| 7
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
| 9
| LOOSEENDS |
Unresolved Details ... And A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 10
| GUTFEELING |
Intuition Without Logical Explanation, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 4
| OPEN |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 5
| KATIE |
Woman's Nickname That Sounds Like Its First And Third Letters |
| 5
| THREE |
Number Of 101-acrosses In [see Circled Letters] |
| 5
| START |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 5
| BEGIN |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 6
| CORNEA |
Part Of The Body First Successfully Transplanted In 1905 |
| 6
| TOPEKA |
Capital That Ends With Its State's First Two Letters |
| 6
| SPIRAL |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Natural Shape Said To Be Seen In 61-across And 27-down |
| 6
| LAUNCH |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 7
| CHINESE |
With 43-across, Historical Period Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters |
| 7
| EYETEST |
Last Part Of The Message |
| 8
| SEQUENCE |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Progression Starting With 0 And 1 |
| 8
| INITIATE |
Proceed To Perform The First Or Earliest Part Of Some Action |
| 9
| LIMESTONE |
Approximately 5.5 Million Tons Of It Was Used To Build [see 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 |
| 12
| BACKUPSINGER |
One Helping In A Band ... Or What Can Be Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters? |
| 12
| LAWOFGRAVITY |
Scientific Contribution From 98-down, Discovered In A Manner Suggested By This Puzzle's Theme |
| 13
| NAMEOFTHEGAME |
Something's Essential Aspect ... Or What's Spelled Out By Letters In This Puzzle's Eight "cups" |
| 13
| PATHTOVICTORY |
Election Night Calculation ... Or What's Traced By The Circled Letters |
| 13
| ONPASSINGYOUR |
Second Part Of The Message |
| 13
| FALLINTOPLACE |
Become Clear ... Or Make Like The Object Represented By The Circled Letters |
| 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 |
| 3
| OUT |
The First "o" Of O.o.o. |
| 3
| TIC |
The First "o" Of O-o-o |
| 3
| USA |
Letters On A Forever Stamp |
| 3
| RAE |
Name That's A Body Part In Reverse |
| 3
| IRT |
N.y.c.'s First Subway Line |
| 3
| LSD |
Letters That Might Change Your Mind? |
| 3
| STL |
Letters Seen On N.f.l. Scoreboards Between 1995 And 2015 |
| 3
| ITS |
Part Of "fwiw" |
| 3
| SPF |
Letters On Some Foundations |
| 3
| VIP |
Letters On A Pass |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alias |
| 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
| BTS |
First K-pop Group To Perform At The Grammys |
| 3
| FYI |
Letters Accompanying A Tip |
| 3
| LYE |
It May Be Part Of A Solution |
| 3
| IRA |
Glass Who Shared The First-ever Pulitzer In Audio Journalism |
| 3
| PAC |
Campaign Fund-raising Letters |
| 3
| ICE |
Part Of A Cold Compress |
| 3
| IRA |
Part Of Some After-work Plans, In Brief |
| 3
| IRA |
Part Of A Nest Egg, In Brief |
| 3
| LEG |
Part Of A Relay Race |
| 3
| RAE |
Woman's Name That's Part Of The Body Backward |
| 3
| MAE |
___ Jemison, First Black Woman In Space |
| 3
| OSS |
Where Wonder Woman First Worked Abbr. |
| 3
| ADA |
Tube Letters |
| 3
| ROW |
Spreadsheet Part |
| 3
| FDR |
First Sitting Prez To Fly In An Airplane |
| 3
| TEN |
Part Of A Royal Flush |
| 3
| LID |
Part Of The Eye That Blinks |
| 3
| SPF |
Beach Bottle Letters |
| 3
| ACT |
Part Of A Play |
| 3
| ACT |
Part Of A Play Group? |
| 4
| RHOS |
Letters After Pis |
| 4
| EDEN |
First World? |
| 4
| PEEN |
Hammer Part |
| 4
| STEM |
Part Of A Flower Or Watch |
| 4
| THAN |
Part Of A Comparison |
| 4
| LEAH |
Jacob's First Wife |
| 4
| RENO |
Janet ___, First Female Attorney General |
| 4
| EMIL |
Jannings Who Won The First Best Actor Oscar |
| 4
| TRIO |
The Constructors Of This Puzzle, E.g. |
| 4
| IKEA |
Store With A Three-syllable Name In Four Letters |
| 4
| MEAT |
Most Substantial Part |
| 4
| GENE |
Part Of A Pool |
| 4
| EDEN |
Setting Of The First Panel In Hieronymus Bosch's "the Last Judgment" |
| 4
| SUSS |
Puzzle (out) |
| 4
| SHIN |
Part Of The Leg Between The Knee And Ankle |
| 4
| FRET |
Part Of A Guitar |
| 4
| PONS |
Part Of The Brainstem |
| 4
| ENGR |
Part Of Stem Abbr. |
| 4
| GOAT |
Pan, In Part |
| 4
| ELSA |
One Of Two Disney Characters Singing "for The First Time In Forever" |
| 4
| NECK |
Long Part Of A Giraffe |
| 4
| INIT |
Monogram Part Abbr. |
| 4
| ONCE |
First Word Of Poe's "the Raven" |
| 4
| RSVP |
Invitation Letters |
| 4
| PLEA |
Word That, Fittingly, Contains All Four Different Letters Of Appeal |
| 4
| ELON |
First Name Among Billionaires |
| 4
| STAR |
Constellation Part |
| 4
| GENE |
A Small Part Of Who You Are |
| 4
| STEM |
Edible Part Of Asparagus |
| 4
| YMCA |
Facility Often Referred To By Its First Letter |
| 4
| FINN |
Fictional Narrator Whose First Name Is A Fruit |
| 4
| HARM |
"first, Do No ___" (physician's Maxim) |
| 4
| APPS |
First Courses, Informally |
| 4
| HUGH |
Aptly Named Six-time All-star First Baseman |
| 4
| TIKI |
First Man, In Maori Mythology |
| 4
| LEDE |
First Line In A News Story |
| 4
| ELON |
First Name Of Time's 2021 Person Of The Year |
| 4
| OTOE |
First Native American Tribe To Meet With Lewis And Clark |
| 5
| ITSME |
Part Of A Classic Breakup Line |
| 5
| SNARE |
Part Of A Drum Kit |
| 5
| ELISE |
Educator/writer ___ Johnson Mcdougald, First African American Female Principal In New York City Public Schools |
| 5
| WYNNE |
Arthur Who Invented The Crossword Puzzle (1913) |
| 5
| SPLAT |
Sound Of A Cake Hitting The Floor, Frosting First |
| 5
| NEMEA |
Site Of Hercules' First Labor |
| 5
| PRICE |
Part Of A Quote |
| 5
| EMAIL |
Message Sent With A Click |
| 5
| SUGAR |
Big Part Of Many Kids' Cereals |
| 5
| WIPER |
Car Part That Moves Rhythmically |
| 5
| PETAL |
Corolla Part |
| 5
| FAROE |
___ Islands (autonomous Part Of Denmark) |
| 5
| ESSAY |
College Application Part |
| 5
| STORY |
Part Of A Child's Bedtime Ritual |
| 5
| GIJOE |
First Toy To Be Called An "action Figure" |
| 5
| REBUS |
Puzzle Type With Pictures |
| 5
| UVULA |
Part Of The Palate |
| 5
| LANCE |
Pointy Part Of A Charger? |
| 5
| PRNDL |
Letters On A Gearshift |
| 5
| ATEAM |
First-stringers |
| 5
| WILLA |
___ Player, First Black Woman To Become President Of A Four-year College |
| 5
| FRERE |
Part Of La Famille |
| 5
| WAIST |
Body Part That Precedes "band" |
| 5
| COINS |
What Might Strike You While Solving This Puzzle |
| 5
| COSMO |
First Name Of Kramer On "seinfeld" |
| 5
| LANAI |
Island That's Part Of Maui County |
| 5
| ALBUS |
First Name In Harry Potter |
| 5
| METAL |
Valuable Part Of Ore |
| 5
| FROND |
Part Of A Palm |
| 5
| ELMST |
Part Of A Horror Film Address, For Short |
| 5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
| 5
| KINGS |
With 101-across, Where This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer Is Located |
| 5
| ALARM |
Part Of Some Drills |
| 5
| RAMBO |
Classic Sylvester Stallone Part |
| 5
| VOLES |
Animals That Become Different Animals When Their First Letter Is Changed To An "m" |
| 5
| SIGEP |
First National Fraternity To Officially Welcome Transgender Members (2014), Informally |
| 5
| KHUFU |
Fill In This Answer With Letters From Five Clue Numbers 74, 92, 21, 52, 118 |
| 6
| BREECH |
Bottom-first Birth Position |
| 6
| FENDER |
Car Part The Brits Call A "wing" |
| 6
| INONIT |
Part Of A Prank |
| 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
| ATHENS |
Destination Of The First Marathon (490 B.c.) |
| 6
| ALIENS |
Ones Potentially Contacted In "first Contact" |
| 6
| PAGODA |
Place Of Worship Whose Third, Fourth And Fifth Letters Are Appropriate |
| 6
| WINNER |
First Person? |
| 6
| ECOLES |
Grandes ___, Part Of France's Higher Education System |
| 6
| CHEOPS |
Greek Name For This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer |
| 6
| LINTEL |
Window Frame Part |
| 6
| WHOOPI |
First Name In Daytime Talk |
| 6
| RANKIN |
Jeannette ___, First Woman Elected To Congress |
| 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
| STEREO |
"fantasia" Was The First Commercial Film Shown In It |
| 6
| OSCARS |
Event First Televised In 1953, With "the" |
| 6
| TWEETY |
"headliner" Of The First Warner Bros. Short To Win An Oscar |
| 6
| GASCAP |
Screw-off Car Part |
| 6
| REEBOK |
Creator Of The First Pumped-up Athletic Shoe |
| 6
| SUDOKU |
Puzzle With A 9 X 9 Grid |
| 6
| MAGNET |
Object Represented Visually Twice In This Puzzle |
| 6
| RIOTER |
Part Of An Unruly Mob |
| 7
| GETTHIS |
"here's The Best Part ..." |
| 7
| TOOHARD |
Unlike This Puzzle, We Hope |
| 7
| DRESDEN |
Where Wagner's "tannhäuser" Was First Performed |
| 7
| SYSTOLE |
Rhythmic Part Of A Heartbeat |
| 7
| BOXSTEP |
Part Of The Foxtrot |
| 7
| WEDIDIT |
First Three Words Famously Said By Kamala Harris To Joe Biden Upon Winning The 2020 Election |
| 7
| AQUATIC |
Like The Five Animals In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 7
| PIGEONS |
Old-fashioned Message Carriers |
| 7
| GRENDEL |
Beowulf's First Combatant |
| 7
| TUESDAY |
Calendar Column ... Or A Punny Hint To The Circled Squares |
| 7
| WARZONE |
Dangerous Part Of A Tour |
| 7
| DECATUR |
Illinois City That Was The First Home Of The Chicago Bears |
| 7
| MOLDOVA |
Neighbor Of Ukraine Once Part Of The U.s.s.r. |
| 7
| BIGEASY |
Nickname For New Orleans, Celebrated By The Answers To The Starred Clues And Suggested By The Shaded Squares |
| 8
| DOTTHEIS |
Attend To Details ... Or A Hint To Entering Six Down Answers In This Puzzle |
| 8
| MORRISON |
First Black Woman To Win The Nobel Prize In Literature |
| 8
| ROSHAMBO |
One Name For The Game Depicted In This Puzzle |
| 8
| IMPERIAL |
Like Rome Starting In The First Century B.c. |
| 8
| PARASITE |
First Foreign-language Film To Win Best Picture |
| 8
| TURNKEYS |
Jailers ... Or A Hint To "unlocking" Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 8
| LEGRESTS |
Certain Amenities For First-class Passengers |
| 8
| CLEARSKY |
Part Of A Forecast Without Clouds |
| 8
| OVERPASS |
Part Of A Highway Cloverleaf |
| 9
| KISSIMMEE |
Florida City Whose Name Has Three Pairs Of Doubled Letters |
| 9
| GIVENNAME |
It's First Among Americans |
| 9
| BUNCHEDUP |
Like Part Of A Dress Affected By Static Cling, Say |
| 9
| TRAPDOORS |
Secret Exits Represented Five Times In This Puzzle's Grid |
| 10
| JOHNDRYDEN |
England's First Poet Laureate (1668) |
| 10
| BROWSERWAR |
Navigator Was In The First One |
| 10
| DONKEYKONG |
1981 Video Game That Featured The First Appearance Of Mario |
| 10
| OBAMABIDEN |
First Winning Presidential Ticket To Alternate Vowels And Consonants |
| 10
| SWITCHJOBS |
Change Careers, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
| 10
| ROCKBOTTOM |
All-time Low ... Or A Musical Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 10
| ACTIVEROLE |
Important Part |
| 11
| MATHTEACHER |
Someone Well Versed In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 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
| EXPANDEDROLE |
Greater Responsibility, Often As Part Of A Promotion |
| 12
| WHILESOLVING |
Part 3 Of The Quote |
| 13
| GERTRUDEELION |
1988 American Nobelist In Physiology Or Medicine Who Helped Develop The First Drug Used To Fight Rejection In Organ Transplants |
| 14
| REVENGEISADISH |
With 11-down, Proverb About Delayed Retribution, With A Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 14
| OFYOURTROUBLES |
Part 2 Of The Quote |
| 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 |
| 17
| DOWNWARDFACINGDOG |
Part Of A Sun Salutation, In Yoga |
