Crossword Puzzle Answers - 12/24/2015 - The NY Times, LA Times, Usa Today, Newsday, Universal and more

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• Shirt that may be shot from a cannon
• Mythical creature with a nonstick skin?
• Margaret Mead`s `Coming of Age in ___`
• It may be groomed by a groom
• Frederick`s of Hollywood purchase
• Equipment for some light shows
• Confirmed details about an artillery attack?
• Brine-cured bagel topper
• Body covering nearly 32,000,000 sq. mi
• `In the Valley of ___` (2007 film)
• Yankee nickname
• Wallet cards (Abbr.)
• Super Bowl org
• Van alternative (Abbr.)
• Part-time Florida resident
• Modern RCA product
• Miss Piggy`s query
• Like potato chips
• Hosp. triage area
• Fr. holy woman
• Food of the gods
• Cold War inits
• `No need to wake me`
• Baseball`s Tommie
• `EastEnders` airer
• `Were a Rich Man`
• `Law` (legal drama)
• Wed in secret
• Squirrel`s find
• Number of `swans a-swimming`
• For two, in music
• Cuisine mixing styles
• 1948 John Wayne film
• `If you ask me,` in chat rooms
• `American Idiot` band
• Tony winner for 1964`s `Foxy`
• Train with icy floors?
• Steam rising from the cauldron?
• Start of `The Nutcracker`
• Run-D.M.C.`s `Christmas in Hollis,` e.g
• Publications free of smelly perfume ads
• Peter of Herman`s Hermits
• Paramount Pictures co-founder Zukor
• Organization that has an Antlers youth affiliate
• Ordered, in olden days
• One responsible for a grand opening?
• Nation renamed in 1997
• Offering from a master of deduction?
• Off the table, perhaps
• Like Santa`s sleigh, vis-a-vis the house
• Number of lords a-leaping
• Number of stripes on the flag of Deutschland
• Lapel adornment that advertises Chivas Regal?
• Lennon and Ono`s `Happy Xmas (War Is ___)`
• Item in an old bed warmer
• Item for Princess Charlotte: Var
• High-maintenance performer
• Friend who supplies you with macaroons?
• Forewarning, of a kind
• Fonda`s role in `My Darling Clementine`
• Fellow who made his fortune in stages?
• Dishwashers and microwaves, e.g
• Co-star of Woody, Rhea and Kelsey
• Celebrant of a December festival called Atemoztli
• Brown in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Saves Christmas` (1996 PBS special)
• comes Santa Claus
• `The Virgin of the Rocks` painter
• `Is his head worth ___...?`: `As You Like It`
• `Really? There`s no more?`
• `...just like the ___ I used to know`
• Martin (British auto)
• Western hero`s pal
• Texter`s closest pal
• Suffix for salt
• Sports diamond
• Show that you`re leveling
• Shelf-bracket shapes
• School near Windsor Castle
• Quite taken with
• Playwright Chekhov
• Patient person, it`s said
• Opera star Marilyn
• Open confrontation
• Not quite a majority
• Noble bestowal
• News dispatch
• Myanmar neighbor
• Lose one`s heart
• Letters on a union logo
• Hornets` homes
• Express distress
• Extends outward
• Exclamation of frustration
• Dracula`s curfew
• Donut shapes
• Daughter of Princess Anne
• Crunch Parfait ingredient
• Creative output
• Country club feature
• Carrie on ``The King of Queens``
• Call a spade a spade
• Biblical wicked woman
• Be overtheatrical
• Antler owners
• Anonymous person
• Allocated space
• Abrupt increase
• ``South Park`` boy
• ``Monday Night Football`` airer
• ``Jungle Book`` beast
• ``Actual,`` for ``real``
• Work at, as a trade
• Wheel spokes, essentially
• Well past one`s prime
• Uncle`s other half
• To such a degree (with "as")
• They may be glossed over
• That much or more
• Tell-all books, briefly
• Source of codeine
• Some farm animals
• Skill plus delicacy
• Roth, for one
• Rhyming boxing champ
• Pronominal contraction
• Port-au-Prince`s land
• Popular ground-cover plant
• Popeye, after eating spinach
• Poor, as excuses go
• Pineapple ___-down cake
• Piece of cake
• Part of the Trinity
• Old prefix for "while"
• Nursery denizens
• Not on the level
• Not even half-baked
• Not doing much
• Mr. go-with
• Make an attempt
• Like used beach towels
• Leon Uris novel "The ___"
• Lent a hand
• Large-headed match
• Journalist Shriver
• It`s fit to be tied
• Happy holiday song
• Guard dog`s warning
• Grp. of lawyers
• Daisy`s look-alike
• Croat or Bulgar, e.g
• College board member
• Cockatoo`s crest
• Classic song for 28-Across
• City near Great Salt Lake
• Christian and Big Band
• Change, as the Constitution
• Breathes deeply?
• Certain Alaskan islander
• Celebration of Jesus` birth
• Card game shout
• Bit of burning coal
• Begin to decay
• Beauty-shop device
• Allowed, to the Bard
• Activity before 28-Across
• Act like a thespian
• Accredited diplomat
• "This is a test"
• "King of the road"
• Claude Van Damme
• En-lai (Chinese premier)
• Words of commitment
• Who might be to blame
• Unoriginal ones
• Two reindeer that showed up
• Tip, as one`s hat
• Three reindeer that showed up
• Symbol of Christianity
• Submarine sandwich
• Speeder`s bane
• Skin care ingredient
• Cash dispenser, initially
• Crime of 35-Down, sometimes
• Chewy, almondy candy
• Short on energy
• Scored lying down
• Romanov ruler
• Roast variety
• Rani`s husband
• Resonating chambers in musical instruments
• Elusive fountain`s promise
• Emergency exit, for some
• Father of Balder
• Precursor to revolution
• Police officer, slangily
• Pacific island nation
• Open-topped bag
• One side in an eternal battle
• One asking for a handout
• Old prefix for "while"
• Notorious Roman emperor
• Notorious pirate captain
• Modify, in Congress
• Make like a lion
• Long in the tooth
• Lion tamer`s accessory
• Like Van Gogh`s "Night"
• Like some fingerprints
• Leave no escape for
• Knowledgeable about
• Japanese home divider
• It`s done in prison
• Geishas` accessories
• Craft shop buy
• Hipbone-related
• Gnawing problem?
• Indian prime minister, once
• It takes a bow
• Boat maneuverer
• Blame, so to speak
• Bill-blocking vote
• Batman comic word
• Atmospheric pressure unit
• Annual event in Louisville
• "Norma" or "Louise"
• Anagram for "rose"
• "Buona ___" (Italian greeting)
• "Sing it, Sam" speaker
• Concession ending
• Inform against
• "From your lips to God`s ears!"
• Results of not following directions, maybe
• Fryolator contents
• Stretches on the job
• Middle Eastern salad
• National Enquirer fodder
• Economic decline
• Device that runs FaceTime
• Stocking stuffers?
• Metal artisan
• Toward the stern
• Prayer starter
• Music genre for South Korean artist Rain
• Some religious sculptures
• Rod who was an A.L. All-Star for 18 consecutive ye...
• How harness racers move
• Friend, in Haiti
• Island in French Polynesia
• Place to pick a rosé
• Jon Arbuckle`s dog
• Not a fair shake
• Storied loch
• Quack`s concoction
• Safe to bolt down?
• Part of an extended sentence?
• Comet, to some
• Simpson trial figure Kaelin
• Not asleep at the wheel
• Stories of the ages
• Pointer`s choice
• Bill`s "excellent adventure" partner
• Scheduled to land
• One crunching nos.
• Gift counter request involving the starts of the a...
• Quick-dial symbol
• Complaint about equity
• Beaux-__: architectural style
• Native Nebraskan
• Jeans giant
• Become compost
• One with deck skills
• Beehive State cap.
• Tatum O`Neal`s Oscar movie
• Familiar address
• It may lead to a run
• Hyundai rival
• Letters after a real name
• Him, to Jacques
• Cummerbund folds
• Sports section summary
• Get melodramatic
• Not at all refined
• Take-out order?
• Pack with a plot
• Hip-hop fan
• Site in a Steinbeck title
• Org. in which big Bucks earn big bucks
• Apt anagram of MY CAR
• "___ Be Home for Christmas"
• Loads and loads
• Prefix with system
• Slab from the meat counter
• Coin minted until 2001
• One blowing off steam in Italy?
• Company closing?
• Russo of "Thor: The Dark World"
• Was bested by
• Came out on top
• San ___ (Argentine province or its capital)
• Not just smart
• "What was ___ do?"
• Cartoonist whom John Steinbeck said "may very poss...
• Half of a matching set
• Red giant type
• "Rock and Roll, Hoochie ___" (1974 Rick Derringer ...
• Landlocked African country: Abbr.
• Clairvoyant`s letters
• Golfer McDowell, 2010 U.S. Open champion
• Good investor types, you`d think
• Least affordable
• Time Inc. publication
• Available to work, in Britain
• Comedy`s Daniel and reggae`s Peter
• Place where you might be asked "Need a lift?"
• See 8-Across
• Duke of ___ ("King Lear" character)
• Where Nordstrom is headquartered
• Noted writer of victory odes
• Shows a Sega Genesis rival at an expo?
• Empty container`s weight
• "Gremlins" co-star Phoebe
• 1997 #1 hit with a nonsense title
• Come up with
• Sail support
• Order to Onassis to block a brand of underwear?
• Home of the first full-time automobile service sta...
• "La ___ Bonita" (Madonna hit)
• Noted American follower of 20-Across
• Faith for 21-Across
• Packing boxes for heavyweights?
• First name in mystery
• Whom Plato called "the tenth Muse"
• Nickname for a little person
• Dumas`s "The Count of Monte ___"
• With 58-Across, "Antigone" and others ... or, when...
• Early 1990s CBS series about the exploits of real-...