7
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
3
| ANI |
What Only One Planet, Jupiter, Is Spelled With |
4
| SUSS |
Puzzle (out) |
4
| YMCA |
1978 Hit Whose Title Is Spelled Out In Its Chorus |
4
| MOLT |
Grow Out Of Something, Say |
4
| YMCA |
Locale Spelled Out In A Village People Song |
5
| COINS |
What Might Strike You While Solving This Puzzle |
6
| ANCHOR |
Something That's Thrown Out While Using It |
9
| LOOSEENDS |
Unresolved Details ... And A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
10
| GUTFEELING |
Intuition Without Logical Explanation, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
12
| BACKUPSINGER |
One Helping In A Band ... Or What Can Be Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters? |
13
| PATHTOVICTORY |
Election Night Calculation ... Or What's Traced By The Circled Letters |
15
| FROMSTEMTOSTERN |
Thoroughly ... Or A Hint For Parsing Some Lowercase Letters In Four Of This Puzzle's Clues |
15
| CONGRATULATIONS |
First Part Of A Message Suggested By This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
3
| DIF |
"what's The ___?" |
4
| ELSE |
Something ___ |
4
| ODDS |
"what Are The ___?" |
4
| EMIT |
Put Out |
6
| SPACEY |
Out Of It |
3
| REM |
Band With The 4x Platinum Albums "out Of Time" And "monster" |
3
| EKE |
Barely Make, With "out" |
3
| SPF |
Beach Bottle Letters |
3
| USA |
Letters On A Forever Stamp |
3
| BED |
Something To Make After You Wake |
3
| PAC |
Campaign Fund-raising Letters |
3
| FUR |
Something Traded At A Trading Post |
3
| ATM |
Cash-out Spot? |
3
| DIE |
What Might Be Rolled For A Strike |
3
| LSD |
Letters That Might Change Your Mind? |
3
| VEG |
Chill (out) |
3
| STL |
Letters Seen On N.f.l. Scoreboards Between 1995 And 2015 |
3
| SPF |
Letters On Some Foundations |
3
| VIP |
Letters On A Pass |
3
| HIS |
What A Flat "b" Palm Facing A Nearby Fellow Stands For, In A.s.l. |
3
| VSO |
Letters On A Bottle Of Brandy |
3
| IMO |
Letters Of Qualification |
3
| ORE |
Dug-out Material |
3
| AKA |
Letters Between Two Names |
3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alternate Name |
3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alias |
3
| FYI |
Letters Accompanying A Tip |
3
| ALL |
What A Winner Takes, It's Said |
3
| CDS |
Lasers Read Them From The Inside Out |
3
| UMP |
One Calling You Out, Perhaps |
3
| TEN |
What "x" Might Mean |
3
| NAP |
Time Out? |
3
| BRA |
Undergarment With Cups |
3
| DRY |
Hang Out On A Line |
3
| ADA |
Tube Letters |
3
| OCD |
What Psychotherapy Can Treat, In Brief |
3
| PUT |
To Move Or Place (anything) So As To Get It Into Or Out Of A Specific Location Or Position |
3
| BAA |
Is That What Ewe Said? |
3
| ASH |
Something Picked Up By A Silent Butler |
3
| AIR |
Something A Snowboarder Catches |
3
| LIE |
"thanks, It's Just What I've Always Wanted," Often |
3
| HER |
What's-___-name |
3
| ADO |
Something About Nothing, Perhaps |
3
| AWL |
What's The Point Of Leatherwork? |
3
| OHO |
"what Do We Have Here!" |
3
| AND |
"what Do You Want Me To Do About It?" |
3
| ORE |
Something Of Miner Interest |
3
| SEE |
"what'd I Tell You?!" |
3
| ASS |
Something Of Your Neighbor's Not To Covet, Per The Ten Commandments |
3
| EGG |
Something A Duck Lays |
3
| ONE |
Out Of Gas, Informally |
3
| OAR |
Something A Coxswain Lacks |
3
| ODD |
As A Result Of Being Out Of One's Natural Environment |
3
| WET |
What You Might Get On A Log Flume Ride |
3
| HAT |
What, In Multiple Senses, Might Get Tipped |
3
| EKE |
___ Out A Victory |
3
| PET |
Something That All But Three U.s. Presidents Have Had While In Office |
3
| EKE |
Scrape (out) |
3
| LET |
Rent Out |
3
| EGO |
Something Swollen On A Pro Athlete? |
4
| TRIO |
The Constructors Of This Puzzle, E.g. |
4
| IKEA |
Store With A Three-syllable Name In Four Letters |
4
| PEEL |
Leave Quickly, With "out" |
4
| RENT |
Lease (out) |
4
| ABED |
Sacked Out |
4
| KERR |
Steve With Eight N.b.a. Championships |
4
| PATE |
Spread Out At A Party |
4
| EKES |
Scrapes (out) |
4
| CAPS |
Rounds Out, As An Event |
4
| OMIT |
Leave Out |
4
| ROAR |
Sound Likely Not Made By A Tyrannosaurus Rex, Despite What "jurassic Park" Would Have You Believe |
4
| OKAY |
Response Akin To "so What?" |
4
| RETD |
Out Of Office? Abbr. |
4
| EVEN |
Something To Break At A Casino? |
4
| TBSP |
One Of Eight In A Stick Of Butter Abbr. |
4
| NOSY |
Needing To Butt Out |
4
| ICON |
Something To Click |
4
| EBBS |
Moves Out To Sea |
4
| GOAL |
Something To Shoot For ... Or Shoot At |
4
| GONE |
Out Of The Park |
4
| RHOS |
Letters After Pis |
4
| ASIA |
Locale Of The 2002 And 2022 World Cups |
4
| ACNE |
Something You May Want To Clear Up |
4
| TENT |
Something You Might Raise A Flap About |
4
| SLAT |
Something Found Under A Mattress |
4
| RAMP |
One Inclined To Go In And Out |
4
| TAPE |
Something A Winner May Run Into |
4
| MARK |
Something That Is Produced By An Agency Or Cause |
4
| SEND |
What An Up Arrow Might Mean |
4
| RSVP |
Invitation Letters |
4
| DATA |
What's Spread On A Spreadsheet |
4
| BEEN |
What Might Have ___ |
4
| BOLT |
What Might Strike During A Storm |
4
| TROT |
Bring (out) |
4
| ROAR |
What Noise Cancelers May Cancel |
4
| GEDS |
What Some Dropouts Go On To Get, In Brief |
4
| HERR |
What To Call A Man In Mannheim |
4
| WOOL |
What's Got Ewe Covered? |
4
| WEST |
What's Left On A Map? |
4
| PACE |
What's Picked Up In A Hurry? |
4
| CAIN |
What's Raised In A Ruckus |
4
| IDEA |
"what's The Big ___?" |
4
| ETAL |
What Makes The Short List? |
4
| SURE |
"what-e-e-ever You Say ..." |
4
| THEY |
"what Were ___ Thinking?" |
4
| ELSE |
"what ___ Have You Got?" |
4
| ACTV |
When Lady Macbeth Cries "out, Damned Spot!" |
4
| WELL |
When Said Three Times, "what Have We Here?!" |
4
| ISAK |
"out Of Africa" Author Dinesen |
4
| ASIF |
"in What Universe?!" |
4
| PLEA |
Word That, Fittingly, Contains All Four Different Letters Of Appeal |
4
| TOPS |
You Might Take Them Out For A Spin |
4
| BAHA |
___ Men ("who Let The Dogs Out" Group) |
4
| ARMS |
Chair Parts That Tend To Wear Out Quickly |
4
| GODS |
What Polytheists Worship |
4
| SINK |
What Hearts And Ships May Do |
4
| WILT |
What Flowers Eventually Do |
4
| TIRE |
Wear (out) |
4
| HALF |
What 12 Is, To This Clue's Number |
4
| HOOF |
What A Horseshoe Is Attached To |
4
| WIRE |
What A Tightrope Walker Walks On |
4
| IAGO |
Shakespeare Villain Who Says "i Am Not What I Am" |
4
| HATE |
What Graham Greene Called A "failure Of Imagination" |
4
| CRUX |
Essential Point |
4
| VISA |
What Bankamericard Became In 1976 |
4
| TRIP |
What Comes Before The Fall? |
4
| GROW |
What Babies Do Faster Than College Students |
4
| METE |
Distribute, With "out" |
4
| TACO |
What Gets Filled At A Shell Station? |
4
| EXED |
Crossed (out) |
4
| NOSE |
What Glasses Rest On |
4
| EYES |
Set Of Eight For Most Spiders |
5
| SELLS |
What Sex Does, They Say |
5
| ATEIT |
Wiped Out |
5
| BELTS |
Sings Out With A Lot Of Power |
5
| TESTS |
Tries Out |
5
| DECAL |
What Might Get Stuck In A Window |
5
| AGREE |
What "he" And "do" Don't Do |
5
| TRACE |
Something That Is Produced By An Agency Or Cause |
5
| KATIE |
Woman's Nickname That Sounds Like Its First And Third Letters |
5
| DRAMA |
What Gossipy People Love To Stir Up |
5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
5
| PLANK |
Something A Mutinying Pirate Might Have To Walk |
5
| KINGS |
With 101-across, Where This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer Is Located |
5
| TILDE |
What A Jalapeño Has That A Habanero Lacks |
5
| CLAIM |
Something Staked |
5
| PHASE |
What A Rebellious Teenager May Be Going Through |
5
| BFLAT |
What Most Clarinets Are Tuned To |
5
| STING |
What Some Insects And Insults Can Do |
5
| SHADE |
What A Tree Provides On A Hot, Sunny Day |
5
| CAMPS |
Stays Out All Night? |
5
| ATREE |
What's Clothed In Summer And Naked In Winter, Per An Old Riddle |
5
| RIPEN |
What Avocados Don't Do Until They're Picked |
5
| PHOTO |
Something Shared On Instagram |
5
| CREED |
Something To Believe In |
5
| PLACE |
To Move Or Place (anything) So As To Get It Into Or Out Of A Specific Location Or Position |
5
| SHEET |
What's Often Kept Undercover? |
5
| AMUST |
Something Absolutely Necessary |
5
| RESET |
Zero Out |
5
| EXPEL |
Kick Out |
5
| IMGAY |
Announcement On National Coming Out Day |
5
| THREE |
Number Of 101-acrosses In [see Circled Letters] |
5
| ALICE |
Children's Character Who Asks Herself "and What Is The Use Of A Book Without Pictures Or Conversations?" |
5
| MORSE |
Name Spelled With Six Dashes And Six Dots |
5
| FRIED |
Mentally Worn Out |
5
| ICEIN |
Make It So There's Snow Way Out? |
5
| AMISS |
Out Of Whack |
5
| ALARM |
Freak Out |
5
| TIRES |
Burns Out |
5
| OPRAH |
Author Of "what I Know For Sure," Familiarly |
5
| WYNNE |
Arthur Who Invented The Crossword Puzzle (1913) |
5
| PRNDL |
Letters On A Gearshift |
5
| FREES |
Lets Out |
5
| DOSES |
Just What The Doctor Ordered |
5
| DINED |
Had Something Nice |
5
| IHOPE |
"if My Luck Holds Out ..." |
5
| LATER |
"peace Out" |
5
| CANIT |
"that's Enough Out Of You!" |
5
| REBUS |
Puzzle Type With Pictures |
5
| KHUFU |
Fill In This Answer With Letters From Five Clue Numbers 74, 92, 21, 52, 118 |
6
| SALADS |
What "chicken" And "egg" Are Examples Of |
6
| CHEOPS |
Greek Name For This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer |
6
| PANICS |
Freaks Out |
6
| ONELEG |
What A Pirouette Is Performed On |
6
| PALLID |
Washed Out |
6
| ARLENE |
Francis Of Old Tv's "what's My Line?" |
6
| DELINT |
Get Fuzz Out Of |
6
| ECHOED |
What Beatles Music Did At Abbey Road, Famously |
6
| BOLTED |
Got Out Fast |
6
| LIBIDO |
What An Aphrodisiac Boosts |
6
| SUNSET |
Slowly Phase Out, In Lingo |
6
| IODINE |
Element Essential To Thyroid Function |
6
| REPEAT |
What Two Sets Of Dots Within Double Lines Indicate, In Musical Scores |
6
| IDUNNO |
"beats The Heck Out Of Me" |
6
| DEFINE |
Worked Out With Great Care And Nicety Of Detail |
6
| LOOKIE |
"ooh, Check It Out!" |
6
| ERASES |
Wipes Out |
6
| SPIRAL |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Natural Shape Said To Be Seen In 61-across And 27-down |
6
| UNLESS |
"wait, What If ..." |
6
| YODUDE |
"what's Up, My Man?!" |
6
| KISMET |
What's In The Stars |
6
| CLOUDS |
What Nephology Is The Study Of |
6
| EVOKED |
Drew Out, As A Smile |
6
| TOPEKA |
Capital That Ends With Its State's First Two Letters |
6
| RESELL |
What Middlemen Do |
6
| STAPLE |
What May Connect The Parts Of A School Assignment? |
6
| MOOING |
What May Be Heard In A Herd |
6
| TESTED |
Checked Out |
6
| PAYEES |
They Get What's Coming To Them |
6
| EMERGE |
Come Out |
6
| AWOMAN |
What God Is, Per An Ariana Grande Hit |
6
| IODINE |
What I Might Be In A Lab? |
6
| CLOTHE |
Fit Out |
6
| PAGODA |
Place Of Worship Whose Third, Fourth And Fifth Letters Are Appropriate |
6
| MAGNET |
Object Represented Visually Twice In This Puzzle |
6
| CUBANO |
Sandwich Invented In Florida, Despite What Its Name Suggests |
6
| BOTNET |
Something Unleashed In A Denial-of-service Attack |
6
| OILRIG |
Something Well-placed? |
6
| THEGAP |
Something To "mind" At A British Train Station |
6
| HEARSE |
Something Drawn By An Invisible Horse Outside Disney's Haunted Mansion |
6
| ALLOTS |
Rations Out |
6
| TELLON |
Rat Out |
6
| HOTTEA |
Something Brewing |
6
| NOCARB |
Like Diets That Cut Out Bread And Pasta |
6
| USEDCD |
Something Heard Secondhand? |
6
| OROMEO |
Start Of Juliet's "what's In A Name?" Speech |
6
| LEASED |
Let Out, In A Way |
6
| SUDOKU |
Puzzle With A 9 X 9 Grid |
6
| EFFECT |
Something That Is Produced By An Agency Or Cause |
6
| HOODOO |
Something That Brings Bad Luck |
6
| SOLIDS |
One Side In Eight-ball Pool |
6
| PICKUP |
Learn, As A New Skill ... Or What Can Precede The Ends Of 20-, 36-, 42- And 59-across |
7
| CATCHON |
Figure It Out |
7
| CHINESE |
With 43-across, Historical Period Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters |
7
| MINIBAR |
What Might Display A Little Spirit? |
7
| TOSPARE |
Beyond What's Needed |
7
| NEPTUNE |
The Eighth Of Eight |
7
| CONGEAL |
What Oil May Do In Frigid Temperatures |
7
| SWEARAT |
Cuss Out |
7
| IMPRESS |
Something That Is Produced By An Agency Or Cause |
7
| SILENCE |
Something That May Be Golden Or Broken |
7
| IMPRINT |
Something That Is Produced By An Agency Or Cause |
7
| KNEECAP |
What The Quadriceps Muscle Connects To |
7
| UNUSUAL |
As A Result Of Being Out Of One's Natural Environment |
7
| PRAYERS |
What Father Knows Best? |
7
| EXTRUDE |
Force Out |
7
| STRANGE |
As A Result Of Being Out Of One's Natural Environment |
7
| EXTENDS |
Stretches Out |
7
| POLLUTE |
To Make Impure Or Unsuitable By Contact Or Mixture With Something Unclean |
7
| CLARIFY |
Worked Out With Great Care And Nicety Of Detail |
7
| ELTRAIN |
What's Going Up In Chicago? |
7
| TOOHARD |
Unlike This Puzzle, We Hope |
7
| GOODAIM |
What A Three-point Shooter Needs |
7
| OBVIOUS |
Standing Out So As To Be Seen Easily |
7
| OCTOBER |
What "10" Can Mean |
7
| SMALLER |
What Teaspoons Are Vis-à-vis Tablespoons |
7
| EXPLAIN |
Worked Out With Great Care And Nicety Of Detail |
7
| AQUATIC |
Like The Five Animals In This Puzzle's Theme |
8
| BADTASTE |
What You Find Kitsch In |
8
| TWINKLES |
Puts Out Light, As A Star |
8
| ESCAPEES |
They're Out On Their Own |
8
| FREERIDE |
Something For Nothing |
8
| CHANUKAH |
Annual Eight-day Celebration |
8
| SEQUENCE |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Progression Starting With 0 And 1 |
8
| LOLLIPOP |
Something To Lick On A Stick |
8
| TURNKEYS |
Jailers ... Or A Hint To "unlocking" Four Answers In This Puzzle |
8
| PECULIAR |
As A Result Of Being Out Of One's Natural Environment |
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 |
8
| VERBIAGE |
What Purple Prose And Technical Jargon Have In Common |
8
| THATSSAD |
"what A Pity" |
8
| SETSBAIL |
Determines The Money Needed To Get Out Of Jail |
8
| ADDWATER |
Dilute Something, In A Way |
8
| SHEEPDOG |
What Babe Aspires To Be In "babe" |
8
| TOTALWAR |
All-out Military Conflict |
8
| PHOTOIDS |
What Driver's Licenses Serve As |
8
| SETAGOAL |
Give Oneself Something To Aim For |
8
| ITSAMESS |
"ugh, We Have So Much To Sort Out" |
9
| LIMESTONE |
Approximately 5.5 Million Tons Of It Was Used To Build [see Circled Letters] |
9
| INTERSECT |
What Parallel Lines Never Do |
9
| BARECHEST |
Something Often Seen With Trunks |
9
| LIPREADER |
One Who Sees What You're Saying? |
9
| CHEEREDUP |
Came Out Of The Blue? |
9
| OPENSPACE |
What An Agoraphobe Avoids |
9
| INTERPRET |
Worked Out With Great Care And Nicety Of Detail |
9
| LENDAHAND |
Help Out |
9
| ELABORATE |
Worked Out With Great Care And Nicety Of Detail |
9
| SPACECASE |
Type Who's Out Of Touch With Reality |
9
| PROMINENT |
Standing Out So As To Be Seen Easily |
9
| UMMACHINE |
What A Nervous Public Speaker Sounds Like? |
9
| TRAPDOORS |
Secret Exits Represented Five Times In This Puzzle's Grid |
9
| KISSIMMEE |
Florida City Whose Name Has Three Pairs Of Doubled Letters |
9
| CAMCORDER |
What Many A Home Movie Was Once Shot On |
9
| TELLNOONE |
"this Better Not Get Out" |
10
| UNFAMILIAR |
As A Result Of Being Out Of One's Natural Environment |
10
| TEATASTING |
Where To Try Out Some Gunpowder? |
10
| SWITCHJOBS |
Change Careers, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
10
| PAPERTRAIL |
What Might Be Followed In An Investigation |
10
| CESTCHEESE |
Answer To "what Is Roquefort Or Brie?"? |
10
| MERETRIFLE |
When The Dessert Was Brought Out, [zap!] The Pudding Cake Turned Into A ... |
10
| RESURRECTS |
Gets Out Of A Grave Situation? |
10
| SCRAPMETAL |
What An Old Car Might Be Sold For |
10
| LOADEDDICE |
What A Cheater Might Throw |
10
| AWORKOFART |
Something Intricately Detailed And Impressive |
10
| SECONDHAND |
What A Clock Might Strike |
10
| ASSISTANTS |
People Might Have Personal Ones For What They Do |
10
| WEREWOLVES |
What The Couple Dressed In Lupine Costumes Said |
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
| PACKEDHOUSE |
Result Of Selling Out |
11
| GWENSTEFANI |
Singer With The 2016 #1 Album "this Is What The Truth Feels Like" |
11
| RAISETHEBAR |
Heighten Expectations, Say ... Or A Hint To Entering Four Answers In This Puzzle |
11
| CARPOOLLANE |
Something That Not A Single Person Can Go In? |
11
| PICKINGNITS |
Pointing Out Minuscule Annoyances |
11
| GOLDENRATIO |
Numerical Constant Associated With [the Circled Letters] |
11
| JORDANPEELE |
Oscar-winning Director Of "get Out" |
11
| SWIVELCHAIR |
What Rotates Throughout The Office? |
11
| CONTAMINATE |
To Make Impure Or Unsuitable By Contact Or Mixture With Something Unclean |
12
| SEVENWONDERS |
With 51-across And 15-down, Group In Which [see Circled Letters] Is The Only One Still Largely Intact |
12
| PLENTYOFHORN |
What Brass Band Music Has? |
12
| LAWOFGRAVITY |
Scientific Contribution From 98-down, Discovered In A Manner Suggested By This Puzzle's Theme |
12
| ALLSTARBREAK |
"time Out" In The N.b.a. |
12
| JENESAISQUOI |
Certain Something |
13
| FALLINTOPLACE |
Become Clear ... Or Make Like The Object Represented By The Circled Letters |
14
| COMMANDOFCHAIN |
What A Dog Walker And A Strong-willed Pooch Might Vie For? |
14
| MARGARETFARRAR |
First Puzzle Editor Of The New York Times |
14
| REVENGEISADISH |
With 11-down, Proverb About Delayed Retribution, With A Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
15
| OPTICALILLUSION |
This Isn't What It Looks Like! |
15
| ADROPINTHEOCEAN |
Insignificant Amount ... Or Hint To This Puzzle's Shaded Squares |
15
| TAKEOUTTHETRASH |
What To Do Before The Answers To The Starred Clues Will Make Sense |
15
| THESOUNDOFMUSIC |
Rodgers And Hammerstein's "do-re-mi" Show, With A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
15
| CREATEDAMONSTER |
Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... Or What You Did After You Filled In The Shaded Parts Of 17-, 23-, 50- And 61-across? |
15
| XYLOPHONEMALLET |
What Can Strike Up A Tune? |
15
| AGREETODISAGREE |
What Friendly Opponents May Do |
17
| WHENHARRYMETSALLY |
M. Ryan, What's Her Yell? (1989) |
21
| FOLLOWTHEBOUNCINGBALL |
Karaoke Instruction ... Or What To Do Starting At 10-down |