Family Time - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Family Time - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"... ___ a lender be"	NOR
"Folk" attachment	LORE
"Like it or ___!"	NOT
All the time to come	ETERNITY
All wound up and jittery	EDGY
All your relatives	KIN
Any smartphone game	APP
As dry as a desert	ARID
Bach composition	OPUS
Beast like Shrek	OGRE
Before hidden in "where"	ERE
Bigfoot relative	YETI
Car	AUTO
Coin with a Leonardo da Vinci work	EURO
Cola holder	CAN
Country in southern Arabia	YEMEN
Covered in burnt residue	ASHY
Dangerous snake type	ASP
Daybreak	DAWN
Dr. Seuss creature	LORAX
Fancy whirlpool locale	SPA
Fired a rifle	SHOT
First poker chips	ANTE
First-of-the-month payment, for some	RENT
Font with a slant	ITALIC
Foreshadow	BODE
Had pickles dipped in butter	ATE
Hard to hold on to	SLIPPERY
Hold on to	RETAIN
Important part of a ladder	RUNG
Industrious buzzer	BEE
K.C. pro	CHIEF
Knee protector, on a field	PAD
Land of the Free letters	USA
Like roads with lots of 27-Across and 30-Down	NASTY
Like the ocean	DEEP
Major college official	DEAN
Master cook	CHEF
Miserable and pathetic	WRETCHED
Mountain goat	IBEX
Native of California's largest city	ANGELENO
Newspaper section	OPED
Nile wading bird with a curved bill	IBIS
One way to make eggs	BOIL
Padlock partner	KEY
Pay-___-view	PER
Peeve	IRK
Powerful beast	APE
Ruler's creation	LINE
Sailor's yes	AYE
Science class	LAB
Sharpen, as a knife edge	HONE
Small aquatic amphibian	NEWT
Sound like a wolf	HOWL
Surface coating that is 28-Down	ICE
Swiss mountain	ALP
The one getting the biggest trophy	WINNER
Thing in a kitchen	POT
Thing some do on 27-Across	SKI
Tiny measurement of PC memory	BYTE
Valedictorian's delivery	SPEECH
Very tiny amount	IOTA
Wall ___ (furniture piece)	UNIT
Wearing nice clothes	CLAD
Weave on it	LOOM
Where Londoners throw darts	PUB
Winter delight	SNOW
Woman in a convent	NUN

New York Times, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 New York Times, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Crossword Answers 

Clues	Answers
*___ Square (translation of "Vieux Carre")	OLD
*2010-13 HBO series set shortly after Hurricane Katrina	TREME
*Cajun shellfish-over-rice dish	ETOUFFEE
*Cajun stew	GUMBO
*Celebration with king cakes	MARDIGRAS
*Gulf Coast waterway	BAYOU
*Main drag of the French Quarter	BOURBONSTREET
*Music heard at Preservation Hall	LIVEJAZZ
*St. Charles or Esplanade	AVENUE
[Wrong answer!]	BZZT
___ de plume	NOM
___ Grey tea	EARL
___ Lanka	SRI
___ sauce (sushi roll topper)	EEL
Absolutely!	YES
Actor Epps	OMAR
Actor Platt of "Dear Evan Hansen"	BEN
Actress Messing	DEBRA
Annapolis inst.	USNA
Arrive at ahead of	BEATTO
Aspiring doc's exam	MCAT
Attempt	TRY
Baseball family name	ALOU
Bird in a gaggle	GOOSE
Campbell of "Scream"	NEVE
Chick's chirp	PEEP
Colorful pond fish	KOI
Eccentric	BATTY
Empty, as a purse	DUMPOUT
Evening, in ads	NITE
Eye layer containing the iris	UVEA
Fencing event	EPEE
Foe of Austin Powers	DREVIL
Former Italian money	LIRA
Hang on a sec, in texts	BRB
Harlem Renaissance writer Locke	ALAIN
I put the sing in single singer	LIZZO
Ice house	IGLOO
Imam's holy book	KORAN
Later!	SEEYA
Lives (in)	RESIDES
Mine find	ORE
N.Y.C. airport	JFK
NBC hit since '75	SNL
Never Have I ___ (Mindy Kaling Netflix series)	EVER
Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares	BIGEASY
No power?	VETO
Not taking sides	NEUTRAL
Once around the track	LAP
One-up	OUTDO
Parked oneself	SAT
Plastic pipe material, in brief	PVC
Pop culture site created as a supplement to The Onion	AVCLUB
Popeye's Olive	OYL
Prepare, as a king cake	BAKE
Psyched about	UPFOR
Queenly	ROYAL
Rapper Mos ___	DEF
Reunion attendees, informally	ALUMS
Sandwich known by its initials	BLT
Screenwriter Ephron	NORA
Ship's backbone	KEEL
Shoelace or muscle problem	KNOT
Simpson family member who says "Get bent!"	BART
Singer Anita of the swing era	ODAY
Singer Celine	DION
Soda's pop?	FIZZ
Some NCOs	SGTS
Stared in wonder	GAPED
Steppes dwelling	YURT
Twilight time	DUSK
Uno + uno	DOS
Uprising	REVOLT
Varieties	ILKS
What nephology is the study of	CLOUDS
Wombs	UTERI
Women's ___	LIB
Yaks	GABS
Yay, me!	IRULE

The Times - Concise - February 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8839
Clues	Answers
Activity on ice	figure skating
Aerial	ANTENNA
American coin	DIME
Battle, fight	FRAY
Beer container	BARREL
Continent	EUROPE
Deceive, trick	DUPE
Donated	GAVE
Feeling of general dread	ANGST
Go faster	hurry up
Inert gas	NEON
Insincere praise	FLATTERY
Make less noisy	Quieten
Makes unhappy	UPSETS
Married woman	WIFE
Operating room	THEATRE
Ornamental plume	AIGRETTE
Port official	harbour master
Reworked, made over	REHASHED
Rising current (in US)	UPDRAFT
Rodent snare	rat trap
Small basket for fruit	PUNNET
Support; remain	STAY
Unit of length	METRE
Very angry	WRATHFUL
Water; pale blue	AQUA
The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8840
Clues	Answers
__ Barrel; __ scratchings	PORK
Brief memory failures	LAPSES
Coarsely humorous	RIBALD
Computer language	BASIC
Failing; deficiency	SHORTCOMING
Formal discussion	DEBATE
Former Indian leader	GANDHI
Greek letter	THETA
Incidental remarks	ASIDES
Irritating inconvenience	HASSLE
Look into	INVESTIGATE
Moan, grumble	WHINGE
Pester; animal	BADGER
Red gemstone	RUBY
Religious observance	DEVOTION
Scientific explanation	THEORY
See, make out	PERCEIVE
Sheep's coat	FLEECE
Ship's floor	DECK
Silly	DAFT
Soldier on a recce	SCOUT
Sparkling Italian wine	ASTI
Topic for 13 Across	ISSUE
Twofold	DUAL

The Times - Cryptic - March 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28226
Clues	Answers
A secretary/accountant rings Lima wool supplier	ALPACA
Accompany a nurse taking another temperature	ATTEND
Ace lacking in backbone for meeting in Rugby	SCRUM
Adapted free metres in recess for shelving	DEFERMENT
Bogus capitalism you’ll offer to exile?	political asylum
Brother maybe holding a hotel address in Mumbai?	SAHIB
Cut furrows round economist's factory, also	MILL
Doomed person in dock charged with resistance	ACCURSED
Former college to change, introducing degrees	alma mater
Go off drink daughters imported	ADDLE
Home Counties harbours smell cleaner	SPONGE
Left convict during match preparing ground	TILLAGE
Maybe first troops call crossing north	ORDINAL
Minister finished scoffing large piece	REVOLVER
Noel's parasitic growth transformed motel site	MISTLETOE
One cutting new accent adopted by leading woman	ENGRAVER
Our lot turned up to develop a monster	WEREWOLF
Reckless fellow, mostly “cheeky”, not once losing heart	BUCCANEER
Relief of sorts as drivers receiving a single supply	ANALGESIA
Restraint bound to secure extra cover	REINSURE
Rich, like the countryside, often?	ROLLING
Rose up unexpectedly to embrace the female comic star	SUPERHERO
Series of cheeky devils turned over bank	DYKE
Steps out of ball game accompanied by business graduate	RUMBA
Striking success story about storing carbon	ECLAT
Subject finally caught withdrawing fake cases	MATHS
Talc, maybe, with guy going in for women's scent in ball	POMANDER
Try eg study in English depravity that's inadmissible	hearsay evidence
Twist, say, for rising dynasty	ORPHAN
Unimaginative, having girl filling image	PROSAIC
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2081
Clues	Answers
A wee pest's destroyed pretty plants	sweet peas
Approach continuous period at university	run-up
Broadcast across American university	TRANSMIT
Car __ nothing right after its test?	MOTOR
Conservative member has chosen to become a monk	CARMELITE
Criticise material used for roofing	SLATE
Dear lover no longer philosophical?	EXPENSIVE
Former statesman seen in China's serious	NASSER
Her dish __ Peep’s __ potentially?	shepherds pie
Homeless girl gets home in Rugby maybe	GAMINE
International experiment with something in a box?	test match
It's a man wandering over a part of Australia	TASMANIA
Leaving the job for rail builders to do	making tracks
Material in study I am sunk beneath	DENIM
Model again to get rest?	REPOSE
Outcome is not odd when looked at over time	EVENT
Poet takes off	KEATS
Regret being impolite, putting daughter out	RUE
Sermon maybe in specific location	ADDRESS
Slide and jump not quite to the end	SKI
Small child’s wheeled toy making impact	STRIKE
Those who mimic sport said to be funny?	PARODISTS
Very quick train's ending in northern city	PRESTON
Withdrew soldiers given medical attention?	RETREATED

The Times - Cryptic - February 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28225
Clues	Answers
Actor with speech not having caught handover	EXTRADITION
After drink, read novel that's flimsy fiction?	CHARADE
Artwork flipping rubbish, which may be a minus	OPERATOR
Band's tour plugging covers of single	STRIPE
Bold female lugs around large, empty ewers	FEARLESS
Cat's nine lives ultimately running non-stop	INCESSANT
Clare's town losing time in activity in court	ENNIS
Compose music for the monastery, showing taste	PENCHANT
Conservative member not happy making U-turn	CLIMBDOWN
Crack about taking in queen's minder	CHAPERON
Degenerate bum stealing pounds	BACKSLIDE
Deny wife gets released from prison once	NEGATE
Edgar gutted by cryptic containing nothing designed to be easy	ERGONOMIC
Fellow feeling California escapes disaster	AMITY
Guilty-seeming way to fall foul of the RSPCA?	HANGDOG
Half of news two journalists wanted	NEEDED
Lack of feeling shown by Richardson?	hard-heartedness
One trembles, sent without cover after killer	ASPEN
Passing one chap pinning hairstyle with fancy net	IMPERMANENT
Pilgrim's greeting, welcoming a couple of judges	HAJJI
Preserve agreement to put in German marks	JAM
Public official dressing king	MAYOR
Recruits being regularly on the field of combat once	ENLISTS
Something corny cut by Irish writer, one from Dublin or Antrim?	EASTERNER
Source of distress overwhelming woman's spirit	BANSHEE
To a militarist, an awful approach to government	TOTALITARIANISM
Train, or alternative to it?	COACH
Where Americans go around noon	CAN
Where criminals eat is top drawer?	CONSTABLE
Woman I see hiding gun	AGATHA
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2080
Clues	Answers
A Greek character joins blokes in scheduled recreation	AMUSEMENT
Church worker in Ireland chilled drink	ice beer
City chief recalled legendary Rovers footballer, American	MAYOR
Conversation starts to echo around Una's French country house	CHATEAU
Cool weapon for group of admirers	fan club
Damage new hat on long-distance race	MARATHON
Dog equipment in outskirts of arena	AKITA
Dull English or US coin	DIME
Father and son rage	SIRE
Fraud unknown on south-west island	SWIZ
German city engineer's inner nature	ESSENCE
Gracious female, upper-class, somewhere in the Ionian Islands	CORFU
In New York, university cream broadcast skill in maths	NUMERACY
Language Sean misused in jest	JAPANESE
Lie in hospital, exhausted	TALE
Live empty life in same Yorkshire town	BEVERLEY
Nocturnal tree-dwelling lemur half visible, certainly	AYE
Record old companion's age	EPOCH
Resign from actor's union without case	QUIT
Romantic musician, seconds before, excited Andre	SERENADER
Someone who looks old alongside British waiter	OBSERVER
Stop by English river last	ENDURE
Untidy person's thorough wash mostly very loud	SCRUFF
Visit Ely perhaps	SEE
Want Geordie to meet newsman	NEED
Wine Rob tipped over __ 'oops' heard	BORDEAUX

The Guardian - Cryptic - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,692 - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Avoid car accident when temperature drops	SHUN
Being gutless, meddle with Bowie's arrangement	DISEMBOWELED
City of noted square singer who lit up sick soldiers	FLORENCE
Cut team coming second?	SILVERSIDE
Cut up as daughter falls, being murdered	ICED
Declare large city locked in? Not after that!	ATLATEST
Detective's joke sounds a bit crude	HOMESPUN
Double act that's no longer with us	DODO
Draw foes out __ it should stop a beating	SAFEWORD
Fantastic sunlit surroundings for river that's pristine	UNSPOILT
Illegally approaches player? Fight back is winning	TAPSUP
It's a stretch to get privates on the ground	THESPLITS
Look after small personal problem for careless shepherd	LITTLEBOPEEP
Loud males in heat somehow made them suicidal	THELMAANDLOUISE
Minor problem getting horse into river	NIGGLE
Objectives of European nations disturbed some leaders	ENDS
Old religious type takes crucial lead from nature	ESSENE
Pass by the Spanish church feature	ELAPSE
Picture earl with flies undone	SELFIE
Politician in obvious statement of political idiocy	TRUMPISM
Reading so liberally is quite pretentious	GRANDIOSE
Thin core becoming small __ it could shock you	TASER
Training expert in silence, perhaps	PEACE
Type of service available en route to popular escape	INFLIGHT
Underwear found in shopping area aboard ship	SMALLS
What's more, many back taking on Brussels, for example	TOCAPITALL
Wimp has scoop about friend coming back	BETAMALE

The Guardian - Cryptic - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,693 - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Armadillo's articulated body marking	TATOU
Award Savage a very low mark for wit	OSCARWILDE
Basic failure to meet storytelling quota?	UNDERLYING
Brief from foreign leader spreading fake news	FLYING
Class relied on reform to get aircraft squadrons in France	ESCADRILLES
Current undergarment for a woman lacks opening	EDDY
Disease has politician stretched out flat in bed	COMPLAINT
Do the same as prisoner with criminal record	CONFORM
European bridge: one should start leading hearts	SPANISH
Fail to qualify? Don't go falling into the canal!	MISSTHECUT
German region we backed way before failure, some might say	WESTPHALIA
Getting people to talk in a form of Inuit is nothing, without question	INQUISITION
In miniature, because an instrument	REBEC
In revolt, mean and tense	UPTIGHT
Last of air removed from high cloud and carbon injected as entertainment	CIRCUS
Leave wrapping right round bird	PARROT
Note name assumed by wild alpine plant	PERENNIAL
Old military leader is well (sadly not internally)	MONTY
Removes barriers as protection from the enemy	DEFENCES
Sailor's girlfriend with yen to yield to independence — the virgin kind?	OLIVEOIL
Seaside feature: sex initiation plus nude swimming	SANDDUNE
Set your sights on a state-backed scholarly environment	ACADEMIA
Shaker town holding back migration	TREK
Southern French town's excuse, when independence lost	ALBI
Sporting grannie almost won National	NORWEGIAN
Street seller's recipe involved with rice?	CRIER
Tending to shake, a bit like a flight case?	QUIVERISH
They put the squeeze on Hypnos, cast outside Troy	PYTHONS
Unimportant person describing a weak wine	NOBODY
Very numb	DEAD

The Guardian - Quick - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,166 - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Solutions

Clues	Answers
Act like a parasite	SPONGE
Afternoon rest	SIESTA
Begin to understand	COTTONON
Escargots	SNAILS
Extreme poverty	PENURY
Formal midday meal	LUNCHEON
Handsome youth	ADONIS
Lent a hand	HELPEDOUT
Madame in a Puccini opera	BUTTERFLY
Mediterranean island	SICILY
Pal	CHUM
Participating	JOININGIN
Root vegetable producing sugar	BEET
Solidified lava used as an abrasive	PUMICE
Something left out	OMISSION
State of great agitation	STEW
Tom, Dick or Harry?	ANYONE
Unruffled __ brought together	COLLECTED
Woman's loose-fitting undergarment	CAMISOLE
Young goats	KIDS

The Guardian - Quick - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,165 - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Able to produce the result intended	EFFICACIOUS
Altered	CHANGED
Away from land	OFFSHORE
Be careful	PLAYSAFE
Cosy	SNUG
Cover for the head and face	HOOD
Cutlery item	KNIFE
Enticed	TEMPTED
Funny situation or person	HOOT
Greetings	SALUTATIONS
Highest possible score with one dart	SIXTY
Lupins hid me (anag) __ garden plants	DELPHINIUMS
Notions	IDEAS
Robinson Crusoe author	DANIELDEFOE
Sell (informal)	FLOG
Style of 19th-century English architecture, interior design and furniture	REGENCY
The noble art of self-defence?	PUGILISM
Train __ bus	COACH
Without unnecessary extras	NOFRILLS
Wood-eating insect	TERMITE

The Guardian - Quiptic - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 1,163 - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
As canaries missing a cuckoo	ARSENIC
Ask softly, then take charge	PLEAD
Each cat essentially spies a tree	ACACIA
Each class function	PERFORM
Fancy Chelsea tractor leaving street to get fuel	CHARCOAL
Far-fetched accounts and short stories? On the contrary	TALL
Flabby adipose tissue, primarily	FAT
From the air, glass oddly is a chemical weapon	TEARGAS
Good place to leave a boat in Alaska?	ANCHORAGE
Herb mixture contains a treatment for addiction	REHAB
Honour to receive Oscar for musical instrument	OBOE
Initially important guessing game	ISPY
Itinerant composer appearing in Albert Hall performance, popular at last	TRAVELLER
Like arty composition getting lost	ASTRAY
Meet, for example, to cover the international science fiction premieres	SATISFY
Old jail bird, not quite silver	GULAG
Principal in hospital after car crash	ARCH
Pub diet for slimmers?	LOCAL
Recorded missing the start of first degree, being disorganised	REGISTERED
Rising water regularly this deep	TIDE
Rock band's joint	ELBOW
Say Abracadabra please?	MAGIC
See 1	TALES
See 16	WORD
See Senegal's rebuilt city	LOSANGELES
Shabby mandate, mostly mine	DECREPIT
Some poorly crafted material	LYCRA
Surprising success for nightmare?	DARKHORSE
Suspect image of Matilda with one wearing knitted pattern	IDENTIKIT
They reflect as lion, say, moans audibly	CATSEYES
Troubled sleep is over for bears	PANDAS
Unable to disperse large cloud	NEBULA
What one might do on a windy day to test opinion	FLYAKITE

Irish Times (Simplex) - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Irish Times (Simplex) - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A movable object on the set of a play or film	PROP
African antelopes with twisted horns	ELANDS
Alter appearance to conceal identity	DISGUISE
Appreciably cold	CHILLY
Asian medicine man	SHAMAN
Base on which a statue or column stands	PEDESTAL
Biblical prophet thrown into the lion's den	DANIEL
Branch of the security forces	POLICE
Cooked so it's firm when bitten	ALDENTE
Correct formal or diplomatic etiquette	PROTOCOL
Descriptive words or phrases	EPITHETS
Detachment for security or reconnaissance	PATROL
Dishes covered with breadcrumbs or grated cheese	AUGRATIN
Drawing before something has made	DESIGN
Dries bun badly for one of two growths on a male face	SIDEBURN
Expressing one's view	OPINING
His non-violent resistance helped end British rule in India	GANDHI
Large striped felines	TIGERS
Market place around a fortress in a N African town	CASBAH
Not causing death	NONFATAL
Of the inside	INTERNAL
Receptacle for an everyday beverage	TEACADDY
Regulating device for maintaining uniform speed in an engine	GOVERNOR
Ribbon stretched across the finishing line on a race track	TAPE
Saucer-shaped object that spins when thrown	FRISBEE
Shape or number	FIGURE
State firmly and positively	AVER
Strange, odd	PECULIAR
The ... of the fittest (Darwinian evolutionary theory)	SURVIVAL
The right to formally reject a proposal	VETO
Usually, though not always	ASARULE
Very early calculator	ABACUS

Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''I ... lonely as a cloud'' (Wordsworth)	WANDERED
Affected manners intended to impress others	AIRS
Attack the good name of someone	DEFAME
Bad-mannered, discourteous	RUDE
Bountiful or unselfish	GENEROUS
Closer at hand	NEARER
Comfort, rest	EASE
Concave utensils for serving ice-cream perhaps	SCOOPS
Concern and distress caused by something unexpected	DISMAY
Figure of speech suggesting something really is what it resembles	METAPHOR
Grassy plant of wet areas	REED
Harry ..., famous escape artist	HOUDINI
Have a conflicting opinion	DISAGREE
Having one's home there	RESIDING
Highly-prized possession	TREASURE
In legal possession of	OWNING
It became independent of Ethiopia in 1993	ERITREA
Lifting machines and wading birds	CRANES
More miserly, meaner	STINGIER
Nether garment	TROUSERS
On teeth, it encourages caries	PLAQUE
Open-toed shoe	SANDAL
Orchestral introduction to opera	OVERTURE
Shallow containers for food	DISHES
Source, root	ORIGIN
Take it if you feel offended	UMBRAGE
The coldest and slippiest	ICIEST
The place where something begins	SOURCE
The practice of favouring one's relatives or friends with jobs	NEPOTISM
They're made by selling for more than the original cost	PROFITS
Upper part of the face	FOREHEAD
Young folk	CHILDREN

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Irish Times (Crosaire) - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A bet backing English players	FORECAST
A fair amount of grill for community found around Belgium city?	QUEBEC
A person of note responsible for the numbers heard on the pavement	STREETSINGER
Aftermath of Ulster Question?	RESULT
Country doctor covers for former partner in charge	MEXICO
Dialogue in first edition at times from Metamorphosis	EXCHANGE
Eddy and Ned ignored by swindler	SWIRL
Issues upsetting leaders of North of Ireland tourism divides Ulster, for one	EDITIONS
It's very similar to the person in biography and made-up stuff about Boltzmann Constant	LIFELIKE
Jelly fish found behind area on a torn-up, low-quality paper	AGARAGAR
Obsession of jockey perhaps aboard last horse at The Curragh? Keep an eye on him!	ONETRACKMIND
Obstruction case involving rugby player from the scrum and second centre	BLOCKAGE
One note on the essence of right and wrong	INCORRECT
One of those involved in underground movement, for example, recalls writing most of the proposed legislation	GERBIL
Opposed to criminal trial involving a third party	CONTRARY
Oversees accountant in shelter - it's a cultural thing	RACIAL
Pool the French bank's gold bullion?	LAGOON
Puts a team together in department swamped by mixed-up files	FIELDS
Snorkelling spots for lough party reviewed	REEFS
Something for half of those in 1 down producing histrionics	DRAMA
Sounds like order to bouncer to not allow the man downstairs in with dissident	REFUSENIK
St Paul's job as a Galician wine producer?	TENTMAKER
Take a breath on ridiculous gradient going on the stage without any preparation	SIGHTREADING
Take a piece from organisation with a return address	UNARM
That's right for business-to-new-businesses?	CONFIRMS
The role of Nature?	CHARACTER
Those doing a bit of dealing lose head with those working in the house	USHERS
What you might say if someone you don't like is going to virtuous religious leader for papers from Charleston	GOODRIDDANCE

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Irish Times (Crosaire) - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A couple of Frenchmen in Press Box synonymous with The Mail no one wants	SPAMMERS
Characters in Odessa edited Review of Theories	IDEAS
Charity's plea to all from village	GIVE
Croaky on the radio and on local television in the trailer for Black Beauty, presumably	HORSEBOX
EU dismissed by unsuitable, old capital	ISTANBUL
Forbids public houses serving drink	BARS
Get it in the neck over Chinese philosopher's ideal retweet about hothead	THROAT
Get the answer from Felicity cutting margins	ELICIT
Goes here and there following mischievous type to rallies	IMPROVES
Half of Split	CUTINTWO
Heads, joints, organs, hoofs, necks from farm animal typically found in England	JOHNBULL
Important person on the drink in Tokyo has the same signature as Louis XIII, for example?	NAMESAKE
It's fine, for example, to sell drugs around Ulster	PUNISH
It's the complete opposite of those characters fronting 13 down and bar	SHUT
King Cobra has no groin or vertical column?	BACK
Local holds down a second job producing first movie shooting out around Lima	MOONLIGHTS
Names a cocktail opening seedy joint with the type of skill one needs if they're taking a punt?	SEAMANSHIP
Not the first to leave Italian port after Mass for members of The Acer family	MAPLES
Old city in Belgium with American university department	BUREAU
Old examination associated with good books consumes grown-up boys leading to detention	INTERNMENT
Romeo emailed boss - it's meant to be therapeutic	REMEDIAL
Severely reprimand 10 across for an unspecified person from 23 down	GIVESOMEONEHELL
Sides with Henry of Navarre on this spot	HERE
Soldier loses the head with sailor over where Noah landed	ARARAT
Tease over club going to Kildare to put the boot in	KICKED
Thrilled to remove dirt accommodating the man downstairs	HELL
Uplifting study by Rex Russell gained through his work	EARNED
Willing to consider new types in 14 down for Frank and Old Penny dressed-up in denim	OPENMINDED

Canadiana - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Canadiana - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Diana" singer	ANKA
"Everything I Do" singer	ADAMS
"Four Strong Winds" singer	SYLVIA
"My Heart Will Go On" singer	DION
"Snowbird" singer	MURRAY
"The Circle Game" singer	MITCHELL
"These Eyes" singers	GUESSWHO
A play on words	PUN
About aviation	AERO
Aeons	AGES
Against	ANTI
Allot	METE
Auld lang ___	SYNE
Auricle	EAR
Black cuckoos	ANIS
Cable network, for short	ESPN
Class or kind	TYPE
Compact	TAMP
Compass pt	NNE
Conditions	TERMS
Consume	EAT
Copying machine supplies	TONERS
Cried	WEPT
Deeds	FEATS
Denoting two	DUAL
Dry	WRY
Egg part	YOLK
Elation	JOY
Excelled, in a way	SHONE
Face part	CHIN
Fuel delivery sys	EFI
Genetic transmitter, abbr	RNA
Ger. automobile	BMW
Hairdo	AFRO
Hand, slangily	PAW
Inform on	RAT
Ireland	ERIN
Jo or Faye preceder	TAMMY
Junior dog	PUP
Kicking Horse and Crowsnest	PASSES
Listening device	BUG
Little rascal	IMP
Local govts	RMS
Memo header	FYI
Military vehicle	JEEP
Mockery	TRAVESTY
Monetary unit	KOPEK
Most senior	ELDEST
Murres	URIA
Ontario Premier, once	RAE
Place	PUT
Rub out	ERASE
Scold	CHIDE
Sense of self	EGO
Shock	STUN
Stack	WAD
Stare at	OGLE
Stretch out, in a way	PROTRACT
Tic and toe partner	TAC
TSE or NASDAQ	MKT
Twitch	TIC
Wart or road follower	HOG
Writer Fleming, for one	IAN
___ pitch	SLO
____ Loma	CASA
_____ your troubles	PACKUP

L.A. Times Daily - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 L.A. Times Daily - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"500" race, familiarly	INDY
"Aw shucks" quality	MODESTY
"Chopsticks __ fork?"	ORA
"Hmm ... doubt it"	UHNO
"Oof!"	YIKES
"SNL" alum Gasteyer	ANA
"Time to stop obsessing on this"	LETITGO
Abel and Cain, to Adam and Eve	SONS
Adept	ABLE
Apt "it's" anagram	TIS
Armored vehicle	TANK
Art Deco artist	ERTE
Articulated	SAID
Asian beef city	KOBE
Automobile	CAR
Avoid, as duty	SHIRK
Barcelona boy	NINO
Brewery need	YEAST
Broadway event	SHOW
Colgate rival	ORALB
Covert ops outfit	CAMO
Cutesy nose-poke word	BOOP
Dark beer	STOUT
Declare	AVER
Depend (on)	HINGE
Diane's "Cheers" co-server	CARLA
Diver's rotation	SOMERSAULT
Dull pain	ACHE
Duties	TASKS
Dwarf planting	BONSAI
Ethan or Joel of film	COEN
Fey with nine Emmys	TINA
Fleecy females	EWES
Fruit whose oil is used in cooking	OLIVE
Greek B	BETA
Hanukkah pancakes	LATKES
Hawaiian greeting	ALOHA
Hunger signs that hurt	PANGS
Indian spiced tea	CHAI
Joint above the ankle	KNEE
Like civilizations that antedate written records	PREHISTORIC
Mind-matter link	OVER
Montreal MLBer before 2005	EXPO
Nine-piece combo	NONET
Official inspection spot	CHECKPOINT
One of the senses	TASTE
One who comes to the rescue	HERO
Onetime Ralston cereal now owned by General Mills	CHEX
Part of BSA: Abbr	AMER
Pâté de __ gras	FOIE
Pigeon sound	COO
Play a part (in)	ACT
Podded plant	PEA
Ponder (over)	MULL
Pop singer's list of recordings, e.g	DISCOGRAPHY
Pre-bedtime coffee, often	DECAF
President with degrees from Columbia and Harvard	OBAMA
Racetrack shape	OVAL
Reggae relative	SKA
Root for a luau	TARO
Scourge	BANE
Sourced locally, as a menu	FARMTOTABLE
Subtle element in a success story ... and what's revealed by each set of circles	SECRETSAUCE
Taiwanese bubble tea	BOBA
Take a chance on	RISK
Tiny colonist	ANT
Traditional piano key wood	EBONY
Tres menos uno	DOS
Tripartite commerce pact acronym	NAFTA
U. of Maryland athlete	TERP
Unseating plan?	COUP
Very much	ALOT
Vietnamese New Year	TET
Wine lover's prefix	OENO
Wound cover	SCAB
Writers' tools	PENS
Yawn-inducing	BANAL
__ Rae, Sally Field role	NORMA

Newsday.com - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Newsday.com - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''. . . happily ever __''	AFTER
''Believe __ not . . .''	ITOR
''Beware the __ of March''	IDES
''Big'' prefix for bucks	MEGA
''Don't tell __ can't do it!''	MEI
''Just leave __ me''	ITTO
''Look what I did!''	TADA
All the words you know	VOCABULARY
And others: Abbr	ETAL
Bank officers' titles: Abbr	VPS
Book of definitions	DICTIONARY
Book of maps	ATLAS
Bull, in Spain	TORO
Cash in, as coupons	REDEEM
Cash, slangily	MOOLAH
Cleveland's lake	ERIE
Colorful eye part	IRIS
Corrosive liquid	ACID
Creative thought	IDEA
Despise	HATE
Document in a passport	VISA
Dwelling places	HOMES
Egg-and-cheese breakfast	OMELET
Explanatory essay	COMMENTARY
Fancy napkin fabric	LINEN
Fixes dishonestly	RIGS
Flat-topped hills	MESAS
Flower stalk	STEM
French flat hat	BERET
Fronts of the lower legs	SHINS
Heroic tale	EPIC
Hesitant agreement	UMYEAH
Icy precipitation	SLEET
Indoor sports site	ARENA
Infamous Roman emperor	NERO
Landlord's income	RENT
Lines on a checklist	ITEMS
Lion's hair	MANE
Maximum speed	LIMIT
Measure of carbs or protein	GRAM
Media mogul Winfrey	OPRAH
Membership fees	DUES
Mentally sharp	ASTUTE
Mix with a spoon	STIR
Mortgage adjustment, briefly	REFI
Much-admired celebrity	IDOL
Needless fuss	ADO
One-__ (biased)	SIDED
Optimistic emotion	HOPE
Party givers	HOSTS
People with diplomas, for short	GRADS
Performs in a film	ACTS
Person abroad for a religion	MISSIONARY
Physically nimble	AGILE
Put one's trust in	RELYON
Rats' smaller cousins	MICE
River's flood barrier	LEVEE
Rolling stone's lack, supposedly	MOSS
Shake from the cold	SHIVER
Shakespearean king	LEAR
Shaped like a 0	OVAL
Sicilian volcano	ETNA
Sink, as the sun	SET
Small sheltered bay	COVE
Small whirlpool	EDDY
Square footage	AREA
Tire surface	TREAD
To no __ (useless)	AVAIL
Trim again	RECUT
Try hard	STRIVE
Tuna containers	CANS
Unmannerly men	CADS
Votes like ''ayes''	YEAS
Waltz or tango	DANCE
Wide belt	SASH
Wide city streets: Abbr	AVES
Young woman	GIRL
__ Arabia (Mideast nation)	SAUDI

Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Now, where __ I?"	WAS
"Thank you, Henri"	MERCI
Actor Epps	OMAR
Asian holiday	TET
Attorney's profession	LAW
Blog entry	POST
Body powder	TALC
Boxer Spinks	LEON
Broadway's Verdon	GWEN
Celeb's magnetism	STARPOWER
Cheerful	MERRY
Citadel of Moscow	KREMLIN
Coach Parseghian	ARA
Compass point	WEST
Con	ANTI
Crunchy cookie	OREO
Cyndi Lauper's "__ Bop"	SHE
Despondent	LOW
Dig in	EAT
Droid	BOT
Forceful takeover	POWERGRAB
Franc replacement	EURO
Get wind of	HEAR
High-five sound	SLAP
Hubbub	ADO
Ivy League team	PENN
Japanese city	KYOTO
Jumping croaker	BULLFROG
Latin 101 word	AMAT
Luau instrument	UKE
Mal de __	MER
Mark Harmon TV series	NCIS
Clues	Answers
Metal source	ORE
Miriam Makeba's music	AFROPOP
Model Heidi	KLUM
Off-white	ECRU
Online crafts site	ETSY
Ontario neighbor	MANITOBA
Oodles	GOBS
Oxen's burden	YOKE
Parcel of land	LOT
Paris street	RUE
Pear type	BOSC
Petri dish gel	AGAR
Pizza slices	WEDGES
Plane reservation	SEAT
Pleased	GLAD
Politician's supporters	POWERBASE
Previously	AGO
Quinn of "Elementary"	AIDAN
Rebuff	SNUB
Remote batteries, often	AAS
Ruin the veneer	MAR
Scepter	ROD
Self-control	WILLPOWER
Skin opening	PORE
Spigot	TAP
Stare stupidly	GAWK
Stitched	SEWED
Swampy terrain	MIRE
Thin pancakes	CREPES
Triumphed	WON
Unforeseen problem	SNAG
Web address	URL

Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Hi, sailor!"	AHOYMATE
"Sad to say ..."	ALAS
50-and-over org	AARP
Apple tablets	IPADS
Banner	FLAG
Bar	RAIL
Beer container	CAN
Billboards	ADS
Bordeaux summer	ETE
Burdens	ONUSES
Capital of New South Wales	SYDNEY
Collect slowly	GLEAN
Colorful season	AUTUMN
Con job	SCAM
Days gone by	YORE
Depend (on)	RELY
Dorm alternative	FRAT
Dowels	PEGS
Emulate Lipinski	ICESKATE
Evergreens	YEWS
G-man's org	FBI
Gave rise to	SPAWNED
Gorilla	APE
Grass shack	HUT
Greek vowel	ETA
Gun the engine	REV
Judge too highly	OVERRATE
Just sit there	STAGNATE
Kvetches	NAGS
Lot vehicle	CAR
Monster	OGRE
Morsel	BIT
Muffin choice	BRAN
Nonbeliever	PAGAN
Novelist Jennifer	EGAN
On the briny	ASEA
Perimeter	EDGE
Persia, today	IRAN
Peter Fonda role	ULEE
Photo, for short	PIC
Physician's nickname	DOC
Plato classic, with "The"	REPUBLIC
Puccini opera	TURANDOT
Rich curtain fabric	BROCADE
Russo of "The Intern"	RENE
Satchel	BAG
Scoff	JEER
Second person	YOU
Sikh headgear	TURBAN
Smith grad	ALUMNA
Sock part	TOE
Sofa brand	IKEA
Spanish artist	GOYA
Spirited horse	ARAB
Sports figures	STATS
Swing to and —	FRO
Syria neighbor	JORDAN
Taj Mahal city	AGRA
Tart flavor	TANG
Teri of "Tootsie"	GARR
Toledo's lake	ERIE
TV explorer	DORA

Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"West Side Story" gang	JETS
"— pig's eye!"	INA
Abounds	TEEMS
Addition column	ONES
Arid expanse	DESERT
Arm's length	REACH
Baby's toy	RATTLE
Boutiques	STORES
Brain-based	MENTAL
Canvas holder	EASEL
Casual eateries	CAFES
Chant	INTONE
Cheese choice	SWISS
Chest muscle, for short	PEC
Common conjunction	AND
Dark	UNLIT
Due to	ONACCOUNTOF
Exit a banking site	LOGOUT
Fencing need	SWORD
Go by	ELAPSE
Hive group	BEES
Individually	APIECE
Message from the boss	SEEME
Metal source	ORE
Moolah	LUCRE
More minuscule	TINIER
Most secure	SAFEST
Nuisance	PEST
Of the kidneys	RENAL
Orpheus played one	LYRE
Poe woman	LENORE
Procured	GOT
Ship of 1492	PINTA
Singer Elliman	YVONNE
Some tour-neys	OPENS
Spot for shingles	ONTHEROOF
Staircase part	STEP
Stratagems	WILES
Superficially to	ONTHEFACEOF
Take the title	WIN
Tater	SPUD
Tear	RIP
That fellow	HIM
Track shape	OVAL
Uncommon	SCARCE
Without a contract	ONSPEC
Write hastily	JOT
Young lion	CUB

Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A party to	INON
Baseball team boss	MANAGER
Basket material	WICKER
Beanie or beret	CAP
Bike part	GEAR
Chowder chunk	CLAM
Come before	PRECEDE
Cure	REMEDY
Draw out	ELICIT
Dutch cheese	EDAM
Egg layer	HEN
Farmers, at times	SEEDERS
Fifth president	MONROE
Find darling	ADORE
Hammer end	PEEN
Hawaiian dance	HULA
Hitchcock classic	VERTIGO
Kidney-related	RENAL
Like some arguments	HEATED
Loud commotion	DIN
Made compulsory	MANDATED
Made use (of)	AVAILED
Mel of the Giants	OTT
Melody	TUNE
Mindy's TV friend	MORK
Mona Lisa feature	SMILE
Moon-based	LUNAR
Newspaper worker	EDITOR
Note from the boss	SEEME
One of the Fates	ATROPOS
Out of style	PASSE
Piano piece	ETUDE
Proofing mark	DELE
Put down	LAY
Sea cow	MANATEE
Second shot	RETAKE
Sedan or SUV	CAR
Shackles	MANACLES
Show uncertainty	WAVER
Singer Burl	IVES
Soup sphere	PEA
Speed checker	RADAR
Team fans	ROOTERS
Throw a banquet for	REGALE
Under sedation	DOPED
Without help	ALONE
Young fox	KIT
Zoo favorite	CHIMP

Wall Street Journal - Feb 28 2022 - "Good for What Ails Ya" Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Wall Street Journal - Feb 28 2022 - "Good for What Ails Ya" Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
“Beat it!”	SCAT
“That’s a pity”	SOSAD
“You’ve got mail” co	AOL
Anna’s sister, in “Frozen”	ELSA
Apex predator of the oceans	ORCA
Astros outfielder McCormick	CHAS
Barely-there amount	TRACE
Battery brand name	DELCO
Be out, in a way	SLEEP
Bit of a chuckle	HEE
Blade cover	SHEATH
Bounding main	SEA
Braying beast	ASS
Bread buy	LOAF
Broil alternative	BAKE
Browser feature	TAB
Business closing?	INC
Came down with something, and what each theme answer has done	CAUGHTABUG
Clinic address	DOC
Co-workers of RNs	MDS
Completely unimportant person	NOBODY
Crunched muscles	ABS
Decorate	ADORN
Deets	INFO
Des Moines setting	IOWA
Ellipsis trio	DOTS
Ending for some URLs	ORG
Exactly as expected	ONCUE
Farmer’s flock	SHEEP
Flushes, e.g	POKERHANDS
Free-range animal area	OFFLEASHPARK
Get out of bed	RISE
Good place to experiment with drugs	LAB
Hawke of “Boyhood”	ETHAN
Heat in the microwave	NUKE
Hiking route	PATH
History chapters	ERAS
Honolulu hellos	ALOHAS
Hydrogen’s atomic number	ONE
Improv comedy rule of thumb	YESAND
In fashion again	RETRO
Lightest U.S. coin	DIME
Low-tech communication method	TINCANTELEPHONE
Mani-pedi targets	NAILS
Mexican resort spot, familiarly	CABO
Munch Museum city	OSLO
Numbers on a board game box	AGES
Peepers	EYES
Place in the sticks?	NEST
Prepared	SET
Pueblo material	ADOBE
Quarantine, perhaps	STAYATHOME
Rainbow community letters	LGBT
Raison d’___	ETRE
Ran out of juice	DIED
Recipe amts	TSPS
Redacted text coverers	CENSORBARS
Resting on	ATOP
Savory patisserie offerings	ONIONTARTS
Scourge of sidewalks	GUM
Secret store	STASH
Site with a “Buy It Now” button	EBAY
Slight grimace	WINCE
Smell	ODOR
Soccer setting	ARENA
Superlative suffix	EST
Supporter’s vote	YEA
Symbol of eternity	CELTICKNOT
Ultimatum ending	ELSE
Utter	SPEAK
Visual phenomenon at some raves	STROBEEFFECT
Wedding reception sight	CAKE
Whispered summons	PSST
White House medical adviser Anthony	FAUCI
Wood for wine casks	OAK
Writer Lebowitz	FRAN

Wall Street Journal - Mar 1 2022 - "All Part of the Act" Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Wall Street Journal - Mar 1 2022 - "All Part of the Act" Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
“Groundhog Day” director	RAMIS
“I would never!”	ASIF
“No lie!”	ITIS
“Subsequently...”	WITHTHAT
“Unfortunately...”	ALAS
“Well, darn!”	GEE
“___ Got a Way” (Billy Joel hit)	SHES
At a loss for words	AWED
Attach to	FASTENON
Auction units	LOTS
Barclays Center team	NETS
Bejeweled topper	TIARA
Berliner’s boulevard	STRASSE
Boarding site	GATE
Bugler in the Tetons	ELK
Burner setting	HIGH
Chicago mayor Lightfoot	LORI
Cultural character	ETHOS
Damon of “Downsizing”	MATT
Different	ELSE
Dominate, in sports slang	OWN
Doughnuts and bagels, topologically	TORI
Engine problem	STALL
Fairway club	IRON
Film format at many a wedding	MONTAGE
Fine fabric	SILK
Four-time Emmy winner Falco	EDIE
Gifts with growth potential?	CHIAPETS
Gives a wide berth to	AVOIDS
Go bad	ROT
Golfer Ernie	ELS
Headed for the fence, perhaps	HOT
HEIST: Act 1, Opening	LIFTTHECURTAIN
HEIST: Act 2, Introduction	TAKETHESTAGE
HEIST: Act 3, Grand Theft	STEALTHESHOW
HEIST: Act 4, The Escape	BREAKOUTINSONG
Hold in anger	SEETHE
In stitches	SEWN
Intermittent offering at the Golden Arches	MCRIB
Its state bird is the California gull, ironically	UTAH
Lamb’s mother	EWE
Like much folklore	ORAL
Lose steam	TIRE
Manning of the NFL	ELI
Margarine	OLEO
Martinez of the Vegas Golden Knights	ALEC
Men’s store array	TIES
Mens ___ (felonious intent)	REA
Move quickly	DART
Nemo’s home	REEF
Not in use	IDLE
Nursery group	TOTS
Outcome	RESULT
Paste shortcut	CTRLV
Patella’s place	KNEE
Plane measure	AREA
Pretzel topping	SALT
Put on	WEAR
Queen ___ (pop superstar nickname)	BEY
Rides to the red carpet	LIMOS
Second son	ABEL
See 51-Down	SCENE
Seed often found in Chinese cooking	SESAME
Slant	SKEW
Spock’s longtime portrayer	NIMOY
Springs	LEAPS
They might say “God, no!”	ATHEISTS
Tribe in the Beaver Wars	ERIE
TV’s Moran and Moriarty	ERINS
United hub	OHARE
What you might get from thinking twice	IDEAS
Where the speakers of the house may have come from	BOSE
With 65-Across, investigation site, and a punny description of the HEIST answers	CRIME
___-a-brac	BRIC

USA Today - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 USA Today - Mar 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'Avatar: The Legend of ___'	KORRA
'Don't fret!'	ITSOK
'Don't hide from the world!'	LIVEYOURTRUTH
'Get Christie Love!' actress Graves	TERESA
'I completely support that decision!'	LOVETHATFORYOU
'Make haste!'	HURRY
'No, thanks'	NAH
'positions' singer Grande, to fans	ARI
'We're all born naked, and the rest is ___'	DRAG
'You ___ kidding!'	WERENT
Also	TOO
Arboretum plant	TREE
Birds that give a hoot	OWLS
Boatload	SLEW
By way of	VIA
Chuckle audibly	LAUGHOUTLOUD
Close with wax	SEAL
Color on the bi flag	PURPLE
Complaint	BEEF
Cons' opposites	PROS
Critter with a stinky spray	SKUNK
Crunches work them	ABS
Dedicated poem	ODE
Detroit's country	USA
Do some sketching	DRAW
Dubai's country	UAE
Extract data from	SCRAPE
Feel unwell	AIL
Flubs	ERRS
Four Corners state	UTAH
Front porch	STOOP
Green ___ ice cream	TEA
Grindr downloader	USER
Harsh bird sound	SQUAWK
Hawaiian garland	LEI
Homophone of 'I'	EYE
Island home to Iolani Palace	OAHU
League for Breanna Stewart	WNBA
Like beards and some situations	HAIRY
Like the name Stu for a cook	APT
Luggage scale units (Abbr.)	LBS
Many 'Ratatouille' characters	RATS
Medication that prevents HIV	PREP
Mining material	ORE
Mykonos, por ejemplo	ISLA
Opposite of first	LAST
Palindromic fish	ONO
Personal idiosyncrasies	QUIRKS
Pickleback ingredient	BRINE
Place for an 'I <3 MOM' tattoo, maybe	ARM
Places to sit	SEATS
Plane part	WING
Popcorn seasoning	SALT
Puts on TV	AIRS
Rescuer	SAVIOR
Retain	KEEP
Satisfies	SATES
Scatter seeds	SOW
Secret agents	SPIES
So far	YET
Sound made with one hand	SNAP
Spherical item in Mario Party	ORB
Steamy soak	HOTBATH
Sushi rolling tool	MAT
Tab and Caps Lock, e.g	KEYS
Tapir's nose	SNOUT
The 'M' in TMI	MUCH
The 'P' in PMS	PRE
The Pointer Sisters, e.g	TRIO
They/___ pronouns	THEM
TV series about a high school show choir	GLEE
University system with campuses in Hyderabad and Delhi (Abbr.)	IIT
Unofficial spinoff stories, for short	FANFIC
Up to the task	ABLE
What a 20-Down provides	SHADE
Word between tic and toe	TAC
Yang's complement	YIN
___ off (fall asleep)	NOD
___-quencher	THIRST

USA Today - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 USA Today - Feb 28 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'Angels in America' started as one	PLAY
'Another thing . . .'	ALSO
'Are we having fun ___?'	YET
'Bro!'	DUDE
'Can't stop to talk!'	IMLATE
'Cats don't have owners, they have ___'	STAFF
'Did you hear what I said??'	HELLO
'Emma' star Taylor-Joy	ANYA
'Frenemy' or 'frankenfood'	PORTMANTEAU
'Make it snappy!'	NOW
'My guess is . . .'	IDSAY
'Nobody puts Baby in a ___'	CORNER
'You'd have a great time with us!'	COME
'___ up and take my money!'	SHUT
Abbreviation aptly found in 'testimonial'	IMO
Airer of 'Doctor Who'	BBC
Barking sound	ARF
Bat mitzvah officiant	RABBI
Bitter beer	IPA
Bummed out	SAD
Ceremonial act	RITE
Closely packed	DENSE
Dines on	EATS
Empty	VACANT
Enticing fragrances	AROMAS
Estee Lauder cosmetics brand	AVEDA
Fancy camera initials	SLR
Feel sore	ACHE
Frying vessel	PAN
Game guideline	RULE
Goes slower than a gallop	TROTS
Gooey campfire treat	SMORE
Gothic fiction writer Rice	ANNE
Hidden hazard	TRAP
Hospital areas	ERS
Iowa Writers' Workshop degree	MFA
Jennifer Lopez rom-com set in a posh New York hotel	MAIDINMANHATTAN
Jiggly custard	FLAN
Kilograms measure it	MASS
Like a winding path	SERPENTINE
Like flying cars and robot butlers	FUTURISTIC
Line from a song	LYRIC
Long parts of flowers	STEMS
Medication-evaluating org	FDA
Mint containers	TINS
More pleasant	NICER
Movies that dramatize real people's lives	BIOPICS
Name for something	TERM
National Coming Out Day mo	OCT
Neue Helvetica, for example	FONT
Nickname for the Golden State	CALI
One, three, five, etc	ODDS
Opposite of rural	URBAN
Outward behavior	DEMEANOR
Phrase said while revealing a royal flush	READEMANDWEEP
Piece of data	STAT
Poet Gabbert	ELISA
Poke	JAB
Questionable	IFFY
Ridge on a guitar neck	FRET
Selena album '___ Prohibido'	AMOR
Set of three achievements	TRIFECTA
Shelter protected by a rain fly	TENT
Simplicity	EASE
Singer Gabriel known as 'El Divo de Juarez'	JUAN
Slip up	GOOF
Sought elected office	RAN
Sue Storm actress Jessica	ALBA
Swarming insects	GNATS
Tolerated	STOOD
Tricky predicament	BIND
Wandering type	NOMAD
Work hard for	EARN
___ chi	TAI
___ puffs (hairstyle)	AFRO
___-battered fish	BEER

New York Times, Monday, February 28, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 New York Times, Monday, February 28, 2022 Crossword Answers 

Clues	Answers
some well-pitched games	TWOHIT
___ pants (cropped style popularized in the 1960s)	CAPRI
___ soon?	TOO
___ Te Ching	TAO
10-Down filler	INK
1990s cartoon series featuring Yakko, Wakko and Dot	ANIMANIACS
Abbr. meaning "and others"	ETAL
Actor with the famous line "I pity the fool!"	MRT
Agreements	PACTS
Amazon speakers introduced in 2014	ECHOS
Amtrak express train	ACELA
Archaeologist's find	RELIC
Arizona college town	TEMPE
Around 50.25% of the world's adult population	MEN
Baby-boomer series that starred Ken Olin	THIRTYSOMETHING
Bones next to ulnae	RADII
Bunch of wolves or cards	PACK
Busy with other things	TIEDUP
Contest with roping and riding	RODEO
Cornered, in a way	TREED
Cultural anthropologist Margaret	MEAD
Dark shade of blue	NAVY
Deities	GODS
Disquieted state	UNEASE
Doggie doc	VET
Enjoy a meal	EAT
Eve's man	ADAM
Flamenco cheer	OLE
Francis of old TV's "What's My Line?"	ARLENE
Ho ___ Minh City	CHI
Hometown proud supermarket	IGA
How cute! sounds	AWS
ID in the form xxx-xx-xxxx	SSN
In a sulk	MOPING
In few words	TERSE
Indian stringed instrument	SITAR
Instruction to Kate in a Cole Porter title	KISSME
It clinks in a drink	ICE
Jai ___ (sport)	ALAI
Jeannette ___, first woman elected to Congress	RANKIN
Journalist Curry	ANN
Justice Kagan	ELENA
Letters before an alias	AKA
Like auto shop rags	OILY
Linguine or fettuccine	PASTA
Make ___ meet	ENDS
Male cat	TOM
Mauna ___ (Hawaiian volcano)	LOA
Meters and liters	UNITS
Museum-funding org.	NEA
Must-have	NEED
Not from Earth	ALIEN
Nurses, as a drink	SIPS
One may be half-baked or brilliant	IDEA
One side in eight-ball pool	SOLIDS
Org. featured in the documentary "This Film Is Not Yet Rated"	MPAA
Parts of a French archipelago	ILES
Pinnacle	PEAK
Play opener	ACTI
Poet William who wrote "The Prelude"	WORDSWORTH
Popular online reference	WIKIPEDIA
Prefix between bi- and quad-	TRI
Public health agcy.	CDC
Reason for a markdown	DEFECT
Reproductive cell for a fern	SPORE
Rub the wrong way	IRK
Six for a TD, e.g.	PTS
Slouching Towards Bethlehem author Joan	DIDION
So long!	SEEYA
Some Best Buy buys, for short	PCS
South American rodent with soft, dense fur	CHINCHILLA
Swamp in "Pogo"	OKEFENOKEE
The Beatles' "Till There ___ You"	WAS
Tuba sound	OOMPAH
Two are better than one, they say	HEADS
Word before room or comedy	SITUATION
Writing implement filled with 37-Down	PEN
X-ray follow-up, perhaps	CTSCAN

The Times - Specialist - February 27 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 307
Clues	Answers
"And don't ____ on the pate" (Mr Creosote in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life)	SKIMP
"It is as certain as it is marvellous that truth and ____ come from one source" (Goethe)	ERROR
"This other ____, demi-paradise" (Shakespeare, Richard II)	EDEN
1805 battle, often considered Napoleon's greatest victory	AUSTERLITZ
20 quires of paper	REAM
A small fly resembling a mosquito	GNAT
A very short skirt	micro-mini
Actress, dancer and singer, featured in We're in the Money in Gold Diggers of 1933	Ginger Rogers
An old name for a common seal	sea calf
An old term for the end of a rugby match	no side
Another name for a pool shark	HUSTLER
BeeGees song which has been used in CPR training	Stayin' Alive
Brazil's ____ National Park is in the Tapajos River watershed	AMAZONIA
British sitcom which featured flatmates Gary Strang and Tony Smart	Men Behaving Badly
By area, the smallest US state	Rhode Island
Character played by Eric Mabius in the comedy-drama series Ugly Betty	Daniel Meade
Charles "Lucky" ____ replaced the "capo dei capi" American mafia leader with a governing body, "the Commission"	LUCIANO
City at the eastern end of the Gower peninsula	SWANSEA
Collides with a vehicle in front	rear-ends
Comic strip character ____ Race plays for Melchester Rovers	ROY
Condition also called work-related upper limb disorder	rsi
Considerable	no little
Diet, exercise or treatment plan	REGIMEN
Elgar's song cycle Sea Pictures was composed for this English contralto with a powerful voice	Clara Butt
Fleetwood Mac singer who wrote the Rumours song Dreams	Stevie Nicks
Helium nucleus emitted by unstable isotopes	alpha particle
Hermann Buhl reached the summit of ____ in 1953, in the only solo first ascent of an 8000-metre peak	Nanga Parbat
In some versions of draughts, to remove an opponent's piece as a penalty for failing to capture with it	HUFF
Insurance professional, sometimes called "a cross between a bookie and an undertaker"	ACTUARY
Interstellar clouds	NEBULAE
Legal term for a sum paid by a new tenant for remaining fixtures	INGOING
On a fully-rigged tall ship, the ____ staysail is positioned behind three jibs	foretopmast
Original name of the quiz show now hosted by Paddy McGuinness	A Question of Sport
Parisian cabaret venue on Boulevard de Clichy	Moulin Rouge
Poet described by Lady Caroline Lamb as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know"	lord byron
Popular name of the church at the highest point of Paris	Sacre-Coeur
River flowing from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean	St Lawrence
Scientific study of the body's defence mechanisms	IMMUNOLOGY
Tanzania's largest city	Dar es Salaam
The one-word anagram of MOBILISES	OMISSIBLE
The policing agency which became Soca in 2006	NCIS
The tallith worn by male orthodox Jews is a type of ____	prayer shawl
This poem's rhyme scheme may be AAAA, ABAB or ABBA	QUATRAIN
To amicably accept opposing opinions	agree to differ
To travel aerially, towed like a waterskier	PARASAIL
Type of jug once often combined with a bowl in bedrooms	EWER
Vesta and Pallas are among the solar system's largest ____s	ASTEROID
Wild cat also called ounce	snow leopard
____ is a peninsula between the Black Sea and Sea of Azov	CRIMEA
____ was, according to Tolstoy, his first true novel	Anna Karenina

The Times - Concise - February 27 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Concise - Sunday Times Concise No 1771
Clues	Answers
9-5, for many	office hours
Accounting period	financial year
All set	READY
Chatter down under	YABBER
Chips	french fries
Destroy	RUIN
Hour before vespers	NONES
Interlock	MESH
Lest	in case
Marry after splitting	ELOPE
Mattress support	BEDSTEAD
Notice	ESPY
Numbered work	OPUS
Palm stems	RATTAN
Passage between seats	AISLE
Personal comment in US paper	op-ed
Recently	of late
Redundant	OTIOSE
Self-governing district	MUNICIPALITY
Ship’s windward	WEATHERBOARD
Sly look	LEER
Swamp tree	MANGROVE
Tasteless	VULGAR
Transitional event	rite of passage

The Times - Concise - February 26 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8838
Clues	Answers
(Of eyes) inflamed	BLOODSHOT
Alight, burning	AFIRE
Astronomical distance unit	PARSEC
Constellation	ORION
Control straps	REINS
Coupled together	PAIRED
Demonstrate	SHOW
Disgrace; infamy	DISREPUTE
Draw a line round	CIRCLE
Eager and willing	GAME
Food fibre	ROUGHAGE
Large group of fish	SCHOOL
Loud ringing noise	CLANGOUR
Seasonal entertainment	PANTO
Security	SAFETY
Simple, unsophisticated	HOMESPUN
Sit on (eggs)	INCUBATE
Slight anger	ANNOYANCE
Smells bad	REEKS
Soft fruit	RASPBERRY
Sordid gain	LUCRE
Sphere; dance	BALL
Spring, leap	JUMP
Storage sites	DEPOTS
Varied mixture	MEDLEY
Very sweet	SUGARY

The Guardian - Speedy - Feb 27 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Speedy crossword No 1,378 - Feb 27 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'Support' player in rugby	PROP
Affectations of superiority	AIRS
Blackish fluid secreted by a cuttlefish	SEPIA
Citizen of a Caribbean republic	BARBADIAN
Creative person	ARTIST
Decorating; adorning	BEDECKING
Dubiously-required double protection	BELT
First month of the Jewish calendar	TISHRI
Hand tool for boring holes	AUGER
Hide away; store	STASH
Imperial dynasty of China, 1279-1368	YUAN
Large water jug with a wide mouth	EWER
Largest city of the Loire valley	NANTES
Makes one's first public appearance	DEBUTS
Name shared by two Greek heroes at Troy	AJAX
Of a node, marking or lesion of the lung	HILAR
Of a report not based on facts	ANECDOTAL
Paleozoic fossil with a three-part exoskeleton	TRILOBITE
Reprimanded; required to explain conduct	BROUGHTTO
Save; deliver	RESCUE
See 2	ANDGRACES
See 3	ANDBRACES
See 6	BOOK
See 7	YARN
Subtle difference; nicety	NUANCE
Telling a long, far-fetched story	SPINNINGA
Ugly mischievous villain of folklore	GOBLIN
Untidy; incongruously varied in type	RAGTAG

The Guardian - Quick - Feb 26 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,164 - Feb 26 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Acrimonious	BITTER
Available for renting	TOLET
Conclusion of a joke	PUNCHLINE
Dice-shaped	CUBIC
Explosion	BLAST
Götterdämmerung's composer	WAGNER
Immortal	DEATHLESS
Impute	ASCRIBE
Insatiable desire for wealth	AVARICE
Item given in part payment for a new one	TRADEIN
Liked by many	POPULAR
More suitable	FITTER
Old Nick	SATAN
One of the Fab Four	RINGO
One-handled drinking vessel	TANKARD
Organisms studied by a mycologist	FUNGI
Poor handwriting	SCRAWL
Rubbish strewn outdoors	LITTER
Run off with one's beloved	ELOPE
Situation where no progress is possible	IMPASSE
Small playful being with magical powers	SPRITE
Spanish princess	INFANTA
Stocking material	NYLON
Subject of a portrait	SITTER
Very keen (to go?)	RARING
Vest	SINGLET

The Guardian - Weekend - Feb 26 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 581 - Feb 26 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A kind of spiritual refuge in Hinduism	ASHRAM
Author of Bring Up the Bodies	HILARY
BBC series based on Stacy Gregg's Pony Club Secrets	MYSTIC
Captain Queeg's ship in the novel by Herman Wouk	CAINE
Chinese breed of dog favoured by Freud?	CHOWCHOW
Engineer whose name became the SI unit for power	WATT
Fruit of Vitellaria paradoxa from which oil is extracted	SHEANUTS
Henrik __, author of A Doll's House	IBSEN
Historical novel by 23/6	WOLF
Historical novel by Leo Tolstoy	WARAND
Historical novel by Margaret Mitchell	GONEWITH
Oxfordshire palace, birthplace of Winston Churchill	BLENHEIM
Peer reviewed weekly science journal	NATURE
Per ardua __, motto of the RAF	ADASTRA
Petrochemical company with centre on London's South Bank	SHELL
Philippa __, author of the Wideacre trilogy	GREGORY
Salt-cured sturgeon's roe	CAVIAR
See 1	PEACE
See 10	THEWIND
See 16	GIRL
See 21 Down	HALL
See 23 Across	MANTEL
The capital of Bhutan	THIMPHU
The Other __, historical novel by Philippa 3	BOLEYN

Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 26 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 26 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A pastry from Scandinavia	DANISH
An also-ran	LOSER
Angled or curved	BENT
Belonging to the present or to recent times	MODERN
Boat that clears the bottom of a river	DREDGER
Bony frameworks	SKELETONS
Educational institution	SCHOOL
Extra clause added to a document	RIDER
Followed the 20dn	OBEYED
Get rid of something unwanted	DISCARD
Have as a logical consequence	ENTAIL
If you win at these odds, you'll win the same as you bet	EVENS
Inclined, slanted	TILTED
It catches in the seabed to restrict a ship's movement	ANCHOR
It has a sour or sharp taste	ACID
John ..., Beatle	LENNON
List of events planned to take place at certain times	SCHEDULE
Long, loose flowing garment	ROBE
Long, narrow ranges of hilltops	RIDGES
Loud confused noise and a fraudulent means of making money	RACKET
Makes an official or judicial decision	RULES
North American nation	CANADA
Of genetically different groups of people	RACIAL
Projection behind and above a horse's hoof	FETLOCK
Rounds of applause	OVATIONS
Run at full speed over a short distance	SPRINT
See it and die, they say	NAPLES
Sicilian volcano	ETNA
Small-wheeled motorcycles	SCOOTERS
Strange canoes for these waters	OCEANS
They make arrows	FLETCHERS
They're personal to users who input them for access to sites	PASSWORDS
Thin slices of bacon	RASHERS
Thwart or foil a plan	FRUSTRATE
Tool for lifting and carrying loose material	SHOVEL
Touching lightly so as to cause laughter	TICKLING

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Feb 26 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Irish Times (Crosaire) - Feb 26 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A sense of the odd slingshot	SIGHT
Appear to cite moon-shot and 18 down	COMEINTOSIGHT
Article about religious leader losing a follower to a Yemeni neighbour	ARABIAN
Ask for money for sponge locally	COMECAPINHAND
Ban leads, ores, uranium, titanium with legislation	OUTLAW
Bar set up in Benidorm	ROD
Chalice held up by Capuchins	CUP
Characters videotaped a lobster from inside pleasure boat	PEDALO
Deliberately tried to leave place where you'll find the pupil	EYEBALL
Detailed formal order for Glaswegian doesn't end in disaster	FIASCO
Found in academy thinking? Don't believe it!	MYTH
Frank is ready to meet customers	OPEN
Get it all from Will, as firm memo about teachers is fairly phoney	COMEINTOMONEY
Got the doctor for those in rundown part of the city	GHETTO
Her work is bound to be read by bookmaker	AUTHOR
In a state, Nurse Batty welcomes midwives and leading obstetrician	NERVOUS
It's in addition to that leader getting to present with couple on the radio	THERETO
Latest release albeit from table wine	NEW
Lee's a pseudo supporter of the old master	EASEL
Lively, energetic music by Sting from Brasilia, the capital city in Brazil	CONBRIO
Local bread produced by those at the end of 8 down	MONEY
Macmillan has no Mam to visit	CALLIN
No Sioux remedy is unpleasant	NOXIOUS
One of The Stones in pre-eminent area and zone	TOPAZ
Palatial Oxford bar is not finished - is it time to give up?	OPULENT
Part of the complexity is way out	EXIT
Raise a stink removing raisins to consume	TAKE
Reacted to poison ivy in unrestricted ditch around bottom of tree	ITCHED
Revolutionary soldier gets cable from president that's over the top?	PERIWIG
Ring is taken in by sect - the one specialising in visions?	OCULIST
Short meeting in Square	EVEN
Soldier following leaders masquerading as sorcerers	MAGI
Some effigy in the orchard	FIG
State of artist coming out of train station	NATION
Straight mole from Homeland	HAND
Think about in a casual way why Tito flourished?	TOYWITH
Turn up for all sides today	COME
What an underachiever might do to fail?	COMETONOTHING