Crossword Puzzle Answers - 08/25/2015 - The NY Times, LA Times, Usa Today, Newsday, Universal and more

• Crossword Puzzle Answers - Solutions for daily newspapers: The NY Times, LA Times, Usa Today, Newsday, Universal and more.

• Valuable stringed instrument, for short,
• Wife of Abraham,
• Surgery aftermath, sometimes,
• Some strands in a cell,
• Stitch up anew,
• Some forms of protest,
• Refuse to raise,
• Provide as a footnote,
• What cleats increase,
• Opposite of admit,
• Whodunit board game,
• Not buzz-cut,
• Military "lights out" song,
• Swab the decks,
• Mad as a hornet,
• Gave a bad review to,
• Like a recluse,
• Rodgers & Hammerstein creation,
• Letters on an ambulance,
• Gladys Knight's backup,
• Group with a job,
• Mold and mildew,
• Reason for a tarp,
• It's white and fleecy,
• It often starts with "www",
• Initial use of nuclear weapons,
• It gets flipped,
• Censor of old Rome,
• Huck Finn's boat,
• Indira Gandhi's father,
• Incapable of littering,
• Antelope's playmate,
• Hero of medieval romances,
• Gentleman of the road,
• Stephen King book,
• Ship's lower area,
• Put on a pedestal,
• Mitchell of NBC News,
• Earn lots of dough,
• Harry Potter's position in quidditch,
• Christmas Eve traveler,
• Begin, as a hobby,
• Gain computer access,
• Fruity-smelling chemical compounds,
• Football support,
• Flight on a shuttle,
• Filet mignon order, sometimes,
• Farthest or highest (Abbr.),
• Erupt, as tempers,
• Earthquake follow-up,
• Cut from the same cloth,
• Drug that might cause flashbacks,
• Computer acronym for sloppy work,
• Comes down in buckets,
• Come to the point?,
• Burn a bit, as a burger,
• Bassoon's smaller kin,
• At military order,
• Apt first name for a thief?,
• Acted the umpire, in a way,
• A poker stake,
• A herring relative,
• it or lose it,
• Father, who art,
• "O death, where is ___ sting?",
• Opposite of strict,
• Adopt-a-thon adoptee,
• Sunday service,
• Ancient Roman poet,
• Soft drink nut,
• "The __ Beautiful Girl": 1973 #1 hit for Charlie R...,
• Mint family herb,
• Ritzy properties,
• Flat-changing tool,
• Nutritionist's abbr.,
• Holiday lead-in,
• Get of: discard,
• Bye that's "bid",
• Cartoon scream,
• Actor Estevez,
• Oversee, as a museum exhibit,
• Spotted cat,
• Put this on your calendar,
• Like Erté's art,
• Spanakopita cheese,
• White wine apéritif,
• Bath bathroom,
• Not domestic, flight-wise: Abbr.,
• Put in the wrong spot,
• Tournament in which Phil Mickelson was runner-up a...,
• Cyber-shot camera maker,
• May birthstones,
• Thrown weapon,
• It's not my fault,
• Word-game pieces,
• Berry from the Amazon rainforest,
• Where to learn to draw,
• Recipe smidgen,
• Tire-pressure checker,
• Suffice quite nicely,
• Backspace, on a computer,
• Saudi Arabia neighbor,
• Multi-vol. library references,
• Pungent burger topping,
• Campus books,
• Prefix for virus,
• Postal Service delivery,
• Elevator name,
• Pause indicator on a page,
• Part of the eye,
• Pampers, with ''on'',
• Of prime importance,
• Not very many,
• Makes a mistake,
• Unit in an evidence locker,
• Jack or deuce,
• Hems and can't decide,
• Island near Oahu,
• Is able to,
• Mistake in the cockpit,
• Hand-cream ingredient,
• Got people upset,
• Disney theme park and a place for the ends of 20-,...,
• Get boiling mad,
• Get a pet from a pound,
• City in NW Pennsylvania,
• Football game break,
• Fair-hiring letters,
• Fairy-tale villain,
• Early evening hour,
• 6'1", 5'7", etc.: Abbr.,
• Common computer font,
• Bit of whipped cream,
• Bert's ''Sesame Street'' pal,
• Hub of the Broadway theater district,
• Barrel of laughs,
• Alan of ''M*A*S*H'',
• Work on copy,
• That's need to know,
• Motrin alternative,
• ''Little Women'' author,
• Market section,
• Paulo Brazilian city,
• Kilt, for one,
• Binged (on), as chips,
• Thurman of "Playing for Keeps",
• Way out in the country,
• Pollution control legislation,
• Victimized (with "upon"),
• They're allowed on planes,
• "Snow White" frame,
• The first "a" in aka,
• Anticipated landing hr.,
• Stir up sediment,
• Stimulate, as curiosity,
• Stat for pitchers,
• Suffer from unexpectedly slow sales, say,
• Ridges on ranges,
• Red Sea nation,
• There's no more to say,
• Pledges of fidelity,
• Oscar winner Sorvino,
• Names, as suspects,
• Biblical birthright seller,
• Name for a small Dalmatian?,
• Mrs. Lincoln's maiden name,
• How spring rolls are often cooked,
• Makes, as money,
• Make fit in an envelope,
• Hip '60s Brits,
• Like many cars on lots,
• Kind of lily,
• "Rent": Reynolds/Minnelli film,
• From the East,
• It's surrounded by water,
• Helped out on a goal,
• Gets the most out of,
• Examine 28-Across,
• Draped Indian garment,
• Cold War initials,
• Chocolaty 1908 patent,
• June celebrants,
• 1904 patent for the hairy,
• 1868 patent for authors,
• 1865 patent for cleanliness,
• "Big" thing seen at night,
• Demolish British-style,
• Dear old dad,
• Original ThinkPad manufacturer,
• Cushiony ground cover,
• Infant bottle topper,
• Women's suffragist B. Wells,
• Tool in a magician's act,
• Salad ingredient that's not green,
• Game show sound effects,
• Gets rid of,
• Move at a restaurant, say,
• Dutch painter Vermeer,
• High-ceilinged courtyards,
• Hawaiian instrument, informally,
• Frequent night school subj.,
• WXYZ for an encyclopedia, maybe: Abbr.,
• Common pantyhose shade,
• Fairy tale villains,
• First assemblyman?,
• Bird with a laughlike call,
• Mennen shaving product,
• Leafy greens,
• Old color print, informally,
• Follow around, as a detective might,
• Penn or Pitt,
• To twice the degree,
• Frequent, to a poet,
• Ben-Gurion's land,
• Stories with morals,
• Yankees' hometown rivals,
• Old Mach 2 fliers, for short,
• Change in Mexico,
• Mideast's Gulf of,
• Big steps for young companies, for short,
• Lead-in to Columbian,
• Black cat crossing one's path, e.g.,
• Art of punning,
• Academy Award category,
• Not the sharing type,
• Makeshift fly swatter,
• Archaeological site,
• Summer, in St.-Étienne,
• Letters before a moniker,
• Living it up ... or a hint to the six groups of ci...,
• More than one, in Madrid,
• Tiny garden parasite,
• To the ___ degree,
• Place to put a cupped hand,
• Single-minded,
• There's no reason to go on one,
• Chem class site,
• Cousin of a croc,
• You would usually buy a round one,
• Very dry, as Champagne,
• Granny's Darn it!,
• Beginning, timewise,
• of the Apostles,
• Classic name for a man's best friend,