| 3
| MAE |
___ Jemison, First Black Woman In Space |
| 8
| MORRISON |
First Black Woman To Win The Nobel Prize In Literature |
| 3
| OSS |
Where Wonder Woman First Worked Abbr. |
| 4
| ELON |
First Name Of Time's 2021 Person Of The Year |
| 5
| VOLES |
Animals That Become Different Animals When Their First Letter Is Changed To An "m" |
| 5
| KATIE |
Woman's Nickname That Sounds Like Its First And Third Letters |
| 6
| RANKIN |
Jeannette ___, First Woman Elected To Congress |
| 6
| COURIC |
Journalist Who Was The First Woman To Guest-host "jeopardy!" |
| 3
| TIC |
The First "o" Of O-o-o |
| 3
| OUT |
The First "o" Of O.o.o. |
| 5
| WIDOW |
Black ___ |
| 5
| MADAM |
___ President |
| 3
| WAR |
Mindless Two-player Card Game |
| 3
| IRA |
Glass Who Shared The First-ever Pulitzer In Audio Journalism |
| 3
| EMI |
Onetime Member Of The Record Industry's Big Four |
| 3
| IRT |
N.y.c.'s First Subway Line |
| 3
| QTS |
Four Of These Make A Gal. |
| 3
| OPS |
Follower Of Black Or Special |
| 3
| TOT |
2-year-old, E.g. |
| 3
| FEB |
It Changes Length Every Four Years Abbr. |
| 3
| MAV |
Dallas Player, Informally |
| 3
| FDR |
First Sitting Prez To Fly In An Airplane |
| 3
| RAE |
Woman's Name That's Part Of The Body Backward |
| 3
| GAL |
"wonder Woman" Star Gadot |
| 3
| STY |
Metaphor For Many A College Dorm Room |
| 3
| EDU |
End Of A College Valedictorian's Address? |
| 3
| SHE |
Harry Styles Tune About A Woman Who "lives In Daydreams" |
| 3
| BTS |
First K-pop Group To Perform At The Grammys |
| 3
| MOE |
"calvin And Hobbes" Character Described As "a Six-year-old Who Shaves" |
| 3
| ANO |
Year In Brazil |
| 3
| HBO |
"a Black Lady Sketch Show" Channel |
| 3
| ANO |
Year, In Brazil |
| 3
| GPA |
College App Stat |
| 4
| LEAH |
Jacob's First Wife |
| 4
| RENO |
Janet ___, First Female Attorney General |
| 4
| ELON |
First Name Among Billionaires |
| 4
| RAVE |
Four-star Review |
| 4
| ONCE |
First Word Of Poe's "the Raven" |
| 4
| OTOE |
First Native American Tribe To Meet With Lewis And Clark |
| 4
| ONYX |
Jet-black Gem |
| 4
| TIKI |
First Man, In Maori Mythology |
| 4
| LEDE |
First Line In A News Story |
| 4
| EMIL |
Jannings Who Won The First Best Actor Oscar |
| 4
| ELSA |
One Of Two Disney Characters Singing "for The First Time In Forever" |
| 4
| ERIE |
Lake Bordering Four States |
| 4
| OPEN |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 4
| PLEA |
Word That, Fittingly, Contains All Four Different Letters Of Appeal |
| 4
| GROW |
What Babies Do Faster Than College Students |
| 4
| COED |
Unlike Eton College |
| 4
| IKEA |
Store With A Three-syllable Name In Four Letters |
| 4
| DOGS |
Some Four-footed Friends |
| 4
| LABS |
Some College Classes |
| 4
| ONYX |
Shade Of Black |
| 4
| EDEN |
Setting Of The First Panel In Hieronymus Bosch's "the Last Judgment" |
| 4
| PREP |
School For The College-bound |
| 4
| ESPY |
Outstanding Team Award Or Best College Athlete Award |
| 4
| ARTY |
Like Many College Film Projects |
| 4
| REED |
Oregon College Whose Mascot Is A Griffin |
| 4
| ASAP |
Order With Four Periods |
| 4
| NCAA |
Final Four Org. |
| 4
| ENID |
Oklahoma City Named For A Camelot Woman |
| 4
| HUEY |
Newton Of The Black Panther Party |
| 4
| KOBE |
N.b.a. Legend Nicknamed "black Mamba" |
| 4
| IPOD |
Media Player Debut Of 2001 |
| 4
| EDGE |
Lucky Hit For A Ping-pong Player |
| 4
| LYNN |
Loretta Who Sang "you Ain't Woman Enough (to Take My Man)" |
| 4
| APPS |
First Courses, Informally |
| 4
| EDEN |
First World? |
| 4
| FINN |
Fictional Narrator Whose First Name Is A Fruit |
| 4
| YANG |
Andrew Who Ran For President And Mayor Of New York City |
| 4
| LEVI |
___ P. Morton, Benjamin Harrison's Vice President |
| 4
| ESPN |
"college Gameday" Broadcaster |
| 4
| HARM |
"first, Do No ___" (physician's Maxim) |
| 4
| YMCA |
Facility Often Referred To By Its First Letter |
| 4
| CHAI |
Blend Of Black Tea, Honey, Spices And Milk |
| 4
| IONA |
College In New Rochelle, N.y. |
| 4
| HUGH |
Aptly Named Six-time All-star First Baseman |
| 5
| SOCKS |
Good Name For A Black Cat With White Feet |
| 5
| ONEIL |
Kitty ___, Stunt Performer Once Known As The "fastest Woman In The World" |
| 5
| SABRE |
Buffalo Hockey Player |
| 5
| PEKOE |
Black Tea Variety |
| 5
| FOSSE |
Only Person To Win An Oscar, Emmy And Tony In The Same Year (1973) |
| 5
| TEMPE |
Arizona College Town |
| 5
| START |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 5
| ABBAS |
Palestinian President Starting In 2005 |
| 5
| BEGIN |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 5
| ANNAL |
Record Of The Year |
| 5
| NEMEA |
Site Of Hercules' First Labor |
| 5
| ENOLA |
"the ___ Holmes Mysteries," Young Adult Series About A 14-year-old Detective |
| 5
| SPLAT |
Sound Of A Cake Hitting The Floor, Frosting First |
| 5
| RAISE |
Subject Of An End-of-year Office Memo, Maybe |
| 5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
| 5
| ELLIS |
"black-ish" Co-star Tracee ___ Ross |
| 5
| ANNUS |
Year, In Ancient Rome |
| 5
| ESSAY |
College Application Part |
| 5
| SEALE |
Bobby Of The Black Panthers |
| 5
| ANNEE |
Year, In France |
| 5
| GIJOE |
First Toy To Be Called An "action Figure" |
| 5
| CATHY |
Comic Strip With The 1998 Collection "i Am Woman, Hear Me Snore" |
| 5
| ELISE |
Educator/writer ___ Johnson Mcdougald, First African American Female Principal In New York City Public Schools |
| 5
| ALBUS |
First Name In Harry Potter |
| 5
| COSMO |
First Name Of Kramer On "seinfeld" |
| 5
| SIGEP |
First National Fraternity To Officially Welcome Transgender Members (2014), Informally |
| 5
| RACES |
Four Of The 10 Decathlon Events |
| 5
| ATEAM |
First-stringers |
| 6
| BROWED |
Black-___ Albatross |
| 6
| DEEPEN |
Become More Complicated, Say |
| 6
| EASEUP |
Become Less Harsh |
| 6
| GENDER |
One Of Three For German Nouns, Or One Of Four For Those In Africa's Zande Language |
| 6
| SHEILA |
Australian Young Woman |
| 6
| REEBOK |
Creator Of The First Pumped-up Athletic Shoe |
| 6
| WINNER |
First Person? |
| 6
| ATHENS |
Destination Of The First Marathon (490 B.c.) |
| 6
| CORNEA |
Part Of The Body First Successfully Transplanted In 1905 |
| 6
| LAUNCH |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 6
| TWEENS |
12-year-olds, E.g. |
| 6
| TWEETY |
"headliner" Of The First Warner Bros. Short To Win An Oscar |
| 6
| WHOOPI |
First Name In Daytime Talk |
| 6
| STEREO |
"fantasia" Was The First Commercial Film Shown In It |
| 6
| OSCARS |
Event First Televised In 1953, With "the" |
| 6
| AVATAR |
Many A Video Game Player Has One |
| 6
| ALIENS |
Ones Potentially Contacted In "first Contact" |
| 6
| TOPEKA |
Capital That Ends With Its State's First Two Letters |
| 6
| HORNET |
Charlotte N.b.a. Player |
| 6
| BREECH |
Bottom-first Birth Position |
| 6
| YESTER |
Lead-in To Day Or Year |
| 6
| SAHARA |
Habitat For The Addax Antelope, Which Can Go A Year Without Drinking |
| 6
| INSECT |
Last Word Of The First Sentence Of Kafka's "the Metamorphosis" |
| 6
| ALSTON |
Charles ___, Artist Whose Bust Of M.l.k. Jr. Was The First Image Of An African American Displayed At The White House |
| 6
| NOWRUZ |
Iranian New Year, Celebrated On March 21, 2022 |
| 6
| SOLLAL |
Korean New Year, Celebrated On Feb. 1, 2022 |
| 6
| ALUMNI |
College Reunion Attendees |
| 7
| HERBERT |
President Between Calvin And Franklin |
| 7
| ELECTOR |
Certain College Member |
| 7
| PERLMAN |
Rhea With Four Emmys |
| 7
| ELECTOR |
College Voter, Perhaps |
| 7
| WEDIDIT |
First Three Words Famously Said By Kamala Harris To Joe Biden Upon Winning The 2020 Election |
| 7
| DECATUR |
Illinois City That Was The First Home Of The Chicago Bears |
| 7
| DRESDEN |
Where Wagner's "tannhäuser" Was First Performed |
| 7
| ALEVELS |
Exams For British 18-year-olds |
| 7
| NEVADAN |
In-state Attendee Of Great Basin College, E.g. |
| 7
| SCIENCE |
Academic Journal With A "breakthrough Of The Year" Award |
| 7
| BOOBAMA |
Four-footed Resident Of The White House From 2009-17 |
| 7
| FISCHER |
Only Player To Win The U.s. Chess Championship With No Losses Or Draws |
| 7
| TENDAYS |
Length Of A President's Veto Window |
| 7
| GRENDEL |
Beowulf's First Combatant |
| 8
| LEGRESTS |
Certain Amenities For First-class Passengers |
| 8
| PARASITE |
First Foreign-language Film To Win Best Picture |
| 8
| IMPERIAL |
Like Rome Starting In The First Century B.c. |
| 8
| TURNKEYS |
Jailers ... Or A Hint To "unlocking" Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 8
| INITIATE |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 8
| WEARTHIN |
Become Harder To Bear |
| 8
| QUADBIKE |
Atv With Four Tires |
| 8
| SONGKRAN |
Thai New Year, Celebrated On April 13, 2022 |
| 9
| GIVENNAME |
It's First Among Americans |
| 9
| QUEBECOIS |
One Represented By A Blue-and-white Flag With Four Fleurs-de-lis |
| 9
| TETRAPODS |
Four-limbed Animals |
| 9
| PIANODUET |
Piece Played With Four Hands |
| 10
| BROWSERWAR |
Navigator Was In The First One |
| 10
| OBAMABIDEN |
First Winning Presidential Ticket To Alternate Vowels And Consonants |
| 10
| DONKEYKONG |
1981 Video Game That Featured The First Appearance Of Mario |
| 10
| JOHNDRYDEN |
England's First Poet Laureate (1668) |
| 10
| ANNODOMINI |
Latin Phrase Before A Year |
| 11
| ELEPHANTMAN |
1980 Black-and-white Film That Was Nominated For Best Picture, With "the" |
| 11
| POWERPOSING |
Standing Like Wonder Woman, Say |
| 11
| HADNOPRAYER |
"it's Tough Finding The Right Person. My First Boyfriend Was A Perfectly Nice Atheist, But He ..." |
| 11
| RAISETHEBAR |
Heighten Expectations, Say ... Or A Hint To Entering Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 12
| JUSTADDWATER |
Simple Recipe Instruction ... Or A Hint To The Answers To The Four Starred Clues |
| 12
| ROSHHASHANAH |
Jewish New Year, Celebrated On Sept. 25, 2022 |
| 13
| EGGSHELLPAINT |
Easter Item That The Woman Is Going To Decorate |
| 13
| GERTRUDEELION |
1988 American Nobelist In Physiology Or Medicine Who Helped Develop The First Drug Used To Fight Rejection In Organ Transplants |
| 13
| STUDENTIDCARD |
Kid At A College Bar Who Seems, To Me As A Bouncer, Too Young To Allow In |
| 13
| FALLINTOPLACE |
Become Clear ... Or Make Like The Object Represented By The Circled Letters |
| 14
| SPRINGFESTIVAL |
Chinese New Year, Celebrated On Feb. 1, 2022 |
| 14
| MARGARETFARRAR |
First Puzzle Editor Of The New York Times |
| 15
| FROMSTEMTOSTERN |
Thoroughly ... Or A Hint For Parsing Some Lowercase Letters In Four Of This Puzzle's Clues |
| 15
| CONGRATULATIONS |
First Part Of A Message Suggested By This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
