| 11
| RAISETHEBAR |
Heighten Expectations, Say ... Or A Hint To Entering Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 14
| REVENGEISADISH |
With 11-down, Proverb About Delayed Retribution, With A Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 8
| TURNKEYS |
Jailers ... Or A Hint To "unlocking" Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 9
| LOOSEENDS |
Unresolved Details ... And A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 10
| ROCKBOTTOM |
All-time Low ... Or A Musical Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
| 9
| PESSIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Down Clues |
| 10
| GUTFEELING |
Intuition Without Logical Explanation, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 10
| SWITCHJOBS |
Change Careers, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
| 11
| COUNTRYSTAR |
Grand Ole Opry Performer ... Or A Hint To 17-/18-across And 23- And 36-down |
| 12
| LAWOFGRAVITY |
Scientific Contribution From 98-down, Discovered In A Manner Suggested By This Puzzle's Theme |
| 12
| JUSTADDWATER |
Simple Recipe Instruction ... Or A Hint To The Answers To The Four Starred Clues |
| 15
| ADROPINTHEOCEAN |
Insignificant Amount ... Or Hint To This Puzzle's Shaded Squares |
| 15
| THESOUNDOFMUSIC |
Rodgers And Hammerstein's "do-re-mi" Show, With A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
| 15
| FROMSTEMTOSTERN |
Thoroughly ... Or A Hint For Parsing Some Lowercase Letters In Four Of This Puzzle's Clues |
| 3
| EAT |
Put Down |
| 3
| LAY |
Put (down) |
| 3
| EAT |
Down |
| 4
| SKIP |
Not Attend |
| 4
| LAID |
Put (down) |
| 3
| MAC |
With 58-down, Words Before Cheese |
| 3
| PAY |
With 12-down, Spend Much More Than A Fair Price |
| 3
| PTS |
Six For A Td, E.g. |
| 3
| RAP |
See 81-down |
| 3
| AND |
See 57-down |
| 3
| ACT |
See 18-down |
| 3
| GOT |
Came Down With |
| 3
| DRE |
Dr. Of 112-down |
| 3
| ELI |
Name That's 6-down Backward |
| 3
| PEN |
Writing Implement Filled With 37-down |
| 3
| NBC |
43-down's Network |
| 3
| INK |
10-down Filler |
| 3
| TMI |
"spare Me The Gory Details" |
| 3
| MOE |
"calvin And Hobbes" Character Described As "a Six-year-old Who Shaves" |
| 3
| ERE |
"___ Sleep Comes Down To Soothe The Weary Eyes" Paul Laurence Dunbar |
| 4
| SIDE |
With 111-down, In Cooperation |
| 4
| SLEW |
Took Down, In A Way |
| 4
| TRIO |
The Constructors Of This Puzzle, E.g. |
| 4
| CHOU |
With 52-down, 39-across Leader From 1949 To 1976 |
| 4
| BERT |
Taller Roommate Of 15-down |
| 4
| CHIN |
Keep This Up When You're Down |
| 4
| GORY |
Sensational, As Certain Details |
| 4
| SIDE |
See 110-down |
| 4
| SUSS |
Puzzle (out) |
| 4
| STEP |
Put One's Foot Down |
| 4
| ANAL |
Obsessive About Little Details |
| 4
| APSE |
Word That Sounds Like A Plural Of 1-down |
| 4
| ANTI |
Like A Thumbs-down Vote |
| 4
| SODS |
Lays Down Turf |
| 4
| ESSE |
Latin Verb That's A Letter Off From 9-down |
| 4
| SEPT |
46-down, In French |
| 4
| HUGH |
Aptly Named Six-time All-star First Baseman |
| 4
| SATS |
High School Alternatives To The 11-down |
| 4
| LAND |
Come On Down! |
| 4
| HAIL |
Flag Down |
| 5
| EXITS |
Ramps Up Or Down? |
| 5
| KINGS |
With 101-across, Where This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer Is Located |
| 5
| REBUS |
Puzzle Type With Pictures |
| 5
| SAYNO |
Turn Down A Request |
| 5
| SIMON |
With 11-down, Kids' Party Activity |
| 5
| SWINE |
29-down Residents |
| 5
| ITALY |
Where 23-down Was Coined |
| 5
| ENLAI |
See 36-down |
| 5
| OFTHE |
See 5-down |
| 5
| EATEN |
Put Down The Hatch |
| 5
| PARES |
Cuts (down) |
| 5
| COINS |
What Might Strike You While Solving This Puzzle |
| 5
| SEVEN |
Upside-down L, On A Calculator |
| 5
| SMITE |
Strike Down |
| 5
| SOUND |
With 42-down, Oscars Category From 1963 To 2019 |
| 5
| ABASE |
Bring Down |
| 5
| WYNNE |
Arthur Who Invented The Crossword Puzzle (1913) |
| 5
| MORSE |
Name Spelled With Six Dashes And Six Dots |
| 5
| BROOD |
Hatchlings For A 43-down |
| 5
| RENEW |
Get More 45-down |
| 6
| REHEMS |
Takes Up Or Lets Down, Say |
| 6
| ASSERT |
Lay Down, In A Way |
| 6
| CHEOPS |
Greek Name For This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer |
| 6
| LOWERS |
Lets Down |
| 6
| SESTET |
Six-line Stanza |
| 6
| SPIRAL |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Natural Shape Said To Be Seen In 61-across And 27-down |
| 6
| CEASES |
Shuts Down |
| 6
| ISAYNO |
"thumbs Down!" |
| 6
| ISSUES |
See 43-down |
| 6
| EEYORE |
Pooh's Down-in-the-dumps Friend |
| 6
| SPICER |
See 31-down |
| 6
| MAGNET |
Object Represented Visually Twice In This Puzzle |
| 6
| DECOCT |
Boil Down |
| 6
| SUDOKU |
Puzzle With A 9 X 9 Grid |
| 6
| TDPASS |
Qb's Six-pointer |
| 6
| DIETER |
One Cutting Down, So To Speak |
| 7
| AQUATIC |
Like The Five Animals In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 7
| EDDYING |
Going Down The Drain, In A Way |
| 7
| BIGEASY |
Nickname For New Orleans, Celebrated By The Answers To The Starred Clues And Suggested By The Shaded Squares |
| 7
| SLANDER |
Run Down, In A Way |
| 7
| ECLIPSE |
See 30-down |
| 7
| MUDBATH |
Where To Get Down And Dirty |
| 7
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
| 7
| SEENOTE |
[more Details Below] |
| 7
| TUESDAY |
Calendar Column ... Or A Punny Hint To The Circled Squares |
| 7
| SEESAWS |
They Go Up And Down On A Playground |
| 7
| TOOHARD |
Unlike This Puzzle, We Hope |
| 7
| ITEMIZE |
Break Down Fully |
| 8
| OPTIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Across Clues |
| 8
| ROSHAMBO |
One Name For The Game Depicted In This Puzzle |
| 9
| ROADFLARE |
Impromptu Signal To Slow Down |
| 9
| TRAPDOORS |
Secret Exits Represented Five Times In This Puzzle's Grid |
| 9
| JESUSLIKE |
Describing The 32-down's Image |
| 10
| SONGWRITER |
One Jotting Down A Few Notes? |
| 10
| HOLDMYBEER |
Comment Before A Stupid Stunt ... Or A Hint To The Ends Of 17-, 25-, 36- And 50-across |
| 10
| ITSTHEPITS |
"awful!" ... Or A Hint To The Common Element Of 17-, 23-, 36- And 50-across |
| 10
| BELLETOWER |
Where Rapunzel Let Down Her Hair? |
| 10
| GROUPTHINK |
Intellectual Conformity ... Or A Hint To Interpreting 17-, 22- And 51-across |
| 11
| BRAINSTORMS |
Things That Might Get Written Down On Sticky Notes |
| 11
| MATHTEACHER |
Someone Well Versed In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 12
| SEVENWONDERS |
With 51-across And 15-down, Group In Which [see Circled Letters] Is The Only One Still Largely Intact |
| 12
| ANCIENTWORLD |
See 5-down |
| 12
| SILVERLINING |
Upside, When Down |
| 13
| NAMEOFTHEGAME |
Something's Essential Aspect ... Or What's Spelled Out By Letters In This Puzzle's Eight "cups" |
| 14
| MARGARETFARRAR |
First Puzzle Editor Of The New York Times |
| 14
| THEDOCTORISOUT |
Lucy's Empty-booth Sign In "peanuts" ... Or A Hint To 16-, 24-, 37- And 55-across |
| 14
| BESTSERVEDCOLD |
See 3-down |
| 15
| SIGNFORDELIVERY |
Accept A Package Formally ... Or A Hint To 17-, 29-, 45- And 62-across? |
| 15
| ATOMICSUBMARINE |
When The Main Course Was Ready, [zap!] The Six-foot Hoagie Turned Into An ... |
| 15
| CONGRATULATIONS |
First Part Of A Message Suggested By This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 15
| TAKEOUTTHETRASH |
What To Do Before The Answers To The Starred Clues Will Make Sense |
| 21
| FOLLOWTHEBOUNCINGBALL |
Karaoke Instruction ... Or What To Do Starting At 10-down |
