| 10
| HOLDMYBEER |
Comment Before A Stupid Stunt ... Or A Hint To The Ends Of 17-, 25-, 36- And 50-across |
| 6
| MANTIS |
With 38-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 38-across (nor A 36-across, For That Matter) |
| 3
| TEA |
With 59-across, "madam Secretary" Star |
| 3
| NFL |
With 59-across, Flag Bearers, For Short? |
| 3
| OCD |
What Psychotherapy Can Treat, In Brief |
| 4
| HITS |
With 36-across, Plays Dirty |
| 5
| BENDS |
With 20-across, Goes To Great Lengths |
| 5
| STING |
What Some Insects And Insults Can Do |
| 6
| SHRIMP |
See 36-across |
| 7
| OCTOBER |
What "10" Can Mean |
| 7
| STATION |
See 20-across |
| 7
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
| 8
| LATESHOW |
It Ends After Midnight In New York, With "the" |
| 10
| SMARTPHONE |
Device That Can Replace 16-, 23-, 37-, 40- And 51-across |
| 10
| ITSTHEPITS |
"awful!" ... Or A Hint To The Common Element Of 17-, 23-, 36- And 50-across |
| 10
| STARTINGQB |
Key Member Of A Football Team, In Brief ... Or A Feature Of 16-, 29-, 35- And 42-across? |
| 11
| COUNTRYSTAR |
Grand Ole Opry Performer ... Or A Hint To 17-/18-across And 23- And 36-down |
| 11
| WINDOWFRAME |
Outer Border For 36-across |
| 12
| BACKUPSINGER |
One Helping In A Band ... Or What Can Be Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters? |
| 15
| XYLOPHONEMALLET |
What Can Strike Up A Tune? |
| 15
| CREATEDAMONSTER |
Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... Or What You Did After You Filled In The Shaded Parts Of 17-, 23-, 50- And 61-across? |
| 3
| DIF |
"what's The ___?" |
| 4
| ODDS |
"what Are The ___?" |
| 6
| RELATE |
"i Can ___" |
| 3
| RYE |
City On The New York/connecticut Border |
| 3
| EYE |
With 63-across, Test For Pupils |
| 3
| OHO |
"what Do We Have Here!" |
| 3
| MAE |
West With The Classic Movie Line "i'm No 45-across ..." |
| 3
| IAM |
"___ America (and So Can You!)" (stephen Colbert Best Seller) |
| 3
| FIB |
Little 19-across |
| 3
| EEL |
See 23-across |
| 3
| ALL |
What A Winner Takes, It's Said |
| 3
| OMG |
Texter's "can You Believe It?!" |
| 3
| CST |
Winter Hrs. In New Orleans |
| 3
| ACE |
Person Of Extraordinary Skill |
| 3
| ANI |
What Only One Planet, Jupiter, Is Spelled With |
| 3
| APT |
Quick To Learn |
| 3
| MDS |
Ob/gyns And 36-downs |
| 3
| AND |
"what Do You Want Me To Do About It?" |
| 3
| PAT |
With 74-across, Gesture Of Approval |
| 3
| RIG |
See 30-across |
| 3
| HIS |
What A Flat "b" Palm Facing A Nearby Fellow Stands For, In A.s.l. |
| 3
| HAT |
What, In Multiple Senses, Might Get Tipped |
| 3
| RYE |
New York Town That's Home To Playland Amusement Park |
| 3
| EMU |
Bird That Can Sprint Up To 30 M.p.h. |
| 3
| TEN |
What "x" Might Mean |
| 3
| LEI |
Necklace That Can Be Made With Kukui Nuts |
| 3
| BAA |
Is That What Ewe Said? |
| 3
| WET |
What You Might Get On A Log Flume Ride |
| 3
| SEE |
"what'd I Tell You?!" |
| 3
| HER |
What's-___-name |
| 3
| DIE |
What Might Be Rolled For A Strike |
| 3
| HOP |
Move Barefoot Across A Scorchingly Hot Beach, Maybe |
| 3
| SEA |
With 48-across, Underwater Creature That's Certainly Not A 48-across |
| 3
| REF |
One With A Whistle ... Who Sometimes 1-across? |
| 3
| LIE |
"thanks, It's Just What I've Always Wanted," Often |
| 3
| AWL |
What's The Point Of Leatherwork? |
| 3
| TNT |
You Can Have A Blast With This |
| 3
| POP |
See 63-across |
| 4
| HALF |
What 12 Is, To This Clue's Number |
| 4
| PENS |
They Can Be Felt |
| 4
| WEST |
What's Left On A Map? |
| 4
| VISA |
What Bankamericard Became In 1976 |
| 4
| BEEN |
What Might Have ___ |
| 4
| REFS |
See 58-across |
| 4
| IONA |
College In New Rochelle, N.y. |
| 4
| TRIP |
What Comes Before The Fall? |
| 4
| ORCA |
With 65-across, Underwater Creature That Actually Is A 65-across Despite A Common Misconception |
| 4
| WILT |
What Flowers Eventually Do |
| 4
| ASIF |
"in What Universe?!" |
| 4
| SLIM |
See 88-across |
| 4
| FISH |
See 1-across |
| 4
| SMOG |
Atmospheric Condition That Can Be Caused By Wildfires |
| 4
| THEY |
"what Were ___ Thinking?" |
| 4
| HOOF |
What A Horseshoe Is Attached To |
| 4
| CAIN |
What's Raised In A Ruckus |
| 4
| SURE |
"what-e-e-ever You Say ..." |
| 4
| WOOL |
What's Got Ewe Covered? |
| 4
| NYPD |
1-across In Manhattan, For Short |
| 4
| AMEN |
"you Can Say That Again!" |
| 4
| EXAM |
See 62-across |
| 4
| SAYS |
See 37-across |
| 4
| HATE |
What Graham Greene Called A "failure Of Imagination" |
| 4
| SODA |
With 66-across, Fizzy Drink |
| 4
| SEND |
What An Up Arrow Might Mean |
| 4
| GEDS |
What Some Dropouts Go On To Get, In Brief |
| 4
| SARA |
New York City's ___ Delano Roosevelt Park |
| 4
| YANG |
Andrew Who Ran For President And Mayor Of New York City |
| 4
| ROAR |
Sound Likely Not Made By A Tyrannosaurus Rex, Despite What "jurassic Park" Would Have You Believe |
| 4
| NOSE |
What Glasses Rest On |
| 4
| ETAL |
What Makes The Short List? |
| 4
| ONIT |
"you Can Bet ___" |
| 4
| HERR |
What To Call A Man In Mannheim |
| 4
| BOLT |
What Might Strike During A Storm |
| 4
| PAPA |
"___, Can You Hear Me?" (oscar-nominated Song From "yentl") |
| 4
| GROW |
What Babies Do Faster Than College Students |
| 4
| ROAR |
What Noise Cancelers May Cancel |
| 4
| PACE |
What's Picked Up In A Hurry? |
| 4
| ERSE |
Language That's A Letter Off From 26-across |
| 4
| WIRE |
What A Tightrope Walker Walks On |
| 4
| ORWE |
"... Must All Learn To Live Together As Brothers, ___ Will All Perish Together As Fools" M.l.k. Jr. |
| 4
| WELL |
When Said Three Times, "what Have We Here?!" |
| 4
| GODS |
What Polytheists Worship |
| 4
| IAGO |
Shakespeare Villain Who Says "i Am Not What I Am" |
| 4
| ACUT |
With 39-across, Superior |
| 4
| MIDI |
Skirt Length That Ends Midcalf |
| 4
| MAGS |
New York, Chicago And Los Angeles, In Brief |
| 4
| ENDS |
65-across Justifiers, In A Saying |
| 4
| LAKE |
Artificial Feature In New York's Central Park |
| 4
| WEBS |
Halloween Decorations That Can Be Made With Cotton Balls |
| 4
| ROOF |
See 49-across |
| 4
| ELSE |
"what ___ Have You Got?" |
| 4
| ONIT |
"you Can Leave This To Me" |
| 4
| TACO |
What Gets Filled At A Shell Station? |
| 4
| YALE |
New Haven Alma Mater Of Five Presidents |
| 4
| OKAY |
Response Akin To "so What?" |
| 4
| SINK |
What Hearts And Ships May Do |
| 4
| CHOU |
With 52-down, 39-across Leader From 1949 To 1976 |
| 4
| DATA |
What's Spread On A Spreadsheet |
| 4
| ROME |
New York City |
| 4
| IDEA |
"what's The Big ___?" |
| 4
| DATA |
With 30-across, Numbers Displayed In Rows And Columns |
| 5
| ERNIE |
Shorter Roommate Of 14-across |
| 5
| ATREE |
What's Clothed In Summer And Naked In Winter, Per An Old Riddle |
| 5
| RELAY |
Get Across |
| 5
| ALICE |
Children's Character Who Asks Herself "and What Is The Use Of A Book Without Pictures Or Conversations?" |
| 5
| ABOAT |
See 69-across |
| 5
| ADORE |
Can't Get Enough Of |
| 5
| NEEDY |
Like A Partner Who Can't Spend A Second Apart From You |
| 5
| LONGO |
Vowel Sound At The End Of 15- And 26-across |
| 5
| ELISE |
Educator/writer ___ Johnson Mcdougald, First African American Female Principal In New York City Public Schools |
| 5
| DOSES |
Just What The Doctor Ordered |
| 5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
| 5
| SHADE |
What A Tree Provides On A Hot, Sunny Day |
| 5
| ENLAI |
See 36-down |
| 5
| ABACI |
You Can Count On Them |
| 5
| DRAMA |
What Gossipy People Love To Stir Up |
| 5
| BFLAT |
What Most Clarinets Are Tuned To |
| 5
| SHEET |
What's Often Kept Undercover? |
| 5
| AGREE |
What "he" And "do" Don't Do |
| 5
| GLOSS |
Cosmetic That Can Be Applied With A Brush |
| 5
| DECAL |
What Might Get Stuck In A Window |
| 5
| HORSE |
You Can Bet On It! |
| 5
| SCROD |
New England Seafood Staple |
| 5
| SELLS |
What Sex Does, They Say |
| 5
| MEANS |
See 39-across |
| 5
| PANDA |
An Adult One Can Spend Up To 16 Hours A Day Eating |
| 5
| RADIO |
With 21-across, Broadcast Unit That May Operate With 50,000 Watts |
| 5
| READY |
"i Can Do This. Hit Me" |
| 5
| SOUND |
With 42-down, Oscars Category From 1963 To 2019 |
| 5
| ATTAR |
Sufi Poet Thought To Have Coined The Adage Found At The Starts Of 19-, 27-, 45- And 52-across |
| 5
| KINGS |
With 101-across, Where This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer Is Located |
| 5
| WATER |
With 55-across, No Longer An Issue |
| 5
| LEONI |
See 35-across |
| 5
| CANOE |
"i Can Row A Boat. ___?" (groaner Joke) |
| 5
| WORDS |
See 56-across |
| 5
| ACTON |
Suburb About 20 Miles Wnw Of Boston |
| 5
| TABLE |
See 27-across |
| 5
| SLATE |
With 51-across, Long-lasting Cover For A House |
| 5
| OPRAH |
Author Of "what I Know For Sure," Familiarly |
| 5
| TILDE |
What A Jalapeño Has That A Habanero Lacks |
| 5
| UTICA |
Upstate New York City |
| 5
| RIPEN |
What Avocados Don't Do Until They're Picked |
| 5
| WHALE |
See 64-across |
| 5
| PHASE |
What A Rebellious Teenager May Be Going Through |
| 5
| JELLY |
With 6-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 6-across |
| 5
| COINS |
What Might Strike You While Solving This Puzzle |
| 6
| ELMIRA |
New York City Where Mark Twain Is Buried |
| 6
| LIBIDO |
What An Aphrodisiac Boosts |
| 6
| RESELL |
What Middlemen Do |
| 6
| POPTAB |
Can Opener |
| 6
| ONELEG |
What A Pirouette Is Performed On |
| 6
| GUESTS |
They Can Be Friendly While Patronizing |
| 6
| IODINE |
What I Might Be In A Lab? |
| 6
| SPIRAL |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Natural Shape Said To Be Seen In 61-across And 27-down |
| 6
| SALADS |
What "chicken" And "egg" Are Examples Of |
| 6
| UNLESS |
"wait, What If ..." |
| 6
| ROPING |
Skill Event That Might Follow Barrel Racing |
| 6
| AWOMAN |
What God Is, Per An Ariana Grande Hit |
| 6
| CLOUDS |
What Nephology Is The Study Of |
| 6
| ABACUS |
You Can't Say It Doesn't Count |
| 6
| SOLLAL |
Korean New Year, Celebrated On Feb. 1, 2022 |
| 6
| PAYEES |
They Get What's Coming To Them |
| 6
| MOOING |
What May Be Heard In A Herd |
| 6
| SAHARA |
Habitat For The Addax Antelope, Which Can Go A Year Without Drinking |
| 6
| STAPLE |
What May Connect The Parts Of A School Assignment? |
| 6
| CARLOS |
With 76-across, Mexican Business Magnate Who Was Once The World's Richest Person |
| 6
| REPEAT |
What Two Sets Of Dots Within Double Lines Indicate, In Musical Scores |
| 6
| REMOTE |
It Can Be A Show-stopper |
| 6
| ECHOED |
What Beatles Music Did At Abbey Road, Famously |
| 6
| SOCCER |
In Which Head Shots Can Be Taken |
| 6
| OROMEO |
Start Of Juliet's "what's In A Name?" Speech |
| 6
| CUBANO |
Sandwich Invented In Florida, Despite What Its Name Suggests |
| 6
| TOPEKA |
Capital That Ends With Its State's First Two Letters |
| 6
| NOWRUZ |
Iranian New Year, Celebrated On March 21, 2022 |
| 6
| KISMET |
What's In The Stars |
| 6
| ARLENE |
Francis Of Old Tv's "what's My Line?" |
| 6
| YODUDE |
"what's Up, My Man?!" |
| 7
| GOODAIM |
What A Three-point Shooter Needs |
| 7
| TOSPARE |
Beyond What's Needed |
| 7
| MINIBAR |
What Might Display A Little Spirit? |
| 7
| THEBELT |
See 41-across |
| 7
| PRAYERS |
What Father Knows Best? |
| 7
| RHYMING |
Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- And 64-across, With Respect To The Numbers In Their Clues |
| 7
| POPTABS |
Soda Can Features |
| 7
| CHEMLAB |
Place Where Students Can Find Solutions |
| 7
| EDITING |
See 29-across |
| 7
| HANSOLO |
Major Role In 70-across |
| 7
| MRSPOCK |
Major Role In 70-across |
| 7
| CHINESE |
With 43-across, Historical Period Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters |
| 7
| FORTLEE |
Northern New Jersey Town |
| 7
| LOLCATS |
Memes With Captions Like "i Can Has Cheezburger?" |
| 7
| CONGEAL |
What Oil May Do In Frigid Temperatures |
| 7
| SANDERS |
See 26-across |
| 7
| SMALLER |
What Teaspoons Are Vis-à-vis Tablespoons |
| 7
| COLONEL |
With 49-across, The Face Of Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| 7
| FERRERA |
See 17-across |
| 7
| BIGEASY |
Nickname For New Orleans, Celebrated By The Answers To The Starred Clues And Suggested By The Shaded Squares |
| 7
| STRIKER |
One Seeking A New Agreement, Perhaps |
| 7
| ALADDIN |
1992 Disney Film With The Ballad "a Whole New World" |
| 7
| AMERICA |
With 18-across, Emmy-winning "ugly Betty" Actress |
| 7
| DYNASTY |
See 39-across |
| 7
| THEREST |
See 35-across |
| 7
| ELTRAIN |
What's Going Up In Chicago? |
| 7
| KNEECAP |
What The Quadriceps Muscle Connects To |
| 8
| SONGKRAN |
Thai New Year, Celebrated On April 13, 2022 |
| 8
| WIZARDRY |
Dazzling Skill |
| 8
| BADTASTE |
What You Find Kitsch In |
| 8
| ELECTRIC |
With 25-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 25-across |
| 8
| OPTIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Across Clues |
| 8
| ALCAPONE |
Who Infamously Boasted "they Can't Collect Legal Taxes From Illegal Money" |
| 8
| EYESIGHT |
20/20, For Example |
| 8
| PHOTOIDS |
What Driver's Licenses Serve As |
| 8
| HOGWARTS |
School Where Students Learn To Spell? |
| 8
| THATSSAD |
"what A Pity" |
| 8
| SHEEPDOG |
What Babe Aspires To Be In "babe" |
| 8
| CUCUMBER |
See 47-across |
| 8
| VERBIAGE |
What Purple Prose And Technical Jargon Have In Common |
| 8
| SAMELOVE |
2013 Macklemore/ryan Lewis Hit With The Lyric "and I Can't Change, Even If I Tried" |
| 9
| FOODFIGHT |
Type Of Battle That 17-, 26-/49- And 60-across Might Be Engaged In? |
| 9
| OPENSPACE |
What An Agoraphobe Avoids |
| 9
| HEADFAKES |
They Can Have You Going The Wrong Way |
| 9
| ALLIGATOR |
Animal That Can Grow Up To 3,000 Teeth In Its Lifetime |
| 9
| INTERSECT |
What Parallel Lines Never Do |
| 9
| MOUSEOVER |
Move A Cursor Across |
| 9
| UMMACHINE |
What A Nervous Public Speaker Sounds Like? |
| 9
| BACKWARDS |
See 18-across |
| 9
| THEBRIDGE |
See 60-across |
| 9
| CAMCORDER |
What Many A Home Movie Was Once Shot On |
| 9
| LIPREADER |
One Who Sees What You're Saying? |
| 9
| WHATADEAL |
"i Can't Afford Not To Buy It!" |
| 9
| ALONETIME |
It's Usually In Short Supply For New Parents |
| 9
| WHATMAKES |
With 114-across, Exasperated Question To Parking Enforcement? |
| 9
| YOUTICKET |
See 25-across |
| 9
| BORNTORUN |
New Jersey's "unofficial Rock Theme Of Our State's Youth" |
| 10
| ASSISTANTS |
People Might Have Personal Ones For What They Do |
| 10
| SCRAPMETAL |
What An Old Car Might Be Sold For |
| 10
| LOADEDDICE |
What A Cheater Might Throw |
| 10
| IHAVETORUN |
"sorry, Can't Stay" |
| 10
| SECONDHAND |
What A Clock Might Strike |
| 10
| WEREWOLVES |
What The Couple Dressed In Lupine Costumes Said |
| 10
| ADOLESCENT |
One Between 10 And 20, Say |
| 10
| GROUPTHINK |
Intellectual Conformity ... Or A Hint To Interpreting 17-, 22- And 51-across |
| 10
| WATERSLIDE |
It Ends With A Big Splash |
| 10
| CESTCHEESE |
Answer To "what Is Roquefort Or Brie?"? |
| 10
| PAPERTRAIL |
What Might Be Followed In An Investigation |
| 11
| NOMOREFORME |
Can't Eat Another Bite |
| 11
| CARPOOLLANE |
Something That Not A Single Person Can Go In? |
| 11
| PARENTHESIS |
The Right One Can Produce A Smile |
| 11
| SWIVELCHAIR |
What Rotates Throughout The Office? |
| 11
| GWENSTEFANI |
Singer With The 2016 #1 Album "this Is What The Truth Feels Like" |
| 11
| AREYOUALONE |
"can We Talk Privately?" |
| 12
| PARTYANIMALS |
They're Always Ready For A Good Time ... Or A Description Of 18-, 25-, 35- And 49-across? |
| 12
| PLENTYOFHORN |
What Brass Band Music Has? |
| 12
| SPOILERALERT |
Important Warning Before You Answer 32-, 40- And 52-across? |
| 12
| ROSHHASHANAH |
Jewish New Year, Celebrated On Sept. 25, 2022 |
| 12
| SEVENWONDERS |
With 51-across And 15-down, Group In Which [see Circled Letters] Is The Only One Still Largely Intact |
| 12
| LITTLEDIPPER |
At The Party Where The Scientist Was Demonstrating Her New Shrink Ray, [zap!] The Punch Ladle Turned Into A ... |
| 12
| YOUCANTTHINK |
Start Of An Optimistic Quote By 57-across |
| 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
| THEFEDERATION |
Good Side In 70-across |
| 13
| REBELALLIANCE |
Good Side In 70-across |
| 14
| MARGARETFARRAR |
First Puzzle Editor Of The New York Times |
| 14
| LEVISBLUEJEANS |
Denim Pants With A Red Tab Label [#36] |
| 14
| THEDOCTORISOUT |
Lucy's Empty-booth Sign In "peanuts" ... Or A Hint To 16-, 24-, 37- And 55-across |
| 14
| SPRINGFESTIVAL |
Chinese New Year, Celebrated On Feb. 1, 2022 |
| 14
| COMMANDOFCHAIN |
What A Dog Walker And A Strong-willed Pooch Might Vie For? |
| 15
| SIGNFORDELIVERY |
Accept A Package Formally ... Or A Hint To 17-, 29-, 45- And 62-across? |
| 15
| AGREETODISAGREE |
What Friendly Opponents May Do |
| 15
| TAKEOUTTHETRASH |
What To Do Before The Answers To The Starred Clues Will Make Sense |
| 15
| OPTICALILLUSION |
This Isn't What It Looks Like! |
| 16
| COATOFMANYCOLORS |
Envy Source In Genesis 37 That Hints At 18-, 24-, 49- And 58-across |
| 17
| WHENHARRYMETSALLY |
M. Ryan, What's Her Yell? (1989) |
| 21
| SPACETHEFINALFRONTIER |
Memorable Quote From 70-across |
| 21
| FOLLOWTHEBOUNCINGBALL |
Karaoke Instruction ... Or What To Do Starting At 10-down |
| 21
| DOORDONOTTHEREISNOTRY |
Memorable Quote From 70-across |
