Crossword Puzzle Answers - 12/20/2015 - The NY Times, LA Times, Usa Today, Newsday, Universal and more

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• Border line?
• Attachable without needle and thread
• Actress in the Sweeney Sisters sketches on `SNL`
• `The Crooked Stick` poet Wylie
• Like four-person basketball
• Suitable for a Seder table
• Use mouthwash audibly
• Cole Porter`s `Well, Did You - ?`
• Actress Palmer or Soprano Lehmann
• 2001-09 U.S. pres
• 1923 Nobel-winning poet
• `It was forced on me`
• `Hold On Tight` rock gp
• #1-ranked tournament entrant
• Word before "mode"
• Women with kids
• What infielders field
• Western sheriff`s assistants
• Weasel, in winter
• Venetian blind parts
• Unit of prevention
• U.N. agency concerned with labor
• Toddler`s downtime
• Thrice-daily Catholic prayer
• Tennis legend Arthur
• Stage villains` trademarks
• Squalid urban area
• Shutout team`s score
• Ship`s finance officer
• Shiny cotton fabrics
• Remove the NaCl
• Search for food
• Screeching baby?
• Rod at a pig roast
• Relating to the nervous system
• Place for rolls
• Peruvian wool bearer
• PC screen images
• Pair of nines?
• Outlines in detail
• Onetime tadpoles
• Onetime "American Idol" first name
• Made, as a case
• One more time
• Muscle-to-bone connector
• Monica that raised a racket
• King of Thebes
• Courtroom addressee (with "your")
• Kind of song or park
• Kenan`s Nickelodeon co-star
• Johnny Unitas` team
• I, in Roman numerals
• Happy-go-lucky
• Flies around the world?
• Flexible, off-beat tempos
• Flamboyant fashion accessory
• Evangelical event
• Erin of "Happy Days"
• Emulate a masseuse
• Draw ___ on (aim at)
• Did some housekeeping
• Comparatively cockamamie
• Collective bargaining group
• Ceiling on insurance increases
• Bow in a servile manner
• Bouncing off the walls
• Bid of zero tricks
• 67.5 degrees on a compass
• got my eyes on you
• "This tape will self-destruct ..." org
• "Not too bad" for "very good"
• "A Prayer for ___ Meany"
• von Bismarck
• With the skills
• Winnie`s last name?
• Victorian and Edwardian
• When said three times, a liar`s policy
• Went along with
• What the nose detects
• Type of truck
• Trickle through cracks
• Teacher`s milestone
• Three type of trucks
• Three type of trucks
• Soft baby food
• Symphonic composition
• Short On the other hand
• Starchy tuberous root
• Seaweed or kelp
• Protected from floods, in a way
• Ping-pong ball stopper
• Penultimate fairy tale word
• Onetime Russian ruler
• One way to chop onions
• One of the Teletubbies
• One granted asylum?
• Monkey`s uncle?
• Old hoops org. with a colorful ball
• Many-headed monster of myth
• Make a mess of
• Looking down on
• Look of scorn
• Indiana hoopster
• Like braids
• Knit goods problem
• Its capital is Belgrade
• It`s south of Canada
• It`s an example of itself
• It goes through withdrawals
• Home of the Taj Mahal
• Having chalky cheeks
• Hand-raising activity
• Fortuneteller`s sign
• Flight in the wee hours
• Fake bedding item?
• Exploitative type
• Down Under tree climbers
• Cutting edges
• Clobber with snowballs
• Church of England officer
• Capital of Tasmania
• Beat in a gunfight
• Be empathetic
• 4x4, for short
• the Roof (Drifters hit)
• "At what time?"
• Sicily`s high point
• deGrasse Tyson
• Wholesale quantity
• Well-traveled Nickelodeon toon
• US Open tennis stadium
• Triangular peninsula
• Saskatchewan speed-limit letters
• Things to learn first
• Tablet computer ancestors
• Surrealist Magritte
• Sunroof alternatives
• Summer Olympics blade
• Springbok`s habitat
• Rock guitarist Carlos
• Rather long time
• Sax player`s buy
• Sharer`s opposite
• Spoils, as a picnic
• Send electronically, as funds
• Smear on, as paint
• Sippy-cup inserts
• Small musical group
• Shock with a stun gun
• Silt, for instance
• Resort near Santa Barbara
• Publisher Pulitzer
• Prefix meaning ``wine``
• Prefix for ``fire``
• Personal ad abbr
• Person at a mortgage signing
• Pal of Tigger
• Offer from Fido
• Off the mark
• Occupational specialty
• NPR host Shapiro
• Nickname for a bully
• Mother of the Titans
• Lee of comic books
• Land on the Gulf of California
• Is unable to
• Ingredient in a dragon roll
• High bond rating
• Herring known for its roe
• Has trouble deciding
• Hard to hum, perhaps
• Guitar forerunner
• Goulash, for instance
• Get traded from the Dodgers to the Mets
• Gallery print, for short
• Furnished with footwear
• Friend of Scooby-Doo
• Fountain near the Pantheon
• FOR AN UNCONFIDENT GOLFER
• FOR AN ADVANCED SLEEP-AWAY CAMPER
• FOR A DIVINE KEYBOARDIST
• FOR A BIG BABY
• FOR A DISPIRITED FARMER
• Fashion-forward
• Far from abundant
• Fabric prone to fading
• Enjoy, as benefits
• Energy-saving bulb, for short
• Embassy Suites owner
• Electric Roadster maker
• Ecological community
• Cry of alarm
• Baby girl, in Spain
• Cowboys quarterback great
• Chemistry experiment subjects
• Big boss, briefly
• Begins a plant relocation
• A real drag
• 2015 big-league returnee
• ``Wide Sargasso Sea`` author
• ``War of the Worlds`` invader
• ``Vicar`s themes`` and ``Christmas Eve``
• ``The Music Man`` setting
• ``On the double!``
• ``Let`s move it!``
• ``Honeymooners`` surname
• ``Don`t think so``
• ``Cosmo`` competitor
• ``Arabian Nights`` flier
• ``Anything else?``
• Dockworker`s org.
• Harlem sch.
• Monthly budget amt.
• Down Under howdy
• Oscar winner at age 10
• Cookbook amts
• Relinquishing of rights
• Race with gates
• How chop suey may be served
• Piece on top
• What landlubbers lack
• Integra maker
• 1963 hit on the flip side of "Candy Girl"
• "Goodness me!"
• Theater sections
• Derogatory remark
• One swinging in a box
• Guerra`s opposite
• Pond plants
• Attending an afternoon social
• Sicilian resort
• Big name in fabric stores
• Superman`s symbol
• Sailing component?
• It starts in Mar.
• Envelope-to-the-forehead TV persona
• Drawing stick
• Vampire`s bed?
• Offended smack
• Persian sovereigns
• Blinking and sweating, in poker
• Dog once shunned because it wasn`t black
• Leeway metaphor
• Look the wrong way, maybe
• Steinbeck novel set in Monterey
• Fatty compounds
• Baskteball Hall of Famer who was inducted while a ...
• Chose, with "for"
• Gave up the ball
• Tryster`s request
• "Ring Cycle" goddess
• Mechanic`s set
• Marx not seen in films
• Bonn`s river, in Bonn
• Irritated response to "Aren`t you awake yet?"
• Pole or Croat
• X`s in some letters
• In some respects
• Deodorant options
• Before the crowd
• Drive-thru transactions: Abbr.
• One of 400,000-plus in the U.S.
• Gradually gather
• Fair-hiring initials
• Nuts in some ice cream
• Modifying words
• Web browser?
• Film lover`s collectible
• Machu Picchu dweller
• Security measure
• Balearic island
• Miguel, largest of the Azores
• School attendance drop-off cause
• GPS offering
• Threaded hardware
• How food may be salted
• Cut back on food intake
• Dog days mo.
• "The Joy Luck Club" author
• Cough drop
• Ltr.-bottom letters
• With "The," 2002 Steven Pinker best-seller subtitl...
• Takes it easy
• Old, to Oskar
• Old televangelist org.
• Of the highest quality
• King who succeeds his father, say
• Sub compartment AIR
• Wranglers, e.g.
• Like an ill-equipped rowboat
• Reproductive units
• Chicago mayor Emanuel
• Like some hygiene
• Windows material
• Eighth-century year
• 12-member oil gp.
• Syrup source
• 22-year-old golf phenom Jordan who won the Masters...
• Geologic time unit
• Eponymous band location
• Joined in a film lab
• Kate, before being "tamed"
• How some flowers are planted
• Texter`s "Beats me"
• From, in German names
• Common Market inits.
• Starbucks order
• Plural French pronoun
• Rat, for one
• Cocktail made with Southern Comfort
• Survived the test
• Catching-on cry
• The Little Mermaid
• Texter`s guffaw
• Conductor`s setting
• Facebook tally
• Dance with a queen
• Plugged in
• Singer of the aria "Ora e per sempre addio"
• Band with the first video on MTV, with "the"
• Start of the Lord`s Prayer
• Barring no one
• Corporate department
• Chemical used to fight malaria
• I.M. sessions :
• URL ender
• Photographer/writer Arlene
• Short timetable?
• Cartoonish shrieks
• Talk up a storm
• Stephenie who wrote "Twilight"
• Having all the add-ons, say
• Connectivity issue
• Rope from a ship, say
• TV character with the catchphrase "Booyakasha!"
• Submarine near the Gulf Coast
• Flooded with
• Ottawa-based media inits
• Ma uses them
• Like ibexes
• Cover`s opposite
• Greeted with respect
• Like shepherds` charges
• Holds to be
• Subject for one studying onomastics
• Some jazz
• It makes a turn at the entrance
• Missouri River natives
• Approach evening
• "Romeo Must Die" star, 2000
• Nordic wonders
• Figures in bedtime stories
• Admission of 1959
• El Paso setting: Abbr
• Pioneering stand-up comedian
• Shepherd`s workplace
• Hudgens of "High School Musical"
• Yoga poses
• "Acoustic guitar" or "terrestrial radio"
• Sides in a classic battle
• Indirect objects, grammatically speaking
• Like three Cy Young games
• Hurricanes` grp.
• Signs of respect
• It`s a mess
• Oktoberfest dance
• Bit of marketing
• Driver who won the Indy 500, Daytona 500 and Le Ma...
• European deer
• Get things wrong
• "The Terminator" star, to fans
• From my perspective
• Possible black market cause
• First Ironman locale
• "Africa" band, 1982
• Work with the hands
• Targets of cons
• Surfaces, in a way
• Action-oriented sorts, supposedly
• "Duck Dynasty" network
• Hot rod`s rod
• "Corrected" slogan for a dairy product?
• Seaside scavenger
• "Funny bumping into you here"
• Certification for eco-friendly buildings, for shor...
• Reflective writing
• Aunt in "Uncle Tom`s Cabin"
• "Corrected" slogan for a frozen breakfast food?
• Shows promise
• Took, as a test
• "When in ___, tell the truth": Mark Twain
• "Corrected" slogan for a hairstyling product?
• Measure of inflation, for short
• Hogwarts delivery system
• Molly who wrote "Bill of Wrongs
• "Corrected" slogan for a dessert brand?
• Fall back on, as in desperation
• Earnings, so to speak
• Milkmaid`s handful
• Skaters` leaps
• Sources of some rattling
• "The Boy Next Door" star, to fans
• "Corrected" slogan for a fast-food franchise?
• Early co-host of "The View"
• Rating for many HBO shows
• Who might say "I`m I. M."
• Kind of tone
• "Corrected" slogan for an office supply chain?
• Deer hunter`s prize
• Anna Karenina`s lover
• Majority of Saudi Arabians
• Keeper of the flame?
• Matriarch of six of the 12 Tribes of Israel
• "Corrected" slogan for a tech company?
• Duh, I get it
• "Language of the unheard," per Martin Luther King ...
• Sophomore`s choice
• Tennis`s Wawrinka, winner of the 2015 French Open
• Subjects of frequent updates
• Chipped beef go-with