| 3
| BOP |
Style Of Music Whose Name Is Derived From Scat |
| 3
| YEN |
Currency Whose Name Means, Literally, "round" |
| 3
| GNU |
Zoo Animal Whose Name Rhymes With "zoo" |
| 3
| ORC |
Fantasy Creature Whose Name Is An Anagram Of Another Fantasy Creature |
| 4
| ELON |
First Name Of Time's 2021 Person Of The Year |
| 4
| TAZO |
Beverage Brand Whose Name Means "fresh" In Hindi |
| 4
| ECRU |
Color Whose Name Comes From The French For "unbleached" |
| 4
| SLAW |
Side Dish Whose Name Comes From The Dutch For "salad" |
| 4
| PINK |
Pop Star Whose Name Is Stylized With An Exclamation Point In Place Of Its Second Letter |
| 4
| ETNA |
Italian Place Whose Name Comes From A Greek Word Meaning "i Burn" |
| 4
| ELON |
First Name Among Billionaires |
| 5
| ATARI |
Company Whose Name Comes From A Term In The Game Of Go |
| 5
| MOANA |
Disney Heroine Whose Name Means "ocean" |
| 5
| ERATO |
Goddess Whose Name Means "lovely" |
| 5
| ALBUS |
First Name In Harry Potter |
| 5
| COSMO |
First Name Of Kramer On "seinfeld" |
| 6
| STROHS |
Beer Brand Whose Name Spells An Article Of Apparel Backward |
| 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
| WHOOPI |
First Name In Daytime Talk |
| 8
| AVOGADRO |
Scientist Whose Name Is Associated With A Number |
| 9
| KISSIMMEE |
Florida City Whose Name Has Three Pairs Of Doubled Letters |
| 10
| IRONMAIDEN |
Heavy Metal Band Whose Name Includes An Actual Heavy Metal |
| 11
| PTERODACTYL |
Dinosaur Whose Name Means "winged Finger" |
| 11
| TRICERATOPS |
Dinosaur Whose Name Means "three-horned Face" |
| 12
| BRONTOSAURUS |
Dinosaur Whose Name Means "thunder Lizard" |
| 12
| VELOCIRAPTOR |
Dinosaur Whose Name Means "swift Seizer" |
| 3
| OUT |
The First "o" Of O.o.o. |
| 3
| TIC |
The First "o" Of O-o-o |
| 3
| DAN |
Man's Name Derived From The Bible |
| 3
| RAE |
Name That's A Body Part In Reverse |
| 3
| EDY |
Big Name In Ice Cream |
| 3
| ELI |
Name That's 6-down Backward |
| 3
| STU |
Name That's An Alphabetic Trio |
| 3
| TED |
Big Name In Online Talks |
| 3
| RAT |
Name Names |
| 3
| IRT |
N.y.c.'s First Subway Line |
| 3
| EDY |
Big Name In The Freezer Aisle |
| 3
| ELM |
Common Street Name In Suburbia |
| 3
| ELI |
Man's Name Derived From The Bible |
| 3
| ROY |
Boy's Name That Means "king" |
| 3
| APT |
Like Usain Bolt's Last Name |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alternate Name |
| 3
| IRA |
Glass Who Shared The First-ever Pulitzer In Audio Journalism |
| 3
| FDR |
First Sitting Prez To Fly In An Airplane |
| 3
| VAN |
Dutch Name Starter |
| 3
| BTS |
First K-pop Group To Perform At The Grammys |
| 3
| ASK |
Name, As A Price |
| 3
| NEE |
Name-dropping Word |
| 3
| LON |
Apt Name For A Landscaper? |
| 3
| DOC |
Only Dwarf With A Three-letter Name |
| 3
| EXE |
Pc File Name Extension |
| 3
| MAE |
___ Jemison, First Black Woman In Space |
| 3
| RAE |
Woman's Name That's Part Of The Body Backward |
| 3
| OSS |
Where Wonder Woman First Worked Abbr. |
| 3
| HER |
What's-___-name |
| 3
| THY |
"hallowed Be ___ Name" |
| 3
| AXL |
Rose By Another Name? |
| 3
| LAO |
People With A Language Of The Same Name |
| 3
| ROY |
Family Name On Tv's "succession" |
| 3
| NSA |
Org. Whose Logo Has An Eagle Grasping A Key |
| 3
| NSA |
Org. Whose Initials Are Found In "unsafe," Ironically |
| 3
| ROY |
Family Name On Hbo's "succession" |
| 3
| STU |
Apt Name For A Worrier |
| 4
| KENT |
Name Of A Family That Took In An Extraterrestrial |
| 4
| GENE |
Good Name For A Biologist? |
| 4
| RENO |
Final Fantasy Character Who Shares His Name With A U.s. City |
| 4
| APPS |
First Courses, Informally |
| 4
| TURK |
Native Of The Country Whose National Sport Is Oil Wrestling |
| 4
| REED |
Oregon College Whose Mascot Is A Griffin |
| 4
| LEDE |
First Line In A News Story |
| 4
| TIKI |
First Man, In Maori Mythology |
| 4
| ONCE |
First Word Of Poe's "the Raven" |
| 4
| EDEN |
First World? |
| 4
| PEAS |
Though Commonly Known As Vegetables, Botanically They Are Fruit |
| 4
| IKEA |
Store With A Three-syllable Name In Four Letters |
| 4
| ABBA |
Group Whose Logo Is A Mirror Ambigram |
| 4
| IRIS |
Good Name For An Ophthalmologist |
| 4
| ANDY |
Name On Woody's Shoe In "toy Story" |
| 4
| OAHU |
Island With A Trisyllabic Name |
| 4
| LEAH |
Jacob's First Wife |
| 4
| RENO |
Janet ___, First Female Attorney General |
| 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
| EDEN |
Setting Of The First Panel In Hieronymus Bosch's "the Last Judgment" |
| 4
| ACDC |
Rock Band Name With A Slash |
| 4
| OPEN |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 4
| KIDD |
Pirate Whose Hidden Treasure Inspired "the Gold-bug" |
| 4
| ACAI |
Palm That Yields Deep Purple Fruit |
| 4
| INEZ |
Name Akin To Agnes |
| 4
| PARE |
Peel ... Or, Phonetically, A Fruit You Might Do This To |
| 4
| EIRE |
Land Whose Prime Minister Is Known As The Taoiseach |
| 4
| OTOE |
First Native American Tribe To Meet With Lewis And Clark |
| 4
| ARAL |
Fading Sea Name |
| 4
| EMUS |
Creatures Whose Newborns Have Striped Bodies |
| 4
| HARM |
"first, Do No ___" (physician's Maxim) |
| 4
| ALEC |
"smart" Name |
| 4
| YMCA |
1978 Hit Whose Title Is Spelled Out In Its Chorus |
| 4
| HUGH |
Aptly Named Six-time All-star First Baseman |
| 4
| ALOU |
Baseball Family Name |
| 4
| LAYS |
Big Name In Chips |
| 4
| ICEE |
Big Name In Frozen Confections |
| 4
| DOTS |
Big Name In Little Gumdrops |
| 4
| YALE |
Big Name In Locks |
| 4
| VANS |
Big Name In Skate Shoes |
| 4
| EDYS |
Brand Name In The Freezer |
| 4
| NAAN |
Bread With A Palindromic Name |
| 4
| SLOE |
Blackthorn Fruit |
| 4
| PULI |
Dog Breed Whose Coat Resembles Dreadlocks |
| 4
| YMCA |
Facility Often Referred To By Its First Letter |
| 4
| ARON |
Elvis Presley's Middle Name |
| 5
| TORRE |
Yankees Manager Whose Teams Never Missed The Postseason |
| 5
| MALIA |
Onetime Presidential Daughter With The Code Name Radiance |
| 5
| ANSEL |
Male's Name Hidden Backward In This Clue |
| 5
| NIGEL |
Man's Name That's An Anagram Of Elgin |
| 5
| GONZO |
Muppet Whose Self-identified Species Is "whatever" |
| 5
| ELISE |
Educator/writer ___ Johnson Mcdougald, First African American Female Principal In New York City Public Schools |
| 5
| SPANX |
Big Name In Shapewear Clothing |
| 5
| MORSE |
Name Spelled With Six Dashes And Six Dots |
| 5
| MARIA |
Name That's "all The Beautiful Sounds Of The World In A Single Word," On Broadway |
| 5
| WELCH |
Big Name In Jelly |
| 5
| AVEDA |
Big Name In Cosmetics |
| 5
| ARDEN |
Big Name In Cosmetics |
| 5
| TYSON |
Big Name In Chicken |
| 5
| INSTA |
App Whose Icon Features A Camera, In Slang |
| 5
| FRODO |
Fictional Character Who Says "i Will Take The Ring, Though I Do Not Know The Way" |
| 5
| ERNST |
John Steinbeck's Middle Name |
| 5
| VOLES |
Animals That Become Different Animals When Their First Letter Is Changed To An "m" |
| 5
| OBAMA |
2010s White House Family Name |
| 5
| DATES |
Pitted Fruit |
| 5
| BEGIN |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 5
| START |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 5
| ZORRO |
Fictional Character Partially Inspired By Mexican Folklore |
| 5
| NEMEA |
Site Of Hercules' First Labor |
| 5
| SPLAT |
Sound Of A Cake Hitting The Floor, Frosting First |
| 5
| ADAGE |
"forbidden Fruit Is The Sweetest," E.g. |
| 5
| OREOS |
Their Name Has The "re" Of "cream" And The Two O's From "chocolate" |
| 5
| GEICO |
Ubiquitous Advertiser With An Acronymic Name |
| 5
| WILLA |
___ Player, First Black Woman To Become President Of A Four-year College |
| 5
| KATIE |
Woman's Nickname That Sounds Like Its First And Third Letters |
| 5
| EDWIN |
Buzz Aldrin's Given Name |
| 5
| ALEXA |
Name Often Called In A Smart Home |
| 5
| HANES |
Fruit Of The Loom Competitor |
| 5
| SOCKS |
Good Name For A Black Cat With White Feet |
| 5
| ATARI |
Company Whose Corporate Logo Is Known As "the Fuji" |
| 5
| GIJOE |
First Toy To Be Called An "action Figure" |
| 5
| ADLER |
Grace's Last Name On "will & Grace" |
| 5
| SIGEP |
First National Fraternity To Officially Welcome Transgender Members (2014), Informally |
| 5
| USAIR |
Carrier Name Until 1997 |
| 5
| NANAS |
Grams, By Another Name |
| 5
| VILLE |
Common City Name Ending |
| 5
| ATEAM |
First-stringers |
| 5
| CIVIC |
Car Model Name Made Entirely Of Roman Numerals |
| 6
| ALIENS |
Ones Potentially Contacted In "first Contact" |
| 6
| LAUNCH |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 6
| CHEOPS |
Greek Name For This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer |
| 6
| OSCARS |
Event First Televised In 1953, With "the" |
| 6
| TOPEKA |
Capital That Ends With Its State's First Two Letters |
| 6
| REDFIN |
Freshwater Fish With A Colorful Name |
| 6
| CUBANO |
Sandwich Invented In Florida, Despite What Its Name Suggests |
| 6
| LAUREN |
Name That's An Anagram Of Unreal |
| 6
| TWEETY |
"headliner" Of The First Warner Bros. Short To Win An Oscar |
| 6
| PAGODA |
Place Of Worship Whose Third, Fourth And Fifth Letters Are Appropriate |
| 6
| PEPITA |
Pumpkin Seed, By Another Name |
| 6
| RANKIN |
Jeannette ___, First Woman Elected To Congress |
| 6
| REGGIE |
Name That Rhymes With "edgy" |
| 6
| EMINEM |
Slim Shady, By Another Name |
| 6
| COURIC |
Journalist Who Was The First Woman To Guest-host "jeopardy!" |
| 6
| INSECT |
Last Word Of The First Sentence Of Kafka's "the Metamorphosis" |
| 6
| CITRON |
Lemonlike Fruit |
| 6
| ATHENS |
Destination Of The First Marathon (490 B.c.) |
| 6
| WINNER |
First Person? |
| 6
| STEREO |
"fantasia" Was The First Commercial Film Shown In It |
| 6
| BREECH |
Bottom-first Birth Position |
| 6
| NOBODY |
Fake Name Given By Odysseus To The Cyclops |
| 6
| BHARAT |
Hindi Name For India |
| 6
| YAHWEH |
Hebrew Name Of God |
| 6
| COHIBA |
Big Name In Pricey Cigars |
| 6
| OROMEO |
Start Of Juliet's "what's In A Name?" Speech |
| 6
| CORNEA |
Part Of The Body First Successfully Transplanted In 1905 |
| 6
| REEBOK |
Creator Of The First Pumped-up Athletic Shoe |
| 7
| WEDIDIT |
First Three Words Famously Said By Kamala Harris To Joe Biden Upon Winning The 2020 Election |
| 7
| DRESDEN |
Where Wagner's "tannhäuser" Was First Performed |
| 7
| GERHARD |
___ Richter, Contemporary Artist Whose Painting "abstraktes Bild (599)" Sold At Auction For A Record-setting $46.3 Million Dollars |
| 7
| GRENDEL |
Beowulf's First Combatant |
| 7
| RACINOS |
Gambling Venues With A Portmanteau Name |
| 7
| OTHELLO |
Game Whose Board Is An 8x8 Grid |
| 7
| DECATUR |
Illinois City That Was The First Home Of The Chicago Bears |
| 7
| MRFIXIT |
Handy Andy, By Another Name |
| 7
| NATHANS |
Big Name In Hot Dogs |
| 7
| DORITOS |
Chips Brand Whose "cool Ranch" Flavor Is Called "cool American" In Europe |
| 7
| ATACAMA |
Desert Whose Soil Has Been Compared To That Of Mars |
| 8
| MORRISON |
First Black Woman To Win The Nobel Prize In Literature |
| 8
| IMPERIAL |
Like Rome Starting In The First Century B.c. |
| 8
| MOHANDAS |
Mahatma Gandhi's Given Name |
| 8
| PARASITE |
First Foreign-language Film To Win Best Picture |
| 8
| LEGRESTS |
Certain Amenities For First-class Passengers |
| 8
| ROSHAMBO |
One Name For The Game Depicted In This Puzzle |
| 8
| SPECIALK |
Food Brand Whose Last Letter Is Its Company's Stock Symbol |
| 8
| INITIATE |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 8
| ARPEGGIO |
Chord Whose Notes Are Played In Succession |
| 9
| ALFAROMEO |
Car Whose Logo Features A Coiled Green Serpent |
| 9
| GIVENNAME |
It's First Among Americans |
| 10
| BROWSERWAR |
Navigator Was In The First One |
| 10
| GENERALTSO |
Military Leader Who Lends His Name To A Chinese Dish |
| 10
| POTTERMORE |
2010s Fansite Craze Whose Members Joined Hogwarts Houses |
| 10
| OBAMABIDEN |
First Winning Presidential Ticket To Alternate Vowels And Consonants |
| 10
| JOHNDRYDEN |
England's First Poet Laureate (1668) |
| 10
| DONKEYKONG |
1981 Video Game That Featured The First Appearance Of Mario |
| 10
| CANTALOUPE |
Fruit Often Served In Ball Form |
| 10
| FATBOYSLIM |
Oxymoronic Stage Name For The D.j. Norman Cook |
| 11
| HADNOPRAYER |
"it's Tough Finding The Right Person. My First Boyfriend Was A Perfectly Nice Atheist, But He ..." |
| 13
| GERTRUDEELION |
1988 American Nobelist In Physiology Or Medicine Who Helped Develop The First Drug Used To Fight Rejection In Organ Transplants |
| 13
| CONEOFSILENCE |
Fictional Device In Which To Convey Secret Information |
| 14
| MARGARETFARRAR |
First Puzzle Editor Of The New York Times |
| 15
| CONGRATULATIONS |
First Part Of A Message Suggested By This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
