Crossword Puzzle Answers - 04/04/2016 - 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.

• Writer nicknamed `Old Possum` by Ezra Pound
• Women`s links org
• Where Munch`s `The Scream` hangs
• Weather vane site
• Vinegar trap victim
• Turbulent, as seas
• TSA ___ (air travelers` program)
• Tribute in verse
• Symbol of peace
• Snowman in `Frozen`
• Serve with the ultimate sacrifice
• Loch famed for its monster
• Greet from afar
• Late baseball great Berra
• Response to a hilarious tweet, perhaps
• Remove with a rag
• Remain optimistic amid uncertainty
• Pub. house staffers
• Pro Bowl official
• Petro-Canada competitor
• Part of modern tennis history
• Palindromic kitchenware brand
• Pakistani`s language
• Martha who sang with the Vandellas
• Like some discount textbooks
• Kir ___ (champagne cocktail)
• Jewelry repair material
• Jane Austen title heroine
• Home to Huntsville (abbr.)
• Has the final word
• Asian New Year celebration
• Garden building
• Gainsborough portrait figure
• Fits of pique
• Ferocious outburst
• Fabergé treasure
• Ethnic hairdo, informally
• Daiquiri ingredient
• Environmentally friendly
• Dwellings for some shipwreck survivors
• Drops in temperature
• Double Stuf cookie brand
• DJ Snake/Lil Jon hit single
• Tartan-clad group
• Defensive footballer
• Volkswagen compact
• Winner of 74 consecutive "Jeopardy!" games
• Cries of disgust
• College course schedules
• U.S. Grant opponent
• Certain reed players
• Torah holder
• Beast with a beard
• To any degree
• Ancient Indo-European tribe
• Tirana`s land (Abbr.)
• 1986 Tom Cruise blockbuster
• 1981 James Bond film
• T. rex, for one
• Theme (`Doctor Zhivago` melody)
• Start the kitty
• darn tootin`!`
• Shifter`s selection
• `You`ve crossed the line, bucko!`
• Royal flush part
• Sauce made with basil
• `Xanadu` rock band
• `Coal Miner`s Daughter` subject
• Right on a map
• Rickenbacker, for one
• Region of a Risk board
• Place for a cappuccino
• Premeal recitation
• Prefix meaning "oil"
• Poked in the ribs
• Pipes smoked by MacArthur and Twain
• Paper quantities
• Pal of Pooh
• Opposite of paleo-
• One sans permanent address
• Lunchbox favorite, for short
• One of Santa`s team
• U.S. terr. that`s now two states
• Old U.S. gas brand
• Youngest-ever Oscar winner
• Where guacamole is often prepared
• Monthly expense for many
• Wedding dance
• Mollusk shell liner
• Make a dent in
• Wallet stuffers
• Lobsterman`s gear
• Major falling-out
• Vergara of "Modern Family"
• Up and about
• Ken of "thirtysomething"
• Unagi, in sushi bars
• High schooler picked #1 overall in the 2003 NBA dr...
• Have a yen
• Took a load off
• Have a feeling
• Harry Potter`s forte
• Title for a chief executive
• American Leaguer since 2013
• Titicaca`s setting
• Gather, as rewards
• Game before a final
• Three Stooges missiles
• Florida city, for short
• The hunted
• Tax prep pros
• Florida Keys, e.g
• Starts up after a crash
• Santa portrayer in "Elf"
• Sacred hymn
• Sacred beetle of Egypt
• Protective sheet
• Place for a chess set
• Pave the way for
• Ohio`s "Rubber City"
• New York Bay`s __ Island
• Monopoly, for one
• Magazine`s revenue source
• Madison Avenue award
• Locomotive part
• Like Nin`s writings
• Kirk`s rank (Abbr.)
• Job interviews for fashion models
• Jersey material
• Jellied appetizer
• Jay Gould`s railroad
• Inventor`s germ
• In the Red?
• HST`s successor
• Hardy lass
• Grander than grand
• Gofer`s job
• Getting up there?
• Genesis vessel
• Fragrant gift
• Fork-in-the-socket consequence
• Final Four org
• Els of golf
• Dining room furniture
• Diet drink phrase
• Corporal punishment unit
• Clear the chalkboard
• Big name in foil
• Big name in "elevator music"
• "Untouchables" boss
• Beantown hoopster, for short
• Barely make it
• Atlas enlargement
• Analogy words
• Fit of bad temper
• Actress Tea
• "Valley of the Dolls" author
• Fill to the gills
• Field of expertise
• "CSI" workplace
• Erodes, as profits
• "Apollo 13" org
• Double Stuf cookie
• Disney`s boy detective
• Dance with a chair
• Cloverleaf feature
• Tree of life setting
• Carroll`s adventuress
• Umpire`s ruling
• Bull pen sound
• Brit`s baby buggy
• Scientific supposition
• Backing-up sound
• Altima and Sentra
• "To Celia" poet
• "Spirit of `76" tootler
• "Rocket Man" singer
• Stay away from
• Yankees catcher in the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Was successful
• "Delta of Venus" author
• "Out of Sight" actress, to fans
• TV host with `12 Days of Giveaways`
• Weaving machine
• Theater section
• Vague situation
• TV watchdog org
• Tic-tac-toe loser
• Pond growth
• Picture of health?
• Part of N.B
• Mother Teresa`s city
• Lunar events
• The Beatles` first single
• Switch that opens and closes a circuit
• Half of 100
• Writing utensil
• Suppressed, as emotions
• Flavor enhancer, for short
• When planes are expected: Abbr
• Fix, as an election
• West Coast school: Abbr
• Some early flying machines
• Well secured
• Citi Field team
• Adam`s third son
• Citizen Kane`s estate
• Scheduled to arrive
• Spot of land in the ocean
• Spelling contests
• Service charges
• Central points
• Calendar quota
• Skinflint Scrooge
• Bovary`s title (Abbr.)
• Rural hotels
• Sewing kit item
• Bibb and romaine, e.g
• Races, as an engine
• Letters on a camcorder button
• Rush, for one
• Prescriptions, for short
• `The Mikado,` e.g
• Practice for a concert
• Walked boldly
• `So be it`
• Writer Deighton
• ` want for Christmas ...`
• River past Luxor
• Mixes with a spoon
• Pirate`s treasure holder
• Point opposite ENE
• Reprimand after finding a chewed shoe
• Race, as an engine
• Practice in a boxing gym
• Pie slice
• U.S.-owned island
• Opening for an ATM card
• Next-to-last tourney rounds
• Onetime phone company nickname
• Movers` trucks
• Stood the test of time
• Norway`s largest city
• Tour carrier
• Like tremendously
• Mexican coin
• Lion sound
• Sign, as a check
• Scarlett`s home
• Leaves without being seen
• Run, as color
• Italian coins
• Propeller parts
• Genie`s offering
• Piglet`s creator
• Massage target
• NYC subway line
• Marvel superhero with a hammer named Mjolnir
• Madonna`s `La ___ Bonita`
• Neon and helium
• Indian carving
• Like the modern economy
• Negating word
• Hotel`s deluxe booking
• Movie preview
• Grocery sacks
• Labor leader Chavez
• Mother of Castor and Pollux
• Gets a look at
• Iran`s largest city
• Frozen rain
• Medicated lozenge
• Has as a tenant
• Fortune-teller
• Hecklers hurl them
• Fly like an eagle
• Heads for the produce aisle?
• Lass`s friend
• Floor-washing implement
• Harness race horse
• Fits of anger
• Hardly the gregarious type
• Find the sum of
• Guard stationed at an entrance
• Historic times
• Droops, as flowers
• Drain-cleaning chemical
• Future oaks
• Cooing bird
• Goddess of the hunt
• Capital of Norway
• Girl in Dickens`s `The Old Curiosity Shop`
• Company creating commercials
• George of `The Goldbergs`
• Full of oneself
• French prison stormed in 1789
• Food in a shell
• Excitedly curious
• Field of films
• Did a shoe store job
• Dean Martin`s `That`s ___`
• Classroom furniture
• Facial lens cover
• Container for oil or vinegar
• Clubs used at diamonds
• Change for a $5 bill
• Checked out
• Body shop challenges
• Cancer researcher`s goal
• chi (martial art)
• Camel feature
• Brothers (early filmmakers)
• Bop on the head
• Bullfight shouts
• Blueprint figure
• Bend in a road
• Began, as a project
• Bit of misinformation
• Bail out, as a fighter pilot might do
• Beach-ball filler
• All around the countryside
• Aniston, in the tabloids
• 43,560 square feet
• 2000 animated film set on the Tweedy farm
• `Hey, hands off!`
• Affirmative votes
• ``Confidentially . . .``
• ``That`s all there __ it!``
• ``Mamma Mia!`` singing group
• ``Casablanca`` or ``Star Wars``
• School-of-thought suffix
• Houston player, informally
• Desk light
• Mature, as fruit
• Dance in triple meter
• Sincere entreaties
• What an editor`s caret indicates
• Big name in little trains
• Without prejudice
• Small fruit pie
• " ... hallowed be __ name"
• Suit filer: Abbr
• Train wheel guide
• Many emailed image files
• Hebrides isle
• Flies like a seagull
• Sufficient, in poetry
• Cattle poker
• Low poker hand
• Melville`s obsessive whaler
• Rover`s collar attachment
• Wrapping, as an ankle
• Dutch bulb
• Britannica, e.g.: Abbr.
• Upstream swimmer
• "Respect" singer Franklin
• Consumer protection gp
• Decorative foundation plant
• "Our Gang" girl
• Quite competent
• Buddhist sect
• Santa visitor`s seat
• Fable`s lesson
• Rear, to an admiral
• Mao __-tung
• Unlike poetry
• Blended ice cream drinks
• When one might have a mint ... or where the first ...
• Canon SLR camera
• Nielsen of "The Naked Gun" films
• Congressional majority, e.g.
• Feline king
• Short, but probably not sweet
• Warm lining
• Yea`s opposite
• Is the right size
• Texter`s "Wish you hadn`t said that!"
• Working the room, as at a banquet
• Went to the bottom
• Little kid
• Words before uproar
• Practical, as a solution
• Bathtub insert
• Hotel lobby supervisor
• Make a boo-boo
• Like some short-term committees
• Electric razor brand
• Morse code bit
• Jeweled headwear
• Brush with liquid while roasting
• Website pop-ups, e.g.