Crossword Puzzle Answers - 12/02/2016 - The NY Times, LA Times, Usa Today, Newsday, Universal and more

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• 16 Across, from 1850 to 1896: Abbr
• `More ___ a Feeling` (1976 Boston song)
• `In the Bedroom` Oscar nominee
• `Guess Who`s Coming to Dinner` dad
• High-volume annoyances
• Gyroscope component
• Geographically based ins. plan
• French valley famed for châteaus
• Gagarin whose orbiter was Vostok I
• Forms a head
• First word of `Scarborough Fair`
• Engine or warrant preceder
• DeLuise of the `Cannonball Run` films
• Common word on California maps
• Corsage fastener
• Dam that created Lake Nasser
• Defeat all competitors in
• Test that takes over seven hrs
• Synagogue singer
• Writer`s block breakthrough
• URL ender for nonprofits
• Clip or pop follower
• Trimmed along a path, say
• Trawler`s trapper
• Clarifying, as a subject
• Calcutta cover-up
• Team on Nebraska`s state quarter
• Blow the mind of
• Bottleful on a rib joint table
• Stephen King teen with telekinetic powers
• Smoking or stress, some say
• Belieber or Deadhead
• Signs of engine trouble
• Shortly, to Shakespeare
• Being observant, to a hipster
• Separator of states
• Awesome, slangily
• Scratch resistance scale
• Arch-bladed woodworking tool
• Resignedly choosing to tackle a difficult situatio...
• Appeases through indulgence
• Rathskeller order
• Quaint outburst
• Pituitary gland`s shape
• Pep rally yell
• `Way to go, torero!`
• Annette seen on `Smallville`
• Namby-pamby fellow
• Pennsylvania`s fourth-largest city
• `___ Song` (2007 Taylor Swift hit)
• Norse god who traded an eye for wisdom
• Neat drink`s lack
• `The Well-Tempered Clavier` composer
• Joined by stitching
• Melanie`s portrayer in `Gone With the Wind`
• Look quickly toward
• Mollycoddling type
• `Take off, tabby!`
• `Transformers` star LaBeouf
• Many have skyboxes
• Many college newsletter addressees
• `The Hunger Games` missile
• Made like Lady Godiva
• $50 payment in Monopoly
• Joe Friday, self-descriptively
• It may be ignited by lightning
• Holly berry`s hue
• Instinctual energy in psychoanalysis
• Historic Peacock Throne occupants
• of Good Feelings
• Yorkshire`s home
• Wray of "King Kong"
• Word with "cents" or "faced"
• What a convict seeks
• Washington, D.C. resident
• Title of respect, abroad
• Threshold location
• Supergiant in Cygnus
• Feudal vassals
• Suffix for "Hallow"
• Square dancer`s need
• Squander slowly
• Seat at the wedding
• Poem of homage
• Postal motto conjunction
• Some signatures of old
• Postgame segment
• Sculler`s item
• Some believers
• Roof supports
• Prankster with pointy shoes
• Outerwear in Sonora
• More in need of liniment
• Movie, in Hollywood lingo
• Measuring tube (var.)
• Day O`Connor
• Sphere of activity
• Wolf`s greeting?
• Keogh alternative
• What Santa gets?
• Mariners` assents
• Makes baby chick sounds
• Snake, on occasion
• Some bells and whistles
• Speaks with a speech impediment
• Longoria of TV
• Three-masted ship
• Twig used in grafting
• Top chart spot
• Underhanded campaign tactic
• Lhasa is its capital
• Leaping amphibians
• Kitchen wrap
• Kind of helmet
• Keogh alternative
• Judges lay it down
• Sauce made with pine nuts
• Put into a certain place
• Samson`s betrayer
• In a minute
• Salary increase
• Ice-cream portion
• Post-noon times, for short
• Home to Notre Dame
• High hideaway
• Pin in an oarlock
• One lending a hankie?
• Groups of four
• Nation of Roma
• Mother ___ (Nobel Peace Prize winner)
• Gemstones for some Libras
• Male and female
• Gas-station offering, sometimes
• Leave without leave
• Legendary actor Holbrook
• Like royal succession
• Four winter wks
• Form of lyric poem
• Kind of first-aid pencil
• Fix a word-processing error
• Fix a word-processing error
• Keanu Reeves` role in "The Matrix"
• It`s got you surrounded
• Feudal vassals
• Horse tender at an inn
• Hunks of marble
• Canonical hour
• Enormous birds of myth
• Gambler`s marker
• Fourth-year student
• Emulated a cow
• Fancy sheet material
• Exudes, as confidence
• Egyptian cobra
• Divest of munitions
• Concert extenders
• Definitely not now?
• Clobbers with snowballs
• British flyers, briefly
• Barbershop quartet member
• Continued a subscription
• Arrange, as a blind date
• December ditties
• Arm of Israel?
• Decaf alt
• Ancient kingdom of Asia Minor
• After peace is declared
• African bloodsucking flies
• Current or former court org
• Advanced in years
• Adrift on the Pacific
• Admiring utterances
• "___ be good for you!"
• Casino machines, briefly
• "It`s too crowded at the Eiffel Tower!"
• "American Idol" contestant Clay
• Acorn producer
• "A show about nothing? That`s so sad!"
• Canton that borders Bern
• Canonical hour
• Cancel, to NASA
• Caesar`s salad ingredients?
• Buddhist in Nirvana
• Brother of Moses
• Be useful to
• Barn attics
• Bake sale organizer, for short
• African coastal capital
• Visitor to Oz
• `Cock-a-doodle- !`
• `No, No, Nanette` song
• Sleep phenom
• Year in Cancn
• U-boat, for one
• Tennyson`s ` Arden`
• Tennis ace Sampras
• Woz`s alma mater
• Start of a Musketeer unity motto
• Still, in verse
• Word before soup or coat
• Whispered call
• Miss , `Dallas` matriarch
• Sasha or Malia
• What SPF measures
• Raring to go
• Pres. after LBJ
• To be shown
• PC program, for short
• Opening night
• Road warning
• Native American gathering
• Moon of Mars
• Quite a while
• Acapulco gold
• Homer`s neighbor
• Nudge a little
• Prez who got a Pulitzer
• Lotion additive
• Loan shark`s practice
• Name on the cover of ``Fear of Fifty``
• License to drill?
• Jury enclosure
• Miniaturizing ending
• Military corpsman
• Gridiron scores (Abbr.)
• France`s longest river
• Mass transit patrons
• Evening in Paris
• Ellington`s `Take Train`
• Mariachi accessory
• Computer acronym
• Major leagues, so to speak
• Cast a ballot
• Loses it all
• Bovary, e.g. (Abbr.)
• Law on the books
• Key for getting out
• Job rights agcy
• `Bless you!` preceder
• James Patterson detective
• Hold in check
• GDR attainment of 1973
• Followed logically
• Filmdom family name
• Extended family member
• Eat or drink
• Drink in a Maugham title
• Dagwood pesterer
• Constellation animal
• Colleague of Debussy
• Coffeecake topping
• Certified, as CFL bulbs
• Canon competitor
• Big name in SUVs
• Big boss in Burbank
• Available as an add-on
• 65 Across, essentially
• As a rule
• A thing of the past
• World of Tours?
• Ward ___ (minor politico)
• Two-character David Mamet play
• Tourist destination on the Nile
• To the extent that
• Suspended seats
• Thoroughbred who won 20 of his 21 races
• Therapy target
• Cooper`s creation
• Lee side: Abbr.
• Canaanite deity
• Honorary legal deg.
• Stable people
• Sporting chance?
• Uncalled for
• Buster who portrayed Flash Gordon
• Alternative to de Gaulle
• Pluto`s Egyptian counterpart
• Court action
• Dutch landowner in colonial America
• Scientist with a metallurgical process named after...
• Diplomatic case
• Road sign word
• Tournament elimination point
• Global financial org.
• Retailer since 1886
• One of a biblical trio
• Old battle story
• Roofing sealer
• Prescription antiviral medication
• Fare on a flat tortilla
• Their colour is affected by melanin
• "Obviously, right?"
• Offensive lineman [body parts]
• Warning words
• Eponymous South American leader
• Not yet toilet-trained [nations]
• Frost output
• Newspaper coverage?
• Marriott competitor
• Many Franklin quotes
• GPS datum
• Ludd for whom Luddites are named
• Actress Tyler
• "The Tudors" sta.
• In abundance
• Looked through one`s fingers
• "Empress of the Blues" Smith
• Gillette brand
• All-encompassing concept
• It`s rarely over the top
• Oxymoronic skiing condition
• Witch trial town
• Island nation where Robert Louis Stevenson died
• Cousteau`s concern
• Whole number
• Holy men who turn prayer wheels
• Wander off
• Intimidate [numbers]
• Adam, of the "Bonanza" brothers
• Tag sale words
• Lacking a date
• Ship of 1492
• Strong desire
• Shape, as dough for cloverleaf rolls
• One way into Manhattan
• Noted surrealist
• However, to texters
• Musical set in Argentina
• Fighter whose stock greeting affects 17-, 29-, 35-...
• Goes downhill?
• Green beginning?
• Manipulative sort
• Golden-brown color
• Lena of `Chocolat`
• Hard to read, perhaps [colors]
• Rosamund`s "Gone Girl" co-star
• Laced with profanity
• Centrifuge site
• Hunt in the movies
• Great modifier? [detergents]
• Language from which "julep" is derived
• Garden covering
• "Let her not say __ that keep you here": "Antony a...
• Eschew medical attention?
• Cultural site of Manhattan
• Gourmet potato chip ingredient
• Composer Charles
• Arbor makeup
• Icon with a curved arrow
• `East of Eden` brother
• Arboreal critter
• Going with the flow, say
• Boob tube
• Essay on meditation?
• Conservation org. with a panda logo
• Bacchanal vessel
• Play ___ (be disruptive)
• Get rid of
• "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word" singer
• Why some seek a certain cactus?
• Where to look for starters
• Bergen dummy
• Toon who often wore a Metallica T-shirt
• Mordo - Crosswords Solutions.  Answers, Clues and ...
• Suffix for professionals
• Time magazine`s "scholarly Everest," for short
• 2009 and `13 sci-fi role for Zoë Saldana
• Half a prison?
• Oil or honey
• For the birds?
• Japanese volcano Mount
• Make effervescent
• Entertainer with fans?
• Toy Barn: "Toy Story 2" setting
• Bourbons, e.g.
• Eliot Ness actions
• Caustic chemical
• Cover for someone, say
• Act the judge
• Generic City Hall dog?
• Drinks to excess
• "Knock yourself out"
• Move on water
• Aimée of film
• Queen`s place
• Long, trying trips
• Cabinetry material
• Rule, in Rennes
• Deli purchase
• Mount with the Cave of Zeus
• Possible response to "Huh-uh!"
• September honoree
• Casting director?
• Friendly address
• Cooler guys
• The discovery of penicillin, e.g.
• Marshal Tito, for one
• Item in a `60s drug bust
• Common sight in 1980s yearbook photos
• Candle alternative
• Bishop`s bailiwick
• Antacid brand
• ilment diagnosed by spirometry
• Age of Sail quaff
• Add pizzazz to
• Brew named for a Czech city
• About 30% of Earth`s landmass
• 1976 debut album that opens with `Blitzkrieg Bop`
• Jazz singer whose surname came from pig Latin
• Appropriately named Reds legend
• 1975 #1 hit for David Bowie
• Give attention
• `Twelfth Night` character Sir ___ Belch
• They`re longer than singles, briefly
• Tolkien character
• `The Thief of Bagdad` figure
• `Tragedy` performers
• Hop, skip or jump
• House of cards?
• Major Taiwanese export
• A baby one is called a cria
• Presenter of many listicles
• `The House of the Spirits` author Isabel
• Long hoops shots
• `The Entertainer` playwright
• Used car selling point
• Beverage brand with three leaves in its logo
• When many fans come out
• `A Chorus Line` song
• Means of getting the word out?
• Asset in climbing the corp. ladder
• Naval hero with five U.S. counties named for him
• They`re not refined
• "I knew a man Bojangles and ___ dance for you ..."...
• Words of confidence
• Have a bawl
• Moving like 43-Down
• Alternative to chinos
• 24/7/365 facilities
• Subject of a museum in Louisville, Ky
• Puerto Rico is on it year-round, for short
• "Sometimes a Great Notion" novelist, 1964
• Like some jet refuelings
• Region around a star "just right" for habitable pl...
• "Wrath of the Titans" antagonist
• Bega with the hit "Mambo No. 5"
• Longtime Princess Royal
• It leads to early advancement
• Reply of feigned surprise
• With precision
• Ones who don`t take a seat?
• Old epic recounting wanderings
• Ready for a road trip, say
• Cetacean`s closest relative
• One inclined to patronize a farmer`s market