| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Pepsi, to Coke | RIVAL |
| Barbershop powder | TALC |
| Honey-cured deli items | HAMS |
| ___ acids (food supplement ingredients) | AMINO |
| It has Earth’s highest and lowest points | ASIA |
| Passing notice | OBIT |
| Old bomb of a car | RUSTBUCKET |
| Modest skirt style | MAXI |
| Summer Olympics sword | EPEE |
| Betsy in American history | ROSS |
| Utility company device | METER |
| Site of an 1836 siege | ALAMO |
| Ships that supply refineries | OILERS |
| Gossip’s fodder | DIRTYLAUNDRY |
| Fish-tailed Disney character | ARIEL |
| "___ big to fail" | TOO |
| Hula dancer’s accessory | LEI |
| Mother of striped cubs | TIGRESS |
| The Onion staffers | WRITERS |
| Braying beast | ASS |
| Word before quotes or guitar | AIR |
| Date night option | MOVIE |
| "House of Wax" star, 1953 | VINCENTPRICE |
| The Onion’s genre | SATIRE |
| False front | GUISE |
| Do better than show | PLACE |
| Milwaukee Bucks head coach Jason | KIDD |
| Serpents on Egyptian relics | ASPS |
| Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 26-, 45- and 60-Across | LIST |
| A batter may beat one out | INFIELDHIT |
| Start of a play | ACTI |
| Eartha who sang "C’est Si Bon" | KITT |
| Off the leash | LOOSE |
| Rain cats and dogs | TEEM |
| Handicrafts website | ETSY |
| Word before Team or Act | DREAM |
| "Antiques Roadshow" adjective | RARE |
| Response to "Still sleeping?" | IMUP |
| Two-jawed device | VISE |
| Feeder at a termite mound | ANTEATER |
| Soft toss or shot | LOB |
| Port near Seattle | TACOMA |
| Invites to a 44-Across, say | ASKSOUT |
| Tweaks the truth | LIES |
| Scratching-post user | CAT |
| Hardly handsome | HOMELY |
| Drop in intensity | ABATE |
| Boy-meets-girl event | MIXER |
| Shows signs of life | STIRS |
| River to the Caspian Sea | URAL |
| Russian orbiter that docked with Atlantis | MIR |
| Lovett with four Grammys | LYLE |
| Sulfur dioxide has a pungent one | ODOR |
| Statistician’s fodder | DATA |
| "Bearded" bloom | IRIS |
| Fixes, as a fight | RIGS |
| These days | NOW |
| Eshkol of Israel | LEVI |
| A half-brother of Barron | ERIC |
| "That clears it up" | ISEE |
| Of sound mind | SANE |
| (Not my error) | SIC |
| Misbehavers, in a cute way | IMPS |
| "The ___ Song" ("Carmen" highlight) | TOREADOR |
| Passes along, as a present | REGIFTS |
| Clue’s Mr. Boddy, e.g. | VICTIM |
| Road rage, say | IRE |
| It may result in an R rating | NUDITY |
| Sandcastle destroyer | TIDE |
| Snowball fight sound | SPLAT |
| She fell down a rabbit hole | ALICE |
| Take a tidbit of | TASTE |
| Make a muffler, say | KNIT |
| One of a Foot Locker pair | SHOE |
| Site of a famous bell tower | PISA |
| Wind-up watch part | STEM |
| Mike’s partner on candy boxes | IKE |
| Many an honorary deg. | LLD |
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Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers November 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| 1988 Mike Leigh comedy-drama film starring Phil Davis and Ruth Sheen | HIGHHOPES |
| 1991 family film starring Dustin Hoffman in the title role | HOOK |
| Rough skin of certain sharks and rays, used as an abrasive | SHAGREEN |
| Chris —, former Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Sheffield Wednesday and England footballer; Burnley manager from 1997-98 | WADDLE |
| Joseph —, prime minister of Australia from 1931-39 | LYONS |
| Steven —, actor and playwright whose verse plays include East and Greek | BERKOFF |
| The —, British story paper published from 1907-39 | GEM |
| George —, US photographic equipment pioneer who popularised the use of roll film | EASTMAN |
| Tropical American tree whose edible fruit has pink juicy flesh | GUAVA |
| George Frederick —, composer whose Water Music collection premiered in 1717 | HANDEL |
| 2009 animated film featuring the voice talent of Dakota Fanning in the title role | CORALINE |
| That part of the lower back also called the lumbus | LOIN |
| English golfer; 1993 Canon European Masters tournament winner | BARRYLANE |
| 1900 collection of short stories by Ernest Bramah | THEWALLET |
| Name, until 1957, of Ghana | GOLDCOAST |
| Henrik —, author of stage plays Hedda Gabler and The League of Youth | IBSEN |
| Capital of North Holland, the Netherlands | HAARLEM |
| Sword similar to the foil but with a larger guard | EPEE |
| 1866 one-act comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and F C Burnand | COXANDBOX |
| Author of novels The Famished Road and In Arcadia | BEN |
| Jan-Michael —, Delray Beach International Tennis Championships singles tournament winner in 2001 and 2003 | GAMBILL |
| Charlie —, actor who starred as Bud Fox in 1987 film drama Wall Street | SHEEN |
| Island in the Inner Hebrides; site of an abbey founded by St Columba | IONA |
| 1918 novel by Wyndham Lewis featuring the character Otto Kreisler | TARR |
Mirror Quick Crossword Answers November 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Vicious nature | BARBARITY |
| Burden | ONUS |
| Very costly or valuable | PRECIOUS |
| Mark of disgrace | STIGMA |
| Fire remains | ASHES |
| Sure | CERTAIN |
| Fish | COD |
| Vacation | HOLIDAY |
| Soup | BROTH |
| Extreme fear | HORROR |
| Coin-operated communications device | PAYPHONE |
| Without definite limits | OPENENDED |
| Hair on the upper lip | MOUSTACHE |
| Vaudeville | MUSICHALL |
| Shock, dismay | APPAL |
| Made holy | BLESSED |
| Wet weather | RAIN |
| Based on fact | TRUE |
| Most liked | FAVOURITE |
| Hermit | ANCHORITE |
| Shy | COY |
| Funny drawing | CARTOON |
| In that place | THERE |
| Tented area | CAMP |
| Rotate | SPIN |
Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers November 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Most arguments are about celebrity | STAR |
| Tool wasted money | LOOT |
| Bore about dress | ROBE |
| Sharp as a group of detectives | ACID |
| The first lubricant to work | TOIL |
| A German undermined boss | MANAGER |
| Not even strange | ODD |
| Wait to play the first shot | SERVE |
| Struggle to get iron into thin sheet | WAFER |
| Thinks woman has manuscript | DEEMS |
| Model’s terrible prose | POSER |
| Set broken leg | GEL |
| Crossing a bird | PELICAN |
| Owing to student conflict | DUEL |
| Once ordered ice cream | CONE |
| Knock pals around | SLAP |
| Mislay sole arrangement | LOSE |
| Invested with underwear | VEST |
| Same sort of join | SEAM |
| Like a family | AKIN |
| Chooses to veto new school | VOTES |
| Flowers in sleigh | LEI |
| Incline towards nurse | TEND |
| Tired of endless border change | BORED |
| Nibble with drunken panache, leaving hotel | CANAPE |
| Days for fruit | DATES |
| Nothing but affection | LOVE |
| College head has me to insult | DEMEAN |
| Antique concealing rare lichen | RELIC |
| Double pleat | FOLD |
| Drive back to see film about parking | REPEL |
| Broadcast a race | RELAY |
| Aim to throw a log | GOAL |
| Manage firm exercise | COPE |
| Following from main exterior | NEXT |
| Roused about employment | USE |
Mirror Classic Crossword Answers November 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Sun | STAR |
| Plunder | LOOT |
| Gown | ROBE |
| Corrosive substance | ACID |
| Graft | TOIL |
| Director | MANAGER |
| Peculiar | ODD |
| Work for | SERVE |
| Biscuit | WAFER |
| Considers | DEEMS |
| Sitter | POSER |
| Solidify | GEL |
| Aquatic bird | PELICAN |
| Contest | DUEL |
| Geometric shape | CONE |
| Hit | SLAP |
| Get beaten | LOSE |
| Singlet | VEST |
| Join | SEAM |
| Similar | AKIN |
| Ballots | VOTES |
| Garland | LEI |
| Look after | TEND |
| Fed up | BORED |
| Vol-au-vent | CANAPE |
| Romantic appointments | DATES |
| Cherish | LOVE |
| Belittle | DEMEAN |
| Artefact | RELIC |
| Crease | FOLD |
| Disgust | REPEL |
| Broadcast | RELAY |
| Target | GOAL |
| Deal successfully with | COPE |
| Subsequent | NEXT |
| Exploit | USE |
Metro Crossword Answers November 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Bracelet timepiece | WRISTWATCH |
| Scalp growth | HAIR |
| Water vapour | STEAM |
| Dyeing | COLOURING |
| Guise | PRETENCE |
| Hues | TINTS |
| Funeral garlands | WREATHS |
| Thick, dark syrup | TREACLE |
| Catch | ENSNARE |
| Country lodge | COTTAGE |
| Swap | TRADE |
| Thoughtless | HEEDLESS |
| Implied messages | OVERTONES |
| Adhere | CLING |
| Cure | HEAL |
| Grave markers | HEADSTONES |
| Sunset direction | WEST |
| Anger | IRE |
| Attract enticingly | TEMPT |
| Climbs | ASCENDS |
| Most placid | CALMEST |
| Straighten | ALIGN |
| Protection against mail being lost or misdirected, … post | REGISTERED |
| Most corroded | RUSTIEST |
| Swamp grasses | REEDS |
| Liking for sugar (5,5) | SWEETTOOTH |
| Mockery | TRAVESTY |
| Insensitive & stupid | CRASS |
| Improve | ENHANCE |
| Wrinkled | CREASED |
| Rink | ARENA |
| Legal | LICIT |
| A long time | AGES |
| Charged atom | ION |
The Telegraph - Toughie - October 31 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A run -- notice missing tree | ALDER |
| Bill subjected to financial analysis and met with aggressively? | ACCOSTED |
| Boy, silly fellow, fools around with maiden in that celebration of love | SONGOFSOLOMON |
| Catcher of flies could also make bee hop | PHOEBE |
| Church with a delicate timeless garment in the vestry? | CHASUBLE |
| Crackle from record, the thing found stored in box | CREPITATE |
| Encouragement to singer, one barely famous | GODIVA |
| Exist as a fantastic sin-avoiding divine | BEATIFIC |
| Favouring attempt to cut short hostilities going on and on | PROTRACTION |
| Finished room except for ceiling coat? | OVERALL |
| Getting rid of tournament competition when first of judges is unavailable | OUSTING |
| Gold coin from borders of Zambia pocketed by criminal | BEZANT |
| Greet men in battle coming to the front? | EMERGENT |
| In this I must be in a medal position | THIRD |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Landlord's beginning to make easier his contract? | LEASE |
| Losing hope? The old man's abandoned craving | DESIRING |
| Mineral found in refuse on a building location? | MARCASITE |
| Note written by American without others around | SOLUS |
| Performing in dull musical interval | TRITONE |
| Provider of power is greener, using recycling | ENERGISER |
| Return from war, ever thankful | REVERT |
| Rock making comeback -- one perhaps described as 'skinny' stars | BIGDIPPER |
| Seat very good to get on, but with bad stuffing | PILLION |
| Stylish student victim keeping very quiet | PREPPY |
| Time to go after money, joining others in prominent position | CENTRESTAGE |
| Too old, truly the first person to miss out | OVERLY |
| What Michaelmas term is seen to do for man in charge of the port? | HARBOURMASTER |
| Worms in tops of jars found by woman | ANNELIDS |
The Telegraph - Cryptic - October 31 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Actor, terrible at reading | TRAGEDIAN |
| Bay allowed to trail in | INLET |
| Buried in waste, America put off | SUSPEND |
| Chicken wearing hat? | CAPON |
| Copy name and numbers in range | APENNINES |
| Dairy product formed the wrong way | EDAM |
| Dance beat has energy | TANGO |
| Engine's stable capacity? | HORSEPOWER |
| Exercise a bit on this? | DRILL |
| Faint design ends on hot pipe, boarding cosy old ship | WATERMARK |
| Family after shoe, orange leathery thing | PUMPKIN |
| Flower at the bottom of a fresh hole | APERTURE |
| Flower, third of fourteen in a large bunch | LOTUS |
| For a start, satisfaction in cryptic clues not infinite | COUNTLESS |
| Insignificant worker, one keeping going round the clock? | MINUTEHAND |
| Man soon set to build -- builder! | STONEMASON |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Person flying towards brink, backwards | PILOT |
| Plan talk ending in discussion | PATTERN |
| Puzzle remnant | STUMP |
| Remarkably easy, he having bagged fifty as batter? | EYELASH |
| River and powdered lava in eruption | RASH |
| Sad wife hugged by professor | DOWN |
| Short interval in game, no time seemingly for comeback? | SEMITONE |
| Smart clothes also showing status | STANDING |
| Tear grass | RUSH |
| Tenant perhaps offering regular payment to save face | RESIDENT |
| Track restoration of Sacre Coeur | RACECOURSE |
| Transport minister�s first item that�s revered | TOTEM |
| Two notes barely sufficient for singer | DESCANT |
| Under lid of sparkly piano, view shiny disc | SPANGLE |
| University books on drink, free | UNTWINE |
| Work in secret a reporter sent back | OPERATE |
The Telegraph - Quick - October 31 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Belief accepted as correct | TRUTH |
| Chair | SEAT |
| Cooperation | LIAISON |
| Covered with fine powder | DUSTY |
| Crosby or Sinatra? | CROONER |
| Cyclist's feat | WHEELIE |
| Dance provocatively in hip-hop style | TWERK |
| Elephant rider's chair | HOWDAH |
| Florida city | ORLANDO |
| German POW camp | STALAG |
| Instrument; glass | FLUTE |
| Item in a quiver | ARROW |
| Japanese dish | SUSHI |
| Lucky draw | LOTTO |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Nincompoop | HALFWIT |
| Not straight | ASKEW |
| Passage | EXCERPT |
| Pet rabbit's home | HUTCH |
| Roll in mud | WALLOW |
| Score; total | TALLY |
| Sending-off signal? | REDCARD |
| Sleeper biter? | BEDBUG |
| Snow pile | DRIFT |
| Story | YARN |
| Treatment for addicts | REHAB |
| University talk | LECTURE |
| Violent twist | WRENCH |
| Young swan | CYGNET |
The Times - Concise - November 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| According to the rules | FORMALLY |
| Army waking signal | REVEILLE |
| Be the basis of | UNDERLIE |
| Ceased arguing | gave in |
| Cuban dance | HABANERA |
| Disbursements of money as, eg, compensation | PAYOUTS |
| Dwelling | HOUSE |
| Fatiguing; boring | TIRESOME |
| Give (to charity) | DONATE |
| Greek sun god | APOLLO |
| Heraldic form of dragon | WYVERN |
| Highest point | APEX |
| Ignoring right and wrong | AMORAL |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Killer whale | GRAMPUS |
| Light cotton fabric | POPLIN |
| Long arduous walk | TREK |
| Musical entertainment | OPERA |
| Noble, lofty | EXALTED |
| Of sovereigns | ROYAL |
| Old and weak time of life | DOTAGE |
| Public speaker | ORATOR |
| Several; frogmen | DIVERS |
| Spoil the appearance of | DEFACE |
| Transfix | MESMERISE |
| Underground waste tank | CESSPOOL |
| Visual symbolism | IMAGERY |
The Times - Cryptic - November 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26871
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Betraying no emotion or lost for words? | EXPRESSIONLESS |
| Church man has change of heart: that's hard cheese! | CHEDDAR |
| Communist nut one in ginger group? | REDHEAD |
| Craftsman always inscribes signature — with double line! | ENAMELLER |
| Direction needed to hold ceremony all together | en masse |
| Dog bit rear end | TAILPIECE |
| Excessive to provoke fascist troops | NEEDLESS |
| Fund-raiser managed to keep one on register | ROTARIAN |
| Gas across battlefield becomes mourning symbol | CYPRESS |
| Husband tucks into liqueur that strengthens body | CHASSIS |
| Indian ruler beheaded by legendary hero | AJAX |
| Land measured out in the race | HECTARE |
| Lives frugally where fellows congregate with devils | SCRIMPS |
| Made promise: none to escape policeman outside nick | PLEDGED |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Meeting before match reportedly bearing fruit | conference pear |
| Muck over time found in subterraneous accommodation | DUNGEON |
| Note Caruso perhaps articulated | TENNER |
| One conventional lawyer seen in public walk | ALAMEDA |
| Outspoken European satire | CANDIDE |
| Prepare endlessly and study in China | DRESDEN |
| Scots have to contain river that runs in field | HARE |
| Some months before the new issue is due? | PREGNANCY |
| Sounding board for scientist | PLANCK |
| Technician's ardent supporter rendered powerless | ARTISAN |
| Tradesmen initially endorsing defective edging tool | GRINDSTONE |
| Wager lost with pressman finding growth | RAGWEED |
| Weaver entertains animated virgin where people relax | living-room |
| Worker in dock, first wife having died in warehouse | STEVEDORE |
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 952
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Ban is to operate on worked amber | EMBARGO |
| Death notice about king in revolution | ORBIT |
| Decoration of lavish ceremony leading to Order of Merit | POMPOM |
| Former newspaper, say | EXPRESS |
| Herb is a man’s name | BASIL |
| I am to act as a go-between next | IMMEDIATE |
| Islands, distant ones with no name | FAROES |
| Like a fry-up — grand, right and simple | GREASY |
| Like something one won’t catch a video lab processing | AVOIDABLE |
| Mentioned earlier as help about a vocal number? | AFORESAID |
| One parliamentarian is a devil | IMP |
| Outcry where university rower embraces priest | UPROAR |
| Quiet and well-spoken — having gone to pieces? | PARTICULATE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Self-assertive dog biting part of leg | PUSHING |
| Self-importance displayed by the gods | EGO |
| Slim profits ultimately got by loan provider | SLENDER |
| Soldier’s eating new fish | SNAPPER |
| Something in orange piping — not fashionable or good | PIP |
| Son cried and did some housework | SWEPT |
| Stop circulating mail | POST |
| Support Remain | STAY |
| Take down girl’s garment | DISMANTLE |
| Take power from appeal to God for some light | RAY |
| Very glad purchaser initially rented | PLEASED |
| What makes flat bread in a cooker | steam roller |
| What’s ruled in true metres | REALM |
The Guardian - Cryptic - November 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Here is a noble railway' — sentence from a glossy magazine | COUNTRYLIFE |
| 'The Place of Education' — bit of propaganda penned by French author | CAMPUS |
| Boffins say good boss succeeded | EGGHEADS |
| Breeding stock? Wilder game? | GENEPOOL |
| Country man with an acre | GUYANA |
| Ethics I worried about in book about childhood | CIDERWITHROSIE |
| Framing paintings, say, without short composer | MARTINU |
| Grr! Damn sheep he rounded up? | GERMANSHEPHERD |
| He turned up to stop a bounder in the pub | ALEHOUSE |
| Houses joined in competition after they're oddly selected | TERRACE |
| Lawgiver is left in flowing river | LEGISLATOR |
| Niche for Time Out? | RECESS |
| No opening for fruit? Large number taken back | REENGAGED |
| Notice either side of estate agent | ESPY |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Original sound with early vocal music | ROUNDELAYS |
| Plants from central Asia in stores | DEPOSITS |
| Police in rigged state trial that's crucial | ACIDTEST |
| Root for base rate cut | PARSNIP |
| Self-serving forfeit? | FOREGO |
| Storage area full of tuna sandwiches | LOFT |
| Studio broadcast about backing long shot | OUTSIDER |
| Supple mountaineer ignoring cold at first | LIMBER |
| To succeed in exam, don't answer question | PASS |
| Troll chaps found in Twin Peaks | TORMENTOR |
| Ultimate recipient of object? American leading lady | ENDUSER |
| Win over military leader after shocking raids | DISARM |
| Writer close to Glasgow converts semi-detached cottages | WALTERSCOTT |
| Young Simpson has change of heart — horrid kid! | BRAT |
The Guardian - Quick - November 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Assault | ATTACK |
| Become smaller | SHRINK |
| Bedtime drink | NIGHTCAP |
| Brought into existence | BORN |
| Cocktail of whiskey and sweet vermouth | MANHATTAN |
| Dab hand | EXPERT |
| Dormant | INACTIVE |
| E-book device | KINDLE |
| Go aboard | EMBARK |
| Hannibal's home city | CARTHAGE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Hypnotic state | TRANCE |
| Landlord's income | RENT |
| One who can't be a chooser? | BEGGAR |
| Prestigious group of US universities | IVYLEAGUE |
| Separate — role | PART |
| Sheath for a sword | SCABBARD |
| Therefore | THUS |
| US state since 1912 | NEWMEXICO |
| Villain in film or story | BADDIE |
| Workable | PRACTICAL |
Irish Times (Simplex) - November 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Air in the lungs | BREATH |
| Augury, portent | OMEN |
| Came into possession of | OBTAINED |
| Charging with an offence | ACCUSING |
| Conduit to carry water over a valley | AQUEDUCT |
| Container for salt | CELLAR |
| Disliking intensely | LOATHING |
| Great disturbance and disorder | UPHEAVAL |
| Hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface | VARNISH |
| Hostelries | INNS |
| Illness, malady | SICKNESS |
| King of the fairies | OBERON |
| Low-growing woody plants | SHRUBS |
| Mexican spirit | TEQUILA |
| Not taking sides | NEUTRAL |
| One instalment of a series | EPISODE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Persuade with promise of reward | ENTICE |
| Phaetons can be turned into a light open one-seater carriage | STANHOPE |
| Pleasure boats | YACHTS |
| Projections that fit into mortises | TENONS |
| Respiratory disorder | ASTHMA |
| Separate, distinct | DISCRETE |
| Sewing implement | NEEDLE |
| Sharpening on a stone | HONING |
| Small tree-dwelling ape with long powerful arms | GIBBON |
| Stinginess, parsimony | MEANNESS |
| Stinging arachnid | SCORPION |
| Strip of leather with handle, for beating | WHIP |
| They claim to have extra-sensory perception | PSYCHICS |
| Total output of a writer or artist | OEUVRE |
| Travelled through water | SWAM |
| Valuable items from an earlier period | ANTIQUES |
Irish Times (Crosaire) - November 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Ambassador has no love for jealous type | ENVY |
| American duck soup produced in insane asylum | EASY |
| Bar admits opening early to draw attention in small-town Spain | PUEBLO |
| Bit of slagging is not good for one horse at the end of race | BADINAGE |
| Decorator suffering from infectious disease in Dublin | PAINTBRUSH |
| Describes accountant to one intellectually capable of working with The Stones | AHEADFORFIGURES |
| Doubles replacing those who have endured the predicament of 3 down | STANDINS |
| Early warning sign for one of those that can go to blazes perhaps in the capital | BIGSMOKE |
| Going back, Galway town overlooks surprise of person taking control of Jumbo | MAHOUT |
| Golfers well-kept for the most part in Africa | GUINEA |
| Handover missing van to a large group of people | HORDE |
| Henry is trendy aboard yacht, training with relative of Lily | HYACINTH |
| Intellectual is stoned at summit | HIGHBROW |
| It will get better for those on margins of heritage festival | HEAL |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| It's in working order for a Blues fan | USABLE |
| It's stage-worthy to play it back to Charlie | DRAMATIC |
| Make allowances for listening device found in recycling container and be cautious | BEARINMIND |
| One notice after another in The Observer | EYEWITNESS |
| One starts damage limitation exercises when one has nothing better to do | IDLE |
| Piece of fiction with no introduction by a foreign politician | TORY |
| Record covers time and something essential from start of extradition - it's indicative of the ultimate trial | LITMUSTEST |
| Sides of herring instead of complete salad? | HEAD |
| Sounds like something that might attract shoppers in Rush? | ASSAIL |
| Take the panic out of campaigning - it might be worth the gamble? | GAMING |
| Unfinished Dublin museum - that's not true | IMMATURE |
| What happened to subject of mimicry removed from old party? | TAKENOFF |
| Without a doubt, it's a meeting about drugs | REALLY |
| You and I review party for returning neighbours - the difficulty is getting the numbers right | SUDOKU |
The Washington Post - November 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Baby Got Back' rapper, and a hint to this puzzle's circles | SIRMIXALOT |
| 'Bates Motel' actress Farmiga | VERA |
| 'Just a few __' | SECS |
| 'Yowzah!' | OOLALA |
| 365 días | ANO |
| Albany is its cap | NYS |
| Boxing legend | ALI |
| British Columbia's capital is on it | VANCOUVERISLAND |
| Catty? | FELINE |
| Center of Austria? | TEE |
| Cheese couleur | BLEU |
| City in central Kansas | SALINA |
| Cookie monster? | AMOS |
| Country in SW Afr | ANG |
| Diamond bag | BASE |
| Emotional boost | LIFT |
| English nobleman | EARL |
| Equal chance | FAIRSHAKE |
| Extra | MORE |
| Fly to flee | TSETSE |
| Former union members? | EXES |
| Four-time NBA All-Star __ Irving | KYRIE |
| Glamorous Gardner | AVA |
| Grad's memento | CLASSRING |
| Gradual absorption | OSMOSIS |
| Hot tub water agitator | JET |
| July hrs. in Georgia | EDT |
| Key with no sharps or flats | AMINOR |
| Lauder of cosmetics | ESTEE |
| Like some bread | OATEN |
| Like this ans | ACR |
| Marine snail | CONCH |
| Mimosa time | BRUNCH |
| Most cordial | NICEST |
| Musical endings | CODAS |
| Nabisco cracker | RITZ |
| Naughty | BAD |
| Not illuminated | UNLIT |
| Not the least bit challenging | TOOEASY |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Officeholders | INS |
| Oktoberfest quaff | ALE |
| Olympic skater Oksana | BAIUL |
| Olympic swimmer Buster who played Buck Rogers | CRABBE |
| Open a bit | AJAR |
| Opening words | INTRO |
| Out of __: not together | SYNC |
| Physicians' gp | AMA |
| Place for a long winter's nap | LAIR |
| Place to say 'I do' | ALTAR |
| Poe's middle name | ALLAN |
| Port-au-Prince's country | HAITI |
| Posed (for) | SAT |
| Printer problem | JAM |
| Put on | DON |
| Queequeg's captain | AHAB |
| Reduces to rubble | RAZES |
| Restaurant review pricing symbol | DOLLARSIGN |
| Rhone cathedral city | LYONS |
| RSVP convenience | SAE |
| School whose a cappella group is the Whiffenpoofs | YALE |
| Self-evident principle | AXIOM |
| Shine | BEAM |
| Singer whose fans are called Claymates | AIKEN |
| Slangy negative | IXNAY |
| Slatted window | JALOUSIE |
| Slide __ | RULE |
| Spoil the surprise | BLAB |
| Statement amt | BAL |
| Statement amt | INT |
| Stomach problem | ULCER |
| Terra __ | FIRMA |
| Unlike most airline seating | ROOMY |
| Wagering parlors: Abbr | OTBS |
| Where a tennis server's doubles partner is usually positioned | ATTHENET |
| Yoga class need | MAT |
| __ bar | TIKI |
| __ to light: reveal | BRING |
| __-de-France | ILE |
News Day Crossword Puzzle Answers November 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Tire-surface pattern | TREAD |
| Loads a suitcase | PACKS |
| Top poker card | ACE |
| Jim of the Alamo | BOWIE |
| Unaccompanied | ALONE |
| Early evening hour | SIX |
| Classroom competition | SPELLINGBEE |
| __ Lanka | SRI |
| Convince | PERSUADE |
| Consequence | EFFECT |
| Brainy | SMART |
| Minimal amounts | IOTAS |
| Italian resort isle | CAPRI |
| Furious | IRATE |
| Boise’s state | IDAHO |
| Postal delivery | |
| Chimp or orangutan | APE |
| With 39 Across, Canadian baseballer | TORONTO |
| See 37 Across | BLUEJAY |
| NH winter hours | EST |
| Margin | EDGE |
| Butcher shop device | SCALE |
| Less strict | LAXER |
| University housing | DORMS |
| Great bargain | STEAL |
| State-run game | LOTTO |
| Outspoken | CANDID |
| Capacities of autos | CARLOADS |
| Choose, with ”for” | OPT |
| Slugger’s club | BASEBALLBAT |
| ”__ the ramparts . . .” | OER |
| Speech opener | INTRO |
| British singer of ”Skyfall” | ADELE |
| Be a snoop | PRY |
| Final authority | SAYSO |
| Ignited again | RELIT |
| Cookbook amt. | TBSP |
| Lariat | ROPE |
| Water pitcher | EWER |
| Feels unwell | AILS |
| False belief | DELUSION |
| Bear native to China | PANDA |
| North African nation | ALGERIA |
| Corn’s core | COB |
| Bendable leg part | KNEE |
| Consider it suitable | SEEFIT |
| Strong point | ASSET |
| About the year of | CIRCA |
| Leaves a building | EXITS |
| ”__ so sorry!” | IAM |
| Adversary | FOE |
| Large family | TRIBE |
| Make mention of | CITE |
| Commotions | ADOS |
| Acting role | PART |
| Letter after pi | RHO |
| Everyone | ALL |
| Fashion show poser | MODEL |
| Slightly open | AJAR |
| Coconut tree | PALM |
| Hurricane centers | EYES |
| __-Mex cuisine | TEX |
| Amer. money | USDOLLAR |
| ”Green” prefix | ECO |
| Food merchants | GROCERS |
| Young boy | LAD |
| Courtroom explanations | ALIBIS |
| Ice cream serving | SCOOP |
| Come to a point | TAPER |
| Contest submission | ENTRY |
| Not allowed | TABOO |
| __ la la | TRA |
| Comic Carvey | DANA |
| Merrie __ England | OLDE |
| Eve’s second son | ABEL |
| Artist Salvador | DALI |
| Proofreader’s mark | STET |
| Structure for swine | STY |
Universal Crossword Puzzle Answers November 1 2017 Wednesday
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Jedi opponent | SITH |
| Wan | ASHY |
| Trim | SNIP |
| Toss about | STREW |
| 1964 film Dr. | LAO |
| Wee seasonal employee | ELF |
| Some liquors and card games | GINS |
| Approximately | ABOUT |
| Things in a French library | LIVRES |
| Not masculine | WOMANISH |
| Drops back | EBBS |
| Some reddish deer | ROES |
| "Sonnet" attachment | EER |
| Chinese zodiac sign | DRAGON |
| Pentathlon event | EPEE |
| "___ never believe it!" | YOUD |
| Matches up | SYNCS |
| Assume to be a fact | POSIT |
| Concert venue | ARENA |
| Scouting mission | RECON |
| Results of overexertion | ACHES |
| Some camera lenses | ZOOMS |
| Wed on the run | ELOPE |
| Evade | DODGE |
| Downy duck | EIDER |
| In a furtive manner | ONTHESLY |
| Brand for little builders | LEGO |
| Emulates a hungry baby | DROOLS |
| Flotation device | RAFT |
| 29-Across, for one | ARTIST |
| Old Finnish coin | PENNI |
| Bit of info | DATUM |
| Ethiopian currency | BIRR |
| Canal of song | ERIE |
| Not even close to nigh | AFAR |
| Aborted mission words | NOGO |
| Lackluster | DULL |
| Eye problem | STYE |
| Like Falstaff | FAT |
| Anger | IRE |
| Cardinal or scarlet | RED |
| Backtalk | SASS |
| Lawful | LEGAL |
| "The Way We ___" | WERE |
| "Amazing, ___ it?" | ISNT |
| Suspect’s need | ALIBI |
| Certain woodwind | OBOE |
| When some start planning for hosting Thanksgiving | THIRDOFNOVEMBER |
| "Active" start | HYPER |
| Outdo | SURPASS |
| "… let me count the ___" | WAYS |
| Typical high-schooler | TEEN |
| Golf number | PAR |
| Maja’s painter | GOYA |
| Taken forcefully | SEIZED |
| Part of a rocky deposit | ORE |
| Liquid measurement | OUNCE |
| Alone | SOLO |
| Dotage or senility | SECONDCHILDHOOD |
| Privy to | INON |
| Time to eat charoset | SEDER |
| Stat for a car or truck | MPG |
| Hindu religious text | TANTRA |
| Utah lily | SEGO |
| Behold | SEE |
| Large stringed instrument | HARP |
| Rough cross | ROOD |
| Broth for a Brit | BEEFTEA |
| Touches down | LANDS |
| Inventory philosophy | FIRSTINFIRSTOUT |
| Seed coat | ARIL |
| Trap | SNARE |
| Hard on the eyes | UGLY |
| Three-pointer | TREY |
| Exhausted | TIRED |
| Tunneling critter | MOLE |
La Times Crossword Puzzle Answers November 1 2017 Wednesday
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Olympic swimmer Buster who played Buck Rogers | CRABBE |
| Naughty | BAD |
| Queequeg’s captain | AHAB |
| "Yowzah!" | OOLALA |
| 365 días | ANO |
| Place for a long winter’s nap | LAIR |
| Restaurant review pricing symbol | DOLLARSIGN |
| __ bar | TIKI |
| Physicians’ gp. | AMA |
| Cheese couleur | BLEU |
| Like some bread | OATEN |
| Out of __: not together | SYNC |
| Grad’s memento | CLASSRING |
| Wagering parlors: Abbr. | OTBS |
| Printer problem | JAM |
| Key with no sharps or flats | AMINOR |
| Slatted window | JALOUSIE |
| British Columbia’s capital is on it | VANCOUVERISLAND |
| Where a tennis server’s doubles partner is usually positioned | ATTHENET |
| Most cordial | NICEST |
| Like this ans. | ACR |
| Diamond bag | BASE |
| Equal chance | FAIRSHAKE |
| Slide __ | RULE |
| Slangy negative | IXNAY |
| School whose a cappella group is the Whiffenpoofs | YALE |
| Albany is its cap. | NYS |
| Nabisco cracker | RITZ |
| "Baby Got Back" rapper, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles | SIRMIXALOT |
| Extra | MORE |
| Boxing legend | ALI |
| Catty? | FELINE |
| Cookie monster? | AMOS |
| Center of Austria? | TEE |
| Fly to flee | TSETSE |
| Musical endings | CODAS |
| Unlike most airline seating | ROOMY |
| Poe’s middle name | ALLAN |
| Statement amt. | BAL |
| Spoil the surprise | BLAB |
| English nobleman | EARL |
| Olympic skater Oksana | BAIUL |
| Country in SW Afr. | ANG |
| Put on | DON |
| Place to say "I do" | ALTAR |
| Port-au-Prince’s country | HAITI |
| Singer whose fans are called Claymates | AIKEN |
| __ to light: reveal | BRING |
| "Just a few __" | SECS |
| Gradual absorption | OSMOSIS |
| Marine snail | CONCH |
| Open a bit | AJAR |
| City in central Kansas | SALINA |
| Not the least bit challenging | TOOEASY |
| Mimosa time | BRUNCH |
| Glamorous Gardner | AVA |
| Yoga class need | MAT |
| Statement amt. | INT |
| Hot tub water agitator | JET |
| Stomach problem | ULCER |
| RSVP convenience | SAE |
| Officeholders | INS |
| July hrs. in Georgia | EDT |
| "Bates Motel" actress Farmiga | VERA |
| Shine | BEAM |
| Terra __ | FIRMA |
| Self-evident principle | AXIOM |
| Opening words | INTRO |
| Reduces to rubble | RAZES |
| Four-time NBA All-Star __ Irving | KYRIE |
| Not illuminated | UNLIT |
| Rhone cathedral city | LYONS |
| Lauder of cosmetics | ESTEE |
| Emotional boost | LIFT |
| Former union members? | EXES |
| Posed (for) | SAT |
| __-de-France | ILE |
| Oktoberfest quaff | ALE |
Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - November 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Scram!' | SHOO |
| Abound | TEEM |
| Actress Ruby | DEE |
| Antelope's playmate | DEER |
| Armageddon | DOOMSDAY |
| Ballpark fig | EST |
| Barn bird | OWL |
| Betting group | POOL |
| Bread spread | OLEO |
| Buddy | MAC |
| Chain components | LINKS |
| Chimney buildup | SOOT |
| Club | MED |
| Con | ANTI |
| Critter that plays dead | OPOSSUM |
| Dazzle | WOW |
| Despot | TSAR |
| Dorothy's dog | TOTO |
| Early automaker | OLDS |
| Edited out | DELED |
| Eventful periods | ERAS |
| Eye slyly | PEEPAT |
| Fanatic | NUT |
| Finale | END |
| Former queen of Jordan | NOOR |
| Fruity concoction | COMPOTE |
| Gantry of fiction | ELMER |
| Hen pen | COOP |
| Hotel door posting | ROOMRATE |
| Initial chip | ANTE |
| Jazzy James | ETTA |
| Label | TAG |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| LAPD alerts | APBS |
| Leaked slowly | OOZED |
| Ledger items | ENTRIES |
| Luau bowlful | POI |
| Melancholy | SAD |
| Muppet frog | KERMIT |
| Nine-digit ID | SSN |
| Obtained | GOT |
| Photog's choice | ZOOMLENS |
| Place of prosperity | BOOMTOWN |
| Poker variety | STUD |
| QB's stats | YDS |
| Santa's sackful | TOYS |
| Sashimi fish | AHI |
| Seeger or Sampras | PETE |
| Shopping binges | SPREES |
| Shore bird | TERN |
| Silent | MUM |
| Sordid | SEAMY |
| Spruced up | NEAT |
| Square dance call | DOSIDO |
| Stereo alternative | MONO |
| Sugary suffix | OSE |
| Swizzle | STIR |
| Taboo | NONO |
| Teen's woe | ACNE |
| Train lines (Abbr.) | RRS |
| Type measures | EMS |
| UFO crew | ETS |
| Weeper of myth | NIOBE |
| Woodwind players | OBOISTS |
| Word of warning | DONT |
Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - November 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| -- Vegas | LAS |
| 1867 purchase | ALASKA |
| Assist in crime | ABET |
| Aug. follower | SEP |
| Brain-based | MENTAL |
| Busy worker | ANT |
| Camera accessories | LENSES |
| Caustic stuff | LYE |
| Depiction | IMAGE |
| Designer Spade | KATE |
| Diminutive | BANTAM |
| Do something | ACT |
| Earthbound bird | EMU |
| Everybody | ALL |
| Finish | ENDUP |
| Floor squares | TILES |
| Guessing game for kids | ISPY |
| Habit inhabitant | NUN |
| Harbor | INLET |
| Hauler's unit | TON |
| Hymn close | AMEN |
| Increase by degrees | STEPUP |
| Jeans measure | INSEAM |
| Keats work | ODE |
| Land units | ACRES |
| Lets up | ABATES |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Lingerie buy | BRA |
| Long-necked onions | SCALLIONS |
| Low boat | SCOW |
| Mares' mates | STALLIONS |
| Meadow sound | MOO |
| Narrow cuts | SLITS |
| Need to pay | OWE |
| Philatelic item | STAMP |
| Pointer | TIP |
| Pro vote | AYE |
| Red-ink amount | LOSS |
| Regarding | ASTO |
| Rough voice | RASP |
| Ruling group | REGIME |
| Shucking units | EARS |
| Singer Tori | AMOS |
| Single | LONE |
| Sit-up targets | BELLIES |
| Soup cracker | SALTINE |
| Spot in the ocean | ISLET |
| Tad's dad | ABE |
| Temple leader | RABBI |
| Wee | TEENY |
| Welles role | KANE |
| Will subject | ESTATE |
| With suspicion | ASKANT |
New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers November 1 2017 Wednesday
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Place for a nest | LIMB |
| "You’ve got to be kidding!" | OHCOMEON |
| Forbidden zone | NOGOAREA |
| English horn, e.g. | REED |
| Lee who directed "Life of Pi" | ANG |
| Melted marshmallows, e.g. | GOO |
| Friendly relations | AMITY |
| See 7-Across | GOLD |
| The whole enchilada | ALL |
| Actress Dash of "Clueless" | STACEY |
| Bagel choice | SESAME |
| Rubber stamp go-with | INKPAD |
| Scrubs up, say | PREPS |
| Noah of "The Daily Show" | TREVOR |
| You might give him the business | SON |
| Pollutant that’s a portmanteau | SMAZE |
| Lady friend, in Lille | AMIE |
| Bit of office greenery | FERN |
| Letter in an honor society’s name | PHI |
| Utterly absurd | INANE |
| Food giant that merged with Heinz in 2015 | KRAFT |
| Sea, colloquially | BRINY |
| Bob who lost to Bill | DOLE |
| Connection between banks? | BOAT |
| Lode analysts | ASSAYERS |
| Emission from radioactive decay | GAMMARAY |
| Letters before Beagle or Bounty | HMS |
| One of about 400,000 in the United States | CHURCH |
| Water park sound | SPLASH |
| Canadian $2 coin, informally | TOONIE |
| Person or thing | ENTITY |
| Polynesian finger food | POI |
| "That’s ___, son" (Foghorn Leghorn catchphrase) | AJOKE |
| ___-walsy | PALSY |
| Logan of CBS News | LARA |
| North-of-the-border force: Abbr. | RCMP |
| D-Day vessels: Abbr. | LSTS |
| "Spy vs. Spy" magazine | MAD |
| Grammy category since 1988 | RAP |
| First in a Latin 101 trio | AMO |
| Chaney of horror movies | LON |
| Low-quality paper | RAG |
| Winner of the four tennis majors and Olympic 8-Down | AGASSI |
| "Heaven forbid!" | IHOPENOT |
| Like lava or magma | MOLTEN |
| Ewan who played Obi-Wan Kenobi | MCGREGOR |
| "Let me find out" | ILLASK |
| Rode the ump, say | BOOED |
| Abbr. on a sign at a town line | ESTD |
| Mushroom part | CAP |
| Mall aid | MAP |
| Cabbage with crinkly leaves | SAVOY |
| Hurricane relief org. | FEMA |
| Japan’s national fruit | PERSIMMON |
| Excited, with "up" | KEYED |
| Weeder’s tool | HOE |
| Depilatory brand | NAIR |
| "I’m c-c-cold!" | BRR |
| Out of it | INADAZE |
| Kenneth who played the title role in 1989’s "Henry V" | BRANAGH |
| I | ONE |
| Salon job | COIF |
| Houston of Texas | SAM |
| Engraved pillar | STELE |
| Ghostly figures | PHANTASMS |
| Southern side | PONE |
| Wearing a scowl | POUTY |
| Cars are "parked" in it | JAM |
| Cars are parked in it | LOT |
| Place to hole up | LAIR |
| Part of 52-Down | ROYAL |
| With 56-Across, lunchbox snacks … or a hint to the black squares before 18-, 29-, 35- and 45-Across? | ANIMAL |
| See 54-Across | CRACKERS |
| Bollywood soundtrack instruments | SITARS |
| Persistently emphasize | HAMMERAT |
| The early 20th century, for vaudeville | HEYDAY |
| Unexpectedly come (by) | POP |
| GPS part: Abbr. | SYS |
Wall Street Journal - November 1 2017 - Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 'Give it ___!' | AREST |
| 'Huh-uh' | NOPE |
| 'There is no there there' writer | STEIN |
| *Concrete barrier erected in the 1960s | BERLINWALL |
| *He discusses semantics with Alice in 'Through the Looking-Glass' | HUMPTYDUMPTY |
| *The Nikkei or the S&P 500, e.g | STOCKINDEX |
| *The sole piano instrumental to be a #1 Billboard hit | AUTUMNLEAVES |
| A bit risque | RACY |
| A smattering of | SOME |
| Abatements | LETUPS |
| Add a rider to, say | AMEND |
| Angry kids throw them | TANTRUMS |
| Be inquisitive | ASK |
| Bemoans | LAMENTS |
| Bring to bear | EXERT |
| Charity for the needy | ALMS |
| Conchiglie and capellini | PASTAS |
| Craving | URGE |
| Cylinder part | PISTON |
| Designer McCartney | STELLA |
| Dollars for quarters | HOMELOAN |
| Early times, in poetry | MORNS |
| Expressive dance | HULA |
| Facilitate in felony | ABET |
| Fanatic's follower | Cultist |
| Fought | WENTATIT |
| Graceful bearing | POISE |
| Hit's opposite | FLOP |
| How off-the-books workers are paid | INCASH |
| Husk-wrapped edibles | TAMALES |
| Id mediators | EGOS |
| It merged with Mobil in 1999 | EXXON |
| It's A in hexadecimal | TEN |
| It's said to have a long arm | THELAW |
| Janis's husband in the funny papers | ARLO |
| Make harmless | DECLAW |
| Margarita garnish | LIME |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Mariners | SHIPMEN |
| Meets by chance | BUMPSINTO |
| Negative replies | NOES |
| Not for | ANTI |
| Overindulgent quality | LAXITY |
| Pitching stat | ERA |
| Potential pickle, for short | CUKE |
| Projections of bowlers | BRIMS |
| Put in the overhead bin | STOW |
| Reception feature | BAR |
| Renovation | FACELIFT |
| Return payments? | TAXES |
| Scratches (out) | EKES |
| Seated on | ATOP |
| Shin support | TIBIA |
| Significant sign | OMEN |
| Skye resident | SCOT |
| Sole | ONLY |
| Sort | TYPE |
| Space in a schedule | SLOT |
| Spaghetti ___ puttanesca | ALLA |
| Spare tire makeup | FAT |
| Stand-up guy | COMIC |
| Stepped down | ALIT |
| Stratford's river | AVON |
| Supplied, as computer data | FEDIN |
| Talking Heads bassist Weymouth | TINA |
| Teensy | WEE |
| The United States, in a familiar pledge | ONENATION |
| Thieves' take | HAUL |
| Tic-___-toe | TAC |
| Travel stopover | INN |
| Utmost degree | NTH |
| Web banners, often | ADS |
| What the starred answers do (or did) | FALL |
| Wizards' workplace | COURT |
| Words from a folder | IMOUT |
Usa Today Crossword Puzzle Answers October 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Reacts to road construction ahead | SLOWS |
| Like a wet noodle | LIMP |
| Creator of Mickey and Minnie | WALT |
| Tinker Bell, e.g. | PIXIE |
| Apple model since 1998 | IMAC |
| Smartphone screen image | ICON |
| Make corrections to | EMEND |
| Roll up, as a flag | FURL |
| Birds do it | NEST |
| Arthur Rubinstein or Leonard Bernstein | CONCERTPIANIST |
| Poetic preposition | ERE |
| Lean against | ABUT |
| Unlike plain donuts | ICED |
| It’s "the word" | MUM |
| Developmental phases | STAGES |
| Lady Byng Memorial Trophy org. | NHL |
| Scrooge, at first | MISER |
| Food processor accessory | BLADE |
| IT department pro | COMPUTERANALYST |
| Floor measures | AREAS |
| Salvage crew member | DIVER |
| Place to graze | LEA |
| Did a hitch | SERVED |
| Shirt picturing a band, maybe | TEE |
| Turn to slush | MELT |
| Coin since 2002 | EURO |
| The Beatles’ "___ Tripper" | DAY |
| Card that may say "Get Out of Jail Free" | COMMUNITYCHEST |
| Like athletes in ESPN’s "The Body Issue" | BARE |
| Shop with a meat slicer | DELI |
| Dwelling of animal skins | TEPEE |
| Farsi speaker’s land | IRAN |
| "Unmitigated" nerve | GALL |
| First sign of the zodiac | ARIES |
| It goes through loops | BELT |
| Last word in an ultimatum | ELSE |
| Saves, with "away" | SOCKS |
| A freelancer may work on it | SPEC |
| Motorcade car, for short | LIMO |
| Farm workers in pairs | OXEN |
| Reacted to a bad joke, maybe | WINCED |
| Feast celebrating the Exodus | SEDER |
| Pump iron | LIFT |
| "It’s my turn" | IMUP |
| "West Side Story" love song | MARIA |
| Techs’ training centers | PCLABS |
| Take home the gold | WINITALL |
| Golf video highlights | ACES |
| In need of a GPS | LOST |
| Explosive sold by Acme | TNT |
| Mail in, as payment | REMIT |
| Snickers or Payday | NUTBAR |
| Cuzco dwellers | INCAS |
| Taking out the trash, say | CHORE |
| Bull on a glue bottle | ELMER |
| Like most yard sale items | USED |
| Be worthy of | MERIT |
| Crystal of country music | GAYLE |
| Classic car named for a Ford | EDSEL |
| Tuned to, as a radio button | SETAT |
| Baseball’s Hall of Fame, essentially | MUSEUM |
| Speak like a madman | RAVE |
| Urban stickball field surface, often | PAVEMENT |
| Requiring lots of attention | NEEDY |
| Menial laborer | DRUDGE |
| "You saved me!" | MYHERO |
| "Inside the NBA" analyst Shaq | ONEAL |
| Stand in for | ACTAS |
| Part of TLC | CARE |
| Doctoral student’s exam | ORAL |
| Things to cure | ILLS |
| Backsplash piece | TILE |
| Many a Heston movie | EPIC |
| Car radio button | SEEK |
| Thomas Hardy heroine | TESS |
| Overalls part | BIB |
Metro Crossword Answers October 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Putting (sword) back in scabbard | SHEATHING |
| Idleness | SLOTH |
| Molten core rock | MAGMA |
| Funny | AMUSING |
| Filled pastry | PIE |
| Sloping (typeface) | ITALIC |
| Utilises | USES |
| Child-minding (3,4) | DAYCARE |
| Seepage | LEAKAGE |
| Jockeys’ seats | SADDLES |
| Slandered | DEFAMED |
| Precious metal | GOLD |
| Was convenient to | SUITED |
| Use oars | ROW |
| Study closely | EXAMINE |
| Pedestrians’ path across road, … crossing | ZEBRA |
| Jitterbug or jive | DANCE |
| Puts at risk | ENDANGERS |
| Summarise (3,2) | SUMUP |
| Sharp-sighted (5-4) | EAGLEEYED |
| Sadly | TRAGICALLY |
| Cause swelling | INFLAME |
| Ice age, … period | GLACIAL |
| Cosy | SNUG |
| Leaves out | OMITS |
| Fast (car chase) (4-5) | HIGHSPEED |
| Six (4,1,5) | HALFADOZEN |
| Begged to differ | DISAGREED |
| Honourable | ADMIRABLE |
| Wrung out | SQUEEZE |
| Discarded | DITCHED |
| Gain knowledge | LEARN |
| Lash marks | WEALS |
| Be fond of | LIKE |
News Day Crossword Puzzle Answers October 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Dog walker’s strap | LEASH |
| Buddy | CHUM |
| Judge’s garb | ROBE |
| __-Saxon | ANGLO |
| Dislike very much | HATE |
| __ out a living (scraped by) | EKED |
| Clothing discoloration | STAIN |
| Eve’s spouse | ADAM |
| Pull from behind | DRAG |
| Professional’s shortcut | TRICKOFTHETRADE |
| ”Auld Lang __” | SYNE |
| Corp. boss | CEO |
| Cow’s greeting | MOO |
| Dull routine | RUT |
| Two-person plank rides | SEESAWS |
| Constrictor snake | BOA |
| Old-fashioned ”Awesome!” | NEATO |
| Canyon sound | ECHO |
| ”Apparently . . . but I have my doubts” | ORSOITWOULDSEEM |
| Jockey’s strap | REIN |
| Orchard fruit | APPLE |
| Poor grade | DEE |
| Very challenging | NOTEASY |
| Doctors’ grp. | AMA |
| Hunters’ org. | NRA |
| Biceps’ place | ARM |
| Women’s links org. | LPGA |
| Pamper royally | TREATLIKEAQUEEN |
| Do damage to | HARM |
| Farmland measure | ACRE |
| Called balls and strikes | UMPED |
| A Great Lake | ERIE |
| State of mind | MOOD |
| Currently unavailable | INUSE |
| Repair | MEND |
| Quaint hotels | INNS |
| Plumbing tubes | PIPES |
| Is durable | LASTS |
| Way to get in | ENTRY |
| Once more | AGAIN |
| Meat-carving machine | SLICER |
| Car horn’s beep | HONK |
| Rub harshly | CHAFE |
| Was compelled | HADTO |
| State east of Nevada | UTAH |
| Excited kid’s reply | MEMEME |
| Valentine’s Day dozen | REDROSES |
| Gumbo veggie | OKRA |
| Necklace piece | BEAD |
| Boundary | EDGE |
| Eight-person group | OCTET |
| Tot’s ”little piggy” | TOE |
| Prefix meaning ”one” | UNI |
| Minestrone or chicken noodle | SOUP |
| Breezed through, as an exam | ACED |
| ”This is fun!” | WHEE |
| A few | SOME |
| __ yesterday (gullible) | BORN |
| Three-layer cookie | OREO |
| ”Be that __ may . . .” | ASIT |
| On vacation | AWAY |
| Highest point | TOP |
| Like Cher, Madonna or Adele | ONENAMED |
| Fleecy 57 Down animal | LLAMA |
| GOP opponent | DEM |
| Gallery display | ART |
| Spicy sandwich sausage | SALAMI |
| School graduates | ALUMNI |
| Ohio tire city | AKRON |
| Marsh grasses | REEDS |
| Add some zip to | PEPUP |
| Web-footed birds | GEESE |
| Peruvian mountains | ANDES |
| Those people | THEM |
| Very uncommon | RARE |
| Ireland nickname | ERIN |
| Clickable computer image | ICON |
| Witty remark | QUIP |
New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers October 31 2017 Tuesday
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Kind of syrup | MAPLE |
| Easter’s month, usually | APRIL |
| Runs amok | RIOTS |
| French bean? | TETE |
| Freezer buildup | ICE |
| Lipton rival | NESTEA |
| "Remember the ___!" | ALAMO |
| Many Napa establishments | WINERIES |
| Give permission to | LET |
| Body of water bordering Seattle | PUGETSOUND |
| Company that made Pong | ATARI |
| "Midnight Cowboy" role | RATSO |
| Charlie of "Two and a Half Men" | SHEEN |
| Only U.S. president also to serve as chief justice | TAFT |
| Cooking spray brand | PAM |
| Singer McEntire | REBA |
| Painter Chagall | MARC |
| Sack seeker | PASSRUSHER |
| Bowler or boater | HAT |
| Type | ILK |
| Self-titled #1 pop album of 2001 | JLO |
| Cleaned the dishes? | ATE |
| NPR host Shapiro | ARI |
| Channel with an annual month-long Oscar celebration | TCM |
| "That’s all ___ wrote" | SHE |
| "That’s cool with me!" | IDIG |
| Plummet | NOSEDIVE |
| Actor Lukas of "Witness" | HAAS |
| Three-layer sandwich, for short | BLT |
| Person whose name might start with Mc- | SCOT |
| Post production? | CEREAL |
| "Hedda Gabler" playwright | IBSEN |
| Static, e.g. | NOISE |
| Something taken on faith | DOGMA |
| Memos | NOTES |
| Edible part of a fruit | FLESH |
| Concur | AGREE |
| Wild party, in slang | RAGER |
| Newspaper piece that always starts at the end? | OBIT |
| Course of action | WAY |
| Madame ___ of 1960s Vietnam | NHU |
| With 65-Across, author of the "Ninety-Five Theses," posted on 10/31/1517 | MARTIN |
| Leatherworker’s tool | AWL |
| Numbers on a golf course | PARS |
| Each | APIECE |
| Tell a tall tale | LIE |
| Home of Zion National Park | UTAH |
| With 24-Across, movement resulting from the "Ninety-Five Theses" | PROTESTANT |
| Flight board info | GATE |
| Lo-fat | LITE |
| Not wild | TAME |
| Intrinsically | PERSE |
| Ernie of the World Golf Hall of Fame | ELS |
| See 17-Across | REFORMATION |
| Contents of a bog | PEAT |
| Pet food brand | IAMS |
| Muslim woman’s head covering | HIJAB |
| ___ Lingus | AER |
| Breakfast bar bits | OATS |
| Building where the "Ninety-Five Theses" were posted | ALLSAINTSCHURCH |
| Boxing stats | TKOS |
| Bambi’s mother, for one | DOE |
| Genre for the "Pok�mon" series | ANIME |
| What sac flies produce | RBIS |
| Whole bunch | SCAD |
| Practice condemned in the "Ninety-Five Theses" | INDULGENCES |
| Distant | FAR |
| Give a leg up | BOOST |
| Part of the 36-Across where the "Ninety-Five Theses" were posted | DOOR |
| ___ Korbut, 1970s Olympic gymnastics star | OLGA |
| [Ugh, here we go again] | SIGH |
| City where the "Ninety-Five Theses" were written | WITTENBERG |
| J. D. Salinger title character | ESME |
| "___ Maria" (hymn) | AVE |
| "It’s all clear to me now!" | AHISEE |
| Not distant | NEAR |
| "With pleasure!" | YES |
| See 1-Across | LUTHER |
Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers October 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| 2008 novel by Alexander McCall Smith | THEMIRACLEAT |
| Author of 2011 novel Fifty Shades of Grey | ELJAMES |
| Asian republic; capital New Delhi | INDIA |
| 1816 novel by Jane Austen | EMMA |
| Marius —, actor who played Julian Craster in 1948 film drama The Red Shoes | GORING |
| Strong polymer first produced by the DuPont firm in the 1930s | NYLON |
| 2008 and 2012 Olympic men’s singles badminton gold medallist | LINDAN |
| In music, a performance of a melodic interval of two or more notes in a part | SLUR |
| Ivan —, 2012 Olympic high jump gold medallist | UKHOV |
| Genus of cacti that includes the prickly pear | OPUNTIA |
| John —, British poet who authored 1966 collection High and Low | BETJEMAN |
| 18th letter in the Greek alphabet | SIGMA |
| Graham —, Australian golfer; 1972 winner of the Swiss Open and German Open tournaments | MARSH |
| Mose —, US jazz pianist and singer-songwriter whose works include Benediction and Parchman Farm | ALLISON |
| 1964 novel by John Braine | THEJEALOUS |
| Author of 1943 novel The Fountainhead | AYN |
| Small groups of cells in the pancreas that secrete insulin | ISLETSOF |
| Omar Andres —, 2002-10 WBO Flyweight champion | NARVAEZ |
| Capital of Japan | TOKYO |
| P J L —, West Indies Test cricketer who hit 101 against England in Manchester in 1984 | DUJON |
| Maurice —, 1979-81 WBC Light Middleweight champion | HOPE |
Mirror Quick Crossword Answers October 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Source of light | ILLUMINATION |
| Ordinary | HUMDRUM |
| Manufactures | MAKES |
| Financial institution | BANK |
| Mild or kindly | GENTLE |
| Stationery item | PAPER |
| Hand tool | TROWEL |
| Makes mistakes | ERRS |
| Compass point | NORTH |
| Disclose | DIVULGE |
| Withdraw in haste | BEATARETREAT |
| Large wading bird | FLAMINGO |
| Smug smile | SMIRK |
| Small garden ornament | GNOME |
| Stutter | STAMMER |
| German wine | HOCK |
| Resident | INHABITANT |
| Evaluation, estimation | ASSESSMENT |
| Close friend | PAL |
| Congeal | GEL |
| Exciting book or film | THRILLER |
| Object of petty personal dislike | PETHATE |
| Decorate | ADORN |
| Egg-shaped | OVATE |
| Regrets | RUES |
Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers October 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Tatty broken dagger | RAGGED |
| Chap gets record assistance | HELP |
| Arid sort of attack | RAID |
| Swap some coins | CHANGE |
| Drifting around chasm | RIFT |
| Help make a wager | ABET |
| Item moving in the fourth dimension | TIME |
| Low-flying bird | OWL |
| Law-breaking implement | AWL |
| Flutes surrounding another instrument | LUTE |
| Phase pets out | STEP |
| Rubbish on a list | ROTA |
| Make an effort on tune | STRAIN |
| Bird in another nest | ERNE |
| Rush to get missile | DART |
| Strange dearth of sewing material | THREAD |
| Reappear concerning dog | RECUR |
| Hold artist in Britain | GRAB |
| Imagine being armed, possibly | DREAM |
| Rent is increased, we hear | HIRE |
| Chief rioted unexpectedly | EDITOR |
| Plate shaped like flower part | PETAL |
| Top bets are lost | BEST |
| Lied about being lazy | IDLE |
| Overcoat is new result | ULSTER |
| Smelly and sharp, right inside | ACRID |
| At university, group is disturbed | UPSET |
| Denim turn-ups are explosive! | MINED |
| Started with a quiche | TART |
| Ticket price sounds reasonable | FARE |
Mirror Classic Crossword Answers October 31 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Tattered | RAGGED |
| Assist | HELP |
| Inroad | RAID |
| Alter | CHANGE |
| Division | RIFT |
| Aid in crime | ABET |
| Occasion | TIME |
| Nocturnal creature | OWL |
| Pointed tool | AWL |
| Stringed instrument | LUTE |
| Stair | STEP |
| Schedule | ROTA |
| Exert | STRAIN |
| Sea eagle | ERNE |
| Rush | DART |
| Yarn | THREAD |
| Happen again | RECUR |
| Seize | GRAB |
| Reverie | DREAM |
| Lease | HIRE |
| Newspaper boss | EDITOR |
| Flower part | PETAL |
| Supreme | BEST |
| Unoccupied | IDLE |
| Men’s overcoat | ULSTER |
| Pungent | ACRID |
| Capsize | UPSET |
| Excavated | MINED |
| Flan | TART |
| Paying passenger | FARE |
Metro Crossword Answers October 30 2017
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Diary or daily record | JOURNAL |
| Barber’s trim | HAIRCUT |
| Book users or library patrons | READERS |
| Manicured items | NAILS |
| Very annoyed | IRATE |
| Draws out (response) or evokes | ELICITS |
| Naked models | NUDES |
| Common thread | THEME |
| Residue | DREGS |
| Scientist’s workplace | LAB |
| Opposite of aye | NAY |
| Survive or make ends meet (3,2) | GETBY |
| Reject or shun | SPURN |
| Aesop tale | FABLE |
| Slant or slope | INCLINE |
| Boring or mediocre (2-3) | HOHUM |
| Small islands | ISLES |
| Gambling | BETTING |
| Chatterboxes or conversationalists | TALKERS |
| Of the stomach | GASTRIC |
| Linking or enlisting | JOINING |
| Undid (ribbon) | UNTIED |
| Tends (patients) | NURSES |
| With more foliage | LEAFIER |
| Taking notice of | HEEDING |
| Lay down the law or demand | INSIST |
| Invent or bring into existence | CREATE |
| Shoplifters & burglars | THIEVES |
| Piece of glowing coal | EMBER |
| Hair dye | HENNA |
| Use spade | DIG |
| Consume food | EAT |
| Timid | SHY |
| Road surface | ASPHALT |
| Arouses | EXCITES |
| Seething or bubbling with heat | BOILING |
| Of earthquakes | SEISMIC |
| Towards summit or daunting task, … battle | UPHILL |
| Lithe or agile | NIMBLE |
| Pretends | FEIGNS |
| More adventurous | BOLDER |
Canadiana - October 30 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Accomplishing | DOING |
| Actor Sean, and kin | PENNS |
| At right angles, as a ship | ABEAM |
| Atlantic prov | NS |
| Atlas ref | RTE |
| Body part | EYELID |
| Cavity | HOLE |
| Cerium symbol | CE |
| Challenge | DARE |
| Cheryl ___ (Olympic curling medal pursuer ) | BERNARD |
| Compass pt | SE |
| Consumes | EATS |
| Down's opposite | UPS |
| Fiend | DEMON |
| Gainer the Gopher, for one | MASCOT |
| Glenn ____ (Olympics curling medal pursuer) | HOWARD |
| Global shoemaker | BATA |
| Help | AID |
| Hindi movie | AMU |
| Home seller | REALTOR |
| Idea , in Iberville | IDEE |
| Indian political family | NEHRU |
| Kevin ___ (Olympics curling medal pursuer) | MARTIN |
| Kevin ____ (Olympics curling medal pursuer) | KOE |
| Lah lah preceder | TRA |
| Largest deer | ELK |
| Majuscule | GREAT |
| Maria Callas milieu | OPERA |
| Mirvish, for one | ED |
| Ms Merino | EWE |
| Multiple sclerosis symbol | MS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Mustard maker since1742 | KEENS |
| Narcotic | OPIUM |
| Neck wear | TIE |
| NHL- ers Avery and Burke | SEANS |
| Nostril | NARE |
| Of the nose | NASAL |
| Out of bounds, to M.Weir | OB |
| Overdose, slangily | OD |
| Paradise | EDEN |
| Pastoral | HILLBILLY |
| Payees debtor | PAYOR |
| Portable potty | BEDPAN |
| Protozoas | AMEBAS |
| Refusals, to Ramon | NYETS |
| Reverence | AWE |
| Saskatchewan town | CRAIK |
| Scottish monster, familiarly | Nessy |
| Sea eagle | ERN |
| Shannon ___ (Olympics curling medal pursuer) | KLEIBRINK |
| Social grouping | SET |
| Stephanie ____, Olympics curling medal pursuer ) | LAWTON |
| Sulkers | MOPERS |
| The, to Pierre | LE |
| Urn | POT |
| Warhorse | STEED |
| Westjet, for one | AIRLINE |
| Whiskey genre | RYE |
| ____ Avis (rare bird) | RARA |
| ____Connor ( Canadian Paralympic sprinter) | EARLE |
| _____ Polo | MARCO |
| ______ Pacers (Toronto Raptors opponent} | INDIANA |