Crossword Puzzle Answers - 05/04/2016 - The NY Times, LA Times, Usa Today, Newsday, Universal and more

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• Part of a step
• Yale alumni
• Rustic-looking bag made with jute
• Website with restaurant reviews
• Troublemaking chipmunk
• Trees common in Hawaii
• Thinly distributed
• Texas flag symbol
• Still in the package
• Ship`s shorebound regiment
• Retro sign word
• Regard as the same
• Potatoes` partner
• Quaint preposition
• Provide with gear
• mo replay
• Valley (Reagan Library locale)
• Place for a pedi
• Worker with big cats
• Wd. in Roget`s
• Pertaining to bees
• Wire planter, perhaps
• Performing groups
• West Point letters
• Online shopping mecca
• Vacation spot
• Texter`s "as I see it"
• One of two on the Botswana coat of arms
• Top 40 song list
• Oil industry prefix
• Timbuktu`s land
• Meditative discipline
• Longest river in France
• Subway wall surface, perhaps
• Sports bar setups
• Longest continental mountain range
• Slowly, in music
• Zaragoza`s river
• Press release?
• Jordan Spieth`s gp
• Yard size, maybe
• It`s used to store information
• Ouija board word
• Windows forerunner
• iPhone downloads
• Win in a walk
• His NOLA restaurant is in the French Quarter
• Sources of nacre
• Suffix with "fact"
• Good bud who may be regarded with some suspicion
• Skiers` paradise
• Gourmet`s gastropod
• Weigh station user
• Well-bred
• Usurer`s offering
• Scatterbrained (var.)
• Gallic gal pal
• Former CBS forensic series
• Figure on a tag
• Rock`s Cream was one
• Rides for many soccer moms
• Pride or sloth
• One in a cast?
• Short-tempered
• Oregon`s capital
• Rush job initials
• Oscar-winning Henry Mancini song
• Really rankle
• Pueblo town
• Newspaper publishers, e.g
• Prickly plant
• Morning host Kelly
• Peron of Argentina
• Medical researcher`s quest
• Makes assumptions
• Oblong tomato
• Like a supervillain
• Lovers` entanglement
• Annoying spots?
• Nothing, slangily
• Cutter`s cousin
• Fasten securely
• Kudzu, for one
• Draped garment
• Miners` take
• Kett of old comics
• Cry for a picador
• Met highlight
• Hogwarts bird
• Champing at the bit
• Help on a heist
• Candy bar containing crisped rice
• He voiced Scar in "The Lion King"
• Hammond B-3, notably
• Broken mirror, to some
• Birth certificate datum
• Fundraiser suffix
• Grid stat (Abbr.)
• Bird with iridescent tail feathers
• As it happens
• Former CEO of NBC, and ex of Mary Tyler Moore
• Ending for law
• Meddlesome type
• Debussy`s "___ de Lune"
• Does superbly, as a stand-up
• Many a DeMille movie
• Deighton who wrote "The IPCRESS File"
• Like the Sahara
• Alarming way to go?
• Like a griot`s stories
• Cinnamon candies: Red ___
• 1945 conference site
• Bourbon Street`s locale, informally
• Give authority to
• `Gimme a break!`
• Just about everywhere
• Bit of hope
• Jesse Ventura was one
• Bikini blast, briefly
• Iowa home of the Cyclones
• Beginner`s drawing class
• In one`s salad days
• Basketball Hall of Famer Hayes
• Heavy cart
• Author of "The Vicar of Wakefield"
• Head monk`s jurisdiction
• Arrange by height, say
• GM make until 2004
• Alternative to Google or Yahoo
• Do a laundry chore
• Galahad`s address
• "This is the thanks ___?"
• French door part
• "That really ticks me off!"
• Enlarge, with "out"
• "Night" author Wiesel
• Dunkin` Donuts Munchkins, essentially
• "A Boy Named Sue" songwriter
• Dudley Moore title role
• Do lunch together, say
• Denali`s state
• Dismiss summarily
• Digital party notice
• Type of swimmer`s kick
• Underground cemetery
• Swab the deck
• Didn`t despair
• Tutor`s sessions
• Teens` hangouts in the `50s
• Crude sort
• Taffy variety
• Comes out with
• Cobbler`s piece
• Co-Nobelist with Begin
• Charlotte`s "Diff`rent Strokes" role
• Cathartic-yielding plant
• Bottomless pit
• Bassoon`s cousin
• Baseball feature
• Auto loan abbr
• Assist nefariously
• Area of London or Manhattan
• 1932 Spencer Tracy movie
• "What`d I Say" singer
• "Moonstruck" actress
• "Just do it" for Nike
• "Giant" star James
• "Das Boot" vessel
• "At which point ..."
• "Aida" or "Carmen"
• Wander widely
• Spanish gold
• Son-gun link
• Sicilian peak
• Shoulder-baring garment
• Sci-fi vehicles
• River in Tuscany
• Ravi`s instrument
• Pump up the volume
• Orderly groupings
• Navy commando
• Maryland city
• London neighborhood
• Liniment targets
• Latvia`s capital
• Cartesian conclusion
• I love (Lat.)
• Fourth-yr. students
• Chic no more
• Billy Joel hit
• Atkins diet no-no
• `Top Hat` studio
• Ex-Dodger manager Mattingly
• Winter gliders
• Midshipman`s sch.
• Was foreboding
• Wilson`s predecessor
• Cavity filler
• Half-moon tide
• Turns suddenly
• Ready and willing
• Jason`s vessel
• Torture devices
• The very thing
• Bit of slapstick
• Tapestry thread
• Secobarbital pills
• Pest control company
• Word after work or play
• Beame and Burrows
• Florentine painter
• Glorifying verse
• Submit a paperless return
• Party munchies
• Superlative suffix
• Propecia rival
• Hunter`s garb, for short
• Ocean motions
• Stare rudely at
• Bear or Berra
• Like a vault
• Trafalgar Square honoree
• Less speedy
• Tournament type
• "He`s a priest," not a beast, per Ogden Nash
• Tongue-in-cheek tribute
• Got together
• Textile plant sights
• "The Court Jester" star
• Thames school
• Subjects for nutritionists
• Find darling
• Song from 9-Across
• Some restaurant kitchen work
• Green-eyed monster
• Computer invader
• Sixth col. heading
• Singapore sling ingredient
• No longer working: Abbr.
• `Hedda Gabler` author
• River from Pittsburgh
• `The A-Team` co-star
• D.C. insider
• Put ___ appearance
• "Son of Frankenstein" role
• Preposition`s object, usually
• On cloud nine
• Official language of Pakistan
• Temporary housing for Fido
• Many opera singers
• Honeymoon spot, perhaps
• Don`t take me too seriously
• Like some investments
• Announcement from the foyer
• `Golden Boy` playwright
• Common still life subject
• Offering given with a merger bid
• `Cabaret` director
• Newspaper piece
• Self-help website
• Jim of "Wide World of Sports"
• Skin bronzing from a bottle
• Dancer de Mille
• out a living
• Become running mates?
• Musical that starts at the New York Municipal Orph...
• monster (large lizard)
• Call router: Abbr.
• in the neck (pest)
• Worry (about)
• Stored in the hold
• Go to pot ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to...
• Bread served with chicken tikka masala
• Word of warning
• Singer Baker
• Medicinal measure
• Take a whiff of
• Prefix meaning "all"
• Sword handle
• Tot`s hand warmer
• Makes a merger bid
• The thing over there
• The Sun, for one
• Karl Marx opus
• Takes a plunge
• Motown`s Marvin
• Last of 24 letters
• Knowledgeable about
• Knot-tying spot
• Fishing decoy
• Start of a play
• Knicks star Anthony, familiarly
• Joint sometimes twisted
• Stadium`s seating area
• Art form profiled in the documentary "Between the ...
• Sound of a sneeze
• Sign of the future
• Alpine warble
• Kingston of `Doctor Who`
• Sight or hearing
• Back when
• Read a bar code
• Gymnast Korbut
• Sewer system entry points
• Ship or boat
• Crease-resistant fabric
• School near Sunset Blvd
• Expressive rock genre
• Lines on a list
• Stat that`s better when it`s lower
• Wreck completely
• Public tribute
• Reason for an R rating
• Lock insert
• Prone to prying
• One of the Great Lakes
• Crooner Cole
• On-off switch
• Place to overnight
• "I __ thought of that"
• Metric weight
• Luau instruments
• Low-cost lodging
• Long-eared hopper
• Love, in Italy
• Stare unsubtly
• Dueling sword
• Keep an eye on
• "Flip or Flop" cable channel
• Commercials, for instance
• Grandma`s brother
• Game with a barrel-throwing gorilla
• Plant "pet"
• Gas in a diner sign
• Birdbath buildup
• Express gratitude to
• Like some chatter or threats
• Computer-screen symbol
• Kitty cries
• Celebrity working a fashion show
• Child older than 12
• Carbonated drinks
• Breakfast fruit
• Be defeated
• Filled with passion
• Barber`s floor sweepings
• Attend a party
• Fifth anniversary gift
• At that time
• Fashion`s Geoffrey
• Fabric originally called `Fiber A`
• Aladdin`s magic pal
• Ending for wed, dead or head
• Adjusting carefully
• Ending for share or spy
• ``Assuming I`m right . . .``
• Beatnik`s `Gotcha`
• Airport alternative to JFK
• Engagement-ending words
• Dough workers
• Dominates, informally
• Road hazard?
• Daenerys`s late husband on `Game of Thrones`
• Many miles away
• Cyclops, Storm, Beast et al
• Rule Gandhi opposed
• Cops, in street slang
• Bottleful at a salon
• Began, as a TV show
• Aurora`s Greek counterpart
• Augustus or Akihito: Abbr
• Athena`s emblem
• Acknowledged for a gift, say
• `Yes` after 49-Across, if all goes well
• `Walkabout` director Nicolas
• Like leftovers
• `High Sierra` director Walsh
• Write music
• D.M.V. issuance: Abbr.
• Like old newspaper clippings
• Photo blowup: Abbr.
• Two-time Grammy winner Bryson
• Mo. when the Supreme Court reconvenes
• Dines on
• Damaged the reputation of
• TV band above channel 13, in brief
• Knock the socks off
• Sound that can prevent sleeping at night
• Turndown to the suggestion "We should ..."
• Explorer Vespucci
• Cactus, for one
• Once, once
• It last erupted in 1984
• B.Y.O.B. part
• Doesn`t give one`s full effort
• It might have a bed icon on a highway sign
• Speckled steed
• James Bond, e.g.
• Broke off
• Home of the Burning Man festival: Abbr.
• Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer"
• Partied like it was 1999
• Cards #53 and #54 in a deck ... or a hint to the a...
• Anaheim nine, on scoreboards
• Kind of school
• Clumps of sugar on a stick
• Onetime center of Los Angeles
• LinkedIn profile, e.g.
• First female Nobelist, 1903
• Prognostication tool
• Baked or stoned
• Big name in bandages and hardware
• Savior, in popular parlance
• Radon regulators, in brief
• What a mute button affects
• Climate features of equatorial countries
• Pagoda placement consideration, often
• "You think I won`t try that?!
• Crew chief
• First James Bond film
• Olympian`s achievement
• Like the best kind of vacation