| 7
| BIGEASY |
Nickname For New Orleans, Celebrated By The Answers To The Starred Clues And Suggested By The Shaded Squares |
| 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 |
| 4
| TRIP |
What Comes Before The Fall? |
| 5
| COMMA |
Punctuation Mark Missing In "let's Eat People!" (at Least One Would Hope!) ... As Well As From The Starred Clues |
| 3
| DIF |
"what's The ___?" |
| 4
| ODDS |
"what Are The ___?" |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alias |
| 3
| ERE |
Before, Poetically |
| 3
| ERE |
Before, To Shakespeare |
| 3
| WET |
What You Might Get On A Log Flume Ride |
| 3
| LOW |
Make Oneself Heard In A Herd |
| 3
| ANI |
What Only One Planet, Jupiter, Is Spelled With |
| 3
| QTS |
Four Of These Make A Gal. |
| 3
| DIE |
What Might Be Rolled For A Strike |
| 3
| BAA |
Is That What Ewe Said? |
| 3
| TEN |
What "x" Might Mean |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alternate Name |
| 3
| ALL |
What A Winner Takes, It's Said |
| 3
| HIS |
What A Flat "b" Palm Facing A Nearby Fellow Stands For, In A.s.l. |
| 3
| OPT |
Make A Pick |
| 3
| HAT |
What, In Multiple Senses, Might Get Tipped |
| 3
| BED |
Something To Make After You Wake |
| 3
| EGO |
Sense Of Self |
| 3
| TAT |
Make Lace |
| 3
| HUM |
Make Music On A Kazoo, Say |
| 3
| ERE |
Poet's "before" |
| 3
| ERE |
Before, In Verse |
| 3
| OCD |
What Psychotherapy Can Treat, In Brief |
| 3
| OHO |
"what Do We Have Here!" |
| 3
| SAD |
Word Before Case Or Sack |
| 3
| LIE |
"thanks, It's Just What I've Always Wanted," Often |
| 3
| SEE |
"what'd I Tell You?!" |
| 3
| AND |
"what Do You Want Me To Do About It?" |
| 3
| HER |
What's-___-name |
| 3
| DAY |
Word After Field Or Before Dreams |
| 3
| AWL |
What's The Point Of Leatherwork? |
| 3
| POT |
Word Before Shot And After Hot |
| 3
| AIR |
Word Before Drop Or Ball |
| 3
| ERE |
Bard's "before" |
| 3
| EKE |
Barely Make, With "out" |
| 3
| MAC |
With 58-down, Words Before Cheese |
| 4
| HOOF |
What A Horseshoe Is Attached To |
| 4
| TRUE |
To Set Or Make True |
| 4
| WIRE |
What A Tightrope Walker Walks On |
| 4
| HALF |
What 12 Is, To This Clue's Number |
| 4
| HOLD |
Word After Foot Or Before Hands |
| 4
| EDIT |
Touch Up Before Publication |
| 4
| WEST |
What's Left On A Map? |
| 4
| DAYO |
Word Before "... Wanna Go Home," In Calypso |
| 4
| SHOW |
To Make Known |
| 4
| ROAR |
Sound Likely Not Made By A Tyrannosaurus Rex, Despite What "jurassic Park" Would Have You Believe |
| 4
| BEST |
Word Before Actor And Actress At The Oscars |
| 4
| IAGO |
Shakespeare Villain Who Says "i Am Not What I Am" |
| 4
| OKAY |
Response Akin To "so What?" |
| 4
| PASO |
Word Before Doble Or Robles |
| 4
| TELL |
To Make Known |
| 4
| GROW |
What Babies Do Faster Than College Students |
| 4
| LENS |
Word After Contact Or Before Cover |
| 4
| BOLT |
What Might Strike During A Storm |
| 4
| PACE |
What's Picked Up In A Hurry? |
| 4
| CAIN |
What's Raised In A Ruckus |
| 4
| DATA |
What's Spread On A Spreadsheet |
| 4
| HERR |
What To Call A Man In Mannheim |
| 4
| GEDS |
What Some Dropouts Go On To Get, In Brief |
| 4
| GODS |
What Polytheists Worship |
| 4
| ROAR |
What Noise Cancelers May Cancel |
| 4
| WELL |
When Said Three Times, "what Have We Here?!" |
| 4
| BEEN |
What Might Have ___ |
| 4
| SEND |
What An Up Arrow Might Mean |
| 4
| ETAL |
What Makes The Short List? |
| 4
| SINK |
What Hearts And Ships May Do |
| 4
| HATE |
What Graham Greene Called A "failure Of Imagination" |
| 4
| NOSE |
What Glasses Rest On |
| 4
| TACO |
What Gets Filled At A Shell Station? |
| 4
| WILT |
What Flowers Eventually Do |
| 4
| VISA |
What Bankamericard Became In 1976 |
| 4
| WOOL |
What's Got Ewe Covered? |
| 4
| UGLY |
Offensive To The Sense Of Beauty |
| 4
| YOHO |
Words Sung Twice Before "a Pirate's Life For Me" |
| 4
| THEY |
"what Were ___ Thinking?" |
| 4
| SURE |
"what-e-e-ever You Say ..." |
| 4
| SIGN |
Make Binding, In A Way |
| 4
| ODOR |
Incense, In A Sense |
| 4
| ELSE |
"what ___ Have You Got?" |
| 4
| NOON |
It Comes Before One |
| 4
| IDEA |
"what's The Big ___?" |
| 4
| ASIF |
"in What Universe?!" |
| 4
| ENDS |
Make ___ Meet |
| 4
| ETCH |
Make One's Mark, In A Way |
| 5
| DECAL |
What Might Get Stuck In A Window |
| 5
| ATREE |
What's Clothed In Summer And Naked In Winter, Per An Old Riddle |
| 5
| THINK |
To Think Carefully About Especially In Order To Make A Decision |
| 5
| RIGHT |
To Set Or Make True |
| 5
| SHADE |
What A Tree Provides On A Hot, Sunny Day |
| 5
| COINS |
What Might Strike You While Solving This Puzzle |
| 5
| YODEL |
Make A Long-distance Call? |
| 5
| DOSES |
Just What The Doctor Ordered |
| 5
| BFLAT |
What Most Clarinets Are Tuned To |
| 5
| PHASE |
What A Rebellious Teenager May Be Going Through |
| 5
| ATONE |
Make Amends |
| 5
| TASTE |
Tongue Sense |
| 5
| RECAP |
Make A Long Story Short? |
| 5
| STING |
What Some Insects And Insults Can Do |
| 5
| AGREE |
What "he" And "do" Don't Do |
| 5
| UNTIE |
Make A Knot Not? |
| 5
| TILDE |
What A Jalapeño Has That A Habanero Lacks |
| 5
| ALICE |
Children's Character Who Asks Herself "and What Is The Use Of A Book Without Pictures Or Conversations?" |
| 5
| SELLS |
What Sex Does, They Say |
| 5
| RUNTO |
Make Altogether |
| 5
| SMILE |
Directive Before "you're On 'candid Camera'" |
| 5
| DRMOM |
She May Take Your Temp Before Tucking You In |
| 5
| RIPEN |
What Avocados Don't Do Until They're Picked |
| 5
| DRAMA |
What Gossipy People Love To Stir Up |
| 5
| SHEET |
What's Often Kept Undercover? |
| 5
| TRYTO |
Words Before Relax Or Remember |
| 5
| OPRAH |
Author Of "what I Know For Sure," Familiarly |
| 5
| BOOBY |
Word Before Trap Or Prize |
| 5
| SMELL |
One Sense |
| 5
| REOIL |
Make Slicker, Maybe |
| 5
| ADEAL |
"let's Make ___" |
| 5
| THETA |
Letter Before Iota |
| 5
| ICEIN |
Make It So There's Snow Way Out? |
| 5
| ANDSO |
Segue Before A Conclusion |
| 6
| CLOUDS |
What Nephology Is The Study Of |
| 6
| LIBIDO |
What An Aphrodisiac Boosts |
| 6
| IODINE |
What I Might Be In A Lab? |
| 6
| ONELEG |
What A Pirouette Is Performed On |
| 6
| MOOING |
What May Be Heard In A Herd |
| 6
| ECHOED |
What Beatles Music Did At Abbey Road, Famously |
| 6
| STAPLE |
What May Connect The Parts Of A School Assignment? |
| 6
| ARLENE |
Francis Of Old Tv's "what's My Line?" |
| 6
| PICKUP |
Learn, As A New Skill ... Or What Can Precede The Ends Of 20-, 36-, 42- And 59-across |
| 6
| RESELL |
What Middlemen Do |
| 6
| EXPOSE |
To Make Known |
| 6
| PREMIX |
Blend Before Use |
| 6
| OROMEO |
Start Of Juliet's "what's In A Name?" Speech |
| 6
| PAYEES |
They Get What's Coming To Them |
| 6
| MARINE |
Bea Arthur Was One Before Her Acting Career |
| 6
| KISMET |
What's In The Stars |
| 6
| FREEUP |
Make Available |
| 6
| SCULPT |
Make A Bust, Say |
| 6
| REVEAL |
To Make Known |
| 6
| CUBANO |
Sandwich Invented In Florida, Despite What Its Name Suggests |
| 6
| UNLESS |
"wait, What If ..." |
| 6
| REPEAT |
What Two Sets Of Dots Within Double Lines Indicate, In Musical Scores |
| 6
| AWOMAN |
What God Is, Per An Ariana Grande Hit |
| 6
| OHISEE |
"now It Makes Sense!" |
| 6
| TAGSUP |
Touches Base Before Running Home, Say |
| 6
| SALADS |
What "chicken" And "egg" Are Examples Of |
| 6
| YODUDE |
"what's Up, My Man?!" |
| 7
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
| 7
| YOTEAMO |
Words Before Un Beso |
| 7
| CONGEAL |
What Oil May Do In Frigid Temperatures |
| 7
| MINIBAR |
What Might Display A Little Spirit? |
| 7
| ATFIRST |
Before Knowing More |
| 7
| TOSPARE |
Beyond What's Needed |
| 7
| KNEECAP |
What The Quadriceps Muscle Connects To |
| 7
| SMALLER |
What Teaspoons Are Vis-à-vis Tablespoons |
| 7
| ELTRAIN |
What's Going Up In Chicago? |
| 7
| ENCRYPT |
Make Secret, In A Way |
| 7
| ZXCVBNM |
Line Just Before A Comma |
| 7
| REFLECT |
To Think Carefully About Especially In Order To Make A Decision |
| 7
| MEDIATE |
To Think Carefully About Especially In Order To Make A Decision |
| 7
| OCTOBER |
What "10" Can Mean |
| 7
| PRAYERS |
What Father Knows Best? |
| 7
| POLLUTE |
To Make Impure Or Unsuitable By Contact Or Mixture With Something Unclean |
| 7
| FACTUAL |
To Set Or Make True |
| 7
| CORRECT |
To Set Or Make True |
| 7
| GOODAIM |
What A Three-point Shooter Needs |
| 7
| RHYMING |
Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- And 64-across, With Respect To The Numbers In Their Clues |
| 8
| CONSIDER |
To Think Carefully About Especially In Order To Make A Decision |
| 8
| BADTASTE |
What You Find Kitsch In |
| 8
| NAMEDROP |
Make It Well Known That You Know Someone Well-known Well |
| 8
| VERBIAGE |
What Purple Prose And Technical Jargon Have In Common |
| 8
| DOTTHEIS |
Attend To Details ... Or A Hint To Entering Six Down Answers In This Puzzle |
| 8
| ACCURATE |
To Set Or Make True |
| 8
| TURNKEYS |
Jailers ... Or A Hint To "unlocking" Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 8
| SHEEPDOG |
What Babe Aspires To Be In "babe" |
| 8
| DISCLOSE |
To Make Known |
| 8
| SOLIDIFY |
Make Into A Hard Or Compact Mass |
| 8
| PHOTOIDS |
What Driver's Licenses Serve As |
| 8
| HORRIBLE |
Offensive To The Sense Of Beauty |
| 8
| TUESDAYS |
They Always Come 48 Hours Before Thanksgiving |
| 8
| THATSSAD |
"what A Pity" |
| 9
| SITUATION |
Word Before Room Or Comedy |
| 9
| UMMACHINE |
What A Nervous Public Speaker Sounds Like? |
| 9
| OPENSPACE |
What An Agoraphobe Avoids |
| 9
| LIPREADER |
One Who Sees What You're Saying? |
| 9
| INTERSECT |
What Parallel Lines Never Do |
| 9
| CLAUDETTE |
___ Colvin, Civil Rights Pioneer Who Refused To Give Up Her Seat On A Segregated Bus Nine Months Before Rosa Parks |
| 9
| CAMCORDER |
What Many A Home Movie Was Once Shot On |
| 10
| STRENGTHEN |
Make Into A Hard Or Compact Mass |
| 10
| ASSISTANTS |
People Might Have Personal Ones For What They Do |
| 10
| WEREWOLVES |
What The Couple Dressed In Lupine Costumes Said |
| 10
| LOADEDDICE |
What A Cheater Might Throw |
| 10
| SECONDHAND |
What A Clock Might Strike |
| 10
| HOLDMYBEER |
Comment Before A Stupid Stunt ... Or A Hint To The Ends Of 17-, 25-, 36- And 50-across |
| 10
| NONAPOLOGY |
" It Was Not My Intention To Make Anyone Upset," Often |
| 10
| SCRAPMETAL |
What An Old Car Might Be Sold For |
| 10
| PAPERTRAIL |
What Might Be Followed In An Investigation |
| 10
| ANNODOMINI |
Latin Phrase Before A Year |
| 10
| UNPLEASANT |
Offensive To The Sense Of Beauty |
| 10
| QUICKBREAD |
It Doesn't Need Time To Rise Before Baking |
| 10
| CESTCHEESE |
Answer To "what Is Roquefort Or Brie?"? |
| 11
| MINEALLMINE |
Outburst Before A Maniacal Laugh |
| 11
| GWENSTEFANI |
Singer With The 2016 #1 Album "this Is What The Truth Feels Like" |
| 11
| CONTEMPLATE |
To Think Carefully About Especially In Order To Make A Decision |
| 11
| CONTAMINATE |
To Make Impure Or Unsuitable By Contact Or Mixture With Something Unclean |
| 11
| SWIVELCHAIR |
What Rotates Throughout The Office? |
| 11
| RAISETHEBAR |
Heighten Expectations, Say ... Or A Hint To Entering Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 12
| PLENTYOFHORN |
What Brass Band Music Has? |
| 12
| BACKUPSINGER |
One Helping In A Band ... Or What Can Be Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters? |
| 12
| SPOILERALERT |
Important Warning Before You Answer 32-, 40- And 52-across? |
| 13
| PATHTOVICTORY |
Election Night Calculation ... Or What's Traced By The Circled Letters |
| 13
| NAMEOFTHEGAME |
Something's Essential Aspect ... Or What's Spelled Out By Letters In This Puzzle's Eight "cups" |
| 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? |
| 15
| THIRTYSOMETHING |
Baby-boomer Series That Starred Ken Olin |
| 15
| CREATEDAMONSTER |
Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... Or What You Did After You Filled In The Shaded Parts Of 17-, 23-, 50- And 61-across? |
| 15
| LIVEINTHEMOMENT |
Make No Plans |
| 15
| AGREETODISAGREE |
What Friendly Opponents May Do |
| 15
| FROMSTEMTOSTERN |
Thoroughly ... Or A Hint For Parsing Some Lowercase Letters In Four Of This Puzzle's Clues |
| 15
| XYLOPHONEMALLET |
What Can Strike Up A Tune? |
| 15
| OPTICALILLUSION |
This Isn't What It Looks Like! |
| 17
| WHENHARRYMETSALLY |
M. Ryan, What's Her Yell? (1989) |
| 21
| FOLLOWTHEBOUNCINGBALL |
Karaoke Instruction ... Or What To Do Starting At 10-down |
