| 8
| OPTIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Across Clues |
| 9
| PESSIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Down Clues |
| 10
| ROCKBOTTOM |
All-time Low ... Or A Musical Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 12
| JUSTADDWATER |
Simple Recipe Instruction ... Or A Hint To The Answers To The Four Starred Clues |
| 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 |
| 3
| CST |
Winter Hrs. In New Orleans |
| 5
| COMMA |
Punctuation Mark Missing In "let's Eat People!" (at Least One Would Hope!) ... As Well As From The Starred Clues |
| 6
| NOWRUZ |
Iranian New Year, Celebrated On March 21, 2022 |
| 6
| SOLLAL |
Korean New Year, Celebrated On Feb. 1, 2022 |
| 8
| SONGKRAN |
Thai New Year, Celebrated On April 13, 2022 |
| 12
| ROSHHASHANAH |
Jewish New Year, Celebrated On Sept. 25, 2022 |
| 14
| SPRINGFESTIVAL |
Chinese New Year, Celebrated On Feb. 1, 2022 |
| 15
| ADROPINTHEOCEAN |
Insignificant Amount ... Or Hint To This Puzzle's Shaded Squares |
| 6
| RHOMBI |
Squares, E.g. |
| 3
| IKE |
1950s Presidential Nickname |
| 3
| RON |
1980s White House Nickname |
| 3
| RYE |
New York Town That's Home To Playland Amusement Park |
| 3
| TEX |
Nickname For A Wrangler |
| 3
| IKE |
Old Presidential Nickname |
| 3
| TRU |
Capote Nickname |
| 3
| RYE |
City On The New York/connecticut Border |
| 3
| ANI |
Nickname In "star Wars" |
| 3
| SIS |
Nuclear Unit Nickname |
| 3
| STU |
Nickname That's An Alphabet Trio |
| 4
| SARA |
New York City's ___ Delano Roosevelt Park |
| 4
| MAGS |
New York, Chicago And Los Angeles, In Brief |
| 4
| GIGI |
Nickname For Virginia |
| 4
| BEAV |
Nickname In 1950s-'60s Tv |
| 4
| LAKE |
Artificial Feature In New York's Central Park |
| 4
| AROD |
Nickname In Baseball And Gossip Columns |
| 4
| IONA |
College In New Rochelle, N.y. |
| 4
| YALE |
New Haven Alma Mater Of Five Presidents |
| 4
| YANG |
Andrew Who Ran For President And Mayor Of New York City |
| 4
| ROME |
New York City |
| 5
| UTICA |
Upstate New York City |
| 5
| POTUS |
Washington Nickname |
| 5
| ENERO |
When El Día De Los Reyes Is Celebrated |
| 5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
| 5
| KATIE |
Woman's Nickname That Sounds Like Its First And Third Letters |
| 5
| TRANS |
Like Those Celebrated With An Annual Day Of Visibility On March 31 |
| 5
| ELISE |
Educator/writer ___ Johnson Mcdougald, First African American Female Principal In New York City Public Schools |
| 5
| SCROD |
New England Seafood Staple |
| 6
| ELMIRA |
New York City Where Mark Twain Is Buried |
| 6
| PICKUP |
Learn, As A New Skill ... Or What Can Precede The Ends Of 20-, 36-, 42- And 59-across |
| 7
| TOOTALL |
Nickname Of 6' 9" N.f.l. Great Ed Jones |
| 7
| FORTLEE |
Northern New Jersey Town |
| 7
| RHYMING |
Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- And 64-across, With Respect To The Numbers In Their Clues |
| 7
| ALADDIN |
1992 Disney Film With The Ballad "a Whole New World" |
| 7
| SINCITY |
Nickname For Las Vegas |
| 7
| STRIKER |
One Seeking A New Agreement, Perhaps |
| 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
| LATESHOW |
It Ends After Midnight In New York, With "the" |
| 8
| TURNKEYS |
Jailers ... Or A Hint To "unlocking" Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 9
| ALONETIME |
It's Usually In Short Supply For New Parents |
| 9
| BORNTORUN |
New Jersey's "unofficial Rock Theme Of Our State's Youth" |
| 11
| RAISETHEBAR |
Heighten Expectations, Say ... Or A Hint To Entering Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 12
| LAWOFGRAVITY |
Scientific Contribution From 98-down, Discovered In A Manner Suggested By This Puzzle's Theme |
| 12
| LITTLEDIPPER |
At The Party Where The Scientist Was Demonstrating Her New Shrink Ray, [zap!] The Punch Ladle Turned Into A ... |
| 14
| MARGARETFARRAR |
First Puzzle Editor Of The New York Times |
| 15
| CREATEDAMONSTER |
Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... Or What You Did After You Filled In The Shaded Parts Of 17-, 23-, 50- And 61-across? |
| 15
| CONGRATULATIONS |
First Part Of A Message Suggested By This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 15
| FROMSTEMTOSTERN |
Thoroughly ... Or A Hint For Parsing Some Lowercase Letters In Four Of This Puzzle's Clues |
| 15
| THIRTYSOMETHING |
Baby-boomer Series That Starred Ken Olin |
