| 9
| FOODFIGHT |
Type Of Battle That 17-, 26-/49- And 60-across Might Be Engaged In? |
| 10
| SMARTPHONE |
Device That Can Replace 16-, 23-, 37-, 40- And 51-across |
| 10
| GROUPTHINK |
Intellectual Conformity ... Or A Hint To Interpreting 17-, 22- And 51-across |
| 3
| ODD |
Like Almost All Prime Numbers |
| 4
| DATA |
With 30-across, Numbers Displayed In Rows And Columns |
| 4
| ERSE |
Language That's A Letter Off From 26-across |
| 5
| WHALE |
See 64-across |
| 5
| LONGO |
Vowel Sound At The End Of 15- And 26-across |
| 5
| SLATE |
With 51-across, Long-lasting Cover For A House |
| 7
| FERRERA |
See 17-across |
| 7
| SANDERS |
See 26-across |
| 8
| OPTIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Across Clues |
| 10
| HOLDMYBEER |
Comment Before A Stupid Stunt ... Or A Hint To The Ends Of 17-, 25-, 36- And 50-across |
| 10
| ITSTHEPITS |
"awful!" ... Or A Hint To The Common Element Of 17-, 23-, 36- And 50-across |
| 11
| COUNTRYSTAR |
Grand Ole Opry Performer ... Or A Hint To 17-/18-across And 23- And 36-down |
| 12
| SPOILERALERT |
Important Warning Before You Answer 32-, 40- And 52-across? |
| 12
| SEVENWONDERS |
With 51-across And 15-down, Group In Which [see Circled Letters] Is The Only One Still Largely Intact |
| 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? |
| 5
| RATIO |
51, E.g. |
| 6
| IAMBIC |
Like "to Be Or Not To Be" |
| 6
| MANTIS |
With 38-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 38-across (nor A 36-across, For That Matter) |
| 9
| REVERENCE |
Respect |
| 3
| DIY |
Like Typical Projects In Popular Mechanics Magazine, In Brief |
| 3
| APT |
Like Usain Bolt's Last Name |
| 3
| DRY |
Like Wine Labeled "sec" |
| 3
| MAE |
West With The Classic Movie Line "i'm No 45-across ..." |
| 3
| ASL |
It Has Colloquial Gestures Like "kiss-fist" And "shaking L" Abbr. |
| 3
| FIB |
Little 19-across |
| 3
| PBS |
Network Supported By "viewers Like You" |
| 3
| HOP |
Move Barefoot Across A Scorchingly Hot Beach, Maybe |
| 3
| AVE |
One Of 17 In Monopoly Abbr. |
| 3
| REF |
One With A Whistle ... Who Sometimes 1-across? |
| 3
| POP |
See 63-across |
| 3
| RED |
Like Diamonds |
| 3
| IND |
Like The Opening Of Mahler's Symphony No. 9 |
| 3
| EEL |
See 23-across |
| 3
| SEA |
With 48-across, Underwater Creature That's Certainly Not A 48-across |
| 3
| RIG |
See 30-across |
| 3
| TEA |
With 59-across, "madam Secretary" Star |
| 3
| EYE |
With 63-across, Test For Pupils |
| 3
| WET |
Like Some Blankets And Bars |
| 3
| DUH |
"like, Obviously!" |
| 3
| DRY |
Like Some Humor And Martinis |
| 3
| DRY |
Like Some Humor And Wine |
| 3
| RES |
Like Some Telephone Nos. |
| 3
| PAT |
With 74-across, Gesture Of Approval |
| 3
| OTC |
Like Some Meds |
| 3
| NFL |
With 59-across, Flag Bearers, For Short? |
| 3
| INE |
Like Bach's Partita For Violin No. 3 |
| 4
| ARTY |
Like Many College Film Projects |
| 4
| AIRY |
Like Cheese Puffs And Rice Cakes |
| 4
| RUNG |
Like Church Bells |
| 4
| ARID |
Like Climates Where Cacti Thrive |
| 4
| NEON |
Like The Radio City Music Hall Sign |
| 4
| SWUM |
Like The Start Of An Ironman Race |
| 4
| FISH |
See 1-across |
| 4
| SUED |
Like Discriminatory Employers, Often |
| 4
| ODDS |
Right-hand Page Numbers, Typically |
| 4
| OTIS |
Redding Who Wrote "respect" |
| 4
| AVID |
Like Fans Who Hold Season Tickets, Typically |
| 4
| AGED |
Like Scotch |
| 4
| MEEK |
Like The Eventual Inheritors Of The Earth, In Matthew |
| 4
| OILY |
Like Garage Floors, Often |
| 4
| DEWY |
Like Grass On A Misty Morning |
| 4
| VAST |
Like The Universe |
| 4
| ARID |
Like Much Of Sudan |
| 4
| TALL |
Like Some Tales |
| 4
| OAKY |
Like Many A Barrel-aged Wine |
| 4
| INHD |
Like Many Tv Broadcasts Since The 1990s |
| 4
| ICED |
Like Many A Summertime Beverage |
| 4
| ORAL |
Like Some Vaccines |
| 4
| EVIL |
Like The More Interesting Twin, Some Would Say |
| 4
| ARTY |
Like Some Designs On Etsy |
| 4
| OILY |
Like Auto Shop Rags |
| 4
| APSE |
Word That Sounds Like A Plural Of 1-down |
| 4
| BLOC |
Contingent Of Like-minded Voters |
| 4
| ACUT |
With 39-across, Superior |
| 4
| HITS |
With 36-across, Plays Dirty |
| 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
| SKOL |
Vodka Brand That Sounds Like A Toast |
| 4
| ENDS |
65-across Justifiers, In A Saying |
| 4
| HITS |
Top 40 Songs |
| 4
| ARRS |
Talk Like A Pirate Day Outbursts |
| 4
| ABCS |
26 Things Learned In Kindergarten |
| 4
| CHOU |
With 52-down, 39-across Leader From 1949 To 1976 |
| 4
| SLIM |
See 88-across |
| 4
| NYPD |
1-across In Manhattan, For Short |
| 4
| RASP |
Speak Like Clint Eastwood |
| 4
| EXAM |
See 62-across |
| 4
| TAUT |
Like A Tug-of-war Rope |
| 4
| SAYS |
See 37-across |
| 4
| AHAB |
"grand, Ungodly, God-like" Man Of Fiction |
| 4
| THEM |
"how Do You Like ___ Apples?" |
| 4
| ROOF |
See 49-across |
| 4
| SNAP |
Like Some Decisions |
| 4
| ASHY |
Like A Used Firepit |
| 4
| TEEN |
"smells Like ___ Spirit" (nirvana Song) |
| 4
| BAWL |
Cry Like A Baby |
| 4
| ANTI |
Like A Thumbs-down Vote |
| 4
| RARE |
Like A T206 Honus Wagner Baseball Card |
| 4
| INKY |
Like A Stamp Pad |
| 4
| REFS |
See 58-across |
| 5
| STEEP |
Like Some Roller Coaster Drops |
| 5
| YESNO |
Like Some Questions |
| 5
| IOWAN |
Like Some Quad Cities Residents |
| 5
| FINED |
Like Speeders, Often |
| 5
| JELLY |
With 6-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 6-across |
| 5
| SIXTH |
Like The Most Recent Pope Paul Among All Popes Named Paul |
| 5
| WATER |
With 55-across, No Longer An Issue |
| 5
| WAXED |
Like Some Legs And Mustaches |
| 5
| ARTSY |
Like Some Gallery Displays |
| 5
| KATIE |
Woman's Nickname That Sounds Like Its First And Third Letters |
| 5
| BENDS |
With 20-across, Goes To Great Lengths |
| 5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
| 5
| OOZES |
Moves Like Muck |
| 5
| TABLE |
See 27-across |
| 5
| MEANS |
See 39-across |
| 5
| LOOTS |
Ransacks Like A Pirate |
| 5
| COMMA |
Punctuation Mark Missing In "let's Eat People!" (at Least One Would Hope!) ... As Well As From The Starred Clues |
| 5
| LADEN |
Packed, Like A Ship With Cargo |
| 5
| ABOAT |
See 69-across |
| 5
| ERNIE |
Shorter Roommate Of 14-across |
| 5
| SOLOS |
Numbers Not Meant To Be Shared |
| 5
| ATTAR |
Sufi Poet Thought To Have Coined The Adage Found At The Starts Of 19-, 27-, 45- And 52-across |
| 5
| OOZED |
Moved Like Molasses |
| 5
| TASED |
Like The Villainous Max Shreck, At The End Of "batman Returns" |
| 5
| OGLES |
Looks Like A Jerk |
| 5
| SEEMS |
Looks Like |
| 5
| STRUT |
Walk Around Like You Own The Place |
| 5
| KINGS |
With 101-across, Where This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer Is Located |
| 5
| LEONI |
See 35-across |
| 5
| RADIO |
With 21-across, Broadcast Unit That May Operate With 50,000 Watts |
| 5
| RARER |
Like Uranium Vis-à-vis Carbon |
| 5
| TRANS |
Like Those Celebrated With An Annual Day Of Visibility On March 31 |
| 5
| NORSE |
Like Thor Or Loki |
| 5
| WORDS |
See 56-across |
| 5
| LENIN |
World Leader Who Appeared On A Time Magazine Cover 40 Years After His Death |
| 5
| RURAL |
Like Farm Country |
| 5
| JUICY |
Like Oranges And Some Gossip |
| 5
| JAIME |
French "i Like" |
| 5
| SAGGY |
Like A Dewlap |
| 5
| MESSY |
Like A Breakup Gone Bad |
| 5
| ASIAN |
Like Almost Two-thirds Of The Earth's Population |
| 5
| ATOLL |
Island Like Kiritimati |
| 5
| BLEAT |
Cry Like A Kid |
| 5
| PLUSH |
Like Many A Stuffed Toy |
| 5
| INEPT |
Like A Schlemiel |
| 5
| KHUFU |
Fill In This Answer With Letters From Five Clue Numbers 74, 92, 21, 52, 118 |
| 5
| MINTY |
Like Much Toothpaste |
| 5
| INANE |
Like Much Three Stooges Humor |
| 5
| SWEET |
Like Most Desserts |
| 5
| RETRO |
Like Men's Double-breasted Suits, E.g. |
| 5
| NOISY |
Like Many Street-level Apartments |
| 5
| RELAY |
Get Across |
| 5
| NEEDY |
Like A Partner Who Can't Spend A Second Apart From You |
| 5
| PALER |
Like Pastels Compared To Primary Colors |
| 5
| OAKEN |
Like Many Chardonnay Barrels |
| 5
| FLOWN |
Like Planes And Flags |
| 5
| NOFEE |
Like Some Checking Accounts |
| 5
| PAPAL |
Like Some Bulls |
| 5
| LITUP |
Like Festive Houses During The Holidays |
| 5
| DROLL |
Like Some "monty Python" Humor |
| 5
| BAGGY |
Like Hammer Pants |
| 5
| NOOUT |
Like A Situation At The Start Of An Inning |
| 5
| REPEL |
Act Like Some Poles |
| 5
| INERT |
Like Helium |
| 5
| DRIER |
Like Prunes Vis-à-vis Plums |
| 5
| BULGY |
Like Pronounced Muscles |
| 5
| TENTH |
Like J, Alphabetically |
| 5
| AGILE |
Like Ballet Dancers |
| 6
| SASHAY |
Walk Like You Own The Place |
| 6
| ORANGE |
Like A Screwdriver |
| 6
| SPIRAL |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Natural Shape Said To Be Seen In 61-across And 27-down |
| 6
| PICKUP |
Learn, As A New Skill ... Or What Can Precede The Ends Of 20-, 36-, 42- And 59-across |
| 6
| TOOTHY |
Like A Wide Grin |
| 6
| SHRIMP |
See 36-across |
| 6
| SLUSHY |
Like Winter Roads During A Thaw |
| 6
| INBETA |
Like Many Apps With Faulty Features |
| 6
| QATARI |
Like Al Jazeera |
| 6
| OBLONG |
Like Kiwis And Plum Tomatoes, By Shape |
| 6
| INLAID |
Like Mosaic Tiles |
| 6
| THEMED |
Like Many Crossword Puzzles (though Not This One) |
| 6
| RIBBED |
Like Twill And Faille |
| 6
| HAIKUS |
Works With 17 Units |
| 6
| SODIUM |
About 40% Of Table Salt |
| 6
| SEEDED |
Like Some Fruits And Tennis Players |
| 6
| CARLOS |
With 76-across, Mexican Business Magnate Who Was Once The World's Richest Person |
| 6
| STRAWY |
Like Some Horse Bedding |
| 6
| SEWNON |
Like Scouting Patches |
| 6
| RAIDED |
Like Refrigerators At Night, Sometimes |
| 6
| SALTED |
Like Pretzels And Winter Highways |
| 6
| JAMMED |
Like Some Signals And Traffic |
| 6
| FOLDUP |
Like Some Space-saving Beds |
| 6
| PREWEB |
Like Pioneering Search Engines Of The 1980s |
| 6
| ANIMES |
Cartoon Films Like "spirited Away" And "ninja Scroll" |
| 6
| ACIDIC |
Like Apples And Oranges |
| 6
| TWOHIT |
Like Some Well-pitched Games |
| 6
| ARETOO |
Comeback That Sounds Like A "star Wars" Character |
| 6
| LESSER |
Like The "5" Of "5 & 10" |
| 6
| NOCARB |
Like Diets That Cut Out Bread And Pasta |
| 6
| MOLTEN |
Like The Inside Of A Lava Cake |
| 6
| ARCHED |
Like Eyebrows |
| 6
| ELDEST |
Like Meg Among The March Sisters |
| 6
| SWAMPY |
Like Marshes |
| 6
| FEARED |
Like Bogeymen |
| 7
| DYNASTY |
See 39-across |
| 7
| STRANGE |
Like Anomalies |
| 7
| THEREST |
See 35-across |
| 7
| BREADED |
Like Some Chicken Cutlets |
| 7
| BOOBAMA |
Four-footed Resident Of The White House From 2009-17 |
| 7
| THEBELT |
See 41-across |
| 7
| MOONLIT |
Like A Romantic Evening Stroll, Perhaps |
| 7
| GRAWLIX |
String Of Typographical Symbols, Like @%$&!, To Represent An Obscenity |
| 7
| ROUNDED |
Like 100 Vis-à-vis 99, Say |
| 7
| AMERICA |
With 18-across, Emmy-winning "ugly Betty" Actress |
| 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
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
| 7
| DATASET |
Bunch Of Numbers For Crunching |
| 7
| EDITING |
See 29-across |
| 7
| PRECODE |
Like Early Uncensored Hollywood Films |
| 7
| GLITCHY |
Like Many A Beta Release |
| 7
| SAMESEX |
Like Some Relationships |
| 7
| WARTORN |
Like The Balkans In The 1990s |
| 7
| INFUSED |
Like Some Vodkas |
| 7
| DCBASED |
Like Much White House Press |
| 7
| ARTDECO |
Like Los Angeles's Griffith Observatory |
| 7
| BIGEASY |
Nickname For New Orleans, Celebrated By The Answers To The Starred Clues And Suggested By The Shaded Squares |
| 7
| ONETERM |
Like Trump's Presidency |
| 7
| MRSPOCK |
Major Role In 70-across |
| 7
| HANSOLO |
Major Role In 70-across |
| 7
| AQUATIC |
Like The Five Animals In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 7
| HEAVIER |
Like épées Vis-à-vis Foils |
| 7
| TACTFUL |
Like Whatever Comes After "how Should I Put This?" |
| 7
| CLASSIC |
Like Works Of Shakespeare Or Frank Sinatra |
| 7
| SLURRED |
Like Drunken Speech |
| 7
| EASIEST |
Like Crosswords On Monday Vis-à-vis Those In The Rest Of The Week |
| 7
| SAMESEX |
Like Some Couples |
| 7
| STATION |
See 20-across |
| 7
| LOLCATS |
Memes With Captions Like "i Can Has Cheezburger?" |
| 8
| HALFREAD |
Like A Book With A Bookmark In The Middle, Say |
| 8
| ELECTRIC |
With 25-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 25-across |
| 8
| SADSONGS |
Low Numbers? |
| 8
| ALVEOLAR |
Like The Consonants "t" And "d" |
| 8
| EGYPTIAN |
Like Hathor, Goddess Of Motherhood |
| 8
| CUCUMBER |
See 47-across |
| 8
| IMPERIAL |
Like Rome Starting In The First Century B.c. |
| 8
| TOETOTOE |
Like Some Confrontations |
| 8
| CHEROKEE |
Like Sequoyah, For Whom The Tree Is Named |
| 9
| UMMACHINE |
What A Nervous Public Speaker Sounds Like? |
| 9
| BUNCHEDUP |
Like Part Of A Dress Affected By Static Cling, Say |
| 9
| WARMSUPTO |
Begins To Like |
| 9
| PROTECTED |
Like Many Endangered Species |
| 9
| WHATMAKES |
With 114-across, Exasperated Question To Parking Enforcement? |
| 9
| THIGHHIGH |
Like Some Fashion Boots |
| 9
| MRSANDMAN |
Classic Song With The Line "give Him A Lonely Heart Like Pagliacci / And Lots Of Wavy Hair Like Liberace" |
| 9
| YOUTICKET |
See 25-across |
| 9
| SIMMERING |
Like Some Feuds And Foods On A Stove |
| 9
| BACKWARDS |
See 18-across |
| 9
| PESSIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Down Clues |
| 9
| THEBRIDGE |
See 60-across |
| 9
| MOUSEOVER |
Move A Cursor Across |
| 10
| MUSTBENICE |
"wish I Could Live Like That ..." |
| 10
| STARTINGQB |
Key Member Of A Football Team, In Brief ... Or A Feature Of 16-, 29-, 35- And 42-across? |
| 10
| ROCKBOTTOM |
All-time Low ... Or A Musical Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 10
| HYPERBARIC |
Like Oxygen Therapy Chambers |
| 11
| GWENSTEFANI |
Singer With The 2016 #1 Album "this Is What The Truth Feels Like" |
| 11
| WINDOWFRAME |
Outer Border For 36-across |
| 11
| POWERPOSING |
Standing Like Wonder Woman, Say |
| 12
| REALORIGINAL |
Sarcastic "oh, Like You Thought Of That Yourself" |
| 12
| JUSTADDWATER |
Simple Recipe Instruction ... Or A Hint To The Answers To The Four Starred Clues |
| 12
| SOLDFORPARTS |
Like Many A Lemon, Eventually |
| 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? |
| 13
| AMILLIONBUCKS |
Great Thing To Feel Like |
| 13
| FALLINTOPLACE |
Become Clear ... Or Make Like The Object Represented By The Circled Letters |
| 13
| THEFEDERATION |
Good Side In 70-across |
| 13
| SHROUDOFTURIN |
Pope Pius Xii Called It "a Holy Thing Perhaps Like Nothing Else" |
| 13
| REBELALLIANCE |
Good Side In 70-across |
| 14
| THEDOCTORISOUT |
Lucy's Empty-booth Sign In "peanuts" ... Or A Hint To 16-, 24-, 37- And 55-across |
| 14
| REVENGEISADISH |
With 11-down, Proverb About Delayed Retribution, With A Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 15
| TAKEOUTTHETRASH |
What To Do Before The Answers To The Starred Clues Will Make Sense |
| 15
| FROMSTEMTOSTERN |
Thoroughly ... Or A Hint For Parsing Some Lowercase Letters In Four Of This Puzzle's Clues |
| 15
| OPTICALILLUSION |
This Isn't What It Looks Like! |
| 15
| ISNOTHINGSACRED |
Rhetorical Question Lamenting A Lack Of Respect |
| 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 |
