| Clues | Answers |
| 'In the same place,' in a footnote | IBID |
| 'Lay Lady Lay' singer Bob | DYLAN |
| 'Roots,' e.g | SAGA |
| 1997 Matt Damon movie | GOODWILLHUNTING |
| 2000 U.S. Open champion Marat | SAFIN |
| 2012 thriller set in Iran | ARGO |
| A son of 41-Across | ABEL |
| Added a lane to, say | WIDENED |
| Added zip to | SPICED |
| Affix, as a patch | IRONON |
| Any radio station | AIRER |
| Area 51 corpse, some believe | ALIEN |
| Auxiliary action at Vegas | SIDEBET |
| B&B part | BED |
| Barton of the Red Cross | CLARA |
| Bay of Fundy phenomena | TIDES |
| Belgian songsmith Jacques | BREL |
| Blew a gasket | RAGED |
| Capital on a fjord | OSLO |
| Checklist line | ITEM |
| Cochlea's place | EAR |
| Come home safely | SCORE |
| Craft for Hiawatha | CANOE |
| Dim bulbs | DOLTS |
| Drones or workers | BEES |
| Evoking goosebumps | EERIE |
| Floral gift in Hawaii | LEI |
| Frequently, to bards | OFT |
| Frozen treats | ICES |
| Gambling mecca near Lake Tahoe | RENO |
| Give a boost to | AID |
| Good-natured exchange | BANTER |
| Grated cheese choice | ROMANO |
| Group of orcas | POD |
| Had a bug | AILED |
| Hang in there | STAY |
| Having all one's marbles | SANE |
| Help in a heist | ABET |
| HOMES member | ERIE |
| Indy 500 month | MAY |
| Jim Morrison's band, with 'the' | DOORS |
| Just so-so | FAIR |
| Knish filling | POTATO |
| Like the three pigs of fable | LITTLE |
| Loud, like the surf | AROAR |
| Most sincere attempt | BESTFOOTFORWARD |
| Newcastle upon ___, England | TYNE |
| Patronize Airbnb | RENT |
| Paycheck extra | BONUS |
| Performer with no lines | MIME |
| Pioneering deejay Freed | ALAN |
| Pirate's plunder | BOOTY |
| Place to moor | INLET |
| Place to surf | WEB |
| Pot starter | ANTE |
| Prima donna's delivery | ARIA |
| React to a bad call, say | BOO |
| Reporting to | UNDER |
| Seal's flipper, e.g | LIMB |
| Sighting from the crow's-nest | LAND |
| Sing like Satchmo | RASP |
| Slapstick missiles | PIES |
| Some artists' studios | LOFTS |
| Some hair applications | GELS |
| Sound of trumpets | BLARE |
| Stannite, e.g | TINORE |
| Stormy weather sound | THUNDER |
| Strauss of denim | LEVI |
| Ticklish Muppet | ELMO |
| Unsympathetic words of relief | BETTERYOUTHANME |
| Victim of temptation, in Genesis | EVE |
| Volcanic spew | ASH |
| Was in terror of | DREADED |
| Wile E. Coyote's explosive | TNT |
| With the bow, in music | ARCO |
| Words of prohibition | DONOT |
| Wroclaw's river | ODER |
| Yank from the ground | UPROOT |
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USA Today - Sep 30 2018 Sunday Crossword Puzzle Answers
USA Today - Sep 30 2018 Sunday
L.A. Times Daily - Sep 30 2018 Sunday Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| "God Bless America" landscape word | PRAIRIES |
| "High Hopes" lyricist | CAHN |
| "How goes it, Jose?" | COMOESTA |
| "I'll think about it" | MAYBE |
| "Little Beau __": 1952 toon about a skunk | PEPE |
| "Nixon in China" composer John | ADAMS |
| "Taxi" dispatcher | LOUIE |
| "Tiny Alice" dramatist | ALBEE |
| "Tomb Raider" star Vikander | ALICIA |
| "Wicked Game" singer Chris | ISAAK |
| *"Dead Poets Society" setting | BOARDINGSCHOOL |
| *Camping out, say | ROUGHINGIT |
| *Electric vehicle need | CHARGINGSTATION |
| *Fish story theme | HOOKINGTHEBIGONE |
| *Having a blowout sale | SLASHINGPRICES |
| *Like a man resisting the urge to argue | HOLDINGHISTONGUE |
| *Pressurized undersea compartment | DIVINGBELL |
| 1977 medical thriller | COMA |
| A deal may be made under it, with "the" | TABLE |
| Actress Massey | ILONA |
| Ad preceder? | DEUCE |
| Ages and ages | EONS |
| Apple platform | IOS |
| Apt sports org. for this puzzle | NHL |
| Arena worker | USHER |
| Aroused | TURNEDON |
| Arthur of "The Golden Girls" | BEA |
| Asgard group | AESIR |
| ATM feature | SLOT |
| Auto safety device | AIRBAG |
| Bank built for a rainy day | LEVEE |
| Became clear | JELLED |
| Birth announcement word | GIRL |
| Bit of roller derby protection | ELBOWPAD |
| Blackmailed | BLED |
| Blue hue | CYAN |
| Border | ABUT |
| Bulldogs fan | ELI |
| Burj Khalifa's city | DUBAI |
| Bus path: Abbr | RTE |
| Came down with | GOT |
| Canceled, as an event | OFF |
| Casual "Pass" | NAH |
| Check, in a way | READD |
| Cherry and crimson | REDS |
| Christmas tree topper | ANGEL |
| Come after | ENSUE |
| Compos mentis | SANE |
| Corrida cry | OLE |
| Counterculture icon Hoffman | ABBIE |
| Craving | ITCH |
| Crunched figures | DATA |
| Culture dish media | AGARS |
| Cybernuisance | SPAM |
| Designer monogram | YSL |
| Disaster site procedures | TRIAGES |
| DJIA part: Abbr | AVG |
| Ear decoration | STUD |
| Endangered layer | OZONE |
| Ending for gab or talk | FEST |
| Enticement | ALLURE |
| Fed. workplace watchdog | OSHA |
| Fiendish sort | OGRE |
| Fifth-century nomad | HUN |
| Fireside treats | SMORES |
| Fragrant wood | CEDAR |
| From head __ | TOTOE |
| Genesis creator | SEGA |
| Get decked out | TOGUP |
| Go __ great length | ONAT |
| Goatee-stroking words | ISEE |
| Going every which way | DIVERGING |
| Green | NEW |
| Gumshoes, for short | PIS |
| Halve | BISECT |
| Herd voices | MOOS |
| Hot belt, with "the" | TROPICS |
| House of Commons vote | NAY |
| In addition | TOO |
| Israeli heat? | UZI |
| It's pressed for oil | OLIVE |
| Kick off the flight | BUMP |
| Leveling wedge | SHIM |
| Like neon | NOBLE |
| Lion king | ASLAN, SIMBA |
| Log | ENTER |
| Long-nosed fish | GAR |
| Many a Snapchat user | TEEN |
| Mess maker | SLOB |
| Military order | ATEASE |
| Minute critter | AMEBA |
| More than cool | ICY |
| Mosey | AMBLE |
| Most populous | DENSEST |
| NBA exec Danny | AINGE |
| Neatnik's possible condition, briefly | OCD |
| Nice with? | AVEC |
| Once, sometimes | ENOUGH |
| Pal of Grover | ELMO |
| Passé | DATED |
| Persian call | MEOW |
| Piece of dirt | CLOD |
| Plains native | OTOE |
| Powerful | SINEWED |
| Pricing word | PER |
| Promise of dire consequences | ORELSE |
| Pump, e.g | SHOE |
| Punishment with a grounding | NOTV |
| Puppet extension? | EER |
| Put the kibosh on | NIXED |
| Red __: spicy candies | HOTS |
| Rival of ancient Carthage | UTICA |
| Road crew worker | PAVER |
| Rock subculture | EMO |
| Scintilla | IOTA |
| Sink | BASIN |
| Slipped __ | DISC |
| Slowly crept | INCHED |
| Some lighters | BICS |
| Source of a Pasadena parade aroma | ROSES |
| Split to be tied? | ELOPE |
| Spoils recipient | VICTOR |
| Stalks in a pie | RHUBARB |
| Stern warning | DONT |
| Stiller's partner | MEARA |
| Stirred | MOVED |
| Suffix with gymnast | ICS |
| Swear | CUSS |
| Tank filler | FUEL |
| Target of adoration | IDOL |
| Temporarily disqualified due to an infraction that begins any of seven answers to starred clues | INTHEPENALTYBOX |
| Third face of Eve? | SETH |
| Throws out | EJECTS |
| Tool needing wringing | WETMOP |
| Tries to score | SHOOTS |
| Underground invader | WEED |
| Unreturnable, as a bottle | NODEPOSIT |
| Waist container? | BELT |
| Wasn't straight | LIED |
| __ Beach: L.A. suburb | REDONDO |
| __ curls | BICEP |
| __ hall | MESS |
| __ salts | EPSOM |
New York Times - Sep 30 2018 Sunday Crossword Puzzle Answers
Across
1. Outlaw : BAN
4. Electrical systems : GRIDS
9. 2011 N.B.A. champs, for short : MAVS
13. Bahrain bigwigs : EMIRS
18. Flap : ADO
19. Up : RISEN
20. Jesus, for one : ALOU
21. Hawaiian island : LANAI
22. Tease : RIB
23. Nissan Leaf, e.g. : ECOCAR
25. "C'mon, we'll be fine" : ROLLWITHIT
27. 1991 Disney heroine : BELLE
29. Like many Rolex watches sold on the street : FAKE
30. Establish a mood : SETTHETONE
31. Epithet for Leona Helmsley : QUEENOFMEAN
34. Sunbeam : RAY
35. Persians, e.g. : RUGS
36. Fishing tool : SPEAR
37. Fishing tool : POLE
38. Lovey : HON
39. 100 centavos : PESO
40. Took the trophy : WON
43. Ear piece? : COB
45. Admiring words : IMAFAN
47. Gave drugs : DOSED
48. Accra-to-Khartoum dir. : ENE
49. Buildup during vacation : EMAIL
51. Fishing tool : ROD
52. Troubles : AILS
53. Daughter of Anakin and Padmé : LEIA
55. Right angle : ELL
56. Not on terra firma, say : ASEA
57. Makeup of many a veggie dog : SOY
58. Watch chain : FOB
61. Like merlot and zinfandel, typically : FULLBODIED
64. Equal chance : FAIRSHAKE
67. Kind of court : APPEALS
68. Back cover? : CAPE
69. Leather-clad TV warrior : XENA
70. In a footnote : CITED
71. Test that's done in ink : RORSCHACH
73. Mary-Kate, to Ashley : TWINSISTER
75. Fictional creature whose name is Old English for "giant" : ENT
76. Up on things : HIP
77. Grandiose : EPIC
80. Command to a dog : SPEAK
81. Heist target : SAFE
82. Tide detergent capsules : PODS
83. New Left org. : SDS
84. Basis for a raise : MERIT
86. Qualifiers : IFS
87. Paroxysm : THROE
89. Simba's father in a Disney musical : MUFASA
91. Jets can be found in one : SPA
92. Allow to : LET
93. Churn : ROIL
94. "Mamma Mia!" song that begins "Where are those happy days?" : SOS
95. British royal : ANNE
97. It's often served on toasted white bread, for short : BLT
99. Cut : SAWN
100. N.L. Central player : CUB
101. Builder of Israel's first temple : KINGSOLOMON
106. Website feature resembling an odometer : HITCOUNTER
110. Mate of a colorful bird : PEAHEN
111. Hooch : BOOZE
112. Live : INREALTIME
113. Western gas brand : TESORO
115. Popular fruit drink : POM
116. Debunk? : ROUST
117. Sixth of 24 : ZETA
118. He might provide assistance after a crash : ITGUY
119. French article : UNE
120. Bit of salon detritus : TRESS
121. Collapsed red giant? : USSR
122. Marina sights : MASTS
123. Item that disturbs sleep four times in this puzzle : PEA
Down
1. Backyard get-together, briefly : BARBQ
2. "So long" : ADIEU
3. Lofty : NOBLE
4. Environmental advocacy group : GREENPEACE
5. Documentarian Burns who's the brother of Ken : RIC
6. Has a vacation day : ISOFF
7. Leave suddenly : DECAMP
8. Bunkum : SNAKEOIL
9. Home to the 72,000-foot volcano Olympus Mons : MARS
10. Moisturizer ingredient : ALOE
11. 1980s cartoon robot : VOLTRON
12. Islamic sovereign : SULTAN
13. Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
14. Item lain upon four times in this puzzle : MATTRESS
15. Not farmed out : INHOUSE
16. Chaac, to Mayans : RAINGOD
17. Places : SITES
24. Domain : REALM
26. "Who's on First?" left fielder : WHY
28. Jazz's McCann : LES
32. Start of the line that includes "wherefore art thou" : OROMEO
33. Approaches : NEARS
38. Tippled : HADAFEW
39. Government study, informally : POLYSCI
40. Government aid : WELFARE
41. Beating by a hole, in match play : ONEUPON
42. Rock star known for his 360-degree drum set : NEILPEART
44. Parts of Mr. Clean and Lex Luthor costumes : BALDCAPS
46. Antagonist : FOE
47. J'adore perfumer : DIOR
50. Concerning a pelvic bone : ILIAC
52. Certain Far Eastern fruits : ASIANPEARS
54. Shakespeare title starter : ALLS
56. Suffix with lime : ADE
58. Feature of a probability distribution where extreme events are more likely : FATTAIL
59. Georgia, in the art world : OKEEFFE
60. Doctor's orders, often : BEDREST
62. Future plan for many an econ major : BSCHOOL
63. Home of the ancient Temple of Artemis : EPHESUS
65. Flavoring in the Mideast drink arak : ANISE
66. Cat-meets-dog sound : HISS
69. "Skylarking" band : XTC
72. Command at a surprise party : HIDE
74. Popular game with 162 cards : SKIPBO
78. Common download : PDF
79. "Wicked Game" vocalist Chris : ISAAK
82. Any of the four people disturbed in this puzzle : PRINCESS
84. Where Karl Benz debuted the world's first auto : MANNHEIM
85. 16-ounce beers, slangily : TALLBOYS
87. Grammy winner Meghan : TRAINOR
88. "Yes, quite" : HOWTRUE
89. Unsavory connections : MOBTIES
90. Criticize snidely : SNIPEAT
94. Who wrote "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting" : SUNTZU
96. Discharged matter : EGESTA
98. Overly : TOO
99. Top : SHIRT
100. ___-de-sac : CUL
102. Canoodles, in Britain : SNOGS
103. Clean a spill : MOPUP
104. Air supply : OZONE
105. Setting of Hercules' first labor : NEMEA
107. Wild ___ : OATS
108. Grp. with a saving plan? : EMTS
109. Parent : REAR
114. Dead-end job, e.g. : RUT
New York Times - Sep 29 2018 Saturday Crossword Puzzle Answers
Across
1. Balaclava, for one : KNITCAP
8. Approximately five milliliters: Abbr. : TSP
11. Invasive plant? : SPY
14. "Don't mean any disrespect," in modern lingo : NOSHADE
15. Powerful tablet : IPADPRO
17. Add to a database : ENTERIN
18. Walgreens competitor : RITEAID
19. Level : ECHELON
20. Bolster : ENHANCE
21. Algae touted as a superfood : SEAMOSS
22. Equipment used with goggles : SNORKEL
23. Bánh ___ (Vietnamese cake) : TET
24. Dope : ASS
25. Like idol worshipers : STARSTRUCK
31. Commercial name that becomes a Native American tribe if you move its first letter to the end : IHOP
35. Counterpart of 6-Down : HOLA
36. Daring way to go : ROGUE
37. Not go in a straight line : ROVE
38. Give a whoop : YELL
39. Part of some love triangles : OTHERWOMAN
41. Word before or after "one" : DAY
43. Ahead of, old-style : ERE
44. Infrequent losers : CASINOS
48. Natural fuel source : BIOMASS
52. Decides to abstain : OPTSOUT
53. Juice brand owned by Coca-Cola : ODWALLA
54. Nutty confection : PRALINE
55. Indian restaurant fixture : TANDOOR
56. It may be broken in a library : SILENCE
57. Major Tuscan export : CHIANTI
58. Gang members : ELK
59. ___ Prize (onetime annual $1 million award) : TED
60. Person who's spectacularly awful : HOTMESS
Down
1. Places for braces : KNEES
2. Specific occasion : NONCE
3. Sassy response to a scolding : ISTHATALL
4. Green land : THEEMERALDISLE
5. Where models are assembled? : CARLOTS
6. "See ya!" : ADIOS
7. ___ Landing (part of Philadelphia) : PENNS
8. Runs out of gas : TIRES
9. Three-cornered sail : SPINNAKER
10. Rhetoric class concept : PATHOS
11. Back slap? : SPANK
12. Sales figure : PRICE
13. Go through a voice change? : YODEL
16. Formal opening : DEARSIRORMADAM
25. Not forward : SHY
26. Little wiggler : TOE
27. Gold standard : TROYOUNCE
28. Turn : ROT
29. "I'm gonna be sick!" : UGH
30. Stick in a ball-and-stick game : CUE
32. Classic film with a screaming boy on its poster : HOMEALONE
33. Monthly travelers? : OVA
34. Sty, e.g. : PEN
40. 2013 hit for 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa : WEOWNIT
42. Formally choose : ANOINT
44. Thicket : COPSE
45. When the Boston Marathon is held : APRIL
46. Most of a sugar cane : STALK
47. Charger : STEED
48. Screw up : BOTCH
49. Locale of America's deepest gorge : IDAHO
50. Lineup in 44-Across : SLOTS
51. Colorful wraps : SARIS
USA Today - Sep 29 2018 Saturday Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| 'Around the Horn' channel | ESPN |
| 'Squeezin's' grain | CORN |
| '___ Boot' (classic war movie) | DAS |
| '___ Buttermilk Sky' (1946 song) | OLE |
| '___ day now . . .' | ANY |
| 500-mile event, briefly | INDY |
| Ankle holster contents | CONCEALEDWEAPON |
| Any noble element | GAS |
| Atoll's makeup | CORAL |
| Baseball's Bartolo | COLON |
| Basketball card figure | HEIGHT |
| Belgian treaty city | GHENT |
| Builder's detail, briefly | SPEC |
| Bureaucratic snarl | REDTAPE |
| Cartoonists' creations, once | CELS |
| Cask component | STAVE |
| Chevrolet plug-in hybrid | VOLT |
| Code cracker Turing | ALAN |
| Competed at 27-Down | RACED |
| Competitor in a slam | POET |
| Concludes one's case | RESTS |
| Conductor Sir Georg | SOLTI |
| Congested cavity, perhaps | SINUS |
| Cried 'uncle!' | GAVE |
| Depot posting, informally | SKED |
| Diamond fakeout | HIDDENBALLTRICK |
| Dole out | ALLOT |
| Down with a bug | ILL |
| Drive-thru request | ORDER |
| Either of two PC keys | ALT |
| Enthusiasm, plus | MANIA |
| ESPN's Courage Award namesake | ASHE |
| Excited, with 'up' | AMPED |
| Fry cooks' utensils | PANS |
| Game of chukkers | POLO |
| Greek salad morsel | OLIVE |
| Having a door ding, say | DENTED |
| Hoof-smoothing file | RASP |
| iPhone downloads | APPS |
| It's more pleasant than a 5-Down | AROMA |
| Lagoon's locale | ATOLL |
| Layer of huge green eggs | EMU |
| Like devil worship | SATANIC |
| Like nonhuman tweeters | AVIAN |
| Like petting-zoo animals | TAME |
| LOL, vocalized | HAHA |
| Londoner's 'later!' | TATA |
| Long prison term | LIFE |
| Made, as a deadline | MET |
| Main idea | GIST |
| Most student drivers | TEENS |
| No longer obsessed with | OVER |
| Not as loopy | SANER |
| One of the Baltic states | ESTONIA |
| One on parole | EXCON |
| Open with a box cutter | SLIT |
| Org. covered by 19-Down | NHL |
| Palindromic Genesis name | EVE |
| Ponte Vecchio's river | ARNO |
| Post-exertion feeling | ACHE |
| Pub round | ALES |
| Pulled a six-shooter | DREW |
| Roman 'fiddler' | NERO |
| Shoreline problem | EROSION |
| Short piece at La Scala | ARIETTA |
| Sickening emanation | STENCH |
| Some pass catchers | ENDS |
| Sought a seat | RAN |
| Sounds of shock | GASPS |
| Stand watch for, say | ABET |
| Subtle dig, e.g | VEILEDREFERENCE |
| Sugar-free, perhaps | DIET |
| Swellhead's problem | EGO |
| The Emerald Isle, to poets | ERIN |
| Thor or Odin | GOD |
| Tin Woodsman's prop | AXE |
| Tracy's Trueheart | TESS |
| Win the favor of | ENDEAR |
Universal - Sep 28 2018 Friday Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| "As a result ..." | ERGO |
| "Clair de ___" | LUNE |
| "Say what?" | HUH |
| "___ and the City" | SEX |
| "___ of Dogs" | ISLE |
| Adrift between continents | ASEA |
| Always, in Shakespeare | EER |
| Any ABBA member | SWEDE |
| Atomic centers | NUCLEI |
| Attire, informally | TOGS |
| Australian fowl | EMU |
| Belt type | GARTER |
| Bird pouch near the throat | CRAW |
| Bobcat kin | OCELOT |
| Book unit | PAGE |
| Canal near Canada | ERIE |
| Cardboard type | CORRUGATED |
| Caught in a trap | ENSNARED |
| Cookout spot | PATIO |
| Crying proof | TEARS |
| Dada co-founder | ARP |
| Devotional coverings? | PRAYERRUGS |
| Editor's leave it | STET |
| Egg of ancient Rome | OVUM |
| Foe | ENEMY |
| Former Italian currency | LIRE |
| Former Steelers coach | NOLL |
| Friendly type? | USER |
| Genesis garden | EDEN |
| Georgetown is its capital | GUYANA |
| Good plot size | ACRE |
| Goon squad member | THUG |
| Guessed incorrectly | ERRED |
| Guy with over and out? | ROGER |
| High or low card | ACE |
| High-protein beans | SOYS |
| Huge African antelope | ORYX |
| Infamous musical emperor | NERO |
| Less ready to pick | UNRIPER |
| Little bell's sound | TING |
| Little water spin | EDDY |
| Living room piece | DIVAN |
| Long-legged shore bird | EGRET |
| Makes an A an A-plus | REGRADES |
| Makes uneasy | PERTURBS |
| Marry inexpensively | ELOPE |
| Ominous sign | AUGURY |
| One proposal response | YES |
| Permit granters | ISSUERS |
| Pi-sigma link | RHO |
| Place for hens | COOP |
| Play charades | MIME |
| Popular November side | YAMS |
| Powdery residue | ASH |
| Powerful adhesive | EPOXY |
| Prefix with "bodies" | ANTI |
| Reach emotionally | GETTO |
| Really old T | REX |
| Region | AREA |
| Relative of "What?!" | EGAD |
| River Shannon locale | EIRE |
| Rough sport in some U.K. schools | GIRLSRUGBY |
| Sana'a citizen | YEMENI |
| Scythe stuff up | REAP |
| Secret love affair | AMOUR |
| Smooth tomato puree | PASSATA |
| Soaked | WET |
| Spread about the ground | SOWN |
| Stuffs one's gut | ENGORGES |
| Tense sports score | TIE |
| Thaw a windshield | DEICE |
| They're pharmaceutical | DRUGSTORES |
| Things counted in gyms | REPS |
| This crossword's cover-up | RUG |
| Toothpaste container | TUBE |
| Unoriginal and boring | BANAL |
| Wilder of comedies | GENE |
| Zeus' wife | HERA |
L.A. Times Daily - Sep 28 2018 Friday Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| "... __ the set of sun": "Macbeth" | ERE |
| "More than I wanted to know" | TMI |
| "__ arigato": Japanese "thanks a lot" | DOMO |
| 2018 awards event hosted by Danica Patrick | ESPYS |
| Apple stalk | STEM |
| Artist Magritte | RENE |
| Auto pioneer | OLDS |
| Aware of | ONTO |
| Bad way to run | ONEMPTY |
| Baldwin brother | ALEC |
| Balls for cats? | FELINEDANCES |
| Blue Cross rival | AETNA |
| Brief interjections | UMS |
| Bronzed My Little Pony figurines? | HOOFEDORNAMENTS |
| Celebrity socialite | ITGIRL |
| Challenge for a stylist | MOP |
| Cochlear transplant site | INNEREAR |
| Colgate feature | DORM |
| Compact | TERSE |
| Composer's choice | KEY |
| Confident way to solve crosswords | ININK |
| Date | SEE |
| Dishonor | ABASE |
| ExxonMobil trading name | ESSO |
| Floor hockey venue | GYM |
| For one | APOP |
| Give an address | ORATE |
| GNC offering, and a chemical hint to three long puzzle answers | IRONSUPPLEMENTS |
| Golden Age TV star | BERLE |
| Gradually get tired | FADE |
| Hall partner | OATES |
| Hawkers of thin cookies? | WAFERMONGERS |
| Holiday and Days | INNS |
| Home run path | ARC |
| In the thick of | AMID |
| It may be loaded with books | EREADER |
| It might go for a buck | DOE |
| Itsy-bitsy | WEE |
| Jazz Age toon | BOOP |
| Kicks out | EXILES |
| Landmark Manhattan theater | APOLLO |
| Laundry unit | ARMLOAD |
| Letters on a returned check | NSF |
| Luke's sister | LEIA |
| Marvin __ | GARDENS |
| Mickey's pal | GOOFY |
| Misnomer for a modern golf driver | WOOD |
| Name on the "Alice's Restaurant" album | ARLO |
| Noble gas | NEON |
| Nota __ | BENE |
| Openly display | EXUDE |
| Paris Agreement subj | GHG |
| Put one's feet up | LOLL |
| Renaissance immortal known as the "Father of the Scientific Method" | GALILEO |
| Sawyer's pal | FINN |
| Seasoned seafarer | OLDSALT |
| Sneak preview, say | PROMO |
| Some UPS deliveries | CODS |
| Sport with electric weapons | EPEE |
| Stick in the water | OAR |
| Stored in a cask, say | AGING |
| Surfer's greeting | DUDE |
| Surveillance org | NSA |
| Tennis great with three Grand Slam titles | ASHE |
| Test subject with whiskers | LABRAT |
| They're low-risk | SAFEBETS |
| Titlist? | OWNER |
| Took off | ROSE |
| Trip odometer control | RESET |
| Violet in a bed | PANSY |
| Wanes | EBBS |
| What drama queens do | EMOTE |
| Without a break | ONEND |
| Wobbly table stabilizer | SHIM |
| Wound application | ALOE |
| __ panel | SOLAR |
New York Times - Sep 28 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
Across
1. Suzanne Somers's role on "Three's Company" : CHRISSY
8. Wind River tribe : ARAPAHO
15. Cornmeal treat : HOECAKE
16. Crescent-shaped : LUNULAR
17. Called things off : ENDEDIT
18. Star-studded event held annually at the Anna Wintour Costume Center in New York : METGALA
19. Highway divider : MEDIAN
20. Marriott competitor : RADISSON
21. "You ain't ___!" : LYIN
22. Six-time All-Star Ron : CEY
23. Where college students might take a stand? : KEG
24. Inclined : APT
25. Some acts : DUOS
27. Mercedes line : CCLASS
30. 2001 Destiny's Child #1 hit with the lyric "I don't think you ready for this jelly" : BOOTYLICIOUS
33. Notoriously spoiled sort : TRUSTFUNDBABY
36. Figures in the Edda : NORSEDEITIES
38. Peak that marks the eastern boundary of Yosemite Natl. Park : MTDANA
41. LP, e.g. : DISC
42. Dennings of "2 Broke Girls" : KAT
43. Apple picker : EVE
44. Writer whose room at the University of Virginia is now a mini-museum : POE
45. Big name in house paint : BEHR
46. Gizmodo or Engadget : TECHBLOG
50. Autobiographer who wrote that tennis is "the loneliest sport" : AGASSI
52. Preferred seating, for some : EXITROW
53. Wreck : SMASHUP
54. Colorful beach sighting : REDTIDE
55. Started fuming : GOTSORE
56. King's staff : SCEPTER
57. Marched : TROOPED
Down
1. Place to get solutions, in brief : CHEMLAB
2. Spy who trades sex for secrets, informally : HONEYPOT
3. User of a popular social news site : REDDITOR
4. Strand during the winter, say : ICEIN
5. Actress Thompson of "Family" : SADA
6. Hide : SKIN
7. Besides : YET
8. Revlon cosmetics brand : ALMAY
9. Wanted to take back, say : RUED
10. Not having : ANTI
11. Boxers : PUGS
12. Setting for the 1996 best seller "Into the Wild" : ALASKA
13. Symbols of innocence : HALOES
14. Jungle swingers, for short : ORANGS
20. Certain adopted pet : RESCUEDOG
22. Salon jobs : COIFS
25. Vacuum brand : DYSON
26. Super-super : ULTRA
27. Does some computer work : CODES
28. Like the equation ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d = 0 : CUBIC
29. What the Clintons each took before they met, in brief : LSAT
31. ___ steak : TUNA
32. Nonmainstream : INDIE
34. Store that really should have a spokesperson : BIKESHOP
35. "Why not!" : YEAHSURE
37. Zebralike : STRIPED
38. Olympic marks : METERS
39. Network V.I.P. : TVEXEC
40. Call : DECIDE
44. Remote button : POWER
45. The assassin Sparafucile, in "Rigoletto" : BASSO
47. Online lead-in : HTTP
48. One who's "knackered" when exhausted, informally : BRIT
49. Big vein : LODE
50. Spanish sweetheart : AMOR
51. Cancún kitty : GATO
53. Drill master: Abbr. : SGT
Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 28 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| Answer to a problem | SOLUTION |
| Appear, look | SEEM |
| As a general rule | NORMALLY |
| Augury, portent | OMEN |
| Calculating the sum | ADDING |
| Destroy completely | DEMOLISH |
| Detailed examination of structure and content | ANALYSIS |
| Dinge, depression | DENT |
| Directs a patient to a specialist, say | REFERS |
| Dissenting clique | FACTION |
| Fatty deposit on inner lining of an artery | ATHEROMA |
| Fatty tissue | ADIPOSE |
| Final breath or done at the last possible moment of effort | LASTGASP |
| Goals, objectives | ENDS |
| It's better to light one than curse the darkness, it's said | CANDLE |
| Jack, queen or king | FACECARD |
| Large group of fish | SCHOOL |
| Luck, fortune | CHANCE |
| Messenger of the Greek gods | HERMES |
| Movement towards a goal | PROGRESS |
| Nonetheless | EVENSO |
| One instalment of a series | EPISODE |
| Rewarding vegetable | CARROT |
| Royal tombs of Egypt | PYRAMIDS |
| Science-fiction creatures | ALIENS |
| Sea in the North Atlantic with no land borders | SARGASSO |
| Serious, sincere | EARNEST |
| Stringed instrument | VIOLIN |
| Tool with two crossed blades | SCISSORS |
| Tracks, paths | TRAILS |
| Triangular part of the front on a classical building | PEDIMENT |
| Wandered about without any destination | ROAMED |
Irish Times (Crosaire) - Sep 28 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| A smashing time to get one up on Dawn? | BREAKOFDAY |
| Boutiques losing out to one of those from fish restaurant | BISQUE |
| Build goes around man-made lake | MAKE |
| Concede 24 across is absent with 22 across | MAKEACONFESSION |
| Dante left untainted by one of those base types | UNIT |
| Earns a rollicking for fighting fighters | ARENAS |
| Endless cloud off island bordering Mississippi? | MISSOURI |
| Father is bound to hear this is a revelation | CONFESSION |
| Frenchman in Lebanon working for The Count | NOBLEMAN |
| Insect perhaps from safari | WEBBROWSER |
| It's on the agenda to take the peas out of meat pies | ITEM |
| Labour is in a position to do the job that's not impractical | WORKABLE |
| Lecture produced by institute in that line of work | TIRADE |
| Memo from head-banger dismisses Herb | AGENDA |
| No relics in Lake District by order | DIKTAT |
| Pay the costs for extremes of Mediterranean diet | MEET |
| Pitch for the players | CAST |
| Plays a leading role at The Abbey overseeing The Three Sisters, among others | ABBESS |
| Presumably is never out of bounds in unofficial court | KANGAROO |
| Religious leader has a bone to pick in The Warren perhaps | RABBIT |
| Reveal the truth playing a side holding substitute back | DISABUSE |
| Shocked gulag has trouble on the inside | AGHAST |
| They're capable of spreading rubbish by young boxers and a number of those in 10 across, similarly | LITTERBUGS |
| Unfair tension over a person from Eastern Europe | ESTONIAN |
| Vindication for a flower on part of the tree leads to internal analysis | APOLOGIA |
| Well-built fashion centre for the French in lofty structure | ATHLETIC |
| Who goes off Chow Mein produced with shredded steak? | MINCE |
| Zesty flavour coming up out of the garden has its own bite | GNAT |
Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Sep 28 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| ' begins at home' | CHARITY |
| ' bleu!' | SACRE |
| 'Guinness Book' suffix | EST |
| 'Peer Gynt Suite' composer | GRIEG |
| 'Rumor has it ...' | IHEAR |
| 'Tasty!' | MMM |
| 'The Silence of the Lambs' role | LECTER |
| 'Yippee!' | WAHOO |
| Bedouins | ARABS |
| Being, to Brutus | ESSE |
| Ben-Hur's vehicle | CHARIOT |
| Big shot | HONCHO |
| Bio stat | AGE |
| Blinding light | GLARE |
| Boxer's dream | TITLE |
| Chaplin or Sheen | CHARLIE |
| Chaps | MEN |
| Conceit | EGO |
| Crop up | ARISE |
| Dawn goddess | EOS |
| Deep blue | INDIGO |
| Enchanted | CHARMED |
| Enjoyed | LIKED |
| Ersatz swing | TIRE |
| Filch | ROB |
| Fluffy scarf | BOA |
| Ga. neighbor | FLA |
| Governed | RULED |
| Hosp. area | ICU |
| Hosp. scan | MRI |
| Italian 'three' | TRE |
| London insurer | LLOYDS |
| Luggage carrier | PORTER |
| Modern money | EURO |
| Moines | DES |
| Moral principle | ETHIC |
| Naval letters | USS |
| Pac. counterpart | ATL |
| Pat down | FRISK |
| Played a part | ACTED |
| Poem of praise | ODE |
| Potpourri output | SCENT |
| Purse part | STRAP |
| PX patrons | GIS |
| Roadside trash | LITTER |
| Roe provider | SHAD |
| Ruling periods | REIGNS |
| School orgs | PTAS |
| Science room | LAB |
| Scoundrel | CAD |
| Sinbad's bird | ROC |
| Smacks a baseball | SWATS |
| Soprano Scotto | RENATA |
| Specialized vocabulary | ARGOT |
| Stagger | REEL |
| Swiss river | AARE |
| Treaties | PACTS |
| Turkish title | AGHA |
| Unfettered | LOOSE |
| Vegas opener | LAS |
| Well-versed folks? | POETS |
| Witch | HAG |
| Wooden pin | PEG |
| Zodiac feline | LEO |
Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Sep 28 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| 'Aladdin' villain | JAFAR |
| 'Falconer' author John | CHEEVER |
| 'That's revolting!' | UGH |
| 'Wish I could help' | NOCANDO |
| 1978 Warren Beatty film | HEAVENCANWAIT |
| Abound | TEEM |
| Agrees | ASSENTS |
| Attack command | SIC |
| Bank site button | LOGOUT |
| Blockade | SIEGE |
| Blueprint data | SPECS |
| Boxing category | FEATHERWEIGHT |
| Bulldog backer | ELI |
| Cattle call | MOO |
| Cave raider of story | ALIBABA |
| Chiding sound | TUT |
| Church no-no | SIN |
| Coffee, in slang | JOE |
| College heads | DEANS |
| Comfort | SOLACE |
| Drain cover | GRATE |
| Fire proof? | ASHES |
| Fly like a hawk | SWOOP |
| Fresh prefix | NEO |
| Friend of Harry and Hermione | RON |
| Funeral stand | BIER |
| Granola bit | OAT |
| Hawk's love | WAR |
| Incense | ENRAGE |
| Intent look | STARE |
| Locale | SITE |
| Longed | ACHED |
| Medium meeting | SEANCE |
| Musial and Getz | STANS |
| Objective | AIM |
| Oliver's mentor | FAGIN |
| Outdo | ONEUP |
| Place for a pint | PUB |
| Prophets | SEERS |
| Scoundrel | CUR |
| Solemn ceremonies | RITES |
| Some jabs | LEFTS |
| Stable group | HORSES |
| Stylishly quaint | RETRO |
| Tea party guest | ALICE |
| Towel word | HIS |
| UFO pilots | ETS |
| Use a pestle | MASH |
| Wading birds | EGRETS |
| Weather aid | RADAR |
USA Today - Sep 28 2018 Friday Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| 'Clown Prince' of the piano | VICTORBORGE |
| 'Didn't bring my A game' | ILOST |
| 'No sliding' in senior softball, e.g | RULE |
| 'Rapier' quality | WIT |
| 'The mystery is solved!' | AHA |
| 'Titanic' heroine | ROSE |
| Apple's digital servant | SIRI |
| Arboreal slowpoke | SLOTH |
| Base truants | AWOLS |
| Big Apple theater honor | OBIE |
| Blissful spot | EDEN |
| Butt of Garfield's pranks | ODIE |
| Cherry discard | STEM |
| Comedian/banjoist Martin | STEVE |
| Commerce pact since 1994 | NAFTA |
| Cuthbert of '24' | ELISHA |
| Diddly-squat | NADA |
| Dirty look | SCOWL |
| Education Secretary Betsy | DEVOS |
| Eluded the bouncer, say | SNUCKIN |
| Escalator part | STEP |
| Fail financially | GOBUST |
| Far from idle | ACTIVE |
| Gives the appearance | SEEMS |
| Haul to an impound lot | TOW |
| Here-there connection | NOR |
| Himalayan of folklore | YETI |
| In years gone by | AGO |
| Jacksonville grid event | GATORBOWL |
| Janitor's machine | FLOORBUFFER |
| Kisses, in letters | XES |
| Last check box, often | OTHER |
| Least cordial | ICIEST |
| Lightweight mesh fabric | TULLE |
| Like Guinness stout | IRISH |
| Line of work, informally | BIZ |
| Long-eared hoppers | HARES |
| Lothario's look | OGLE |
| Lumber problem | ROT |
| Many English degs | BAS |
| Many Greek tourist spots | ISLES |
| Medicare component | PARTA |
| Monty Python bit | SKIT |
| Most in need of sweeping | SOOTIEST |
| Nation west of Chad | NIGER |
| Nautical pronoun | HER |
| One of a river's pair | BANK |
| One push-up, e.g | REP |
| Paste or pin on | AFFIX |
| Performs like Drake | RAPS |
| Place for a trophy case | DEN |
| Pleased remark from a dressing room | ITFITS |
| Poetic salute | ODE |
| President-turned-chief justice | TAFT |
| Pricey graduation gift | CAR |
| Racetrack placement | WAGER |
| Reason for stitches | GASH |
| Reception salute | TOAST |
| Redhead's dye | HENNA |
| Ride a sailplane | SOAR |
| Ring of blooms | LEI |
| Rock climbers' spikes | PITONS |
| Secret stockpile | STASH |
| Severe spasm | THROE |
| Share a border with | ABUT |
| Shaver's irritation | RAZORBURN |
| Singer in a loft | CHOIRBOY |
| Snaps the cuffs on | NABS |
| Social Register group | ELITE |
| Specialized market segment | NICHE |
| State with a nonrectangular flag | OHIO |
| Stone for most Libras | OPAL |
| Takers of book tours | AUTHORS |
| Talking up | Touting |
| Use one's noodle | THINK |
| Wild West badge | TINSTAR |
| Wind surge | GUST |
| Wintry hazard | SLEET |
The Sun - Two Speed - Sep 27 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| 007 takes brief look inside and outside limits | BEYOND |
| Advocate | ENDORSE |
| Air or tune | MELODY |
| Band score rewritten for The Fugitive | ABSCONDER |
| Barely adequate | MINIMAL |
| Bird died in flock | CROWD |
| Caribbean dance | LIMBO |
| Chest frame | RIBCAGE |
| Copy: one friend keeps it | IMITATE |
| Dark region of Museum Brandhorst | UMBRA |
| Deft comment pedant keeps back | ADEPT |
| Dig dirt on a Democrat | ADMIRE |
| Disease starts initially with the bends? | SCURVY |
| Distinct period covered in Northanger Abbey | ERA |
| Dog among children seized | SECURED |
| Doreen's dislocated back | ENDORSE |
| Dote on | ADORE |
| Episode exactly on time | EVENT |
| Epoch | ERA |
| Error | MISTAKE |
| Extremely dirty and horrible family | DYNASTY |
| Family line | DYNASTY |
| Full shadow | UMBRA |
| Further than | BEYOND |
| Fuss about love | ADORE |
| Go on hands and knees | CRAWL |
| Goads | NEEDLES |
| Happening | EVENT |
| Joined Grant in bed | BLENDED |
| M1 hazard results in blunder | MISTAKE |
| Made safe | SECURED |
| Many set free? | AMNESTY |
| Mark and Mike in unconscious state | COMMA |
| Mimic | IMITATE |
| Multitude | CROWD |
| My holding up benefits causes strain | MELODY |
| Note with a line that's negligible | MINIMAL |
| Oak seed | ACORN |
| Official pardon | AMNESTY |
| One on the run | ABSCONDER |
| Private individual | EXCLUSIVE |
| Punctuation mark | COMMA |
| Quaintly amusing | DROLL |
| Regard with respect | ADMIRE |
| Sailor's disease (historical) | SCURVY |
| Scoop | EXCLUSIVE |
| Sewers for the most part unnecessary | NEEDLES |
| Sin or stray | ERR |
| Slip right into East River | ERR |
| Smoothly combined | BLENDED |
| Swim and move slowly | CRAWL |
| Tree potentially has a grain | ACORN |
| Unknown state car carrying bishop | LIMBO |
| Unusual care taken with big organ case | RIBCAGE |
| Very proficient | ADEPT |
| Witty nobleman reversed line | DROLL |
The Washington Post - Sep 27 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| 'Ecce homo' speaker | PILATE |
| 'Got anything __?' | ELSE |
| 'It's just a scratch' | IMFINE |
| 'Life Is Good' rapper | NAS |
| 'Lives of the Mayfair Witches' trilogy author | ANNERICE |
| 'Nothing to it!' | EASY |
| *Newbie | GREENRECRUIT |
| *Overly defensive stance | BUNKERMENTALITY |
| *Preliminary sketch | ROUGHOUTLINE |
| *Stud poker element | HOLECARD |
| *Top selection | TEESHIRT |
| 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Terrell | OWENS |
| Agonize about | STEWOVER |
| Amazon berry | ACAI |
| Assigns relative value to | RANKS |
| Astern | REARWARD |
| Back nine opener | TENTH |
| Be at loggerheads | CLASH |
| Big name in PCs | ACER |
| Bookish sort | NERD |
| Brawny rival | VIVA |
| Bring pleasure (to) | APPEAL |
| Canal zone | PANAMA |
| Cost | RANTO |
| Cowboy leggings | CHAPS |
| Cubs' digs | DEN |
| Deal with | HANDLE |
| Deal with a bounced email | RESEND |
| Defies | FLOUTS |
| Degrees of creativity, briefly | BFAS |
| Dungeons & Dragons bird | ROC |
| Epidermal flaw | ZIT |
| Equip anew | RERIG |
| Farm girl | EWE |
| Final Yahtzee roll, e.g | LASTTURN |
| Fleur in heraldry | LYS |
| Heck of a party | BLAST |
| High on the Scoville scale | HOT |
| Horror film line that usually gets its speaker in trouble | ILLGOSEE |
| Hunt stealthily | PROWL |
| Indian noblewoman | RANI |
| Interoffice PC connection | LAN |
| Its practice doesn't make it perfect | LAW |
| Kareem, once | LEW |
| Kind of band | ONEMAN |
| Less refined | CRUDER |
| Mayberry kid | OPIE |
| Mil. three-striper | SGT |
| Mine feature | TUNNEL |
| Not as messy | NEATER |
| Omaha-to-Milwaukee dir | ENE |
| PC key | ALT |
| Please mightily | ELATE |
| Put on quite an act | EMOTE |
| Quite small | WEE |
| Rodeos, e.g | ISUZUS |
| Roofing unit | TILE |
| Seminarian's subj | REL |
| Source of lean red meat | EMU |
| Stun gun brand | TASER |
| Support for a stroller | CANE |
| Swedish tennis great | BORG |
| Thoroughfare: Abbr | AVE |
| Track calculation | ODDS |
| Utopia | EDEN |
| Vehicle that really moves? | VAN |
| Very long time | EONS |
| Video game figure | AVATAR |
| Vigorous spirit | ELAN |
| Wealthy | AFFLUENT |
| What a sequence of single strokes from the start of each starred answer to the next often adds up to | PAR |
| With conviction | FIRMLY |
| __ bran | OAT |
| __ culpa | MEA |
Newsday.com - Sep 27 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| ''The Prince of Tides'' actor | NOLTE |
| A question of procedure | HOW |
| Accused's out | ALIBI |
| Arabian royals | SHEIKS |
| Barn baby, perhaps | OWLET |
| Beat it | LEAVE |
| Berry in some smoothies | ACAI |
| Biscotti flavoring | ANISE |
| Buying and selling | TRADE |
| Chain offering wordless assembly manuals | IKEA |
| Chestnut-colored horse | ROAN |
| Cloister residents | NUNS |
| Common mixer | SODAWATER |
| Computer animator's deg | BFA |
| Constantly | NOEND |
| Cooperation obstacles | EGOS |
| Creole cooking staple | OKRA |
| Daily paper fare | LOCALNEWS |
| Dark clouds, to some | OMEN |
| Discouraging word | DONT |
| Ear feature | LOBE |
| Erstwhile Swedish automaker | SAAB |
| Fall off | ABATE |
| First issue of business | ITEMONE |
| Firstborn | ELDEST |
| Flash drive designation | USB |
| Former funds of Florence | LIRE |
| Gala event | FETE |
| Got room service, say | ATEIN |
| Grandson of Adam | ENOS |
| Indonesian tourist island | BALI |
| International news agency | REUTERS |
| Iranian language | FARSI |
| IRS ID | SSN |
| Jai __ | ALAI |
| Japanese breakfast soup | MISO |
| Juice box attachment | STRAW |
| Kingly address | SIRE |
| Large quantity | ALOT, TON |
| Led off | OPENED |
| Major mess | SNAFU |
| Make stuff up | LIE |
| Makes keener | HONES |
| Nash of nonsense verse | OGDEN |
| Not a part of it | OMITTED |
| Oil-drilling equipment | RIG |
| Old-time pet name | DEARIE |
| Old-time poet | BARD |
| Oriole color | ORANGE |
| Parting comment | IHAVETOGO |
| Rhinestones | DIAMANTES |
| Safari park beast | RHINO |
| Secondhand | USED |
| See who's faster | RACE |
| She gives us songs, not soufflés | ANITABAKER |
| She produced cookbooks, not crops | FANNIEFARMER |
| She works with performers, not passengers | MINNIEDRIVER |
| Slurpee alternatives | ICEES |
| Some Coast Guard officers | ENSIGNS |
| Speculation starter | WHATIF |
| Texas A&M student | AGGIE |
| Toaster waffle brand | EGGO |
| Top-tier | ELITE |
| Traveled on | RODE |
| Unbudging | FIRM |
| Unprocessed | RAW |
| Vaselike vessel | EWER |
| Very dark, in verse | EBON |
| Was comparable to | RIVALED |
| What 47 Down starts with | LONGI |
| What's left | REST |
| Wisecrack | JAPE |
| Yankee who delivers hits, not writs | AARONJUDGE |
Universal - Sep 27 2018 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| "Julius Caesar" robe | TOGA |
| "___ each life ..." | INTO |
| '90s Beck hit | LOSER |
| Aberdeen girl | LASS |
| Act over-the-top | EMOTE |
| Ankle bones | TARSI |
| Apple chore | CORING |
| Army bugs? | ANTS |
| Australian bird | EMU |
| Band in "The Mikado"? | OBI |
| Beautiful feature of 56-Down | FOLIAGE |
| Beer bash necessity | KEG |
| British man | CHAP |
| Chimney shaft | FLUE |
| Churchgoers with pipes | CHOIR |
| Clog relative | SABOT |
| Close sharply | SLAM |
| Collector's goals | SETS |
| Composition for 16-Across | CANTATA |
| Cucumber kin | GOURD |
| Dispatched | SENT |
| Door attachment | KNOB |
| Duplicate | COPY |
| Easy shooting distance | POINTBLANKRANGE |
| Extremely small amounts | IOTAS |
| Fake out | FEIGN |
| Firecracker sound | BANG |
| Food on the dusty trail | CHOW |
| Group of brains | MENSA |
| Hard-to-read signature | SCRAWL |
| Is an actor in poker | BLUFFS |
| Japanese pond creature | KOI |
| Jazz legend Jackson | MILT |
| Land in the ocean | ISLE |
| Like greasy food | OILY |
| Loud cries | SOBS |
| Lover of self-interest | EGOIST |
| Medicinal plant | SENNA |
| Mixture | OLIO |
| Most highly strung | EDGIEST |
| Nabisco treat | OREO |
| Norwegian capital | OSLO |
| Not them or me | YOU |
| One handing you a ticket stub | TEARER |
| Online entity | DOTCOM |
| Paris movie | CINE |
| Place to detail financial woes | BANKRUPTCYCOURT |
| Port position | LEFT |
| Pre-fixes? | RIGS |
| Provider of tasty claws | ALASKANKINGCRAB |
| Range place | HOME |
| Returning sound | ECHO |
| Runs easily | LOPES |
| Salt provider | SHAKER |
| Shrimp ___ Creole | ALA |
| Successfully trip | FALL |
| Summer residence | COTTAGE |
| Superb rating | AONE |
| Symphony tuner | OBOE |
| Tabloid subject | UFO |
| Talkative bird | MYNAH |
| Thing to fill out | FORM |
| Things that change every 365 days | AGES |
| Threat to a liner | FLOE |
| Three-syllable foot | ANAPEST |
| Tightly twisted thread | LISLE |
| Twins in no comment? | EMS |
| Type of Roman wrestling? | GRECO |
| Upbeat little ditty | LILT |
| Wear away | ERODE |
| Web company | YAHOO |
| Winter wrap | SCARF |
| Words after "hang" or "glom" | ONTO |
| Words with in "no time" | ATALL |
| Working on one's muscles | TONING |
| Worry and worry | FRET |
L.A. Times Daily - Sep 27 2018 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| "Ecce homo" speaker | PILATE |
| "Got anything __?" | ELSE |
| "It's just a scratch" | IMFINE |
| "Life Is Good" rapper | NAS |
| "Lives of the Mayfair Witches" trilogy author | ANNERICE |
| "Nothing to it!" | EASY |
| *Newbie | GREENRECRUIT |
| *Overly defensive stance | BUNKERMENTALITY |
| *Preliminary sketch | ROUGHOUTLINE |
| *Stud poker element | HOLECARD |
| *Top selection | TEESHIRT |
| 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Terrell | OWENS |
| Agonize about | STEWOVER |
| Amazon berry | ACAI |
| Assigns relative value to | RANKS |
| Astern | REARWARD |
| Back nine opener | TENTH |
| Be at loggerheads | CLASH |
| Big name in PCs | ACER |
| Bookish sort | NERD |
| Brawny rival | VIVA |
| Bring pleasure (to) | APPEAL |
| Canal zone | PANAMA |
| Cost | RANTO |
| Cowboy leggings | CHAPS |
| Cubs' digs | DEN |
| Deal with | HANDLE |
| Deal with a bounced email | RESEND |
| Defies | FLOUTS |
| Degrees of creativity, briefly | BFAS |
| Dungeons & Dragons bird | ROC |
| Epidermal flaw | ZIT |
| Equip anew | RERIG |
| Farm girl | EWE |
| Final Yahtzee roll, e.g | LASTTURN |
| Fleur in heraldry | LYS |
| Heck of a party | BLAST |
| High on the Scoville scale | HOT |
| Horror film line that usually gets its speaker in trouble | ILLGOSEE |
| Hunt stealthily | PROWL |
| Indian noblewoman | RANI |
| Interoffice PC connection | LAN |
| Its practice doesn't make it perfect | LAW |
| Kareem, once | LEW |
| Kind of band | ONEMAN |
| Less refined | CRUDER |
| Mayberry kid | OPIE |
| Mil. three-striper | SGT |
| Mine feature | TUNNEL |
| Not as messy | NEATER |
| Omaha-to-Milwaukee dir | ENE |
| PC key | ALT |
| Please mightily | ELATE |
| Put on quite an act | EMOTE |
| Quite small | WEE |
| Rodeos, e.g | ISUZUS |
| Roofing unit | TILE |
| Seminarian's subj | REL |
| Source of lean red meat | EMU |
| Stun gun brand | TASER |
| Support for a stroller | CANE |
| Swedish tennis great | BORG |
| Thoroughfare: Abbr | AVE |
| Track calculation | ODDS |
| Utopia | EDEN |
| Vehicle that really moves? | VAN |
| Very long time | EONS |
| Video game figure | AVATAR |
| Vigorous spirit | ELAN |
| Wealthy | AFFLUENT |
| What a sequence of single strokes from the start of each starred answer to the next often adds up to | PAR |
| With conviction | FIRMLY |
| __ bran | OAT |
| __ culpa | MEA |
New York Times - Sep 27 2018 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Answers
Across
1. ___ bar : TIKI
5. Substance : MEAT
9. Zombie's domain : SCIFI
14. Kind of rinse : ORAL
15. Nose (along) : INCH
16. Coverage of the Senate? : TOGAS
17. SEE NOTEPAD : FILLINTHEBLANKS
20. Draw upon : USE
21. Word that sounds like a state when accented on the second syllable rather than the first : MISERY
22. Place : LIEU
23. Noted Warhol subject : MAO
24. Spotted : SEEN
26. Cause for a shootout : TIE
27. Gives, as roles : ASSIGNS
31. Packing : ARMED
33. SEE NOTEPAD : SHADESOFGRAY
36. Brand name derived from the phrase "Service Games" : SEGA
37. Sign of summer : LEO
38. Iraq's ___ City : SADR
42. SEE NOTEPAD : INSIDETHEBOX
47. Crowd, they say : THREE
49. Good standing in the Navy? : SEALEGS
50. Break up a plot? : HOE
51. In times past : ONCE
54. Munchkin : ELF
55. "'Tis sad" : ALAS
57. Hyundai model : SONATA
59. Rejuvenation station : SPA
62. SEE NOTEPAD : BETWEENTHELINES
65. Bean sprouts? : IDEAS
66. Lambchop : DEAR
67. Bellyache : CARP
68. Stuff from which some suits are made? : TORTS
69. Some overhead light covers : ORBS
70. Dr. Foreman player on "House" : EPPS
Down
1. Vegetarian choice : TOFU
2. Early-blooming ornamental : IRIS
3. Moolah : KALE
4. "___ see you" : ILL
5. Highest-grossing animated film of 2015 : MINIONS
6. Tolkien tree creatures : ENTS
7. Pays for a workout, say : ACHES
8. "Hah! Done!" : THERE
9. Card letters : STL
10. Kind of black : COAL
11. Light : IGNITE
12. Help in getting past a bouncer : FAKEID
13. Immigration or health care : ISSUE
18. Brand concern : IMAGE
19. One way to play something : BYEAR
23. During flight : MIDAIR
25. Org. whose first-ever presidential endorsement was Ronald Reagan : NRA
27. Hoofed animal : ASS
28. ___-bear : SHE
29. Dip : SAG
30. Songs for one : SOLI
32. Walt Whitman's "Song of ___" : MYSELF
34. Added fuel to : FED
35. Leaves : GOES
39. Fiver : ABE
40. Follow relentlessly : DOG
41. Scripts, informally : RXS
43. Lead-in to Latin : NEO
44. Awareness : SENSE
45. Rocks on the edge : TEETERS
46. Permissible to be eaten, in a way : HALAL
47. Spanish city where El Greco lived : TOLEDO
48. Fastball, in baseball : HEATER
50. Something you might kick after you pick it up : HABIT
52. Complex purchase, in brief : CONDO
53. Word next to an arrow : ENTER
56. Thwack : SWAT
58. Starbuck's order giver : AHAB
59. [Just like ... that!] : SNAP
60. One in custody, informally : PERP
61. African menaces : ASPS
63. Part of a dollar sign : ESS
64. Chill : ICE
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle.
The Telegraph - Toughie - Sep 26 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| A clue to some cut for tight-fitting garment? | SWIMMINGCOSTUME |
| Artificially produced man going beyond speed of sound | MACHINED |
| As hot home supporter, turn up, excited to begin with | FIREDOG |
| At one time in form spelt out a concept in applied mathematics | MOMENTOFINERTIA |
| Attractive girl heading student event? One may get into hot water | DISHRAG |
| Back old-fashioned investment as something useful | ASSET |
| Bits inside pub somewhere in NI | INNARDS |
| Box mostly used for storing a very short item of clothing | CRAVAT |
| Carries on with old nurses | EXTENDS |
| Consequences? They may get batsmen caught out | UPSHOTS |
| Evidence showing one's handled drug? That brings rebuke | SMACKONTHEWRIST |
| Good little girl accumulates no special knowledge allegedly | GNOSIS |
| Italian community giving performance outside Italy | TURIN |
| Manage to discover path from the peak | TRACKDOWN |
| Maybe Jewish house gets endless approval | SEMITIC |
| Maybe local journalist in East Anglia is treated badly | DISSED |
| Number born, number at home being put up | NINETEEN |
| Old Penny, woman offering advice when there's scare | DAUNT |
| One who criticises what lawn specialist uses | SCARIFIER |
| Orderly systems function when backed by people's leader | COSMOSES |
| Organised gang discredits a president of yesteryear | GISCARDDESTAING |
| Puts down membership fee, payable now for collection | SUBDUES |
| Saints in defeat? Such may resist change | FOSSIL |
| Sea creatures suffering mutilation Tom somehow removed | NAUTILI |
| Sheepish male turning up, serious old nobleman | MARGRAVE |
| Such cries may be heard in fortifications | WAULS |
| Sun-follower, old fellow, one having a fixation | MONOMANIA |
| Talking audibly and grooving | RABBETING |
The Telegraph - Cryptic - Sep 26 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| Animal's temperature in helium perhaps going up | STAG |
| Area of company making sweeper cover busy road | BOARDROOM |
| Boxer during break must be a practical type | REALIST |
| Called boy attending bride perhaps starting to doubt | PAGED |
| Car stops outside north of Rugby for service given | MINISTRATIONS |
| Charge defined by Latin dictionaries | INDICT |
| Children may be a bone of contention | ISSUE |
| Container needed by group outside a church? | SACHET |
| Cuts speech oddly in pieces | BISECTS |
| Flatmate may be more alert, ignoring parking | SHARER |
| Horse's insect problem making a comeback | MUSTANG |
| Independent people welcoming clubs' lack of movement | INACTION |
| Live close to region developed with hub | NEIGHBOUR |
| Not working after notice, and stop claiming benefit | SIGNOFF |
| Pressure confuses crew on Queen Elizabeth and another vessel | PADDLESTEAMER |
| Provoked editor after incident | OCCASIONED |
| Relation with a right to be less than explicit | UNCLEAR |
| Sacks reserves | BAGS |
| Sign accepting he's an authority on words | THESAURUS |
| Slight case of reserve in front of enthusiast | REBUFF |
| Sort of vehicle difficult to pass initially | HARDTOP |
| Spring pudding as butt of joke? | APRILFOOL |
| Struggles, seeing Greek tech company succeeded | GRAPPLES |
| Stung by soldiers finding range | ORBIT |
| Take in a smile as it develops | ASSIMILATE |
| Try very hard except being occupied by 6 and university | BUSTAGUT |
| Unenlightened Italian bloke losing head with worker | IGNORANT |
| Women enveloped by strain may be able to move fast | SWIFT |
The Telegraph - Quick - Sep 26 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| A copy | REPLICA |
| Alfresco | OPENAIR |
| Ameliorate | IMPROVE |
| Capital of France | PARIS |
| Chic; smart | ELEGANT |
| Cleverer | BRIGHTER |
| Draw; link | TIE |
| End; decision | CONCLUSION |
| Erased | DELETED |
| Eye specialist | OPTICIAN |
| Follow | ENSUE |
| Giver | DONOR |
| Imbecile | IDIOT |
| Impetuosity | RASHNESS |
| Less difficult | EASIER |
| Looked angrily | GLARED |
| Mirroring | REFLECTING |
| Mood | TEMPER |
| One giving a sermon | PREACHER |
| Petty quarrel | SPAT |
| Provoke | GOAD |
| Purloin | STEAL |
| Religious unorthodoxy | HERESY |
| Scream | YELL |
| Sobbed | CRIED |
| Successor | HEIR |
| Summits | HEIGHTS |
| The day before | EVE |
The Times - Concise - September 27 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7768 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Bogs | SWAMPS |
| Boy's high singing voice | TREBLE |
| Bulk oil carrier | TANKER |
| Caribbean island | CUBA |
| Compass direction | EAST |
| Deduce from evidence | INFER |
| Firmly ram down | TAMP |
| Garden shrub | AZALEA |
| Highly productive | PROLIFIC |
| Ill-behaved child | BRAT |
| Impartial | UNBIASED |
| Imprudent, rash | RECKLESS |
| Inquest official | CORONER |
| Large cloud (of insects) | SWARM |
| Liberate | FREE |
| Methane from bogs | marsh gas |
| Outstanding work | MASTERPIECE |
| Plain, clear | EVIDENT |
| Relating to the mouth | ORAL |
| Signify | BETOKEN |
| Spicy dish | BALTI |
| Very skilled, proficient | ADEPT |
| Very well known | world-famous |
| Wise and holy leader | MAHATMA |
The Times - Cryptic - September 27 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27154 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Ace thrilled with rap music trophy | americas cup |
| After travelling, reach old English town | ROCHDALE |
| Bears in the wood with horse coming up | HAS |
| Character of Greek cowherd turning up off and on | RHO |
| Coming to blows with general over charge | LEEWARD |
| Compromise, going by sea, returning first class | via media |
| Cove hidden by beach __ a pity | CHAP |
| Did state nursing languish in misuse of drug? | OPINED |
| Exclamation from lady in theatre exposed mother and boy, observe | out damned spot |
| Football body’s second tier director | fassbinder |
| Four, maybe, twisting one’s arm | OARSMEN |
| Girl in papers upset by gossip | DIANA |
| I seize promotion without difficulty: that’s viewed unfavourably | in a bad light |
| London landmark lady matriarch constructed | Admiralty Arch |
| Mark coming soon to open street party | stag night |
| Marketing ploy of a number that’s taken in wrong spirit | rebadging |
| Minutes or seconds from nasty accident, steps back | ACTA |
| Pocket: area of snooker table for pot | WEED |
| Popular singer comes before poet | LARKIN |
| Precocious girl of 24’s language: that’s tasty all round! | MADAM |
| Provider of instructions for golf: driver needed | PROGRAMMER |
| Reason old woman needs new park keeper | GROUNDSMAN |
| Rustic couple on lake | YOKEL |
| Single minded about success, ultimately display timidity | run scared |
| Stop work in kitchen | dry up |
| They’re ok for cars, for transporting | roof racks |
| Welcome private practitioner holding various positions | YOGI |
| Work of British parliament covering security breach | bleak house |
| The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1188 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A wanderer having left for year? Heavenly? | ASTRAL |
| Breaking promise over country crime? | IMPERSONATION |
| Comparatively risky to ignore daughter becoming more aloof | ICIER |
| Concession about name for shellfish | SCALLOP |
| Expect to be away briefly at computer study | AWAIT |
| Garibaldi, say, secure at island after revolution | ITALIAN |
| Garret room to some extent reminiscent of past | RETRO |
| Liqueur cheered Met men after storm | Creme de menthe |
| Mechanic has sister holding frame | CHASSIS |
| Missile shelter Rhode Island Democrat enters | TRIDENT |
| Not like novel writer | TOLKIEN |
| Opening centre with parking for 100 | PORE |
| Picture firm haggle regularly | IMAGE |
| Provoke using popular quote | INCITE |
| Quiet nobleman one valued | PEARL |
| Record speed, about one minute __ notice difference | DISCRIMINATE |
| Residual hope of award for second learner __ in repeatedly, good | silver lining |
| Society to be important? Just a small amount | SMATTER |
| Strange plea associated with introduction of passion fruit | APPLE |
| Strongly dislike oath dividing the French | LOATHE |
| Successful period in Cricket Club, Laker’s content to get party food? | CUPCAKE |
| Tip: horse is not trying, just starting | HINT |
| Transport prisoner, extremely volatile at end of day | CONVEY |
| Ultimately horrible indeed __ mineral that’s not nice to see | EYESORE |
The Guardian - Cryptic - Sep 26 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| A pair of mice cavorting? Not love at first sight! | PRIMA |
| An EU precursor lavishes love stories | ANECDOTES |
| Australian half-rewritten scripture | SUTRA |
| Beauty treatment of French origin (Calais, possibly) | FACIALS |
| Choose the Guardian's first game in case of brief visits | WHISTLESTOPTOUR |
| City's to be conquered in the end | LASTOFALL |
| Cutting the roast at first with charm | TRENCHANT |
| Eccentric kind of rough hustle | CONFIDENCETRICK |
| Educated and beautiful, finally made some money | LEARNED |
| Ezra Pound's heart battered and blue | AZURE |
| Fall for an item of linen hotel included | AVALANCHE |
| Fresh approach covering the ultimate in cookery books | APOCRYPHA |
| Gone ahead, accepting a terrible year with one thing on top of another | LAYERED |
| Gratefully received royalty payments | TAKINGS |
| In a way that's recurring decimal? | OFTEN |
| In the pipeline, the tons of crude oil initially imported by Arab country being curtailed | YETTOCOME |
| Let everyone outstanding be audibly spoken | ALLOWED |
| More calls from the world and his wife | ALLCOMERS |
| One rescued by flying horseman surrounded by African dromedaries | ANDROMEDA |
| Paced like men of York? | WALKEDUPANDDOWN |
| Pedant from start to finish on position by compilers | FUSSPOT |
| Red ground edgy but even | RUDDY |
| See 10 | FACIE |
| Sexy amateur role essentially gets praise | EXTOL |
| Somewhat emotionally upset, it's plain | LLANO |
| Upsetting oath about vessel in unenlightened time | DARKAGE |
| Virtue good ... then to relish a version of the Arabian Nights | SINBADTHESAILOR |
| What you might need, when at first you spot wasp in apartment | FLYSWAT |
The Guardian - Quick - Sep 26 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| Accuse of a wrong | ARRAIGN |
| Against the current | UPRIVER |
| Biological catalyst | ENZYME |
| Brass musical instrument | FRENCHHORN |
| Careful user of a piggy bank? | SAVER |
| Citified | URBAN |
| European capital, known until 1924 as Christiania | OSLO |
| Exuberant | BOISTEROUS |
| Firework (disappointing, if damp) | SQUIB |
| Game that depends on service | TENNIS |
| Hairy Himalayan humanoid | YETI |
| Hotel guest staying for a prolonged period | RESIDENT |
| Incinerated | BURNT |
| Inflammation making it difficult to speak | LARYNGITIS |
| Little ones | CHILDREN |
| Montevideo's country | URUGUAY |
| Move on water by standing on a board with a sail | WINDSURF |
| Neutral area between two rival powers | BUFFERZONE |
| Old Bill (slang) | FUZZ |
| Refuse container | DUSTBIN |
| Seat for passengers on the back of an elephant | HOWDAH |
| Servitude | THRALDOM |
| South American cowboy | GAUCHO |
| Wading bird with a down-curved bill | IBIS |
Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 27 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| Agreed, acquiesced | ACCEDED |
| Answer, reply | RESPONSE |
| Area or region | DISTRICT |
| Beware the legendary ones bearing gifts | GREEKS |
| Bought out of pawn | REDEEMED |
| Carry on | CONTINUE |
| Clairvoyant, visionary | SEER |
| Complete, total | ABSOLUTE |
| Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain | SADISTIC |
| Ended, stopped | CEASED |
| Examination of tissue to determine suspected disease | BIOPSY |
| French castles | CHATEAUX |
| Fruit eaten as a vegetable | TOMATO |
| Game played with long-handled racquets | LACROSSE |
| Learned, very knowledgeable | ERUDITE |
| Light teasing repartee | BANTER |
| On account of | BECAUSE |
| Operatic air | ARIA |
| Passageways between seats | AISLES |
| Potion once thought to prolong life | ELIXIR |
| Request the return of a defective product | RECALL |
| Round container for carrying | BUCKET |
| Say again | ITERATE |
| Sheen | LUSTRE |
| Shook with fear or cold | TREMBLED |
| Stored-up wealth | TREASURE |
| Sweet carbonated drink | LEMONADE |
| The sound of mirth | LAUGHTER |
| Toothed wheel used when changing speed | GEAR |
| Trees, shrubs etc. | PLANTS |
| U2 guitarist | EDGE |
| Without any difficulty | EASILY |