| 7
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
| 12
| BACKUPSINGER |
One Helping In A Band ... Or What Can Be Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters? |
| 5
| THREE |
Number Of 101-acrosses In [see Circled Letters] |
| 6
| SPIRAL |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Natural Shape Said To Be Seen In 61-across And 27-down |
| 7
| CHINESE |
With 43-across, Historical Period Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters |
| 8
| SEQUENCE |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Progression Starting With 0 And 1 |
| 9
| LOOSEENDS |
Unresolved Details ... And A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 9
| LIMESTONE |
Approximately 5.5 Million Tons Of It Was Used To Build [see Circled Letters] |
| 10
| GUTFEELING |
Intuition Without Logical Explanation, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 11
| GOLDENRATIO |
Numerical Constant Associated With [the Circled Letters] |
| 12
| SEVENWONDERS |
With 51-across And 15-down, Group In Which [see Circled Letters] Is The Only One Still Largely Intact |
| 13
| NAMEOFTHEGAME |
Something's Essential Aspect ... Or What's Spelled Out By Letters In This Puzzle's Eight "cups" |
| 13
| FALLINTOPLACE |
Become Clear ... Or Make Like The Object Represented By The Circled Letters |
| 15
| CONGRATULATIONS |
First Part Of A Message Suggested By This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 3
| DIF |
"what's The ___?" |
| 4
| ODDS |
"what Are The ___?" |
| 3
| PAC |
Campaign Fund-raising Letters |
| 3
| ANI |
What Only One Planet, Jupiter, Is Spelled With |
| 3
| STL |
Letters Seen On N.f.l. Scoreboards Between 1995 And 2015 |
| 3
| SPF |
Letters On Some Foundations |
| 3
| NOV |
Election Mo. |
| 3
| DIE |
What Might Be Rolled For A Strike |
| 3
| VIP |
Letters On A Pass |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alias |
| 3
| USA |
Letters On A Forever Stamp |
| 3
| VSO |
Letters On A Bottle Of Brandy |
| 3
| IMO |
Letters Of Qualification |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Between Two Names |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alternate Name |
| 3
| BAA |
Is That What Ewe Said? |
| 3
| LIM |
Calculus Calculation Abbr. |
| 3
| LSD |
Letters That Might Change Your Mind? |
| 3
| SEE |
"what'd I Tell You?!" |
| 3
| OCD |
What Psychotherapy Can Treat, In Brief |
| 3
| TEN |
What "x" Might Mean |
| 3
| HER |
What's-___-name |
| 3
| LIE |
"thanks, It's Just What I've Always Wanted," Often |
| 3
| AWL |
What's The Point Of Leatherwork? |
| 3
| OHO |
"what Do We Have Here!" |
| 3
| AND |
"what Do You Want Me To Do About It?" |
| 3
| ADA |
Tube Letters |
| 3
| FYI |
Letters Accompanying A Tip |
| 3
| HAT |
What, In Multiple Senses, Might Get Tipped |
| 3
| WET |
What You Might Get On A Log Flume Ride |
| 3
| HIS |
What A Flat "b" Palm Facing A Nearby Fellow Stands For, In A.s.l. |
| 3
| SPF |
Beach Bottle Letters |
| 3
| ALL |
What A Winner Takes, It's Said |
| 4
| HOOF |
What A Horseshoe Is Attached To |
| 4
| WIRE |
What A Tightrope Walker Walks On |
| 4
| HALF |
What 12 Is, To This Clue's Number |
| 4
| IKEA |
Store With A Three-syllable Name In Four Letters |
| 4
| ROAR |
Sound Likely Not Made By A Tyrannosaurus Rex, Despite What "jurassic Park" Would Have You Believe |
| 4
| ROAR |
What Noise Cancelers May Cancel |
| 4
| SEND |
What An Up Arrow Might Mean |
| 4
| OKAY |
Response Akin To "so What?" |
| 4
| WELL |
When Said Three Times, "what Have We Here?!" |
| 4
| DATA |
What's Spread On A Spreadsheet |
| 4
| CAIN |
What's Raised In A Ruckus |
| 4
| PACE |
What's Picked Up In A Hurry? |
| 4
| WEST |
What's Left On A Map? |
| 4
| WOOL |
What's Got Ewe Covered? |
| 4
| HERR |
What To Call A Man In Mannheim |
| 4
| GEDS |
What Some Dropouts Go On To Get, In Brief |
| 4
| GODS |
What Polytheists Worship |
| 4
| BOLT |
What Might Strike During A Storm |
| 4
| GROW |
What Babies Do Faster Than College Students |
| 4
| BEEN |
What Might Have ___ |
| 4
| ETAL |
What Makes The Short List? |
| 4
| SINK |
What Hearts And Ships May Do |
| 4
| HATE |
What Graham Greene Called A "failure Of Imagination" |
| 4
| NOSE |
What Glasses Rest On |
| 4
| TACO |
What Gets Filled At A Shell Station? |
| 4
| WILT |
What Flowers Eventually Do |
| 4
| TRIP |
What Comes Before The Fall? |
| 4
| VISA |
What Bankamericard Became In 1976 |
| 4
| IAGO |
Shakespeare Villain Who Says "i Am Not What I Am" |
| 4
| PLEA |
Word That, Fittingly, Contains All Four Different Letters Of Appeal |
| 4
| IDEA |
"what's The Big ___?" |
| 4
| ELSE |
"what ___ Have You Got?" |
| 4
| LENO |
Fallon's Late-night Predecessor |
| 4
| RIGS |
Manipulates, As An Election |
| 4
| ASIF |
"in What Universe?!" |
| 4
| ELIE |
"night" Author Wiesel |
| 4
| SURE |
"what-e-e-ever You Say ..." |
| 4
| RSVP |
Invitation Letters |
| 4
| LENO |
One Side Of A Classic Late- Night Feud |
| 4
| THEY |
"what Were ___ Thinking?" |
| 4
| RHOS |
Letters After Pis |
| 5
| RIPEN |
What Avocados Don't Do Until They're Picked |
| 5
| BFLAT |
What Most Clarinets Are Tuned To |
| 5
| PRNDL |
Letters On A Gearshift |
| 5
| SHADE |
What A Tree Provides On A Hot, Sunny Day |
| 5
| ATREE |
What's Clothed In Summer And Naked In Winter, Per An Old Riddle |
| 5
| SELLS |
What Sex Does, They Say |
| 5
| COINS |
What Might Strike You While Solving This Puzzle |
| 5
| RAIDS |
Late-night Trips To The Fridge, E.g. |
| 5
| DOSES |
Just What The Doctor Ordered |
| 5
| DECAL |
What Might Get Stuck In A Window |
| 5
| DRAMA |
What Gossipy People Love To Stir Up |
| 5
| KHUFU |
Fill In This Answer With Letters From Five Clue Numbers 74, 92, 21, 52, 118 |
| 5
| OPRAH |
Author Of "what I Know For Sure," Familiarly |
| 5
| TILDE |
What A Jalapeño Has That A Habanero Lacks |
| 5
| PHASE |
What A Rebellious Teenager May Be Going Through |
| 5
| SHEET |
What's Often Kept Undercover? |
| 5
| AGREE |
What "he" And "do" Don't Do |
| 5
| ERROR |
Statistical Calculation |
| 5
| STING |
What Some Insects And Insults Can Do |
| 5
| KATIE |
Woman's Nickname That Sounds Like Its First And Third Letters |
| 5
| CHADS |
Waste Of An Election? |
| 5
| CAMPS |
Stays Out All Night? |
| 5
| ALICE |
Children's Character Who Asks Herself "and What Is The Use Of A Book Without Pictures Or Conversations?" |
| 6
| CUBANO |
Sandwich Invented In Florida, Despite What Its Name Suggests |
| 6
| IODINE |
What I Might Be In A Lab? |
| 6
| PAGODA |
Place Of Worship Whose Third, Fourth And Fifth Letters Are Appropriate |
| 6
| YODUDE |
"what's Up, My Man?!" |
| 6
| GAMBLE |
Enjoy A Night In Vegas, Perhaps |
| 6
| CROAKS |
Sounds From A Pond At Night |
| 6
| AWOMAN |
What God Is, Per An Ariana Grande Hit |
| 6
| REPEAT |
What Two Sets Of Dots Within Double Lines Indicate, In Musical Scores |
| 6
| ARLENE |
Francis Of Old Tv's "what's My Line?" |
| 6
| OROMEO |
Start Of Juliet's "what's In A Name?" Speech |
| 6
| MOOING |
What May Be Heard In A Herd |
| 6
| ECHOED |
What Beatles Music Did At Abbey Road, Famously |
| 6
| STAPLE |
What May Connect The Parts Of A School Assignment? |
| 6
| LIBIDO |
What An Aphrodisiac Boosts |
| 6
| CLOUDS |
What Nephology Is The Study Of |
| 6
| ONELEG |
What A Pirouette Is Performed On |
| 6
| RESELL |
What Middlemen Do |
| 6
| SALADS |
What "chicken" And "egg" Are Examples Of |
| 6
| KISMET |
What's In The Stars |
| 6
| TOPEKA |
Capital That Ends With Its State's First Two Letters |
| 6
| RAIDED |
Like Refrigerators At Night, Sometimes |
| 6
| PICKUP |
Learn, As A New Skill ... Or What Can Precede The Ends Of 20-, 36-, 42- And 59-across |
| 6
| UNLESS |
"wait, What If ..." |
| 6
| PAYEES |
They Get What's Coming To Them |
| 6
| BOTTOM |
Comical Character In "a Midsummer Night's Dream" |
| 7
| CONGEAL |
What Oil May Do In Frigid Temperatures |
| 7
| MINIBAR |
What Might Display A Little Spirit? |
| 7
| SMALLER |
What Teaspoons Are Vis-à-vis Tablespoons |
| 7
| TUESDAY |
Calendar Column ... Or A Punny Hint To The Circled Squares |
| 7
| TOSPARE |
Beyond What's Needed |
| 7
| KNEECAP |
What The Quadriceps Muscle Connects To |
| 7
| OCTOBER |
What "10" Can Mean |
| 7
| PRAYERS |
What Father Knows Best? |
| 7
| ELTRAIN |
What's Going Up In Chicago? |
| 7
| GOODAIM |
What A Three-point Shooter Needs |
| 7
| WEDIDIT |
First Three Words Famously Said By Kamala Harris To Joe Biden Upon Winning The 2020 Election |
| 8
| VERBIAGE |
What Purple Prose And Technical Jargon Have In Common |
| 8
| SUPERPAC |
Big-dollar Election-influencing Grp. |
| 8
| EXITPOLL |
Survey Of Election Day Voters |
| 8
| CARALARM |
One May Go Off In The Middle Of The Night |
| 8
| THATSSAD |
"what A Pity" |
| 8
| OPPOSITE |
Night, To Day |
| 8
| NERDIEST |
Most Likely To Win At Trivia Night, Maybe |
| 8
| SHEEPDOG |
What Babe Aspires To Be In "babe" |
| 8
| PHOTOIDS |
What Driver's Licenses Serve As |
| 8
| BADTASTE |
What You Find Kitsch In |
| 9
| METROAREA |
Population Calculation Scope |
| 9
| KISSIMMEE |
Florida City Whose Name Has Three Pairs Of Doubled Letters |
| 9
| INTERSECT |
What Parallel Lines Never Do |
| 9
| CAMCORDER |
What Many A Home Movie Was Once Shot On |
| 9
| UMMACHINE |
What A Nervous Public Speaker Sounds Like? |
| 9
| LIPREADER |
One Who Sees What You're Saying? |
| 9
| OPENSPACE |
What An Agoraphobe Avoids |
| 10
| SECONDHAND |
What A Clock Might Strike |
| 10
| ASSISTANTS |
People Might Have Personal Ones For What They Do |
| 10
| WEREWOLVES |
What The Couple Dressed In Lupine Costumes Said |
| 10
| PAPERTRAIL |
What Might Be Followed In An Investigation |
| 10
| CESTCHEESE |
Answer To "what Is Roquefort Or Brie?"? |
| 10
| LOADEDDICE |
What A Cheater Might Throw |
| 10
| SCRAPMETAL |
What An Old Car Might Be Sold For |
| 11
| SWIVELCHAIR |
What Rotates Throughout The Office? |
| 11
| GWENSTEFANI |
Singer With The 2016 #1 Album "this Is What The Truth Feels Like" |
| 12
| PLENTYOFHORN |
What Brass Band Music Has? |
| 14
| COMMANDOFCHAIN |
What A Dog Walker And A Strong-willed Pooch Might Vie For? |
| 15
| OPTICALILLUSION |
This Isn't What It Looks Like! |
| 15
| FROMSTEMTOSTERN |
Thoroughly ... Or A Hint For Parsing Some Lowercase Letters In Four Of This Puzzle's Clues |
| 15
| XYLOPHONEMALLET |
What Can Strike Up A Tune? |
| 15
| AGREETODISAGREE |
What Friendly Opponents May Do |
| 15
| TAKEOUTTHETRASH |
What To Do Before The Answers To The Starred Clues Will Make Sense |
| 15
| CREATEDAMONSTER |
Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... Or What You Did After You Filled In The Shaded Parts Of 17-, 23-, 50- And 61-across? |
| 17
| WHENHARRYMETSALLY |
M. Ryan, What's Her Yell? (1989) |
| 18
| THETOWERINGINFERNO |
Re Town Fire One Night (1974) |
| 21
| FOLLOWTHEBOUNCINGBALL |
Karaoke Instruction ... Or What To Do Starting At 10-down |
