New York Times August 31 2014 crossword clues & answers

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New York Times Aug 31 2014

Clue	Answer
'Careless Hands' crooner	MELTORME
'Chances ___ ...'	ARE
'Daniel in the Lions' Den' artist	RUBENS
'Happy Days' girl	JOANIE
'In what way?'/Like overcooked steak/Possess/European capital on a gulf	HOWTOUGHHAVERIGA
'Inglourious Basterds' org	OSS
'S.N.L.' producer Michaels	LORNE
'That's what she ___'	SAID
'___ man!'	BEA
96 for Big Ben, heightwise	METRES
Alecto, Megaera or Tisiphone	FURY
Anagram - and synonym - of 71-Across	AYES
Any of the 'South Park' characters	TOON
Bananas	NUTSO
Beach homes?	SEASHELLS
Brave group, informally?	NLEAST
Bring up to speed	CUEIN
British author who wrote 'The Old Devils'	AMIS
Build up	HYPE
Ca, Ce, Co or Cu	ELEM
California roll ingredient	CRAB
Campus attended by Elle in 'Legally Blonde'	UCLA
Cheeky	ARCH
Comedian Kevin	HART
Common bar food	WINGS
Complete reversal	UTURN
Cross	ROOD
Dating service datum	AGE
Discharges	EGESTS
Duke, e.g.: Abbr	SCH
Euros replaced them	LIRE
Eye shade	HAZEL
Figures on some Valentine's Day cards	CUPIDS
Film villain with prosthetic hands	DRNO
First name in mysteries	AGATHA
Forbes competitor	INC
Foreheads	BROWS
Former Oldsmobile model	CIERA
Fred Flintstone's boss	MRSLATE
French filmmaker who led the Cinéma Pur movement	RENECLAIR
Get up	ROUSE
Get whipped	LOSE
Greatly desired objects	GRAILS
Green light	ASSENT
Grind	GNASH
Growing art form?	BONSAI
Halle Berry was once runner-up for this	MISSUSA
Hanes competitor	BVD
Have the lead	STAR
Heavenly bodies?	TENS
Hog's Head, in the Harry Potter books	INN
Holes in shoes	EYELETS
Hooligan/Strange/Silo contents	THUGODDFODDER
Identify on Facebook	TAG
Inner: Prefix	ENTO
Islamic spirit	JINN
It was satirized in 'Dr. Strangelove'	COLDWAR
Jewish bread/Played, as a violin/Throw	CHALLAHBOWEDHEAVE
Kind of blond	ASH
Kind of blond	SANDY
Kind of garden	ZEN
Kind of mail	HATE
Kindle purchase, in brief	EMAG
Kiss's partner	TELL
Last word of an annual holiday song	SYNE
Less puzzling	EASIER
Like a milquetoast	WUSSY
Load bearer?	HAMPER
Long-legged shorebird	AVOCET
Made haste	RUSHED
Make more intense, as colors	VIVIFY
Marsh rodent	WATERRAT
Memo opener	INRE
Meringue ingredient	EGG
Minnesota's St. ___ College	OLAF
Mood	FEEL
Narcs enforce them	DRUGLAWS
Not post-	PRE
Number by a door?	CAROL
Número of Mexican states that border the U.S	SEIS
Obama follower?	CARE
Oklahoma tribe	OTOE
One half of a 10-Down	LEFT
One of the superheroes in 2012's 'The Avengers'	THOR
One quarter of a quartet	ALTO
Only non-U.S. M.L.B. team: Abbr	TOR
Org. in 'The Sopranos'	FBI
P.O.W.'s, e.g	INTERNEES
Pair of socks?	ONETWO
Parisian possessive	SES
Peace in the Middle East	SALAAM
Plebiscite, e.g	BALLOT
Ponder, with 'on'	BROOD
Prepare to put back in the fridge, say	REWRAP
President after Johnson	GRANT
Prohibited	TABOO
Rachel's firstborn, in the Bible	JOSEPH
Rap mogul, briefly	DRE
Reside/Savage/Puzzle (out)/Wash	DWELLFIERCESUSSLAVE
Ring material	CANVAS
Road block?	JAM
Road starting at the Porta Capena	APPIANWAY
Round of shots	SALVO
Rush-hour subway rider, facetiously	SARDINE
Sad news	ASHAME
Scarf down	INHALE
See 39-Across	YEAS
Seed	PIT
Shopping malls on Black Friday, e.g	MECCAS
Some cameras, for short	SLRS
Some shipping routes	STRAITS
Some wide receiver routes	SLANTS
Sound units	BELS
Spend time in idle reverie	MOON
Start of a children's rhyme	BAABAA
Strange	ALIEN
Strike concern	PAY
Strip club fixture	POLE
Subway systems	METROS
Surpass	BETTER
Symbol for ohms	OMEGA
Tan line producer, maybe	BRA
Three-time French Open champ	LENDL
Ties up	ENLACES
Tip of the tongue?	ESE
Toyota rival/Measure of power/Insult	HONDAWATTAFFRONT
Ultimate	EVENTUAL
Unite	WED
What you get when you say 23-, 31-, 47-, 64-, 79- or 97-Across out loud	BESTPICTUREWINNER
When Earth Day is celebrated: Abbr	APR
Where a golf fairway transitions into a green	APRON
Wildlife protector/Difficult/Hotel door feature	WARDENHAIRYPEEPHOLE
Work for Plutarch, informally	BIO
___ cloud (source of comets)	OORT
___ Islas Filipinas	LAS
___ nous	ENTRE

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