New York Times, Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 New York Times, Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Crossword Answer 

Clues	Answers
___-warrior (environmental activist)	ECO
A long way off	AFAR
Acrobat's safeguard	NET
Affirmatives	YESSES
Algeria has the largest one among African countries	AREA
Approximate fig.	EST
Ave. crossers	STS
Barbecue spice mixes	RUBS
Became threadbare	WORE
Big seller of flat-pack furniture	IKEA
Big toucan feature	BEAK
Bit of a dance	STEP
Blackthorn fruit	SLOE
Brewing ingredient	MALT
Bye now!	TATA
Came to a halt	CEASED
Capital where natives say "Arrivederci!"	ROMA
Chinese New Year, celebrated on Feb. 1, 2022	SPRINGFESTIVAL
Clear sky's color	AZURE
Days gone by	PAST
Dine	EAT
Dynamite K-pop band	BTS
Explanatory page on a company's website	ABOUTUS
Fashion designer Tahari	ELIE
Fight (for)	VIE
Follow, as orders	OBEY
Formerly called	NEE
Go in	ENTER
Government in power	REGIME
Haggard of country music	MERLE
Highly skilled	DEFT
Homecoming guest, informally	ALUM
Impudence	GALL
Iranian New Year, celebrated on March 21, 2022	NOWRUZ
Jewish New Year, celebrated on Sept. 25, 2022	ROSHHASHANAH
Korean New Year, celebrated on Feb. 1, 2022	SOLLAL
Like ballet dancers	AGILE
Lines at a theater?	SCRIPT
List-ending abbr.	ETAL
Messed up	ERRED
Methane, e.g.	GAS
Mogadishu-born model and cosmetics mogul	IMAN
Movie do-overs	RETAKES
Nevada's third-largest city	RENO
Not attend	SKIP
Old couch's problem	SAG
Org. on a mouthwash bottle	ADA
Overly proper	PRIM
Pac-12 team	UTES
Pedigree competitor	ALPO
Performed in a choir	SANG
Peter Parker in "Spider-Man," for one	NERD
Pigs' hangouts	PENS
Pointy-eared toymaker	ELF
Prepare for takeoff	TAXI
President between Calvin and Franklin	HERBERT
Quick bite	NOSH
Sentence segment	PHRASE
Sheepdog's greeting	ARF
Smurf with red pants	PAPA
Sound from a contented cat	PURR
Squared up	EVEN
Stadium level	TIER
Standing guard	ONALERT
Star's negotiator	AGENT
Tear to pieces	REND
Tennis's Nadal	RAFAEL
Thai New Year, celebrated on April 13, 2022	SONGKRAN
The Good Place actress Rudolph	MAYA
Thumbs down!	ISAYNO
Tick off	RILE
Time's Arrow novelist Martin	AMIS
Tool on a fire truck	AXE
Tourney winners	CHAMPS
Trunk in a studio	TORSO
Unit of yarn	SKEIN
Uptight type	PRIG
Wander around	ROVE

Family Time - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Family Time - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"And breakfast" go-with, on vacay	BED
"Do you have ___ more licorice?"	ANY
"False" thing placed on a pedestal	IDOL
500 sheets of copy paper	REAM
A large, noisy crowd	MOB
Adam's lady	EVE
Another powerful fighting force	ARMY
Banish from one's country	EXILE
Brilliant notion	IDEA
Camel-like animal you can pet	ALPACA
Certain sandwich cookie	OREO
Chain piece	LINK
Common thirst quencher	SODA
Creature with three toes	EMU
Dribble like a baby	SLOBBER
Eternally, before "after"	EVER
Even plus 6-Down	ODD
First number you learned	ONE
Gold measurement	KARAT
Gossipmonger	YENTA
Grill alternative	HIBACHI
Hamster doc	VET
Incredibly calm and peaceful	SERENE
Jab in the ribs	POKE
Kind of shop that's not the norm	NOVELTY
Like a wild throw	ERRANT
Like anyone 97 years old	ELDERLY
Like some dental work	PAINFUL
Like tea in the summer	ICED
Like the desert	ARID
Like the desert	DRY
Lion's bellow	ROAR
Miniature whirlpool	EDDY
No amount at all	NIL
Now-common genetic letters	DNA
One coming up to Santa's knee?	ELF
One way to roll	OVER
One-up, as a verb	OUTDO
Opera solo	ARIA
Payment to cross a bridge	TOLL
Place for notes or a mouse	PAD
Powerful fighting force (2 words)	USNAVY
Prefix for "cycle" or "verse"	UNI
Provide with a quality or ability	ENDUE
Quaint little home away from home	INN
Recurring facial twitch	TIC
Reserved in public	SHY
Seal consumer	ORCA
Shed item for breaking dirt	HOE
Standing right next to	NEAR
Suffix with "affect"	ION
Sweet potato	YAM
Tex-___ (cuisine type)	MEX
Thin glass container in a laboratory	VIAL
Training-pants wearer	TOT
Type of money once spent in Rome	LIRA
Type of tide	NEAP
Ukraine capital	KIEV
Waiter's reward	TIP
Water storage tank	CISTERN
What a bargain hunter wants	DEAL
What many people draw at night (2 words)	VENETIANBLIND
With "treasure," a very valuable find	TROVE
___ Grey of tea fame	EARL

The Times - Concise - February 1 2022 Crossword Solution

 

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8816
Clues	Answers
A place of mutual hostility or competitiveness	snake pit
Boldly adventurous	DARING
Can opener	ring pull
Come apart	fall to pieces
Cosmetic applier	powder puff
Draw forth	ELICIT
Jamaican music style	REGGAE
Lascivious stare	OGLE
Mass killing	CARNAGE
North African citadel	CASBAH
Noticed, viewed	SEEN
Of imposing height	LOFTY
Open a fastener	UNZIP
Portent	OMEN
Press (clothes)	IRON
Quick; stylish	NIFTY
Remove cover from	UNWRAP
Ring holding a watchglass	BEZEL
Sharply criticising	REBUKING
Theatre seating areas	dress circles
Treasury funder	TAXPAYER
Waste channels	SEWERS
Woodland creature	roe deer
Words formed by plane's smoke trail	SKYWRITING

The Times - Cryptic - February 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28202
Clues	Answers
African native worker originally encountered in pub	ANTBEAR
Animal's tail yobs finally severed	SCUT
Argument about trill, a fugal device	STRETTO
Began praise church inspired	COMMENCED
Begin again, songbird not having died	RESTART
Branching-out of girl with poetic technique	DIVERSIFICATION
Capital form of transport used by arbitration service	CARACAS
Case trainer sets out for repelling wrinkles?	crease-resistant
Church officer who has pinched manual worker's wife	ELDER
Class actors in play established at first	CASTE
Composure and individuality others displayed around school	self-restraint
Creatures identified by small plates facing backwards	ANIMALS
Cricket championship, for example, Lord's got?	TITLE
Critical examination in English rough class abandoned	soul-searching
Domineering manner of woman keeping old vessel at home	BOSSINESS
Earwig woman's picked up by sink	EAVESDROP
Establish where an Arab might be	INSTALL
Group originally observing notice outside court	OCTAD
He teaches Hindus in the morning in Westminster?	SWAMI
Lack of exercise? The answer's in the negative	NOPE
Naval rating filling roll for warrant officer	BOSUN
Row involving hair vicar restyled	CHARIVARI
Sailor's mother and child crossing European lake	MATELOT
Select old solver's needs, ignoring key the compiler's provided	EXCLUSIVE
Several directions given in time to visit US state	TENNESSEE
Traverse vegetable plot perhaps, finding old grump	CROSSPATCH
Vessel, one Cabot damaged touring East	ICEBOAT
Way a jailbird with power reportedly raised deposit	STALAGMITE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2061
Clues	Answers
A transgression in Egypt's capital is very silly	ASININE
Be married, long having been captured and enchanted	BEWITCHED
Boy with grand air	SONG
Celebrity gets scoundrels upset	STAR
Characters in the arts centre	HEART
Composer disturbed brutes outside church	SCHUBERT
Country with troubled reign	NIGER
Dimmest female in a tricky exam	FAINTEST
Drivel from one crying outside back of school	SLOBBER
Former president, human being without least bit of sense	PERON
French article containing one thing not true	LIE
How unpopular goods may be traded, making one puzzled	at a loss
List includes good philosopher	HEGEL
Minister is big gun, from what we hear	CANNON
Notice for the diocese?	SEE
One of two story-telling brothers said to be gloomy	GRIM
Respect engineers in holding-off operation	DEFERENCE
Rude grinners stupidly waving a white flag?	SURRENDERING
Satirist, a sir able to be funny	RABELAIS
Subsequently not real somehow	later on
University female taken in by fatter drunk, a hypocrite	TARTUFFE
US city, being all hippie, had changed	PHILADELPHIA
Wife, flowery type, who squanders things?	WASTER
Word of apology and love repeatedly added to extra note	OOPS

The Guardian - Cryptic - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,669 - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Earth and Mars Rocks' by American scholar	ERASMUS
... going back over call about electronic victory by Democrat	REWINDING
0 plus (-50) plus 500? On reflect­ion, that's the product of a higher power	OPUSDEI
Area 51 fact: army uncloaked nine aliens, originally left of the birds in a region	AVIFAUNAL
As part of the army, about to tear ligament	REGIMENTAL
Australian conservationist seen in Mayfair window	IRWIN
Black businessman ran scams to cut cash on delivery	CONRAD
Doctor unwise to inject fluid with infection	SWINEFLU
Eccentric, Beryl? Hope that's exaggeration	HYPERBOLE
F-fit?	STRONG
Female, one wearing dresses on expeditions	SAFARIS
God loves hugging liberals after returning each year	APOLLO
Guitarist's fantastic writing harmonies without me	HARRISON
Holding note, regular shot to pieces staring down this?	GUNBARREL
In one hand, old bridge partners get clubs	IRONS
Insecticide found in illegal drink	ALDRIN
Just back to pinch right cheek	NERVE
Longs for order during main revolution	ACHES
Look over moves to suppress mad cow disease	OBSERVE
Main point of government — it's complex	GIST
Maria's bowled over after church appeal	CHARISMA
Member unwrapping Italian ham	ARM
Messenger, for example, climbing north face of Everest	GENE
Offspring is a girl	ISSUE
Out of this world dance move	MOONWALK
Pen extremely legible type	STYLE
President upset writer touring Delaware ...	BIDEN
See 28	YOUNG
Short boy munches a vegetable	BEAN
Singer-songwriter composing eulogy in Norway	NEIL
Small characters leave playground equipment with branch	WING
We eat brown fruit, mostly in front of animals	ORANGUTANS
Woman's garment wants belt	ANNA

The Guardian - Quick - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,142 - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
8 was once seen over these at sea	CROSSBONES
Added something in	INSERTED
Best available	OPTIMUM
Brainbox	SKULL
Cairn or Airedale, say	TERRIER
Competed	VIED
Dark syrupy by-product of sugar refining	MOLASSES
Eeyorish	LUGUBRIOUS
Endanger	THREATEN
Food additive code	ENUMBER
Formby's usual companion	UKULELE
Full of twists and turns	CONVOLUTED
Hot milky drink	LATTE
Intrepid	FEARLESS
It can be good or nasty!	TURN
Medical devices for introducing fluid through a vein	DRIPS
Musical echo effect	REVERB
Night light?	METEOR
Numerous	LOTSOF
Only remaining option	LASTRESORT
Puzzle — Ian Rankin's inspector	REBUS
They may be dark or creative!	ARTS
Unusually big	BUMPER
Up for it	GAME

Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Any disease-producing agent	PATHOGEN
Asian lit up at these Europeans	ITALIANS
Break free, get away	ESCAPE
Bunch of hair, feathers or grass	TUFT
Circus performers	ACROBATS
Daddy ... ..., spider	LONGLEGS
Decorative container without handles, of glass or china perhaps	VASE
Dome-shaped Inuit houses	IGLOOS
Fly people or goods out, in emergencies perhaps	AIRLIFT
Heated containers for recreation or therapy	HOTTUBS
Human who turns lupine at the full moon	WEREWOLF
It's not played at home	AWAYGAME
Mythical hero of Troy	AENEAS
Our pea is an odd moon of Jupiter	EUROPA
Part of a plant and of a book	LEAF
People from Kampala, say	UGANDANS
Pointed beard	GOATEE
Prefix for before	ANTE
Renounce or reject something desired or valuable	ABNEGATE
Scene of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I	SARAJEVO
Shook with fear or cold	TREMBLED
So-so ban over the instrument	BASSOON
Spherical shapes	GLOBES
Suggested indirectly	HINTED
Swaggers	STRUTS
Systematic plan of action	SCHEME
Takes as one's own	ADOPTS
Uncommon, rare	UNUSUAL
Unit of electric current	AMPERE
Wish to a sneezer	BLESSYOU
With each musical note sharply separated from the others	STACCATO
Young cattle	CALVES

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Irish Times (Crosaire) - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A job for a snoop in 27 across with Frank Ward	LETTEROPENER
Ability to act, step forward, releasing drafts	POWER
Accommodation going up in place in recent times	LATELY
Adore novel following K in The Trial	ORDEAL
Beau lost out, as the ruler had this type of power	ABSOLUTE
By and large Dylan is missing lighter?	BARGE
CID react badly to a scribe?	ACCREDIT
Correspondent opens 14 across with bookmaker?	LETTERWRITER
Distance education through Zoom mismanaged, in general	ELEARNING
Emailed over tax return - it sounds really harsh!	STRIDENT
Even Twain has the odd fit in ship with flighty types	SWIFTS
For example, a fragment of secret telephone turns-up	LETTER
Gave up on dress designer	RESIGNED
Has a reputation for exposing type of philosophy that's always revealing	NUDISM
Heads to Catania, Rimini, Imola and Milan working for The Don	CRIMINAL
Honouring old French maid serving up fish	ENNOBLING
Left with revolting genetic stuff to seal waste material in the ground	LANDFILL
Loud music from Spain by top-end wedding band working with 4 across, for instance	RACKETEERING
Made a home out of necessity across the street	NESTED
Old-age pensioner fails to get alongside for first game	OPENER
One can't stay still in river behind snake	WRIGGLER
Promise a selection in part to artist's supporter	EASEL
Pusher in commercial area taking drugs to get head right	MARKETEER
Responsible for a libel action	LIABLE
Scrounger, on reflection, on the back foot getting to grips with cold	LEECH
The bare bones of dressmaker's policy that takes the edge off	NOFRILLS
With all the seats taken in The D?il, it gives one the upper hand perhaps	FULLHOUSE
Without warning, no longer playing for The Dubs perhaps	OUTOFTHEBLUE

Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Hogwash!"	PSHAW
"Mayday!"	SOS
"__ boy!"	ATTA
"__ chic!"	TRES
'60s war zone	NAM
Actress Lena	OLIN
African language group	BANTU
Afternoon energizers	POWERNAPS
Agent	REP
Algerian port	ORAN
Alpha follower	BETA
Anger	IRE
Architect I. M	PEI
Architect Saarinen	EERO
Author Ferber	EDNA
Author Tolstoy	LEO
Back talk	LIP
Basilica areas	APSES
Bedtime drinks	NIGHTCAPS
Biblical boat	ARK
Big slice	HUNK
Blend	MELD
Brief moments	SECS
Bro's kin	SIS
Cat call	MEOW
Classic Pontiac	GTO
Deal primarily with	FOCUSON
Detail, briefly	SPEC
Diner handout	MENU
Drill	BORE
Eggs	OVA
Epidermis	SKIN
Frigid spells	COLDSNAPS
Ginger __	ALE
Golf hazards	SANDTRAPS
Hosp. sections	ERS
In the style of	ALA
Love god	EROS
Milk, in Montmartre	LAIT
Mineral suffix	ITE
Museum display	ART
Nine-digit ID	SSN
Olympian queen	HERA
Pac. counterpart	ATL
Part of Q.E.D	ERAT
Peter Fonda role	ULEE
Police identifiers	BADGES
Poolroom prop	RACK
Say it's so	AVER
Showy flowers	ANEMONES
Spill the beans	BLAB
Telly network	BBC
The "S" of ESPN	SPORTS
Toe malady	GOUT
Toledo's lake	ERIE
Tropical flower	HIBISCUS
Unprocessed	RAW
Uproar	FUROR
Wall St. deals	LBOS
Wife of Geraint	ENID
Wishes (for)	HOPES
Woe	DESPAIR
Wrestling surface	MAT
Zilch	NADA

Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Ancient	AGEOLD
Banished	EXILED
Book goofs	ERRATA
Carter's successor	REAGAN
Ceases	ENDS
Daisy variety	OXEYE
Designer Wang	VERA
Do some refining	SMELT
Doesn't own	RENTS
French friend	AMI
Hannah of "Splash"	DARYL
Have high hopes	ASPIRE
High homes	NESTS
Humiliate	DEMEAN
Id —	EST
Iron output	STEAM
Like fresh brownies	MOIST
Little Big Horn loser	CUSTER
Make a choice	OPT
Make blank	ERASE
Manual reader	USER
Mete (out)	DOLE
Midmonth day	IDES
Minors	YOUTHS
Neatnik's no-nos	MESSES
Pigeon's perch	LEDGE
Pro vote	AYE
Prolific inventor	EDISON
Refinery rocks	ORES
Relaxing resort	SPA
River part	DELTA
Ruling group	REGIME
Safekeeping	CARE
Showy orange blooms	TIGERLILIES
Sinking signal	SOS
Slender	SLIM
Striped sea predators	TIGERSHARKS
Sub shops	DELIS
Texas capital	AUSTIN
They show craters	LUNARMAPS
Toddy base	RUM
Top card	ACE
Tribal leader	ELDER
Use a feather, perhaps	TICKLE
Was rude, in a way	STARED
Went to the polls	VOTED
Yale rooter	ELI
— Aviv	TEL

Wall Street Journal - Feb 1 2022 - "Positive Reinforcement" Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Wall Street Journal - Feb 1 2022 - "Positive Reinforcement" Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"And I Love ___" (Beatles song)	HER
"Get off of me!"	LETGO
"How ___ the little crocodile improve his shining tail...": Lewis Carroll	DOTH
"Night" author Wiesel	ELIE
"Oh, got it!"	ISEE
"That really hurt!"	YOW
"You've got mail!" company	AOL
Abandon the situation	WALK
Accelerator particle	ION
Angsty music genre	EMO
Ave. crossers	STS
Before now	AGO
Bread or dough	MOOLAH
Brief moment?	SEC
Cameron, May and Johnson, for three: Abbr	PMS
Cheerleading syllable	RAH
Course after trig	CALC
Cry of frustration	ACK
Daddies	PAPAS
Director Anderson	WES
Document copier	SCRIBE
Dressing component	OIL
Eidetic memory, less formally	PERFECTRECALL
End for Brooklyn or Harlem	ITE
Fish eggs	ROE
For fear that	LEST
Gibbon, for one	APE
Given the boot	AXED
Golfer Ko	LYDIA
Had some grub	ATE
Hard worker's reward	PAYRAISE
Heap	PILE
Heart-pumping workout, informally	CARDIO
House assent	YEA
Is inquisitive	ASKS
Lady of Lima	SENORA
Lend a hand	AID
Levitate	RISE
Light beam benders	PRISMS
Longtime Mets shortstop José	REYES
Major sellers for musicians	PLATINUMRECORDS
Move furtively	TIPTOE
Muffin morsel	OAT
Number before quattro	TRE
Org	GRP
Pair of aces, in Texas hold 'em	POCKETROCKETS
Pansy piece	PETAL
Period of equilibrium	STASIS
Phone downloads	APPS
Positive media coverage, and a hint to 18-, 23-, 39-, 52- and 61-Across	GOODPR
POTUS for 12 years	FDR
Put on a pedestal	EXALT
Queen of the Nile, familiarly	CLEO
Rebuke to a backstabber	ETTU
Replay feature	SLOMO
Running but not moving?	IDLE
Salsa shaker	MARACA
Scarlett's love	RHETT
Scratch, say	MAR
She beat Graf in the 1990 and 1992 French Opens	SELES
Shoelace end	AGLET
Solemn bio	OBIT
Sound of the South	DRAWL
Spirited school event	PEPRALLY
Stein contents	ALE
Storehouse	DEPOT
Stuffable bread	PITA
Surname of a purported incendiary cow	OLEARY
They have their ups and downs	YOYOS
They're often picked up at registration tables	IDTAGS
Title for Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr	SIR
Title robot in a Pixar film	WALLE
Toward the rudder	AFT
Troubling sight at the beach	SHARKFIN
Twisty letter	ESS
Unrolled sushi bar offering	NIGIRI
Very, informally	WAY
Voting in	ELECTING

USA Today - Tuesday Feb 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 USA Today - Feb 1 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Blessing in disguise,' e.g	IDIOM
'Get lost, pest!'	SHOO
'I'm good'	PASS
'Lay it on me!'	IMALLEARS
'Speak of the ___!'	DEVIL
'Srsly?!'	OMG
'Us' or 'Up'	MOVIE
/, in a bowling alley	SPARE
Airport landing area	TARMAC
Allfather in Norse myth	ODIN
Appear to be	SEEM
Australian city known for its pristine coastline	PERTH
Avoids eating	FASTS
Awards from foundations	GRANTS
Baby's neckwear	BIB
Broadway legend McDonald	AUDRA
Chauffeured car	LIMO
College sports org	NCAA
Complain	CARP
Creator of 'comfi beats'	LILYPICHU
Creme-filled cookies	OREOS
Do a bad job on	BOTCH
Drum sound that follows a joke	RIMSHOT
Dryly funny	WRY
Expert	PRO
Express lane units	ITEMS
Finale	END
Floor exercise surface	MAT
For each	APOP
Genre for Tierra Whack	RAP
Have to have	NEED
It's often confused with goth	EMO
Kitchen garment	APRON
Like most flea markets	OPENAIR
Like old baozi	STALE
Like Rita Moreno's Oscars speech	BRIEF
Like yamaimo	SLIMY
List to order from	MENU
Locomotive fuel	COAL
Maintenance	UPKEEP
Medicinal resin with a biblical name	BALMOFGILEAD
Milk, butter, cheese, etc	DAIRY
National Voting Rights Museum and Institute city	SELMA
Newsroom newbies	CUBREPORTERS
One or the ___	OTHER
Opposite of pre-	POST
Org. with fuel additive regulations	EPA
Passing trend	FAD
Patanjali ___ Noodles	ATTA
Pico de ___	GALLO
Piece of firewood	LOG
Piece quoted on a book cover	RAVEREVIEW
Pipefitting is one	TRADE
Place for a water turbine	DAM
Podcast interruptions	ADS
Put on a long face	SULK
R&B star Lennox	ARI
Reality show based on 'Dragons' Den'	SHARKTANK
Regrets greatly	RUES
Sharp pull	YANK
Size between mini and maxi	MIDI
Something inserted to withdraw cash	ATMCARD
Stair climber's support	RAIL
Subway passenger	RIDER
Surgeons' workspaces (Abbr.)	ORS
The N in GNC	NON
Through thick and ___	THIN
Top-left computer key	ESC
Top-___ (five-star)	TIER
Totally broken	KAPUT
TV channel hidden in 'camcorder'	AMC
U.S. state that produces the most potatoes	IDAHO
Wide of the mark	OFF
Workout place with no membership fees	HOMEGYM
Wrong turn, e.g	ERROR
___ large (be a big source of worry)	LOOM
___ the rewards	REAP
___-Caps (candy)	SNO

Wall Street Journal - Jan 31 2022 - "Express Yourself" Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Wall Street Journal - Jan 31 2022 - "Express Yourself" Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Hit the sack" or "hit the books"	IDIOM
"I see!"	AHA
"Pygmalion" playwright	SHAW
"Wait a sec!"	HOLDON
"___ never work"	ITLL
1950s auto flop	EDSEL
1993 rap hit with a guest appearance from Snoop Dogg	DREDAY
Adjective in a battery ad	LONGLASTING
Answering with a question, perhaps	EVASIVE
Artist with acid	ETCHER
Backed (away)	SHIED
Bar garnish	OLIVE
Beckoned	CALLED
California governor Newsom	GAVIN
City on the Missouri River	OMAHA
Couple	PAIR
Curtain hanger	ROD
Did some grousing	MOANED
Extremely	ULTRA
Flourished	BOOMED
Follows commands	OBEYS
Foot feature	TOE
Frying vat fill	CORNOIL
Get news of	HEAR
Greedy cache	HOARD
Handles skillfully	FINESSES
Has to have	NEEDS
Home Depot rival	LOWES
If not	ELSE
In the past	AGO
Jumped a gap, as a spark	ARCED
Kismet	FATE
Laddie	BOYO
Lang. of Liverpool	ENG
Large Japanese dogs	AKITAS
Light switch position	OFF
Like styling mousse	FROTHY
Lion's bellow	ROAR
Look directly ahead, and a clue to the starts of 17-, 24-, 36- and 49-Across	FACEFORWARD
Mag. staffers	EDS
Mined deposit	ORE
Nike competitor	AVIA
Not homogeneous	DIVERSE
Paris sidewalk eatery	CAFE
Pen tip	NIB
Play date for grown-ups	GAMENIGHT
Power problem	OUTAGE
Publisher Nast	CONDE
Ram in football	STRAIGHTARM
Ruby of "Do the Right Thing"	DEE
Secure, as a ship to shore	MOOR
Shade tree	ELM
Showgirl in Manilow's "Copacabana"	LOLA
Sloth in the "Ice Age" movies	SID
Some crime scene evidence	FIBERS
Spot for a yacht	SEA
Stand up to	OPPOSE
Stay in hiding	LIELOW
Steak marbling	FAT
Steered clear of	AVOIDED
Sub groups?	FLEETS
Suburban shopping center	MINIMALL
Sun burst?	NOVA
Supplements	ADDSTO
Toronto's prov	ONT
Trips, for example	POKERHAND
Two-under-par score	EAGLE
Vaccine approval agcy	FDA
Water channel with a gate	SLUICE
Web page address	URL
Winter glider	SLED
___ Alamos	LOS
___ down (prepared to sleep)	BEDDED
___ Moines	DES

Universal - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Universal - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Beowulf," for one	EPIC
"The Good Doctor" network	ABC
*1954 Marlon Brando film set at Hoboken's shore	ONTHEWATERFRONT
*2019 NBA champion	TORONTORAPTOR
*Retail consultant? (Theme hint: Note six letters that bookend each starred clue's answer)	PERSONALSHOPPER
*Victor Hugo classic with the character Jean Valjean	LESMISERABLES
Anger	IRE
Anger	WRATH
Annoyed	SORE
Approached	NEARED
Backward: Prefix	RETRO
Beetle with one antenna, e.g	CAR
Birthday number	AGE
Bravolebrity Giudice	TERESA
Butter portion	PAT
Campsite sights	TENTS
Capital of Morocco	RABAT
Cereal ingredient, often	CORN
Come ___ (discover)	UPON
Con's offset	PRO
Cookie that may have lemon creme	OREO
Country singer McEntire	REBA
County in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio	ERIE
Crib piece	SLAT
Crunches work them	ABS
Domestic cattle/bison hybrid	BEEFALO
Edible Hawaiian root	TARO
Endure	LAST
Eurydice's lover	ORPHEUS
Fine and dandy	AOK
Fine spray	MIST
Frankenstein's workplace	LAB
French bread that's slightly sweet	BRIOCHE
Fumigation target	PEST
Google's smart home brand	NEST
Hi-___ audio	RES
Is for you?	ARE
Isfahan's country	IRAN
It may get tied up in knots	ROPE
Jacob's brother	ESAU
James of jazz	ETTA
Kansas City's region	MIDWEST
Kind of sauce for fried fish	TARTAR
Knot-tying vow	IDO
Landing guess at JFK	ETA
Language related to Thai	LAO
Lay eggs like salmon	SPAWN
Lease	RENT
Like some kitchens	EATIN
Like the Vikings	NORSE
Materializes suddenly	POPSUP
Mislay	LOSE
Mrs., in Montevideo	SRA
Not working	IDLE
Oral health org	ADA
Perform an aria	SING
Persian poet Khayyam	OMAR
Place to hit the roof?	ATTIC
Put in stitches	SEW
River fronting the Quai Saint-Michel	SEINE
Scads	ALOT
Self-importance	EGO
Self-promoting claim	BOAST
Show host	EMCEE
Some home offices	DENS
Son of Aphrodite	EROS
Starter for "weed" or "World"	SEA
Stretch across	SPAN
They play their parts	ACTORS
Thought	IDEA
Trendy form for food	BOWL
Valued	DEAR
Vatican leader	POPE
Warms the bench	SITS
Where Batman fights crime	GOTHAM
Without assistance	SOLO
___ out a living	EKE
___-mo replay	SLO

Canadiana - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Canadiana - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A kind of spy	MOLE
Accomplish	DO
Alright	OK
Aluminium _____	FOIL
Ancient buffalo	ANOA
Apple part	CORE
Arthur, for short	ART
Boasts	CROWS
Born as	NEE
Brags	BOASTS
Breathlessness	APNEA
Buffalo _______	GALS
Cardboard _______	BOXES
Classic car	REO
Coagulate	CLOT
Cookie	OREO
Corn plant part	EAR
Dandies	FOPS
Dhow or dory, e.g	BOAT
Directories	PHONEBOOKS
Electrical unit	OHM
English School	ETON
Eskimo knife	ULU
Female freshie	COED
Fibber	LIAR
Fire remains	EMBERS
Flat fish	SOLE
German auto	AUDI
Hawaiian garb	HULA
Item	UNIT
Jam _____	TINS
Kapp or Clark	JOE
King, in Kamouraska	ROI
Lounge	LOLL
Mason ______	JARS
Mountain pass	COL
Nod or glob follower	ULE
Notion	IDEA
Osmium symbol	OS
Partner of Ahs	OOHS
Partner of outs	INS
Pig's do it	ROOT
Popular TV drama	ER
Roman 151	CLI
S	ESS
Shekels	GELT
Slaughter, for one	ENOS
Sombre	SAD
Spoken	ORAL
Stench	ODOR
Step	PACE
Tabloid _______	NEWSPAPERS
Ten, in Temiskaming	DIX
Tennis term	SET
Transparent	LIMPID
Used ______	OILS
Vanquish	SUBDUE
Verses	SONNETS
Wedding words	IDO
Woes	ILLS
Work units	ERGS
______cartons	EGG
_______ ware	GLASS
_______containers	PLASTIC

L.A. Times Daily - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle solution

 L.A. Times Daily - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Disgusting!'	ICK
'It's __': 'Nobody wins'	ATIE
'No ifs, __ or buts'	ANDS
'That's exciting!'	OHBOY
*Giving a higher mark than students deserve	GRADEINFLATION
*Intuition, often	GUTINSTINCT
*It's not always the same as one's assigned sex at birth	GENDERIDENTITY
*The Bible's golden calf, e.g	GRAVENIMAGE
About 1/2000th of a euro, in 2002	LIRA
Alarm clock toggle	AMPM
Arrived	CAME
Banking giant	CITI
Cape Cod and Baja	PENINSULAS
Charge triple, say	GOUGE
Colombian metropolis	CALI
Condescended	DEIGNED
Corn unit	EAR
D.C. baseball team	NATS
D.C.'s Pennsylvania, e.g	AVE
Dolphin family 'killer'	ORCA
European car brand that sounds sort of like a Western greeting	AUDI
Evening, in ads	NITE
Flemish painter Sir Anthony van __	DYCK
Former Neet rival	NAIR
Geological time span	EON
Great Barrier __	REEF
High hairstyle	UPDO
Indian bread	NAAN
Inventor Otis	ELISHA
Israeli parliament	KNESSET
Jason's shipbuilder	ARGUS
Journalist Farrow	RONAN
Light-footed	AGILE
Loose, like a translation	LIBERAL
Male deer	STAG
Medical diagnostic device	SCANNER
NBA conference	EAST
Old piano key material	IVORY
On key	INTUNE
On __ of: representing	BEHALF
Ordered like dictionary words	ALPHABETIC
Payable now	DUE
Pelvic bones	ILIA
Picket line crosser	SCAB
Pigeon shelter	COTE
Plenty, phonetically	ENUF
Prefix with scope	ENDO
Puffin relatives	AUKS
Rapper __ Cube	ICE
RBI or ERA	STAT
Relaxing retreat	SPA
Required bet	ANTE
Roadside haven	INN
Roman moon goddess	LUNA
Rubbed out, gang-style	OFFED
Russian supermodel Shayk	IRINA
Serve the wine, say	POUR
Shallowest Great Lake	ERIE
Site of Napoleon's exile	ELBA
Slimy substance	GOO
Sound of fear	EEK
Speck in the ocean	ISLET
Suffix with script	URE
Tease	KID
Tied, as sneakers	LACED
Two in a deck	DEUCE
Uno y dos	TRES
USO show audience ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues	GIS
Verdi classic	AIDA
Vietnam's Da __	NANG
Water cooler sound	GLUG
Water nymph	NAIAD
What a coach gives a base runner	SIGN
Where Amin ruled	UGANDA
Wife of Augustus	LIVIA
Work like heck	TOIL

The Times - Concise - January 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8815
Clues	Answers
Adult insect stage	IMAGO
Animal going on two feet	BIPED
Beer	ATE
Chewed leaf	BETEL
Climber's spike	PITON
Dried fruit	SULTANA
Dull, uninteresting	CHARACTERLESS
Even chance or risk	toss-up
Excellent	SUPER
First Greek letter	ALPHA
French country house	CHATEAU
Give a right to	ENTITLE
Having gaps	DISCONTINUOUS
Initially adjust (a device)	PRESET
Living, not dead	ALIVE
Measuring device	METER
Novel by Virginia Woolf	ORLANDO
Persuade by force	COERCE
Pig's home	STY
Provide food and drink	CATER
Punctuation mark	COLON
Put right	RECTIFY
Road avoiding town	BYPASS
Shoddy articles	TAT
Singers	ALTOS
Small songbird	TIT
Understatement	LITOTES
Use again	RECYCLE
Used bottles	EMPTIES
Very distressed	cut up

The Times - Cryptic - January 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28201
Clues	Answers
Announcement of Fellini's farewell dinner?	CHOW
Article on Greek heretic, land reformer	AGRARIAN
Attack someone who inflames your lust	turn on
Chairman's thoughts in volume not much consulted, I hear	little red book
Collector's item inquisitive American rejected	CURIO
Crowd rushes to make accusation	press charges
Doctor gone AWOL with ecstasy missing? That's a mistake	own goal
Eat together, using holiday money	break bread
Expensive bit of headgear? I'm going to nick one	TIARA
Faithfulness of surprisingly canny Scot	CONSTANCY
Holes up, being behind with story	lies low
Innkeeper serving most of crowd at counter	HOSTELLER
Judge's son enthralled by clowns and soldiers	ASSESSOR
Just beginning to be harassed by incomer	EMBRYONIC
Maverick landlord's generous offering?	free spirit
Milk consumed by irascible editor	BLEED
Monopolise rating's world	ABSORB
No dealer can supply this shrub	OLEANDER
Note US city's on way back	ONER
Oil producer briefly visiting pub in S American capital	BOLIVAR
Relatives most cheerful when unconfined	AUNTIES
Release old con, almost at end of sentence	EXTRICATE
Scrooge's hat __ top needs replacing	MEANIE
See Constable collection here?	police station
Sly nature of athlete's sins found out	STEALTHINESS
Tree where Cicero perhaps has change of heart	ROWAN
Unsolved mystery of GP returning without large bag?	cold case
US rider, one coming out of daydream	REVERE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2060
Clues	Answers
A deadly sin? I concur	AGREED
Biting pastry	TART
Count votes for Swiss hero	TELL
Deepen a waterway delta and river bank?	DREDGE
Edible stalks rot	RHUBARB
Foreshadow an outbreak of pure grief	PREFIGURE
Is title arranged solely for one of the top set?	ELITIST
June going topless as Dilys stripped anxiously	UNEASILY
Large number gather in church service	MASS
Looking for vehicle with key ongoing service	AFTERCARE
Obvious a mother or father is under pressure	APPARENT
One behaving ineffectively with mischievous child	WIMP
Perish going across oceans __ could this be the cause?	DISEASE
Purser's upset about one unexpected revelation	SURPRISE
Row about Kerry losing its coat. Crufts entrant, perhaps	TERRIER
Run United States hospital for career	RUSH
Security is brought back in warehouse	DEPOSIT
Something used to dry skin in antenatal clinics	TALC
Sudden feeling got from flying miles up	IMPULSE
Sweet, but crotchets must be rewritten	BUTTERSCOTCH
Time in French capital gains a new supporter	PARTISAN
Weak note isn't sensed by the ear when another one interrupts	faint-hearted
Went without food, limiting energy? Just the opposite	FEASTED
What's done in panels that you can hinge, primarily?	DIPTYCH

The Guardian - Cryptic - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,668 - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Almost be bold enough to succeed famous scientist	DARWIN
Animal found in mountain area, roughly	ALPACA
Awkward to be left on the other side of the Channel	GAUCHE
Bill joins in peaceful song	SERENADE
Capital's name finally included in new airport	PRETORIA
Closely follow the scandal of the Three Blind Mice?	TAILGATE
Contemplate change in friend	MEDITATE
Cop it badly, after lie about fast connection	FIBREOPTIC
Could bridge be called this complicated?	TRICKY
Heavenly body that rises with the sun?	MERCURY
It signifies death of Dickens's little girl on the radio	KNELL
Jack Sprat wouldn't gossip	CHEWTHEFAT
Join the army again? One is not in the front line	RESERVE
Lack of experience of top-class doctor in New York	NAIVETY
Learn dances to an organ	RENAL
Live as Liberal in college, always a sceptic	UNBELIEVER
Madly keen to receive love, a source of energy	KEROSENE
Music and weed, which you may have in the back yard	ROCKGARDEN
My fees are high; that's unfortunate	DEARME
Occupying platform, nationalist is to make no progress	STAGNATE
Produce army officer's short note	GENE
Readjust such files?	READONLY
Resolve of detectives to enter river	DECIDE
See 10	RAGE
See 2	RATE
Source of milk I'm beginning to exploit between lunch and dinner	TEATIME
Standing up, let vicar out	VERTICAL
The number of people reached conceal how old they are	COVE

The Guardian - Quick - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,141 - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Another word for it	SYNONYM
Cut out	CLIP
Decade __ in tweets (anag)	TWENTIES
End of the line?	TERMINAL
Feeble	LAME
Friendliness	AMITY
Harsh laugh	CACKLE
How far one's driven	MILEAGE
I apologise	SORRY
Jumble	MIXTURE
More mature	RIPER
Nebulous	HAZY
Projecting ridge (on a mountain or underwater)	LEDGE
Regardless	COMEWHATMAY
Roman Catholic priest's house	PRESBYTERY
Rugged	CRAGGY
Rushed	INAHURRY
Something to be skated around	ICERINK
Something to revolve around	AXIS
Tapered tuck in dressmaking	DART
The wrong word for it	MISNOMER
Tug	YANK
Without question	ABSOLUTELY

The Guardian - Quiptic - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 1,159 - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
An old rocker and a similar rocker placed in an earlier time	ANTEDATED
Branch of learning __ I have to be expressing personal ideas	SUBJECTIVE
Celebrity making one gawp endlessly	STAR
Churchill is victorious __ then not, after upset	WINSTON
Crazy male's out to become close buddy	SOULMATE
Danger with mist almost coming to a road	HAZARD
Deep depression around area __ tree sinks into it	CALDERA
Entered cinema, excitedly	CAMEIN
Everyone embraces first female to get academic qualification	ALEVEL
Finish with this writer in editing	EMENDING
Flu? Daughter is calm	DISEASE
Getting tough, wanting drug reduced	CRACKDOWN
Glum little Maureen got out of bed	MOROSE
Greatly appreciating French wine, as recorded in diary	LOVING
Inconclusive result, game being one that goes up and down	DRAWBRIDGE
It's blooming newspaper floating on river?	SUNFLOWER
Ministers spared criminal	PADRES
Nasty smell from river __ no good	PONG
Process apt to go wrong, ignoring ace candidates	PROSPECTS
Racing at Epsom __ number of spectators squeezed in	GATE
Religious writings featured in Dave's talks	AVESTA
Set of instructions for US TV show?	PROGRAM
Soldiers to yield or retreat	RECEDE
Soon minister in cathedral will get caught out	ANON
Sticks containers outside back of house	CANES
Summarise journey with six deliveries?	RUNOVER
Very fit __ also dim	VAGUE
We'll drink to these, showing absurdly fab trendiness	ABSENTFRIENDS
Wonderful king who wanders around with a rod?	DIVINER

Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
''The Mysterious ... at Styles'' (Agatha Christie)	AFFAIR
Absent without permission, initially	AWOL
Affable, warm and friendly	GENIAL
Ailing, unhealthy	SICKLY
Bits and bobs, hotchpotch	MISHMASH
Book leaf	PAGE
Calls on a spirit as witness, for inspiration or in prayer	INVOKES
Cause alarm	FRIGHTEN
Contemptuous laughter	DERISION
Expel or eject from the mouth	SPEW
Fictional hero raised by apes	TARZAN
Financially effective	ECONOMIC
Grateful	THANKFUL
In computing, a question to prove you're not a robot	CAPTCHA
In the open air	OUTDOOR
Insinuation, implication	INNUENDO
Leaving slowly and hesitantly	TARRYING
Legendary island sought by Odysseus	ITHACA
More foolhardy about bacon?	RASHER
One in need is one indeed, it's said	FRIEND
Providing food	CATERING
Respiratory organ of aquatic creatures	GILL
Rio pacts about the fruits	APRICOTS
Rough outline of a film, novel etc.	SCENARIO
Sewing cord	THREAD
Shortage, paucity	DEARTH
Stir up, excite	AGITATE
The acid in vinegar	ACETIC
This motive is concealed	ULTERIOR
Thomas More's ideal state	UTOPIA
Warning or proviso in a legal document	CAVEAT
Worn and broken down by use	DECREPIT

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Irish Times (Crosaire) - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
45 in hospital but only one in court?	RECORDER
Agrees with secretary taken back by documents	APPROVES
Atlas in a compilation produced by Frenchman	ALSATIAN
Awful racism - it gets waved about a lot and is synonymous with sabre-rattling perhaps	SCIMITAR
Clip, clip, clip, clip? I totally agree!	HEARHEAR
Cold caramel blows the head as a stimulant one drinks	COFFEE
Detective arrests English sales agent switching old for new seasoned sausage, alternatively speaking	PEPERONI
Director general welcomes the German back from Spain to do some work on ocean liner?	DREDGE
In retrospect, research site divides Frenchmen initially eager to use preservatives in a deadly way	EMBALM
Instrument and opening gambit to get money with ATM code outside area office	GRANDPIANO
It's a turning point taking valet off laxatives	AXIS
It's about to end malpractice ahead of failings, as it's a danger to shipping	REEF
Just sitting around with the French papers open	IDLE
List of names going to Ring for the presents?	ROLLCALL
Mini show trials perhaps for those gearing up to practice their lines	DRESSREHEARSALS
Most of the record will not frustrate or fail to gratify	DISSATISFY
No port drunk quickly	PRONTO
Passes the day, in a manner of speaking, in States	SPEAKS
Prom is in trouble with lock-down?	IMPRISON
Ruffle someone's feathers by putting it on the record	NEEDLE
Sailor getting short at the centre, can't stand	ABHOR
Sole supplier supplying orders of Bass	FISHMONGER
Some time ago confined in detention centre	ONCE
Sound of relief as Goliath's lost a lot?	SIGH
Starting primary and attempting to get rid of The Head - that's when it becomes more than curious!	PRYING
Training sessions for the players at the end of 15 across	REHEARSALS
Turns up, the man upstairs got to post good books by local person whose best in their field	TOPDOG
Wedding celebration in one of the ports	RUBY

Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"A mouse!"	EEK
"Alfred" composer	ARNE
"That was close!"	PHEW
"This is only __"	ATEST
Actress Turner	LANA
Airline to Sweden	SAS
Algerian port	ORAN
Aliases	NOMS
Answer an invite	RSVP
Antitoxins	SERA
Avocado dip, for short	GUAC
Ballpark fig	EST
Before	ERE
Borscht base	BEETS
Ceremony	RITE
Cheese variety	RICOTTA
Chicken serving	BREAST
Chinese drink	GREENTEA
Chinese dumpling	WONTON
Chopper	AXE
Coffin stands	BIERS
Coloration	HUE
Contradict	DENY
Cupid's alias	EROS
Depicts anew	REENACTS
Director Lee	ANG
Disco light	STROBE
Empty truck's weight	TARE
End-of-wk. cry	TGIF
Farm structure	BARN
Formerly, once	ERST
Govt. securities	TNOTES
Greek vowel	ETA
Gushing review	RAVE
Happy melody	LILT
Hosp. scans	MRIS
Icy	ALOOF
Involve again	REENGAGE
iPhone downloads	APPS
Italian article	UNA
Links hazard	TRAP
List-ending abbr	ETAL
Medit. volcano	MTETNA
Moose features	ANTLERS
Needlefish	GAR
Opposite of "post-"	PRE
Panache	ELAN
Pitch-correcting studio device	AUTOTUNE
Pivot line	AXIS
Quick look	PEEK
Ran in the wash	BLED
Sci-fi villain	BLOB
Show up again	REEMERGE
Standard	PAR
Stephen of "Still Crazy"	REA
Taverns	BARS
Tours season	ETE
Twitch	TIC
Types in anew	REENTERS
Very small batteries	AAAS
With precision	NEATLY
__ Dhabi	ABU

Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Common Sense" writer	PAINE
"__ your loss!"	ITS
Bird abodes	NESTS
Bother	NAGAT
Business gain	PROFIT
Chauffeur	DRIVER
Combat	WAR
Comical	DROLL
Desired	WANTED
Feedbag fill	OATS
Find darling	ADORE
Football play start	SNAP
Get excited	GOAPE
Get __ the crack of dawn	UPAT
Got together	MET
Italian cheese	ROMANO
Jack of "Barney Miller"	SOO
Lab assistant of film	IGOR
Lettering aid	STENCIL
Like bar beer	ONTAP
Lover	PARAMOUR
Make good as new	RESTORE
Model of perfection	PARAGON
Peaceful	SERENE
Perches	ROOSTS
Poorly lit	DIM
Post office buy	STAMPS
Ranch workers	HANDS
Said further	ADDED
Showy flower	ANEMONE
Signified	DENOTED
Skilled	ADROIT
Soap residue	SCUM
Sounds of contentment	AHS
Sticks together	COHERES
Stitched	SEWED
Three or four	FEW
Tortoise's rival	HARE
Translucent theater drop	SCRIM
Umbrella lookalike	PARASOL
Ump's call	OUT
Unduly suspicious	PARANOID
Uses shears	SNIPS
Vague answer	EVASION
Verse writer	POET
Workout count	REPS
Zilch	NADA
__ the line (obeyed)	TOED

USA Today - Monday Jan 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 USA Today - Jan 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Hold ___ this for me'	ONTO
'Several People ___ Typing' (Calvin Kasulke novel)	ARE
'Slippery' fish	EEL
'Take ___ pick'	YOUR
'Uh-uh'	NAW
A couple floors tall	TWOSTORIESHIGH
Actor's assignment	ROLE
Actors' workplaces	SETS
Angela Peralta solo	ARIA
Arizona-to-New Mexico direction	EAST
Assistant	AIDE
Ballerina's skirt	TUTU
Body part that sounds like a vowel	EYE
Brain's place	SKULL
Breakfast chain	IHOP
Carry	TOTE
City near Dallas	PLANO
Completely original	ALLNEW
Deja vu, for example	EERIEFEELING
Extracting from the Earth	MINING
Faucet usually found on the left side	HOTTAP
Feline	CAT
French pastry similar to a long john	ECLAIR
Game with straight flushes	POKER
Go by boat	SAIL
Grin	SMILE
Halmoni, for example	RELATIVE
Hand-___ quilt	SEWN
Inform	TELL
Lake also known as Da.aw	TAHOE
Lite-Brite pieces	PEGS
Mysterious sight in the sky	UFO
Name found in this clue's penultimate word	TIM
Name that's an anagram of 'daily'	LYDIA
Necklaces sent by Abraham Akaka to Selma marchers in 1965	LEI
New Year's dish	TTEOKGUK
Nose-related	NASAL
Not running late	ONTIME
Org. that approves medications	FDA
Palm fruit	DATE
Pan for char kway teow	WOK
Paving substance	ASPHALT
Place for gloss	LIP
Place where crias are raised	LLAMAFARM
Plays are divided into them	ACTS
Plumbing problems	LEAKS
Poetic tribute	ODE
Pricey Super Bowl purchases	ADS
Problem	ISSUE
Profit	GAIN
Response to 'You'll never believe this!'	TRYME
Sacred ceremonies	RITES
Samson and ___	DELILAH
School document	IEP
Shellfish served with mignonette	OYSTER
Simmered dish	STEW
Single-stranded molecule	RNA
Sit-___ (protests)	INS
Societal problems	ILLS
Stinging insect	WASP
String instrument spelled by removing the first letter from a woodwind instrument	LUTE
Sudden setback	SNAG
Technical term for spit	SALIVA
The Little Mermaid's name	ARIEL
The Princess of R&B	AALIYAH
Theater that hosts the Double Dutch Holiday Classic	APOLLO
Tilt	LEAN
To any extent	ATALL
Type of 39-Across	STUD
Umbundu is one of its national languages	ANGOLA
___ Aviv	TEL
___ ballot	MAILIN
___ borealis (northern lights)	AURORA
___ smell (automotive aroma)	NEWCAR

New York Times, Monday, January 31, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 New York Times, Monday, January 31, 2022 Crossword Answer 

Clues	Answers
___ No Sunshine (Bill Withers classic)	AINT
180° from NNW	SSE
2010s White House family name	OBAMA
Actress Viola of "Fences"	DAVIS
Affliction that aptly rhymes with "eye"	STYE
Bert who played the Cowardly Lion	LAHR
Biden's debate opponent in 2008	PALIN
Blood bank donation	PLASMA
Cash withdrawal spot, in brief	ATM
Cauldron	POT
Checkout lines?	BARCODES
Chowder morsel	CLAM
Collectible toon image	CEL
Cuba's ___ Bay	GUANTANAMO
Dopey or Sneezy	DWARF
Exam for an aspiring atty.	LSAT
Fake name given by Odysseus to the Cyclops	NOBODY
Federal program for health care coverage	MEDICAID
Fell asleep quickly	PASSEDOUT
Fertile soil	LOAM
Fifth note in an octave scale	SOL
Figure that a bank charges for a loan, for short	APR
Fine sediment	SILT
Fire (up)	REV
Fit for military service	ONEA
Great burden	ONUS
Hiking paths	TRAILS
Home of the Raptors, on scoreboards	TOR
Impressive feat in baseball	TRIPLEPLAY
Infuriate	ANGER
Ink stain	BLOT
Inverted pose seen in break dancing and yoga	HEADSTAND
Invisibly small	ATOMIC
Iowa senator Joni	ERNST
Iridescent gems	OPALS
Is the ___ Catholic?	POPE
Jar cover	LID
Kind of computer port, for short	USB
Lamb's mother	EWE
Life or Lucky Charms	CEREAL
Little hellion	IMP
Little redhead in a long-running Broadway show	ANNIE
Locale for a home garden	YARD
Location	SITE
Mad Money host Jim	CRAMER
Makeup of some "bunnies"	DUST
Mathematical grouping	SET
Misled deliberately	LIEDTO
Night author Wiesel	ELIE
Not much	ATAD
One-billionth: Prefix	NANO
Online marketplace for crafts	ETSY
Open room with natural light	ATRIUM
Others	REST
Pay to get in a card game	ANTE
Renders null	VOIDS
Secret meeting between lovers	TRYST
See 20-Across	STATION
See 27-Across	TABLE
See 49-Across OF	ROOF
See 56-Across	WORDS
Send too many emails	SPAM
Smart guy?	ALEC
Something to lick on a stick	LOLLIPOP
Sports network that airs "Courtside Cinema"	NBATV
Start of Juliet's "What's in a name?" speech	OROMEO
The present	NOW
Totally pointless	NOUSE
Touches base before running home, say	TAGSUP
Traditional Father's Day gifts	TIES
Unleavened flatbread in Indian cuisine	ROTI
Water filter brand	BRITA
Winter setting in N.Y.C.	EST
With 21-Across, broadcast unit that may operate with 50,000 watts	RADIO
With 30-Across, numbers displayed in rows and columns	DATA
With 51-Across, long-lasting cover for a house	SLATE
With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing	PARTING
Won gold, silver or bronze	MEDALLED

Family Time - Jan 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Family Time - Jan 30 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Gold unicorn ___ baby dragon, which do I want?" (2 words)	ORA
"I" strain?	EGO
"I'm better than you" person	SNOB
"If you give me the ___ half, I'll have it all"	OTHER
180 degrees from good	EVIL
An animal with tusks	BOAR
Authentic or genuine	REAL
Be a successful marketer	SELL
Bicontinental landmass	EURASIA
Big city in Norway	OSLO
Bluish color	TEAL
Blvds. or sts. kin	AVES
By way of	VIA
Cheesy Dutch export	EDAM
Clean, as one's dirty hands	LAVE
Cry like a pigeon	COO
Dads	PAS
Entrance into a mine	ADIT
Estimator's words	ORSO
Fancied-up "Bye!"	TATA
Gooses, as an engine	REVS
Great drink for a hot summer day (2 words)	ICEDTEA
Great fire	INFERNO
Have a jalapeno pepper	EAT
It can capture precious moments (2 words)	DIGITALCAMERA
Large Australian bird raised for meat	EMU
Like a game with a 102-12 score	OVER
Like a hotel room after room service	NEAT
Little slice of history	ERA
Map book	ATLAS
Material for a shiny jacket (2 words)	PATENTLEATHER
Old Italian money	LIRA
One of the earliest artists of all time (2 words)	CAVEMAN
One of the main directions	SOUTH
Org. known for orbits	NASA
Painful thing to have in a shoe	STONE
Participated in a cross-country event	RAN
Prefix with "dynamic"	AERO
Private retreat	SANCTUM
Proofs people are who they say they are	IDS
Rabbit relative	HARE
Relative of "shock" and "stun"	AWE
Safety device for every home (2 words)	SMOKEDETECTOR
Sense of humor	WIT
Sentence type that should have ended sooner (2 words)	RUNON
Shimmering waterway	SEA
Simple home	HUT
Snooze at 2:45 p.m	NAP
Solo performed in an opera	ARIA
Some rodents kept as pets	RATS
Something a basketball travels through	NET
Sport played with mallets	POLO
Stadium's rain blocker	DOME
Swiss mountain	ALP
Tent securer	STAKE
The boy in the cape	HIM
Tilt	LEAN
To and ___	FRO
Top boss in "The Godfather"	VITO
Touch lightly on the shoulder	TAP
Toward the right, on a map	EASTERN
YouTube video interrupters	ADS

Universal - Jan 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Universal - Jan 30 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Golly!"	GEE
"How come?"	WHY
"I want a brewski!"	BEERME
"Once ___ a time ..."	UPON
"Step right up!"	NEXT
"What's more ..."	ALSO
"When I was your ___ ..."	AGE
60-Across at a royal residence?	PALACEGUARD
60-Across at the airport?	TSAAGENT
60-Across in heaven?	SAINTPETER
60-Across on the ranch?	FARMHAND
Acronym encompassing chem and calc	STEM
Agonize (over)	STEW
All better, say	HEALED
Amanda who became the first National Youth Poet Laureate	GORMAN
American Eagle intimate apparel brand	AERIE
Ask too much	PRY
Bad-mouth	MALIGN
Bae or beau	BOO
Banana Boat stat	SPF
Beanie or beret	HAT
Bejeweled crowns	TIARAS
Big fuss	HOOPLA
Bullwinkle, for one	MOOSE
Burns a bit	SINGES
Candy with the tagline "Taste the explosion!"	POPROCKS
Connections	INS
Digital ___ (break from screen time)	DETOX
Domino indentation	PIP
Exam for some H.S. seniors	APTEST
Falls across a border?	NIAGARA
Flights of fancy	WHIMS
Flowers named for the Greek rainbow goddess	IRISES
Gaping mouth	MAW
Greek I	IOTA
Green prefix	ECO
Guatemala's language, in Guatemala	ESPANOL
High-pH substance	BASE
Imitate	APE
Individual controlling access	GATEKEEPER
Insignificant	MINOR
Japanese horseradish	WASABI
Jitterbug dance style	SWING
Juicy bits?	PULP
Key beside Q	TAB
Laser cannon's smaller relative	RAYGUN
Like hot caramel	GOOEY
More than a bite	MEAL
Name found in "kale chips"	ALEC
Not just any	THE
Oklahoma setting of HBO's "Watchmen"	TULSA
One may sense saltiness or sweetness	TASTEBUD
One more than bi-	TRI
Pal, in Paris	AMI
Passports, e.g	IDS
Penny	CENT
Ray in the ocean	MANTA
Remove, as a bra	UNHOOK
Render unavailable	TIEUP
Rice dish with saffron	PAELLA
Road trip game	ISPY
Sign at a takeout counter	TOGO
Small batteries	AAS
Squabbles	SPATS
Step before dry	WASH
Summit	TOP
Synagogue cabinets	ARKS
Tag line?	NOTIT
Take effect	KICKIN
Tijuana street food	TACO
UFO pilots, maybe	ETS
Unexpected problem	SNAG
Usually solitary cephalopods	OCTOPI
Volleyball move before a spike	SET
Winter forecast	SNOW
With intensity	KEENLY
Yellowstone herd	ELK
___/her/hers	SHE

Newsday.com - Jan 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Newsday.com - Jan 30 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
''And there it is!''	VOILA
''I want to get in the game!''	USEME
''If all __ fails . . .''	ELSE
''Jack and the Beanstalk'' exclamation	FIE
''Satellite'' service	RADIO
''Seize the day'' text	YOLO
''Sheepskin'' certificate	DIPLOMA
''Vogue'' competitor	ELLE
''What a shame!''	SOSAD
41 Across treatment	FACIAL
Actress Drescher	FRAN
Actress Tara	REID
Agribusiness enterprise	FACTORYFARM
Airer of NASCAR events	ESPN
All done	OVER
Back muscle, for short	LAT
Big-ticket	PRICEY
Botanist Burbank	LUTHER
Bring comfort to	SOOTHE
British nautical measure	ADMIRALTYMILE
Buck ender	AROO
Carousel carving	HORSE
Certain Caribbean coin	BARBADOSDOLLAR
Charleston-era architecture	DECO
Choose formally	ANOINT
Circus performance	ACT
Coll. near the Rio Grande	UTEP
Colloquial contraction	AINT
Come in first	WIN
Common Western setting	RANCH
Cowpoke's rope	LARIAT
Creative concept	IDEA
Creative pursuit	ART
Creditor's claim	LIEN
Dame __ Dench	JUDI
Danson of TV	TED
Devilishly clever	SLY
Devoid of emotion	IMPERSONAL
Diversions, for short	REC
DNA lab procedure	GENETICTESTING
Drink on draft	ALE
Eisenhower's alma mater: Abbr	USMA
Emphatic rebuttal	IDOSO
Emphatic Spanish assent	SISI
End of an Albertan's alphabet	ZED
Engage for work	HIRE
Enviable reviews	RAVES
ER areas	ICUS
Far beyond disappointed	AGHAST
Female zebra	MARE
Fish ''found'' in a Disney film	NEMO
Foe of the Cheyenne	PAWNEE
For fear that	LEST
France's longest river	LOIRE
French landscape painter	COROT
Ft. Worth campus	TCU
Genie's place	ALADDINSLAMP
Get __ on (learn about)	ALINE
Gibbon or gorilla	APE
Glass or steel, to chemists	SOLIDSOLUTION
Go on the breeze	WAFT
Goes quietly	TIPTOES
Golf pro Ernie	ELS
Green mineral	JADE
Health insurance for seniors	MEDIGAP
Healthful resort	SPA
Hombre's house	CASA
Hybrid citrus fruit	UGLI
Is of benefit	AVAILS
Jeans brand	LEVIS
Language of Pakistan	URDU
Leaping bug	FLEA
Least affable	ICIEST
Line of stitches	SEAM
Literary alter ego	HYDE
Major arteries	AORTAS
Marshy lowland	SWALE
McDonald's mascot	RONALD
Michelangelo sculpture	DAVID
Mideast money	RIALS
Monocle, essentially	LENS
Moose cousin	ELK
Nickname for a ''III'' son	TREY
No longer edible	RANCID
Nonprescription, for short	OTC
Not easily satisfied	FUSSY
Not in use, as a theater	DARK
Not made-up	REAL
Object of worship	ICON
Object of worship	IDOL
Of bees	APIAN
Of fleets	NAVAL
Olympic jacket logo	USA
Pack (down)	TAMP
Panini cheese	ASIAGO
Pass across	TRAVERSE
Period before Easter	LENT
Permits	ALLOWS
Playful sprite	PIXIE
Poet of ancient Rome	OVID
Port of Denmark	ODENSE
Potato order	MASHED
Princely designation	HRH
Put a tag on	LABELED
Raucous battle	MELEE
React to the cold	SHIVER
Related orally	TOLD
Reverent feeling	AWE
Rival of Alamo	AVIS
Road service responder	TOWCAR
Round number	ZERO
Self-evident truths	AXIOMS
Shakespearean monarch	LEAR
Skateboarder's leap	OLLIE
Slanted type: Abbr	ITAL
Slender	SLIM
Soothing succulent	ALOEVERA
Sorority letter	ETA
Source of salt	MINE
St. __ Beach, FL	PETE
Statement for the media	PRESSRELEASE
Steal from	ROB
Street or avenue	ROAD
Take care of	TEND
Tales of olden days	LORE
Tex-Mex dip	GUAC
They pop up on web pages	ADS
Throws in	ADDS
Tickled pink	ELATED
Toast opening	HERES
Took a spill	FELL
Tournament ranking	SEED
Treasury Dept. arm	IRS
Treats around a campfire	SMORES
Triathlon opener	SWIM
Uncool one	NERD
Unrefined metal	ORE
Urban wailer	SIREN
Venomous viper	ADDER
Wet weather	STORM
Where merchandise is displayed	SALESROOMS
Where to begin	START
Whiteboard accessory	ERASER
Whom 49ers toil for	NFL
Worthless	NOGOOD
__ Frank House (Amsterdam museum)	ANNE

L.A. Times Daily - Jan 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 L.A. Times Daily - Jan 30 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'America's __ Talent'	GOT
'Chestnuts roasting ...' co-writer	TORME
'Delish!'	YUM
'Gotcha, man'	IDIG
'I knew it __ you'	WAS
'Oh'	ISEE
'Oy vey!'	AHME
'The most striking figure in Starkfield,' in a Wharton classic	FROME
'The __ Show'	GONG
'You found the right person'	IMIT
'__ mañana'	HASTA
'__ Smile': Hall & Oates hit	SARA
Added conditions	ANDS
African antelope	GNU
Air issues org	EPA
Alpine lake	TARN
Ancient Assyrian capital	NINEVEH
Arafat's gp., once	PLO
At Notre Dame, say	INPARIS
Atl.-based network	CNN
Banking at a beach ATM?	FUNDINGINTHESUN
Big spreads	ESTATES
Bit of talk show self-promotion	PLUG
Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit	IMBAD
Brings forth	ELICITS
Bulb measure	WATT
Burns a little	CHARS
California's San __ Obispo	LUIS
Called before	NEE
Car that didn't go far	EDSEL
Challenge, as testimony	IMPEACH
Chicken, in a Cantonese dish	GAI
Concerning	INREGARDTO
Deg. of distinction	PHD
Embrace, as a custom	ESPOUSE
Ending with neur-	OSES
Exam no-nos	CRIBS
False __	STEP
Fed. anti-discrimination org	EEOC
Feed bag bits	OATS
Fire	CAN
First Black person to host a successful TV variety show	FLIPWILSON
Fix	RIG
Folding ladder feature	AFRAME
Fraudulent budget increase for cleaning supplies?	BRILLOPADDING
Geek Squad member, for short	ITPRO
Group for ex-GIs	VFW
Group of experts	PANEL
Growing bulb?	BUDDINGLIGHT
H, to Kronos	ETA
Hankered (for)	ITCHED
Heels	CADS
Hit the jackpot	WINBIG
Honi's comics dad	HAGAR
How deals are usually sealed	INPEN
Hungry request	MORE
Iain's negative	NAE
IRS agent	TMAN
Jazz pianist __ Jamal	AHMAD
Jungian concerns	PSYCHES
Just about	ALMOST
Kissing at the bar, briefly	PDA
Label giant	AVERY
Legal gp	ABA
Letters to a lender	IOU
Like a best friend	CLOSEST
Limo passenger	VIP
Loaf	LOLL
Lost steam	SLOWED
Lots	PLENTY
Lucie's dad	DESI
Major curves on a mountain road?	EPICWINDING
Mgr.'s second-in-command	ASST
Mil. rhyme for 'Yahtzee'	ROTC
Mindless	INANE
Modeling supply	GLUE
More frivolous	SILLIER
Moving	ASTIR
Nightly news figure	ANCHOR
Ocean trip for relationship strengthening?	BONDINGVOYAGE
One may fall over a crowd	HUSH
One of the Allman Brothers	GREGG
One side of an issue	CON
One way to crack	WISE
One-named body-image advocate	EMME
Park way	PATH
Part of CPA: Abbr	CERT
Part of MIT: Abbr	INST
Parts of gigs	MEGS
Patti Tavatanakit was its Rookie of the Year for 2021: Abbr	LPGA
Percolates	SEEPS
Polished off	EATEN
Pop's Carly __ Jepsen	RAE
Pre-flight pandemonium?	WILDBOARDING
Precise location	SPOT
Pres. or CEO	LDR
Protestant denom	EPISC
Quarterback Rodgers	AARON
Ready	RIPE
Record speeds, for short	RPMS
Recycling receptacle	BIN
Ricky Martin's surname, by birth	MORALES
Role for Ingrid	ILSA
Saskatchewan capital	REGINA
Saw-toothed	SERRATE
Scott of 'Hawaii Five-0'	CAAN
Seal the deal	SIGN
Sesame __	SEED
Shape-fitting game	TETRIS
Showing support for	ENDORSING
Shut out	BAN
Simple fastener	CLASP
Sofia's home: Abbr	BULG
Soften	THAW
Some NCOs	SGTS
Something specific, informally	DEET
Special occasion service	CHINASET
Spoken sounds	SONANTS
Start of a classic dramatic question	ETTU
Statehouse official: Abbr	LTGOV
Strand at a chalet, say	ICEIN
Stray	ROAM
Stuffed meat dish	ROULADE
Take a limo, say	GOINSTYLE
Text-scanning tech	OCR
Those waiting for Facebook friend acceptance?	PENDINGPALS
Together	ENMASSE
Tony winner who portrayed TV's Barney Miller	HALLINDEN
Twelve, half the time	NOON
Use to conceal, as a bed	HIDEUNDER
Vogue alternative	ELLE
Walk in the park, say	AMBLE
Weena's race, in a Wells classic	ELOI
What a chair does	PRESIDES
Where it all started	ORIGIN
Where to find words for words	ROGET
Whole lot	TON
Wilson of Heart	ANN
Wintry strains	FLUS
Word from a coach	AGAIN
Word of accusation	LIAR
Word with white or cream	EGG
__ gratias	DEO
__ Palace: castle on the Portuguese Riviera	PENA