| 9
| TRAPDOORS |
Secret Exits Represented Five Times In This Puzzle's Grid |
| 13
| FALLINTOPLACE |
Become Clear ... Or Make Like The Object Represented By The Circled Letters |
| 3
| PET |
Stroke ... Or The Object Of Strokes |
| 4
| SUSS |
Puzzle (out) |
| 4
| SERA |
Word Sung Twice After "que" |
| 4
| TRIO |
The Constructors Of This Puzzle, E.g. |
| 4
| YOHO |
Words Sung Twice Before "a Pirate's Life For Me" |
| 5
| REBUS |
Puzzle Type With Pictures |
| 5
| KINGS |
With 101-across, Where This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer Is Located |
| 5
| TOTEM |
Spiritual Object |
| 5
| PAPER |
Game Option Represented By A Flat Palm |
| 5
| COINS |
What Might Strike You While Solving This Puzzle |
| 5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
| 5
| WYNNE |
Arthur Who Invented The Crossword Puzzle (1913) |
| 6
| SUDOKU |
Puzzle With A 9 X 9 Grid |
| 6
| CHEOPS |
Greek Name For This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer |
| 7
| AQUATIC |
Like The Five Animals In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 7
| TOOHARD |
Unlike This Puzzle, We Hope |
| 7
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
| 8
| TURNKEYS |
Jailers ... Or A Hint To "unlocking" Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 8
| ROSHAMBO |
One Name For The Game Depicted In This Puzzle |
| 8
| DOTTHEIS |
Attend To Details ... Or A Hint To Entering Six Down Answers In This Puzzle |
| 9
| QUEBECOIS |
One Represented By A Blue-and-white Flag With Four Fleurs-de-lis |
| 9
| LOOSEENDS |
Unresolved Details ... And A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 10
| SWITCHJOBS |
Change Careers, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
| 10
| GUTFEELING |
Intuition Without Logical Explanation, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 10
| ROCKBOTTOM |
All-time Low ... Or A Musical Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 11
| MATHTEACHER |
Someone Well Versed In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 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 |
| 13
| NAMEOFTHEGAME |
Something's Essential Aspect ... Or What's Spelled Out By Letters In This Puzzle's Eight "cups" |
| 14
| REVENGEISADISH |
With 11-down, Proverb About Delayed Retribution, With A Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 14
| MARGARETFARRAR |
First Puzzle Editor Of The New York Times |
| 15
| FROMSTEMTOSTERN |
Thoroughly ... Or A Hint For Parsing Some Lowercase Letters In Four Of This Puzzle's Clues |
| 15
| THESOUNDOFMUSIC |
Rodgers And Hammerstein's "do-re-mi" Show, With A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
| 15
| CONGRATULATIONS |
First Part Of A Message Suggested By This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 15
| ADROPINTHEOCEAN |
Insignificant Amount ... Or Hint To This Puzzle's Shaded Squares |