Crossword Puzzle Answers - 12/31/2015 - 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.

• Wilde, for one
• Unpaid TV ad
• Upgrade a lawn
• Transcript nos
• Sportscaster Albert
• Rug cleaner, briefly
• Pasadena`s Bowl
• Plunge into a pool
• On streak (winning)
• On the decline?
• Nobel Prize subj
• Milky Way unit
• Like some light bulbs
• Life-saving meth
• Lark or dime lead-in
• June `44 event
• Home of the Cowboys
• First puzzle clue
• Facts and figures
• Designation of a serious fire
• `What a relief!`
• `Some Like Hot`
• `A pox on thee!`
• Uncle, in Acapulco
• Took a risk
• River through Nantes
• Thurman of `Kill Bill`
• Short, as a report
• Sandra Dee role
• Pronto, in memos
• Record company
• Previously owned
• Pool participants
• Pickled garnishes
• Pays to play
• Neighbor of Mich
• Musical set in Argentina
• Move borders, perhaps
• Like some elections
• Lennon`s wife
• Great weight
• Cute girls, in British slang
• Battle site of 1836
• Trattoria topping
• They must be met
• The outgoing year, briefly
• Tex-Mex orders
• Strip, sand and stain
• Storyteller`s admission
• Producer`s dream
• Playful trick intended to keep one healthy all win...
• Participant in a moving experience
• Owner of a big chair
• O`Connor`s successor
• Mambo`s cousin
• Magazine with 46 editions worldwide
• Lab in one`s home, say
• It may use DNA instead of silicon
• `Size matters not` speaker
• 2005 biopic nominated for a Best Picture Oscar
• Cheerleading requisite
• Host of radio`s `The $64 Question`
• Holographic image on a Visa card
• End a session, in a way
• Cry from atop a chair
• Commotion when it`s time to remove a casserole fro...
• Breaking-the-bank event?
• Allegorical tale printed in brochure form?
• ABC show since 1997
• `Turn left` command
• `If I Can`t Have You` singer Elliman
• `Hard Headed Woman` singer
• European languages
• Wear away, in a way
• Woodland deities
• Way over there
• Unequivocal refusal
• Underfoot accessories
• Try to win over
• Suitable for rainy days
• Stringed star of `50s TV
• Streisand musical film
• Start of Caesar`s boast
• Some epic works
• Skateboarder`s jump
• Sci-fi knight
• Sales force, for short
• Pirate Jack, in four films
• Pelican State sch
• Part of the United Kingdom
• Most murky
• Lowest high tide
• Limited-access rds
• In a neat manner
• Hugs, in a letter
• Had stock in
• Ersatz swing support
• Early racing-form odds
• Crisscross pattern
• Comment at length
• Camcorder button
• Call from a nursery
• Alpaca`s habitat
• African grassland
• `80s Russian leader
• ``The Valley __`` (Maui nickname)
• ``If only it could be``
• ``Famous`` cookie guy
• ``Ben-Hur`` setting
• When repeated, a dance
• West Texas city
• Type of acid
• Tough thing to crack
• This puzzle`s theme
• Thing to paddle
• St. ___ Girl beer
• Soda container
• Second draft, e.g
• Satisfied another`s whim
• Revenue offsets
• Prayer-ending word
• One behind bars
• Mythological water nymph
• Musical repetition mark
• Mix in a glass
• Military opponent
• Makes like an angry volcano
• Main line of a sort
• Love in France
• Like some garments
• Like some audiences
• Like some angles
• Its members often strike (Abbr.)
• In a crowd of
• Ice-cream flavor
• Hose alternative for gardeners
• Honshu house furnishing
• Good-luck charm
• Element No. 5
• Construction fasteners
• Computer and tablet maker
• College-football star
• City near the Mohawk River
• Checks and corrects text
• Bond villain Goldfinger
• Before, to Shelley
• Bank offering
• Back of a boat
• Auto for hire
• Address that begins with "http"
• Area planted with conifers
• "___ never too late"
• "You`ve got mail" co
• "I ___ thought of that!"
• "Fever" singer Peggy
• "Chi" lead-in
• Winged god of love
• When many celebrations start to wind down
• Wall-to-wall calculation
• Vocal impertinence
• Throw in the towel
• There may be a spat about it
• Ten Commandments pronoun
• Stuck vehicle`s need
• Reptile without a tail?
• Spread for a nice spread
• Small farm building
• Scott Joplin`s legacy
• Pro ___ (in proportion)
• Power-drill accessory
• Pilot licensing org
• Part of a wedding reception
• Over the top (with "much")
• Oil from flowers
• New Year`s Eve spot, for many
• Movie house supplies
• Moves real estate
• Mountain feature
• Mount of high spirits
• Mistake removers
• Makes dainty in appearance
• Locked valuables box
• Late-night host Conan
• It starts on 49-Across
• Groups of three
• Caesar`s worst day
• Brilliantly colored parrot
• Bit of a sticky wicket?
• Central spot
• Chance ___ (happen to meet)
• Charles de Gaulle`s birthplace
• Clad oneself in
• Close relative, for many
• Baby salamanders
• Aspic need
• Arch supports?
• Congressional helper
• God with a hammer
• Cosmetics maven Lauder
• Fuss in a Shakespeare title
• Cyclotron particle
• Fudd`s weapon
• Follow a recipe direction
• Aphid victim
• Fill to the gills
• Ferry terminus, sometimes
• Delhi dress
• Eye-fooling genre
• Dimple site
• Dec. 31 event, for some
• Big name in car flops
• And others, for short
• A famous Ali
• 1/2 fluid oz
• `49 defense alliance
• "To ___ it mildly . . ."
• "Hard ___!" (ship command)
• "Apollo 13" grp
• `90s-`00s hit sitcom for 10 seasons
• "Small Craft on a Milk Sea" musician
• Federation in
• Commonly injured knee ligament, briefly
• See one`s old college chums, say
• Leading 5-3, e.g.
• Enthusiastic praise
• Chew the fat
• "Coca-Cola Cowboy" singer
• Arrive ahead of time
• Bad start?
• Not yet tested
• Silent comm. method
• Ear-piercing
• Ear piece?
• "That really got my goat!"
• Writer Rand
• Sharp blows
• Ones who are me-deep in conversation?
• Venezuela export
• King or queen
• Bus. bigwig
• Martinique, par exemple
• Drop at a shop
• Martinique, par exemple
• Fifth in a familiar series
• Nestlé`s __-Caps
• Quaint contraction
• Melodic passage
• "Star Trek" staples
• Wipe: cleaning brand
• Actress Peeples
• Substitute for
• Wipe: cleaning brand
• Cocktail party bowlful
• Word with fetched or flung
• To a smaller degree
• Three of a kind, in poker lingo
• Shade source
• "... And when I love thee not / Chaos is come agai...
• Like some weightlifters, and a hint to this puzzle...
• Willow flower cluster
• Bide __: stay briefly, to Scots
• Suffix with part
• Retirement party speeches, typically
• "60 Minutes" humorist
• Number in a Verne title
• Black suit component
• Epic creator
• One on the shelf, in Christmas decor
• "Nothing special"
• Hospital department
• "Grandma" co-star
• 14th-century Russian prince
• Wouldn`t accept excuses
• Points for a free throw
• Pinky-side arm bone
• Fail to meet
• Red-eyes, e.g.
• Born on the bayou?
• Cause for a rescheduling
• Insignificant person
• "The choice of a new generation" sloganeer, once
• Challenges for future counsel, in brief
• Bajillions of years
• Berth place
• Darer`s cry
• Kareem, once
• Texting button
• "Got me now?
• Savory Asian pastry
• They may have EIKs
• Convenience partly obviated by banking apps
• "Huh, never would`ve figured"
• Audibly floored
• "Law & Order" spinoff, familiarly
• Relative of a throw
• Head of staff?
• Isao in the Golf Hall of Fame
• Bridge sitter?
• 1971 documentary about Ravi Shankar
• Plague, with "at"
• Some air pollution
• They share the air
• Modern civil rights initialism
• Computer acronym since the 1960s
• Key`s longtime partner in sketch comedy
• Cosmopolitan, e.g.
• Escort, slangily
• With 10-Down, Irish draught
• City near Sparks
• Known to authorities
• Terminus of the Qingzang railway
• Spanish nuts
• Like an "I told you so" look
• Understanding
• Cable channel that airs "Portlandia"
• Swiftly built home?
• What you may have with mom, dad or an overbearing ...
• Psychologist Pinker who wrote "How the Mind Works"...
• Words of rebuke
• Game patented December 31, 1935
• Round a corner in 65-Across ... or what you must d...
• People obsessed with being online?
• Bank figure, for short
• Neither improve nor decline
• Rotational speed meas
• Bhikkhuni : Buddhism :: Catholicism
• Sickly-looking overlord?
• Like Scotch whisky
• Brief entries in an auto film festival?
• Put down roots?
• "Yeah, that`s the spot"
• Actress Gerwig of "Mistress America"
• Organization in "The Da Vinci Code"
• Club alternative
• Giant Manning
• Enjoy the swimsuit edition of The New England Jour...
• Commercial leader?
• Spider-Man`s surrogate father
• Keep the sauce from congealing, say
• Onetime gig for Wiig, in brief
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