New York Times, Thursday, September 1, 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 New York Times, Thursday, September 1, 2022 Crossword AnswerAuthor: John Wrenholt

Editor: Will Shortz

Across

Mitts PAWS

Short-term employment GIG

Edible part of a nut MEAT

With 68-Across, co-creator of the British parody band the Rutles ERIC

Land next to the Land of Nod EDEN

Super-super ULTRA

This puzzle's solution NINETYONE

Schnozzola SNOUT

Actress Mireille ___ of "Good Omens" ENOS

Cheats on TWOTIMES

What comes after love FIFTEEN

Terminate from an agency, in spy lingo BURN

___-foot (volume measure) ACRE

Claptrap ROT

Strip lights NEONS

Juicers use them ROIDS

Opera character whose first name is Floria TOSCA

Device that turns plastic into paper? ATM

Front or back END

Didn't quite make it home, say TRIPLED

The 2 in 1/2, e.g. DAY

Groove on DIG

Relationship with a statistics teacher? RATIO

Blading need SKATE

Relinquished CEDED

Biz bigwig, in brief COO

___-deucey (backgammon variety) ACEY

Check, with "in" REIN

Date for a party PLUSONE

Aid in some problem-solving EQUATION

"The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me" author, 1985 DAHL

Head-to-toe garment BURKA

"Figure it out!" … or how to arrive at this puzzle's solution, using the answers to italicized clues DOTHEMATH

Part of R.B.G. BADER

One branch of Islam SHIA

See 12-Across IDLE

Storm cloud? DUST

Go (for) OPT

Not G-rated, say RACY

Down

What may be filled with ink … or oink PEN

M.L.B. team that plays at Chase Field, in brief ARI

Vintage appliance? WINEFRIDGE

Like some love letters and candles SCENTED

Jumbo jet? GEYSER

Phrase with a hand raise IDO

Fellow GENT

Bibliophile's recommendations MUSTREADS

Current phenomenon ELNINO

High school model, maybe ATOM

"That's right" TRUE

Novice, informally NEWB

Symbols used for tagging ATS

Corn spot TOE

Someone might order cannabis by this OUNCE

Managed FARED

Widely recognized ICONIC

Playground cry NOTIT

It's up for debate TOPIC

Mocktail with a rhyming name NADACOLADA

___ Island STATEN

Work on the side of a building, perhaps STREETART

Sailing vessel SLOOP

"Poppycock!" MYEYE

Bicycle spokes, e.g. RADII

Disputed region between India and Pakistan KASHMIR

Ducks that don't lay eggs DRAKES

Trite OLDHAT

Indicators of acknowledgment NODS

Persian Gulf land: Abbr. UAE

Go back EBB

Certain leg muscle, familiarly QUAD

Origin of the words "khaki" and "pajama" URDU

N.Y.C. neighborhood bounded by the Bowery to the east NOHO

Help line? TIP

Special treatment, for short TLC

"Listen here!" HEY

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,914 - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
1st of last month, old copper drafted in as stand-in	LOCUM
Bath dandy left boring, vulgar city	NASHVILLE
Bin fish stew accompaniment	DUMPLING
Cherish husband and elderly partner	HOLDDEAR
Compact powder tip of garden rake buries	ROUGE
Dismiss class	REMOVE
Does retired Tadcaster referee keep one in his trousers?	FERRET
Extracted natural moisture bordering river	DREW
Gift story books	TALENT
Herbal sample infused with busy Lizzie?	BALSAM
Intimate company escorting son	COSY
Irish poet spurning hot dog ultimately preferred tofu	BEANCURD
It's used to soothe little Mary when visiting hospital department	EMOLLIENT
Italian leaves wireless receiving Chic broadcast	RADICCHIO
Labourer paid for a bonding session?	BRICKLAYER
Like a safe investment of crude oil, multiple diamonds, houses	ROCKSOLID
Meat which can be bought with the heart removed	VEAL
Mum runs over solemn German nobleman	MARGRAVE
Oil carrier bound for north-west Africa heading north an hour away	BERGAMOT
Overcharging daft Big Brother lad year in, year out	DAYLIGHTROBBERY
Ransack stately home, initially breaking in like a cat burglar	STEALTHY
Section of River Shannon essentially maintained	DELTA
Secured weepie co-star for Swayze, P?	MOORED
Sheik bust with nil capital	HELSINKI
Travelling each summer, it can get piping hot!	MEERSCHAUM
Waspish type hot cycling elevated roadway	HOVERFLY
Whimper, sounding like a cross animal	MEWL
Yard probing Head of Special Branch, notoriously devious individual	SLYDOG
Yen to visit Ireland -- looking up a remote place to stay	EYRIE

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,080 - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Advance requirement in front of Her Majesty has to be acceptable	PASSMUSTER
African country's losing love for a dance	CONGA
Assignation in French chap's bijou accommodation?	PIEDATERRE
Attitude underpinning Coronation Street's material?	SOAPSTONE
Beg delicacy, supporting men with no leader	ENTREAT
Bill a small company for sauce	TABASCO
Cleaner accepting one post at university	CHAIR
Come up and browse the web with expert	SURFACE
Complete a new church statement	UTTERANCE
Drunk with present for Take That	SOTHERE
Elder taking a time to replace Independent US politician	SENATOR
Exclude wild stories about a Conservative	OSTRACISE
Extravagant academic left one opening	PROFLIGATE
Father figure's carriage	FREIGHT
Figure unruly mob must be in mad rush	RHOMBUS
Golf hotel may come before country	INDIA
Has saddle, cycling	EATS
Important American fringe event that started everything	BIGBANG
Limit set up on time for agreement	PACT
Lothario's line no more	LOVER
Luxurious, without hotel's advantage	PLUS
My pence will make pound	COOP
One might nick food rejected by the French right	BURGLAR
People who demonstrate bathroom facilities?	SHOWERS
Praise from extended family embracing Utah	TRIBUTE
Queen interrupting silly sketch	DRAFT
Records can be horrible mostly around New Year	VINYL
Roles played in customs -- roughly	MOREORLESS
Sale of uranium captured in battle	AUCTION
Stars performing outside port	ORION
Strange angle adopted by continent showing lack of feeling	ANALGESIA
Worth may be raised in retirement	MERIT

The Telegraph - QUICK - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,080 - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Any strong feeling	EMOTION
Appalled	AGHAST
Bargain (over)	HAGGLE
Consumed	EATEN
Court panel	JURY
Deserve	MERIT
Diary	JOURNAL
Dive	PLUNGE
Dons	PUTSON
Dry, parched	ARID
Elegant, fashionable	STYLISH
Fortuitous	LUCKY
French-Italian coastal area	RIVIERA
Friendly states	ALLIES
Gaunt	HAGGARD
Hypothesis	THEORY
Large primate	GORILLA
Lazy type	IDLER
Looking at	EYING
Mislaying	LOSING
Near; muggy	CLOSE
Netting; engage	MESH
Olfactory organs	NOSES
Posterior	RUMP
Speeds	RACES
Stink	STENCH
Various	SEVERAL
Vulgar, unrefined	UNCOUTH

The Times - Concise - August 31 2022 Crossword Answer Solutions

 

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8997
Clues	Answers
At the far side of	BEYOND
Bad-tempered, sulky	SULLEN
Baltic state	ESTONIA
Breathing organ	LUNG
Cause to begin	INITIATE
Cry of discovery	EUREKA
Dairy product	CHEESE
Declares to be guilty	CONVICTS
Defeat; bereavement	LOSS
Fête lottery	TOMBOLA
Farewell	ADIEU
Feed like a duck	DABBLE
Firmly reprimand	ADMONISH
Gulf state native	KUWAITI
Historically, a woman who sells cod, haddock etc	FISHWIFE
Impetuosity	RASHNESS
Lacking in courage	TIMID
Last; maximum	ULTIMATE
Laugh gleefully	CHORTLE
Mass departure	EXODUS
Place of business	OFFICE
Relating to earthquakes	seismical
Rub out, erase	EFFACE
Unique person	one-off
Withdraw from a union	SECEDE
Yorkshire city	LEEDS

The Times - Cryptic - September 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28384
Clues	Answers
African currency, Yankee wanting it	RANDY
Blunder moving along southern borders	LIPS
Boldness offending Democrat in party	derring-do
Calm suspicion, avoiding railway lines	QUELL
Celebration in bar over	REVEL
Coy dean forking out when judgment's announced	day of reckoning
Crude worker's penalty after touching manager's bottom	REFINER
Deface an old penny displayed in case	VANDALISE
Designate nucleus of wrong particle	ELECTRON
Disparages, as barmaid with spirit does?	sells short
Dissatisfied agent not yet retired?	fed up
Encouraging exercise reduced fun in vacation	HOPEFUL
Excess number of balls to knock off	OVERKILL
Fifty reunited in resort for a spell	INTERLUDE
Following trial, comedian's still on TV	test card
Independent enterprise cancelling head's contract	INDENTURE
Isolationist, cross, reversed plan for buying a single award	XENOPHOBE
Jersey veterinary's first pet	v-neck
Old soldier cutting old tree	OSIER
Picked up key for pretty small hole	EYELET
Russian novelist's work diary written up	GOGOL
Shot of how it ends badly, not having succeeded	done with
Stimulate early leftist to maintain steady progress	JOGTROT
Team capsizing in sea persist in questioning course	mixed grill
Toffs landed in dock	QUALITY
Trickle from English river audible	OOZE
Underwear is itching, gents admitted	long johns
Used a variety of methods, as one knowing the ropes?	rang the changes
Water treatment centre a must-have for lengthy drought	HYDRO
Waterlogged planet hastily evacuated	MARSHY
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2213
Clues	Answers
A French maiden poses __ and is revealing	UNMASKS
As careless riverside walker did maybe: one Italian director	FELLINI
Awful crybaby's ma loves hugs!	ABYSMAL
Careless agent, cut off internally	SLOPPY
Chaotic study in need of a clean?	DUSTY
Chap starts on Stitch in Lilo and Stitch	SILAS
Cooker needing beam of light to get very hot	RAYBURN
Doctor yesterday's beginning to be teetotal	DRY
Endanger old New York accord	HARMONY
Gemstone being worn by Yankee with Times	ONYX
Gift left in market	FLAIR
Girl denied son's become boxer	ALI
Heroin's moved close to the coast	INSHORE
Item of clothing that's disguised hard faces	HEADSCARF
Jenny, perhaps, in novel, reader finally recalled	WREN
Long, thick locks securing small ministers' houses	MANSES
Mate who's close by day	FRIEND
Notice that contains strangely only two Es, say	lay eyes on
Old king who's 50 per cent cockney 100 per cent Marxist?	ALFRED
One month in a thousand, indeed!	MAY
Only the first sixteen letters in one's head?	up top
Out to lunch midday, ten loudly sent up?	DYNAMITED
Principal's mood something close to grave?	HEADSTONE
Scientist off filling rubbish receptacle	BOFFIN
Shared amount buyable: odd bits have been excluded	MUTUAL
The third to leave party? That's annoying!	BAH
Tip from university writer, dismissed at first	UPEND
US lawman embraced by star in African country	SUDAN

The Guardian - Cryptic - Sep 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,851 - Sep 1 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Advertise scent	TRAIL
After game, gunners left country	RURAL
Anyone can enjoy this ratio?	FREETOAIR
Article about reconfigured IBM laptop originally offering digital protection	THIMBLE
Awful vote against boxing disheartened sport	NASTY
Corrupt play a disc for this?	PAYOLA
Counter everything during my arrest	COLLAR
Degenerate men get revolver	ROTOR
Directly opposed support for endangered species	POLARBEAR
Encourage doctor to wipe out source of salmonella	URGEON
Events made less commercial with French and Saunders' backing	MEETS
Fibber describing golf __ and somehow they can make a huge distance	LIGHTYEAR
Given up __ I'm one to leave military body with honour in retirement	IMMOLATED
Handy fencing manual occasionally gives a pre-set option	DEFAULT
Hide bay rum unfinished before start of prohibition	COVERUP
Hurt woman with silver piercing,	DAMAGE
Joint account's now key __ loan's expensive, first of all	ANKLE
Little child's line on, say, Sweeney TV show	TODDLER
Medical emergency vehicle to help overturned motor with support	CARDIAC
Mercenary guerrilla never bottles uprising	VENAL
One readily admits graduates' complete failure __ making university embarrassed, initially	MASTERKEY
One with faith in artist putting time into expedition	RASTAFARI
Regularly burnished gemstones, essentially yet to be mounted	UNSET
See 4	ARREST
See 8	STEAMER
Ship's padre meets lad at sea	PADDLE
Space base has small plants	EMBEDS
Successfully book in a restaurant that's accessible	GETATABLE
Suffering from interminable preoccupation is hard	ANGUISH
This writer will lobby doctor to start place for exercises	DRILLHALL
Three fifths of Spice Girls' focus on sex's inner meaning	SPIRIT
Vacuous Carry On Henry's opening is carefree	HALCYON

The Guardian - Quick - Sep 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,324 - Sep 1 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
1977 Broadway musical, winner of seven Tony Awards	ANNIE
A (matinee) god?	IDOL
A conjuror's stock in trade?	TRICK
Actually	INPOINTOFFACT
Alleged	CLAIMED
Am I near (anag) __ a country in Caucasia?	ARMENIA
Average __ old Ma (anag)	MODAL
Away with you!	SHOO
Being apt to err?	HUMAN
Creamy liqueur made with eggs and brandy	ADVOCAAT
Deeply personal	INNER
Drunk (slang)	OILED
Free of restrictions	UNCONSTRAINED
Keep back	WITHHOLD
Meaning	IMPORT
Moronic (anag) __ letter from Greece	OMICRON
Nobleman	DUKE
Plumed army cap	SHAKO
Preliminary round in a contest	HEAT
Price list	TARIFF
Stubbornly persistent	OBDURATE
Swiped	STOLEN
Type of pen	FELTTIP
Very upset (informal)	HETUP
Wear __ don	ASSUME
Widely known to be disreputable	INFAMOUS

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

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

Clues	Answers
"For shame!"	TSK
"Gosh!"	GEE
"I love," in Latin	AMO
"Wham!"	POW
Actor LaBeouf	SHIA
Actor Rob	LOWE
Actor Stephen	REA
Apiece	PER
Author Lurie	ALISON
Battery size	AA
Beget	SIRE
Bird (Pref.)	AVI
Born abroad?	NEE
Citrus drinks	ADES
Columnist Maureen	DOWD
Cover	LID
Dalai __	LAMA
Dazzles	AWES
Despot	TSAR
Done with	OVER
Dreadful	HORRID
East Asian country	TAIWAN
Ersatz chocolate	CAROB
Frees (of)	RIDS
Freudian concept	ID
Frozen drink brand	ICEE
Gasp for air	PANT
Gents	MEN
Geological period	ERA
Gilpin of "Frasier"	PERI
Hearty brew	ALE
Here (Fr.)	ICI
Hogwash	ROT
Humorist	WIT
Impulsive	WHIRLWIND
Iowa city	AMES
Lascivious	LEWD
Laugh track sounds	HAHAS
Legendary loch	NESS
Length times width	AREA
Level	TIER
Massage target	ACHE
Motormouths	WINDBAGS
MSNBC's Melber	ARI
Namibia's capital	WINDHOEK
Napkin's place	LAP
Night before	EVE
Passion	ARDOR
Rain-delay cover	TARP
Scale members	RES
Secret-protecting docs	NDAS
Sentry's cry	HALT
Sequence	ORDER
Silents star Mary	ASTOR
Slugger's stat	RBI
Small bills	ONES
Sprint	DASH
Succor	AID
Sweetheart	DEARIE
Theater award	OBIE
Tropical cooler	TRADEWIND
Tub outlet	DRAIN
Twice cuatro	OCHO
Witch group	COVEN
Writer Harper	LEE
__ -la-la	TRA

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

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

Clues	Answers
A lot	TONS
Add up	TOTAL
Anarchic	LAWLESS
Believes	ACCEPTS
Bellini opera	NORMA
Blow away	AMAZE
Bridge support	TRESTLE
Brief time	SEC
Brood watcher	HEN
Caterer's pot	URN
Chapel features	PEWS
Chutzpah	NERVE
Condescending look	SNEER
Dote on	ADORE
Dress lines	HEMS
Exemplary	IDEAL
First odd prime	THREE
Flatten	LEVEL
Flowery shrubs	AZALEAS
Get snug	NESTLE
Hawk	SELL
High trains	ELS
Hiker's route	PATH
John of music	ELTON
Last part	END
Let up	RELENT
Like the OR	STERILE
List-shortening abbr	ETC
Locker poster	PINUP
Mortar's mate	PESTLE
Neighbors of kidneys	SPLEENS
New Testament book	MATTHEW
Overdue	LATE
Photo blowup: Abbr	ENL
Ply	EXERT
Purim honoree	ESTHER
Put away	EAT
Quaker's pronoun	THY
Safari sight	HIPPO
Scenery chewer	HAM
Set eyes on	SPOT
Shorebirds	TERNS
Shoulder muscle, for short	DELT
Singer Tori	AMOS
Sleep state	REM
Spell	HEX
Takes ten	RESTS
Truman's Missouri hometown	LAMAR
Try for a pin	WRESTLE
Utters	SAYS

USA Today - Sep 1 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 USA Today - Sep 1 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Anything for You' singer	LEDISI
'Sign me up!'	IMIN
A very long time	AGES
A very long time	EONS
Aboveground molten rock	LAVA
Absolute highest point	APEX
Absolutely repulsive	VILE
Accomplishment that's never been done before	FIRST
Animal that's a spy term	MOLE
Bottom of the sea	OCEANFLOOR
Brazil's second-largest city, for short	RIO
Buildings near barns	SILOS
Cold dessert with toppings, for short	FROYO
Comes to a close	ENDS
Comparison word	LESS
Comparison word	MORE
Competition in which speed matters	RACE
Country that borders Cambodia	LAOS
Country that borders Yemen	OMAN
Dallas hooper, for short	MAV
Educational ad	PSA
End of a sleeve	CUFF
External	OUTER
Fed	NOURISHED
Food served in a pita	FALAFEL
Formula One race that Ayrton Senna won six times	MONACOGRANDPRIX
Glitz and ___	GLAM
Go searching for food	FORAGE
Good or bad sign	OMEN
Gradually decreases	WANES
Green topping for nachos, for short	GUAC
Group of experts	PANEL
Have a sixth ___	SENSE
How common something is	PREVALENCE
Instrument with a golpeador	FLAMENCOGUITAR
Instruments made from tun wood	SITARS
Iowa's state flower is one	ROSE
Item in a dish in the shower	BARSOAP
Knowledgeable type	NERD
Knowledgeable type	GEEK
Largest city in Nebraska	OMAHA
LSD	ACID
Major role model	IDOL
Make a break for it	FLEE
Midpoint, as spelled in Canada	CENTRE
Onion relative	SHALLOT
Opposite of digital	ANALOG
Pale brown shade	TAN
Portland's state (Abbr.)	ORE
Puerto ___	RICAN
Really good friend	BFF
Rodeo rope	LASSO
Shriek that rhymes with 'shriek'	EEK
Simple shirt	TEE
Single-___ healthcare	PAYER
Skating jumps	AXELS
Small Spitz-type dogs, for short	POMS
Store with a slicer	DELI
Story that might span generations	EPIC
Sulk	MOPE
Televises	AIRS
Tennis star from Delray Beach	COCOGAUFF
Thoroughly unpleasant	NOFUN
Underground molten rock	MAGMA
Unit of area for farmland	ACRE
Untidiness	MESS
Up in the air	ALOFT
Used to be	WAS
Valuable to collectors	RARE
Vase with a base	URN
Vetoed	NIXED
What a light blue, pink and white flag signifies	TRANSPRIDE
___ and pains	ACHES
___ and proper	PRIM
___ up (make angry)	RILE
___-friendly	ECO

Universal - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Universal - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"All Things Considered" network	NPR
"Be that as it may"	EVENSO
"Don't worry about me"	IMOK
"For ___ a jolly ..."	HES
"Humph, humbug!"	BAH
"Where the Wild Things Are" author Maurice	SENDAK
Accolades	KUDOS
AM/FM device	RADIO
Armstrong who reached the moon	NEIL
Automated sweeper	ROOMBA
Big fuss	ADO
Big toe woe	BUNION
Bills that will feature Harriet Tubman	TWENTIES
Brew that may be brown	ALE
Choice made while drunk?	LITDECISION
Church bench	PEW
Control the wheel	STEER
DJs' selections	SONGS
Dr. Frankenstein's workplace	LAB
Drastically reduce	DECIMATE
End of Mozilla's URL	ORG
Fainthearted boxer?	RINGCHICKEN
Floes?	ICEISLANDS
Glance over	SCAN
Goat known for its wool	ANGORA
Grant, as an award	BESTOW
Guacamole fruits	AVOCADOS
Heads-up for Edmonton hockey fans?	OILERALERT
Home of the world's tallest building	DUBAI
Hop aboard	GETON
Indian dish hidden in "vindaloo"	DAL
Injures	HARMS
Is real	EXISTS
Jet that broke Mach 1: Abbr	SST
Kind of chop or kick	KARATE
Letters from the government?	SSN
Lil ___ X ("Industry Baby" rapper)	NAS
Log splitter: Var	AXE
Low site for a bracelet	ANKLE
Low-___ image	RES
Many laptops	PCS
Moody music genre	EMO
Musical finish	OUTRO
National ___ (D.C. park)	MALL
Pays to play poker	ANTES
Pie crust fat	LARD
Poke with a toothpick	STAB
Pop star Grande, informally	ARI
Put-down	SLUR
Raven sound	CAW
Set apart	SEPARATE
Shoot for the moon	GOBIG
Signal silently	NODAT
Sinfully desire	COVET
Slow movement, in music	ADAGIO
Some upscale hotels	OMNIS
Specialized talk	LINGO
Starting point for most video games	LEVELONE
Stick-on design	DECAL
Suffix for "Japan"	ESE
Tailless primate	APE
They may serve as chefs and chauffeurs	PARENTS
Totally awesome	BADASS
Tourist's reference	AREAMAP
Tours' river	LOIRE
Vail regular	SKIBUM
What prevented a biblical boat from leaking?	ARKPLUG
What's needed to split "the check" online?	SPACEBAR
Whole heap	TON
Wild things	BEASTS
Windows precursor	MSDOS
Women in habits	NUNS
Word before "balm" or "reading"	LIP
Yoko who sang "No, No, No"	ONO

New York Times Crossword Answer Solution August 31, 2022

 New York Times Crossword Answer List August 31, 2022

Across

1

Chaps : MEN

4

Its 27-inch model was discontinued in 2022 : IMAC

8

Inundates with some junk : SPAMS

13

Card game cry : UNO

14

Org. that sent Perseverance to 63-Across : NASA

15

Academy enrollee : CADET

16

*Type of meal first sold by C.A. Swanson & Sons : TVDINNER

18

Spice in springerle cookies : ANISE

19

Only about one-sixth of these in humans is visible : EYES

20

Call from a cornfield : CAW

21

Oscar winner Witherspoon : REESE

22

Michigan football rival, for short : OSU

24

*Hospital bagful : IVFLUID

26

*Multimedia-focused school org. : AVCLUB

29

Hard or soft finish? : NESS

30

Goes first : LEADS

31

Dictator Amin : IDI

32

Up in the air, for short : TBD

35

Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues : FIVESECONDRULE

39

Pub pick : ALE

40

Code component : LAW

41

– : MINUS

42

"Let's do this" : IMIN

44

*Camper's place, maybe : RVPARK

45

*Up-and-coming group in high school athletics : JVSQUAD

48

Egyptian ophidian : ASP

49

Covers : COATS

50

Horror film cry : RUN

52

Some daily temps : LOWS

56

Bris, bat mitzvah and others : RITES

57

*Federal tax incentive for buying a Tesla, say : EVCREDIT

59

Good name for a home renter? : ELISE

60

"___ Flux" (1990s MTV series) : AEON

61

Help with the dishes : DRY

62

Joneses for : WANTS

63

See 14-Across : MARS

64

Possible reason for a PG-13 rating : SEX

Down

1

You might be on it during a meeting : MUTE

2

Be covetous of : ENVY

3

Connection point : NODE

4

Tripadvisor recommendation, perhaps : INN

5

Nickname for Mowgli in "The Jungle Book" : MANCUB

6

Away from land : ASEA

7

It's lowered in the drive-thru line : CARWINDOW

8

Devours, with "down" : SCARFS

9

Some convention offerings : PANELS

10

Bye at the French Open? : ADIEU

11

International athlete who twice made Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world : MESSI

12

Charger : STEED

17

Wagnerian princess : ISOLDE

23

Figure (out) : SUSS

25

Miner discovery? : VEIN

26

Sporty Italian auto, informally : ALFA

27

Cover, in a way : VEIL

28

Give in : CAVE

31

"My lotto ticket might be the winner" : ICANDREAM

32

Toro or shiro maguro, at a sushi bar : TUNA

33

Busy day, in retrospect : BLUR

34

Division of a newsroom : DESK

36

Director Kazan : ELIA

37

Real ID issuers, in brief : DMVS

38

___ effect : RIPPLE

42

Something to think about? : IQTEST

43

Dishevels : MUSSES

44

Longstanding ill will : RANCOR

45

Eddie Bauer competitor : JCREW

46

"There you go!" : VOILA

47

Smooth kind of finish : SATIN

51

Layer beneath the sclera and cornea : UVEA

53

Track figures : ODDS

54

Certain money transfer : WIRE

55

"Mr. Roboto" band, 1983 : STYX

58

O.R. staffers : RNS

The Telegraph - TOUGHIE - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,913 - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Chic' dresses half limp __ this adds shine	FRENCHPOLISH
Activate mind-blowing experience	TRIP
American mountain, one covered by black cloud?	RAINIER
Astronomical body in second lit up	MOON
Cut beef, by the sound of it?	MOWN
Far Eastern symbol of loyalty, promise of marriage to US president?	BUSHIDO
High-jumper in sport?	CRICKET
Identical class of undergraduates?	UNIFORM
In attendance, corrupt potential killer	GAROTTE
Iris or Lily for example dropped brick?	BLOOMER
Load of fun, dammit!	BLAST
Ordinary thing to come from a pen?	OINK
Outer layer broke, almost entirely	SKIN
Picture __ take it	IMAGINE
Plain landslide, perhaps, for PM	BALDWIN
Proper curry, aloo cooked __ yellow perhaps?	PRIMARYCOLOUR
Queen Cleopatra, nightly, bathes	RANI
Rank: one he and discontented colonel reviewed	ECHELON
Reportedly flash gift	FLAIR
Running repairs put in and returned	UNINTERRUPTED
Session: pain hosting it	SITTING
Some territorials, travelling westward, retreat	LAIR
Strain is breaking musical group that's laid back	TENSION
Subject on the menu, briefly?	TOPIC
Suddenly see shoot	TWIG
Sweet drink chasing first of bitters, say	BUTTERSCOTCH
Terribly regal, I gathered, monarch's ultimate Elizabethan gentleman	RALEIGH
Tired and exhausted, descend quickly	RUNDOWN
Tolerate channel	BROOK
Tramp feeding gobbet to upset crone	GALUMPH
Very tasty, as Othello in speech?	MOREISH
Wonderful man sitting at God's right hand	CORKING

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,079 - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Better run south of French city	NICER
Competition still tense	EVENT
Cool church after cold breeze	CINCH
Current keeping river hot and steamy	TROPICAL
Drink and the Queen gets fatter	STOUTER
Emotions from two Europeans engaged in love affairs	FEELINGS
Find fault with swallowing wife's hock	PAWN
Flipping moment unruly adolescent's let out	EMITTED
Furthest former watercourse, we're told?	EXTREME
Get below platform	UNDERSTAND
Hearing sounds coming back carrying son	SESSION
Holidaymakers might carry this toboggan in silence? On the contrary	LUGGAGE
Large panties oddly discarded right after that	LATER
Leaves working site, cross inside	EXITS
Masters perhaps juggling three cats without finally getting scratched	TEACHERS
More attractive Parisian ready to marry Romeo	PRETTIER
Nude sends rude shot	UNDRESSED
One could deal with canine -- it's barking in depression	DENTIST
Out of bed before usual alarm	UPSET
Partly gives me time to go over things	ITEMS
Rubbish tips in Wales are spoiling the environment	WASTE
Second time university cut out what undergraduate did?	STUDIED
Sending back trifle once sick	REFLECTION
Singer's ear cut twice	LULU
Snakes quietly tucking into animal	ASPS
Somewhat insane Roman?	NERO
Stands for religious education awards	REPRESENTS
Told editor to support book	ORDERED
Topless bar is fake	IMITATION
Train prices soon exploded	PROCESSION
Watching old boy waiting	OBSERVING
Wrong rock concert I reviewed initially	INCORRECT

The Telegraph - QUICK - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,079 - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Artist's tripod	EASEL
Closed	SHUT
Employing	USING
Encountered	MET
Esteem	RESPECT
Fashion	TREND
Fidgety	RESTLESS
Finish	END
Fires	SACKS
Foes	ENEMIES
Harbour	PORT
Hearten	CHEER
Huge	IMMENSE
Leave out	OMIT
Magical concoction	POTION
Meet	SATISFY
Messy	UNTIDY
Poignant	HAUNTING
Reply	ANSWER
River valleys	DALES
Scope	SPECTRUM
Self-confident	ASSURED
Sightseer	TOURIST
Small houses	COTTAGES
Svelte	SLIM
Take legal action against	SUE
Therefore	HENCE
Tradition	CUSTOM
Units of time	HOURS
Young dog	PUP

The Times - Concise - August 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8997
Clues	Answers
At the far side of	BEYOND
Bad-tempered, sulky	SULLEN
Baltic state	ESTONIA
Breathing organ	LUNG
Cause to begin	INITIATE
Cry of discovery	EUREKA
Dairy product	CHEESE
Declares to be guilty	CONVICTS
Defeat; bereavement	LOSS
Fête lottery	TOMBOLA
Farewell	ADIEU
Feed like a duck	DABBLE
Firmly reprimand	ADMONISH
Gulf state native	KUWAITI
Historically, a woman who sells cod, haddock etc	FISHWIFE
Impetuosity	RASHNESS
Lacking in courage	TIMID
Last; maximum	ULTIMATE
Laugh gleefully	CHORTLE
Mass departure	EXODUS
Place of business	OFFICE
Relating to earthquakes	seismical
Rub out, erase	EFFACE
Unique person	one-off
Withdraw from a union	SECEDE
Yorkshire city	LEEDS

The Times - Cryptic - August 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28383
Clues	Answers
As Ladies Champions announced, so the stars come out	NIGHTLY
Associate’s satisfied cry after swapping leads	BEDFELLOW
Check cover on trailer after parking	PROOFREAD
Come down in pursuit of bachelor flat	BLAND
Do like lifting uniform with character, mostly, and something decorative on it?	EPAULETTE
Fab to be somehow associated with iconic sort of series	FIBONACCI
From hospital yard, mountains and a bush can be seen	HYDRANGEA
Game restarts, marred by low frequency fouls	bully-offs
Girl at home suffered back cramps	DINAH
Give cards for snap?	get shot of
Ill feeling on May 1st, I suspect	ANIMOSITY
Large duck with bill for storing of milk	LACTEAL
Leading exponent of drag, the outlandish	GODFATHER
Leg I planted without assistance	on ones own
Light artillery in retreat hold firm	arc-lamp
One books into new hotel for a date?	NINTH
People had power to cut fees	DUPES
Petition to exclude a busybody	PRYER
Place roughly the wrong way round, causing malfunction	act up
Report of what happened at northern karaoke? Inside, it’s painful, it’s smoky!	lapsang souchong
Something from the sewer to throw across street	topstitch
Stick up only CD of first four, perhaps?	BATON
Take delight in spinning dancefloor discs	DROOL
Truck on run, one from which all our deliveries come?	UTERI
TV show of note, worth streaming in company	doctor who
Use a lot of energy, a shade overeagerly at first	eat into
Weird private radio hosts bringing little comfort?	CRUMB
What chance a dog periodically needs a tree?	CACAO
Winger joking about training exercises?	PEWIT
With a good end, but not a good ending?	well-intentioned
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2212
Clues	Answers
Bike patron misplaced __ a situation at Wimbledon, maybe?	break point
Carefully looked at fish, it’s said	EYED
Criticism originally faced by the French king	FLAK
Crystalline compound I demonstrated?	ISATIN
Cut out PE without hesitation	EXCISE
Destruction surrounding gear in warship	FRIGATE
Devotional carving kept in attic once	ICON
Edition of magazine for children	ISSUE
Energy shown by revellers at first in seedy bar	DRIVE
Expert having tendency to conceal notes	ADEPT
Good queen supporting a British nun	ABBESS
Ill-fated United Nations woman entertaining king	UNLUCKY
Impress popular writer	INSCRIBE
Insecure shifting dunes at end of bay	UNSTEADY
Jarring sound principally associated with Neptune’s spear	STRIDENT
Like King Arthur’s men, losing head regularly	NIGHTLY
Neighbourhood accommodating new stadium	ARENA
Noblewoman initially devouring undercooked game	DUCHESS
Old Arab nomad partially relishes a race north	SARACEN
Part of Canada that inspires our country?	YUKON
Possible milk supplier given chips by Scotsman, perhaps	FRIESIAN
Pretty sash adapted for dance in Scotland	STRATHSPEY
Qualm about king’s possible aircraft accident	PRANG
Ravine identified by Tory touring a US state	CANYON
Reportedly crucial place for loading and unloading ships	QUAY
Ride round outskirts of Orpington in violent storm	CYCLONE

The Guardian - Cryptic - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,850 - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A salty thing, Boatman called 'saint with heart of stone'	MISO
Barrels of rock taken off vessel, leading to questions	CASKS
Careless manicure, losing one of digits	NUMERIC
Carved from tufa stone, immoveable	FAST
Cladding of marble: ideally, even, it could be gold	MEDAL
Guardian's problem with Openreach	CHAPERONE
Having more weight applied to type of rock, say	BOLDER
Heads learn it's unusual	LATRINES
Hide rock, one that holds gold?	SKINFLINT
It's found in rock __ after support it gets to grow	AGATE
Make a hole in second rock that may hold gold	BORE
Moving record of old poet taking last of coterie cycling	VIDEO
Nobody initially excited over faltering A-list marriage	NUPTIALS
One swims in under rock	MARLIN
Parts listed discovered for singer, perhaps	ARTISTE
Perhaps retreat in blunder, losing knight and corps entirely	BUGLECALL
Prickly character criticised nationalist answer on energy	ECHIDNA
Pull together in Cuppers, otherwise one is sunk	SCRAPEUP
Reports of slate being quarried	TALES
River Rock?	HUDSON
Road's ruined: bumps initially accumulate on the surface	ADSORB
Rock from upper bits of tundra: igneous lava terrain	TILT
Running after light that may be seen through this rock	BRIGHTON
Salmon oil, a regular early pro­tection for young vertebrates	AMNIA
Society suffering, but they're making record profits	SHELL
Spooner's rocky nation, you might say, is independent	STANDALONE
Stick of rock? Not one Boatman supports	STAB
Tastes juice, returning to drink coffee __ not a tea, say	PALATES
Terrible person makes noise about Conservative freedom with no rest	SCOUNDREL
The Rock screens lead role	HERO
Tip of tusk, just about trunk	TORSO
Type of rock almost a joke	PUN
Type of rock like lead?	HEAVYMETAL

The Guardian - Quick - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,323 - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Alike all over	UNIFORM
An American period	STOP
Anaesthetised	UNDER
Ballet skirts	TUTUS
Behaving badly	ACTINGUP
Cavalry unit	TROOP
Conservative PM twice between 1834 and 1846	PEEL
Counterfeit	FORGE
Day, month and year	DATE
Diminish __ curtail	ABRIDGE
Dodgy digital currency	BITCOIN
Fail utterly	GODOWNTHEPAN
Frank	CANDID
Go aboard	EMBARK
Lincolnshire seaside resort	SKEGNESS
Little European grebe	DABCHICK
Milk containers	CHURNS
Monday (anag) __ Moscow football club	DYNAMO
Nepotism (anag) __ peppers	PIMENTOS
Nervous and easily upset	HIGHLYSTRUNG
Not amateurs (abbr)	PROS
One of King Kong's family?	GORILLA
Rabble-rousing	INFLAMMATORY
Rich loyalist (anag) __ in the past	HISTORICALLY

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

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

Clues	Answers
"Awesome, dude!"	RAD
"Olympia" painter Edouard	MANET
"Phooey!"	DRAT
"Shoo!"	SCAT
"That's not __ idea"	ABAD
"Wild" actress Laura	DERN
"__ you sleeping?"	ARE
1942 Hitchcock thriller	SABOTEUR
Actor McKellen	IAN
Agt.'s take	PCT
Antitoxins	SERA
Big smiles	GRINS
Bikini half	BRA
Bits of butter	PATS
British ref. work	OED
Business goal	PROFIT
Calendar abbr	TUES
CandW artist McEntire	REBA
Cardio-boxing routine	TAEBO
Crèche trio	MAGI
Dad on "Black-ish"	DRE
Diner order	BLT
Eve's man	ADAM
Fair-hiring org	EEOC
Feudal laborer	SERF
Foolproof	SURE
French title	MONSIEUR
French vineyard	CRU
Geological period	ERA
Gist	NUB
Go sightseeing	TOUR
Golden Fleece ship	ARGO
Hairdresser	COIFFEUR
Help a hood	ABET
Infield covers	TARPS
Java neighbor	SUMATRA
Leslie Caron role	GIGI
Linguist Chomsky	NOAM
Long-haired cats	ANGORAS
Magnificence	GRANDEUR
Mine material	ORE
Mrs. Nick Charles	NORA
Muscat's land	OMAN
Mystique	AURA
Nest egg choices	IRAS
Next in line	ONDECK
Pensioned (Abbr.)	RET
Perched	SAT
Picture puzzle	REBUS
Poetic contraction	TIS
Reed instrument	OBOE
Roman 602	DCII
Rx writers	MDS
Scan again	REREAD
Send forth	EMIT
Soviet space station	MIR
Spud	POTATO
Summer mo	AUG
Summit	ACME
Susan of "L.A. Law"	DEY
Total nonsense	BLARNEY
Vat	TUB
Views slyly	PEEKSAT
Wanderer	NOMAD

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

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

Clues	Answers
Abates	LETSUP
Athlete's optimal effort	AGAME
Avoided responsibility	COPPEDOUT
Batted unsuccessfully, in a way	POPPEDOUT
Bridge	SPAN
Burglar	THIEF
Chop up	HEW
Citi Field team	METS
Clamorous	LOUD
Corrosive stuff	ACID
Country singer Larry	GATLIN
Cub's home	DEN
Devilfish	RAY
Duds	ATTIRE
Flaw	DEFECT
Funny fellow	WAG
Grammys category	RAP
Hagen of acting	UTA
Harms	IMPAIRS
Heartburn	AGITA
Historic periods	ERAS
Hold up	DELAY
Home in the country	VILLA
In the past	AGO
Lake near Buffalo	ERIE
Lansbury of Broadway	ANGELA
Lawyer: Abbr	ATT
Library patron	READER
Louvre locale	PARIS
Lyricist Gershwin	IRA
Mama's mate	PAPA
Message from the boss	SEEME
Minimal change	CENT
Play place	STAGE
Quell concerns	ASSURE
Remain	STAY
Reparations	AMENDS
Rug maker	WEAVER
School near Windsor	ETON
Scottish river	DEE
Seventh Greek letter	ETA
Shade tree	ELM
Sock part	TOE
Squeak stopper	OIL
Tenant's fee	RENT
That lady	HER
Ticked off	SORE
Tire feature	TREAD
U2 guitarist	THEEDGE
Unwavering	STEELY
Wing	ELL
Worries	STEWS

Wall Street Journal - Aug 31 2022 - "Online Dating" Crossword Puzzle Solution

Wall Street Journal - Aug 31 2022 - "Online Dating" Crossword Answer 

Clues	Answers
"Doggone!"	RATS
"Squawk Box" network	CNBC
"That's a great idea!"	OOH
"You have my full support!"	IMALLFORIT
Add new parts to, say	RETROFIT
Augur's focus	OMEN
Author of "I Am Not Spock" and "I Am Spock"	NIMOY
Bakery breads	RYES
Ball-bearing device	TEE
Bassoonist's buy	REED
Black Tuesday event	CRASH
Bounded along	LOPED
Braves' home before Milwaukee and then Atlanta	BOSTON
Buckwheat noodles	SOBA
Burn	CHAR
By what means	HOW
Caramel candy	ROLO
Cell feature	BARS
Chain with links	IHOP
Chinese capital	YUAN
Classic game with a sequel called Riven	MYST
Cold shower, of a sort	SLEET
Composer ___ Vaughan Williams	RALPH
Concern for Flat Earthers (6th century)	EDGEOFTHEWORLD
Crafty marketer?	ETSY
Developing invention (late 19th century)	MONOCHROMEFILM
Doofus	OAF
End-of-day music	TAPS
Eric the Red, for one (10th century)	ARCTICEXPLORER
Foxtrot preceder	ECHO
Give permission to	LET
Half-___ (Dunkin' order)	CAF
He beat McEnroe in the 1985 U.S. Open	LENDL
Healing sign	SCAB
Hero with a hammer	THOR
Hydrox competitor	OREO
It's across the Thames from Windsor Castle	ETON
Job at a bank	HEIST
Langston Hughes House location	HARLEM
Like some ballerinas	ONTOE
Londoners' lavs	LOOS
Make a clean breast of it	FESSUP
Make dim	BLEAR
Melody used as the European Union's anthem	ODETOJOY
Method of keeping servers from overheating	AIRCOOLING
MGM co-founder Marcus	LOEW
Milhouse's pal	BART
Morgan who co-captained the U.S. women's national soccer team	ALEX
Movie snow queen	ELSA
Nabisco brand	NILLA
Overwrought music	EMO
Pants, slangily	TROU
Paris home	TROY
Pig playground	FILTH
Plot portion	ACRE
R&B singer with the 2008 #3 hit "Sexy Can I"	RAYJ
Rice source	PADDY
Senecan word meaning "beautiful river"	OHIO
Sewing kit item	SPOOL
Smack	SLAP
Stir up	RILE
Stock collection?	HERD
Stuck in the mud	MIRED
Surfing records, and what 20-, 25- and 46-Across are part of?	BROWSERHISTORY
Sushi topping	ROE
Tech line callers	USERS
Teriyaki sauce base	SOY
Triumphant hymn	PAEAN
Trouble	AIL
Unnerve	RATTLE
Verve	BRIO
Wallace who co-founded Reader's Digest	LILA
Wee	ITSY
Willing partner	ABLE

USA Today - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 USA Today - Aug 31 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'A Boy ___ Sue'	NAMED
'Are we there ___?'	YET
'Code Switch' network	NPR
'Cut me ___ slack!'	SOME
'Dagnabbit!'	RATS
'PEN15' actress Konkle	ANNA
'Prey' star Midthunder	AMBER
'That's all in the ___ now'	PAST
'Ugh, there's nothing to do'	IMSOBORED
'What ___ it matter?'	DOES
'You'll never believe this!'	GUESSWHAT
Abbreviation promising payment	IOU
Adolescent	TEEN
Agenda part	ITEM
Alums-to-be (Abbr.)	SRS
Aunt, in Spanish	TIA
Authorize a contract digitally	ESIGN
Boot bottoms	SOLES
Can Tho's continent	ASIA
Chip 'n' ___	DALE
Competitor of Canon	RICOH
Consider important	VALUE
Country near Bahrain	QATAR
Cribbage or Clue	GAME
Do the wrong thing	ERR
Dubu jjigae, for example	STEW
Exonerating excuse	ALIBI
Father, to an infant	DADA
Ginger ___	ALE
Give the go-ahead	APPROVE
Holiday money in an envelope	EIDI
Hush-hush	ONTHEDL
In dribs and ___	DRABS
Informational part of a website	FAQ
Invite to enter	ASKIN
Irritable	TESTY
Island near Java	BALI
Landscaping tool	EDGER
Leaves slack-jawed	STUNS
Leopard or tiger	BIGCAT
Like legs after a long run	SORE
Main entrances	FRONTDOORS
Medicinal succulents	ALOES
Melons with wrinkly skin	CASABAS
Musical group with steelpans	CALYPSOBAND
Not fashionable anymore	OUT
Offer bait to	TEMPT
Officiated at Target Field	UMPED
Opposite of 'neath	OER
Opposite of obtuse	ACUTE
Orchard size measures	ACRES
Org. with Thunder and Heat	NBA
Parents in some blended families	STEPMOMS
Place that serves cappuccinos	ESPRESSOBAR
Podcast revenue sources	ADS
Pounds (Abbr.)	LBS
Pulled up a stool	SAT
Record label owned by Sony	RCA
Residue from a controlled burn	ASH
Response from a groom	IDO
Section of a train	CAR
Serbia's Nikola ___ Museum	TESLA
Sounds of high-fives	SLAPS
Spanish word that's aptly an anagram of 'paint'	PINTA
Stopped snoozing	WOKE
Suffix for 'home' or 'farm'	STEAD
Tamago kake gohan ingredient	RAWEGG
Term similar to 'boo'	BAE
Tight-fitting	SNUG
Tip of a pen	NIB
Tool for inflating exercise balls	AIRPUMP
Umami-rich condiment for grilled fish	MISOBUTTER
Use a crowbar on	PRY
Verb that sounds like a number	ATE
Wolf pup's first home	DEN
___ and gloom	DOOM
___ and greet	MEET
___ Lanka	SRI

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

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

Clues	Answers
"All __ Well": Taylor Swift song	TOO
"And Still I Rise" poet Maya	ANGELOU
"Fool Us" judges __ & Teller	PENN
"Here's an update," briefly	FYI
"I'm not __ it": "You've yet to convince me"	BUYING
"Law & Order" spinoff, familiarly	SVU
"You betcha"	YEP
*"The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" writer	GERTRUDESTEIN
*"This American Life" host	IRAGLASS
*Buffing tool for some jewelry-makers	ROCKTUMBLER
*Folk instrument named for the Greek god of nature	PANFLUTE
Actress Campbell	NEVE
Actress Sedgwick	KYRA
Best pitcher in a team's rotation	ACE
Big name in caulk and sealant	DAP
Brooch holder	PIN
Cal. neighbor	ORE
Campaign funding org	PAC
Changes direction	TURNS
Chemise fabric	SATIN
Core convictions	TENETS
Debated	ARGUED
Debtor's note	IOU
Dismissive response when offered chai in the ends of the answers to the starred clues?	NOTMYCUPOFTEA
DOD intel arm	NSA
Does some traditional winemaking	STOMPS
Easy pace	JOG
Elton John's "__ in the Wind"	CANDLE
Emer. alerts	APBS
Explosive letters	TNT
Eye on a stick figure	DOT
Fake ID user, maybe	TEENAGER
Far from forthcoming	RETICENT
Fossey subjects	APES
Frolic	CAVORT
Gaming rookie	NOOB
Gp. for good drivers?	PGA
Green Day drummer	TRECOOL
Gun, as an engine	REV
Guy in the sky	AIRMAN
Impulse-conducting cell	NEURON
Industrial-sized tub	VAT
Jeans name	LEE
Job durations	STINTS
Join the club	ENROLL
Kid-friendly sandwiches, for short	PBJS
Like a bug in a rug	SNUG
LP successors	CDS
Male deliveries	SONS
Mention the surprise party to the birthday girl, say	SLIPUP
Nourishes	FEEDS
NYC subway line	IRT
Ornamental flower	MUM
Painter or sculptor	ARTIST
Pecan pie morsel	NUT
Peer leaders in a dorm, for short	RAS
Perfect	IDEAL
Play grounds?	ARENAS
Presidential rejections	VETOES
Prius maker	TOYOTA
Pro bono TV ad	PSA
Punctuation in an email address	ATSIGN
Random __ of kindness	ACTS
Soft leather	SUEDE
Soldiers' IDs	DOGTAGS
Stories often used for storage	ATTICS
Superfun times	BLASTS
Very beginning	GETGO
Watched from the sidelines	SATOUT
Whole, milkwise	FULLFAT
__ flower: foul-smelling rare plant	CORPSE
__ urchin	SEA

Universal - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Universal - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Bleeding Love" singer Lewis	LEONA
"What the ___ is that?"	HECK
*A comics menace behaved immorally	DENNISSINNED
*Bottoms of racing yachts	SLEEKKEELS
*Dignified beer	REGALLAGER
*The entire class gets the wrong answer	PUPILSSLIPUP
Addams family cousin	ITT
Adjust (to)	ATTUNE
Alerts	WARNS
Book group?	CHAPTERS
Commit to memory	LEARN
Common face shape	OVAL
Cross-legged yoga pose	LOTUS
Cute Easter treats	PEEPS
Defeated by a hair	EDGED
Deodorant brand that inspired a Nirvana hit	TEENSPIRIT
Dickinson who penned "'Hope' is the thing with feathers"	EMILY
European boot?	ITALY
Every so often	NOWANDTHEN
Federal ID	SSN
Fireplace insert	LOG
Former SeaWorld attraction	SHAMU
Frame job	SETUP
Friend, in Paris	AMIE
Fudges the facts	LIES
Future SCOTUS member's exam	LSAT
Gullible	NAIVE
Harvest	REAP
Hash browns' basis	POTATO
Ill-fated queen Boleyn	ANNE
Indian musical pattern	RAGA
Inquires	ASKS
It sits on a saucer	TEACUP
It's found in pits	TAR
Jabs	POKES
King or queen, but not princess	CARD
Like a haunted house	EERIE
Like this puzzle	THEMED
Lovers' quarrel	SPAT
Maroon at a chalet, maybe	ICEIN
Mete out	ALLOT
Mind ___ matter	OVER
More nerdy	GEEKIER
Name hidden in "focal length"	ALLEN
Paper fastener	STAPLE
Pie nut	PECAN
Poems of glorification	ODES
Prime minister, e.g	PREMIER
Pull the strings of	CONTROL
Put in stitches	SEW
Rate of pay	WAGE
Rebellious rock genre	PUNK
Religious faction	SECT
SFO screeners' group	TSA
Small bill	ONE
Small complaints	NITS
Smarty-___	PANTS
Smooth and charming	SUAVE
Snacks (on)	MUNCHES
Soviet gymnast Korbut	OLGA
Spoken exams	ORALS
Squiggly Spanish marks	TILDES
Sure thing, informally	SLAMDUNK
Taste that's not sweet, salty, sour or bitter	UMAMI
The "C" of BBC: Abbr	CORP
They don't appreciate being tipped	COWS
Tiny branch	TWIG
Toon frame	CEL
Tripod's trio	LEGS
Warty amphibian	TOAD
Where only two people have been	EDEN
Write the wrong date, e.g	ERR
___ & Perrins (sauce brand)	LEA
___ Says (kids game)	SIMON

The Telegraph - CRYPTIC - Aug 29 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,078 - Aug 29 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
& 19 Down Film desperate partisans along it	LASTTANGO
Branch cancelled filming session	OFFSHOOT
Brisk, small trading place	SMART
Cast agrees, get a seasonal gift	EASTEREGG
Dread moving snake	ADDER
Editor enthralled by remarkably pious king of Thebes	OEDIPUS
Energy of southern squad	STEAM
Farm vehicle reportedly followed over top of ridge	TRACTOR
Fight caused by group near at hand	SETTO
Foremost of prizes, say, in golf club	PUTTER
Fungal growth in amphibians, likewise lizards originally	TOADSTOOL
Herb and flower garden visited by scholar	ROSEMARY
I look up article on the comic opera	IOLANTHE
Line taken by bishop when villain invades land taken back	DIAGONAL
One feels social worker, Anne, should be retired	ANTENNA
Pot of tea, at first, then drank a rum	TANKARD
Powerful chief, one who is easily angered	HOTHEAD
Regular returned collecting right bottle	NERVE
Reserve rowing crew that is after best medal	GOLDIE
Rubbish written about husband's do	THRASH
Scholz, perhaps, giving support to praise heard for senior British minister	LORDCHANCELLOR
Sea creature, first in particular place, not large	OCTOPUS
See 16 Down	INPARIS
Setting up, help out guides initially	PITCHING
Shopkeeper sounds more common	GROCER
Sleeping rough in shelter? Not as much	HOMELESS
Swift sharp reply in letter I posted	RIPOSTE
Understand editorial about extremely manly game	FOLLOWMYLEADER
We, with initial manoeuvring, remain hidden while preparing to attack	LIEINWAIT
Worry about Victor's cut	CARVE

The Telegraph - QUICK - Aug 29 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,078 - Aug 29 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
10th letter of Greek alphabet	KAPPA
Book of maps	ATLAS
Border	BOUNDARY
Characteristic	TRAIT
Concur	AGREE
Cutting; corrosive	CAUSTIC
Delicious drink	NECTAR
Depart	SETFORTH
Duke's wife	DUCHESS
Fair; barely	JUST
Fed up	BORED
Good-looking	HANDSOME
Milk pudding	SEMOLINA
Not taking sides	NEUTRAL
Peter --, comedian; -- Starr, US singer	KAY
Priest's robe	CASSOCK
Proportion	RATIO
Raid; seizure	ATTACK
Scottish river	TAY
Seasonal cake	YULELOG
Shelter	LEE
Simple	EASY
Snug	COSY
Squeezes	WRINGS
Story; lie	TALE
Swindle	CON
Topic	THEME
Vagrant	TRAMP
Wind instrument	OCARINA
Young swan	CYGNET

The Times - Concise - August 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8996
Clues	Answers
__ Shift; __ effect	DOPPLER
Apportion	ALLOT
Butterfly	TORTOISESHELL
Containing iron	FERROUS
Cowboy's rope	LASSO
Cursorily examine	look over
Delicious	YUMMY
Disapproving expression	tut-tut
Evergreen shrub	CAMELLIA
Feudal subordinate	VASSAL
Four-sided figure	PARALLELOGRAM
German city	ESSEN
Holy city of Islam	MECCA
Missile guidance sensor	SEEKER
Owl's cry	HOOT
Part of a plant	ROOT
Person learning a job	TRAINEE
Reddish-brown; apple	RUSSET
Slowly seeping	OOZY
Small green plant; bog	MOSS
Spectator	ONLOOKER
Supple, graceful	LISSOME
The same thing again	DITTO
Type of cigar	CHEROOT
Unmelodious	TUNELESS
Untidy, unkempt	SCRUFFY

The Times - Cryptic - August 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28382
Clues	Answers
5:37, perhaps, is when most are watching?	prime time
Briefly cancel boring family member's leisure	RELAXATION
Cheese from farm fair goes rotten	Fromage frais
Coin dispatched to the auditors	CENT
Cook binned a key ingredient for chilli	kidney bean
Cooks tofu in a stew, admitting starter of turkey is unavailable	out of stock
Customers tell niece off	CLIENTELE
Dusting sign on top of library during cleaning period?	SPRINKLING
Fairy queen avoiding difficulty to get flower	PERIWINKLE
Give up TV for a toy	jack-in-the-box
Head of innovation not in running for award	GONG
Henhouses with no roof? My mistake!	OOPS
Hit Scotsman over pinching bishop's instrument	thumb piano
I live with cross mountain climber?	IBEX
Informally, it is not corrupt?	TAINT
Island beginning to erupt __ heavens above!	SKYE
Live together	in concert
One flat, say, with important endorsement	key signature
Open gothic novel suitable for a film?	PHOTOGENIC
Opportunely gathering trendy material for a coat?	PAINT
Party official's business working to capture one arachnid	whip scorpion
Pinch whiskey in wooden container	TWEAK
Private place to drink beer occasionally	INNER
Short street party is swell	CRESCENDO
Slightly move the jug	STIR
Spy pens farewell, initially navigating in a new direction	at a tangent
Twin reported for fight	DUEL
Writer shuns a universal god	THOR
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2211
Clues	Answers
A quantity of pickled peppers picked to nibble	PECK
Anniversary __ then tie-in needs developing	NINETIETH
Bind queen’s lavender, stripping outer pieces	ENSLAVE
Bird, one good in open flying	PIGEON
Bishop managed church division	BRANCH
Departs before time and at great cost	DEARLY
Dish to stir, mixing round	RISOTTO
Down south and missing north	SAD
Eg, a loincloth is out of order in referring to peoples and cultures	ethnological
Game hedgehog going at some speed	SONIC
Great success with hospital information technology	HIT
Innocent I has divided part of church	NAIVE
It’s artful and crafty, ultimately	SLY
Lyric poem found in Hesiod especially	ODE
Masculine outlook is butcher	MANGLE
One green and largely stoned in a mostly noisy party?	AVOCADO
One small seabird beside cold reservoir	CISTERN
Photo of queen included in volume	PRINT
Pirate upset splitting share getting sent home	REPATRIATION
Plant in river amid wetland	FERN
Ruling about turning up is unacceptable	REPUGNANT
Sadly, a girl loses her last son	ALAS
Sweetheart low with start of new period after wedding	HONEYMOON
Swindle involving one currency item	COIN
What makes dad a native of China?	PANDA
Who’ll do supper for Meryl’s shows?	PERFORMER

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,849 - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,849 - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Best to leave a reversing car	MERC
Changing direction initially, Asian country makes a bit of a bloomer	SEPAL
Criminal admits that hurt ability to turn a profit	MIDASTOUCH
Darn! Flipping husband entirely rendered powerless in song	WESHALLOVERCOME
Doves sport with great rook from the east	PEACENIKS
Fabric coat from Versace with grim look	VELOUR
Football club I sense is very bad	VILLAINOUS
Good service, tennis ace	GRAF
Guy's partner, one meeting DiCaprio? The earth moved for him!	GALILEO
Hit a socialist, punching another	REACHED
In need of cracking fish in desperate need	ENCODED
Intently watching, but missing a series	STRING
Lorna likes men and women with time to make an expected contribution	DOONESBIT
Man in nude possibly could be so described	UNROBED
Mythical creature in mythology, tall tale with a twist in the tail?	LORELEI
National symbol's a revelation, it's said	LEEK
Old-fashioned drier whiskey __ double!	WRINGER
Papers about musician, say, releasing tango for recorder	DIARIST
Periodical suffering, lumbago's back!	HELLO
Race around dodgy bars with gin in mum's cups	NURSINGBRA
Rank of Iron Duke, holding appeal up	FETID
Refuge of PM once, saving face	LAIR
Report composed ought to include partners in play	GUNSHOT
Ruled about case of snake oil provider	LINSEED
Serving, give up point and play without purpose	WAITINGFORGODOT
Sign I'm surprised crossing northerly tracks	GESTURE
Suggest bottling old wine without any strength	IMPOTENTLY
Try pirouettes without success in matching clothes	TWINSET
Turf hunk out of Britain with tendency for trouble	SODSLAW
Turkish bigwig's yearly investing has bombed	PASHA

The Guardian - Quick - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,322 - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
(Originally RAF slang for a) crash	PRANG
Air intake (that one may want to save?)	BREATH
Batons	RODS
Browse the internet	SURF
Cover on a car wheel	HUBCAP
Curved sword	SABRE
Defamation	LIBEL
End of the line	TERMINUS
Excessive	OVERTHETOP
Financial plan	BUDGET
Forlorn	DESOLATE
Good buy	BARGAIN
Grouse	GRUMBLE
Hale and hearty?	ABLEBODIED
Hertfordshire cathedral city	STALBANS
Hug	EMBRACE
Landlocked Asian socialist country	LAOS
Lying	UNTRUTHFUL
Pretend to be ill	MALINGER
Provided with weapons	ARMED
Scram!	VAMOOSE
Spread all over the place	STREWN
US president, 1953-61	EISENHOWER
___ Laine, jazz and pop singer	CLEO

Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"East of Eden" girl	ABRA
"Hacks" actress	JEANSMART
"Hamilton" or "Rent"	MUSICAL
"Shoo!"	SCAT
"The Wire" actor Idris	ELBA
"Top Gun" target	MIG
2004 Lindsay Lohan movie	MEANGIRLS
Anonymous Jane	DOE
AOL, for one	ISP
Bickering	ATIT
Bikini half	BRA
Bill's partner	COO
Bitty biter	GNAT
Bristle	AWN
Bruins' sch	UCLA
Cattle call	MOO
Chicago paper, for short	TRIB
Cleric's tunic	ALB
Cover with cloth	DRAPE
Do sums	ADD
Elitists	SNOBS
Fall flower	ASTER
Flaxen, as hair	BLOND
French article	LES
Frenzied	MAD
Gym pads	MATS
Hand (out)	DOLE
High cards	ACES
Holy Fr. woman	STE
Hosp. workers	DRS
Indigent	POOR
Kreskin's claim	ESP
Leary's drug	LSD
Long lunches?	SUBS
Lushes	SOTS
Modern money	EURO
Morning moisture	DEW
Muffin choice	BRAN
Navy address	SIR
Not generic	BRANDED
Old money of Rome	LIRA
Optimum	BEST
Power co. supply	ELEC
Prefix with pilot	AUTO
Privation	LOSS
Prohibit	BAN
Region (Abbr.)	TERR
Regrettably	ALAS
Sch. supporters	PTAS
Sicilian spouter	ETNA
Silent	MUM
Small bill	ONE
Smiles broadly	BEAMS
Solidify	GEL
Sound from a hot wok	SSS
Stitch	SEW
Surrounded by	AMONG
Swedish car	SAAB
Tall, thin person	BEANPOLE
Tiers	ROWS
Tilt towards	LEANINTO
Venus, to Serena	SIS
Wagers	BETS
Warm-up run	JOG
Weir	DAM
Without	SANS
__ -la-la	TRA
__ Moines	DES

Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
2015 Paul Rudd movie	ANTMAN
Artist's inspiration	MUSE
Bear's lair	DEN
Become narrower at one end	TAPER
Big truck	VAN
Boater or bowler	HAT
Brewed beverage	TEA
By now	YET
Casino cubes	DICE
Christmas song	NOEL
Cloth fold	PLEAT
Concur	AGREE
Cruise setting	SEA
Deceive	LIETO
Dickens classic	OLIVERTWIST
Different	ELSE
Distress signal	SOS
Failure	DUD
Fairy tale monster	OGRE
Film prize	OSCAR
For each	PER
German article	DAS
Grownup	ADULT
Hardens	SETS
Highways	ROADS
Hospital worker	NURSE
Hush-hush	SECRET
Lofty	NOBLE
Moon-based	LUNAR
Moose's kin	ELK
Near the ground	LOW
Paris pal	AMI
Peony part	PETAL
Perfect	IDEAL
Pinned-on-top hairstyle	FRENCHTWIST
Plant part	ROOT
Prom group	TEENS
Put away	STOW
Rap sheet name	ALIAS
Regarding	ASTO
Region	AREA
River craft	KAYAK
River floater	RAFT
Sacred bird of Egypt	IBIS
Singer Orbison	ROY
Stovetop item	KETTLE
Strata	LAYERS
Supply with funds	ENDOW
Take the title	WIN
To boot	ALSO
Try out	USE
Went out, as a fire	DIED
Wine choice	RED
Zodiac animal	RAM