| Clues | Answers |
| ___ a Grand Old Flag | YOURE |
| ___ Star State | LONE |
| ___-out clause | OPT |
| 10th-grade student, for short | SOPH |
| Adam's apple locale | NECK |
| Ballet dancer Pavlova | ANNA |
| Barely got | EKEDOUT |
| Barracks bed | COT |
| Beverage that may be labeled "XXX" | ALE |
| Boozehound | SOAK |
| Buccaneer's sword | CUTLASS |
| Butler who frequented Tara | RHETT |
| Campus area for amorous students? | RANDYQUAD |
| Capek play that debuted the word "robot" | RUR |
| Cause of Cleopatra's death | ASP |
| Common spreadsheet program | EXCEL |
| Co-star of H'wood's "The Brothers McMullen" | EDBURNS |
| Creature from Madagascar | LEMUR |
| Currently watchable | ONNOW |
| Dear, as a memory | FOND |
| Edge of a green | APRON |
| End for Joan of Arc | PYRE |
| Extend across | SPAN |
| Extremely popular | REDHOT |
| Feather's partner | TAR |
| Flutterer around Orange County and L.A.? | SOCALBUTTERFLY |
| Food for a woodpecker | SUET |
| Former attorney general Janet | RENO |
| Game that has Draw Two and Reverse cards | UNO |
| Gardner who played the Barefoot Contessa | AVA |
| German pop star who once had a #2 song | NENA |
| Groan-worthy remark, say | PUN |
| Holed, as a putt | SANK |
| Home to Queen Sonja | OSLO |
| Horse genus | EQUUS |
| James who wrote "Ulysses" | JOYCE |
| Japanese salad green | SEAWEED |
| Judge's voluntary removal from a case | RECUSAL |
| Just as much | EQUALLY |
| Kaplan course subj. | LSAT |
| Lagoon surrounder | ATOLL |
| Large coffee vessel | URN |
| Layers of dark green eggs | EMUS |
| Manages | COPES |
| Many an annex | ELL |
| Marathons, way back when? | GREEKRUNS |
| Means of self-defense | KUNGFU |
| Nectar collector | BEE |
| No seats left letters at a theater | SRO |
| Not at all lax | TAUT |
| Not fully closed | AJAR |
| On the double! | STAT |
| One-named soccer star | PELE |
| Pan-fry | SAUTE |
| Part of a house that projects | EAVE |
| Plot turner | HOE |
| Put-down to someone from Manhattan or the Bronx? | NEWYORKSLANDER |
| Rent out | LET |
| Reporter's non-W query | HOW |
| Rock concert need | AMP |
| S.E.C. school near Atlanta, for short | UGA |
| Salty bagel topper | LOX |
| Set up | FRAME |
| Short fly ball | BLOOP |
| Shrek, for one | OGRE |
| Snack that's often pulled apart | OREO |
| Soapmaker's supply | LYE |
| Spun trap | WEB |
| Talks, talks, talks | YAPS |
| That hurts! | OUCH |
| Unable to see ... or, when taken as a homophone, what today's puzzle answers and clues all are | EYELESS |
| Unusual sort | ODDDUCK |
| Weasley of the Harry Potter books | RON |
| Well done! | GOOD |
| Well-spoken | ELOQUENT |
| What could make you take a deep breath | YOGA |
| When N.F.L. teams don't have to play | BYEWEEKS |
| Where Seoul and Pyongyang are | KOREA |
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New York Times - August 1 2018 Wednesday Crossword Puzzle Answers
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The Telegraph - Cryptic - July 31 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| African animal beside wet ground around lake | WILDEBEEST |
| Changing train -- do it for practice | TRADITION |
| Confusion no good in middle of story | TANGLE |
| Criticism rarely holds up fighting | ARMS |
| Dead slow | LATE |
| Declare area good in street in Paris | ARGUE |
| Deputises for The Queen, returning gifts | REPRESENTS |
| Doctor sent Tom in for medicinal creams | OINTMENTS |
| Dog ignoring black bird | EAGLE |
| Drunk, pa's despair vanishes | DISAPPEARS |
| Esther half-ignored one friend's opinion | ESTIMATE |
| Finished penning king's monotonous speech | DRONE |
| Growth on foot? Run out with severe cramp | CONSTRICT |
| Happens to come from part of church with different conclusion | CHANCES |
| Healthy drinks served here? | LOCAL |
| I highly valued no Republican belief | IDEA |
| Instructions primarily crepe's prepared with? | RECIPE |
| Look -- a second domesticated animal catches cold | ASPECT |
| Oriental cuisine's finale: a small bird | EASTERN |
| Perhaps capturing tailless bird -- one brings it in | SALARY |
| Piece from singer Fitzgerald intended to be heard | ELEMENT |
| Prisoner with court attendee -- one will try to deceive you | CONJUROR |
| School test -- is rebellious group getting pleasure? | SATISFACTION |
| Ship's company held at regular intervals after son's wound | SCREWED |
| South American writers start to exhibit tension | SUSPENSE |
| Tailor contrite with sir's ties | RESTRICTIONS |
| Tone from cash machine: two rings? | ATMOSPHERE |
| Tries raising volunteers with invites | ATTEMPTS |
| We're told beach is safe | SURE |
| Winning -- something a cricketer might be doing? | APPEALING |
The Telegraph - Quick - July 31 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| Ailment | ILLNESS |
| Charm | SPELL |
| Cries | SCREAMS |
| Deserve | EARN |
| Desire | WISH |
| Disperses | SPREADS |
| Donations | GIFTS |
| Favour | PREFER |
| Fib | LIE |
| Frolics | PLAYS |
| Get up | RISE |
| Groaned | SIGHED |
| Large vessel | SHIP |
| Mistake | ERROR |
| Observed | WATCHED |
| Pays attention | LISTENS |
| Pictures | IMAGES |
| Pressing | URGENT |
| Relief for the poor | ALMS |
| Reply | ANSWER |
| Spectres | GHOSTS |
| Stays | REMAINS |
| Ten laps (anag.) | PLANETS |
| Undergarments | DRAWERS |
| Untrue | FALSE |
| Utilised | USED |
| Water as vapour | STEAM |
The Times - Concise - August 1 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7719 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Absorbing or deadening sound | ANECHOIC |
| Arithmetical value | NUMBER |
| Bits | PIECES |
| Bottle stopper | CORK |
| Closed | SHUT |
| Eg, the Severn | RIVER |
| Extremely large | ASTRONOMICAL |
| Female horse | MARE |
| Gain knowledge | LEARN |
| Headlong descent | nose dive |
| High sea wave | TSUNAMI |
| Large cattle farm | RANCH |
| Make a mistake; journey | TRIP |
| Medical instrument | LANCET |
| Model to follow | TEMPLATE |
| Nuclear | ATOMIC |
| Slavish imitator | COPYCAT |
| Small quantity | MODICUM |
| So be it | AMEN |
| Spoken exchange | CONVERSATION |
| Strange religious group | CULT |
| Underground system | METRO |
| Very great; not usual | EXTREME |
| Wrecker | SABOTEUR |
The Times - Cryptic - August 1 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27105 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A cat having tail nibbled by mountain creature | ALPACA |
| Acquisitive old fellow, in our opinion | COVETOUS |
| Air strike failing completely | BOMBING |
| Aristocrat in Elizabethan era | THANE |
| Atmosphere around capital city cold and extremely tense | CLIMATE |
| Borneo's revolutionary playwright | OSBORNE |
| Controversial politician in good health after back operation | POWELL |
| Criticise Yankee wearing the aforementioned garment | PANTYHOSE |
| Fat for suet pudding | roly-poly |
| Horse getting fitter, needing a drink | COBBLER |
| Kid tucked into ends of stale cake | SCONE |
| Limit that is ultimately enforced in urban area | tie down |
| Nameless person greeting visiting queen | ANYONE |
| No small time friend, ostensibly | NOMINALLY |
| Old audit including King and Queen's tax | OVEREXERT |
| Presumably feel obliged to cut speech, of course | needless to say |
| Rejected natural water source | EVIAN |
| River banks protecting one French city | POITIERS |
| Sip beer regularly in teetotal country | TIBET |
| Song writer introducing new end to My Way | penny lane |
| Sons getting work in parts of Malaga lopped tree | sago palm |
| Strip on edge of mown lawn | LINEN |
| Student initially engrossed by article, in French translation | UNSEEN |
| Talks over, sanctions must be resolved | conversations |
| Teachers make disapproving sound or shout at the front | TUTORS |
| To keep going is difficult after exercises, right? | PERSEVERE |
| Turning near Scotsman's place in Highland region | NAIRN |
| Two subjects acceptable in English school | REPTON |
| View endless track followed by European railway | SCENERY |
| With nothing to lose, author uses complex reference book | THESAURUS |
| The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1147 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A boy, ten, helped out? That's totally unacceptable | beyond the pale |
| A party in German's capital can be embarrassing | ABASHING |
| Beautiful woman, one appearing after 60 minutes | HOURI |
| Brat wrecked bit of ski resort's equipment | T-bar |
| Dispute about vessel used for church service? | WORSHIP |
| Drink tea sitting beside Maureen | MOCHA |
| Fail to find top of mountain: give false impression? | MISSPEAK |
| Female in ascendant movement up to now | so far |
| Fish dad cooked in white wine | HADDOCK |
| Flowering plants Doris arranged around church | ORCHIDS |
| Flowing water I have discovered in middle of burrow | RIVER |
| Formal account worker's written about artists retrospectively | HANSARD |
| Going back to base, we do harm, becoming drunk | HOMEWARD |
| Hug little son weighed down by worries | CARESS |
| I cry, all stirred up and emotional | LYRICAL |
| Just a travelling show | FAIR |
| Not on, having diamonds in the workplace? | OFFICE |
| Odd United Nations part of programme cut short | UNEVEN |
| Part to go round audibly | ROLE |
| Restricted in hut, needing source of light | SHACKLED |
| Rinse out something sticky | RESIN |
| Second-rate group of workers? That can be painful | BUNION |
| Spy facing time in servitude | BONDAGE |
| Sudden movement in bar — nothing spilt! | LUNGE |
| Twenty, about to be dismissed, becoming resentful | SORE |
The Guardian - Cryptic - July 31 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| 18 not 51, may be vulgar | KITSCH |
| A dreamer with no name is fragrant | AROMATIC |
| A moonlit romance ultimately makes one thus | EMOTIONAL |
| All-out extremely tight sumo wrestling | UTMOST |
| Channel something heard well | SOUND |
| Credit slip uncovered: don't say a word — it's sensitive | TICKLISH |
| Cultivated member ate out | FARMED |
| Decide about a city in the US | SEATTLE |
| Declared 48 hours before D-day, what makes privates presentable | BIDET |
| Evenly and softly to begin with, that's right: not so hard | EASIER |
| Fancy diet not a cure | ANTI |
| Fiendish foxtrot gives way to tango from within | INTERNAL |
| Flinch from overflow in cesspit | WINCE |
| Going nowhere in commercial break | ADRIFT |
| Had search party status evaluated externally | POSSESSED |
| Harsh lectures to the audience | COARSE |
| Help turned into helping waves | RADIATION |
| Leaves to set up taxi firm | TOBACCO |
| Poor hearing, when one is in the wind | MISTRIAL |
| See 16 | DOTE |
| Small dog locker with doubled top | COCKER |
| Some Laurel and Hardy finally in a fable that's been rewritten | BAYLEAF |
| Start off continent expedition | HASTE |
| Sun now, then rain | MONSOON |
| The next sound as well is a bird | COCKATOO |
| Then compete and start to turn red | SOVIET |
| Those against accepting defeat are in the soup | CROUTONS |
| What covers essay by learner is found | ESTABLISH |
The Guardian - Quick - July 31 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| Actions based on natural feelings | SPONTANEITY |
| Bandit | BRIGAND |
| Bushy boundary | HEDGEROW |
| Chat (someone) up | FLIRT |
| Computer files printed out on paper | HARDCOPY |
| Dependable — loyal | TRUE |
| Extreme excess — fruity pulse (anag) | SUPERFLUITY |
| Far beyond the norm | ULTRA |
| Flat heated surface used for cooking | GRIDDLE |
| Frivolous — dizzy | GIDDY |
| Loot | BOOTY |
| More irritating | ITCHIER |
| More suspicious | FISHIER |
| Podium | DAIS |
| Podium | DAIS |
| Serenader's tune? | LOVESONG |
| Unusually large | HUGE |
| Weaponless self-defence sports | MARTIALARTS |
| With high hills and crags | MOUNTAINOUS |
| With patches of light brown colour on the skin | FRECKLED |
Irish Times (Simplex) - August 1 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| A pair of people | DUO |
| All the colours of the rainbow | SPECTRUM |
| Any living thing | ORGANISM |
| Band of contrasting colour | STRIPE |
| Became aware of | REALISED |
| Clock or watch | TIMER |
| Come upon, meet | ENCOUNTER |
| Consuming food | EATING |
| Decree, fiat | EDICT |
| Emphasised, underlined | STRESSED |
| Express audibly | UTTER |
| Fruits of the oak | ACORNS |
| Grasses at river's edge | REEDS |
| Greek island sought by Odysseus | ITHACA |
| Impair and lower value | DAMAGE |
| Incorporeal being | SPIRIT |
| Jolliest | MERRIEST |
| Kind, class | ILK |
| Last, final or extreme | ULTIMATE |
| Light narrow boat | CANOE |
| Lowest female singing voice | CONTRALTO |
| Mentally quick or radiating light | BRIGHT |
| Most intelligent or most stylish | SMARTEST |
| Not done with purpose or intent | UNWITTING |
| Origin, root | SOURCE |
| Precisely correct | EXACT |
| Principal diocesan church | CATHEDRAL |
| Projected, protruded | JUTTED |
| Propel through the air | THROW |
| Ribbonlike strip of pasta | NOODLE |
| Ship carrying crude oil | TANKER |
| Strange, peculiar | ODD |
| Suitable or appropriate | APT |
| Up to the point that | UNTIL |
| West Indian witchcraft | VOODOO |
| Working with wool and needles | KNITTING |
Irish Times (Crosaire) - August 1 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| A measure of one of those grounded types of sources coming off racecourses | ACRE |
| Architect releases her plan | TACTIC |
| Charge one of those stable types admitting nothing | LOAD |
| Drunk in Tokyo goes after big shot - it's a similar brand my father gave me | NAMESAKE |
| Editorials dismiss diet with salt | SAILOR |
| Endorse a play that's well presented | REASONED |
| Gloria in dress? That's a first! | ORIGINAL |
| Goes through the books of Great Dane's missing agent | READS |
| Half the bunch of flowers cut into pieces in trail recognised by profiler | PSYCHOPATH |
| Hesitantly drops this in an orderly fashion | NEATLY |
| In addition to some potential soundtrack | ALSO |
| Is it meat, bananas or parrots? | IMITATES |
| Kind of sweet for Marsh retiring to Cork | GOBSTOPPER |
| Knocks back drink - it's a reserved type that needs no introduction in The Laurels? | TROPHY |
| Madeleine dismisses lie as put down | DEMEAN |
| Music similar to 8 across coming out of The Cellar | ROCKSALT |
| Mysterious duo after justice for those defending themselves in Osaka | JUDO |
| No Kir in milk bar for one of Mary's followers | LAMB |
| One is consumed by pile in the farmyard - initial odour is never-ending and affects what's going on in printworks | COMPOSITOR |
| Partner admits old city is developed as much as it can be | MATURE |
| Peacekeeper on diet cooked ray contrary to house rules | UNPARLIAMENTARY |
| Pub chain to open up - is that a sign? | CRAB |
| Religious type takes head off bank employer for casting the first stone perhaps | JEWELLER |
| Ruffle someone's feathers with a Green remedy | ENRAGE |
| Run a risk with a feature of the roof around back of the stadium | GAMBLE |
| Show off the plane - it's a Jumbo | ELEPHANT |
| The Spanish sparking wine from Barcelona, for instance, is good at a stretch | ELASTICITY |
| Weekend in Chester mobile? One can draw one's own conclusions! | SKETCHER |
Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - August 1 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| 'Cheers' bartender | SAM |
| 'CSI' network | CBS |
| 'Funny!' | HAHA |
| 'Jabberwocky' starter | TWAS |
| 'King Kong' studio | RKO |
| 'Let me think ...' | HMM |
| 'Monopoly' cubes | DICE |
| 'Peek- !' | ABOO |
| 'This tastes terrible!' | UGH |
| -friendly | USER |
| Altar affirmative | IDO |
| Beholds | SEES |
| Bigwigs | HOTSHOTS |
| Broad | WIDE |
| By way of | VIA |
| Cacophony | DIN |
| Chopper | AXE |
| Computer key | ESC |
| Computer mouse sound | CLICK |
| Converse | CHAT |
| Coup d' | ETAT |
| Cowboy's sweetie | GAL |
| Cracker name | RITZ |
| Detail | ITEM |
| Donkey's comment | HEEHAW |
| Enjoy | LIKE |
| Final notice | OBIT |
| Fun partner | GAMES |
| Glutton | HOG |
| God of war | ARES |
| Goddess of wisdom | ATHENA |
| Help a hood | ABET |
| In favor of | FOR |
| Inquisitive | NOSY |
| Jason's ship | ARGO |
| Jaunty chapeau | BERET |
| Kimono closer | OBI |
| Lincoln nickname | ABE |
| Luxury boats | YACHTS |
| Male turkeys | TOMS |
| Manhattan area | SOHO |
| March Madness gp | NCAA |
| Mentor | GURU |
| Moving vehicle | VAN |
| Now, in a memo | ASAP |
| Picked a target | AIMED |
| Plant-growing site | HOTHOUSE |
| Poet Teasdale | SARA |
| Put two and two together? | ADD |
| Recipe amts | TSPS |
| Regrettably | ALAS |
| Retrieve | GET |
| Roe provider | SHAD |
| Russell of 'Waitress' | KERI |
| Saturates | WETS |
| Sawbuck | TEN |
| Seeps | OOZES |
| Short-tempered folks | HOTHEADS |
| Steerer's place | HELM |
| Suffix for million | AIRE |
| Sundae topper | HOTFUDGE |
| Tic-tac-toe loser | OXO |
| Timber wolf | LOBO |
| Two-tone cookies | OREOS |
| Valentine flower | ROSE |
| Zodiac sign | TAURUS |
Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - August 1 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| Advice to a young man | GOWEST |
| Appointment | POST |
| Authentic | REAL |
| Baseball's Satchel | PAIGE |
| Beach bum's marking | TANLINE |
| Brat's opposite | ANGEL |
| Brewery need | HOPS |
| Bring to bear | EXERT |
| Canvas holder | EASEL |
| Cardinal | RED |
| Choir group | ALTOS |
| Christmas Eve traveler | SANTA |
| Cook's mint | SAGE |
| Crooner Tormé | MEL |
| Crude shed | LEANTO |
| Delighted | GLAD |
| Dolphin's home | SEA |
| Eventually | INTIME |
| Excellent | BANGUP |
| Eye part | RETINA, LENS |
| Firewood holder | ANDIRON |
| Frighten | SCARE |
| Game leader | EMCEE |
| High | STONED |
| Incline | TILT |
| Indulgent | LAX |
| Judicious | WISE |
| Kitchen gadget | RICER |
| La Scala city | MILANO |
| Lincoln nickname | ABE |
| Mural's place | WALL |
| Of the highest quality | TOPLINE |
| Passes the bar? | LIMBOS |
| Position | STAND |
| Publicity act | STUNT |
| Radio part | TUNER |
| Scottish river | DEE |
| Secret store | STASH |
| Slogan | TAGLINE |
| Take willingly | ACCEPT |
| Traps | SNARES |
| Tremendous | GREAT |
| Trips around the track | LAPS |
| Trophy | CUP |
| Wanders | ROAMS |
| Water-skiing need | TOWLINE |
| Wt. units | LBS |
Wall Street Journal - August 1 2018 - Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| 'I was sure that would happen!' | KNEWIT |
| 'Softest clothing wooly bright,' to William Blake? | LAMBCOAT |
| Alert from the LAPD | APB |
| Ape who's mastered the art of the deal? | BARGAININGCHIMP |
| Assist the driver, in a way | NAVIGATE |
| Barber creation | OPERA |
| BBs, e.g | AMMO |
| Bejeweled toppers | TIARAS |
| Bit of advice | TIP |
| Broke down | WEPT |
| Brush alternative | ROLLER |
| Caddie's suggestion | IRON |
| Cardi B's field | RAP |
| Cheers | ELATES |
| Chicken source | EGG |
| Claim | ASSERT |
| Classic British two-seaters | MGS |
| Corsage need | PIN |
| Counter offer | SODA |
| Desire | HOPE |
| Domestic refuge | DEN |
| Durango dwelling | CASA |
| Dynasty founded by Zhu Yuanzhang | MING |
| Eminent | NOTED |
| Evian, for one | RESORT |
| Fish trying to lose that embarrassing reddish tinge? | TANNINGSALMON |
| Fits snugly | NESTS |
| Forgo modesty | BRAG |
| Fragrant accessory | LEI |
| From Russ., before 1991 | SOV |
| Gaping mouth | MAW |
| George W. Bush's CIA head Porter ___ | GOSS |
| Govt. agency concerned with dangerous things | ATF |
| Hi-def buy | LCDTV |
| Hunter who threatened to kill every animal in the world | ORION |
| Identify | NAME |
| Inconsiderate fellow | JERK |
| Inserted, as a movie scene | EDITEDIN |
| Item with a supporting role | BRA |
| Kerosene lamp parts | WICKS |
| Lean on, in a way | BLACKMAIL |
| Makes pricier, in a way | BIDSUP |
| Med. sch. course | ANAT |
| Mete out | ALLOT |
| More, in Mexico | MAS |
| Morse click | DIT |
| Move suddenly | DART |
| Offered as clarification | ADDED |
| Org. for 7-Down | NBA |
| Palindromic pop group | ABBA |
| Place for playing | ARCADE |
| Plane fare? | SNACKS |
| Popular scooter | VESPA |
| Port on the Arabian Peninsula | ADEN |
| Prof's address ender | EDU |
| Proposes as a price | ASKS |
| Remote button | REC |
| Rodent gang? | MICEPACK |
| Roof overhang | EAVE |
| Scissors beater | ROCK |
| Senators' org | NHL |
| Service | REPAIR |
| Shooting guard Crawford | JAMAL |
| Solder component | TIN |
| Some architecture firm workers | DRAFTSMEN |
| St. crosser | AVE |
| Tibetan capital | LHASA |
| Torah teacher | RABBI |
| Toy for spring | KITE |
| Toy for winter | SLED |
| Tuneup target | MOTOR |
| Vengeful spirit feared by furriers? | INVISIBLEMINK |
| Web crawlers | BOTS |
| Well-produced stuff | OIL |
| Yogurt drink | LASSI |
| ___ Angeles | LOS |
| ___ pro nobis | ORA |
| ___ the Impaler | VLAD |