Crossword Puzzle Answers - 12/21/2015 - 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.

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• Town near Tarrytown, NY
• Smears in print
• Scully or Diesel
• Sale tag abbr
• Prefix for `verse`
• Ms. Bombeck
• Mideast language
• Magazine sales info
• JFK`s predecessor
• Jared of `Panic Room`
• Intro to `logical`
• Heights (Mideast area)
• Gun-rights gp
• Fine tableware
• Daughter of Zeus
• 5-star review
• 007`s women, in film
• `Rent` actor Diggs
• `Have a good trip!`
• `Get Here` singer Adams
• Unmanned flier
• Turkey neighbor
• Tennis star Rafael
• Student of Socrates
• Simple card game
• Sellers of goods
• Nosebleed seats
• New driver, usually
• King`s representatives
• High hit behind the plate
• Duo plus one
• Court sport, in slang
• Buck Rogers, for one
• Alan of `M*A*S*H`
• `Put - happy face`
• Second Greek letter
• Sits at a traffic light
• Sporty Mazda model
• Spot between shows
• Stocking stuffer, often
• The Green Hornet`s valet
• The tiny Cratchit boy and others
• Time for last-minute Christmas shopping
• Twenty-third Greek letters
• Valerie Harper series
• Vehicles that may have jingly bells
• Wrapping for a college student?
• Wrapping for a state fair competitor?
• Wrapping for a Twitter user?
• Wrapping for an old-time investor?
• Wrapping for an orchestra musician?
• Present for the teacher
• Picked up the tab
• On this occasion, unlike all others
• Not be under the weather
• Not appropriate for younger ears
• Neighbor of Arg. and Braz
• Music players introduced in 2001
• Mary Lincoln`s maiden name
• Cratchit who works for Scrooge
• Having a valuable coat
• David of `The Bishop`s Wife`
• Cry after an epiphany
• Creator of Cratchit and Scrooge
• Could be correct, as a crossword answer
• Champagne cork sound
• Conjunction with a slash
• Castoff from an ice shelf
• Busy bunch leading up to Christmas
• Bert has one on `Sesame Street`
• Baked, so to speak
• Attacks from the side
• Adler who outwitted Sherlock Holmes
• `Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow ___ find it h...
• `Tom & ___` (1994 movie)
• `Let earth receive ___ King!`
• `A Visit from St. Nicholas` poet
• Wounded at the corrida
• Word of agreement
• Typewriter key
• Toss words back and forth
• Some pitchers
• They pay for quarters
• Tea cart item
• Some are self-evident
• Solution strength, in chemistry
• Rose up the charts
• Pupil protector
• Place for a trapped rat
• Place for a spouse`s first kiss
• Perpendicular formations
• Overhaul, as a factory
• Onetime Russian ruler
• Numerical ending, sometimes
• Neighbor of South Sudan
• Linked-computers acronym
• Negative contraction
• Kind of curve, in math
• Like some sources
• Labor leader`s watchword
• Hindu aphorism
• Hero worshiper
• H.S. support group
• Groups of eight
• Gave silent approval
• Ermine, in summer
• Feel the need to drink
• Far from certain
• Eastern entertainers
• Devon domestic
• Dairy department item
• Covered with soot
• Correctly positioned, in a way
• City in India
• Change the color of
• Avail oneself of
• At a great distance
• Ancient Roman senate
• 90-degree shape
• "Red state" grp
• "Guinness World Records" suffix
• "What did I tell you!"
• "Toodle-oo!" in Honolulu
• "Rob Roy" writer
• "Now ___ seen it all!"
• Wrap one`s mind around
• Word after "tax"
• Traveled a circular path
• Two types of cars
• Three types of cars
• Strip of wood
• Song of King David
• Slice of wry?
• Six minutes per mile, e.g
• Sister of Apollo
• Shpeak like thish
• School desk items
• Runs the show
• Results of a whipping
• Rene of "Thor"
• Rain cats and dogs
• Post-wedding title
• Pen name of H.H. Munro
• Pkg. delivery service
• Pipe material, sometimes (var.)
• Longtime Chinese chairman
• It`s formed in one`s head
• Exits (with "out")
• Hawaiian Island chain?
• Grp. that awards the Spingarn Medal
• Grass appendage
• Eucalyptus-loving "bears"
• Deliver by parachute
• Dump emanation
• Director Ang or Spike
• Dinner`s often on him
• Creole cookery item
• Cooped-up one
• Charon`s river
• Casino attraction
• Captivate the crowd with words
• Bugs in lines
• Buenos ___, Argentina
• Bold poker player
• Big, in bariatrics
• Big item in Hollywood?
• Become part of history
• Barely get by
• Antelopes with beards
• Altair or Antares
• After-hours school grp
• Abnormal respiratory sounds
• "Which way do I go?" locale
• "Fly off the handle," for one
• "Touched by an Angel" co-star
• "To do" list items
• "Back to the Future" villain
• Worldwide: Abbr
• Wire-bound writing pads
• Was victorious
• Walk back and forth
• Valentine`s Day archer
• Three-tier cookie
• Things that have to be done
• Swine`s supper
• Strike poorly, as a tennis ball
• Straight from the garden
• Senders of cybermessages
• Salt Lake`s state
• Run out, as a subscription
• Rotating machine parts
• Roads that often cross aves
• Resort retreats
• Reads a bar code
• Puts frosting on
• Potato often used for fries
• Not illuminated
• Miami`s state: Abbr
• Many early-morning beachcombers
• Make less difficult
• Make amends
• Little round veggies
• Island near Sicily
• Help with, as a crime
• Handle, as a problem
• Hand gesture of approval
• Hammer target
• Gorillas and chimps
• Full-length, as a film
• Fortune teller
• Fail to mention
• Evening-gown supports
• Espresso with milk
• Downright mean
• Desirable quality
• Deg. in finance
• Data to be entered
• Create with yarn
• Couch or bench
• Capital of Norway
• Campsite bed
• Brother of Cain
• Brick worker
• Banana covering
• Baby Bear`s dad
• Athletes who are paid
• ``__ of your business!``
• ``This is terrible!``
• ``Ten Most Wanted`` agcy,
• Pennies: Abbr.
• Sch. in Tempe
• "Monday Night Football" channel
• Sheepish admission
• Appetizing dinnertime aroma
• Circle around a quarterback
• Wordless agreement
• Trace evidence at a crime scene, e.g.
• Gave, as a medal
• Cost of a taxi
• World, in a Latin saying
• Access Facebook, say
• Geisha`s sash
• "Nobody doesn`t like __ Lee"
• The "vie" in "c`est la vie"
• Demolition initials
• West Bank gp.
• Pollution portmanteau
• Prayer-opening words
• Onassis` last wife, familiarly
• Become frozen
• Accounting partnership, e.g
• Like "Hamlet"
• Claims on property
• With nowhere to go but up, as one`s spirits
• Musical tone color
• FDR home loan org.
• See 1-Across
• Words of defeat
• Longtime "Tonight Show" host Jay
• Retro phone feature
• Computes the total
• Accidental attack on allied forces
• Did the tango
• "Of course, Pierre!"
• Eng. majors` degrees
• Not let go of
• "Anchors __": Navy fight song
• "Goldfinger" novelist Fleming
• load: prep for a marathon
• Former lovers
• They end round numbers
• Reformer Jacob
• Primary pursuit in the working world
• Gas, to a Brit
• One who shuns company
• City: computer game
• Boasting, metaphorically
• Four-sided fig.
• Andean pack animal
• Confident words
• Arabian ruler
• In the slightest
• Pacific island nation
• Shed one`s feathers
• With 71-Across, seasonal visitor who`d
• Understand, as a joke
• Debtor`s opposite
• Panama or bowler
• Marathon, e.g
• Prince William`s mother
• "Dear ___" (letter starter)
• Work to increase, as business
• 8 and up (game specification)
• "Science Guy" Bill
• Nudge, as one`s memory
• Boise`s state: Abbr
• Trio from a genie
• Worry compulsively
• Like a medium-size omelet
• Water, to Juanita
• By the deadline
• New York`s ___ Island
• He played Hawkeye on "M*A*S*H"
• Presented, as a play
• Matches before the finals
• Prime draft status
• "That hurt!"
• Ivana`s ex, with "the"
• Make a cartoon, e.g.
• Da Vinci masterpiece with an intriguing smile
• Woman`s name that means "eat" backward
• Succulent healer
• Gaza grp.
• Mother ___ (nun who won a Nobel Peace Prize)
• Asian New Year
• Rock band boosters
• Transmit continuously, as video
• Locale for bears or thieves
• The Trojans of the N.C.A.A
• Romantic dozen
• Aug. follower
• One end of a battery
• How pastrami might be served
• Big bird of Australia
• THAT guy!
• Nintendo`s Super
• Paramount and Universal
• How Santa dresses, mostly
• Stitched line on a baseball
• Amount of medicine
• Language of Egypt
• Unnamed object #1
• Cards that top kings
• The "m" of E = mc^2
• Declare one`s candidacy
• Shell`s shell and Chevron`s chevron
• Sharpshooter
• Slithery fishes
• Yiddish laments
• Caught some Z`s
• Arachnid`s snare
• Park (Thomas Edison`s home)
• However, informally
• TV group featuring Mr. T, with "the"
• Raised hairstyles