New York Times - Dec 7 2014

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
'And ___!' HOW
'La Dolce Vita' actress EKBERG
'Not to mention ...' ALSO
'Superfood' used in smoothies ACAIBERRY
'Take ___' (exec's request) AMEMO
'The Godfather' enforcer who 'sleeps with the fishes' BRASI
'The Little Mermaid' villainess, for one SEAHAG
*'I have some bad news ...' BRACEYOURSELF
*Arnold Schwarzenegger, once MROLYMPIA
*Comfort provider during difficult times PILLAROFSTRENGTH
*Crushing burden WEIGHTOFTHEWORLD
*Not shirk a difficult task SHOULDERTHELOAD
*One who's not leading SUPPORTINGACTOR
*Very durable HEAVYDUTY
*What a massage may relieve UPPERBACKPAIN
All-___ BRAN
An eternity EONS
Animal's mouth MAW
April foolers, e.g SCAMPS
Arches in Gothic architecture OGEES
Armageddon END
Bald spot coverer SOD
Barrett of Pink Floyd SYD
Bartiromo of Fox Business MARIA
Be a busy beaver? GNAW
Big pitcher ACE
Big Three conference site YALTA
Bread at a restaurant, typically FREEBIE
Break TAME
Breather? AIRTUBE
Broad valleys DALES
Bryn ___ MAWR
Bubs MACS
Ceiling CAP
Cereal box abbr NETWT
Charges FEES
Charmin competitor SCOTT
Chinese 'way' TAO
Christmas gift holder SLEIGH
City in which 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is set SALEM
Compos mentis SANE
Concert souvenir TEESHIRT
Conk out DIE
Content that's hard for a search engine to access DEEPWEB
Coordinated gene cluster OPERON
Corroded ATEAWAYAT
Create, as a canyon CARVE
Crosses a threshold ENTERS
Da's opposite NYET
Day to beware IDES
Deed of derring-do ESCAPADE
Devilfish MANTA
Director Almodóvar PEDRO
Dollop DAB
Engineers' competition set in a ring ROBOTSUMO
Eternally EVER
Excoriates SCATHES
F.D.R. purchased the first one of these bonds SERIESE
Fish on many a sashimi platter AHI
Flame out BOMB
Force/acceleration MASS
Forte LOUD
French sea MER
Gestating, after 'in' UTERO
Get a cut of SHAREIN
Get cracking on HOPTO
Goes like hotcakes SELLS
Goes viral, say SPREADS
Google statistic HITS
Greek high spot MTOSSA
Clues Answers
Group of jerks SPASM
Has way too much, briefly ODS
Have a loan from OWETO
Having special significance REDLETTER
ID provider DMV
Idiosyncrasy TIC
Imbues, as with flavor INFUSES
Is for two? ARE
It contains uracil RNA
It's been shortening since 1911 CRISCO
It's often left hanging ART
Java holder URN
Jocund GAY
Jubilance GLEE
Juilliard deg MFA
Kerfuffles ADOS
Like some bars and blankets WET
Like some college halls IVIED
Like some TVs, informally HIDEF
Mantra sounds OMS
Mariner's array MAPS
Matched up SYNCED
Melodious ARIOSE
MGM motto opener ARS
Middle line of many an address: Abbr POBOXNO
Mideast inits UAE
Mother of Eos and Helios THEA
Muttered commentary ASIDES
Mythological figure hinted at by the answers to the eight starred clues as well as this puzzle's design ATLAS
Nasty sort BRUTE
Native ___ WIT
Not pay attention at all NAP
Nurses SIPS
One with dreads RASTA
Ones with muses POETS
Operatic baritone Pasquale AMATO
Option in 'Hamlet' NOTTOBE
Org. with the Larry O'Brien Trophy NBA
Paid at the end, say RANATAB
Part of OTOH OTHER
Paws MITTS
Perturbed VEXED
Puff the Magic Dragon's land HONALEE
Rear RAISE
Relieved (of) RID
Result of a firing ASH
Scheduling placeholder TBA
Sci-fi shooter RAYGUN
Sculling implement OAR
She played Joanie on 'Joanie Loves Chachi' ERINMORAN
Sign of success? SRO
Small bra specification ACUP
Smurf in red PAPA
Something handled in a bar BEERSTEIN
Something to chew on CUD
Sounds edited out of some audio UHS
Standard of measurement METRIC
The 'm' of 'yes'm' MAAM
Track, often OVAL
Transplants GRAFTS
Two will get you turned around LEFTS
U.S. city that becomes another U.S. city if you move the last letter to the front MESA
Unrefined material ORE
Vim PEP
Warren who wrote 'The War of the Roses' ADLER
Was idle SAT
Written paeans ODES
Yankees teammate of Captain Clutch AROD
Zigs or zags VEERS
___ Picchu (Peruvian high spot) MACHU