| Clue | Solution |
| "___ we forget . . ." | LEST |
| "Jeopardy!" contestants, e.g. | TRIO |
| ___ Miss (Rebels' school) | OLE |
| ___ out (come unglued) | FREAK |
| A finger painter may make one | MESS |
| A unicycle has one | AXLE |
| Acrobats' safety gear | NETS |
| Area with butter and eggs | DAIRYSECTION |
| Barely scrapes together, with "out" | EKES |
| Blow away, so to speak | AMAZE |
| Blue Ribbon brewer | PABST |
| Business honcho | BIGCHEESE |
| Cake near a sink | SOAP |
| Chalkboard material | SLATE |
| Chief of staff's staffer | AIDE |
| Claire of "Homeland" | DANES |
| Concert stage array | AMPS |
| Crude-producing grp. | OPEC |
| Digit raised by a tea sipper (var.) | PINKY |
| Diner cupful, slangily | JOE |
| Easter basket morsel | JELLYBEAN |
| Exposer of the Wizard of Oz | TOTO |
| Eye lasciviously | OGLE |
| Faction of a faith | SECT |
| Far from oblivious | AWARE |
| Fate, informally | KARMA |
| Fidget spinners, in 2017 | FAD |
| Figures on wine bottles | YEARS |
| Food, air or water, e.g. | NEED |
| Give a facelift to | REDO |
| Go ___ (come unglued) | APE |
| Got back into business | REOPENED |
| Grain for a sake brewer | RICE |
| Grand Canyon viewing spot | RIM |
| Graphics in texts | EMOJIS |
| Grassy expanse | LEA |
| Hairy "Star Wars" creature | EWOK |
| Hang in a hammock | LAZE |
| Having the know-how | ABLE |
| Heap praise on | EXALT |
| Hinder the progress of | DETER |
| Home made of hides | TEPEE |
| Hot plate material | IRON |
| Innovator's spark | IDEA |
| Jack-in-the-box topper | LID |
| Kickoff aid | TEE |
| Like slander, vis-a-vis libel | ORAL |
| Made a meal of | FEDON |
| Many a duck hunter's dog | LABRADOR |
| Many August births | LEOS |
| Mariachi wraps | SERAPES |
| Mineral absent from much baby powder, now | TALC |
| Movie trailer segments | SCENES |
| One in an audience | ATTENDEE |
| One-eighth of a cup | OUNCE |
| Paper towel layers | PLIES |
| Pickup capacity unit | TON |
| Place to buy, sell or trade | MART |
| Plays improvisationally | JAMS |
| Pointless game? | SCORELESSTIE |
| Provide with gear | EQUIP |
| Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh | BORAT |
| Satisfies to the max | SATES |
| Seascape shade | AQUA |
| Shah of Iran's fate | EXILE |
| Short-armed dino | TREX |
| Spoonable spheroids | PEAS |
| Start of a suicide squeeze | BUNT |
| Summon the courage | DARE |
| Super Bowl MVP after brother Peyton | ELI |
| Swimmer's rep | LAP |
| Swimming pool gunk | ALGAE |
| Toile and tulle | FABRICS |
| Twill suit material | SERGE |
| Virile guy | HEMAN |
| Visits a coral reef, perhaps | SNORKELS |
| Word after ski or South | POLE |
| Yoga class item | MAT |
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USA Today - December 1 2017 Friday Crossword Puzzle Answers
USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Dec 1 2017 Friday
Metro Crossword Answers December 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
| ... & gutter | KERB |
| About-face (1-4) | UTURN |
| Anticipated arrival time (1,1,1) | ETA |
| At summit of | ATOP |
| Baby-bottle top | TEAT |
| Bad-tempered (3,8) | ILLHUMOURED |
| Begin, break the ... | ICE |
| Belonging to that woman | HER |
| Brake, ... down | SLOW |
| Brink | EDGE |
| Cafes | BISTROS |
| Cattle parasite | TICK |
| Contented cat sound | PURR |
| Copper/zinc alloy | BRASS |
| Cover with gold | GILD |
| Economic surge | BOOM |
| Essence of matter | GIST |
| Express verbally | SAY |
| Failure of justice | MISCARRIAGE |
| Fashionable, all the ... | RAGE |
| Flightless bird | EMU |
| Forewarned | ALERTED |
| Gene acid (1,1,1) | DNA |
| Hotel | INN |
| In front | AHEAD |
| In vitro fertilisation (1,1,1) | IVF |
| Informal roster | ROTA |
| Looked at warily | EYED |
| Lout | OAF |
| Make a mistake | ERR |
| Move | BUDGE |
| Ocean bottom, sea ... | BED |
| Old weight measure | OUNCE |
| Only fair (2-2) | SOSO |
| Plug | BUNG |
| Poisonous gift to Snow White | APPLE |
| Postpone | DELAY |
| Preparing (newspaper) | EDITING |
| Put into bondage | ENSLAVE |
| Quiet! | HUSH |
| Radiate | EMIT |
| Recompensed | PAID |
| Root vegetable | YAM |
| Routine | HABIT |
| Serene | CALM |
| Skirt or trouser bottom | HEM |
| Small branch | TWIG |
| Snake-like fish | EEL |
| Solidifies | HARDENS |
| Spanish friend | AMIGO |
| Sport, ... bowls | LAWN |
| Swiftness | HASTE |
| Take to court | SUE |
| Train sound | CHUG |
| Trial | TEST |
| Tribal drums (3-4) | TOMTOMS |
| Unsightly | UGLY |
| Unwelcome guest, persona ... grata | NON |
| Vats | KEGS |
| Weeder | HOE |
| Weird | ODD |
| Wheel centres | HUBS |
News Day Crossword Puzzle Answers December 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
| __ a (no) | NARY |
| "Silas Marner" novelist | ELIOT |
| Airport near Rainier | SEATAC |
| Allotment | DOLE |
| Arms of a starfish | RAYS |
| Author of 16/53 Across | ROBERTFROST |
| Beginning stage | EMBRYO |
| Big mo. for "Messiah" | DEC |
| Big sellers in bear markets | TEDDIES |
| Birth-named, on society pages | NEE |
| Bylaw, briefly | REG |
| Car category | SEDAN |
| Causing corrosion | EROSIVE |
| Cherbourg’s region | MANCHE |
| Chrysler autos of yore | DESOTOS |
| College student’s SAT | GRE |
| Compass pt. | NNW |
| Corn concoctions | FRITTERS |
| Creepy Cruise character | LESTAT |
| Danish port | ODENSE |
| Dept. at the Citadel | ROTC |
| Extremely dry | ARID |
| Films with stagecoaches | OATERS |
| Get a cast credit for | ACTIN |
| Gone over, as a span | CROSSED |
| Gourd family fruit | MELON |
| Grocery clerk’s machine | LABELER |
| Highly charged | TENSE |
| In full flower | ABLOOM |
| Jazz trumpeter Sandoval | ARTURO |
| Kennel club category | BREED |
| Long for | COVET |
| Lugged | TOTED |
| Middle of the second century | CLI |
| Mild rebuke | TUT |
| Mishandle a ground ball | BOOTIT |
| Name on the cover of "A Moveable Feast" | ERNEST |
| Name related to Nellie | ELEANOR |
| Nine-symbol message | SOS |
| Over first | SHORTEST |
| Parliamentary procedure | DEBATE |
| Patron of Rome | STPETER |
| Persistent critic | NAGGER |
| Photo descriptor | GLOSSY |
| PR preparation | RELEASE |
| Prefix for tourism | ECO |
| Ready to play again | RESTED |
| Restaurant review site | YELP |
| Roundup gear | LARIAT |
| Science of seniors | GERONTOLOGY |
| See 16 Across | ONASNOWYEVENING |
| Skirmish | SETTO |
| Slimming procedure, for short | LIPO |
| Smidge | TAD |
| Spoke proudly | CROWED |
| Squeaking bone, e.g. | DOGTOY |
| Toddler’s word | DADA |
| Travel business | RENTACAR |
| Two-tone treats | OREOS |
| Un- or in- | NOT |
| Uncommon sense | ESP |
| Vitamin std. | RDA |
| Voice of the critic in "Ratatouille" | OTOOLE |
| Water source near Lake Geneva | EVIAN |
| Whisper endearments | COO |
| With 53 Across, "miles to go" poem | STOPPINGBYWOODS |
| Yard-sale ad info | RAINDATE |
| Yellowish-red | SANDY |
New York Times - December 1 2017 Friday Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| ___ brillig ... | TWAS |
| ___ Calrissian of "Star Wars" | LANDO |
| ___ II razor | TRAC |
| 10^15: Prefix | PETA |
| 86'ed | AXED |
| Author Calvino | ITALO |
| Auxiliary propositions, in math | LEMMAS |
| Ballet technique | POINTE |
| Big name in Formula One | FERRARI |
| Bone-dry | SERE |
| Cartoonist William who co-created Tom and Jerry | HANNA |
| Chickens (out) | WIMPS |
| Comic Wyatt | CENAC |
| Command | DECREE |
| Confound | BAFFLE |
| Crowd around | MOB |
| D.C.-to-Virginia Beach dir. | SSE |
| Digs | PAD |
| Dropping the ball a lot | ERRORPRONE |
| Embitterment | IRE |
| Exclamation sometimes spelled with a hyphen | AHA |
| Famed Manhattan deli | ZABARS |
| Far lefties | PINKOS |
| Frozen dew | HOAR |
| Gave the stink eye | GLAREDAT |
| Green or red things from the garden | ONIONS |
| Group of stars also known as the Three Kings | ORIONSBELT |
| Hellos and goodbyes | ALOHAS |
| Henri or Guillaume | NOM |
| I told you so! | SEE |
| Italian-born fashion model who became a U.S. citizen in 2016 | FABIO |
| Justin Trudeau's party: Abbr. | LIB |
| Lessen | EASE |
| Like some bonds | IONIC |
| Long stretch | ERA |
| Looks fine to me | SEEMSOK |
| Modern address ending | COM |
| N.B.A. Western Conference team | UTAH |
| Nickname of the B-36 bomber, ironically | PEACEMAKER |
| Offshoot | ARM |
| One in a story with an apple | EVE |
| One in a story with an apple | TELL |
| One taking a bow at a concert? | CELLO |
| One-track | MONO |
| Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of ___ Gray" | DORIAN |
| Parts played on classic sitcoms? | GENDERROLES |
| Popular Italian brew | PERONI |
| Pretenders | WANNABES |
| Push | IMPEL |
| Queens neighborhood in which "All in the Family" was set | ASTORIA |
| Range | EXTENT |
| Receiver go-with : | AMP |
| Repeat | ITERATE |
| Reveals | BARES |
| Shortly | INAWHILE |
| Shush! | ZIPITUP |
| Sides of many city buses | ADS |
| Slugger David who was a hero of the 2013 World Series | ORTIZ |
| Snapped out of it | CAMETO |
| Something to keep up | MORALE |
| Source of caffeine | TEA |
| Subjects of some conspiracy theories | ALIENS |
| Super-hands-on manager | CONTROLFREAK |
| Texting format | SMS |
| Tiny top percent of one-percenters | ZILLIONAIRES |
| Up the ___ | ANTE |
| Viola staff starter | ALTOCLEF |
| Voila! | TADA |
| Was a major, if invisible, presence at | LOOMEDOVER |
| Writer Federico Garcia ___ | LORCA |
Mirror Quiz Crossword Answers December 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
| Swiss artist known for his design of the creature in 1979 sci-fi film Alien | HRGIGER |
| Unit of distance in navigation equal to one tenth of a sea mile | CABLE |
| River of central England that flows to the River Severn at Tewkesbury | AVON |
| Jack —, US actor who played Frank Clemens in 1971 film Western Hannie Caulder | ELAM |
| Large deer also called a moose | ELK |
| Gene —, US singer-songwriter whose UK top ten singles include Just One Smile and Backstage | PITNEY |
| Hard white calcified substance covering the crown of each tooth | ENAMEL |
| Stored-heat cooker invented by Nobel Prize winner Gustaf Dalen | AGA |
| Whitelaw —, editor of the New York Tribune; United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1905-12 | REID |
| 1978 stage musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice | EVITA |
| Neil —, actor who stars as DCI John Barnaby in ITV series Midsomer Murders | DUDGEON |
| 1964 crime film starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson | THEKILLERS |
| Family of flowering plants that includes the Ningpo — and Mimbres — | FIGWORT |
| West African republic; capital Lome | TOGO |
| Structure designed by John Nash originally erected on The Mall, London, as a gateway to Buckingham Palace | MARBLE |
| State capital of Virginia, US | RICHMOND |
| Michael —, Canadian singer whose UK no 1 albums include Christmas and Crazy Love | BUBLE |
| 1965 mystery film starring Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot | THEALPHABET |
| Type of bass oboe used in 1905 Richard Strauss opera Salome | HECKELPHONE |
| 1987 horror film starring Adrian Pasdar and Jenny Wright | NEARDARK |
| Paul —, author of 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | ZINDEL |
| US and Canadian Mennonite sect that traces its origin to Jakob Amman | AMISH |
| The —, 1997 film drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin | EDGE |
Mirror Quick Crossword Answers December 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
| Decorative sewing | EMBROIDERY |
| Watch carefully | OBSERVE |
| Of sound or hearing | AUDIO |
| Quiet spell | LULL |
| Bushy hairstyle | AFRO |
| Lyric poem | ODE |
| Long tapering flag | PENNON |
| Social outcast | PARIAH |
| Cheese type | EDAM |
| Knitting yarn | WOOL |
| Corner | ANGLE |
| Pumas | COUGARS |
| Gainful | PROFITABLE |
| Fifth Greek letter | EPSILON |
| Outer covering of a tree | BARK |
| Unique or remarkable event | ONEOFF |
| Slanting, oblique | DIAGONAL |
| Cowboy show | RODEO |
| School crossing warden | LOLLIPOPMAN |
| Despite that | NONETHELESS |
| Unable to sing in tune | TONEDEAF |
| Place apart | ISOLATE |
| Surgical knife | LANCET |
| Bet | WAGER |
| Unfeeling | NUMB |
Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers December 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
| Actors leaving to do some knitting | CASTOFF |
| Country nut | BRAZIL |
| Criticised cook and journalist | ROASTED |
| Greek letter sent to South African city | PISA |
| Cared about tree | CEDAR |
| Ready to accept Catholic group | SECT |
| Dairy product affected fate | FETA |
| Unsettling fellow about to peer back | CREEP |
| Attach safety device | FUSE |
| Run off to get fastener | BOLT |
| Roll of paper to move up | SCROLL |
| Learned to be rude about tie design | ERUDITE |
| Help make a wager | ABET |
| Fancy putting limit on cereal crop | CAPRICE |
| Roughly in charge of car, careering | CIRCA |
| Nothing in beer but a plant | ALOE |
| Set fault out as fastidious | TASTEFUL |
| Iron rod turned on a hat | FEDORA |
| A drug to get a heavenly body | ASTEROID |
| For each experience has it | PER |
| Chap finds ancient city ruin | DESTROY |
| Devoured more than seven, say | ATE |
| Mark, at church, is seldom seen | SCARCE |
| Coerce the police | FORCE |
| Top bets may be lost | BEST |
| Touched material | FELT |
Mirror Classic Crossword Answers December 1 2017
| Clue | Solution |
| Free from moorings | CASTOFF |
| South American state | BRAZIL |
| Cooked in oven | ROASTED |
| Contest | RACE |
| Italian city | PISA |
| Fragrant wood | CEDAR |
| Offshoot of a religion | SECT |
| Crumbly cheese | FETA |
| Crawl stealthily | CREEP |
| Short-circuit | FUSE |
| Latch | BOLT |
| Regain health | RECOVER |
| Parchment | SCROLL |
| Scholarly | ERUDITE |
| Aid in crime | ABET |
| Whim | CAPRICE |
| About | CIRCA |
| Medicinal succulent | ALOE |
| Refined | TASTEFUL |
| Type of hat | FEDORA |
| Celestial body | ASTEROID |
| For every | PER |
| Smash | DESTROY |
The Telegraph - Toughie - November 30 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| A burden going after royal address in a jam | MARMALADE |
| After snarl-up, motorists' group's taken over in charge of island | JAMAICA |
| Bay toad wrecked small craft | DAYBOAT |
| Blink to supply personality test component | INKBLOT |
| Brave, taking on great boxer and soldier | VALIANT |
| Dope's written up something fruity for star performer | TOPBANANA |
| Exciting affair holds the seed of reckless wickedness | THRILLING |
| Food is served in Santa's place without starter | RISOTTO |
| Force in Hull discovered Home Counties tracking troublemaker | IMPULSE |
| Fruit and eggs flipped over: oik's captured | AVOCADO |
| Glib rationale contains a sign | LIBRA |
| Good score in golf -- bad omen? | ALBATROSS |
| Graduate is set to promote square painter | MATISSE |
| Greek character cut back on unlimited satay and sausage | CHIPOLATA |
| Guided old puss inside to get fixed | LOCATED |
| Gulf inhabitant's ship seized by attention-seeker | OMANI |
| Learn about wordplay, say | GENUP |
| One leading Bond character, spy showing graft | IMPLANT |
| Pitcher with good left, about to turn one keeping balls in the air | JUGGLER |
| Reviles small car standing in for advanced passenger transports | MINIBUSES |
| Rotating presses: no longer available by-product | SPINOFF |
| Run with garlic mayonnaise including five pasta cases | RAVIOLI |
| Sailors impress girl with Porsche, for instance | LASCARS |
| Snout grabs first of rations, quick to get meal | BREAKFAST |
| Spirit, possible source of moonshine | ARIEL |
| Style books, elite refashioned covers | ENTITLE |
| The French applied to go north in relief | LETUP |
| The setter's lavish hint | IMPLY |
| Those making the cut abruptly keel over | SHORTLIST |
| Two girls, one lacking heart to change | ADAPT |
| Weapon's redundant when base moves west | SPEAR |
| Weary of large portions of piggy used regularly | FATIGUE |
The Telegraph - Cryptic - November 30 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| Best meal cooked around island worthy of praise | ESTIMABLE |
| Bumpkin left out wooden frame | YOKE |
| Cabaret singer familiarly seen in correct hotel | EDITH |
| Call promises of repayment questionable | DUBIOUS |
| Disappointment with TV returned | SETBACK |
| Disturbance after a past engagement? | SHELLSHOCK |
| Dwell on pretentious air | RESIDE |
| Eccentric succeeded in betting | ODDS |
| Follow graduate in teaching | DOGMA |
| Frankfurter, perhaps, adding energy is suitable | GERMANE |
| Helper paid extra in part | AIDE |
| I cut girl misbehaving regarding ceremony | LITURGIC |
| Keep quiet about Conservative going after gear that's tawdry | KITSCH |
| List of those who could turn out for parties? | ELECTORALROLL |
| Little ingenuity, we're told | WHIT |
| Loyalty, say, found in union | ALLEGIANCE |
| Member not so intoxicated | LEGLESS |
| Northern land in front of Germany? It's almost a disaster! | NEARTHING |
| One covers the ground to get the lead and take the gold? | METALDETECTOR |
| One swimming off boat, maybe, gets on without introduction and alters course | DIVERGES |
| Opening of a fresh flower in Yorkshire | APERTURE |
| Provide food bound by intricate restrictions | CATER |
| Serious measures used by group in night-time broadcast? | GRAVEYARDSLOT |
| Service care is shoddy -- the end for many? | MASSACRE |
| Showing diversity, it's taken up sect with posh artist in Scottish island | MULTICULTURAL |
| Sight least prepared is most deplorable | GHASTLIEST |
| Swimmer in river, then bus avoiding cold | ROACH |
| Ten mayors surprisingly holding millions to make clever investment? | SMARTMONEY |