Crossword Puzzle Answers - 21/04/2016 - 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.

• Yours truly
• Western resort lake
• Tip of South America
• Sciences' partner
• Reacts in horror
• Pacific Ocean discoverer
• Ornate wall hanging
• Dame University
• Writer Chekhov
• Wine assessment quality
• Oracle setting
• Vice president who resigned in 1973
• Isaac's eldest
• Like some winter roads
• Treaty concern, often
• Venetian arch shape
• Hotel furniture
• Supermarket lines?
• Gridlock sound
• Stephen of 'Danny Boy'
• Splenda rival
• Flag-shaped blazer accessories
• Conks on the head
• So it would ___ (apparently)
• Bookstore buy
• Big fair, for short
• Biden, Cheney, etc
• Sing like Ella
• Be slack-jawed
• And so on (Abbr.)
• Shine, in adspeak
• 'So be it'
• Sharp to the taste
• When pigs fly
• Use, as force
• Put a sharper edge on
• Take the wind out of
• Room treatments
• Summer in Paris
• Steer clear of
• Pre-coll. catchall
• Paper workers
• Punch target, sometimes
• Near-eternity
• Plumb crazy
• Esthete's concern
• Fallon's predecessor
• Encrusted, as mud
• Conceited one's concern
• Coarse-spun cotton
• Pepper variety
• Clearly set out
• Pectoral's place
• Part of TAE
• Nosy person
• 'Man on the Moon' band
• 'Coming up next' ad
• More than bad
• Loupe, basically
• Kofi Annan's middle name
• Lorre's 'Casablanca' role
• Litter of pigs
• Keenly attentive
• It may contain spuds
• Integers, e.g. (abbr.)
• Initiation ceremony, e.g
• one's time (be patient)
• In the direction of shelter
• Swampy area
• Yokel's possessive pronoun
• Houston baseballer, casually
• V-formation fliers
• Golf broadcaster Baker-Finch
• Two-time defeater of Adlai
• Gig segment
• Those just like you
• Gets frothy
• Tabloids twosome
• They can be bruised
• Springsteen's "Born in the ___"
• Smudge at a crime scene
• Resigner of '73
• Regarding, on memos
• Pushing forward
• __ Locks (Huron-Superior link)
• Proofer's command
• Yank out of the ground
• Fond du ___, Wisconsin
• Potentially messy picnic game
• Words that can precede the last words of 19-, 39- ...
• Genesis twin
• Post-Christmas event
• Wine and dine
• Gardner of mysteries
• Way out there
• Doctor's orders, briefly
• Views of the future
• Wall St. debut
• Electrician's rule
• Gardening knack
• Trip to the summit
• TLC specialists
• Tousle, as hair
• For the Mass masses
• They may be inflated
• The John B of song, e.g
• Spinnaker or spanker
• Suffer a huge financial loss
• Filmdom's Roach
• Dick Smothers's brother
• Doesn't factor in
• Dress designer Saab
• Some Japanese watches
• Sing like Cab Calloway
• Dream spoiler
• Police team acronym
• Repair bill component
• Personal ad abbr
• Panera Bread offering
• Remove, as fat
• Op. ___ (footnote abbr.)
• Really goes for
• One of "the Few, the Proud"
• Quick to catch on
• Of days gone by
• Observe Yom Kippur, say
• Dipper part
• Product demonstrators' pitches
• Mork's home planet
• President's protectors
• Met performance
• March 17 musician
• DDE's '40s command
• Playground rejoinder
• Manilow's nightclub of song
• Many a sculpture
• Cygnus supergiant
• Place for a tassel, maybe
• County in eastern Ireland
• Parrot's word, in comics
• Coop denizen
• Open, as an envelope
• Like the Mojave
• Old French coins
• Big beer lover on 'Cheers'
• Liked a lot
• Contemptible, cowardly persons
• Numbered work
• Comparatively close
• Nile slitherer
• Barbary Coast resident
• Celebrity canine
• Loose oomph
• Light cigarette ad claim
• Kudrow of "Friends"
• Loaded with butter, say
• Colloquial term for traffic controls featuring the...
• Knuckle-draggers
• King whose tomb was discovered in 1922
• Cloister member
• Judge, as a coin dealer
• Joe Namath was one
• It may be applied to a tennis ball
• Jack, master of the double-take
• Inner city housing
• Interior designer's container
• Buster's pet
• In-office time
• Intercontinental gp. since 1948
• In one's birthday suit
• Hardly long-winded
• Big leap forward
• Hang in there
• Big blasts from the past, for short
• Hairy twin in Genesis
• Green of "Austin Powers" movies
• Free TV ads, for short
• Hopping mad
• Former NBA star __ Ming
• Flies, roaches and such
• Hens and pens
• English cathedral site
• Henry VIII's six
• Flock 20-Across
• Daly of "Cagney & Lacey"
• Dictaphone users, perhaps
• Ampersand's meaning
• Enjoyed the kiddie pool
• Grandson of Adam
• Accusatory Verdi aria
• Crude home
• Cream-filled pastries
• 1993 Peace Prize winner
• Court plea, for short
• 'Whole chicken in a can' brand
• Concluded, with "up"
• Domain of Ares
• Cleveland hoopster, briefly
• Do one better than
• Bout stopper, briefly
• Decreasing gradually
• 'Drat!' is a mild one
• Book after Job
• Daytime showing
• Carbon-14 technicians
• Before surgery, informally
• Blue Jays, on scoreboards
• wren (Arizona state bird)
• Beer ___ (bar game)
• 10K or marathon
• Actress Irene or Meg
• You might have it ''alla vodka''
• Arctic explorer John
• "Tristram Shandy" author Laurence
• Wrongful act
• "Night" author Wiesel
• "For pity's __!"
• "House of Incest" author
• "I cannot tell ___!"
• Talk the talk
• "M*A*S*H" quarters
• Teapot cover
• Some Bugs Bunny cartoons
• Trooper's guideline
• Sweet starter
• Slacker of fable
• Supporter of fake fur
• Sam Gamgee in ''The Lord of the Rings''
• "Dear" addressees
• Water filter brand
• Sitting Bull and peers
• Set up tents
• Pub quaffs
• Half a score
• Southwestern sight
• Runs for it
• Suffix with glob
• Rope material
• Expression for Ozymandias
• Really bad, so to speak
• Bothersome bugs
• Radiant rings
• Key of the first two Brandenburg Concertos: Abbr.
• Pulls down
• "Intervention" channel
• Pink Panther collectibles
• As above, in a footnote
• Pick out
• Lamp output, if you're lucky
• Mormon initials
• Verne captain
• Metal that's ''precioso''
• Man-mouse connector
• Fall noisemakers
• Karenina creator
• Joules and meters
• Strikes may cross it
• Mixgetränk cube
• Japan's highest peak
• Road to the Forum
• JAMA readers
• It sounds like ''air''
• In a playful spirit
• Home of the UN
• Secures, as a victory
• Hip-hop entourage
• Tasty mélange and a literal hint to the starts of ...
• Hand holders
• Le cinquième mois
• Hamstring's spot
• "Big Brother" creator
• Completely incorrect
• Good to go
• German-based grocer
• Gap competitor
• Game intro
• Former Madrid money
• Double-crosser
• Crater creator
• Confident comment
• Concert souvenir
• Commentary section
• Comic vignette
• Colleague of Ruth and Sonia
• Certain fleet member
• Carpet fuzz
• Bus. designation
• Burritos and beans, e.g
• Bilbo Baggins in ''The Lord of the Rings''
• Bat wood
• Barrie bad guy
• Asphalt ingredient
• Annual Alaskan race
• Latin 101 word
• UCLA Bruins coach Jim
• Absolutely nothing
• A conspicuous position, with "the"
• College athlete
• A lack of influence
• Singer Lovett
• ''We Were Soldiers'' setting
• ''Summertime,'' for one
• ''Ristorante'' offering
• ''London Fields'' novelist
• White shade
• What a QB doesn't want
• Way to walk Rover
• Unbearable suspense, say
• Tureen accessory
• Zoo sight
• Those in-flight Stoli bottles?
• Neckwear denoting affiliation
• Swabbed specimen
• Western defense gp.
• Support gp. since 1941
• Kept in reserve
• Name of more than 5,000 U.S. streets
• Subject of the 2016 film 'Race'
• Special delivery?
• Sites of some vaults
• Shoots a four on, perhaps
• Say 'nay,' say
• Member of an empire conquered in the 16th century
• Sen. McCain's alma mater
• Sign of forgetfulness
• Samples label
• Davis of "A League of Their Own"
• Eponymous trailblazer Chisholm
• Rivals of the BMW Z4
• Old French coin
• Pushes to the limit
• Athlete nicknamed "O Rei do Futebol"
• Pro fighter
• Family with several notable composers
• Present-day music
• Thrice, in Rx's
• Portrait painter who became an inventor
• Pentathletes' needs
• Pale wood
• Chemical ending
• Not hang onto
• David's role on "Frasier"
• Niagara sight
• One in Paris
• Musical whose roles include FDR
• Movie climax, often
• More than a skirmish
• Minuteman's place
• Litter unit
• Fast pace
• Guesstimate qualifier
• Knight's backers
• John King Jr.'s cabinet dept
• Sherlock Holmes enemy Colonel Sebastian
• Look over
• How poets drive onto interstates?
• Degs. for writers
• Later years
• Made the last move, in a way
• Hill of NBC News
• Rose support
• Set boundaries
• Exercise result, all too often
• High-quality paving goo?
• Don't bother
• Hiccup cure, perhaps
• Tour de France, e.g.
• LAX datum
• Website for do-it-yourselfers
• Greek salad topper
• Nikon competitor
• Government office
• Future music
• Sportscast staple
• Make fun of
• Film that won Best Costume Design at the 1981 Osca...
• Fanatic following
• Does a summer job?
• Didn't draw
• End of a celebration
• Test release
• "Sorry, we're full" sign
• Layered rock
• Cornea concealer
• Unit in a bowl
• Roger Clemens, for one
• Cause to be cherished
• Bartender's bowlful
• Capital at the foot of Vitosha Mountain
• San Antonio landmark
• Scrooge word
• Biggest city on the Big Island
• Battler of Hector at Troy
• Non-shaving razor name?
• Skins to remove
• One-masted vessels
• Bake sale items showing signs of damage?
• Attention getter
• Apt alternative title for this puzzle
• After-dinner request
• 'Meet me ___ the first cock crow': Oberon
• "Grey's Anatomy" airer
• 'Heat of the Moment' band
• Brilliantly blue
• Wrapped (up)
• Escort after a party
• Garden worker?
• Tuesday :: Odin : Wednesday
• Geneviève, for one: Abbr.
• Word after hand or zoom
• Networks: Abbr.
• Nearing the bell, maybe
• Muscle-bone binder
• Nervous and apprehensive
• Student housing in Fairbanks?
• Gives it another go
• Taken for a fool
• David or Charles Koch
• Hold the floor
• Symbol of thinness
• Big name in jewelry
• Redheads or book lovers, maybe
• Lengthening shadow?
• Kind of treatment
• Graffiti mark
• Drunk's woe
• Gazillion years
• Booted, say
• Marco Rubio, to Jeb Bush, once
• TV personality with the best seller "What I Know f...
• Harvey ___ College
• Greene, character on "The Walking Dead"
• Take home ... in more ways than one?
• "Hear, hear!"
• Failure to sneeze?
• Pickens who's a 33-Down
• Occur subsequently
• Pharmacy stock, informally
• Tempeh base
• Doesn't let lapse
• Alternative to Wi-Fi
• Title figures in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera
• Not sold on TV or online
• Fishing boat at summer camp?
• "I thought you had my back!"
• Carlos y Juan Carlos
• Vitamin World competitor
• Frosting ingredient, often
• Relative of -ess
• Counterfeit Dodge?
• Rocky subject?
• Nevada county with part of Death Valley National M...
• One you might hang with
• Gold of "Entourage"
• Friend of Buzz in "Toy Story"
• "Come on, Doris"?
• Nerd (out)
• Venison source
• Savory and sage
• Textbook market shorthand
• Vehicle in "Frozen"
• Romantic night in Kentucky?
• Is overwhelmed
• One rubbing you the right way?
• Harvest, perhaps
• Mark up
• Handled the last details of, with "up"
• "More or less"
• Collateral, of a sort