| 4
| ESSE |
Latin Verb That's A Letter Off From 9-down |
| 5
| LONGO |
Vowel Sound At The End Of 15- And 26-across |
| 7
| SANDERS |
See 26-across |
| 7
| RHYMING |
Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- And 64-across, With Respect To The Numbers In Their Clues |
| 9
| FOODFIGHT |
Type Of Battle That 17-, 26-/49- And 60-across Might Be Engaged In? |
| 5
| TABLE |
Put Off |
| 6
| MANTIS |
With 38-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 38-across (nor A 36-across, For That Matter) |
| 3
| LAO |
Language In Which Most Words Are Monosyllabic |
| 3
| ELL |
Letter Opener? |
| 3
| OTO |
Siouan Language Speaker |
| 3
| UTE |
Shoshonean Language |
| 3
| POP |
See 63-across |
| 3
| ETA |
Greek Letter That Might Follow "z" |
| 3
| RIG |
See 30-across |
| 3
| EEL |
See 23-across |
| 3
| DID |
Pulled Off |
| 3
| LAO |
People With A Language Of The Same Name |
| 3
| EAT |
Polish Off |
| 3
| PSI |
Pitchfork-shaped Letter |
| 3
| LAO |
Language Spoken Along The Mekong |
| 3
| RUN |
To Go Quickly By Moving The Legs More Rapidly Than At A Walk And In Such A Manner That For An Instant In Each Step All Or Both Feet Are Off The Ground |
| 3
| DOC |
Only Dwarf With A Three-letter Name |
| 3
| REF |
One With A Whistle ... Who Sometimes 1-across? |
| 3
| TAU |
Letter After Sigma |
| 3
| HOP |
Move Barefoot Across A Scorchingly Hot Beach, Maybe |
| 3
| TEE |
Miff, With "off" |
| 3
| CEE |
Third Letter In An Alphabet Song |
| 3
| FIB |
Little 19-across |
| 3
| BOO |
"get Off The Stage!" |
| 3
| NFL |
With 59-across, Flag Bearers, For Short? |
| 3
| DAY |
Word With Latter Or Red-letter |
| 3
| MEL |
___ Giedroyc, Co-host Of "the Great British Bake Off" |
| 3
| RAN |
Took Off |
| 3
| PAT |
With 74-across, Gesture Of Approval |
| 3
| SEA |
With 48-across, Underwater Creature That's Certainly Not A 48-across |
| 3
| TEA |
With 59-across, "madam Secretary" Star |
| 3
| ATV |
Wheels Off The Road? |
| 3
| NAP |
Be Off Guard |
| 3
| EYE |
With 63-across, Test For Pupils |
| 3
| MAE |
West With The Classic Movie Line "i'm No 45-across ..." |
| 4
| PINK |
Pop Star Whose Name Is Stylized With An Exclamation Point In Place Of Its Second Letter |
| 4
| CHOU |
With 52-down, 39-across Leader From 1949 To 1976 |
| 4
| DASH |
To Go Quickly By Moving The Legs More Rapidly Than At A Walk And In Such A Manner That For An Instant In Each Step All Or Both Feet Are Off The Ground |
| 4
| ACUT |
With 39-across, Superior |
| 4
| ORCA |
With 65-across, Underwater Creature That Actually Is A 65-across Despite A Common Misconception |
| 4
| SODA |
With 66-across, Fizzy Drink |
| 4
| ATVS |
Off-roaders, For Short |
| 4
| FAKE |
Made In Imitation So As To Be Passed Off Fraudulently Or Deceptively As Genuine |
| 4
| JAVA |
Programming Language Named For A Beverage Named For An Island |
| 4
| DATA |
With 30-across, Numbers Displayed In Rows And Columns |
| 4
| FISH |
See 1-across |
| 4
| APED |
Took Off On |
| 4
| RUSH |
To Go Quickly By Moving The Legs More Rapidly Than At A Walk And In Such A Manner That For An Instant In Each Step All Or Both Feet Are Off The Ground |
| 4
| RILE |
Tick Off |
| 4
| FLED |
Took Off |
| 4
| XOXO |
Sweet Sign-off |
| 4
| FEND |
Stave (off) |
| 4
| TEES |
Starts A Course, With "off" |
| 4
| SANG |
Showed Off One's Pipes |
| 4
| HITS |
With 36-across, Plays Dirty |
| 4
| SLIM |
See 88-across |
| 4
| EXAM |
See 62-across |
| 4
| REFS |
See 58-across |
| 4
| ROOF |
See 49-across |
| 4
| SAYS |
See 37-across |
| 4
| RACE |
To Go Quickly By Moving The Legs More Rapidly Than At A Walk And In Such A Manner That For An Instant In Each Step All Or Both Feet Are Off The Ground |
| 4
| LESS |
Taking Off |
| 4
| ASIS |
Words That May Scare Off A Buyer |
| 4
| ZETA |
Letter That's Only 25% Of The Way Through The Greek Alphabet, Surprisingly |
| 4
| AFAR |
A Long Way Off |
| 4
| URDU |
Language Of Pakistan's Daily Khabrain |
| 4
| YMCA |
Facility Often Referred To By Its First Letter |
| 4
| SHIN |
Hebrew Letter On A Dreidel |
| 4
| URDU |
Language Of Pakistan |
| 4
| SEEM |
Come Off As |
| 4
| THAI |
Language In Which "thank You" Is "khàawp Khun" |
| 4
| IOTA |
Letter After Theta |
| 4
| URDU |
Language That Gave Us "pajamas" |
| 4
| VEER |
Go Off Course Suddenly |
| 4
| IDLE |
Lay Off |
| 4
| NYPD |
1-across In Manhattan, For Short |
| 4
| ENDS |
65-across Justifiers, In A Saying |
| 4
| ABCS |
26 Things Learned In Kindergarten |
| 4
| NOEL |
___ Fielding, Co-host Of "the Great British Bake Off" Beginning In 2017 |
| 4
| SHOO |
"buzz Off!" |
| 4
| ZETA |
Greek Letter That One Might Expect To Come Last |
| 5
| ATTAR |
Sufi Poet Thought To Have Coined The Adage Found At The Starts Of 19-, 27-, 45- And 52-across |
| 5
| AVERT |
Head Off |
| 5
| WORDS |
See 56-across |
| 5
| THETA |
Letter In The Greek Spelling Of Athens |
| 5
| ERNIE |
Shorter Roommate Of 14-across |
| 5
| SLANG |
Sort Of Language Generally Found In Urban Dictionary |
| 5
| AMISS |
Slightly Off |
| 5
| BIORE |
Skin-care Brand With An Accent Over Its Last Letter |
| 5
| WHALE |
See 64-across |
| 5
| RELAY |
Get Across |
| 5
| SEVER |
Cut Off |
| 5
| ERASE |
Take Off The Board |
| 5
| RADIO |
With 21-across, Broadcast Unit That May Operate With 50,000 Watts |
| 5
| GRASS |
"keep Off The ___" (park Sign) |
| 5
| JELLY |
With 6-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 6-across |
| 5
| WATER |
With 55-across, No Longer An Issue |
| 5
| SLATE |
With 51-across, Long-lasting Cover For A House |
| 5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
| 5
| ALPHA |
A Greek Letter? |
| 5
| BENDS |
With 20-across, Goes To Great Lengths |
| 5
| EASES |
Takes The Edge Off |
| 5
| KINGS |
With 101-across, Where This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer Is Located |
| 5
| VOLES |
Animals That Become Different Animals When Their First Letter Is Changed To An "m" |
| 5
| OVENS |
Bake-off Equipment |
| 5
| ENDIT |
Call Everything Off |
| 5
| BANTU |
Tonal Language Family |
| 5
| RESTS |
Takes Time Off |
| 5
| MEANS |
See 39-across |
| 5
| ABOAT |
See 69-across |
| 5
| LEONI |
See 35-across |
| 5
| TABLE |
See 27-across |
| 5
| OSCAR |
Letter Between November And Papa In The Nato Alphabet |
| 5
| BANTU |
Language Family Of Swahili Or Zulu |
| 5
| FALSE |
Made In Imitation So As To Be Passed Off Fraudulently Or Deceptively As Genuine |
| 5
| TAXIS |
Prepares To Take Off |
| 5
| WACKO |
Off-the-wall |
| 5
| ADLIB |
It Comes Off The Top Of One's Head |
| 5
| LOOSE |
Off The Chain, Say |
| 5
| ERASE |
Off The Mark? |
| 5
| EXACT |
Not Even A Little Off |
| 5
| THETA |
Letter Before Iota |
| 6
| STORMS |
Leaves In A Huff, With "off" |
| 6
| GASCAP |
Screw-off Car Part |
| 6
| SPRINT |
To Go Quickly By Moving The Legs More Rapidly Than At A Walk And In Such A Manner That For An Instant In Each Step All Or Both Feet Are Off The Ground |
| 6
| COUNTS |
Ticks Off |
| 6
| GENDER |
One Of Three For German Nouns, Or One Of Four For Those In Africa's Zande Language |
| 6
| PICKUP |
Learn, As A New Skill ... Or What Can Precede The Ends Of 20-, 36-, 42- And 59-across |
| 6
| SPIRAL |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Natural Shape Said To Be Seen In 61-across And 27-down |
| 6
| ERASER |
One Might Take Off A Few Marks |
| 6
| BRIBED |
Paid Off |
| 6
| RELIEF |
Load Off |
| 6
| SHRIMP |
See 36-across |
| 6
| CARLOS |
With 76-across, Mexican Business Magnate Who Was Once The World's Richest Person |
| 6
| THEYRE |
"and ___ Off!" (start Of A Race) |
| 7
| MRSPOCK |
Major Role In 70-across |
| 7
| THEBELT |
See 41-across |
| 7
| LEISURE |
Off-duty Time |
| 7
| AMERICA |
With 18-across, Emmy-winning "ugly Betty" Actress |
| 7
| HANSOLO |
Major Role In 70-across |
| 7
| YELLSAT |
Goes Off On |
| 7
| THEREST |
See 35-across |
| 7
| EDITING |
See 29-across |
| 7
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
| 7
| STAVING |
Fending (off) |
| 7
| STATION |
See 20-across |
| 7
| CHINESE |
With 43-across, Historical Period Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters |
| 7
| COLONEL |
With 49-across, The Face Of Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| 7
| FERRERA |
See 17-across |
| 7
| DYNASTY |
See 39-across |
| 8
| OPTIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Across Clues |
| 8
| SPURIOUS |
Made In Imitation So As To Be Passed Off Fraudulently Or Deceptively As Genuine |
| 8
| PARASITE |
First Foreign-language Film To Win Best Picture |
| 8
| ELECTRIC |
With 25-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 25-across |
| 8
| CARALARM |
One May Go Off In The Middle Of The Night |
| 8
| SPECIALK |
Food Brand Whose Last Letter Is Its Company's Stock Symbol |
| 8
| CUCUMBER |
See 47-across |
| 8
| CUSSWORD |
Bit Of Foul Language |
| 9
| MOUSEOVER |
Move A Cursor Across |
| 9
| DISEMBARK |
Get Off |
| 9
| WHATMAKES |
With 114-across, Exasperated Question To Parking Enforcement? |
| 9
| YOUTICKET |
See 25-across |
| 9
| AFRIKAANS |
Language That Gave Us "aardvark" |
| 9
| BACKWARDS |
See 18-across |
| 9
| INVECTIVE |
*harsh Language |
| 9
| THEBRIDGE |
See 60-across |
| 10
| ITSTHEPITS |
"awful!" ... Or A Hint To The Common Element Of 17-, 23-, 36- And 50-across |
| 10
| FRAUDULENT |
Made In Imitation So As To Be Passed Off Fraudulently Or Deceptively As Genuine |
| 10
| SMARTPHONE |
Device That Can Replace 16-, 23-, 37-, 40- And 51-across |
| 10
| STARTINGQB |
Key Member Of A Football Team, In Brief ... Or A Feature Of 16-, 29-, 35- And 42-across? |
| 10
| GROUPTHINK |
Intellectual Conformity ... Or A Hint To Interpreting 17-, 22- And 51-across |
| 10
| HOLDMYBEER |
Comment Before A Stupid Stunt ... Or A Hint To The Ends Of 17-, 25-, 36- And 50-across |
| 11
| WINDOWFRAME |
Outer Border For 36-across |
| 11
| COUNTRYSTAR |
Grand Ole Opry Performer ... Or A Hint To 17-/18-across And 23- And 36-down |
| 11
| COUNTERFEIT |
Made In Imitation So As To Be Passed Off Fraudulently Or Deceptively As Genuine |
| 12
| SPOILERALERT |
Important Warning Before You Answer 32-, 40- And 52-across? |
| 12
| YOUCANTTHINK |
Start Of An Optimistic Quote By 57-across |
| 12
| PARTYANIMALS |
They're Always Ready For A Good Time ... Or A Description Of 18-, 25-, 35- And 49-across? |
| 12
| SEVENWONDERS |
With 51-across And 15-down, Group In Which [see Circled Letters] Is The Only One Still Largely Intact |
| 13
| REBELALLIANCE |
Good Side In 70-across |
| 13
| THEFEDERATION |
Good Side In 70-across |
| 14
| THEDOCTORISOUT |
Lucy's Empty-booth Sign In "peanuts" ... Or A Hint To 16-, 24-, 37- And 55-across |
| 15
| CREATEDAMONSTER |
Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... Or What You Did After You Filled In The Shaded Parts Of 17-, 23-, 50- And 61-across? |
| 15
| SIGNFORDELIVERY |
Accept A Package Formally ... Or A Hint To 17-, 29-, 45- And 62-across? |
| 16
| COATOFMANYCOLORS |
Envy Source In Genesis 37 That Hints At 18-, 24-, 49- And 58-across |
| 21
| SPACETHEFINALFRONTIER |
Memorable Quote From 70-across |
| 21
| DOORDONOTTHEREISNOTRY |
Memorable Quote From 70-across |
