Crossword Puzzle Answers - 12/26/2015 - 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.

• NYC`s numbered subway lines
• New York`s Bravest, e.g
• Oases that aren`t there
• Old mailing category that included library books
• Ones who take off running?
• People of the Nation du Chat
• Performed one`s last single act
• Pigment in some primer paints
• Plane that needs little runway, briefly
• Prince song `Baby I`m ___`
• New York Public Library benefactor
• Sinclair Lewis`s `___ Timberlane`
• Moniker for Pete Best or Brian Epstein
• Like arctic winters
• Knows the truth about
• Incisor-bicuspid go-between
• Horoscope writer Sydney
• Gun owner`s protection
• Gold lion for House Lannister, e.g
• German photographer Bing
• Fund for Justice and Education org
• Exemplar of industriousness
• Cookie and Muffin, e.g
• Co. that makes bar code scanners and point-of-sale...
• Center of a famous palindrome
• Blood pressure elevator
• Best bench player, in the NBA
• Bear mascot of the NHL`s Blues
• Arranges so as not to coincide
• A composer may use it to convey sadness
• `Weird Al` Yankovic hit of 1984
• `The Big Bang Theory` persona
• `Scarlett, ___ with pride and happiness...`: `Gone...
• `Cat Scratch Fever` rocker
• Any Woman`s Blues` writer Jong
• `A Tyrant...unfit to be the ruler of a free people...
• Vera Wang creation
• TV producer Arnaz
• Tony Soprano`s wife
• Spot of tea, to a Brit
• Southwestern tribe
• Snuck a look
• Show for the first time
• Sleuth, for short
• Scoreboard stats
• Pinter and Arlen
• out a living (get by)
• No-holds-barred
• Hollywood`s Dahl
• Killers of the sea
• Laugh-track sounds
• Dry red wines
• Cold and damp
• Capital of South Dakota
• Capital of Montana
• Capital of Kansas
• Capital of Colorado
• Burn-relieving plants
• Bank holding (Abbr.)
• Auction off anew
• Abigail Adams, Smith
• `Winnie-the-Pooh` baby
• `The Gift of the Magi` author
• `Lonely Boy` singer Paul
• Took the trolley
• Stare in disbelief
• Stand for art
• Rio Grande city
• Memorable time
• Much of N. Amer
• Morphine, for one
• Newborn baby
• Reverent wonder
• Ranked, in tennis
• Headphones alternative
• French farewell
• Europe`s longest river
• Buster of comedy
• Arch features
• Apostrophe`s neighbor
• West (life preserver)
• Wray of "King Kong"
• Work in tandem
• Tiny marine animal
• Sunblock-bottle initials
• Skycap or caddie, at times
• Shouts on the links
• Reid and Lipinski
• Pull the plug on
• Place for a herd
• One way to fatherhood
• One way to build a fire?
• One pointing at a target
• Moored at a pier
• Offshore sight, sometimes
• Like cut diamonds
• Least fresh, as bread
• It`s fit to be tied
• It rattles in a whistle
• It can promote idol worship
• Gridiron enthusiast
• Grand Canal bridge
• Gavel pounder`s word
• Gave medicine to
• Gathers, as crops
• Furniture piece in a parlor
• Extract with a solvent
• Frome of literature
• Foreign correspondent
• Eat, drink and be merry
• Distribute (with "out")
• Cushion, as a blow
• Chefs aim to please them
• Cast-of-thousands films
• Bypass the altar
• Bulgaria/Greece/Turkey region
• Bart`s school-bus driver
• Area of expertise
• Arctic cover-up
• "This tape will self-destruct ..." org
• "Shall we?" answer
• "Carmen" or "Aida"
• "Am I glad that`s over!"
• "Rock Around the Clock" backups
• "... and make it fast!"
• Ronstadt or Lavin
• Troy`s other name
• Up and about
• Word with intensive care
• You stand to lose it
• Sommer of "A Shot in the Dark"
• Prepare for painting
• One with equal billing
• One who`s up in baseball
• Of the first water
• Noted nebula locale
• Notable time period
• Not at home
• Mythical mischief-maker
• Milo of "Barbarella"
• Lie in store for
• Larson of "The Far Side"
• Large-scale entertainment
• Lady of Spain
• Kind of shell
• Kind of blanket
• It`s often made in a fresh manner?
• It voids warranties
• It may have a "no pets" clause
• It broke the camel`s back
• Hide but not hair
• Get wind of
• Event for proctors
• Film editor`s collection
• Fanny creator Jong
• Covered cupcakes
• Does not exist
• Diminish by degrees
• Course deviation
• City on the Rhone
• Charles de Gaulle`s onetime hat
• Chapter headings, e.g
• Certain birthstone
• Centers of sports action
• Cement finisher`s tool
• Cartoonist Guisewite
• Carbon black, e.g
• Bomb, in Hollywood
• Beanery handout
• Bar Mitzvah, for one
• Abbreviated version
• "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" author Harte
• "The ___" (Sellers film)
• Puts pressure on
• Ready to rumble, perhaps
• Reagan ran it from `47 to `52
• Seeking relief, quite possibly
• Series that won the most Primetime Emmys
• Some stallions and sovereigns
• Some wedding party members
• "Bus Stop" playwright
• "The one that got away," e.g
• as much fun as a
• .com (cellular service site)
• World`s most commonly consumed opiate
• Worsens, as a credit score
• Sporting warning
• Supercharger stations are made for them
• Staple of Road Runner cartoons
• Strikes, slams, or sings
• Thinks a lot of
• Two-person shelter
• Uber`s adversaries
• Where bowlers wait their turn
• Word before play or game
• Word from the Latin for ``donkey-like``
• Rock music setting?
• Ring usually given with a kiss
• Quatre more than trois
• Prepares for declassification, perhaps
• Plant stem, to botanists
• Parfum ingredient
• One overly upright
• One in learning mode
• Mary Tyler Moore, in Elvis` ``Change of Habit``
• Lord Rataxes, in the Babar stories
• Inherently speaking
• Leader of the Frat Pack
• Is too interested
• Human Resources woe
• Got back to it
• Get a glider started
• Fare on the range
• Explanatory postscript
• Euro user since 2011
• Engagement schedules
• Country chordophone
• Combustible fluid
• Big name in bathtubs
• Caught hard hit
• Beethoven or Brahms
• Audit, with ``in``
• As if planned to happen just then
• Appetite enhancer
• Airport occupation
• Added to an article
• Ref. section staple
• Icelandic literary work
• Govt. debt instrument
• Hockey maneuvers
• Stressed, in a way
• "Song of the Volga Boatmen" refrain
• One getting more boos than cheers
• IHOP section?: Abbr.
• "La Bamba" band
• Neuter, as a horse
• Some Wi-Fi providers
• Instrument featured in the opening of "Waltz of th...
• Copenhagen`s __ Gardens
• Awards co-hosted by Brad Paisley: Abbr.
• Nestlé chocolate bar
• Michael`s wife in "The Godfather" films
• Not be serious about
• Webster`s cousin?
• Put up with
• Like some live wires
• "Wake of the Ferry" painter
• "Wait a moment," to Romeo
• It has its pros and cons
• Reggae singer whose name sounds like a beverage
• Verdant stretch
• St. Nicholas, in the poem
• Spanish seashore
• Org. whose logo includes a cocktail and a car key
• Koppel and Knight
• "Fingers crossed"
• City SSE of Sana`a
• Miracle Mets star Tommie
• Cat, at times
• Little Johnny Jones, in a George M. Cohan song
• Met approval
• First name in `60s beach party films
• Across the board
• May 1 Hawaiian celebration
• Road warning
• Noodles and beans dish
• Word for a lady
• Commercial prize
• Grouse or carp
• SEAL insignia
• Florida horse country city
• Condition resulting from oversharing
• Gun barrel measure
• Quarter moons, e.g.
• Hero married to Jimena Díaz
• Nickname on a cattle drive
• Film character who brings the snowman Olaf to life...
• Common hero in American literature
• "Ea-a-asy, buddy!"
• Journalist, informally
• "How dare you!"
• Cog, so to speak
• What`s going on
• General`s opposite
• What "marriage is the chief cause of," per Groucho...
• Call of Duty fans, e.g.
• Take back, in a way
• Form of Japanese syllabic writing
• They`ll stop traffic
• Greet from a ways away, say
• Ones with big butts
• Marlin`s son, in an animated film
• Dermatological drug withdrawn by Roche in 2009
• Stump speeches, often
• Hold your horses
• confirm ___ deny
• Beijing-born star of "Kiss of the Dragon"
• Worth heeding
• Mathematician with a hypothesis unproven since 185...
• Doc`s warm treatment
• Popular pinup publication
• Diesel who invented the diesel engine
• With 35-Down, Korea in the 1950s or Iraq in the 20...
• Underneath all the layers
• "Benefit" of some "friends"
• Program with a "Get Ripped" version
• "This Perfect Day" novelist, 1970
• Cartoon friend of Dumb Donald and Weird Harold
• Extremely
• First name in industrial design
• Half of a rhyming candy duo
• Traveling show with the number "Trading Taps"
• City famous for bad traffic?
• Something made on one`s birthday
• 0.5, for 150°
• Hawthorne`s "___ Brand"
• Mesoamerican language with 400,000+ speakers
• Emotional appeal
• Late-spring arrival
• Some Winter Olympians
• Character builder?
• Masonry-supporting rod
• One getting an across-the-board promotion?
• Its flag is dark blue, symbolizing an ocean
• Group in many conspiracy theories
• Syllable of faux rebuke
• Unwanted buildup
• Like some explosions
• The puck drops here
• N.J. home of the "Ultimate Weapon" monument
• Guru for hire
• Beasts of the wild
• His name was lengthened by God at age 99