| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Insurrections | REBELLIONS |
| Defendant’s statement | PLEA |
| Fracture | BREAK |
| Organised for action | MOBILISED |
| Prominence | EMINENCE |
| Elk | MOOSE |
| Size up | MEASURE |
| Wobbles | TEETERS |
| Vulgar | OBSCENE |
| Nuclear agreement (4,3) | TESTBAN |
| Audible breaths | SIGHS |
| Early showings | PREVIEWS |
| Unmarried males | BACHELORS |
| Make good progress (3,2) | GETON |
| Cupid | EROS |
| Restores to office | REINSTATES |
| Pork dish, spare … | RIBS |
| Buzzing insect | BEE |
| Compare | LIKEN |
| Huge | IMMENSE |
| Most honourable | NOBLEST |
| Rodeo rope | LASSO |
| Dealing with (issue) | ADDRESSING |
| Scrambles up | CLAMBERS |
| Methods, ways & … | MEANS |
| Unthinkable | IMPOSSIBLE |
| More uncomfortable | UNEASIER |
| Nudge | ELBOW |
| Detonate | EXPLODE |
| Betrayal crime | TREASON |
| Small lizard | GECKO |
| Gold brick | INGOT |
| Oxlike antelopes | GNUS |
| Little child | TOT |
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Metro Crossword Answers September 1 2017
Usa Today Crossword Answers September 1 2017 Friday
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| More than just reduce | SLASH |
| Miner’s helmet attachment | LAMP |
| Criticize harshly | BASH |
| Antique-shop purchase | CURIO |
| London Magazine essayist | ELIA |
| Show at a convention center | EXPO |
| Adjust, as a car’s front end | ALIGN |
| Patronize Dollar | RENT |
| Sighed word | ALAS |
| Elevator music player’s need? | BLANDINSTRUMENT |
| Score perfectly on | ACE |
| Thumbs-ups | OKS |
| Poker table, at times? | BLUFFERZONE |
| Airport carousel item | BAG |
| The "Father of Geometry" | EUCLID |
| Ernie of the PGA | ELS |
| River through Pisa | ARNO |
| Make a hasty exit | SCOOT |
| Gift-wrapping day, perhaps | EVE |
| Sawyer’s chronicler | TWAIN |
| Pitchfork part | TINE |
| Male buddy | BRO |
| "I’d like to see that!" | SHOWME |
| ___ Clemente (Nixon retreat) | SAN |
| Penn’s expressionless partner? | BLANKTELLER |
| Status ___ | QUO |
| Place for a piercing | EAR |
| Sheep’s vocal output? | BLEATGENERATION |
| Merry tune | LILT |
| Icky fare | GLOP |
| Bungee jumper’s requirement | NERVE |
| Stone of "The Help" | EMMA |
| Ultimatum ender | ELSE |
| "Angry Birds" aficionado, e.g. | GAMER |
| Peephole’s place | DOOR |
| Salt lick visitor | DEER |
| Antelope sighted on safaris | ELAND |
| Striker’s fill-in | SCAB |
| Slow period for a salesman | LULL |
| Solo in a libretto | ARIA |
| Accommodate an autograph hound | SIGN |
| Japanese subcompact since 2001 | HONDAFIT |
| "My Fair Lady" lyricist Alan Jay ___ | LERNER |
| Brewery offerings | ALES |
| In excellent condition | MINT |
| Supporters of the arts | PATRONS |
| Grins from ear to ear | BEAMS |
| Unicycle shaft | AXLE |
| Connect, as riverbanks | SPAN |
| Tokyo, to the 2020 Olympics | HOST |
| Tended to, as a sprain | ICED |
| "Aloha Oe" strings, for short | UKE |
| Outdoes in competition | BESTS |
| St. ___ (Caribbean nation) | LUCIA |
| The Huskies of the NCAA | UCONN |
| Polar bear’s resting place | FLOE |
| "Werewolves of London" singer Warren | ZEVON |
| Corrida cheer | OLE |
| Barroom melee | BRAWL |
| "Pokemon" cartoon genre | ANIME |
| Dead duck | GONER |
| MP’s quarry | AWOL |
| The Clinton years, say | ERA |
| Where 64-Across and antelope play, in song | THERANGE |
| Posted in a web diary | BLOGGED |
| One with top billing | STAR |
| "___ seriously, folks . . ." | BUT |
| Fish that’s big enough | KEEPER |
| Persian Gulf monarchy | QATAR |
| Needed a bandage | BLED |
| Prom night ride | LIMO |
| Muppet on some baby blankets | ELMO |
| Fashion magazine since 1945 | ELLE |
| Button, on Frosty the Snowman | NOSE |
| Greenish-blue hue | TEAL |
| "Garfield" waitress | IRMA |
| Place for a roast | OVEN |
| Social goofball | NERD |
New York Times Crossword Answers September 1 2017 Friday
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Alistair ___, "The Guns of Navarone" novelist | MACLEAN |
| Distinguishes oneself | EXCELS |
| Certain Caribbean islander, informally | TRINI |
| Snookums | HON |
| Cable channel for cinephiles | AMC |
| Player in Washington, familiarly | NAT |
| Nothing but | ONLY |
| The seller takes no interest in it | LAYAWAYPLAN |
| Huck’s pal | JIM |
| Unlikely winner at the Masters | AMATEUR |
| Lands | NATIONS |
| Hold out | EXTEND |
| Native of the Southwest | PUEBLO |
| Little swine | SHOAT |
| Big name in sparkling wine | KORBEL |
| Choice meal? | SMORGASBORD |
| Math puzzle | KENKEN |
| Dappled horse | ROAN |
| Depicts misleadingly | SKEWS |
| Show that goes on | SERIES |
| Place to dock | MARINA |
| Feel sorry for oneself | MOPE |
| It may go up in winter | GASBILL |
| Lengua with the word "lengua" | ESPANOL |
| Hangs loose | RELAXES |
| Took unfair advantage of | ABUSED |
| Easy marks | DUPES |
| Party platter tidbit | CANAPE |
| Like étouffée | CREOLE |
| Cornered | ATBAY |
| Weapon with a bell guard | EPEE |
| Howard Hughes acquisition of 1939 | TWA |
| GPS guess | ETA |
| Clothes closet fixture | ROD |
| Put away | ATE |
| What the earliest cars used as antifreeze | METHANOL |
| Name of England’s Nine Days Queen | JANE |
| Period ushered in by Augustus | PAXROMANA |
| Format too big for conventional reels | IMAX |
| Without wasting a word | SUCCINCTLY |
| Joey’s portrayer on "Friends" | MATT |
| Clytemnestra’s half sister | HELEN |
| Shaggy mammal | YAK |
| Join | TIE |
| Object at the center of St. Peter’s Square | OBELISK |
| Passed slowly | WOREON |
| Word of resignation | ALAS |
| Work without accomplishing much | MESSAROUND |
| Great deal | TON |
| Another name for a horizontal ladder | MONKEYBARS |
| Soft-headed writer? | MARKERPEN |
| Newspaper columnist who wrote the book "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball" | GEORGEWILL |
| Very cool | RAD |
| What the ancient Greeks called the Hyrcanian Ocean | CASPIANSEA |
| Pacific island Magellan visited in 1521 | CEBU |
| Ones trembling not out of fear | ASPENS |
| Become tangled | SNARLUP |
| Court org. | NBA |
| Presidential nickname | ABE |
| Pick on | TEASE |
| Nonstandard negative | AINT |
| What a theater’s grand tier is divided into | OPERABOXES |
| John Deere creation | PLOW |
| Verified the count of | RETOTALED |
| "___ Enchanted," 1998 Newbery Honor book | ELLA |
| Hit makers? | DEADEYES |
La Times Crossword Answers September 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Branch | LIMB |
| Advisory group | BOARD |
| Big name in luxury retailing | SAKS |
| About 30% of Earth’s land area | ASIA |
| More fitting | APTER |
| Thing with rings | TREE |
| Really bad béchamel? | SORRYSAUCE |
| Letters facilitating sorting | ATTN |
| Unpaid stack for scofflaw Aaron? | BURRSTICKETS |
| Something to stretch out on | YOGAMAT |
| Comedian dubbed "Mr. Television" | BERLE |
| Mitchell protagonist | OHARA |
| Bone holders | PAWS |
| With 61-Across, "Yer darn tootin’!" | YES |
| Seaweed for sushi | NORI |
| Puts down | ALIGHTS |
| What happens at the end of a Manilow concert? | BARRYLEAVES |
| Most closely related | NEAREST |
| Educational period | TERM |
| Letters with Arizona or Maine | USS |
| Made tracks | FLED |
| One of composer John Williams’ five | OSCAR |
| Harlem Renaissance writer Zora __ Hurston | NEALE |
| Does some lawn maintenance | AERATES |
| Furry creature that isn’t cool? | SQUAREFERRET |
| Bee in Mayberry, e.g. | AUNT |
| Convicted hastily and unfairly … or, in a way, like the four other longest puzzle answers? | RAILROADED |
| It requires some effort | FEAT |
| See 30-Across | SIREE |
| Confucius, by reputation | SAGE |
| See 29-Down | ELSE |
| Fashionista’s concern | TREND |
| __-how | KNOW |
| __ Cruces | LAS |
| Prefix with metric | ISO |
| Defunct space station | MIR |
| Conan, for one | BARBARIAN |
| Iraqi port | BASRA |
| Dazzling style | OPART |
| Vince Gill’s "Look __" | ATUS |
| Certain quadrilateral: Abbr. | RECT |
| Half of sechs | DREI |
| Simple sign holder | STAKE |
| Major thoroughfare | ARTERY |
| Mother’s whistler? | KETTLE |
| Familiar fivesome | SENSES |
| City about 150 miles east of San Diego | YUMA |
| "NCIS" airer | CBSTV |
| It’s other than hither | YON |
| "So that’s your game!" | OHO |
| Apparel | GARB |
| Accumulated, with "up" | PILED |
| Many years | AGES |
| With 63-Across, "Is there more?" | WHAT |
| Decimated sea | ARAL |
| Erato’s instrument | LYRE |
| Assigns work (for), as students | SETSATASK |
| Cite, with "to" | REFER |
| Religious subgroup | SECT |
| "Norma __" | RAE |
| Union title? | MRS |
| Risky | UNSAFE |
| "The Bourne Supremacy," e.g. | SEQUEL |
| Hot spots | SAUNAS |
| Dunked snack | OREO |
| Barista’s offering | LATTE |
| "Over the Rainbow" composer | ARLEN |
| Misspoke, say | ERRED |
| While lead-in | ERST |
| Cloudless | FAIR |
| The Auld Sod | EIRE |
| "SNL" castmate of Gilda and Chevy | DAN |
| Swellhead’s problem | EGO |
| Wet blanket | DEW |
Universal Crossword Answers September 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Snooty one | SNOB |
| Fork part | TINE |
| Free ___ (without restraint) | REIN |
| Honor, as a coupon | ACCEPT |
| Gardeners, frequently | WEEDERS |
| Singular work detail | SPEC |
| Versifier | POET |
| Wing it | ADLIB |
| More like a lion’s shade | TAWNIER |
| Canton of central Switzerland | URI |
| Provider of grants | BENEFACTOR |
| "My Dinner with ___" | ANDRE |
| Attachment to "nay" or "sooth" | SAYER |
| Not suitable | INAPT |
| Ball or sphere | ORB |
| Some fraternity letters | ETAS |
| Crude container | SACK |
| "___ further reflection …" | UPON |
| Quite charitable | BENEVOLENT |
| Lump in a Christmas stocking | COAL |
| Flower of Holland | TULIP |
| Air-pressure measure | TORR |
| Sandwich’s title | EARL |
| Nest of a squirrel | DREY |
| Something to grow from | SEED |
| Actress Watts | NAOMI |
| More reliable | STABLER |
| Not ordinary | SPECIAL |
| Keats offering | ODE |
| Mysterious baffler | ENIGMA |
| Ben Franklin’s belief | DEISM |
| Any record from 1952 | OLDIE |
| Type of attack for a burglar? | SNEAK |
| Marine eagle | ERNE |
| Come apart at the seams? | FRAY |
| Bushels, piles and mountains | ALOT |
| Beat soundly | ROUT |
| Nostalgic time | YORE |
| Big diamond? | ACE |
| It’s for suckers | STRAW |
| Masseuse’s employer | SPA |
| Weighty horns | TUBAS |
| Female relative | NIECE |
| Pea container | POD |
| Sports venue | ARENA |
| Chilling, as champagne | ONICE |
| Moray or electric | EEL |
| Like Chicago | WINDY |
| Prayer for divine protection | BENEDICTION |
| Old-style "before" | ERE |
| Writing implement | PEN |
| Less wordy | BRIEFER |
| Take away | SUBTRACT |
| Initial software version | BETA |
| Go ___ (lose it) | APE |
| Part of a teapot | SPOUT |
| Ran competitively | RACED |
| Swindles | CONS |
| Bird’s claw | TALON |
| Movie attraction | STAR |
| Jumpin’ joints | KNEES |
| Old Italian bills | LIRAS |
| Rocky deposit | ORE |
| Kill a bill | VETO |
| How things should be done | PROPERLY |
| Gizmos | DOODADS |
| Attachment to "he" or "work" | MEN |
| 90-degree-turn shape | ELL |
| To whom thy will be done? | BENEFICIARY |
| Perfect | IDEAL |
| Miscalculate | ERR |
| Frozen home | IGLOO |
| From that time | SINCE |
| Literary collection | ANA |
| Love, Paris-style | AMOUR |
| Sprint distance unit | METER |
| Important | KEY |
| Cafe order, on occasion | LATTE |
News Day Crossword Answers September 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Italian word for ”shrimp” | SCAMPI |
| Major artery | CAROTID |
| Lighting fuel of old | COALOIL |
| Disposed (to) | OFAMIND |
| Thinks big | ASPIRES |
| Chooses, as a chophouse | DINESAT |
| Traditional recipe, part 1: Combine equal amounts of __ . . . | BUTTERANDEGGS |
| Heifer hangout | LEA |
| Adverse | ILL |
| Intangible vibe | AURA |
| Issue forth | EMIT |
| It’s northeast of Fort Wayne | TOLEDO |
| A, as in Aachen | EIN |
| Withhold | DENY |
| Overwhelming feeling | AWE |
| Crime of combustion | ARSON |
| What the recipe is for | POUNDCAKE |
| Contributor to ambiance | DECOR |
| Billion years, in astronomy | EON |
| Some frozen desserts | POPS |
| ”__ de vie” (French brandy) | EAU |
| It’s spotted throughout Mexico | OCELOT |
| Team on some farms | OXEN |
| Bench order | WRIT |
| Crude quarters | HUT |
| Backward | FRO |
| Part 2 of recipe | SUGARANDFLOUR |
| Eisenhower Library city | ABILENE |
| ”Holidays in Heck” humorist | OROURKE |
| Search and destroy, perhaps | RANSACK |
| To be filled soon | ONORDER |
| Informal affirmation | IHEARYA |
| Impressively | NOLESS |
| Insincere ”Sorry!” | SOSUEME |
| Command, as a cutter | CAPTAIN |
| Disembarked | ALIT |
| Second Constitution adjective | MORE |
| Anchorage locale | PIER |
| One whom Sam played for | ILSA |
| Treat too tenderly | CODDLE |
| Off the mark | AFIELD |
| Tolled | RANG |
| Frat letter | OMEGA |
| Ensembles of cells | TISSUES |
| Bed __ Box (mattress brand) | INA |
| What Ms. Carson criticized | DDT |
| Sent an overseas telegram to | CABLED |
| Port Said’s region | NILEDELTA |
| __ Rancho, NM | RIO |
| Novelist Patchett | ANN |
| Files for flies, maybe | TYPO |
| Frat letter | TAU |
| Take full responsibility for | OWN |
| Cask material | OAK |
| Buyback contract, for short | REPO |
| Metal precioso | ORO |
| Sweet sound | COO |
| Aesopian saver | ANT |
| Drops at dawn | DEW |
| Aural receptor | EAR |
| Culinary category | CUISINE |
| Zappos offering | OXFORDS |
| What many Founding Fathers wore | PERUKES |
| Overnight annoyance | SNORER |
| Far from certain | CHANCY |
| Cry like ”Bingo!” | EUREKA |
| Ozark Foothills city | TULSA |
| Backpack burden | GEAR |
| When both hands are up | NOON |
| SPECTRE scientist | DRNO |
| Trifle (with) | FOOL |
| Decoy | LURE |
| Cardinals, on NFL scoreboards | ARI |
| ”Snow White” witch’s shout | BAH |
Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers September 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Branch of philosophy concerned with the study of beauty and taste | AESTHETICS |
| Roman emperor from 117-138 known for the wall built in Britain as a defence against the northern tribes | HADRIAN |
| Hardwood of tropical Africa sometimes used as a substitute for teak | IROKO |
| Resort town in Wicklow, Republic of Ireland | BRAY |
| City in Egypt at the north end of the Suez Canal | PORT |
| Colour of the ball worth one point in snooker | RED |
| Peter —, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 1998-99 | LILLEY |
| European country; capital Stockholm | SWEDEN |
| Tree with winged seeds whose wood is used for tool handles | ASH |
| County town of County Kildare, Republic of Ireland | NAAS |
| Type of jazz singing characterised by improvised vocal sounds | SCAT |
| Government body from 1984-2003 that supervised telecommunications activities in the UK | OFTEL |
| Paul-Henri —, winner of the 2007 Swiss Open singles tennis tournament | MATHIEU |
| S E —, author of 1967 novel The Outsiders | HINTON |
| 1997 comedy-drama film starring Llyr and Rhys Ifans | TWINTOWN |
| The —, 1988 novel by Joanna Trollope | CHOIR |
| 1951 story collection by Carson McCullers | THEBALLADOF |
| Co-educational school near Elgin, Moray established in 1934 | GORDONSTOUN |
| Albert —, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland from 1992-94 | REYNOLDS |
| 1928 Evelyn Waugh novel whose central character is Paul Pennyfeather | DECLINE |
| The —, text of Judaism comprising the Mishnah and the Gemara | TALMUD |
| David —, former controller of Radio 2 and Radio 4 who died in 2007 | HATCH |
| BBC Radio comedy programme starring Tommy Handley that ran from 1939-49 | ITMA |
Mirror Quick Crossword Answers September 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Form of industrial action | WORKTORULE |
| Fix up | ARRANGE |
| Unwarranted | UNDUE |
| Rapid surprise attack | RAID |
| Very keen | AVID |
| Organ of sight | EYE |
| Area | REGION |
| Fitting | PROPER |
| Word indication a direct quotation | SIC |
| Flank | SIDE |
| Worry | FRET |
| Made mistakes | ERRED |
| Confidential | PRIVATE |
| Stands for | REPRESENTS |
| Cautionary advice | WARNING |
| Bombast | RANT |
| Dozen | TWELVE |
| Ball game | ROUNDERS |
| Stylist | HAIRDRESSER |
| Famous people | CELEBRITIES |
| Think carefully about | CONSIDER |
| Maybe | PERHAPS |
| Takes on | ADOPTS |
| Slice meat | CARVE |
Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers September 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Longs, after exercise, for fruit | PEACHES |
| Worked to get the front lubricated | TOILED |
| Fundamental racial solution holds key | RADICAL |
| Fit to cut | TRIM |
| Close to animal | SEAL |
| Search for weapon | RIFLE |
| Origin of Wimbledon favourite | SEED |
| One editor’s requirement | NEED |
| Crazed fellow in charge | MANIC |
| Created servant, say | MADE |
| Lame sort of gender | MALE |
| Lazy person’s chair | LOUNGER |
| Keep marine moving | REMAIN |
| Garment parts that hold records | SLEEVES |
| Most arguments are about celebrity | STAR |
| Nine teens worried about another number | SIXTEEN |
| Fairy left in danger | PERIL |
| Dame mad for dairy product | EDAM |
| Terrible gangster | CRIMINAL |
| Lasted out when seasoned | SALTED |
| Light makes air dance around | RADIANCE |
| Lose argument about the Baltic, say | SEA |
| Set lad free of independent states | FEDERAL |
| Shelter from sleet | LEE |
| Slime all over school beams | SMILES |
| Reams written about horses | MARES |
| Only lake | MERE |
| Yearn to be extensive | LONG |
Mirror Classic Crossword Answers September 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Fruit | PEACHES |
| Grafted | TOILED |
| Extremist | RADICAL |
| Cut | TRIM |
| Aquatic mammal | SEAL |
| Firearm | RIFLE |
| Plant ovule | SEED |
| Necessity | NEED |
| Frenzied | MANIC |
| Manufactured | MADE |
| Masculine | MALE |
| Comfortable chair | LOUNGER |
| Stay | REMAIN |
| Shirt parts | SLEEVES |
| Sun | STAR |
| Jeopardy | PERIL |
| Type of cheese | EDAM |
| Felon | CRIMINAL |
| Cured in brine | SALTED |
| Brilliance | RADIANCE |
| Body of water | SEA |
| Relating to independent states | FEDERAL |
| Man’s name | LEE |
| Grins | SMILES |
| Female horses | MARES |
| Just | MERE |
| Lengthy | LONG |
Metro Crossword Answers August 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Sweet bun | TEACAKE |
| Corrupt inducement | BRIBERY |
| Hypnotic states | TRANCES |
| Speak to crowd | ORATE |
| Straighten | ALIGN |
| Ex-pupils’ get-together | REUNION |
| Approaches | NEARS |
| Abscond with lover | ELOPE |
| Evaluate, … up | WEIGH |
| Orange seed | PIP |
| Annoy | VEX |
| Slight tint | TINGE |
| Bearing weapons | ARMED |
| Kingdom | REALM |
| Debris | RUBBISH |
| Reproductive gland | OVARY |
| Leavening agent | YEAST |
| Reassembled | REBUILT |
| Chores | ERRANDS |
| Riot | RAMPAGE |
| Magnates | TYCOONS |
| Llama relative | ALPACA |
| Modifies | ALTERS |
| Person taken from danger | EVACUEE |
| Supporting | BACKING |
| Crazy | INSANE |
| Weather feature (2,4) | ELNINO |
| Not as old | YOUNGER |
| Pakistan currency | RUPEE |
| Raised river bank | LEVEE |
| Damp | WET |
| Charged particle | ION |
| Fuss, … & cry | HUE |
| Food energy unit | CALORIE |
| Partakes of liquor | IMBIBES |
| Dirtier | GRIMIER |
| Copy | IMITATE |
| More miserly | MEANER |
| Military rehearsal (3,3) | DRYRUN |
| Musical beat | RHYTHM |
| Dessert, bombe … | ALASKA |
The Telegraph - Toughie - August 31 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Artillery men spin round bottom of cannon | ORDNANCE |
| Beam includes more sick banter | RAILLERY |
| Break china overturned following cold rhubarb | CLAPTRAP |
| Certain diets regularly bound to include name | DESTINED |
| Complain in support about rearing adolescent | TEENAGER |
| Damage almost increased friendliness around border | DETRIMENT |
| Dance in buff, facing desperate man before work | FANDANGO |
| Excursionist, maybe man entering Truro initially | EMMET |
| Fashionable range is first to produce encore | AGAIN |
| Flash back | SECOND |
| Gangster seeks to frame brief | TERSE |
| Half-heartedly grassed being judged | RATED |
| Hedge surrounds united with hedge | STONEWALL |
| Hunger filling unfilled sherbet packet | SACHET |
| Man for example, or no man? | ISLAND |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Most naked from club are starkers | BAREST |
| One's covered by appeal? Answer, yes | CHARISMA |
| Part of London with small trees | POPLARS |
| Put up with pain in the neck | BORE |
| Queen in flat opening, occasionally hurried possibly | PERADVENTURE |
| Refusal to officer's taunt uplifted troops | GARRISON |
| Sailor reportedly put off getting rope down | ABSEIL |
| Short series broadcast one put off | TRANSIENT |
| Singer with note heard at end of bar | COUNTERTENOR |
| Smoked sucking tip of snout, blinking | CURSED |
| Splits from Soviets divided by Stalin's end | RENDS |
| Suit cut reflecting tailor's first fit | PINSTRIPE |
| Surprised expression after seeing illuminated print | LITHO |
| Test dropping odds about cricket team's departure | EXIT |
| Toper's opening more rum taking large tot | TODDLER |
The Telegraph - Cryptic - August 31 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A river flowing round settled Australian city | ADELAIDE |
| African labourer endlessly wearing woolly again | GHANAIAN |
| Base teen wrecked, one not seen? | ABSENTEE |
| Businessman to publicise work after crash? | REPAIR |
| Converted to ritual in class | TUTORIAL |
| Disturbance in break for top diplomats? | UNREST |
| Draws together society in photograph | CLOSESUP |
| Excessive period to get up after a minute liqueur | AMARETTO |
| Fool should follow parking information -- it's needed to get in | PASSWORD |
| Force out duke on island over cabin | DISLODGE |
| Foreign songs making number one on the radio | LIEDER |
| German gentleman breaking limits for solitary tipple | SHERRY |
| Get rid of rubbish I created around area | ERADICATE |
| In speech, be inclined to offer remedy | HEAL |
| Influence continually found in a lot of drink | LEVERAGE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Judge to withdraw with Liberal replacing Conservative | EVALUATE |
| Manage range needing no introduction | COPE |
| Name found in Ruth and Leviticus | HANDLE |
| Notification stirring one in retirement? | ALARMCALL |
| One sells using only detailed slogan | MERCHANT |
| Page with line in the map scribbled in small book | PAMPHLET |
| Prisoner on mend after modifying sentence | CONDEMN |
| Record fifty with intent to tour capital on way back | MEMORIAL |
| Resting point for bowlers? | HATSTAND |
| Result of inflation in the forties? | MIDDLEAGESPREAD |
| Sad book with argument that's not intellectual | LOWBROW |
| Simple old man wearing fewer clothes? | PAINLESS |
| Tough is flipping over novel -- why read out loud? | SINEWY |
| Where mothers brood over the young in their clutches | HENHOUSE |
The Telegraph - Quick - August 31 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Acrobat's garment | LEOTARD |
| Almond paste | MARZIPAN |
| Antipodean soldier | ANZAC |
| Biting insect | MIDGE |
| Calf meat | VEAL |
| Daydream | REVERIE |
| Distinctive stamp | CACHET |
| Elegant | CHIC |
| Eminence | NOTE |
| Endorse | BACK |
| English poet and novelist | KIPLING |
| Enormous | COLOSSAL |
| European country | GREECE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| German POW camp | STALAG |
| Hatred | ODIUM |
| Have mercy on | SPARE |
| Hollow | CAVITY |
| Immature insect | LARVA |
| Meal | LUNCH |
| Natural | INHERENT |
| Old Spanish ship | GALLEON |
| Once more | AGAIN |
| Peacemaker | DOVE |
| Peruvian capital | LIMA |
| Sufficient | ADEQUATE |
| Suspicion | DOUBT |
The Times - Concise - September 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Fairground ride | roller coaster |
| Hangman's rope | NOOSE |
| Hawaiian garland | LEI |
| Language of West Africa | YORUBA |
| Liquid in infected tissue | PUS |
| One step of a flight | STAIR |
| Originate; stand up | ARISE |
| Plant grown for its stalks | RHUBARB |
| Pleasantly flavoured | TASTY |
| Puzzle using first letters | ACROSTIC |
| School student's assessment | REPORT |
| Series of gun shots | FUSILLADE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Set working with a common aim | interest group |
| Sitting room | PARLOUR |
| Sleighs; hammers | SLEDGES |
| Small freshwater duck | TEAL |
| Spherical objects | ORBS |
| Such as, eg, radon or neon | noble gas |
| Tree; east London area | POPLAR |
| Unpleasant smells | WHIFFS |
| Very famous performer | SUPERSTAR |
| Very intellectual person | GENIUS |
| Whale-hunting spear | HARPOON |
| Works (dough) with the hands | KNEADS |
The Times - Cryptic - September 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 909
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Aintree desperate for apprentice | TRAINEE |
| Birds take issue with pastry dishes | MAGPIES |
| Competition level terrific at first | EVENT |
| Cooler close to cliff edge | FRIDGE |
| Descriptive of good food, ginormous starter massive | GASTRONOMICAL |
| Dog — a figure following cat, initially | CANINE |
| Ending in despair, two biblical characters help | RELIEVE |
| Fighting to swallow iron biscuit! | WAFER |
| Figure out, only about five | SOLVE |
| Flimsy Italian buns thrown around street | INSUBSTANTIAL |
| French river, one entering mythology | LOIRE |
| Head of trade fit for the board | TABLE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Little bit of time | MINUTE |
| Match, perhaps, easier to pick up | LIGHTER |
| Mountain always is found in France | EVEREST |
| Old article, quite shabby | ANTIQUE |
| Selfish Indian opener is a contender, surprisingly | INCONSIDERATE |
| Serious eastern winds | EARNEST |
| Strange brew in a drinking establishment | wine bar |
| Support leader in bitter contest | BRACE |
| This crossword setter supports the idea | THEME |
| Turn peeled potato into middle of tureen | ROTATE |
| Within the rules, blonde/fuddy-duddy partnership? | fair and square |
| Written backwards in telegram, magical letter from Greece | GAMMA |
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26819
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Let' called out for all to hear | ALOUD |
| A bishop tucked into wine, nearly getting sudden attack | AMBUSCADE |
| A commercial vehicle carries one of the birds | AVIAN |
| A flirtatious note grabbing large assistant | ACOLYTE |
| Arranging flowers like bananas to some extent | IKEBANA |
| Begin year hosting a local doctor's prenuptial bash | stag party |
| Bloody Chambers, an endless nuisance! | ATRIA |
| Course advisor dumps most of period | TIPSTER |
| Cycle material primarily on side facing leader | MOPED |
| Dog harness covering Rover's head | TRACK |
| Drunkard approaching very big climax, as it were | so to speak |
| Film second struggle | MOVIE |
| Firm flips label on a line showing several faces | OCTAGONAL |
| He puts people out from busy tiny shop on time | HYPNOTIST |
| It grows down river in Germany | EIDER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like some kids left to be treated by daughter | bottle-fed |
| Maybe PA's brief, pithy and cryptic way | shorthand typist |
| One fanatic accepting penny contribution | INPUT |
| One taking off, or opening up, in a way | AEROPLANE |
| Pepys said, hiccupping: 'It gives me wind problem' | DYSPEPSIA |
| Plain old boy, one stopping you on the Champs Elysees | OBVIOUS |
| Raise home counties sheep | set up |
| Spike publicity about golf | PRONG |
| Still keen to be hugged by sailor | PHOTO |
| Study fashionable English ship’s speed | READINESS |
| To win only in bullring’s location? | on the nose |
| Train almost bankrupt minor carrier | school bus |
| Trendy auditors pinching a bishop's behind | in arrears |
| Wearing pelt cape after pub brawl in NW town | barrow-in-furness |
| Who remunerates quiet philosopher? | PAYER |
The Guardian - Cryptic - August 31 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 12 noon and it's heading to 90° | EASTERN |
| A sound measure of the third man | ABEL |
| Blokes in song by northern quarter | ARMENIAN |
| Chestnut or biscuit? | WATER |
| City in France, I trust, unwrapped fancy meal | JERUSALEM |
| Convertible car in this quarter | CHRISTIAN |
| Dead heart, say, is actually about right | INFARCT |
| Dish out a great deal, we hear | ALLOT |
| Expecting trouble with seafood pie, as cooked outside | ECLAMPSIA |
| Fresh in Frankfurt and green on the inside | UNJADED |
| Harsh realities for a citizen of ancient kingdom | ISRAELITE |
| Lack of faith in so many leaders chasing articles | ATHEISM |
| Man like Esau in Spooner's prayer | HAILMARY |
| Mentally prepare note to the far right of Germany and Switzerland | PSYCH |
| Of 21 philosophy carried by a distant rickshaw | TANTRIC |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| One tempted mother of ten and paid out without hesitation | SERPENT |
| Pine, perhaps, when one leaves Scottish island | TREE |
| Quarter aspiration after jet engine starts | JEWISH |
| See art or 27 as represented in overseas territory celebration | EASTER |
| Seize chateau at last by surprise? Not half! | USURP |
| Selfie regularly appears in mother's quarter | MUSLIM |
| Shape designed to represent obstinacy | PIGHEADEDNESS |
| Terror group erroneously claim to be this | ISLAMIC |
| Time off creating soap and bubbles, primarily here? | SABBATH |
| Top player pocketing Arab cash is in parts | SERIALISED |
| Very fond of a party group | ADORING |
| Welcoming home girl getting pardon | AMNESTY |
| What pilot does when seeing problematic rubbish bins filled | FLIESBLIND |
| With some aplomb, I bless King James and co | BIBLES |
The Guardian - Quick - August 31 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Attempt | SHOT |
| Avoiding waste | FRUGAL |
| Bring about | INDUCE |
| Brooding | PENSIVE |
| Church song book | HYMNAL |
| Fast ride | GALLOP |
| Flood | DELUGE |
| Gallows | GIBBET |
| Garden building | POTTINGSHED |
| Given to excessive consumption of alcohol | DRUNKEN |
| Heavily armed helicopter | GUNSHIP |
| Height above sea level | ELEVATION |
| I = V/R (electrically speaking) | OHMSLAW |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Intense pain | AGONY |
| Large strong bag with handles or shoulder strap | HOLDALL |
| Magician in Camelot | MERLIN |
| Make laws | LEGISLATE |
| Managed | COPED |
| Painter of industrial Lancashire | LOWRY |
| Rodent bred for its fur | COYPU |
| Sarah Palin's state | ALASKA |
| Seductive | ALLURING |
| Small garden bird | BLUETIT |
| Surviving fragments | REMNANTS |
| Yob | LOUT |
Irish Times (Simplex) - September 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Alleviated, lightened | RELIEVED |
| Attribute or impute | ASCRIBE |
| Became aware of | REALISED |
| Bird of town and wood | PIGEON |
| Boundaries of low woody plants | HEDGES |
| Cutting implements | KNIVES |
| Dark-red vegetable | BEETROOT |
| Disqualify oneself as a judge in a case | RECUSE |
| Distance above ground | HEIGHT |
| Entirely, fully | WHOLLY |
| Excessively instructive | DIDACTIC |
| Food of the gods in Greek mythology | AMBROSIA |
| Head of the Roman Catholic Church | POPE |
| In error | MISTAKEN |
| In reality | DEFACTO |
| Insubstantial, heavenly | ETHEREAL |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Insufficient to meet demand | SCARCE |
| Knives fixed to rifles | BAYONETS |
| Large forest felines | TIGERS |
| Measuring heaviness | WEIGHING |
| Menace, intimidate | THREATEN |
| Not closed or obstructed | OPEN |
| Picture painted on a wall | FRESCO |
| Posing no danger | HARMLESS |
| Resulted, followed from | ENSUED |
| Send via the mail | POST |
| Strange oranges for the wild asses | ONAGERS |
| Strip of bacon | RASHER |
| Testimony to a court | EVIDENCE |
| The need to drink | THIRST |
| Tiny insects that live in colonies | ANTS |
| Tissues connecting muscles to bones | TENDONS |
Irish Times (Crosaire) - September 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Address covered papers from media agency to briefly sort by the Ides of Spring perhaps | MIDAPRIL |
| Build blog for a novice with a general view | GLOBAL |
| Catching new introduction to joke in a foreign legend | ENGAGING |
| Clay loses head suffering from last fight splattered on the canvas | OILPAINT |
| Clip from part of The Acropolis | CROP |
| County Council borders Helix | COIL |
| Curry favour by fixing flat tyre | FLATTERY |
| It's part of the drill opening bloodstock yard - that's from the horse's mouth, gradually! | BITBYBIT |
| Lights up small-to-medium game that needs no introduction | SMOKER |
| Line manager removes green creature | ANIMAL |
| Lippy type of characters involved in applied genetics | EDGE |
| Lock-up legend with a bad temper | GARAGE |
| Mid-January in Milan draws past pupils | ALUMNI |
| Nerve centre takes in far too much from Bath | HOTTUB |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Night-watchman spends a lot of time looking into space | ASTRONOMER |
| Oddball or a crony close to one's heart | CORONARY |
| Old magazine reviews issue | EMIT |
| Party leader memorises and cites convoluted family row | DOMESTIC |
| Pop around to open drink from Syrian city | ALEPPO |
| Reviews pointers for holding kebab | SPIT |
| Send-off in bar is for hotel workers at The Capital | BANISHMENT |
| Share a meal with holiday money locally | BREAKBREAD |
| Sounds like Count's for the chop | ADZE |
| Stupid thing from Cork is always drunk at the end of the day | NIGHTCAP |
| The heartless play on old police force finding gangster is exaggerated | THEATRICAL |
| The wrong cut is trimmed in one type of restaurant | ETHNIC |
| Those in the doghouse with 9 across and 26 across for starting something | DOMESTICANIMALS |
| Too confident there's no bedlam in black comedy | COCKY |
The Chronicle of Higher Education - September 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Dee-lish!' | YUM |
| 'Here comes trouble!' | EEK |
| 'Nurse Jackie' extras, briefly | EMTS |
| '___ chapel all of gold ...': William Blake | ISAWA |
| '___ dreaming?' | AMI |
| Atlanta suburb | SMYRNA |
| Automaker Ferrari | ENZO |
| Brand now part of the Dr Pepper Snapple Group | AANDW |
| Bring up the rear | GOLAST |
| Celebrated caricature hanger of New York | SARDI |
| Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Channing ___ | FRYE |
| Con ___ (briskly, on scores) | MOTO |
| Congest | CLOGUP |
| Croupiers oversee them | BETS |
| Diplomatic scandal leading to the Franco-American 'Quasi-War' of 1798-1800 | XYZAFFAIR |
| Eclipse, in some cultures | OMEN |
| Energetic types | DYNAMOS |
| ESPN reporter Kolber, whom Joe Namath said he wanted to kiss on-air | SUZY |
| Exclamation | CRY |
| Expression of distaste | MOUE |
| Fat in a traditional spotted dick | SUET |
| Fleece | COZEN |
| Florentine diva referenced in recipes | TETRAZZINI |
| Flowerless houseplant | FERN |
| Frost bit? | POEM |
| Functioning as | QUA |
| General ___ chicken | TSOS |
| Goals of some drives, for short | TDS |
| Green, in Grenoble | VERT |
| Grumpy companion? | DOC |
| Gubernatorial predecessor of George W | ANN |
| Guile | CRAFT |
| H.A. and Margret who created kiddie-lit's Man With the Yellow Hat | REYS |
| Huffs | SNITS |
| Hungry, most likely | UNFED |
| Infused | STEEPED |
| Irascible sort | CRAB |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Itches | YENS |
| Key molecule for protein synthesis | RNA |
| Lily's role in 'All of Me' | EDWINA |
| Line item on many dental bills | XRAYS |
| Luggage-screening org | TSA |
| Many Fortune interviewees, briefly | CEOS |
| Mascara-repair aid, maybe | QTIP |
| Michael Jordan's alma mater, in brief | UNC |
| Minuscule, informally | ITTY |
| Motorola phone line | RAZR |
| Nickname for the scandal-plagued 1824 presidential election | CORRUPTBARGAIN |
| Old dietary std | USRDA |
| Opposed to | ANTI |
| Oreg. or Okla., once | TERR |
| Pair spotted in bunnies? | ENS |
| Put down | PLACE |
| Rapper ___ Moe Dee | KOOL |
| Ready to eat | DONE |
| Reef component | POLYP |
| Scandal damaging to the Harding administration | TEAPOTDOME |
| Scandal in which the White House Plumbers were implicated | WATERGATE |
| Scandal investigated by the Tower Commission | IRANCONTRA |
| Scandalous shell company created by Union Pacific bigwigs in the 1860s | CREDITMOBILIER |
| Send, as payment | REMIT |
| Site of Arizona's Cathedral Rock | SEDONA |
| Strike zones? | LANES |
| Sweeping | EPIC |
| The 'heel' of the Arabian Peninsula | YEMEN |
| The NCAA's Horned Frogs | TCU |
| Tops | AONE |
| TV network headquartered in West Chester, PA | QVC |
| Two-time American League MVP Robin | YOUNT |
| Unassembled parts, say | KIT |
| Voluble | LOQUACIOUS |
| Went wild | RANAMOK |
| Wiped out | ERASED |
| ___-de-chausée (ground floor) | REZ |
The Washington Post - September 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'NCIS' airer | CBSTV |
| 'Norma __' | RAE |
| 'Over the Rainbow' composer | ARLEN |
| 'SNL' castmate of Gilda and Chevy | DAN |
| 'So that's your game!' | OHO |
| 'The Bourne Supremacy,' e.g | SEQUEL |
| About 30% of Earth's land area | ASIA |
| Accumulated, with 'up' | PILED |
| Advisory group | BOARD |
| Apparel | GARB |
| Assigns work (for), as students | SETSATASK |
| Barista's offering | LATTE |
| Bee in Mayberry, e.g | AUNT |
| Big name in luxury retailing | SAKS |
| Bone holders | PAWS |
| Branch | LIMB |
| Certain quadrilateral: Abbr | RECT |
| Cite, with 'to' | REFER |
| City about 150 miles east of San Diego | YUMA |
| Cloudless | FAIR |
| Comedian dubbed 'Mr. Television' | BERLE |
| Conan, for one | BARBARIAN |
| Confucius, by reputation | SAGE |
| Convicted hastily and unfairly ... or, in a way, like the four other longest puzzle answers? | RAILROADED |
| Dazzling style | OPART |
| Decimated sea | ARAL |
| Defunct space station | MIR |
| Does some lawn maintenance | AERATES |
| Dunked snack | OREO |
| Educational period | TERM |
| Erato's instrument | LYRE |
| Familiar fivesome | SENSES |
| Fashionista's concern | TREND |
| Furry creature that isn't cool? | SQUAREFERRET |
| Half of sechs | DREI |
| Harlem Renaissance writer Zora __ Hurston | NEALE |
| Hot spots | SAUNAS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Iraqi port | BASRA |
| It requires some effort | FEAT |
| It's other than hither | YON |
| Letters facilitating sorting | ATTN |
| Letters with Arizona or Maine | USS |
| Made tracks | FLED |
| Major thoroughfare | ARTERY |
| Many years | AGES |
| Misspoke, say | ERRED |
| Mitchell protagonist | OHARA |
| More fitting | APTER |
| Most closely related | NEAREST |
| Mother's whistler? | KETTLE |
| One of composer John Williams' five | OSCAR |
| Prefix with metric | ISO |
| Puts down | ALIGHTS |
| Really bad béchamel? | SORRYSAUCE |
| Religious subgroup | SECT |
| Risky | UNSAFE |
| Seaweed for sushi | NORI |
| See 29-Down | ELSE |
| See 30-Across | SIREE |
| Simple sign holder | STAKE |
| Something to stretch out on | YOGAMAT |
| Swellhead's problem | EGO |
| The Auld Sod | EIRE |
| Thing with rings | TREE |
| Union title? | MRS |
| Unpaid stack for scofflaw Aaron? | BURRSTICKETS |
| Vince Gill's 'Look __' | ATUS |
| Wet blanket | DEW |
| What happens at the end of a Manilow concert? | BARRYLEAVES |
| While lead-in | ERST |
| With 61-Across, 'Yer darn tootin'!' | YES |
| With 63-Across, 'Is there more?' | WHAT |
| __ Cruces | LAS |
| __-how | KNOW |
Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - September 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Alice' waitress | FLO |
| 'Fresh Air' airer | NPR |
| 'No more for me, thanks' | IMSET |
| 'Strange as it seems ...' | ODDLY |
| 'Today' host Matt | LAUER |
| -la-la | TRA |
| -Lorraine | ALSACE |
| Actor Erwin | STU |
| Aerobic workout, briefly | CARDIO |
| Back talk | LIP |
| BMW rival | AUDI |
| Bob Marley fan, often | RASTA |
| British noble | EARL |
| Business mag | INC |
| Campus mil. group | ROTC |
| Caribbean island | STKITTS |
| Caribbean island, informally | STBARTS |
| Cell centers | NUCLEI |
| Certain Sooner | TULSAN |
| D.C. figure | POL |
| Does nothing | IDLES |
| Evening, in an ad | NITE |
| Family | KIN |
| Fold | PLEAT |
| German conjunction | UND |
| Goat's plaint | MAA |
| Greek vowels | ALPHAS |
| Gun lobby org | NRA |
| Haw preceder | HEE |
| Inventor Nikola | TESLA |
| John Jacob | ASTOR |
| Juan | SAN |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Keystone lawman | KOP |
| Kimono sash | OBI |
| Lighten | EASE |
| Like melting snow | SLUSHY |
| Long-eared hoppers | HARES |
| Malia's sister | SASHA |
| Mandolins' cousins | LUTES |
| Mensa stats | IQS |
| Minnesota city | STCLOUD |
| Missouri city | STLOUIS |
| Morsels | BITS |
| MSN alternative | AOL |
| Native Israeli | SABRA |
| Ninny | ASS |
| Olympic skater Baiul | OKSANA |
| Persian Gulf nation | QATAR |
| Pitcher Hershiser | OREL |
| Plant life | FLORA |
| Prompt | CUE |
| Really annoy | EATAT |
| Rene of 'Ransom' | RUSSO |
| Sicilian peak | ETNA |
| Snares | TRAPS |
| Snooze | NAP |
| Spine-tingling | SCARY |
| Susan of 'L.A. Law' | DEY |
| Trombone part | SLIDE |
| Ultimate | NTH |
| Unemotional | STOIC |
| Venue | LOCALE |
| Year in Mexico | ANO |
| Young bloke | LAD |
Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - September 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 42-Down quadrupled | OCTET |
| Abel's mother | EVE |
| Acquire | GET |
| Adorable one | CUTIE |
| Agreement | DEAL |
| Bank robber's advance man | CASER |
| Bar study | LAW |
| Bring to life | ANIMATE |
| Burger topper | BACON |
| Candidate of 2000 | ALGORE |
| Car of the '50s | EDSEL |
| Comfy place | DEN |
| Convene | MEET |
| Debussy work | LAMER |
| Deep groove | RUT |
| Doctrine | TENET |
| Draw out | EDUCE |
| Enjoys a favorite book | REREADS |
| Fashion page topics | STYLES |
| Fix text | EDIT |
| Forest female | DOE |
| Green hue | OLIVE |
| Hardwood tree | BEECH |
| High homes | NESTS |
| Hostile | ICY |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Hotel feature | SPA |
| Implore | BEG |
| Jazz lover | CAT |
| Kicks back | RESTS |
| Leaves | DEPARTS |
| Like some dice | LOADED |
| Lying | DECEIT |
| Mail, as payment | REMIT |
| MPG-rating org | EPA |
| Old deliverer | ICEMAN |
| Out of bed | RISEN |
| Party VIPs | HOSTS |
| Patron saint of young girls | AGNES |
| Peripheral device | ADDON |
| Place for a pint | PUB |
| Poivre's partner | SEL |
| Screw up | ERR |
| See 43-Across | DUO |
| Some rock experts | MUSICOLOGISTS |
| Some rock experts | MINERALOGISTS |
| Tacit OKs | NODS |
| Threaten | MENACE |
| When a round starts | TEETIME |
| Yard machine | MOWER |
| Young fellow | LAD |
Usa Today Crossword Answers August 31 2017 Thursday
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Fez or fedora | HAT |
| Movie about Dr. King’s march | SELMA |
| Vengeful feeling | SPITE |
| Had a nosh | ATE |
| Beachfront view | OCEAN |
| Softens, with "down" | TONES |
| Grant-awarding org. | NEA |
| Kitchen sink accessory | HOTWATERTAP |
| Runs about playfully | GAMBOLS |
| Something to scratch | ITCH |
| On the 15-Across | ASEA |
| Word before space or limits | OUTER |
| Dog-summoner’s word | HERE |
| Card game played at many online casinos | REDDOGPOKER |
| Orbison who sang "Oh, Pretty Woman" | ROY |
| Like "Paree," in song | GAY |
| Update the decor of | REDO |
| Pub order | ALE |
| In pursuit of | AFTER |
| Now-then connection | AND |
| Two-masted sailboats | YAWLS |
| Cleveland hoopster, for short | CAV |
| Poet Pound | EZRA |
| Ripken Jr. in Cooperstown | CAL |
| Lend a hand | AID |
| Period when few home runs were hit | DEADBALLERA |
| Showy spring bloom | IRIS |
| Become swollen | BLOAT |
| Dark clouds, to some | OMEN |
| At hand | NEAR |
| IRA, e.g. | NESTEGG |
| New York City tourist attraction, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme | CENTRALPARK |
| "Norma ___" (Sally Field movie) | RAE |
| Starting lineup | ATEAM |
| Like the scent of many air fresheners | PINEY |
| Having a bug | ILL |
| Fraternity kegger, e.g. | PARTY |
| Trench maker’s tool | SPADE |
| Gibson ___ Paul guitars | LES |
| Airliner maintenance site | HANGAR |
| "Relax, soldier!" | ATEASE |
| Like yoked oxen | TEAMED |
| Manhattan or London neighborhood | SOHO |
| "Green" science | ECOLOGY |
| Eases off | LETSUP |
| Paw’s spouse | MAW |
| "Fifty Shades of Grey" heroine, briefly | ANA |
| Proofreader’s "leave it in" | STET |
| Place for a rocking chair | PORCH |
| Stark naked | INTHERAW |
| Tetley offering | TEA |
| Psychic’s purported gift, briefly | ESP |
| Ready for a nap | TIRED |
| Cop’s ID | BADGE |
| Dorothy’s transport to Oz | TORNADO |
| ___ out (barely managed) | EKED |
| Forty nickels or 50 pennies | ROLL |
| Colon, in an emoticon | EYES |
| Propelled, as a dinghy | OARED |
| Kate Middleton, for one | ROYAL |
| Antioxidant-rich berry | ACAI |
| Practically cloudless | FAIR |
| Prepackaged, single-serving meal | TVDINNER |
| Asia’s ___ Sea | ARAL |
| Divvy up | ALLOT |
| Football ref, slangily | ZEBRA |
| Supplied a spread for | CATERED |
| Daiquiri flavor | BANANA |
| Chef who says "Bam!" | EMERIL |
| Wine and dine | REGALE |
| Broadway backers | ANGELS |
| Lay into | SETAT |
| Unit in the game of Risk | ARMY |
| Isle of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides | SKYE |
| Relative of a 1-Across | CAP |
| Letter before theta | ETA |
| Discs on turntables | LPS |
| Orange seed | PIP |
La Times Crossword Answers August 31 2017 Thursday
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Draft day announcements | PICKS |
| In-tents experience? | CAMP |
| Like some dental floss | WAXY |
| End of __ | ANERA |
| Jai __ | ALAI |
| Wrapped up | OVER |
| Artifact | RELIC |
| Board member? | KING |
| Unites | WEDS |
| Volleyball players in Dublin? | IRISHSETTERS |
| New York’s __ Island | STATEN |
| Sturgeon delicacy | ROE |
| Engineering sch. on the Hudson River | RPI |
| Euros in Rome? | ITALIANBREAD |
| Deadly snake | ASP |
| White House signing ceremony memento | PEN |
| __ Trinket, "The Hunger Games" chaperone played by Elizabeth Banks | EFFIE |
| Airport inspectors in Beijing? | CHINESECHECKERS |
| Cosmonaut Vladimir | TITOV |
| Partner of abet | AID |
| Most of Ariz. doesn’t observe it | DST |
| Dance lessons in Madrid? | SPANISHSTEPS |
| CIA predecessor | OSS |
| Drivers’ org. | AAA |
| Phillies’ div. | NLEAST |
| Number cruncher in New Delhi? | INDIANSUMMER |
| SALT subject | ICBM |
| Crab Key villain | DRNO |
| Mazda MX-5, familiarly | MIATA |
| Witty tweet, e.g. | QUIP |
| Novelist O’Brien | EDNA |
| Bunsen burner kin | ETNAS |
| Small ticks? | SECS |
| Travel aimlessly | ROAM |
| One of Franklin’s two certainties | DEATH |
| Musée d’Orsay city | PARIS |
| Still | INERT |
| Salsa singer Cruz | CELIA |
| Spring 2008 "Dancing with the Stars" champion Yamaguchi | KRISTI |
| Potpourri pouch | SACHET |
| Wedding reception sight | CAKE |
| Hit the ground | ALIT |
| Hindu incantation | MANTRA |
| Word with carrier or passenger | PIGEON |
| Floors | WOWS |
| Abbr. in many addresses | AVE |
| Crossed (out) | XED |
| Jr. and sr. | YRS |
| Loses it | SNAPS |
| Lute-like instrument | REBEC |
| Served seconds, say | REFED |
| Figure skating event | PAIRS |
| In other words, in other words | IDEST |
| Novelist Harper | LEE |
| Quechua speakers | INCAS |
| He served as A.G. under his brother | RFK |
| "Don’t __ innocent" | ACTSO |
| Port arrivals | SHIPS |
| Pockets for falafel | PITAS |
| Start to skid? | NON |
| French spa | EVIAN |
| Strike | HIT |
| Utopias | EDENS |
| More melancholy | SADDER |
| Bob, for one | HAIRDO |
| Like peacocks | PLUMED |
| Many a Mideast native | SEMITE |
| Appliance maker since 1934 | AMANA |
| Attack | SETAT |
| Vandalize | TRASH |
| Rascals | IMPS |
| Kendrick of "Pitch Perfect" | ANNA |
| "Syntactic Structures" author Chomsky | NOAM |
| Nos. averaging 100 | IQS |
| What a shark strikes with | CUE |
| Wite-Out maker | BIC |
Universal Crossword Answers August 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Robert of "Jaws" or Tommy of Styx | SHAW |
| Low dam across a stream | WEIR |
| Helper on the Hill | AIDE |
| Chancellor Willy | BRANDT |
| Spewed forth | GUSHED |
| In any way | ATALL |
| Desolate | BARE |
| Prison weapon | SHIV |
| Grow together | COALESCE |
| Suited | APT |
| ___ Gras | MARDI |
| "Silas Marner" author | ELIOT |
| A river in Missouri | OSAGE |
| Pool tool | CUE |
| Type of salt | EPSOM |
| Atmospheric pressure unit | TORR |
| Fist bumps | DAPS |
| Wight, for one | ISLE |
| Like some battles | EPIC |
| Clock innards | GEARS |
| TV award | EMMY |
| Indian lentil dish (var.) | DHAL |
| Large continent | ASIA |
| Body designs, informally | TATS |
| Blast a fly or baseball | SWAT |
| Activist Brockovich | ERIN |
| Make a new blueprint for | REDESIGN |
| Like Zeno | STOIC |
| Air traffic control devices | RADARS |
| "To ___ is human …" | ERR |
| Stuff on palettes | PAINTS |
| A team in Chicago | BEARS |
| Acquire a new tenant | RELET |
| Join together | UNITE |
| It forms in beads | SWEAT |
| Kelly on TV | RIPA |
| Eve’s home | EDEN |
| Actress Miles | VERA |
| Actor Estrada | ERIK |
| CD-___ (PC inserts) | ROMS |
| Mars unit | BAR |
| Mop | SWAB |
| Chitchats | GABS |
| Small part for a star | CAMEO |
| Inheritor | HEIR |
| Place for Jazz players | UTAH |
| Translucent gems | OPALS |
| Verdi opera | AIDA |
| Loose-fitting Indian wrap | SARI |
| Heart chambers | ATRIA |
| A couple of tools | WRENCHLEVEL |
| Common pet | DOG |
| Face-off | DUEL |
| Small clothing size | PETITE |
| Tried to slim down | DIETED |
| Artist’s plaster surface | GESSO |
| Certain venomous snake | ASP |
| Republicans’ foes | DEMOCRATS |
| A trio of tools | PLIERSHAMMERSAW |
| Certain office worker | SECRETARY |
| Give-whirl link | ITA |
| Objects of devotion | IDOLS |
| Supper, e.g. | REPAST |
| Borneo sultanate | BRUNEI |
| Gilbert of "The Talk" | SARA |
| Bard’s bedtime? | EEN |
| A solo tool | SCREWDRIVER |
| It may be ironclad | ALIBI |
| Brainstorming product | IDEA |
| Infamous emperor | NERO |
| Change prices for a sale, e.g. | RETAG |
| Shapely fruit | PEAR |
| Quick barbershop service | TRIM |
| Ocean liner’s rear | STERN |
| Picnic pests | ANTS |
| Fifth Ave. emporium | SAKS |
News Day Crossword Answers August 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Royalty recipient | PAYEE |
| Up in the air | IFFY |
| Follow closely | HEED |
| Legal filing | CLAIM |
| Network junction | NODE |
| Hot-rod rod | AXLE |
| Specialized slang | LINGO |
| Certain something | AURA |
| Phoebe on ”Friends” | LISA |
| Looped cross | ANKH |
| Boston hockey great | ORR |
| Tenderize | SOFTEN |
| It’s most likely to succeed | BESTSHOT |
| About 8% of 24 | TWO |
| Surfing venue | THEWEB |
| Bronco or Cowboy | NFLER |
| What triggers some alarms | MOTION |
| Period in geology | ERA |
| What nobodies haven’t | FAME |
| Contrived cough | AHEM |
| Talked long | RANON |
| Resistance measures | OHMS |
| About 38% of 24 | NINE |
| Pup squeak | YIP |
| Neo-impressionism pioneer | SEURAT |
| ”Untrue!” | NOTSO |
| Look angry | GLOWER |
| Put to the test | TRY |
| Ceaseless | UNENDING |
| Rowdy disorder | MAYHEM |
| What CPOs call captains | SIR |
| Wrapped up | OVER |
| Continuously | EVER |
| Julius Caesar opponent | CATO |
| Japanese conductor | OZAWA |
| Piece of some roofs | TILE |
| ”You said it!” | AMEN |
| Doctrine | TENET |
| E-tailer event | SALE |
| Goes astray | SINS |
| Pitfall | SNARE |
| Classroom with mice | PCLAB |
| Get __ on (learn about) | ALINE |
| Strong pulls | YANKS |
| 24 | EIGHTTIMESTHREE |
| Weepy rock music | EMO |
| Lined up | INAROW |
| 24 | FOURTEENPLUSTEN |
| 10-cent portrait | FDR |
| Organic elevator | YEAST |
| 24 | HALFOFFOURDOZEN |
| Take one’s leave | EXIT |
| Other than this | ELSE |
| Earliest-joining member | DEAN |
| ”Ransom of Red Chief” writer | OHENRY |
| Dominate in competition | OWN |
| HBO alternative | SHO |
| Dude | BRO |
| Fearful feline portrayer | LAHR |
| Austen novel | EMMA |
| Balance | REST |
| ”The Magic Mountain” author Thomas | MANN |
| River above Kentucky | OHIO |
| Backpacking burden | TENT |
| Comeback | ANSWER |
| Beleaguered insurance giant | AIG |
| Poetic time | EEN |
| Source of silver | ORE |
| Dicing candidates | ONIONS |
| Urban rec centers | YMCAS |
| She had a ”First Wives Club” cameo | IVANA |
| Less experienced | NEWER |
| Be abrasive | GRATE |
| National League East team | METS |
| Reebok rival | AVIA |
| Oral outburst | YELL |
| Friend from Martinique | AMI |
| Game extenders: Abbr. | OTS |
Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers August 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| 2007 film documentary written and directed by Michael Moore | SICKO |
| US state; capital Denver | COLORADO |
| Tropical disease of cattle, horses, camels and dogs transmitted by insects | SURRA |
| 1850 novel by Charles Kingsley | ALTONLOCKE |
| Former province of N France settled by Vikings in the 10th-century | NORMANDY |
| Actor who played the title role in 1937 film drama Elephant Boy | SABU |
| Clive —, former rugby union wing; 1974 Wales Test debutant against Ireland | REES |
| Eamon —, president of the Republic of Ireland from 1959-73 | DEVALERA |
| The —, 1994 action film starring Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone | SPECIALIST |
| Ted —, London-born bandleader who died in 1969 | HEATH |
| State capital of Oregon, US | SALEM |
| Eurasian finch with a yellow-green body and black bib | SISKIN |
| — Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean east of Novaya Zemlya and north of Siberia | KARA |
| 1991 novel by Jilly Cooper | POLO |
| Tree or shrub with bright red berries associated with the festive season | HOLLY |
| 1982 Elmore Leonard novel | CATCHASER |
| Jeanne —, actress who played the title role in 1968 film comedy Great Catherine | MOREAU |
| — Republic, area of southern central Russia whose capital is Gorno-Altaysk | ALTAI |
| Female of a rabbit or hare | DOE |
| G R —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 138 against England in Nottingham in 1989 | MARSH |
| Genus of herbaceous plants that includes dyer’s rocket and mignonette | RESEDA |
| 1989 biopic starring Michael Chiklis as comedian John Belushi | WIRED |
| Standard unit of currency of Turkey | LIRA |
| Port in SE Ghana on the Atlantic Ocean | TEMA |
Mirror Quick Crossword Answers August 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Vulgar | CRUDE |
| Entire | COMPLETE |
| Motionless | STILL |
| Position of avoiding attention | LOWPROFILE |
| Game plan | STRATEGY |
| Scorch | CHAR |
| Egress | EXIT |
| Woodland plant | BLUEBELL |
| In direct competition | HEADTOHEAD |
| Midday meal | LUNCH |
| Definite | CLEARCUT |
| Guide | STEER |
| World or universe | COSMOS |
| Cloudy | DULL |
| Broth | SOUP |
| Cutlery item | SPOON |
| Overjoyed | DELIGHTED |
| Shooting star | METEOR |
| Of great height | LOFTY |
| Annoys | IRRITATES |
| Congeal | GEL |
| Of the foot | PEDAL |
| Moral principles | ETHICS |
| Suds | LATHER |
| Begin | START |
| Amount of fish caught | HAUL |
| Household dirt | DUST |
Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers August 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Parking freedom is commonplace | PLATITUDE |
| Assists fellow get records | HELPS |
| Swimming in her river | RHINE |
| Partner’s painting | ART |
| Quiet soldier turns to swine | PIG |
| Agreeable French resort | NICE |
| Abduct as child gets to sleep | KIDNAP |
| Derisory team acquires point | SNIDE |
| Unacceptable group start | OUTSET |
| Roasting outside oven | OAST |
| Cut in the woods | HEW |
| Hours to get a pronoun | OUR |
| Playground item is led away | SLIDE |
| Compensate by sending a note | ATONE |
| Spat tooth out, or a copy | PHOTOSTAT |
| I call out for shade | LILAC |
| Cricket match can be trial | TEST |
| Drip to turn lethargic | TORPID |
| Condescend to a Scandinavian, say | DEIGN |
| No smith is new to religion | SHINTOISM |
| Pert beast disturbed soil | BESPATTER |
| Insisted reporters join journalist | PRESSED |
| Pelt not at home in shelter | HIDEOUT |
| King to object to gear | KIT |
| Latest Pole, terribly sweet | NEWEST |
| Temperature at elevated part of the leg | THIGH |
| Roam around after a smell | AROMA |
| Changes as to fodder | OATS |
Mirror Classic Crossword Answers August 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Truism | PLATITUDE |
| Aids | HELPS |
| European river | RHINE |
| Craft | ART |
| Farm animal | PIG |
| Pleasant | NICE |
| Snatch | KIDNAP |
| Derogatory | SNIDE |
| Beginning | OUTSET |
| Kiln | OAST |
| Chop | HEW |
| Belonging to us | OUR |
| Slip | SLIDE |
| Make amends | ATONE |
| Paper copy | PHOTOSTAT |
| Pale colour | LILAC |
| Examine | TEST |
| Sluggish | TORPID |
| Condescend | DEIGN |
| Japanese religion | SHINTOISM |
| Splash | BESPATTER |
| Squeezed | PRESSED |
| Refuge | HIDEOUT |
| Equipment | KIT |
| Most recent | NEWEST |
| Leg part | THIGH |
| Scent | AROMA |
| Grain | OATS |
The Telegraph - Toughie - August 30 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A deer just disturbed rosy flowered plant | JUDASTREE |
| American pen recreated unlimited black art with most extreme characters | ALCATRAZ |
| Appointment aboard U-boat perhaps creates mutiny? | INSUBORDINATION |
| Author involved in mounting pipsqueak fakery | KAFKA |
| Blow a hot pipe | HOOKAH |
| Carol and Jerry, both heartless, resorted to blandishment | CAJOLERY |
| Chore mixing clay and iron pigment | OCHRE |
| Company with exactly what one is looking for to hold two million in pledge | COMMIT |
| Disgrace in prison embraced by backsliding boys | SCANDAL |
| Fairy queen circles broad, complete space over stage for opera | MADAMEBUTTERFLY |
| Fellow always supporting Welsh town produces irritation | HAYFEVER |
| Game away is monotonous at first, defending one's area | NIMBYISM |
| Insurgent, fifty, going after beer, drunk | REBEL |
| Irons out ingredient of wax | ROSIN |
| Lear's daughter that's broken up loves herb | OREGANO |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Meanly taking half levy, revenue's ending butcher's device | MEATAXE |
| More risky to take doctor for producer of hot air | HAIRDRIER |
| Nearly plagiarise quite freely in review | CRITIQUE |
| Once more upset, god falls on border | NIAGARA |
| Originating material for organisms hawk traps caught and gathered up | STEMCELL |
| Pancake's last remnant of kitchen in sudden attack | BLINTZ |
| Perfect fish pursued by small boy | IDEAL |
| Place having submerged tin works appearing in map | ATLANTIS |
| Place that is inches high | INSTALL |
| Queen manufactured mirage in difficult situation | QUAGMIRE |
| Servant takes long time to control | MANAGE |
| Southern inclination to drink greedily | SWILL |
| Spotted flier in America that's left bad guy twisting | LADYBUG |
| Thrash innocent, a saint | LAMBAST |
| Tolerated party finale in glum tedium | BOREDOM |