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The Telegraph - Toughie - February 28 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solution - February 28 2017 
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About to get weary -- and do this?RETIRE
All but the last of the birds moves onGEES
An aggressive female gets a fellow cross insideAMAZON
Applauding approach to secure repairCOMMENDING
Artist covered in a certain chemical mixtureSODALIME
Be adamant at home, confronting relation without hesitationINSIST
Big flapper agitating men in peer groupEMPERORPENGUIN
Custodian in nuclear shelter?WARDEN
Danced in girl's school, not just with girlsDISCOED
Fall in school -- time must be taken outRAIN
Female, one lacking in fortitude, rotten as a university student?TUTORED
Foe has strategy set out in series of booksTHEFORSYTESAGA
Fool as expected seizing powerDUPE
For Americans, quarterdeck attireSUIT
 
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Learner put off bits of crossword? Offer hintsCUES
Like a schoolmaster punishing inept cadPEDANTIC
Man on board and what he did reportedly -- went down ropeABSEILED
Old bishop recently seen as dedicated personOBLATE
One really bad dog ultimately making money in the Far EastSATANG
One taken for a ride, English money-holder being a charlatanMOUNTEBANK
Pour forth wickedness? One might well!SHEDEVIL
Pro has turned into a leading lightPHAROS
Rooms facing danger with river invadingPARLOURS
Something tiny, first to last, creating little strikesPECKS
Sort of plant that's died out in town with power stationDICOT
Strike creating confrontation about to be abandonedLASH
Vehicle takes lots, almost the whole lot?CABOODLE
What sounds like rough planCOURSE

The Telegraph - Cryptic - February 28 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - February 28 2017 
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A gun I pulled out facing a reptileIGUANA
A short final, unfortunatelyALAS
Arrangement subject to rankUNDERSTANDING
Attacking tactic in round, getting on, close to holeROUTEONE
Cause General to board small boat heading offENGENDER
Conceive of silver being discovered in one excavationIMAGINE
Concerned with landlord giving party in AmericaREPUBLICAN
Country we study after onset of stormsSWEDEN
Crazy story going round about king in large islandMADAGASCAR
Exchanges views about island�s treesCONIFERS
Function of register to be announcedROLE
Greek character in a game, rising elementURANIUM
I'm in boat at sea achieving goalAMBITION
Intermediary in affairLIAISON
 
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Local girl offering endless foolish helpBARMAID
Male attending racecourse, one bringing good fortuneMASCOT
Novel and daring symphony?BRAVENEWWORLD
Overcome with worry concerning the others?BESIDEONESELF
Phone about vase during the dayDIURNAL
Picture of dream life in retirementFILM
Play moderately slowly with stake moneyANDANTE
Show up and spin band's discRUNRINGSROUND
Soldiers, rangers, die on manoeuvresGRENADIERS
Take no notice of bombed regionIGNORE
Terse editor filled inBRIEFED
Trifling sum or what could make up a packet?PEANUTS
Unlikely I'm in favour of very small person, about fiftyIMPROBABLE
Woman in poem, 'Maud'EMMA

The Telegraph - Quick - February 28 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Telegraph - Quick Crossword Puzzle Solution - February 28 2017 
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Armed conflictACTION
Arnold Schwarzenegger filmTHETERMINATOR
Capital of PolandWARSAW
CigarCHEROOT
City in IllinoisCHICAGO
Come on stageENTER
CoterieCLIQUE
Exclamation of surpriseHEAVENS
Film production companyUNITEDARTISTS
Flour mixtureDOUGH
Former gold coinDUCAT
Keyboard instrumentELECTRICORGAN
 
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Knock overUPSET
Lacking refinementCOARSE
Lacking resonanceTINNY
Plant like grassSEDGE
SewerDRAIN
Similarly up a gum tree?INTHESAMEBOAT
Slightly drunkTIPSY
SponsorPATRON
StadiumARENA
TempestuousSTORMY
Temporary solutionSTOPGAP
Threaded fastenerSCREW

The Times - Cryptic - February 28, 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26660 - February 28, 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer
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A brick-carrier cuts short period in plantASPHODEL
A police department controls drug usersACIDHEADS
Add space for tribal symbolTOTEM
Bottle hard water in ScotlandTOUGHNESS
Bring down set of books to entertain me and my family?OUST
Character in Greek article volunteersTHETA
Cold stall in Billingsgate?STANDOFFISH
College Times tarnishes investment agenciesUNITTRUSTS
Completed deliveries at Old TraffordOVER
Editor brings in people to do his workEMEND
Hilary's one expressionTERM
Inconsolable, destitute? Then read novelBROKENHEARTED
Invent noun with German casesMINT
Lawyer discarded shotDASHED
Man Ray originally capturing hotel barmanMAHLER
 
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Mike and others handle casting perhapsMETALWORK
Miss beginning to scoff her chocolate spreadSCHOOLTEACHER
Odd bits of fossils collected by top kinswomanHALFSISTER
Opponents welcome old man to first courseANTIPASTO
Party's hosting last of rhythm and bluesDUMPS
Pick brief lecture arranged during afternoonPLECTRUM
Put to sea without a periodical breakLUNCHTIME
Ring chemists about hospital charging pointsTOLLBOOTHS
Ruffian prepared to collar school urchinRAGAMUFFIN
Steer clear of woman screening commercialEVADE
Terrified heading into a fightAWESTRUCK
Top in the Open, or missing the cutOUTDO
VAT has group of teachers upsetTUN
Wobbly cobblestones bishop avoided on the way outOBSOLESCENT
Wood essential to barrel-makerELM

The Times - Concise - February 28, 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 7274 - February 28, 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer
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Able to reason, brightINTELLIGENT
Appointing in rotation rather than by meritBUGGINSSTURN
Arrogant; self-importantUPPITY
AttractivePRETTY
Brief blast on a hornTOOT
Character in Much Ado About NothingDOGBERRY
Curly-leaved endiveFRISEE
Fail to see; ignoreOVERLOOK
Heart artery operationBYPASS
Lounge barSALOON
 
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One getting agitated over triflesFUSSER
Plural form of MrMESSRS
Scoff, deride, mockJEER
Sign of the zodiacSAGITTARIUS
Slim, supple, gracefulLISSOME
Small plant; peat bogMOSS
Supporter of the PM between 1846-59PEELITE
VisitCALL
Weak spotACHILLESHEEL
Yellowish in complexionSALLOW

The Guardian - Cryptic - March 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,133 - March 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer
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A rubbish country welcomes right modernising leaderATATURK
American wears top out of bed or stuck in itLAIDUP
Banks maybe withdraw a false statementGOALIE
Bar where spin doctors congregate?PREVENT
Brandy drinks before churchKIRSCH
Carmen is close to perfect for discriminating fellowRACIST
Chinese race finished in George's house?HANOVER
Doctor Liam Fox in a tense scrutiny of motivesSELFEXAMINATION
Ex-minister meeting resistance — and not a leaderGOVERNOR
Governess's favourite eggs are picked up without boxROCHESTER
Humming note, run round America with nothing onODOROUS
Joint Head of Enterprise leaves for transferREFER
Like some drinks, talking with old therapistPHYSIO
Material from humorist ultimately old hatTEXTILE
 
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Monarch's hot, tearing finery with an 'eff off'!HENRYI
Muslim country in revolt, having to convert to CatholicismROMANISE
One dope hugs second daughter in ShakespeareIMOGEN
Painter captures something magical in landRWANDA
Piano star drunk on beer, where classical training took placePALESTRA
Popular turns adopted by a cast working like hellSATANIC
Power-mad criminalPIRATE
Republican brought in to agitate gets a footholdSTIRRUP
Ruling nationalist's way to encourage progressSTURGEON
Seeking academics to engage somewhere near CambridgeHUNTINGDONSHIRE
Settled down with your picture book from RomeSATYRICON
Two coppers arresting a small group of politiciansCAUCUS
Two spies together with a redMAGENTA
What a doctor has, catching current bugAPHID

The Guardian - Quick - March 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Quick crossword No 14,606 - March 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer
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A false alternative?TRUE
Agitate — disturbanceSTIR
Become more livelyPERKUP
ConclusionENDING
Cooker-to-roof ductSTOVEPIPE
Dazzling virtuosoSUPERSTAR
EmptyVOID
FarmingHUSBANDRY
Frustrated in realising an ambitionMANQUE
In this wayTHUS
Judges, collectivelyJUDICIARY
Long affair with pastry, chocolate and cream?ECLAIR
OccupantTENANT
Old plucked instrumentLUTE
 
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Outdoor eateryTEAGARDEN
Part of speechVERB
Putting gameMINIATURE
Raise suddenlyHOICK
Recognised expert in some fieldGURU
Remove an app from a computerUNINSTALL
See 24GOLF
Stoat in its winter coatERMINE
Study of wordsETYMOLOGY
Torso — boxTRUNK
ToxinPOISON
UnabridgedUNCUT
Unfortunate situationPLIGHT
Yup!UHHUH

Irish Times (Simplex) - March 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Puzzle Solution - March 1 2017
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Affectedly genteel, highfalutinLAHDIDAH
Basic natural driveINSTINCT
Biblical sister of MosesMIRIAM
Brigands, outlawsBANDITS
Brings up the subject of a wage increaseRAISES
Comes together as oneUNITES
Disease transmitted by mosquitoesMALARIA
Emblematic tree of CanadaMAPLE
First settlersPIONEERS
Flimsy, tenuousSLIGHT
Form of industrial actionSTRIKE
Get together socially or for businessMEET
Haphazard, no fixed patternRANDOM
Having an acid taste or smellSOUR
Imperial land measuresACRES
It was formerly PersiaIRAN
Lacked, requiredNEEDED
Legendary island sought by UlyssesITHACA
 
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Lofts, garretsATTICS
Object thought to guard against evilTALISMAN
Pendant of frozen waterICICLE
Persuade using threatsCOERCE
Projecting handgrip of a saddlePOMMEL
Reminder of the pastMEMENTO
SelectCHOOSE
Sleep-like, half-conscious stateTRANCE
Small-scale representationMODEL
Spanish breed of sheep with high quality fleeceMERINO
Stay alert to dangerBEWARE
Study of the stars and planetsASTRONOMY
Sultanate in southwest AsiaOMAN
They lead prayers in mosquesIMAMS
Triangle with two sides of equal lengthISOSCELES
Uncertainty of meaningAMBIGUITY
Vivid red colourVERMILION
Weapon that's thrown or projectedMISSILE

Irish Times (Crosaire) - March 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Puzzle Solution - March 1 2017
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10 across is right for school dinner gadgetsTIMERS
A star from club is charged in South American capitalASUNCION
Air a Bronte novel, as it's a departure from the normABERRATION
Available to listen to on the radioHERE
Bugbear in heatwave?HATE
Car takes girl to fashionable wine compoundTANNIN
Carol admits affair with passing acquaintanceSMATTERING
Casual worker from the extremes has an axe to grindHAND
Cruel and risible about droneINHUMANE
Doctor admits taught first one of those from schoolSTURGEON
DUP unsettled by revolutionary paramilitaries' reformUPDATE
For some period, Fingers is not busy (4,2,3'1,5)TIMEONONESHANDS
Group is not in good shapeOUTFIT
Hand Merlot out from the home countryMOTHERLAND
 
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In any case, work present for retiring fatherWHEREVER
Individuals discovered in Tombstone saloonONES
Is not to blame for selling drink and taking old moneyINNOCENT
Is upset with most of the parasites on a piece of glassSILICA
It rarely worried academicLITERARY
It's what cons do to open 15 acrossTIME
Lookout has a hesitant word with inspectorVIEWER
Made a show of director after what the producer createdPICTURED
Nun's thesis rewritten in prefabricated buildingsNISSENHUTS
Oscar's in trouble with drowsiness caused by drugsNARCOSIS
Roman emperor retires around island near Troy in the EastORIENT
Set-up one graduate spotted with hot stuffWASABI
Single on the album opens with Greek letterIOTA
Tribunal releases bit that relates to a cycleLUNAR

Newsday.com - March 1 2017 Wednesday Crossword Puzzle Answer

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solution - March 1 2017 Wednesday 
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''Beauty and the __''BEAST
''Peanuts'' birdWOODSTOCK
''That smarts!''OUCH
''We gotta go!''CMON
''¿Cómo ___ usted?''ESTA
AromaODOR
Assists in wrongdoingABETS
Bakery arrayCAKES
British noblesBARONS
Bundled, as hayBALED
Butterfly-to-beCATERPILLAR
Capital of GhanaACCRA
Celebrity rosterALIST
Change the color ofDYE
Chimps and gorillasAPES
ConfusesADDLES
Cookbook amtTSP
Cornmeal breadPONE
Crustacean with edible clawsSTONECRAB
Daytime TV dramaSOAPOPERA
Details to be debatedPROSANDCONS
Drained of colorPALE
Dress of IndiaSARI
Drop __ to (write to)ALINE
Electrified fishEEL
End of the Greek alphabetOMEGA
Farmland measureACRE
Final or midtermTEST
Finance degMBA
From then until nowSINCE
Greek philosopherPLATO
Group for D.A.'sABA
Hole for a shoelaceEYELET
Horse's hairMANE
Impressionist painter ClaudeMONET
Italian resort isleCAPRI
Korean carsKIAS
Leaky faucet soundDRIP
Make up (for)ATONE
 
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Makes a blunderERRS
Modify, as legislationAMEND
Mosque leaderIMAM
Mountain chainRANGE
Muscle twitchSPASM
NotionsIDEAS
Nursery rhyme dieterSPRAT
Obstruct, as a riverDAMUP
Operatic soloARIA
Oscar actress HathawayANNE
Oxygen or neonGAS
Parcels outALLOTS
PC rival of DellACER
Place to bowlLANE
Prescribed amountDOSE
Prof's deg., oftenPHD
Project's objectiveGOAL
Remind too muchNAG
Render a verdictRULE
Reykjavik residentICELANDER
Said ''Not guilty,'' perhapsPLED
Sharp blowSWAT
Sign of healingSCAB
Slow tempoADAGIO
Smallest of a litterRUNT
Smartphone messageEMAIL
Speak ill ofMALIGN
Stand by forAWAIT
Sufficient roomSPACE
Title for a knightSIR
Top of the headPATE
Underground water sourcesWELLS
Well-mannered guysGENTS
West Point studentCADET
Winter coasterSLED
Winter driving mishapSKID
Women's patriotic orgDAR
Yuletide tuneNOEL
Yuletide tuneCAROL

Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - March 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate Crossword Puzzle Solution - March 1 2017 
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'Goodness!'ILLBE
'Psst!'HEY
-MagnonCRO
AloeVERA
Away from WSWENE
Baby hooterOWLET
Bear hairFUR
Big rigsSEMIS
Brunch fareOMELET
budgetONA
Charlotte's creationWEB
Chopin pieceETUDE
Cleared a frosty windshieldDEICED
CloneTWIN
Cracker nameRITZ
Cut cornersSKIMP
DecaysROTS
Did an AAA jobTOWED
DrunkardSOT
DVR brandTIVO
Exclusive groupCOTERIE
FemaleWOMAN
Flamenco cheerOLE
Genetic lettersRNA
Hawaiian garmentMUUMUU
InsultSLUR
It takes the cakeOVEN
 
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Jeans materialDENIM
Karate levelBELT
Lamb aliasELIA
Like seawaterSALTY
Microwave, slangilyNUKE
November birthstoneTOPAZ
PauloSAO
PitchersEWERS
PledgeVOW
Poem of praiseODE
Poker tournament formatWINNERTAKEALL
Pooh's creatorMILNE
PosesSITS
Priestly vestmentsALBS
Reddish horsesROANS
Sand formationsDUNES
Seventh planetURANUS
Sixth senseESP
Social feastsDINNERPARTIES
Soft shoe, for shortMOC
StepSTAIR
Stopped lying?SATUP
Suffix with song or gabFEST
SurpassTRUMP
To the pointTERSE
Type of coffee or bathTURKISH
Writer WieselELIE