Crossword Puzzle Answers - 02/04/2016 - The NY Times, LA Times, Usa Today, Newsday, Universal and more

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• Hearty laugh
• Hardy cabbage
• Goblet feature
• fours (crawling)
• First first lady
• Easter entrees
• Director Preminger
• Dance partner?
• Best poker hand
• The Beehive State
• Aye canceler
• Xbox enthusiast
• Asia`s Peninsula
• Trademark symbol
• Adam`s third son
• Thesaurus wd
• Actually present
• Actress Merkel
• Sit-up targets
• Scottish river
• Real estate account
• Punk rock subgenre
• Welles role
• Winery storage
• Nile bird
• Take over for
• New Deal org
• Nap, in British slang
• Painter Degas
• Queen of mystery
• Lotion additive
• Showy parrots
• Spiced drink
• Mickey`s company
• Hepcat`s `Got it!`
• Gold-loving king
• François has one
• Cut`s counterpart
• Blues-based music
• #1 on a lane
• Word that can precede the first parts of this puzz...
• Verbally abuse
• Thruway signs
• Texter`s "didn`t need to know that"
• Take-charge sort
• Some California wines, for short
• Soccer fan`s cry
• Silver State city
• Selena Gomez show, e.g
• Rescue squad letters
• Place for bargains
• Off one`s rocker
• Not so congenial
• Near-miss, perhaps
• Marx Brothers specialty
• Makers of Barbie
• Lucy of "Elementary"
• Ltr. add-ons
• Lone Star state sch
• Logician`s "therefore"
• Won`t zip it
• Word on the Mountain West Conference roster
• Word from the Latin for ``reed pipe``
• White-coat owners
• Where Galileo ran the math department
• Wall St. profitability measure
• chi (martial art)
• Uncle Si`s favorite color, on ``Duck Dynasty``
• cava (major vessel)
• Una doceava parte de un año
• Word with pea or trench
• Whimper like a baby
• Tutti, on a choral score
• Uriah of fiction
• Unknown, for short
• Thimbleful fraction
• Type of engineering, for short
• Typical workday
• Talker in Numbers
• Trevi toss-in of old
• Throat ailment, briefly
• Tossed-in penny, perhaps
• Totally clueless
• Symbol of British nationalism
• Subcompact based on the Hyundai Accent
• Stable parent
• Tipster at the rail
• Take in or let out
• Sponsor of Trevi Fountain`s recent restoration
• Strip a disguise from
• Start a game of eight-ball
• Slobbery cartoon dog
• Sneak a look
• Singer who recorded "19," "21" and "25"
• Sopranos were first seen there
• Sen. Franken`s old show
• She wrote her first teen novel in high school
• Ride the bench
• Settle gradually
• Place to build
• Part of a flower`s calyx
• Restraint for 1-Across
• Saw, for instance
• Raring to go
• Give a pep talk to
• Leonine outburst
• Like hoppy ale
• Salad bar selection
• Paparazzo`s subject
• Off-road travelers, for short
• Rugby stand
• In a short time
• Mitt Romney`s home
• Load of baloney
• Merkel of old movies
• Hold title to
• Preparatory period
• Harder to outwit
• Portrayer of Lincoln, Earp and Nimitz
• Goes belly up
• Letters on the Ronald Reagan
• Legal challenge
• Phrase on some Caribbean coins
• Lead-in to "boy!" or "girl!"
• Nests of spies
• Objects of forgiveness in Matthew
• Party to many Pez contracts
• La ___ Tar Pits
• Driver`s license prerequisite
• Lang of Smallville
• Language spoken by Jesus
• France`s Cote d`__
• Firebug`s offense
• Fastener for drywall
• It`s two on many minigolf holes
• Part of ``Emma`` plot line
• Excited, with "up"
• Is rife (with)
• Event with proctors
• Inkwell`s spot, once
• Opposite of ``aggravate``
• In need of a meal
• Hoops great Archibald
• Embroidered ornament
• Official Partner of the Heisman Trophy
• Home to Russia
• Highlands miss
• Derive by reasoning
• Hand-me-down
• Cedar Rapids college
• Camden Yards player
• Caesarean rebuke
• Name on the ``Howards End`` poster
• Bit of frat jewelry
• Grew really fast
• Bay State fish
• Go nuts verbally
• Basketball strategy
• Generic pooch name
• Balmoral Castle river
• Gavel-accompanying word
• Action movie gun
• Fly like an eagle
• Added to the recipe
• Assault from Moe
• Conqueror of Athens
• Amazon.com, notably
• Does over, as with a VCR
• First course, maybe
• Egyptian serpents
• Altar affirmation
• Do a pizzeria job
• Do a fridge-maintenance task
• Accepted, as a job
• AARP part (Abbr.)
• Cherry center
• And the like (Abbr.)
• Biscuit served with a cuppa
• to bury Caesar
• Beatnik residences
• Girls (Kelly movie)
• "The Gold-Bug" author
• "Diana" star Watts
• "Alfie" star Michael
• All-inclusive
• Words from a Latin lover
• With 14-Across, George Eliot title character
• 24-hr. conveniences
• Way up the mountain
• Volcano known as Vulcan`s chimney
• "Evil Ways" band
• Tombstone lawman
• Told it like it is
• The U of `Law & Order: SVU`
• Team of consultants?
• Tanning salon item, for short
• Spill the beans
• Souped-up auto
• O`Hara portrayer
• Soup with sushi
• Slave girl of opera
• Playing in an NHL game
• One of the Gallo brothers
• Military mascot
• Leslie Caron musical
• Japanese beer brand
• Yawn producer
• Writers Buchanan and Ferber
• Words to a betrayer
• Woodwind used in baroque music
• Woods with woods
• Williams`s `Nightly News` replacement
• Its capital is Doha
• Williams of the Temptations
• Home to Columbus
• They`re from Mars
• Where you might find a needle?
• Gets even with
• Four-letter word
• Wall support
• Follower of Mao?
• They may be drawn
• Talking-___ (scoldings)
• Sylvester`s `Rocky` co-star
• Flower with a showy head
• Suffix with cash or hotel
• Fix a summons?
• Squeaker`s antithesis
• Film buff`s cable network
• Fair to middling
• Engine speed, for short
• Emerald City`s creator
• Sport with no weight limit
• Drink that`s fizzed out
• Special-purpose
• Drink that`s fizzed out
• Drag race sound effects
• So out, it`s back in
• Downing Street distance
• Skirt for the modest
• Degrees earned by school supts
• Close to closed
• Sch. yr. division
• Business agreements
• Magnate who sponsored ``The $64,000 Question``
• Minute portion
• Lecter`s literary debut
• Inhale, as ice cream
• How Bartolomeo says ``beautiful``
• Bit of horoscope wisdom?
• Home of King Faisal Hospital
• Group that the 24 Across is part of
• Glass holder in the kitchen
• Billionaire Pickens
• Bubbled over
• Center of Shi`a scholarship
• First thing to be called ``crimson``
• Billiards bounce
• Big furniture retailer
• George HW Bush`s first Texas home
• A place to go
• Raven or Cardinal
• Prize for P.D. James
• Frequent Cézanne subject
• 2005 `Survivor` setting
• `Love Story` author Segal
• Free of red tape
• Former free trade org
• Fine-grained silt
• Flip over
• It may be bruised
• Impatient letters
• Home of the Ghanaian parliament
• First American Estragon in ``Waiting for Godot``
• Groom`s responsibility
• Got down to earth
• Gillette Stadium squad
• Eurowings owner
• Doesn`t work
• Hiccup, for one
• Curious George creator
• Hawaii setting, often
• Crime fiction staples
• Hands, collectively
• Compromise of 1877 beneficiary
• Half of MXII
• Pays to play
• Pill bug, for one
• Boxer, or boxer alternative
• Float alternative
• Flavoring extracts
• Flammable solvent
• Panamanian currency
• Parts of parts
• ``Quit whining, fella``
• Bean cousin of the lentil
• Flamboyant architectural style
• Firefighter Red and romance writer Cherry
• Org. with an oft-quoted journal
• Finish for lemon or lime
• One of over two million in the Eiffel Tower
• Be efficacious
• Approval of disapproval
• Festival for which hamantaschen are baked
• Address properly
• Nantes notions
• Febreze target
• Dr. Zaius, e.g
• Ordeals for Hall of Famer Johnny?
• Done, to Dumas
• One who might shorten your sentence
• Continental abbr
• Country club employees
• DMV wait, seemingly
• Like clematis
• Denounces strongly
• Gravel designation
• Crow language family
• NYC`s Penn, e.g
• Not straight, in a way
• Note from the boss
• Correspondents covering Wimbledon?
• Arctic-to-Antarctica migrating bird
• Monsoon weather
• City NNE of San Antone
• Monsoon setting
• Menhaden`s cousin
• "Holy Sonnets" poet
• Meeting of the minds
• Santa Ana`s county
• Massey of the movies
• Composer Ethelbert
• Marked ski run
• Common face shape
• Collectors do it
• Magic 8 Ball, e.g
• Magazine contents
• Last-minute greeting, perhaps
• Grand theft auto, e.g
• Childish refrain?
• Labor secretary Solis
• Lake of Lombardy
• Checkup given by an angry doctor?
• Snow-White`s sister, in Grimm
• Calendar square
• Hillary aides
• Butcher shop array
• Kin of granola
• Bounced off a cell tower
• Nymph who ultimately became the stars of Ursa Majo...
• Key inspiration
• Botanical garden visitor
• Beantown skyscraper, with `the`
• Kathryn of `Law & Order: Criminal Intent`
• Argonaut who slew Castor
• Judge in 1995 news stories
• Aptly named shaving lotion
• Its first national tournament was held in 1932 in ...
• Alternative alternative
• abraham lincoln, e.g.?
• They can be silly
• A toaster may hold one
• Black on screen
• `You Go ___ Head`
• `I got ___ in Kalamazoo`
• `I really don`t think the moon is made of cheese,`...
• `Talk to the hand` gesture?
• Web page standard
• Tooth layer
• Many British prime ministers
• "American Sniper" director
• `Last call for alcohol`?
• Where Hollywood is: Abbr.
• Bakery output
• `Don`t be a party pooper!`
• `Chilly Scenes of Winter` writer Beattie
• de los Timbales: Tito Puente`s nickname
• Govt. obligations
• Orphan Black" star Maslany
• Wooed successfully
• All scores?
• Castle wall
• Soapmaker`s supply
• Time for fluff pieces
• DVD special feature, perhaps
• Bird named for its large-scale migrations
• Beverly Hills retreat
• "Tequila Sunrise" writer/director Robert
• Triple Crown stat
• Dutch word meaning "farmer"
• Hard to grasp
• Mirren of "The Hundred-Foot Journey"
• One good at figures?
• Desolate tract
• Sweat inducer
• "I think you`ll like it!"
• Zsa Zsa`s older sister
• "Aw, mom!" sound
• Zen teaching techniques
• Word with wash or wear
• "Hogan`s Heroes" setting, briefly
• Crossword legend Reagle
• "Murder in the First" airer
• Points for a piano tuner?
• Former seniors
• Heeds sound advice
• Like many a Beverly Hills partygoer
• Current information source
• Law school accrediting org
• Hall figures, for short
• Some R.S.V.P.s
• Word in many punny Bugs Bunny titles
• Sauce traditionally made in a mortar
• Contents of a do-it-yourselfer`s gun
• Detour markers
• Animal revered by ancient Peruvians
• French erudition
• "w"-like letters in foreign writing
• Some commencement dignitaries
• Houseware purchases that may have suction cups
• Where Arithmancy is an elective
• Kind of day
• 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
• Remnant in a 35-Across
• Wristwatches may make them
• The "you" in the Neil Diamond lyric "Reachin` out,...
• Person staying near home
• Bastille prisoner of 1784-89
• Port in Lower Saxony
• Navy vessel
• Takes out
• First of all
• Things voyagers bring home
• Pronunciation-related
• Figure on many ancient Greek coins
• Showy trinket
• Gondola settings
• Bridal shop service
• Completely, after "in"
• Metal staple
• "Sir, you are no gentleman" speaker
• Name on 2012 campaign posters
• "Being ___" (2015 documentary featuring many wipeo...
• Not focused
• Toaster, at times
• Crib note?
• Be all wet
• Miss from Metz: Abbr.
• Member of the grammar police, e.g.
• The Georgia Peach or the Sultan of Swat, e.g.
• Item on many a patio
• "Madam Secretary" star
• Strongly urge
• Meet component
• Service branch disbanded in 1978, briefly
• Grp. headquartered in Ramallah
• San Diego Zoo`s ___ Cam
• Flavoring for springerle biscuits and cookies
• 1950s gym event
• Cross with
• What you might have for bad eyesight
• Little sweater
• Trader Joe`s competitor
• Market IDs
• Certain siege defense
• Mattie Silver`s love, in fiction
• Like Michael Strahan of "Live! With Kelly and Mich...