| 9
| LOOSEENDS |
Unresolved Details ... And A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 7
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
| 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 |
| 5
| THREE |
Number Of 101-acrosses In [see Circled Letters] |
| 5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
| 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 |
| 7
| TUESDAY |
Calendar Column ... Or A Punny Hint To The Circled Squares |
| 8
| DOTTHEIS |
Attend To Details ... Or A Hint To Entering Six Down Answers In This Puzzle |
| 8
| TURNKEYS |
Jailers ... Or A Hint To "unlocking" Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 8
| SEQUENCE |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Progression Starting With 0 And 1 |
| 9
| LIMESTONE |
Approximately 5.5 Million Tons Of It Was Used To Build [see Circled Letters] |
| 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 |
| 11
| RAISETHEBAR |
Heighten Expectations, Say ... Or A Hint To Entering Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 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? |
| 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
| FALLINTOPLACE |
Become Clear ... Or Make Like The Object Represented By The Circled Letters |
| 14
| REVENGEISADISH |
With 11-down, Proverb About Delayed Retribution, With A Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 15
| THESOUNDOFMUSIC |
Rodgers And Hammerstein's "do-re-mi" Show, With A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
| 15
| ADROPINTHEOCEAN |
Insignificant Amount ... Or Hint To This Puzzle's Shaded Squares |
| 4
| SANS |
Without |
| 3
| USA |
Letters On A Forever Stamp |
| 3
| VIP |
Letters On A Pass |
| 3
| SPF |
Letters On Some Foundations |
| 3
| STL |
Letters Seen On N.f.l. Scoreboards Between 1995 And 2015 |
| 3
| LSD |
Letters That Might Change Your Mind? |
| 3
| ANT |
Creature Without Ears That Uses Vibrations To "hear" |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Between Two Names |
| 3
| SPF |
Beach Bottle Letters |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alternate Name |
| 3
| PAC |
Campaign Fund-raising Letters |
| 3
| IMO |
Letters Of Qualification |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alias |
| 3
| SIR |
"for Once Maybe Someone Will Call Me '___,' Without Adding, 'you're Making A Scene'" Homer Simpson |
| 3
| ADA |
Tube Letters |
| 3
| FYI |
Letters Accompanying A Tip |
| 3
| VSO |
Letters On A Bottle Of Brandy |
| 4
| PTAS |
School Grps. Without Students |
| 4
| SUSS |
Puzzle (out) |
| 4
| ERGO |
Start To A Logical Conclusion |
| 4
| IKEA |
Store With A Three-syllable Name In Four Letters |
| 4
| TRIO |
The Constructors Of This Puzzle, E.g. |
| 4
| RHOS |
Letters After Pis |
| 4
| RSVP |
Invitation Letters |
| 4
| THEO |
Lead-in To -logical |
| 4
| LSAT |
Exam With A Logical Reasoning Section Abbr. |
| 4
| PLEA |
Word That, Fittingly, Contains All Four Different Letters Of Appeal |
| 5
| GOTAT |
Said Without Saying |
| 5
| REBUS |
Puzzle Type With Pictures |
| 5
| KATIE |
Woman's Nickname That Sounds Like Its First And Third Letters |
| 5
| ONEND |
Without Stop |
| 5
| PRNDL |
Letters On A Gearshift |
| 5
| KINGS |
With 101-across, Where This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer Is Located |
| 5
| KHUFU |
Fill In This Answer With Letters From Five Clue Numbers 74, 92, 21, 52, 118 |
| 5
| COINS |
What Might Strike You While Solving This Puzzle |
| 5
| STOLE |
Took Without Asking |
| 5
| WYNNE |
Arthur Who Invented The Crossword Puzzle (1913) |
| 5
| ALICE |
Children's Character Who Asks Herself "and What Is The Use Of A Book Without Pictures Or Conversations?" |
| 5
| IDLES |
Keeps The Engine Running, Without Moving |
| 6
| SAFELY |
Without Incident |
| 6
| TOPEKA |
Capital That Ends With Its State's First Two Letters |
| 6
| CHEOPS |
Greek Name For This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer |
| 6
| SAHARA |
Habitat For The Addax Antelope, Which Can Go A Year Without Drinking |
| 6
| PAGODA |
Place Of Worship Whose Third, Fourth And Fifth Letters Are Appropriate |
| 6
| MAGNET |
Object Represented Visually Twice In This Puzzle |
| 6
| SUDOKU |
Puzzle With A 9 X 9 Grid |
| 7
| AQUATIC |
Like The Five Animals In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 7
| TOOHARD |
Unlike This Puzzle, We Hope |
| 8
| ROSHAMBO |
One Name For The Game Depicted In This Puzzle |
| 8
| CLEARSKY |
Part Of A Forecast Without Clouds |
| 9
| KISSIMMEE |
Florida City Whose Name Has Three Pairs Of Doubled Letters |
| 9
| ACAPPELLA |
Without Accompaniment |
| 9
| THEREMINS |
Eerie-sounding Instruments That Are Played Without Physical Contact |
| 9
| CASUALSEX |
Flings Without Strings |
| 9
| HADAHUNCH |
Sensed Without Being Sure |
| 9
| TRAPDOORS |
Secret Exits Represented Five Times In This Puzzle's Grid |
| 10
| ITSTHEPITS |
"awful!" ... Or A Hint To The Common Element Of 17-, 23-, 36- And 50-across |
| 10
| GROUPTHINK |
Intellectual Conformity ... Or A Hint To Interpreting 17-, 22- And 51-across |
| 10
| WASNTCLEAR |
Needed Further Explanation |
| 10
| HOLDMYBEER |
Comment Before A Stupid Stunt ... Or A Hint To The Ends Of 17-, 25-, 36- And 50-across |
| 11
| MATHTEACHER |
Someone Well Versed In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 11
| BANANAGRAMS |
Scrabble Relative Played Without A Board [mass] |
| 11
| COUNTRYSTAR |
Grand Ole Opry Performer ... Or A Hint To 17-/18-across And 23- And 36-down |
| 12
| JUSTADDWATER |
Simple Recipe Instruction ... Or A Hint To The Answers To The Four Starred Clues |
| 12
| LAWOFGRAVITY |
Scientific Contribution From 98-down, Discovered In A Manner Suggested By This Puzzle's Theme |
| 14
| THEDOCTORISOUT |
Lucy's Empty-booth Sign In "peanuts" ... Or A Hint To 16-, 24-, 37- And 55-across |
| 14
| MARGARETFARRAR |
First Puzzle Editor Of The New York Times |
| 15
| SIGNFORDELIVERY |
Accept A Package Formally ... Or A Hint To 17-, 29-, 45- And 62-across? |
