| 8
| SEQUENCE |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Progression Starting With 0 And 1 |
| 12
| SEVENWONDERS |
With 51-across And 15-down, Group In Which [see Circled Letters] Is The Only One Still Largely Intact |
| 7
| CHINESE |
With 43-across, Historical Period Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters |
| 7
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
| 4
| CHOU |
With 52-down, 39-across Leader From 1949 To 1976 |
| 4
| CHIN |
Keep This Up When You're Down |
| 5
| THREE |
Number Of 101-acrosses In [see Circled Letters] |
| 5
| TABLE |
See 27-across |
| 5
| ATTAR |
Sufi Poet Thought To Have Coined The Adage Found At The Starts Of 19-, 27-, 45- And 52-across |
| 9
| LIMESTONE |
Approximately 5.5 Million Tons Of It Was Used To Build [see Circled Letters] |
| 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 |
| 11
| COUNTRYSTAR |
Grand Ole Opry Performer ... Or A Hint To 17-/18-across And 23- And 36-down |
| 11
| GOLDENRATIO |
Numerical Constant Associated With [the Circled Letters] |
| 12
| SILVERLINING |
Upside, When Down |
| 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 |
| 13
| FALLINTOPLACE |
Become Clear ... Or Make Like The Object Represented By The Circled Letters |
| 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 |
| 3
| EAT |
Put Down |
| 3
| EAT |
Down |
| 3
| LAY |
Put (down) |
| 4
| LAID |
Put (down) |
| 6
| MANTIS |
With 38-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 38-across (nor A 36-across, For That Matter) |
| 3
| HOP |
Move Barefoot Across A Scorchingly Hot Beach, Maybe |
| 3
| EEL |
See 23-across |
| 3
| ACT |
See 18-down |
| 3
| AND |
See 57-down |
| 3
| ARC |
Rainbow Shape |
| 3
| REF |
One With A Whistle ... Who Sometimes 1-across? |
| 3
| ELL |
Not-so-common Studio Apartment Shape |
| 3
| ELI |
Name That's 6-down Backward |
| 3
| FIB |
Little 19-across |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alternate Name |
| 3
| LSD |
Letters That Might Change Your Mind? |
| 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
| USA |
Letters On A Forever Stamp |
| 3
| VSO |
Letters On A Bottle Of Brandy |
| 3
| IMO |
Letters Of Qualification |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Between Two Names |
| 3
| RIG |
See 30-across |
| 3
| ETE |
When To Take A Cruise On La Seine |
| 3
| POP |
See 63-across |
| 3
| FYI |
Letters Accompanying A Tip |
| 3
| PEN |
Writing Implement Filled With 37-down |
| 3
| PAT |
With 74-across, Gesture Of Approval |
| 3
| EYE |
With 63-across, Test For Pupils |
| 3
| NFL |
With 59-across, Flag Bearers, For Short? |
| 3
| TEA |
With 59-across, "madam Secretary" Star |
| 3
| MAC |
With 58-down, Words Before Cheese |
| 3
| SEA |
With 48-across, Underwater Creature That's Certainly Not A 48-across |
| 3
| PAY |
With 12-down, Spend Much More Than A Fair Price |
| 3
| TUT |
When Repeated, An Expression Of Disapproval |
| 3
| RAP |
See 81-down |
| 3
| HAR |
When Doubled, Sarcastic Laugh |
| 3
| TOO |
When Doubled, Excessive |
| 3
| CHA |
When Doubled, A Dance |
| 3
| BON |
When Doubled, A Candy |
| 3
| NAE |
When Doubled, A 2010s Dance Fad |
| 3
| NAE |
When Doubled, A 2010s Dance Craze |
| 3
| MAE |
West With The Classic Movie Line "i'm No 45-across ..." |
| 3
| ADA |
Tube Letters |
| 3
| ORB |
Spherical Shape |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alias |
| 3
| AHA |
You Say It When You "get It" |
| 3
| INK |
10-down Filler |
| 3
| PAC |
Campaign Fund-raising Letters |
| 3
| ERE |
"___ Sleep Comes Down To Soothe The Weary Eyes" Paul Laurence Dunbar |
| 3
| TEA |
Bags One Might Have When Tired? |
| 3
| DRE |
Dr. Of 112-down |
| 3
| SPF |
Beach Bottle Letters |
| 3
| GOT |
Came Down With |
| 3
| NBC |
43-down's Network |
| 3
| ODD |
As A Result Of Being Out Of One's Natural Environment |
| 4
| BANG |
When Doubled, Attention-grabbing |
| 4
| MAHI |
When Doubled, Hawaiian Food Fish |
| 4
| EXAM |
See 62-across |
| 4
| HINT |
When Doubled, Not-so-subtle Nudge |
| 4
| JUNE |
When Most Geminis Are Born |
| 4
| WELL |
When Said Three Times, "what Have We Here?!" |
| 4
| SIDE |
With 111-down, In Cooperation |
| 4
| SEPT |
46-down, In French |
| 4
| ACTV |
When Lady Macbeth Cries "out, Damned Spot!" |
| 4
| SLEW |
Took Down, In A Way |
| 4
| LAND |
Come On Down! |
| 4
| OKRA |
Vegetable That Becomes Gooey When Cooked |
| 4
| STEP |
Put One's Foot Down |
| 4
| OVAL |
Racing Shape |
| 4
| BERT |
Taller Roommate Of 15-down |
| 4
| IKEA |
Store With A Three-syllable Name In Four Letters |
| 4
| FISH |
See 1-across |
| 4
| SIDE |
See 110-down |
| 4
| SLIM |
See 88-across |
| 4
| REFS |
See 58-across |
| 4
| ROOF |
See 49-across |
| 4
| ANTI |
Like A Thumbs-down Vote |
| 4
| ENDS |
65-across Justifiers, In A Saying |
| 4
| SAYS |
See 37-across |
| 4
| BODY |
Word With Shop, Shot Or Shape |
| 4
| ORCA |
With 65-across, Underwater Creature That Actually Is A 65-across Despite A Common Misconception |
| 4
| SODS |
Lays Down Turf |
| 4
| NYPD |
1-across In Manhattan, For Short |
| 4
| SODA |
With 66-across, Fizzy Drink |
| 4
| RSVP |
Invitation Letters |
| 4
| RHOS |
Letters After Pis |
| 4
| COIL |
Garden Hose Shape |
| 4
| APSE |
Word That Sounds Like A Plural Of 1-down |
| 4
| ERSE |
Language That's A Letter Off From 26-across |
| 4
| PLEA |
Word That, Fittingly, Contains All Four Different Letters Of Appeal |
| 4
| HAIL |
Flag Down |
| 4
| ACUT |
With 39-across, Superior |
| 4
| STAR |
Holiday Cookie Shape |
| 4
| SATS |
High School Alternatives To The 11-down |
| 4
| HITS |
With 36-across, Plays Dirty |
| 4
| DATA |
With 30-across, Numbers Displayed In Rows And Columns |
| 4
| ESSE |
Latin Verb That's A Letter Off From 9-down |
| 5
| ABOAT |
See 69-across |
| 5
| WHALE |
See 64-across |
| 5
| ERNIE |
Shorter Roommate Of 14-across |
| 5
| WORDS |
See 56-across |
| 5
| FLASK |
Small Container For Carrying A Drink When Away From Home |
| 5
| OFTHE |
See 5-down |
| 5
| KATIE |
Woman's Nickname That Sounds Like Its First And Third Letters |
| 5
| SMITE |
Strike Down |
| 5
| MEANS |
See 39-across |
| 5
| BENDS |
With 20-across, Goes To Great Lengths |
| 5
| JELLY |
With 6-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 6-across |
| 5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
| 5
| SIMON |
With 11-down, Kids' Party Activity |
| 5
| KINGS |
With 101-across, Where This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer Is Located |
| 5
| ITALY |
Where 23-down Was Coined |
| 5
| ENLAI |
See 36-down |
| 5
| ATTEN |
When Some Local News Comes On |
| 5
| NIGHT |
When Repeated, Call To Someone Going To Bed |
| 5
| ENERO |
When El Día De Los Reyes Is Celebrated |
| 5
| RADIO |
With 21-across, Broadcast Unit That May Operate With 50,000 Watts |
| 5
| VOLES |
Animals That Become Different Animals When Their First Letter Is Changed To An "m" |
| 5
| SOUND |
With 42-down, Oscars Category From 1963 To 2019 |
| 5
| SLATE |
With 51-across, Long-lasting Cover For A House |
| 5
| WATER |
With 55-across, No Longer An Issue |
| 5
| LONGO |
Vowel Sound At The End Of 15- And 26-across |
| 5
| SWINE |
29-down Residents |
| 5
| SEVEN |
Upside-down L, On A Calculator |
| 5
| SAYNO |
Turn Down A Request |
| 5
| EXITS |
Ramps Up Or Down? |
| 5
| KHUFU |
Fill In This Answer With Letters From Five Clue Numbers 74, 92, 21, 52, 118 |
| 5
| SORER |
Less Gracious When Losing, Say |
| 5
| PARES |
Cuts (down) |
| 5
| PRNDL |
Letters On A Gearshift |
| 5
| RELAY |
Get Across |
| 5
| RENEW |
Get More 45-down |
| 5
| ABASE |
Bring Down |
| 5
| EATEN |
Put Down The Hatch |
| 5
| BROOD |
Hatchlings For A 43-down |
| 5
| LEONI |
See 35-across |
| 6
| ATRIUM |
Open Room With Natural Light |
| 6
| ATNINE |
When A Prime-time Drama Might Air |
| 6
| BADDAY |
When Nothing Goes Right |
| 6
| PAGODA |
Place Of Worship Whose Third, Fourth And Fifth Letters Are Appropriate |
| 6
| DIETER |
One Cutting Down, So To Speak |
| 6
| EEYORE |
Pooh's Down-in-the-dumps Friend |
| 6
| ATFIVE |
When Happy Hour Often Begins |
| 6
| FIVEPM |
When Many Commutes Begin |
| 6
| SHRIMP |
See 36-across |
| 6
| HEARYE |
When Repeated, Old-time Call To Listen |
| 6
| OBLONG |
Like Kiwis And Plum Tomatoes, By Shape |
| 6
| EOCENE |
Epoch When Palm Trees Grew In Alaska |
| 6
| TOPEKA |
Capital That Ends With Its State's First Two Letters |
| 6
| LOWERS |
Lets Down |
| 6
| PICKUP |
Learn, As A New Skill ... Or What Can Precede The Ends Of 20-, 36-, 42- And 59-across |
| 6
| ASSERT |
Lay Down, In A Way |
| 6
| ISAYNO |
"thumbs Down!" |
| 6
| CARLOS |
With 76-across, Mexican Business Magnate Who Was Once The World's Richest Person |
| 6
| SHADOW |
It's Shortest When The Sun Is Directly Overhead |
| 6
| AMOEBA |
Tiny Shape-shifter |
| 6
| SISTER |
When Doubled, Popular 1990s Sitcom Featuring Tia And Tamera Mowry |
| 6
| REHEMS |
Takes Up Or Lets Down, Say |
| 6
| SPICER |
See 31-down |
| 6
| ISSUES |
See 43-down |
| 6
| WEEZER |
Band With The Lyrics "when I Was Younger, I Used To Go And Tip Cows For Fun, Yeah / Actually, I Didn't Do That 'cause I Didn't Want The Cow To Be Sad" |
| 6
| CEASES |
Shuts Down |
| 6
| DECOCT |
Boil Down |
| 7
| SANDERS |
See 26-across |
| 7
| STATION |
See 20-across |
| 7
| TUESDAY |
Calendar Column ... Or A Punny Hint To The Circled Squares |
| 7
| SEESAWS |
They Go Up And Down On A Playground |
| 7
| ONSIGHT |
When Viewed |
| 7
| HANSOLO |
Major Role In 70-across |
| 7
| MUDBATH |
Where To Get Down And Dirty |
| 7
| EDITING |
See 29-across |
| 7
| AMERICA |
With 18-across, Emmy-winning "ugly Betty" Actress |
| 7
| RHYMING |
Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- And 64-across, With Respect To The Numbers In Their Clues |
| 7
| COLONEL |
With 49-across, The Face Of Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| 7
| ITEMIZE |
Break Down Fully |
| 7
| EDDYING |
Going Down The Drain, In A Way |
| 7
| ECLIPSE |
See 30-down |
| 7
| THEBELT |
See 41-across |
| 7
| DYNASTY |
See 39-across |
| 7
| WOODTAR |
Natural Application To Waterproof A Ship's Hull |
| 7
| MRSPOCK |
Major Role In 70-across |
| 7
| THEREST |
See 35-across |
| 7
| SLANDER |
Run Down, In A Way |
| 7
| STRANGE |
As A Result Of Being Out Of One's Natural Environment |
| 7
| FERRERA |
See 17-across |
| 7
| UNUSUAL |
As A Result Of Being Out Of One's Natural Environment |
| 8
| PECULIAR |
As A Result Of Being Out Of One's Natural Environment |
| 8
| CUCUMBER |
See 47-across |
| 8
| ELECTRIC |
With 25-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 25-across |
| 8
| STARLILY |
Western Wildflower Named For Its Distinctive Shape |
| 8
| OHIGETIT |
Line When You're Late To The Punch Line |
| 8
| DOTTHEIS |
Attend To Details ... Or A Hint To Entering Six Down Answers In This Puzzle |
| 8
| TRIANGLE |
Shape Describing A Complex Love Relationship |
| 8
| OPTIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Across Clues |
| 9
| THEBRIDGE |
See 60-across |
| 9
| ROADFLARE |
Impromptu Signal To Slow Down |
| 9
| FOODFIGHT |
Type Of Battle That 17-, 26-/49- And 60-across Might Be Engaged In? |
| 9
| KISSIMMEE |
Florida City Whose Name Has Three Pairs Of Doubled Letters |
| 9
| EVOLUTION |
Word That Becomes More Dramatic When You Add An "r" In Front |
| 9
| BACKWARDS |
See 18-across |
| 9
| WHATMAKES |
With 114-across, Exasperated Question To Parking Enforcement? |
| 9
| JESUSLIKE |
Describing The 32-down's Image |
| 9
| PESSIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Down Clues |
| 9
| MOUSEOVER |
Move A Cursor Across |
| 9
| YOUTICKET |
See 25-across |
| 10
| SMARTPHONE |
Device That Can Replace 16-, 23-, 37-, 40- And 51-across |
| 10
| MERETRIFLE |
When The Dessert Was Brought Out, [zap!] The Pudding Cake Turned Into A ... |
| 10
| SONGWRITER |
One Jotting Down A Few Notes? |
| 10
| STARTINGQB |
Key Member Of A Football Team, In Brief ... Or A Feature Of 16-, 29-, 35- And 42-across? |
| 10
| ITSTHEPITS |
"awful!" ... Or A Hint To The Common Element Of 17-, 23-, 36- And 50-across |
| 10
| HOLDMYBEER |
Comment Before A Stupid Stunt ... Or A Hint To The Ends Of 17-, 25-, 36- And 50-across |
| 10
| BELLETOWER |
Where Rapunzel Let Down Her Hair? |
| 10
| GROUPTHINK |
Intellectual Conformity ... Or A Hint To Interpreting 17-, 22- And 51-across |
| 10
| UNFAMILIAR |
As A Result Of Being Out Of One's Natural Environment |
| 10
| SMALLFRIES |
When The Appetizers Were Passed Around, [zap!] The Potato Wedges Turned Into ... |
| 11
| BEATTOTHEAW |
Preceded In Commenting On An Adorable Kitten Photo, Say? |
| 11
| BRAINSTORMS |
Things That Might Get Written Down On Sticky Notes |
| 11
| WINDOWFRAME |
Outer Border For 36-across |
| 12
| ANCIENTWORLD |
See 5-down |
| 12
| SPOILERALERT |
Important Warning Before You Answer 32-, 40- And 52-across? |
| 12
| YOUCANTTHINK |
Start Of An Optimistic Quote By 57-across |
| 12
| MICROSECONDS |
Finally, When The Still-hungry Guests Went Back For More, [zap!] The Additional Helpings Turned Into ... |
| 12
| PARTYANIMALS |
They're Always Ready For A Good Time ... Or A Description Of 18-, 25-, 35- And 49-across? |
| 12
| LAWOFGRAVITY |
Scientific Contribution From 98-down, Discovered In A Manner Suggested By This Puzzle's Theme |
| 13
| REBELALLIANCE |
Good Side In 70-across |
| 13
| THEFEDERATION |
Good Side In 70-across |
| 13
| NAMEOFTHEGAME |
Something's Essential Aspect ... Or What's Spelled Out By Letters In This Puzzle's Eight "cups" |
| 14
| BESTSERVEDCOLD |
See 3-down |
| 14
| REVENGEISADISH |
With 11-down, Proverb About Delayed Retribution, With A Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 14
| THEDOCTORISOUT |
Lucy's Empty-booth Sign In "peanuts" ... Or A Hint To 16-, 24-, 37- And 55-across |
| 15
| FROMSTEMTOSTERN |
Thoroughly ... Or A Hint For Parsing Some Lowercase Letters In Four Of This Puzzle's Clues |
| 15
| SIGNFORDELIVERY |
Accept A Package Formally ... Or A Hint To 17-, 29-, 45- And 62-across? |
| 15
| ATOMICSUBMARINE |
When The Main Course Was Ready, [zap!] The Six-foot Hoagie Turned Into An ... |
| 16
| COATOFMANYCOLORS |
Envy Source In Genesis 37 That Hints At 18-, 24-, 49- And 58-across |
| 21
| DOORDONOTTHEREISNOTRY |
Memorable Quote From 70-across |
| 21
| FOLLOWTHEBOUNCINGBALL |
Karaoke Instruction ... Or What To Do Starting At 10-down |
| 21
| SPACETHEFINALFRONTIER |
Memorable Quote From 70-across |
