L.A. Times Daily - Apr 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 L.A. Times Daily - Apr 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'It depends' components	IFS
'Please remind me'	ILLFORGET
67-Across sites	MESAS
Actress Longoria	EVA
Ain't like it oughta be?	ARENT
Always there	ETERNAL
Annual arrivals: Abbr	YRS
Archangel of repentance	URIEL
Architectural marker, or what can be found four times in this puzzle	CORNERSTONE
Astonished	INAWE
Bad sort of situation	NOWIN
Berry bush	BRAMBLE
Blubber	SOB
Boris' sidekick	NATASHA
Came out in the wash?	BLED
Came out suddenly	SPURTED
Canapé delicacy	PATE
Capital at 12,000 feet	LHASA
Court orders	STAYS
Criterion: Abbr	STD
Defunct AT&T rival	MCI
Execs' wall displays	MBAS
Expose	EVINCE
Falls into ruin	DECAYS
Fiddlers follower, in verse	THREE
Flight maintenance word	DEICE
Give-go link	ITA
Govt. agents	TMEN
Hall of Famer who was a Yankee manager and a Mets coach	BERRA
Houston campus	RICE
I.M. Pei alma mater	MIT
Intentions	AIMS
Keeps out	BANS
Key ending words?	THEBRAVE
Like much love	BROTHERLY
Like Paul Samuelson's field	ECONOMIC
Like roads in winter, at times	SALTED
Lists for patrons	MENUS
Luxury fashion name	ARMANI
Maritime pronoun	SHE
Modern navigation aids	MICE
More than busy	HECTIC
Natural climber	IVY
Old Native American currency beads	WAMPUM
Ottoman honorific	AGHA
Picture puzzle	REBUS
Postpone	PUTOFF
Road runner	AUTO
Rockies state	UTAH
Rollout	DEBUT
Romance novelist Hilderbrand	ELIN
Seal on a ring	SIGNET
Settle in a new country	EMIGRATE
Small step	ATOB
Soft drink opener?	COCA
Some surfers	WAHINES
Spiner of 'Star Trek: T.N.G.'	BRENT
Start to snow?	ESS
Still at it	ACTIVE
Subtitle of Enya's Grammy-winning 'Orinoco Flow'	SAILAWAY
Sudden flight	LAM
Summer at the Sorbonne	ETE
Support pieces	STUDS
SUV part, briefly	UTE
Tirade	RANT
Toucan's pride	BEAK
True to the original	LITERAL
Try to locate	SEEK
VII x CCC	MMC
Ward of 'FBI'	SELA
Witticism	BONMOT
Word with board or mentioned	ABOVE
Worldwide: Abbr	INTL
WWII org. with a Pallas Athene symbol	WAC
Yard, for one	UNIT
__ Paulo	SAO

The Times - Concise - April 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8867
Clues	Answers
(A group's) culture	ETHOS
(Of tide) go out	EBB
Be sick	SPEW
Capital of Vietnam	HANOI
Cause to go wrong	MISLEAD
Clap	APPLAUD
Condition	PROVISO
Declare invalid	ANNUL
Does nothing	IDLES
Egyptian goddess	ISIS
Fool by promises	string along
Football official	REFEREE
Hoax, dupe	DECEIVE
Idiots	FOOLS
Inequitable treatment	raw deal
Local official	ALDERMAN
Monarch's spouse	CONSORT
Month	APRIL
One in overall charge	SUPREMO
Person put forward	NOMINEE
Rocket launcher	BAZOOKA
Ship's cargo capacity	TONNAGE
Slight suspicion	INKLING
Sound from walker; pace	FOOTSTEP
Stunt the growth of	DWARF
Tree	ELM
Water nymph	NAIAD

The Times - Cryptic - April 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - T+A188es Cryptic No 28253
Clues	Answers
Adult follows mounted troops moving part of generator	ARMATURE
Aforementioned copper since retired	SAID
As nice as Ritz's top cocktail	ARSENIC
At end of dinner for one, throw out another sprout	REGROWTH
Be like a son avoiding mass again	RESEMBLE
Clothing covering Dougal's rear?	KILT
Country hosts with good conversation	CHINWAG
Current motorway schedule easily followed?	IMITABLE
Drunk during social, heading off with guile	ARTFULLY
English therefore brought round squash drink machine	ESPRESSO
Fragrant wild flower with berries wet, bedraggled	SWEETBRIER
Hastily shift marsh plant	RUSH
Licence not paid for by government, we're told	free rein
Old nationalist boycotts strike, run internally	BLACKSHIRT
Overburdened boat crew outwardly united	WEIGHTED
Picked up in the field, finally being rested	GLEANED
Place in office on public view lately?	INSTATE
Queen bearing grand letters exits	EGRESSES
Ready to support service for card users	CASHBACK
Regularly reuse, in gym, a training shoe	ESPADRILLE
Scriptures record one saint taking off shortly	EPISTLES
Staff officer, pushy, busy with collaring squadron leader	brass hat
Stage dance sequence	STEP
Standard document variously biased towards graduate	pro forma
Start of Lennon's Imagine reworked, conveying modern message	EMAILING
Student, once being briefly with nothing to eat, being forgotten	OBLIVION
The Spanish invested in wine for drinks cabinet.	CELLARET
Travelling like men and woman from Battersea, maybe	KENNELMAID
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2104
Clues	Answers
A case of champagne? Great!	ACE
A dish __ such as curry?	hot stuff
Boat sure to be wrecked __ by this person?	SABOTEUR
Business with a blonde, we hear	AFFAIR
Christmas lunch? It didn't go down too well	TURKEY
Clear company man getting monthly payment	COHERENT
Councillor stupidly alarmed? Not at first	ALDERMAN
Cunning scheme making you gasp	WHEEZE
Depict duke fighting back	DRAW
Doled out by Royal Engineers, or kept back?	RESERVED
Excite female anger	FIRE
Exercises, so ready for trip to Cuba?	PESO
Fly around Pole? That's a joke	JEST
Handle force in Panama perhaps	HAFT
Honour half-cut Venetian judge	VENERATE
Idiotic order to a chap facing bull	TOREADOR
In recession, LA rents rise rapidly	SPIRAL
Join American in Florence on vacation	FUSE
Long to finish early in 2022 perhaps	YEAR
Nervously edge near deserter	RENEGADE
Reportedly gave birth to a wild creature	BOAR
Ron returning with girl to identify place of D-Day landings	NORMANDY
Safe place for Hardy heroine to cross river	FORTRESS
Snooty Isabella did appear in part	la-di-da
Spike article about king	PIERCE
What about grabbing old garden tool?	HOE

The Guardian - Cryptic - Apr 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,720 - Apr 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A sober lover left devastated by this music	RAVELSBOLERO
Abandon computer studies completely? I don't believe you	LEAVEITOUT
Bear was very loud during short life	BIFFO
Cleared one ensnared by drug for adults	EXONERATED
Criticise musical style with standard backing	RAP
Did I guess incorrectly? It's intentionally misleading	DISGUISED
Disorder in dingy port needs some backing	ENTROPY
Dodgy character turned over celebrities	SPIV
Family member that is immersed in new church	NIECE
Football legend receives 2 billion for a small stone	PEBBLE
Greek character on terminus, having no small change	MUTATION
He takes on themes known to experienced types?	THEROPES
Her poem on change may be arousing for others	PHEROMONE
It rearranges soil when the marrow is loosened	EARTHWORM
It records speed on river	DASHCAM
Knights, perhaps, caught defecting Nazi soldiers	CHESSMEN
Model order obeyed by well-disciplined setter?	SIT
Offer alien a bathroom facility	BIDET
Online distortion for current movement that may be climate-changing	ELNINO
Pop turned back as I entered to say goodbye	ADIOS
Reading short review describing negotiations	HORSETRADING
Rebellious daughter isn't concealing viewpoint	DISSIDENT
Respite from work, which is not going well?	OFFDAY
Saw dog wearing lead	PROVERB
Slowly introduce prayer for dead fellow involved in action	DRIPFEED
Smart card contains expensive piece	SIDEARM
Tenor, out of practice, is however reliable	TRUSTY
University head taking risk with rollover	CHANCELLOR
Work against producing token performance	COUNTERACT
You often get aches, when starting these exercises	YOGA

The Guardian - Quick - Apr 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,193 - Apr 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
All	EVERY
Board game	CHESS
Disease causing inflamation of the nerves and heart failure	BERIBERI
eg Futura	FONT
Elaborate __ pastiches do it (anag)	SOPHISTICATED
Eliminate	ABOLISH
Eye infection	STYE
Forever	ALWAYS
Garden climbing frame	TRELLIS
Irish playwright, d. 1900	OSCARWILDE
Moving engine part __ opts in (anag)	PISTON
Out of work	UNEMPLOYED
Positive aspects	UPSIDES
Protest march (abbr)	DEMO
Reduce	CONDENSE
See below	INFRA
Straighten out	UNTANGLE
Unit of heat	THERM
Very hurt	CUTTOTHEQUICK
Vespers	EVENSONG
Walking stick	CANE
Wild mushrooms on a menu	PORCINI

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

 Irish Times (Simplex) - Apr 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A supervisor or chargehand	OVERSEER
A weight to secure a ship	ANCHOR
An act of retaliation	REPRISAL
Broad road or street, often with trees	AVENUE
Casual, free and easy	INFORMAL
Charge a public official with an offence	IMPEACH
Creamy dessert or foam for hair	MOUSSE
Diamond anniversary	SIXTIETH
Figured out the mystery	SOLVED
Ghosts, or spectres	WRAITHS
Have enormous respect for	REVERE
It denotes China	SINO
Looked at similarities and differences	COMPARED
Low female singing voice	ALTO
Lustrous structures that need no cutting or polishing	PEARLS
Matthew, Mark, Luke or John	APOSTLE
Minute piece of matter	PARTICLE
Most secure	SAFEST
Not occurring very often	RARELY
Old units of length	INCHES
One of three born at the same time	TRIPLET
Organism that lives in or on another	PARASITE
Pieces of furniture with open shelves to display ornaments	ETAGERES
Plantations of fruit trees	ORCHARDS
Platforms for public speakers	ROSTRUMS
Relating to a sacred image	ICONIC
Smaller size or duration	LESS
Spanish mountain range	SIERRA
Swelling of the wall of an artery	ANEURISM
Traditional on Shrove Tuesday	PANCAKES
Unfastened, a lace say	UNTIED
Urban area	TOWN

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

 Irish Times (Crosaire) - Apr 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A number of pairs left out in a number of types of cars	COUPES
Banks long-term capital gain for Big Cat	LION
BBC owe cast of Silk designed by those spinning yarns	COBWEB
Canon, nurse, butcher, presenters?	ANNOUNCERS
Change hols to get away from homelands	AMEND
Cherub or bust in publicity booklet	BROCHURE
Drama in Government around party demonstrating exhibitionism	SHOWINGOFF
Estuary flowing around river presumably holds a number of deposits	TREASURY
Exploit prisoner associated with the German product that's been preserved for brewers to consume	MILKPOWDER
Free rent? Ground for a plant with fronds!	TREEFERN
Gets up to top tables in ocean liners?	STANDS
Great selection of beers to pitch	GROUND
Individuals in India abandoned by Indonesia	ONES
Local foolish person consumes starter of duck and fish served up? It's a long story!	GOODYARN
Old American swimmer can be uncouth	OAFISH
Old lover dumped sweetheart with cutting lingo? What a long-legged bird!	FLAMINGO
Old Penny begged out around university and cleaned-up around software department presumably	DEBUGGED
One of the options in laundering pounds initially is about to dip	PRERINSE
Pen concealed by Miss Wannamaker	SWAN
Peter out with shrink?	RECEDE
Put up with closing time in public house	BEAR
Refuse to move most of those in 21 down, 23 down and 19 down (5,3'1,6)	STANDONESGROUND
Second centre in rugby?	BACK
Secure trip in boat	OBTAIN
Tense play taken in by Lincoln - The Man Who Wasn't There?	ABSENTEE
The gathering of nets from coastlines	SOCIAL
The second son gets caught up in Bible-bashing	ABEL
The type of subject that sticks in the mind or that's the current thinking about the situation	PSYCHOLOGY

Universal - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Universal - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Happy I'm back?"	MISSME
"Hava Nagila" dance	HORA
"Mamma ___!"	MIA
"Mrs. America" Emmy winner Aduba	UZO
"Squid ___" (Netflix hit)	GAME
"The Addams Family" cousin	ITT
A bad movie may merit only one	STAR
Ahead of the pack	ONTOP
Annoying person	TWIT
Bach piece published together with his "French Overture" (... letters 2-5 and 7-9)	ITALIANCONCERTO
Back in time	AGO
Be enough	SUFFICE
Blessed sound?	ACHOO
Blueprint parts, briefly	SPECS
Brews that may be sour	ALES
Cabin components	LOGS
Certain nobleman's jurisdiction	EARLDOM
Chicken cordon ___	BLEU
Daredevil's feat	STUNT
Do a pressing chore?	IRON
Downstairs, on a yacht	BELOW
EGOT winner Moreno	RITA
Electrolyte particle	ION
Evil act	SIN
Exposed publicly	OUTED
Extinct birds	DODOS
Finish with	ENDON
Fringe	EDGE
Giddy delight	GLEE
Go the distance	LAST
Green prefix	ECO
Grocery cart rider, often	TOT
Gross or net gain	PROFIT
Half a fl. oz	TBSP
Healing plants	ALOES
Hen's perch	ROOST
Hero that's not chicken?	TURKEYSUB
Imagine Peace Tower designer Yoko	ONO
In a lazy way	IDLY
It has a Priority Inbox feature	GMAIL
Its gecko is named Martin	GEICO
Kind of tomato	ROMA
Laid low	HID
Lizards with crests	IGUANAS
Manner of walking	GAIT
Many execs earned them	MBAS
Mix that contains baking powder (In this clue's answer, see letters 2-4 and 7-10)	SELFRISINGFLOUR
Owned by us	OURS
Participate in a poll	VOTE
Particular period	ERA
Partly	TOADEGREE
Pompous person	ASS
Puerto Rico Open's org	PGA
Rap battlers	MCS
Renders worthless	VOIDS
Sashimi tuna	AHI
Shindig	BASH
Ship's storage space (... letters 3-5 and 9-12)	CARGOHOLD
Singer/actress Gomez	SELENA
Songs for slow dances	BALLADS
Standing upright	ERECT
Superhero feature feature, briefly	CGI
Tenochtitlan dweller	AZTEC
They're often in tiers at weddings	CAKES
They're opened and closed at bars	TABS
Thing to "shoot," in hearts	THEMOON
Thor's father	ODIN
Toppled over	FELL
Turns up or pins down	LOCATES
Two hours before noon	TEN
UFC combat discipline	MMA
Voice lower than soprano	ALTO
Warning	ALERT
What Moses did with a staff (... letters 4-6 and 8-10)	PARTEDTHEREDSEA
Word indicating a tied score	ALL
___ to the throne	ACCEDE

Newsday.com - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Newsday.com - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''Beat it!''	SCAT
''I love,'' in Latin	AMO
''Iliad'' battleground	TROY
Accessory for some Avengers	CAPE
Achieved, as expectations	MET
Amber, for instance	RESIN
ATM input	AMT
Barber chair attachment	STROP
Bio ending	PIC
Blizzard aftermath	SLUSH
Block brand that rhymes with a breakfast brand	LEGO
Cloud storage	RAIN
College ''couple''	ROOMANDBOARD
Contemptuous countenance	SNEER
Convey	SEND
Cyber filter target	SPAM
Dismantled	UNDID
Edison's __ Park	MENLO
Energy Star creator	EPA
Fad toy of the 2010s	FIDGETSPINNER
Falco of TV	EDIE
Feathered six-footer	EMU
Found a place for	SITED
Has been known to remark	SAYS
Isle off Tuscany	ELBA
Junior partner, often	SON
Kosher, per the Koran	HALAL
Maytag sister brand	AMANA
Medieval working class	SERFS
Mental block buster	IDEA
Minute amount	IOTA
Missions that might be ''special''	OPS
Much less than loads	TADS
No nickname for Carnegie	ANDY
Not quite right	ODD
Of offensive odor	ACRID
On a lucky streak	HOT
Opposite of ''adorn''	MAR
Ordinary	PLAIN
Parliamentary principle	MAJORITYRULES
Peeved	SORE
People with prestigious prizes	LAUREATES
Per unit	APOP
Pinterest or potato skins	APP
Popeye's nemesis	BLUTO
Properly fit	ABLE
Put forth, as force	EXERT
Radiates in abundance	EXUDES
Ragu competitor	PREGO
Reconfigure, as data	SLICEANDDICE
Rice field	PADDY
Risk, so to speak	SPEC
School near Windsor Castle	ETON
Sign of approval	NOD
Slip past	ELUDE
Slowly sips	NURSES
Smallest Canadian prov	PEI
Socializes (with)	HOBNOBS
Something extra	ADDON
Son of Aphrodite	EROS
Sounded disdainful	TSKED
Southeast Asian	LAO
Spring from the ground	LEAP
Springsteen collaborator on a 2021 book	OBAMA
Stand for	ABIDE
Stop working, or continue working	RESIGN
Strong longings	YENS
Structure cited in a carol	MANGER
Syrupy sentiment	GOO
Taiwanese laptop brand	ACER
Texter's ''Unbelievable!''	SMH
The edge of night	DUSK
Top draw	STAR
Trivial tumults	ADOS
Victimizes, with ''on''	PREYS
Was set for life	HADITMADE
What fills some drums	OIL
Workers at weddings	DEEJAYS

L.A. Times Daily - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 L.A. Times Daily - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Gigi" novelist	COLETTE
"Holy __!"	MOLY
"I Love Lucy" role	ETHEL
"The Thinker" has an iconic one	POSE
"Without a doubt"	YES
"Word" with who or me	SEZ
"__ for You": Dylan song to his first wife	IFNOT
'60s protest gp	SDS
13-Downs heard in pairs	IDOS
About	ORSO
Amazon delivery	PARCEL
Apt adjective for Stuart Little	WEE
Aptly named "Music From Big Pink" group	THEBAND
Attack	SETUPON
Back nine opener	TENTH
Barely flow	SEEP
Bays, e.g	INLETS
British bishop's headdress	MITRE
Cakes not for eating	SOAPS
Car talk?	BEEP
Challenge commercialized by mapmaker John Spilsbury circa 1760	JIGSAWPUZZLE
Charged particle	ION
China shop threat	OAF
CIA worker	AGENT
Contacts list no	TEL
Crow's cry	CAW
Day __	SPA
Door support	JAMB
Downfall for Narcissus	CONCEIT
Dozens and dozens	ALOT
Enlighten	TEACH
Eroded	WORE
Eye-related	OPTIC
Fail to match	CLASH
Familiarize	ORIENT
First-time biology student, usually	TEEN
Friend of Fidel	CHE
Frottage artist Max	ERNST
Gunk	GOO
Jackson Hole's county	TETON
Keep busy	OCCUPY
Kind of button or room	PANIC
Knock hard	RAP
Literary homage	ODE
Margaret of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey"	JOSEPHS
Marx co-author	ENGELS
Modern cash source	ATM
Montezuma follower	AZTEC
Native Nebraskan	OTOE
Newcomer	TRAINEE, ROOKIE
Novelist Graham	GREENE
Only way to tackle a 57-Across	PIECEBYPIECE
Outpourings	SPATES
Paper bit	SCRAP
Patient shopper's reward	SALE
PC rescue key	ESC
Peach center	PIT
Popular theme for 57-Acrosses	NATURESCENES
Prefix with binary	NON
Question muttered while tackling a 57-Across	WHYWONTITFIT
Red crawler, perhaps	ANT
Run __	ATAB
Salem's lot?: Abbr	ORE
Sentence focus, grammatically	SUBJECT
Shade on a beach	TAN
Sky-high stunt	LOOP
Synagogue scroll	TORAH
Therefore	HENCE
Three-card con	MONTE
Time capsule time	ERA
Time-telling word	AFTER
Traveler's aid, briefly	GPS
Up to now	YET
Usually four-stringed instrument	UKE
__ only: sale caveat	ONETIME

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

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

Clues	Answers
"Say what?"	HUH
Abbr. in an email	BCC
Apple variety	IMAC
Arrive	COME
Artist Chagall	MARC
Bridge coups	SLAMS
Calendar box	DAY
Carte lead-in	ALA
Chest muscles, briefly	PECS
Concert venue	ARENA
Crony	PAL
Crystal gazer	SEER
Dealer's foe	NARC
Devoured	ATE
Dinero	MOOLAH
Director DuVernay	AVA
Dove calls	COOS
Draconian	HARSH
Elegance	CLASS
Employ	USE
Evening hrs	PMS
Fabric amts	YDS
Fair hirer, in ads	EOE
Fan's cry	RAH
Florida city	OCALA
Flower part	SEPAL
French article	LES
Gave as an example	CITED
Giverny summer	ETE
Greek H	ETA
Harvard rival	YALE
In an abundant way	COPIOUSLY
ISP choice	MSN
Large amount	SCAD
Linking verb	COPULA
Links org	PGA
Magic, on scoreboards	ORL
Messy folks	SLOBS
Moment	SEC
Musical set in Argentina	EVITA
Needing spices	BLAND
Offspring	SPAWN
Oregon's capital	SALEM
Overhead trains	ELS
Owed amounts	DEBITS
Part of DJIA	DOW
Peru neighbor	CHILE
Pod dweller	PEA
Post-op area	ICU
Prank	CAPER
Prof's aides	TAS
Raggedy doll	ANN
Read quickly	SCAN
Right angle	ELL
Sass	LIP
Sound of surprise	OHO
Spinning abbr	RPM
Square in Boston	COPLEY
Stormed	RAGED
Taxi	CAB
Tennis star Becker	BORIS
Tic-tac-toe win	OOO
Tribal emblem	TOTEM
Try for a job	APPLY
Very satisfactory	COPACETIC
Where Lux. is	EUR

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

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

Clues	Answers
Apply	USE
Battery end	ANODE
Boar's mate	SOW
Butter unit	BAR
Checkout device	SCANNER
Clambake setting	BEACH
Comic strip worker	INKER
Coop group	HENS
Depressed	LOW
Distress call	HELP
Dominant	ALPHA
Dressing part	OIL
Find darling	ADORE
Green gem	EMERALD
Guinness of film	ALEC
Harden	SET
Hoof sound	CLOP
Hosp. sections	ERS
Imitating	ALA
Implores	BEGS
In the know	AWARE
Iron, for one	CLUB
Last Stuart ruler	ANNE
Layered mineral	MICA
Lewd look	LEER
Like December	TWELFTH
Macbeth's witches, e.g	TRIO
Milky gem	OPAL
Musical sound	TONE
Night fliers	BATS
Over again	ANEW
Pasture group	COWS
Peyton's brother	ELI
Pitching stat	ERA
Plentiful	AMPLE
Prank	PRACTICALJOKE
Release money	BAIL
River of Pakistan	INDUS
Road work markers	CONES
Second airing	RERUN
Singer Tori	AMOS
So far	ASYET
Sophia of "Two Women"	LOREN
Still life fruit	PEAR
Stop	CEASE
Subs	HEROS
Tropical lizard	GECKO
Umbrella parts	RIBS
When many a 3-Down is played	APRILFOOLSDAY
Worked, as dough	KNEADED
Yorkshire city	LEEDS
— California	BAJA

USA Today - Apr 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 USA Today - Apr 1 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'Byeee!'	CIAO
'Frozen' character	ELSA
'I can neither confirm ___ deny . . .'	NOR
'Oh, suuure'	IBET
'See you ___!'	SOON
'Sex Education' star Butterfield	ASA
'You know you make me wanna ___' (Isley Brothers lyric)	SHOUT
'___ Been to the Mountaintop' (MLK speech)	IVE
'___ the Man' (2006 movie)	SHES
'___ the Thick of It'	INTO
2000 movie with a 'Brr! It's cold in here!' routine	BRINGITON
Actor Matthew ___ Gubler	GRAY
Agenda parts	ITEMS
Aid and ___	ABET
Al ___ pasta	DENTE
Amplified	BOOSTED
Angel's headpiece	HALO
Animal closely related to humans	APE
Banned insecticide	DDT
Basic shirts	TEES
Become bankrupt	GOBUST
Bigheadedness	EGO
Birthplace of Mamoudou Athie	MAURITANIA
Black-and-white treat	OREO
Boat such as a Maori waka	CANOE
Challenge	CONTEST
Chant from American fans	USAUSA
Character's journey	ARC
Compress	SMUSH
Conjecture	SURMISE
Cowboy accessories	HATS
Data ___ (phone stat)	USAGE
Deceived	DUPED
Duke University's city	DURHAM
Dwellings for lions	DENS
Electric ___ (shocking fish)	EELS
Exciting book	PAGETURNER
Follow commands	OBEY
Horrified exclamation	MYGOD
In addition	TOO
In harmony	ATTUNED
India pale ___	ALE
Like pasta water	STARCHY
Like some shampoos	DRY
Make fun of	RAGON
Makes a car go vroom	REVS
Married title	MRS
Medical discoveries	CURES
Middle color on the agender pride flag	GREEN
On the subject of	ASTO
Out of date	PASSE
Phoned	RANG
Phrase after a rough estimate	ORSO
Place to get pampered	SPA
Political squabble	PARTISANDISPUTE
Popular Taiwanese drink	BOBA
Single-stranded molecule	RNA
Small child	TOT
Small dog's barks	YAPS
Source of a bird's-eye view in football	SKYCAM
Speech-related	ORAL
Start of the alphabet	ABC
State west of Georgia (Abbr.)	ALA
The Bourbon Trail's state	KENTUCKY
The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards	ARI
Tree with acorns	OAK
Tunes played with a mouth organ	HARMONICAMUSIC
TV explorer	DORA
Underwater vessel	SUB
Upper limb	ARM
Waiting for the other ___ to drop	SHOE
Well-organized	TIDY
Word that aptly rhymes with 'blue'	HUE
Wrestling sport	SUMO
___ and gown	CAP
___ G. BIV (rainbow mnemonic)	ROY
___ the Tiger (Mizzou mascot)	TRUMAN
___ tofu	MAPO

New York Times, Friday, April 1, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 New York Times, Friday, April 1, 2022 Crossword Answers 

Clues	Answers
___ again ...	YET
___ interface	USER
___ Raducanu, 2021 U.S. Open winner	EMMA
___ Ren of "The Force Awakens"	KYLO
A head	EACH
Ad Council output, for short	PSAS
American ___ (Neil Gaiman novel that won the Hugo and Nebula)	GODS
Authority	SAYSO
Bathroom cabinet item	MOUTHWASH
Behind	LATE
Biblical land near the kingdoms of Judah and Moab	EDOM
Big 12 sch.	ISU
Brain freeze cause	SLURPEE
Brown. follower	EDU
Citizenship test taker, perhaps	EMIGRE
Closing activity	SALE
Code inits.	HTML
Command after mistakenly pressing Ctrl+Z	REDO
Cry of contempt	BAH
Damage	HARM
Drove	ARMY
E.R. staffers	RNS
Eat at	ERODE
Emmy winner Aduba	UZO
Encumbrance	ONUS
Event with Easter eggs	HUNT
Federation formed in 1922, for short	USSR
Fertile spots	OASES
First man, in Maori mythology	TIKI
Fit for a big write-up, say	NEWSWORTHY
Get more 45-Down	RENEW
Get put away	GOTOPRISON
Gets ready, as a cue stick	CHALKS
Grp. that advertised in "The Book of Mormon" playbills, surprisingly	LDS
Headliner of the first Warner Bros. short to win an Oscar	TWEETY
Holiday cookie shape	STAR
How some pet food is sold	INACAN
How you might feel looking at the Northern Lights	AWED
Illegally parked car, maybe	TOWAWAY
It makes il mondo go 'round	AMORE
It may be perfect for writing	TENSE
It might help clear things up	WINDOWCLEANER
I've got it!	AHA
Japanese electronics brand	AIWA
Job at a bank, say	HEIST
K.C.-to-Detroit direction	ENE
Kick hard	BOOT
Lead to	BEGET
Like many college film projects	ARTY
Little rascal	TYKE
Makes a small, plaintive sound	MEWS
Masterwork completed in 1499	PIETA
Mess	CLUTTER
More than flirt with	HITON
Nickname that's an alphabet trio	STU
Nocturnal marsupial	OPOSSUM
Ocular affliction	STYE
Plant	MOLE
Play matchmaker for	SETUP
Potent marijuana	KUSH
Product often advertising 99.99% effectiveness	HANDSANITIZER
Right?!	IKNOW
Runs	AIRS
Sassy	PERT
Scotch flavorer	PEAT
See 43-Down	ISSUES
Snack brand owned by PepsiCo	LAYS
Some sources of vitamin C	ADES
Sound filler	SALTWATER
Spicy kind of seasoning	CREOLE
Suffix with bull or bear	ISH
Upper atmosphere	ETHER
Vegas machine with the best odds?	ATM
Wee	LIL
Where the cucumbers are not for eating	SPA
Whiz	PRO
Who might be asked for a donation, in brief	ALUM
You might bid on it	EBAY

New York Times, Thursday, March 31, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 New York Times, Thursday, March 31, 2022 Crossword Answers 

Clues	Answers
___ of war	FOG
1948 Literature Nobelist	TSELIOT
A Promised Land author, 2020	OBAMA
About .914 meters	YARD
Animals depicted on the Ishtar Gate	LIONS
Astronomer who lost part of his nose in a sword duel	BRAHE
At any time	EVER
Award-winning Ward	SELA
Beat in chess	MATED
Big name in printers	EPSON
Bit of letter-shaped hardware	TNUT
Bluish hues	TEALS
Boot	OUST
Bottle topper	NIPPLE
Certain newspaper column	OPED
Chess : check :: go : ___	ATARI
Classic Jumbotron shout-out	HIMOM
Declare	AVOW
Dedicated works	ODES
Densely packed, in a way	URBAN
Device used in interactive museum displays	IPAD
Dissolve	MELTAWAY
Dot on a subway map	STOP
Educator in a smock	ARTTEACHER
Either end of a school bus?	ESS
Fancy-pants	FOP
FedEx Cup organizer	PGATOUR
Figure seen on Athena's shield	MEDUSA
Film composer Morricone	ENNIO
Fixes	MENDS
French "equivalent"	EGALE
Frost	HOAR
Geekish	NERDY
Get into trouble, in a way	RATON
Grassy expanse	LEA
Gusto	ELAN
Kid-lit character with a green suit and gold crown	BABAR
Kind of milk or sauce	SOY
Kind of zone in a city	NOPARKING
Leader of the house band on "The Muppet Show"	DRTEETH
Learn secondhand	HEAROF
Like decisions made on a dare, typically	RASH
Long locks	MANE
Low-budget feature	BPICTURE
Marisa of "In the Bedroom"	TOMEI
Midrange club	IRON
Most of a sugar cane	STALK
Muslim leaders	IMAMS
Now: Sp.	AHORA
Pow!	BAM
Pretty please?	CANI
Profession in an O'Neill title	ICEMAN
Put on sale, say	REPRICE
Rangers' domain	FORESTS
Reader's jotting, e.g.	ANNOTATION
Reader's jottings ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme	MARGINALIA
Scan options for the claustrophobic	OPENMRIS
Side that usually has the most supporters	HOMETEAM
Skim	NOFAT
So far	TODATE
Some bridge positions	EASTS
Some drinking vessels	GOBLETS
Some salads	COBBS
Sorna y Nublar, en "Jurassic Park"	ISLAS
Stormy Weather composer	ARLEN
Takes a bit off	PARES
Talks up	TOUTS
The blue part of blue cheese	MOLD
Thoroughbred, e.g.	RACEHORSE
Thumbs-up	ASSENT
Title derived from "Caesar"	TSAR
Tried something?	CASE
Two-word tribute	TOYOU
Under-the-sink fixture	PTRAP
Underway	AFOOT
What "should be made by filling a glass with gin, then waving it in the general direction of Italy," per Noël Coward	DRYMARTINI
What a "hamburger button" opens	MENU
Writer Sontag	SUSAN
Youngest player to score in the FIFA World Cup (age 17)	PELE

The Times - Concise - March 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8866
Clues	Answers
Adjust to new conditions	ADAPT
Alternate; different	OTHER
Californian redwood	SEQUOIA
Chester's river	DEE
Complete disorder	CHAOS
Cremated remains	ASHES
Decay	ROT
Desert inn	CARAVANSERAI
Difficult situation	DILEMMA
Edge, border	MARGIN
Hold back	DETAIN
In the capacity of	QUA
Inanimate object	THING
Italian artist	MICHELANGELO
Magnificent, imposing	GRAND
Make out	DISCERN
Minor divinity	DEMIGOD
Omen	AUSPICE
Playground item	SEESAW
Pomegranate cordial	GRENADINE
Remote utopia	shangri-la
Shine faintly	GLIMMER
Short moment	INSTANT
Small flap; tally	TAB
Surround with armed forces	BESIEGE
Waste time; move idly	DAWDLE

The Times - Cryptic - March 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28252
Clues	Answers
A large enclosure with standard support for climber	ALPENSTOCK
Berlin quartet worried about possible source of mutton roast	VITUPERATE
Better men succeeded in the Open	OUTDOORS
Books and letters providing material for test	LITMUS
Caribbean island exports what French drink	MARTINI
Cats maybe fight Melody Maker in case	musical box
Company perhaps regularly ruins city centre	UNIT
Con tearaway?	rip-off
Crow runs into trap?	BRAG
Dealer uses this floor	DECK
Echoing submarine captain's signal	OMEN
Fried cakes group returned after game	CROQUETTES
He impedes outside broadcast furore, one blocking streets	OBSTRUCTIONIST
Impressive tango by pianist who's lost weight	TELLING
Medic that's sore in French river mouth	EMBOUCHURE
Old ass, upset, leaves in stew?	OREGANO
One stops weapon test to do with bearings	ARMORIAL
Pass completed scene in film?	OVERTAKE
Playful sketch this, after edit	SKITTISH
Possibly needing a shawl cut?	cold-shouldered
Produce trousers left for rider perhaps	CLAUSE
Property of nobleman with rosy hue, blitzed?	country house
Queen right to take time in finding one of her victims?	MARTYR
Regret one voting against dull head	CONTRITENESS
Send up topless overall	MOCK
Slaver's keener to acquire second of plantations	SLOBBER
Superiority claimed by landed gentry	EDGE
Workers in the dark altered fittings around first hotel, later hospital	night shift
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2103
Clues	Answers
Beer artisan brewed is a problem	BRAINTEASER
Black lagoon swirling in city	BOLOGNA
Cover and centre of magazine in yellow colour	TOPAZ
Crazy artists making medium-hot curry	MADRAS
Enjoyment in pool curtailed	FUN
Fish product around box on river in Kentish Town	ROCHESTER
German siren from tradition that is left over	LORELEI
Good dance party given by police in cemetery	GRAVEYARD
Impulse to stop boy becoming doctor	SURGEON
Judge I see with priest and prophet	ELIJAH
Major artery in Longleat Road to the west	AORTA
Never right, agriculturalist comes to prominence	FAME
Pearls cast before swine finally to deteriorate	RELAPSE
Person who may register twenty runs?	SCORER
Private taxi almost back in one minute, making turn	MINICAB
Roll containing old chicken	ROOSTER
Sailor on street to attack with knife	STAB
Scotsman needing gold in gambling mecca	MACAU
Sinking vessel about to explode	U-boat
Slow boat contrary to expectation capsized	TUB
Stable employee maybe happy, heading off	LAD
There's nothing in Kenilworth	NIL
Thirteen loaves?	bakers dozen
UK decried broken down supplier	eider duck
Vibration caused by roller in good condition?	sound wave
Weapon a lawyer in America ships	ARMADA

The Guardian - Cryptic - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,719 - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A little crack in gingerbread man	KING
Avoidance of reality with Conservative in impasse, unfortunately	ESCAPISM
Briefly hot, 9 25 10, is it? (1,5,2,3,3)	AFLASH
Country again bitter about quarantining rules, primarily	GREAT
Depressed squealer's country music	BLUE
Equipment with long cord bound to catch fish	SKIPPING
Every one of them as yet untamed, about a hundred feral animals	ALLEY
Food is popular: stick around	CUISINE
Group stealing jewel and cheap regalia finally unlocked crown?	BALDPATCH
Little sound that echoes just the same?	PEEP
Music, say, rubbish? I'm not sure, for jazz pianist	ARTTATUM
Not all of eighteenth on our seventeenth level	HONOURS
Out of bounds, perhaps, drive ultimately hooked? Totally incompetent!	HOPELESS
Perhaps describing bolts no longer stuck fast?	LIKE
Put to practical use __ like some fruit?	APPLY
Really poor (or not unorthodox) training method	ROLEPLAY
Ring a bell, or play the piano?	STRIKE
See 12	BRITAIN
See 16 down	ROPE
See 19	INTHEPAN
See 20	CATS
See 21	GRASS
See 5	ACHORD
See 7	EVEN
See 9	GREASED
See 9	LIGHTNING
Slough's roundabout, one in desert	GOBI
Thrash metal about right for band	ARMLET
US city recalled Hindu festivals	SALEM
Volume turned up after seabird bites head of injured auk	GUILLEMOT

The Guardian - Quick - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,192 - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A fibula's larger partner	TIBIA
Author whose work is attributed to someone else	GHOSTWRITER
Between blue and violet	INDIGO
Contract killing	HIT
Cumbrian market town, known for its mint cake	KENDAL
Demise	END
Fancy	ORNATE
Favourite	PET
In need of a haircut?	UNSHORN
Intentional	WILFUL
It's written just to make money quickly	POTBOILER
Major setbacks	BODYBLOWS
Clues	Answers
Personal	OWN
Place for parking unwanted items?	SHELF
Recess	NICHE
Reserved __ unfriendly	STANDOFFISH
Strong candidate	CONTENDER
Table support	TRESTLE
This makes one eat like a horse	NOSEBAG
Visibly astonished	OPENMOUTHED
Volatile	EXPLOSIVE
Widely spread story that's usually untrue	URBANLEGEND
Without delay	SOONEST
___ Elba, star of Luther and The Wire	IDRIS

Irish Times (Simplex) - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Irish Times (Simplex) - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A former lover	OLDFLAME
A judge who decides on a disputed issue	ARBITER
A person from Seoul, say	KOREAN
A quantity or total	AMOUNT
A short, quick stimulus	FILLIP
A spell of cold weather and a card game	SNAP
Art movement of the early 20th century	CUBISM
Biblical progenitor of the human race	ADAM
Charm to protect from evil	AMULET
Confiscates a vehicle - and it's the law	IMPOUNDS
Deceived someone and made them feel ridiculous	FOOLED
Elliptical courses of celestial objects	ORBITS
Emirates or Delta, say	AIRLINE
Energetic, forceful	VIGOROUS
Fully grown or ripe	MATURE
Goodbye to the French	AUREVOIR
Highly thought of	ESTEEMED
Hit with a heavy club	BLUDGEON
Long, narrow ditch	TRENCH
Low-budge film as support for the main one	BMOVIE
Not having the necessary means or know-how	UNABLE
Pass around the snakes	ASPS
Quantity or amount produced	OUTPUT
Remote, set apart	ISOLATED
Small lake on a mountain	TARN
Suffering from mal-de-mer	SEASICK
Sweet on a stick	LOLLIPOP
The quality of mercy	CLEMENCY
Tip over sideways, as a boat might	KEELOVER
Warned or aroused to danger	ALERTED
Whole, with nothing missing	COMPLETE
Worked hard or with difficulty	LABOURED

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Irish Times (Crosaire) - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A parliamentarian in court at the end of 6 down, similarly	CAMEMBERT
Colour of rose, garden, shed, reds?	ORANGE
Could this be used to damage the reputation of a person working in the station? On your bike!	MUDGUARD
Country, for example, brings up the matter of consumption	USAGE
Dish is awful? Blame salt!	MEATBALLS
Even BB King goes to Switzerland to view flipping energy of The Boss	BIGCHEESE
Hard time without aid or a bit of heat	THERM
Having lost position last month to young woman from Spain	DECLASSE
Hell-raiser gets grief from producer	TROUBLEMAKER
In 5 down opens and closes turnstiles for those in Wimbledon	COURTS
Independent to take a seat rejecting suspicious initial help, or so the story goes	ITISSAID
Local suppliers providing biers we're fabricating	BREWERIES
New dances take off	ASCEND
New issues to improve worker's shirt with top-stitching	Developments
Novel produced by a foreign general	UNCOMMON
Regions close to 18 across in the heart of Essex	BELTS
Return trip for one working in Wood	TURNER
Ruin tent travelling in water, for example	NUTRIENT
See the light without the 1st philosopher?	HEGEL
Slippery US cobras can be rough and unattractive	SCABROUS
Some initially confuse the sheepish type's joint	SADDLE
Stake in The Post?	PICKET
State of a petition in American city	ALASKA
Take another look at judge behind a bout?	REASSESS
Try in a major way to woo somebody with marital trouble	COURTMARTIAL
Volume by Trump, in its local form, primarily authored by Moscow	CAPACITY
Where the flies are kept in Ring? It's not fair!	BELOWTHEBELT
You hear this again and again - no pets in apartments	MANTRA

Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"2001" computer	HAL
"Ben- __"	HUR
"Simpsons" bus driver	OTTO
"Traffic" org	DEA
Actress Reid	TARA
Affluence	WEALTH
Baseball's Hershiser	OREL
Biblical giant	GOLIATH
Blood (Pref.)	HEMO
Broad-brimmed hat	STETSON
Buddhist sect	ZEN
Car door damage	DENT
Cardinal cap letters	STL
Cat's coat	FUR
Chip material	SILICON
Coat of arms system	HERALDRY
Community spirit	ETHOS
Composed	STAID
Cribs	BINS
Crony	PAL
Cupid's alias	EROS
Daredevil's feats	STUNTS
Fix	REPAIR
Fly high	SOAR
Genetic letters	RNA
Ghanaian export	YAM
Goblet feature	STEM
Grant's foe	LEE
Group of seals	POD
Hairstylist José	EBER
Harry Potter's skill	WIZARDRY
Haw preceder	HEE
Hidden valley	GLEN
Highland hat	TAM
Hotel chain	OMNI
Irish actor Stephen	REA
Joule fractions	ERGS
Leave	DEPART
Leer at	OGLE
Low calorie	LITE
Low-humidity spa amenity	DRYSAUNA
Move, in Realtor lingo	RELO
Observe	SEE
Ostrich's kin	EMU
Owned by us	OUR
Prof's degree	PHD
Radiate	GLOW
Santa's aide	ELF
Secular	LAIC
Send forth	EMIT
Shade tree	ELM
Shopping centers	MARTS
Smuggle	BOOTLEG
Spiders' art	WEBS
Standard	PAR
Steven Wright's wit	DRYHUMOR
Stitched	SEWED
Taunt	GIBE
Timely query?	WHEN
Titanic destroyer	BERG
UFO passengers	ETS
Vow	OATH
Wet dirt	MUD
__ Kippur	YOM
__ Salvador	SAN

Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Addition column	TENS
At present	NOW
Bar choice	LIGHTBEER
Bar choice	ALE
Bath problem	MILDEW
Become laxer	EASEUP
Big truck	SEMI
Chiding sound	TUT
Climate-affecting current	ELNINO
Collins base	GIN
Colman of "The Favourite"	OLIVIA
Contemptible	BASE
Count start	ONE
Den	LAIR
Dessert fruit	PEAR
Diva's piece	ARIA
Except if	UNLESS
Exciting, in slang	LIT
Grating	RASPY
Grow sick of	SOURON
Hot water dispenser	URN
Important times	ERAS
Key	ISLET
La Brea sight	TARPIT
Land unit	ACRE
Look like	RESEMBLE
Luke's sister	LEIA
Mexican peninsula	BAJA
Musical phrase	RIFF
Not flashy	SIMPLE
Parched	ARID
Parrot morsel	SEED
Pate cover	TOUPEE
Phoenix source	ASHES
Raw metal	ORE
Ready for the body shop	DENTED
Relieve	RID
Screws up	ERRS
Sculpting medium	ICE
Shirt part	SLEEVE
Show up	ARRIVE
Smidgen	TAD
Sow site	STY
Sprightly dances	JIGS
Stage comment	ASIDE
Stews	FRETS
Sticky stuff	ADHESIVE
Tourist	SIGHTSEER
TV's Falco	EDIE
Wild	FERAL

Wall Street Journal - Mar 31 2022 - "Surf’s Up!" Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Wall Street Journal - Mar 31 2022 - "Surf’s Up!" Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Everybody Hurts" band	REM
"Today" news anchor Craig	MELVIN
"You beat me"	ILOSE
"___, c'est moi" (purported Louis XIV quote)	LETAT
2016 film about the theft of Empire plans	ROGUEONE
A dict. has a lot of them	PGS
Ace of aces?	NISPRO
Amorphous shape	BLOB
Arboreal reptile	IGUANA
Be a burden	IMPOSE
Behave like a Visigoth	PILLAGE
Bestselling K-pop group	BTS
Botanical feelers	DRILS
Cheer up	HEAR
Choir platform	RISER
City division	WARD
Classic dress style	ALINE
Connive with	ABET
Cook's hammer	DERIZER
Copied	APED
Deputy	AIDE
Drag through the mud	SMEAR
Early Mesoamerican	OLMEC
Fla.'s "Sunshine City"	STPETE
Gadget used with lemons	ZESTER
Gangster's gun	GAT
Got down	ALIT
Gothic cathedral feature	ARCH
Graceful deer	ROES
Grams	NANA
Grand tour setting	EUROPE
Half of sechs	DREI
Hard gray metal	TUNGS
Herb with a horn	ALPERT
Host of Food Network's "Barefoot Contessa"	INAGAR
Inner: Prefix	ENTO
It ends with a dunk	ALLEYOOP
It may be caught by a filter	SPAM
It surrounds la Città del Vaticano	ROMA
Itinerant sort	NOMAD
Justice Dept. figure	ATTY
Lang. of 55-Down	ITAL
Lead to	GENERATE
Letters of urgency	ASAP
Like many philosophical questions	DEEP
Like some walls	PAPERED
Major health insurance company	AETNA
Make the rounds?	DBAR
Method: Abbr	SYS
Morsel a horse'll eat	OAT
Muffle	DEADEN
NAACP co-founder Wells	IDA
Not permitted	VERBO
Novak Djokovic, for one	SERB
Powder holders	KEGS
QuietComfort headphones maker	BOSE
Rapper Kool ___ Dee	MOE
Rely on	LOOKTO
Reputations	IMAGES
Ring org	WBA
River on Germany's eastern border	ODER
Significant stretches	ERAS
Simple pond plant	ALGA
Skye of "Gas Food Lodging"	IONE
Some John Deere machines	BALERS
Striped antelope	KUDU
Suds	LATHER
Surf, in a way, and an appropriate title for this puzzle	HANGTEN
Syndicate head	MRBIG
They're driven by campers	TPEGS
Turn	ROTATE
Twisty letter	ESS
Warmer, when playing	NEARERTO
Waterproof jacket	ANORAK
Way up	STAIR
Wee bit	DRIB
Wolverine's relative	PINEMAR
Yeoman's "yes"	AYE

USA Today - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 USA Today - Mar 31 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
&	AND
'Ain't I a Woman' author	BELLHOOKS
'Dream on!'	ASIF
'I haven't seen you in ___!'	AGES
'I knew it all ___'	ALONG
'Just go with it for my sake'	HUMORME
'Weeping' tree	WILLOW
'Yo ___ Joaquin' (Corky Gonzales poem)	SOY
'___ You Kind of Glad We Did?'	ARENT
According to	PER
Adobe Acrobat files	PDFS
Announcement upon arrival	IMHERE
Approximately	ABOUT
Arctic marine mammals	HARPSEALS
Barbie's boyfriend	KEN
Bean used to make chocolate	CACAO
Birth control device	IUD
Bus route diagram	MAP
Business with tastings	WINERY
Businesswoman who challenged segregation at a Nova Scotia movie theater in 1946	VIOLADESMOND
Calligraphy liquid	INK
Companion animals	PETS
Crockpot creation	STEW
Dangers	RISKS
Device with iMessages	IPHONE
Disorder in 'Pure' by Rose Cartwright	OCD
Endurance	STAMINA
Event for a paniolo	RODEO
Facial feature of Inigo Montoya	SCAR
Get married	WED
Get the suds out of	RINSE
Gives the green light	OKS
Kamaka instrument, for short	UKE
Key that turns 8 into *	SHIFT
L.A.'s state, for short	CALI
Ladybug marking	SPOT
Lawyer ___ Lois Sipuel Fisher	ADA
Lizard with a leopard species	GECKO
Long time period	EON
Make curtains, for example	SEW
Mile or millimeter	UNIT
Multiplied by	TIMES
New York baseball player	MET
Odds and ___	ENDS
Orlando Pride's org	NWSL
Ostrich relative	EMU
Performs in an opera	SINGS
Person who might write fic	FAN
Place for a daith piercing	EAR
Prefix meaning 'against'	CONTRA
Pronoun pair	SHETHEY
Protein in some TLTs	TEMPEH
Revoke legislatively	REPEAL
Sacred object	TOTEM
Senior member of a community	ELDER
Singer Braxton	TONI
Skating surface	ICE
Slim	SLENDER
Smoothly transition	SEGUE
Some pottery pieces	URNS
State north of 37-Across (Abbr.)	ORE
The 'A' in AC	AIR
Trips around racetracks	LAPS
Trunk of the body	TORSO
Tuna in spicy tuna rolls	AHI
Two-___ street	WAY
VanJess is one	DUO
Video compilations	REELS
Villainous	EVIL
Waterproof covering	TARP
Yoga asana named for a shape	TRIANGLEPOSE
Young dog	PUP
Zori or flip-flop	SANDAL
___ Fifth Avenue	SAKS
___ Vegas	LAS
___-and-greet	MEET

Universal - Mar 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Universal - Mar 30 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Calvin and Hobbes" meanie	MOE
"No worries"	ITSCOOL
"The Matrix" protagonist	NEO
10-year-old toon Turner	TIMMY
Actress Watson	EMMA
Admirer	FAN
Anger	IRE
B&B alternative	INN
Baby bird in a barn	OWLET
Bean type in succotash	LIMA
Bottom of a price range	LOWEND
Cheese that's 28-Down backward	EDAM
Connections	INS
Constructed	MADE
Covering for one's nose and mouth	MASK
Crew member's implement	OAR
Daddy's sis, e.g	AUNTIE
Date	SEE
Detroit Tigers' org	MLB
Embrace	HUG
Evaluate	ASSESS
Extreme action (... letters 5-6 and 8-9)	DRASTICMEASURE
Former CBS forensic drama	CSI
Gave out, like a medal	AWARDED
Get on in years	AGE
Getting the job done	ONIT
Go to	ATTEND
Hereditary info	DNA
Hits head-on	RAMS
Important stretches?	ERAS
Indian breakfast cake	IDLI
Indian dish or ingredient	DAL
Iron ___ (superhero)	MAN
Is unable to	CANNOT
Ivy with cafes called butteries	YALE
Large mattress size	KING
Leak (through)	SEEP
Least risky	SAFEST
Light switch position	OFF
Like 3, 9 or 27	ODD
Like lighter fluid	FLAMMABLE
March Madness org	NCAA
Mendes of "2 Fast 2 Furious"	EVA
Mischief-maker	IMP
Movie with a meet-cute (... letters 6-7 and 11-12)	ROMANTICCOMEDY
Nintendo avatar	MII
Nwodim of "SNL"	EGO
Office sub	TEMP
Once ___ while	INA
Org. with a Feed Your Mind initiative	FDA
Part of a set at the gym	REP
Passion	ARDOR
Payment often made on the first	RENT
People who domesticated llamas	INCA
Pie ___ mode	ALA
Positions on issues	STANDS
Provide the food for	CATER
Santa ___	ANA
Shoulder muscles, for short	DELTS
Sign of a nearby shark	FIN
Single-___ (tourney format)	ELIM
Slightly	ATAD
Sometimes-scary storage space	ATTIC
Stag, for a doe	MATE
Startup partner	COFOUNDER
Strong beer	ALE
Subj. featuring poetry	ENG
Tax experts, briefly	CPAS
Tendency to recall only the highlights, say (... letters 6-7 and 10-11)	SELECTIVEMEMORY
They may be square or cube	ROOTS
Tool for cleaning up a spill	MOP
Treasure trunks	CHESTS
U.S. immigration policy	DACA
Udder part	TEAT
Unadventurous	STAID
Water stopper	DAM
What's after last call at a bar, and a theme hint	CLOSINGTIME
What's boring to play? (In this clue's answer, note letters 4-5 and 10-11)	WAITINGGAME

Newsday.com - Mar 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Newsday.com - Mar 30 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
''That's amazing!''	GEE
''Thyme'' or ''basil''	NOUN
''We __ to please''	AIM
''__ Miz''	LES
Army truant: Abbr	AWOL
Assist in a crime	ABET
Author of ''Goosebumps'' books	STINE
Back-of-book listing	INDEX
Bard of __ (Shakespeare)	AVON
Beasts in a sty	SWINE
Boats like Noah's	ARKS
Bovine greeting	MOO
Cable service devices	DVRS
Camel's South American cousin	LLAMA
Clear-headed	SANE
Clock radio feature	ALARM
Clock radio features	SNOOZEBUTTONS
Coffee alternative	TEA
Coop females	HENS
Corn Belt state	IOWA
Declare untrue	DENY
Done laps in a pool	SWUM
Dozen at a trial	JURY
Family room	DEN
Far from shore	ATSEA
Fictional Sawyer	TOM
Finishes up	ENDS
Frightening	SCARY
Georgia city	MACON
Get __ (exact revenge)	EVEN
Halifax, __ Scotia	NOVA
Hard-to-please actress	DIVA
Harper who wrote ''. . . Mockingbird''	LEE
Head, in France	TETE
HP laptops	PCS
Junk email	SPAM
Lauder of lipstick	ESTEE
Like to do	ENJOY
London lockup	GAOL
Major blood vessel	AORTA
Meditative Buddhist sect	ZEN
Modify, as a manuscript	EDIT
Move higher	RISE
Never	ATNOTIME
No longer in town	GONE
Nonfunctioning firecracker	DUD
Officeholders, for short	POLS
Paper holders for LPs	RECORDSLEEVES
Percussion instrument	DRUM
Quick	RAPID
Ration (out)	METE
Rebuke from Caesar	ETTU
Run off to wed	ELOPE
Short memos	NOTES
Software customer	USER
Sort of	INASENSE
Sphere served with spaghetti	MEATBALL
Stick around	REMAIN
Stormy weather systems	LOWS
Table game at a bar	POCKETBILLIARDS
Taken an oath	SWORN
Tennis star Rafael	NADAL
The Milky Way, for example	GALAXY
Throat-clearing sound	AHEM
Thyme or basil	HERB
Town square	PLAZA
Traditional bouquet tosser	THEBRIDE
Untidy	MESSY
Verbalize	SAY
Very low number	ZERO
Wall St. debuts	IPOS
Watson of Potter films	EMMA
Weep audibly	SOB
Where some sophs sleep	DORM
Winery tubs	VATS
Yearn for	COVET
Young fellow	BOY
Young Spanish woman: Abbr	SRTA

L.A. Times Daily - Mar 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 L.A. Times Daily - Mar 30 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"Bluebeard's Castle" composer Béla	BARTOK
"Cornflake Girl" singer Tori	AMOS
"LOTR" menace	ORC
"Misery" co-star	JAMESCAAN
"My Cousin Vinny" Oscar winner Marisa	TOMEI
"My turn to bat"	IMUP
A or E, but not I, O or U	NOTE
Abduct	KIDNAP
Actress Falco	EDIE
Animal that sounds fresh	GNU
Big noise	DIN
Bits of work	ERGS
Boring	TEDIOUS
Bowler's target	PIN
Celebrity chef Eddie	HUANG
Collegian's choice	MAJOR
Cop to	ADMIT
Cruise with a big price tag	TOM
Cut (off)	LOP
Cycle starter	UNI
Dadaist Max	ERNST
Damp	MOIST
Dickinson work	POEM
Doctor Octopus foe	SPIDERMAN
Eerie apparition	WRAITH
Elizabeth of "WandaVision"	OLSEN
Equine control	REIN
Explosive letters	TNT
Fitting	APT
Fly over Africa	TSETSE
Food recall cause	ECOLI
Friend of Jerry and George	ELAINE
Fruit drinks	ADES
German gripe	ACH
Group's belief	TENET
Horner's surprise	PLUM
Hullabaloo	ADO
In full view	OVERT
In the past	AGO
India neighbor	PAKISTAN
Like most tennis shots	ARCED
Linda Ronstadt's "Blue __"	BAYOU
Merged comm. giant	GTE
Monopoly miniatures	HOTELS
Move slightly ... like a mouse?	STIR
New Rochelle college	IONA
NHL's Ducks, on scoreboards	ANA
Obama __	ERA
Occupy, as a table	SITAT
On	ATOP
Oscar-nominated actress for "Paper Moon" and "Blazing Saddles"	MADELINEKAHN
Pachuca pronoun	ESA
Places to relax	SPAS
Rachmaninoff's instrument	PIANO
Recipe amts	TBSPS
Red letters in a dark theater	EXIT
Sale rack abbr	IRREG
Sign into law	ENACT
South of France?	SUD
Spoken	SAID
Sport-__: off-road vehicle	UTE
Star systems	GALAXIES
Starting gun	PISTOL
Suffix with craigs	LIST
Swindler ... or, phonetically, what each of three puzzle answers is?	CONARTIST
Tequila source	AGAVE
Toady	SYCOPHANT
Two-year-old, say	TOT
Two-__: fastballs named for the grip used to throw them	SEAMERS
Ultimatum word	ELSE
Undetermined: Abbr	TBA
URL ender	NET
Versatile award-winning Indian film star known by his initials "SRK"	SHAHRUKHKHAN
Wallop	THRASH
Water source	TAP
Weather report stats	LOWS
Yellow or Red follower	SEA
Yoga aid that helps prevent slipping	MAT

New York Times, Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 New York Times, Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Crossword Answers 

Clues	Answers
___ fours	ALL
___-C.I.O.	AFL
Actress Dennings	KAT
American ___	IDOL
Amount to	ARE
As an aside, in a text	BTW
Beat it!	EGG
Bee teem?	SWARM
Bein' in debt to a "Wedding Crashers" co-star?	OWINWILSON
Blond at the bar, say	ALE
Bunglers	OAFS
Bury	INTER
Catch some Z's	NAP
Chess rating system	ELO
Chips brand	DORITOS
Climb (up), as a pole	SHINNY
Computer language that sounds like a literary intro	PROLOG
Cover for illicit activity	FRONT
Cradlin' a Salinger protagonist?	HOLDINCAULFIELD
Crossword solver's cry	AHA
Crow, but not magpie	VERB
Cry of frustration	GAH
Declares	SAYS
Deity with 99 names	ALLAH
Did so-so at school	OTAC
Footloose star cookin' a fresh batch of brownies?	KEVINBAKIN
Four-time Grammy winner India.___	ARIE
Freshly	ANEW
Get too old to qualify	AGEOUT
Gotham City supervillain in a cryogenic suit	MRFREEZE
Houseplant that some think brings luck and prosperity	MONEYTREE
Hugo-winning "Hothouse" author Brian	ALDISS
I don't want to hear the gory details	SPAREME
I need a hero!	SAVEME
Info in an apt. listing	RMS
Internet admin	SYSOP
Intl. standard used by many astrologers	GMT
Letters on a luxury handbag	YSL
Massachusetts senator wagin' conflict?	ELIZABETHWARRIN
Minute hands, essentially	RADII
Moi? Never!	NOTI
Need an ark? I Noah guy, and others	PUNS
New Hampshire state flowers	LILACS
Ode to Joy, for the European Union	ANTHEM
Old French coin	ECU
One in 1,000?	COMMA
One-billionth: Prefix	NANO
One-point Scrabble draw	NTILE
Org. for Ducks and Penguins	NHL
Our genus	HOMO
Over my dead body!	HELLNO
Particularly particular	NITPICKY
Pencil remnants	NUBS
Philosopher Zeno's birthplace	ELEA
Preserve, as ashes	INURN
Raphael, Gabriel or Michael	ARCHANGEL
Related to religious rites	SACRAL
Right on!	YEAH
Roadside bombs, for short	IEDS
Sedative in a blowgun dart, informally	TRANK
Sentence ... or something found in a sentence	TERM
Shorthand pro	STENO
Solo in spaceflight?	HAN
Some burrowing mouselike rodents	VOLES
Strands in a cell	DNA
Texter's "I think"	FWIW
Texter's "I think"	IMO
The "E" of B.C.E.	ERA
The "L" of Samuel L. Jackson	LEROY
The Great Emancipator sharin' URLs on his blog?	ABRAHAMLINKIN
They may be switched while cycling	GEARS
Under the weather	AILING
Vodka brand, informally	STOLI
Went on, as an errand	RAN

The Times - Concise - March 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8865
Clues	Answers
Automate (S, not Z)	MECHANISE
Basque ball game	PELOTA
Central area of Venice	RIALTO
Come into view	EMERGE
Cord; series	STRING
Cut wool from (a sheep)	SHEAR
Deep crack in glacier	CREVASSE
Entranceway upright	DOORPOST
Form of government	DEMOCRACY
Hot pepper	CHILLI
Incarnation	AVATAR
Low-flying weapon	cruise missile
Made more exciting	souped-up
Mineral spring	SPA
Not including	EXCEPT
One who's past it	has-been
Pacific island region	OCEANIA
Rope; man	GUY
Roughly, harshly	COARSELY
Straightforward	unproblematic
Symbolically representative	ICONIC
Type of wool	ALPACA
Wise; like a bird	OWLISH

The Times - Cryptic - March 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28251
Clues	Answers
A broad smile arrested by head's fury	ANGRINESS
A politician reportedly entering exam relating to speechmaking	ORATORIAL
American woman accepts rise, endlessly producing metal inlay	DAMASCENE
Bath, possibly, initially smelling pretty awful	SPA
Big cat Guevara viewed with rising abhorrence	CHEETAH
Book arable land for discharge of firearms	VOLLEY
Climber from Iowa with name in Californian city	LIANA
Current member, one making mischief	IMP
Diplomat dealing with bushy hirsute growth?	ATTACHE
Erase old joke finally giving offence	EXPUNGE
Fabric on end of divan in Mediterranean island	CRETONNE
Fellow introducing French art books	TOMES
Forgetful man exercising energy thus	AMNESIC
Girl and boy crossing top of Italian lake	GALILEE
Henry leaves top officer taking a fortified wine	MARSALA
How a realist would act, almost	PRACTICALLY
Like dry humour? Sounds like a lie!	pawky
Like hereditary rule __ and city's, oddly	DYNASTIC
Makeshift post confused boy attendant briefly erected	STOPGAP
Nonconformist causing upset to residents	DISSENTER
Note about old hotel in central London area	SOHO
Old woman, ultimately rather frivolous, chewing minute sweet	MARSHMALLOW
Once rebuked poet about Liberal's early years	CHILDHOOD
One found in folklore, a divinity	OREAD
Police officer going over a lightweight chart	DIAGRAM
Rascal dismissing pressure to swindle	SCAM
Slip up badly in summer month, backing freedom fighter	GUERRILLA
Team catching emu finally and, separately, large shore bird	CURLEW
Test way to secure date	TRYST
Welshman with wife visiting auction in part of Yorkshire	SWALEDALE
What's left outside entrance to major art museum	HERMITAGE
Winged figure police department guards at university	CUPID
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2102
Clues	Answers
A workroom in the house for a department of state	home office
Almost performing murder	do in
Bowling involving at least three limbs?	leg spin
Cannibal tidier after mat trimmed	MANEATER
Clip something from the paper? Don't do that!	cut it out
Concern __ appear plumb to umpire?	LOOKOUT
Distant stars unable to be resolved	NEBULA
Division in the church? I'll say!	AISLE
Fanatical attempt by Royal Academy to make a purchase?	RABID
Farm vehicle seen in Chelsea, they say	TRACTOR
Hawk brazenly catching river fish	TROUT
Heading for home? Unable to leave it	HOUSEBOUND
Hilltop right in front of the boat	BROW
Intelligent vehicles are on the rise	SMART
Italian course reduced for a violinist	RAVIOLI
Lettuce covered by sticky stuff: it's sweet	GLUCOSE
Look at some article in hatred	LOATHING
New weapon is limited	NARROW
Perhaps seal a tiny creature in a hard covering	PUPA
Regret concealing steady income	REVENUE
Ruler is a bit more gentle	REGENT
Steak and kidney, perhaps: regularly chew a slice	PIECE
Stout wife initially accepting Muslim decree	FATWA
Unfriendly feeling one puts on record still	NEEDLE
Urges to poach these?	EGGS
User gets wrong signals	GESTURES