amusement | LAUGH |
| Ceremonial globe carried by a monarch | ORB |
| Children's governesses in Asia | AYAHS |
| Contend, maintain | ASSERT |
| Eight-sided figures | OCTAGONS |
| Former students of a college | ALUMNI |
| Go on board | EMBARK |
| Individual sounds in a word | SYLLABLES |
| Keeping one's identity a secret | INCOGNITO |
| Large striped felines | TIGERS |
| Long dramatic speech by a single actor | MONOLOGUE |
| Making last longer by careful use | EKING |
| Measuring the smallest distance from end to end | SHORTEST |
| Memento, keepsake | SOUVENIR |
| Metal container | CAN |
| Narrow opening | CHINK |
| Noiselessly | SILENTLY |
| Not well | ILL |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| One's sense of self-importance | EGO |
| Open ...., says the magician | SESAME |
| Really existing | ACTUAL |
| Schooled | EDUCATED |
| Seized suddenly | SNATCHED |
| Servile follower | MINION |
| Serving as a temporary and less adequate substitute for something | MAKESHIFT |
| Slightly short of | ALMOST |
| Small hard particle of anything | GRAIN |
| Soundness of mind | SANITY |
| Source, root | ORIGIN |
| Standard of perfection | IDEAL |
| Summon with a gesture | BECKON |
| Thespian | ACTOR |
| To separate and to adhere | CLEAVE |
| Travelling bag | SUITCASE |
| Unhealthy preoccupation | FIXATION |
| Wicker basket for fish | CREEL |
Irish Times (Crosaire) - September 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A fair amount of 18 across from one of the services | DINNER |
| Beg barman for something to add a bit of colour to cheeks around mid-morning | SCROUNGE |
| Boring type doing menial job with boxer's physique | DOGSBODY |
| Bowler gets message - this type of delivery should be intimidatory | HATEMAIL |
| Climbing down? Not completely certain this is working on the building site! | SURRENDERING |
| Ellis stays away from ice-lollies producing a nasty strain | ECOLI |
| Entertain a creative influence | AMUSE |
| Fences off aisles to building | ISOLATES |
| Functions in Boston and Charleston to finish with half of 14 across | DINNERDANCES |
| Goes along with sailor on a date in Rome | ABIDES |
| Holds up card - the revolutionary kind - to address middlemen from outer layer | EPIDERMIS |
| Instruction to women to take their seats with service providers perhaps | DINNERLADIES |
| Is out there to lift lid off secret | OVERT |
| It's compact at the back of the stores for holding ladders perhaps | TIGHTS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Judy's partner is the dish holding the drinks | PUNCHBOWL |
| Ken Cline designed part of the dress | NECKLINE |
| Local barman at home for great session | BRIEFING |
| No cash in scrap heaps of documentation | PAPERS |
| Off head on dope and weed and will need this for walking | ASHPLANT |
| Phone around for workers with a set of remarkable items | PHENOMENA |
| Pit areas disbanded by hanger-on | PARASITE |
| Plant outside last of the cabbage and most of the edible seed for Halloween | PEANUT |
| Reflection, for example, caught Greek island lizards | GECKOS |
| Risible beastly type from hot Asian capital is away | HYENA |
| This is a tip for making someone really angry with a high temperature? | BOILINGPOINT |
| Voice behind Mike produced whisper of complaint | MUTTER |
| Warlike sound for 1 across is so uplifting in frozen water | BELLICOSE |
| Work starts at 4 across and is not depressing for a job in the kitchen | WASHUP |
Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - September 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ' Little' (E.B. White novel) | STUART |
| 'Born in the ' | USA |
| 'This an outrage!' | IS |
| 'Zounds!' | EGAD |
| Actress Long | NIA |
| and behold | LO |
| Apr. addressee | IRS |
| Author Wiesel | ELIE |
| Bankbook abbr | INT |
| Cab cost | FARE |
| Catch sight of | ESPY |
| Choral group | GLEECLUB |
| Christmas | YULE |
| Commotion | TODO |
| Conditions | IFS |
| Dadaist Jean | ARP |
| Denny's rival | IHOP |
| Diarist Anas | NIN |
| Disdain-ful | SNOOTY |
| Eggs | OVA |
| Equi- | ISO |
| Flow out | EBB |
| Furrow | GROOVE |
| Generosity | LARGESSE |
| Goat's plaint | MAA |
| Gush | SPEW |
| Handsome guy | ADONIS |
| Indy event | RACE |
| Internet address | URL |
| Junior | SON |
| Kind of table | COFFEE |
| Kind of table | PINGPONG |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Kind of table | PICNIC |
| Kind of table | PERIODIC |
| List-ending abbr | ETAL |
| Luminary | STAR |
| Maintained | HELD |
| Margarine | OLEO |
| Mythical beasts | UNICORNS |
| Neither Rep. nor Dem | IND |
| Notion | IDEA |
| One | UNIT |
| PBS science show | NOVA |
| Pictures | IMAGES |
| Power co. supply | ELEC |
| Refusals | NOS |
| Robbers' foes | COPS |
| Sandwich shop | DELI |
| Saturates | WETS |
| Scrabble piece | TILE |
| Singer Rawls | LOU |
| Slithery | EELY |
| Snare | TRAP |
| Soft and weak | EFFETE |
| Sprite | ELF |
| St. crosser | AVE |
| Steal from | ROB |
| Super Bowl org | NFL |
| Superlative suffix | EST |
| Tech | CAL |
| Tel | AVIV |
| Tubular pasta | RIGATONI |
| Vittles | EATS |
| Wine region | ASTI |
Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - September 1 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'The King and I' star | BRYNNER |
| Assess | RATE |
| Beame and Burrows | ABES |
| Bound | LEAP |
| Carburetor valve | CHOKE |
| City on the Passaic | NEWARK |
| Commerce | TRADE |
| Crayon makeup | WAX |
| Cutting | KEEN |
| Dallas player, for short | MAV |
| Declare | AVER |
| Doles out | METES |
| Ducks | EVADES |
| Facial pair | EYES |
| Fires | SACKS |
| Fishhook feature | BARB |
| Fishing aid | NET |
| High rating | TEN |
| In the past | AGO |
| Juan Perón's wife | EVA |
| Junior, e.g | NAMESAKE |
| Karaoke need | MIKE |
| Low-cal snack | RICECAKE |
| Lusty looks | LEERS |
| Made demands on | TAXED |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Man-shaped mug | TOBY |
| Mecca resident | ARAB |
| Nickels and dimes | CHANGE |
| Night fliers | BATS |
| Old movie | SILENT |
| Parliament setting | LONDON |
| Pay to play | ANTE |
| Puts down | LAYS |
| Ready for bed | TIRED |
| Serving aid | TRAY |
| Singer McEntire | REBA |
| Slapstick staple | SPITTAKE |
| Smackers | CLAMS |
| Some charity | ALMS |
| Sophocles play | ELECTRA |
| State frankly | AVOW |
| Strike settings | LANES |
| Strike settings | ALLEYS |
| Sunup site | EAST |
| Tchaikovsky ballet | SWANLAKE |
| Teachers' org | NEA |
| Traction aid | CLEAT |
| Wrap up | END |
| Writer Chopin | KATE |
| Writer Primo | LEVI |
Wall Street Journal - September 1 2016 - Back to School Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Son of ___!' | AGUN |
| 'That's so cute!' | AWW |
| '___ unrelated matter...' | ONAN |
| 1991 World Series champs | TWINS |
| 2015 film that got a Best Picture nomination | ROOM |
| Admitted into one's social network | FRIENDED |
| Aqua ___ (aftershave brand) | VELVA |
| Art director's creation | PAGELAYOUT |
| As compensation | INEXCHANGE |
| Being, to Sartre | ETRE |
| British historian A.L | ROWSE |
| Cassette part | SPOOL |
| Court period | HALF |
| Croatia joined it in 2009 | NATO |
| Cuisine with fish sauce | THAI |
| Cut short | CROP |
| Derisive cries | HOOTS |
| Down-and-outer | HOBO |
| Earth's crust, e.g | TOPLAYER |
| For fear that | LEST |
| Gear for settings, e.g | ICON |
| Grant Wood, for one | IOWAN |
| Guitarist Lofgren | NILS |
| Hawk | TOUT |
| He guested on Katy's #1 hit 'E.T.' | KANYE |
| High winds? | OBOES |
| High-end car engine | HEMI |
| Honest course | UPANDUP |
| Horn sound | BLAT |
| Hungarian town known for its red wine | EGER |
| Inventive sort | LIAR |
| Italy's features Leonardo's Vitruvian Man | EURO |
| Jambalaya seasoning | CAYENNEPEPPER |
| Koi container | POND |
| Literature Nobelist Canetti | ELIAS |
| Mariinsky Ballet's former name | KIROV |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Marshal Dillon's portrayer | ARNESS |
| Massage targets | ACHES |
| Mill input | LOGS |
| Monitored areas: Abbr | ICUS |
| More than passed | ACED |
| Mug, e.g | OVERACT |
| Preceded | LEDUPTO |
| Pretentiously stylish | CHICHI |
| Pronunc. part | SYL |
| Recipient of a promotion | PAWN |
| Resistance-measuring device | BRIDGECIRCUIT |
| Revealing cry | VOILA |
| Rugged rocks | CRAGS |
| Saxophonist Beneke | TEX |
| Say ___ (refuse) | NOTO |
| Scala of 'The Price of Fear' | GIA |
| School back in 16-Across | UCLA |
| School back in 24-Across | RICE |
| School back in 42-Across | PENN |
| School back in 54-Across | YALE |
| Scoped out | EYED |
| Script makeup | LINES |
| Semicircle, say | ARC |
| Senate vote | NAY |
| Sequoia feature | CONE |
| Signal to start playing | MUSICALCUE |
| Some summer workers | INTERNS |
| Stately dances of the Renaissance | PAVANES |
| Taken in | TRICKED |
| Target, e.g | CHAIN |
| Tintinnabulation, essentially | PEALS |
| Tom Swift's Star Spear, e.g | ROCKETSHIP |
| Vestige | SHRED |
| Whole note's lack | STEM |
| Wing | ELL |
| Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese orders | ALES |
New York Times - Thursday, September 1, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
| ___ out (email list selection) | OPT |
| 2012 comedy with a talking bear | TED |
| AC/DC single with the lyric "watch me explode" | TNT |
| Actor Wilson | OWEN |
| Adventure | ODYSSEY |
| Bank robber Willie who co-wrote "Where the Money Was" | SUTTON |
| Beat (out) | EDGE |
| Best-selling author who was a neighbor of Twain in Hartford | STOWE |
| Blowup: Abbr. | ENL |
| Bonobos, e.g. | APES |
| Cause of some allergy flare-ups | RAGWEED |
| Certain navels | OUTIES |
| Certain pair in bridge | TENACE |
| Channel for college sports | ESPNU |
| Cher or Dolly Parton, e.g. | ICON |
| Chill ... | EASY |
| Chinese money | YUAN |
| Cover ... or cover ___ | SHEET |
| Curt | TERSE |
| Dined watching Netflix, say | ATEIN |
| Ending of many a firm's name | SONS |
| Ending with metal or mal- | WARE |
| Fabricate | MAKE |
| Fatty tuna part, at a sushi restaurant | TORO |
| Final authority | SAYSO |
| Follow | GONEXT |
| Forensic material | DNA |
| Get more mileage out of | REUSE |
| Going on and on ... and on | OVERLONG |
| Having a variable identity, as suggested by four squares in this puzzle : | GENDERFLUID |
| Holistic spiritual movement | NEWAGE |
| Hyundai model with a lot of horsepower? | EQUUS |
| Inits. on a car sticker | EPA |
| It's combined at the beginning | PREMIX |
| Kitsch, e.g. | LOWART |
| Laborious process | SLOG |
| Lie on a beach | SUN |
| Lock fixer? | GEL |
| Lucy Lawless role | XENA |
| Mamet play inspired by the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings | OLEANNA |
| Mettle | SPUNK |
| Middle name of the inventor of the electrographic vote recorder | ALVA |
| Music producer Brian | ENO |
| Narwhal features | TUSKS |
| Neighbors of Longhorns | SOONERS |
| Not just any | THE |
| Not straight | WRY |
| Nuyorican music legend Tito | PUENTE |
| Oh gawd! | UGH |
| Old channel with country music videos | TNN |
| Old-seeming | FUSTY |
| One "in love" in a 1959 top 5 hit | TEENAGER |
| Pac-12 athlete | UTE |
| Part of a house | ROOF |
| Part of L.G.B.T.Q. | QUEER |
| Patriotic chant | USAUSA |
| Play (with) | TOY |
| Poet who wrote of Beatrice | DANTE |
| Reveal a secret, say | MESSUP |
| Right on the map | EAST |
| Roar producer | SURF |
| Run off, in a way | XEROX |
| Score amts. | PTS |
| Sight ___ | GAG |
| Snake's place, partly | OREGON |
| Soul producer | KIA |
| Steamy place | SAUNA |
| Super | DANDY |
| Tech expert, as it were | GEEK |
| The Hunger Games universe, e.g. | DYSTOPIA |
| Tires | EXHAUSTS |
| Topic to ask a fortuneteller about | FATE |
| Tough stuff to walk through | FIRE |
| Turf | SOD |
| Tuscan city famous for horse races | SIENA |
| Undivided | ENTIRE |
| Unleash, as havoc | WREAK |
| Word that can precede sex | SAME |
The Washington Post - August 31 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Dancing with the Stars' judge Goodman | LEN |
| 'Holy cow!,' online | OMG |
| 'I bought some batteries, but they ___ included' (Steven Wright) | WERENT |
| 'I've ___ your back' | GOT |
| 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' group | YES |
| 'Piece of cake!' | NOPROB |
| 'The ___ Santini' (1979 Robert Duvall movie) | GREAT |
| 'Way cool!' | NEATO |
| 'What a treat!' | GOODY |
| '___ Park' (Martin Cruz Smith novel) | GORKY |
| Al Yankovic description | WEIRD |
| Alfred E. Neuman's magazine | MAD |
| Alien invader in 'Pixels' | PACMAN |
| Annual athletic award given in L.A | ESPY |
| Aware of | ONTO |
| Be proactive | PLAN |
| Belt clip-on | BEEPER |
| Bend over backward | TRY |
| Bugatti or Maserati | AUTO |
| Butch Cassidy or the Sundance Kid | ALIAS |
| Chihuahua cries | YELPS |
| Circumspect | LEERY |
| Cliff hanger? | AERIE |
| Clothing store department | WOMENSWEAR |
| Correct | AMEND |
| Corvette or Camaro | CHEVY |
| Dancer Charisse | CYD |
| Designer Chanel | COCO |
| Diamond corner | BAG |
| Door opener | KNOB |
| Film critic Roger | EBERT |
| Framing member | STUD |
| Grumpy companion | SLEEPY |
| Hamster home | CAGE |
| Handle roughly | PAWAT |
| Ivy League school in Philly | PENN |
| Job for Ellery Queen | CASE |
| Knock-down-drag-out | MELEE |
| Lake next to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | ERIE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like a student with a 4.0 GPA | SMART |
| Like some eyes | DEEPSET |
| Like vinaigrette | TART |
| Lively energy | PEP |
| Lummoxes | LOUTS |
| Misbehave | ACTUP |
| Mob scenes | RIOTS |
| Olympic event | EPEE |
| One who plays through pain | GAMER |
| Onetime toothpaste brand | GLEEM |
| Pick up momentum | GAINSPEED |
| Pile | HEAP |
| Popular Apple app | GARAGEBAND |
| Pot sticker cooker | WOK |
| Potpourri output | AROMA |
| Premium purchase? | GAS |
| Prince Charming's love | CINDERELLA |
| Range rover | STEER |
| Reservation | DOUBT |
| Rest stop for a rock climber | LEDGE |
| Resting spot for Noah | ARARAT |
| Rickman of 'Die Hard' | ALAN |
| Rolled-under hairstyle | PAGEBOY |
| San Antonio destination | ALAMO |
| Silent approval | NOD |
| Small pouch | SAC |
| Social butterflies (and a hint to 17-, 23-, 37-, and 45-Across) | GADABOUTS |
| Spoil | GOBAD |
| Starter usually covered with feta cheese | GREEKSALAD |
| Sylvia of 'The Queen' | SYMS |
| Target for Tom Brady | END |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills, for one | ARENA |
| Tidal movement | EBB |
| Took charge | LED |
| Touch down | LAND |
| Video sharing device | VINE |
| White as a ghost | PALE |
| Wing tip tip | TOE |
| Zippo | NADA |
Universal - August 31 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| "Cast Away" setting | ISLE |
| "Love ___ (Beatles tune) | MEDO |
| "The ___ of the Ancient Mariner" | RIME |
| "To ___ is human ..." | ERR |
| "___ a far, far better thing ..." (Dickens) | ITIS |
| "___ while they're hot!" | GETEM |
| Accommodating place | INN |
| African antelope | ORYX |
| And so on (abbr.) | ETC |
| Animal's gaping mouth | MAW |
| Another computer key | TAB |
| Anti-flood embankments | DIKES |
| Assume to be | TAKEFOR |
| Aussie ratite | EMU |
| Automobile type | SEDAN |
| Ballroom dancing move | DIP |
| Banister's end | NEWEL |
| Barcelona chair's lack | ARMS |
| Body pouch | SAC |
| Break down grammatically | PARSE |
| Burn on the outside | SEAR |
| Common foil material | TIN |
| Computer key | ENTER |
| Copy, briefly | REPRO |
| Couple for life, hopefully | MANANDWIFE |
| Did a tour guide's job | LED |
| Doddering | ANILE |
| Eggnog time | NOEL |
| Elevate | EXALT |
| Eng or Chang, famously | SIAMESETWIN |
| Fanatical | RABID |
| Fit for picking | RIPE |
| Habeas corpus, e.g | WRIT |
| Hawaiian gift | LEI |
| Hindu musical genre | RAGA |
| Indicate agony | MOAN |
| Jewish religious leader | RABBI |
| Keep from happening | DETER |
| Like a love letter | ROMANTIC |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Make modifications to | ALTER |
| Make, as money | EARN |
| Maui veranda | LANAI |
| Measure, in music | BAR |
| Mimicking bird (var.) | MYNA |
| Minimally worded | TERSEST |
| Nebraska metropolis | OMAHA |
| Not on the guest list | UNASKED |
| Not once, poetically | NEER |
| Oldies players | HIFIS |
| Packing on the years | AGING |
| Poker pair | TWOOFAKIND |
| Prefix with "violet" or "marine" | ULTRA |
| Provide startup funds | SEED |
| Public speaker's platform of yore | BEMA |
| Pump number | OCTANE |
| Qatar VIP | EMIR |
| Repulsive | GROSS |
| Restaurant customer, at times | ORDERER |
| Rock genre for David Bowie | GLAM |
| Safe havens | SANCTA |
| Salad oil holder | CRUET |
| Some collectibles | MATCHEDSETS |
| Something to pick out | ORE |
| Sounding wistful | SIGHING |
| Stay awhile | ABIDE |
| Sword with a bell-shaped guard | EPEE |
| Tablet | NOTEPAD |
| Take into one's family | ADOPT |
| Teachers' org | NEA |
| Tending to a problem | ONIT |
| Things at Six Flags | RIDES |
| Thoroughly proficient | ADEPT |
| Tissue additive | ALOE |
| Traditional or Roth savings vehicle | IRA |
| Turned over, as property | CEDED |
| Well-meaning one | DOGOODER |
| Wise old heads | SAGES |
| ___ constrictor | BOA |
USA Today - August 31 2016 Wednesday Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
| "Major Crimes" channel | TNT |
| "The Farmer in the Dell" syllables | HI HO |
| "Time is money" is one | OLDSAW |
| __ judicata | RES |
| __ Valley (Reagan Library site) | SIMI |
| __-dry clothing | DRIP |
| __-jazz (music genre) | AVANT |
| A handful of | SOME |
| A Ponderosa brother | ADAM |
| According to | ALA |
| Atlantic catch (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) | COD |
| Atlantic City's Steel __ | PIER |
| Atlas datum | AREA |
| Avoided a tag, say | SLID |
| Be out of sorts | AIL |
| Bean used in falafel | FAVA |
| Black cat, to some | OMEN |
| Blown away | AWED |
| Blu-ray buy | DISC |
| Boot camp exercise | CLOSE ORDER DRILL |
| Bump off | SLAY |
| Chef Hall who cohosts "The Chew" | CARLA |
| Cooper's creation | CASK |
| Corday victim | MARAT |
| David who sang "Fame" | BOWIE |
| Davis of "She Hate Me" | OSSIE |
| Defects and all | AS IS |
| Delivers a stemwinder | ORATES |
| Detective Pinkerton | ALLAN |
| Devilish tots | IMPS |
| Duck, as a question | EVADE |
| Duelist's attendant | SECOND |
| Flee from justice | GOON THE LAM |
| Foxx of "Sanford and Son" | REDD |
| Go along with | ALLOW |
| Hands-on spa offerings | MASSAGES |
| Identified on Facebook | TAGGED |
| In a snit | IRKED |
| Insignificant, as gossip | IDLE |
| Kittens' pick-up points | NAPES |
| La Scala highlight | ARIA |
| Like a wink-and-a-nod agreement | TACIT |
| Like spy messages | CODED |
| Lode yield | ORE |
| McDonough of "Suits" | NEAL |
| McKellen who played Magneto | IAN |
| Midas' tragic flaw | GREED |
| Moat denizen, briefly | CROC |
| Mrs Flintstone | WILMA |
| Natural balm | ALOE |
| Needing a refill | LOW |
| Of the flock | LAIC |
| Online party notice | EVITE |
| Oxygen carriers in blood | REDCELLS |
| Package payment option | CASH ON DELIVERY |
| Pad __ (noodle dish) | THAU |
| Palette choice | HUE |
| Pan Am rival of old | TWA |
| Part of a bedroom set | CHEST OF DRAWERS |
| Pesky kid in "Blondie" | ELMO |
| Polly, to Tom Sawyer | AUNT |
| Pool table edge | RAIL |
| Prom night transport | LIMO |
| Raised, as cattle | BRED |
| Rickety auto | CRATE |
| Salk contemporary | SABIN |
| Shakespearean sobriquet | BARD |
| Sheehy who wrote "Passages" | GAIL |
| Shelter beds | COTS |
| Some cirrus clouds | MARES TAILS |
| Some gallery hangings | OILS |
| Stevie Wonder's "__ Duke" | SIR |
| Turkish monetary unit | LIRA |
| Weed whacker | HOE |
| White-plumed wader | EGRET |
| Words to a solicitor | I GAVE |
Newsday.com - August 31 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| $$$ dispenser | ATM |
| ''Downton Abbey'' title | LORD |
| ''Fine, just quit nagging!'' | OKOK |
| ''Sweet'' girl in a barbershop song | ADELINE |
| ''__ there be light'' | LET |
| 1-800-FLOWERS rival | FTD |
| 34 Down's name | SOL |
| Actress O'Neal or actor Channing | TATUM |
| Ascend | CLIMB |
| Atmospheric layer | OZONE |
| Atoll element | ISLET |
| Besides that | ALSO |
| Bloodhound's trail | SCENT |
| Bloomberg Television, for one | ALLNEWSCHANNEL |
| Bogged down by routine | STUCKINARUT |
| Borscht veggie | BEET |
| Brings under control | TAMES |
| Burglaries | BREAKINS |
| Calico's cry | MEOW |
| Carpentry joint part | TENON |
| Casino feature | SLOTMACHINE |
| Deep sleep | COMA |
| Den recording device | TIVO |
| Did the backstroke | SWAM |
| Digital music device | IPOD |
| Distributed poker cards | DEALT |
| Entertainer Minnelli | LIZA |
| Frequently | ALOT |
| Fuel for a fireplace | WOOD |
| Furtiveness | STEALTH |
| Geographical reference | ATLAS |
| Government bond, for short | TNOTE |
| Grad | ALUM |
| Grain in grits | CORN |
| Guys | MEN |
| Hiking trails | PATHS |
| Jai __ | ALAI |
| Joke around with | KID |
| Kate, to Prince William | WIFE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Kind of camera: Abbr | SLR |
| Knee protection | PAD |
| Lion's share | MOST |
| Melting snow | SLUSH |
| More fit for harvesting | RIPER |
| More skillful | ABLER |
| Most cunning | WILIEST |
| Mouth-puckering | TART |
| Not working today | OFF |
| Obliterate | ERASE |
| Occur next | ENSUE |
| Onion covering | SKIN |
| Online chats: Abbr | IMS |
| Pastureland portion | ACRE |
| Patronize, as a café | EATAT |
| Possessive pronoun | OUR |
| Prez on Mount Rushmore | ABE |
| Private eyes | SLEUTHS |
| Queen in ''The Lion King'' | NALA |
| Rate of walking | PACE |
| Reed-section instrument | OBOE |
| Revlon rival | AVON |
| Rock concert buy | TEESHIRT |
| Sci-fi sightings | UFOS |
| Share a border with | ABUT |
| Show bewilderment | FURROWONESBROW |
| Solar system center | SUN |
| Stage platform | RISER |
| Stands the test of time | LASTS |
| Storage container | BIN |
| Suffix for kitchen | ETTE |
| To be, in Paree | ETRE |
| Top-quality | BEST |
| Toward the Arctic | NORTH |
| Transgression | SIN |
| Wheat or soybeans | CROP |
| __ Alamos, NM | LOS |
| __ close to schedule | ONOR |
| __ time (very quickly) | INNO |