Crossword Puzzle Answers - 09/16/2015 - 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.

• Difficult to pin down,
• Spot in the ocean,
• Work wk.`s end,
• New driver, usually,
• Gofer`s assignment,
• Hunter in the stars,
• Asthma sufferer`s device,
• Store-front sign abbr,
• Palin portrayer Tina,
• Put back to zero,
• Ringo Starr`s gear,
• Slimming surgery, for short,
• Run off to wed,
• Over and done with,
• O. Henry`s specialty,
• Horn blower of rhyme,
• California wine valley,
• Good Golly Miss Molly singer,
• Wood for bats,
• Winter Olympics city in 1998,
• Use a keyboard,
• Twangy, as a voice,
• The whole time,
• Texting alternative,
• Suffix for neat or beat,
• Suffix for serpent,
• Taj Mahal site,
• Stevie Wonder song,
• Signals, as a cab,
• Complainer`s comment,
• Serbs and Poles,
• Race car`s stop,
• Person from Des Moines,
• Police rank: Abbr,
• Overly smooth-talking,
• Line at an airport,
• Do the backstroke,
• Extinct elephant cousin,
• Gridiron pro, for short,
• L.A. summer hours,
• Leaning Tower locale,
• Actor`s negotiator,
• Frank Sinatra song,
• Former Italian coins,
• Carpenter`s fastener,
• British prep school,
• Bing Crosby song,
• Woman with a degree,
• What Carroll`s slithy tove does,
• With more wisdom,
• Use a trumpet,
• The sound of an alarm,
• Take to the cleaners,
• North Carolina fort,
• The avant-garde`s Yoko,
• South African currency units,
• Something for the fire,
• Solo in a space flick,
• Small landmass, for short,
• Safety device in factories,
• Run in the wash,
• Put an edge on,
• Overcharge excessively,
• Muhammad`s religion,
• Merry-go-round music, e.g,
• Macy`s alternative,
• Like some experimental films,
• Gift-bearing kings,
• History book topic,
• Like factory workers,
• Lentil-based dish (Var.),
• To no fruitlessly,
• Former international rivalry,
• Type of metal girder,
• Type of moss,
• Variety show performances,
• Indian tourist locale,
• Where shepherds take their flocks,
• What people get in early December,
• Give a push to,
• Exerted pressure through threats,
• Welcome, in Maui,
• Gambling asset,
• First-place award, often,
• Turkish bigwig (var.),
• Type of cord or column,
• Thinned oatmeal portions,
• Thing many do on Dec. 25,
• They`re big at McDonald`s,
• Stand in a mall,
• Sea lane hazard, up north,
• Permission or penalty,
• Related on the mother`s side,
• Place where this puzzle`s holiday began,
• Place for a famous shroud,
• Performs in 23-Down,
• More than plump,
• Party to a 2015 nuclear deal,
• Mix in a bowl,
• One receiving property,
• Major airline letters, once,
• Item on a to-do list,
• Lunch has one, dinner has two,
• Kind of attack,
• Join in wedlock,
• Human thing to do,
• How to be aware,
• Horse with a certain gait,
• Horizontal mine entrance,
• Greet the day,
• Give a guarantee,
• Fly-chasing word,
• Former fast JFK flyers,
• Entertainment center item,
• Doctor of rap,
• Diamond weight unit,
• City north of Des Moines,
• Desert Storm missile,
• Dad on "Malcolm in the Middle",
• Coarse-grained rock,
• Ceremonial ashes receptacle,
• Andrea lost ship,
• Adds moisture to,
• Certain film genre,
• Coin introduced on 1/1/99,
• Compass dir. near 2 o`clock,
• Company department,
• Bygone women`s attire,
• Breakfast fiber source,
• Blue Devils college,
• Big name in outdoor grills,
• Apartment, to a Realtor,
• As (letter closing),
• Airport info, initially,
• "What ___ can I say?",
• Additive to some tissues,
• "Incredible" changeling,
• "All in the Family" creator Norman,
• Chihuahua complaint,
• Slogan ending?,
• Handle without care?,
• NATO founding member,
• Soda machine inserts,
• one`s time: wait,
• Old-time broadcasters,
• Took a dip,
• MBA hopeful`s test,
• Spanish finger food,
• Admonishing response to "Mine!",
• Did one`s part?,
• Like many a dorm room,
• Party organizer,
• Military outfit,
• Steep-sided valleys,
• Cheer from the crowd,
• Place to start a hole,
• Ages and ages,
• Dinnertime TV fare,
• Whether nobler Hamlet,
• One of three Hells Canyon states,
• Like some eclipses,
• Critter in Egyptian art,
• Piece of cake,
• See 16-Across,
• Pre-holiday mall indulgence,
• Dot on a map,
• Square-bodied family autos,
• Only article in a U.S. state capital name,
• Clear the board,
• Long basket, in hoops lingo,
• Have title to,
• Comes to the point?,
• It happens four times a year and also in this puzz...,
• Here, to Henri,
• "Romeo and Juliet" city,
• Hat worn with a kilt,
• Unbeatable hand,
• Road to Glory Arthur Ashe history,
• Sweet sherry, e.g.,
• Pool user`s unit,
• With 61-Across, Sri Lankan product,
• Stay away from,
• Keats "to a Nightingale",
• 2015 Melissa McCarthy comedy,
• Old World language,
• Transportation competitor of Lyft,
• Savory spread,
• John or Paul, but not Ringo,
• "I Wanna Love You" singer, 2006,
• Crashed into the side of,
• One of the Wahlbergs,
• One of Santa`s reindeer,
• Record holder,
• "Tales of the Jazz Age" writer,
• Vehicle clearing a no-parking zone,
• Iraq war subj.,
• A lot of rich people?,
• See 22-Across,
• Jet stream`s heading,
• What the fourth little piggy had,
• Tobaccoless smoke, informally,
• Soup or dessert,
• Bygone game show filmed in a moving vehicle,
• Like a bog,
• Two, in German,
• "Psycho" character who is (spoiler alert!) actuall...,
• 1970s political cause, for short,
• Email add-on,
• Clarinetist`s need,
• Down-and-out,
• Woman`s name that sounds like its first two letter...,
• Declined, with "out",
• Major source of online revenue,
• Down Under dweller,
• I don`t really know the employees in the tech stor...,
• Settings for "Grey`s Anatomy" and "House," for sho...,
• Silk Road desert,
• Some people hate the next store, but I don`t,
• E-tailer of homemade knickknacks,
• Home to Incan 19-Across,
• Bird in Genesis,
• Souvenir shop purchase,
• Style of New York`s Chrysler Building,
• What`s a bit of a shock to a chemist?,
• See 22-Across,
• Young salamanders,
• The food court offers much more than just your typ...,
• Rocky road ingredient, for short,
• Letter that rhymes with 34-Across and 21-Down,
• Welcome to the mall! Make sure you don`t,
• Archaeologist`s workplace,
• Ladder climber,
• Hot winter quaff,
• Cornfield menace,
• Certain quatrain rhyme scheme,
• Speed-of-sound ratio,
• Fancy wheels, familiarly,