4
| ACUT |
With 39-across, Superior |
5
| MEANS |
See 39-across |
5
| ATTAR |
Sufi Poet Thought To Have Coined The Adage Found At The Starts Of 19-, 27-, 45- And 52-across |
6
| SPIRAL |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Natural Shape Said To Be Seen In 61-across And 27-down |
7
| DYNASTY |
See 39-across |
11
| COUNTRYSTAR |
Grand Ole Opry Performer ... Or A Hint To 17-/18-across And 23- And 36-down |
12
| SEVENWONDERS |
With 51-across And 15-down, Group In Which [see Circled Letters] Is The Only One Still Largely Intact |
12
| SPOILERALERT |
Important Warning Before You Answer 32-, 40- And 52-across? |
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
| ELI |
Name That's 6-down Backward |
3
| REF |
One With A Whistle ... Who Sometimes 1-across? |
3
| MLK |
Reform Leader Memorialized In The Stone Of Hope, For Short |
3
| POP |
See 63-across |
3
| EEL |
See 23-across |
3
| RIG |
See 30-across |
3
| AND |
See 57-down |
3
| TEA |
With 59-across, "madam Secretary" Star |
3
| RAP |
See 81-down |
3
| ESS |
Squad Leader? |
3
| MAE |
West With The Classic Movie Line "i'm No 45-across ..." |
3
| PAY |
With 12-down, Spend Much More Than A Fair Price |
3
| SEA |
With 48-across, Underwater Creature That's Certainly Not A 48-across |
3
| MAC |
With 58-down, Words Before Cheese |
3
| DRE |
Dr. Of 112-down |
3
| NFL |
With 59-across, Flag Bearers, For Short? |
3
| EYE |
With 63-across, Test For Pupils |
3
| PAT |
With 74-across, Gesture Of Approval |
3
| FIB |
Little 19-across |
3
| ACT |
See 18-down |
3
| PEN |
Writing Implement Filled With 37-down |
3
| ERE |
"___ Sleep Comes Down To Soothe The Weary Eyes" Paul Laurence Dunbar |
3
| NBC |
43-down's Network |
3
| GOT |
Came Down With |
3
| INK |
10-down Filler |
4
| REFS |
See 58-across |
4
| SLEW |
Took Down, In A Way |
4
| SAYS |
See 37-across |
4
| HITS |
With 36-across, Plays Dirty |
4
| DATA |
With 30-across, Numbers Displayed In Rows And Columns |
4
| SEPT |
46-down, In French |
4
| BERT |
Taller Roommate Of 15-down |
4
| SIDE |
With 111-down, In Cooperation |
4
| ROOF |
See 49-across |
4
| ANTI |
Like A Thumbs-down Vote |
4
| SIDE |
See 110-down |
4
| FISH |
See 1-across |
4
| LAND |
Come On Down! |
4
| VISA |
What Bankamericard Became In 1976 |
4
| IMAM |
Worship Leader |
4
| IMAM |
Prayer Leader |
4
| SLIM |
See 88-across |
4
| LOTT |
Senate Majority Leader From 1996 To 2001 |
4
| STEP |
Put One's Foot Down |
4
| ORCA |
With 65-across, Underwater Creature That Actually Is A 65-across Despite A Common Misconception |
4
| EXAM |
See 62-across |
4
| APSE |
Word That Sounds Like A Plural Of 1-down |
4
| SATS |
High School Alternatives To The 11-down |
4
| HAIL |
Flag Down |
4
| SODA |
With 66-across, Fizzy Drink |
4
| NYPD |
1-across In Manhattan, For Short |
4
| CHIN |
Keep This Up When You're Down |
4
| ERSE |
Language That's A Letter Off From 26-across |
4
| ESSE |
Latin Verb That's A Letter Off From 9-down |
4
| SODS |
Lays Down Turf |
4
| ENDS |
65-across Justifiers, In A Saying |
5
| SMITE |
Strike Down |
5
| ABASE |
Bring Down |
5
| ABOAT |
See 69-across |
5
| TABLE |
See 27-across |
5
| LEONI |
See 35-across |
5
| ERNIE |
Shorter Roommate Of 14-across |
5
| WHALE |
See 64-across |
5
| SAYNO |
Turn Down A Request |
5
| ENLAI |
See 36-down |
5
| SEVEN |
Upside-down L, On A Calculator |
5
| WORDS |
See 56-across |
5
| MEADE |
One Leader Of The Army Of The Potomac |
5
| EXITS |
Ramps Up Or Down? |
5
| EATEN |
Put Down The Hatch |
5
| KHUFU |
Fill In This Answer With Letters From Five Clue Numbers 74, 92, 21, 52, 118 |
5
| RELAY |
Get Across |
5
| RENEW |
Get More 45-down |
5
| LENIN |
World Leader Who Appeared On A Time Magazine Cover 40 Years After His Death |
5
| LENIN |
World Leader Born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov |
5
| BROOD |
Hatchlings For A 43-down |
5
| JELLY |
With 6-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 6-across |
5
| WATER |
With 55-across, No Longer An Issue |
5
| SLATE |
With 51-across, Long-lasting Cover For A House |
5
| SOUND |
With 42-down, Oscars Category From 1963 To 2019 |
5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
5
| RADIO |
With 21-across, Broadcast Unit That May Operate With 50,000 Watts |
5
| BENDS |
With 20-across, Goes To Great Lengths |
5
| PARES |
Cuts (down) |
5
| SWINE |
29-down Residents |
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
| LONGO |
Vowel Sound At The End Of 15- And 26-across |
5
| OFTHE |
See 5-down |
6
| CEASES |
Shuts Down |
6
| ISAYNO |
"thumbs Down!" |
6
| REHEMS |
Takes Up Or Lets Down, Say |
6
| CARLOS |
With 76-across, Mexican Business Magnate Who Was Once The World's Richest Person |
6
| ISSUES |
See 43-down |
6
| EEYORE |
Pooh's Down-in-the-dumps Friend |
6
| ASSERT |
Lay Down, In A Way |
6
| DIETER |
One Cutting Down, So To Speak |
6
| PICKUP |
Learn, As A New Skill ... Or What Can Precede The Ends Of 20-, 36-, 42- And 59-across |
6
| SHRIMP |
See 36-across |
6
| LOWERS |
Lets Down |
6
| SPICER |
See 31-down |
6
| DECOCT |
Boil Down |
7
| STATION |
See 20-across |
7
| SLANDER |
Run Down, In A Way |
7
| AMERICA |
With 18-across, Emmy-winning "ugly Betty" Actress |
7
| FERRERA |
See 17-across |
7
| MRSPOCK |
Major Role In 70-across |
7
| SEESAWS |
They Go Up And Down On A Playground |
7
| HANSOLO |
Major Role In 70-across |
7
| CHINESE |
With 43-across, Historical Period Found In Each Set Of Circled Letters |
7
| MUDBATH |
Where To Get Down And Dirty |
7
| ITEMIZE |
Break Down Fully |
7
| COLONEL |
With 49-across, The Face Of Kentucky Fried Chicken |
7
| PONTIAC |
Ottawa Leader |
7
| SANDERS |
See 26-across |
7
| EDITING |
See 29-across |
7
| RHYMING |
Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- And 64-across, With Respect To The Numbers In Their Clues |
7
| ECLIPSE |
See 30-down |
7
| THEREST |
See 35-across |
7
| THEBELT |
See 41-across |
7
| EDDYING |
Going Down The Drain, In A Way |
7
| PARTING |
With 58-across, What This Puzzle's Circled Letters Are ... Or What They're Doing |
8
| ELECTRIC |
With 25-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 25-across |
8
| OPTIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Across Clues |
8
| CUCUMBER |
See 47-across |
8
| DOTTHEIS |
Attend To Details ... Or A Hint To Entering Six Down Answers In This Puzzle |
9
| BACKWARDS |
See 18-across |
9
| MOUSEOVER |
Move A Cursor Across |
9
| JOANOFARC |
Teenage Military Leader Canonized In 1920 |
9
| ROADFLARE |
Impromptu Signal To Slow Down |
9
| JESUSLIKE |
Describing The 32-down's Image |
9
| YOUTICKET |
See 25-across |
9
| THEBRIDGE |
See 60-across |
9
| FOODFIGHT |
Type Of Battle That 17-, 26-/49- And 60-across Might Be Engaged In? |
9
| WHATMAKES |
With 114-across, Exasperated Question To Parking Enforcement? |
9
| PESSIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Down Clues |
10
| SMARTPHONE |
Device That Can Replace 16-, 23-, 37-, 40- And 51-across |
10
| GENERALTSO |
Military Leader Who Lends His Name To A Chinese Dish |
10
| ITSTHEPITS |
"awful!" ... Or A Hint To The Common Element Of 17-, 23-, 36- And 50-across |
10
| STARTINGQB |
Key Member Of A Football Team, In Brief ... Or A Feature Of 16-, 29-, 35- And 42-across? |
10
| SONGWRITER |
One Jotting Down A Few Notes? |
10
| GROUPTHINK |
Intellectual Conformity ... Or A Hint To Interpreting 17-, 22- And 51-across |
10
| BELLETOWER |
Where Rapunzel Let Down Her Hair? |
10
| HOLDMYBEER |
Comment Before A Stupid Stunt ... Or A Hint To The Ends Of 17-, 25-, 36- And 50-across |
11
| WINDOWFRAME |
Outer Border For 36-across |
11
| BRAINSTORMS |
Things That Might Get Written Down On Sticky Notes |
12
| YOUCANTTHINK |
Start Of An Optimistic Quote By 57-across |
12
| LAWOFGRAVITY |
Scientific Contribution From 98-down, Discovered In A Manner Suggested By This Puzzle's Theme |
12
| PARTYANIMALS |
They're Always Ready For A Good Time ... Or A Description Of 18-, 25-, 35- And 49-across? |
12
| ANCIENTWORLD |
See 5-down |
12
| SILVERLINING |
Upside, When Down |
13
| REBELALLIANCE |
Good Side In 70-across |
13
| THEFEDERATION |
Good Side In 70-across |
13
| BETTYWILLIAMS |
1976 Peace Nobelist From Northern Ireland Who Co-founded Community Of Peace People |
14
| THEDOCTORISOUT |
Lucy's Empty-booth Sign In "peanuts" ... Or A Hint To 16-, 24-, 37- And 55-across |
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 |
15
| SIGNFORDELIVERY |
Accept A Package Formally ... Or A Hint To 17-, 29-, 45- And 62-across? |
15
| CREATEDAMONSTER |
Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... Or What You Did After You Filled In The Shaded Parts Of 17-, 23-, 50- And 61-across? |
16
| COATOFMANYCOLORS |
Envy Source In Genesis 37 That Hints At 18-, 24-, 49- And 58-across |
21
| FOLLOWTHEBOUNCINGBALL |
Karaoke Instruction ... Or What To Do Starting At 10-down |
21
| SPACETHEFINALFRONTIER |
Memorable Quote From 70-across |
21
| DOORDONOTTHEREISNOTRY |
Memorable Quote From 70-across |