| 6
| SPIRAL |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Natural Shape Said To Be Seen In 61-across And 27-down |
| 7
| CHINESE |
With 43-across, Historical Period Found In Each Set Of 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 |
| 12
| SEVENWONDERS |
With 51-across And 15-down, Group In Which [see Circled Letters] Is The Only One Still Largely Intact |
| 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
| NAMEOFTHEGAME |
Something's Essential Aspect ... Or What's Spelled Out By Letters In This Puzzle's Eight "cups" |
| 15
| CONGRATULATIONS |
First Part Of A Message Suggested By This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 4
| REFS |
See 58-across |
| 5
| SOLAR |
With 41-across, A Celestial Event ... Or A Hint To Four Squares In This Puzzle |
| 5
| KINGS |
With 101-across, Where This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer Is Located |
| 5
| COINS |
What Might Strike You While Solving This Puzzle |
| 5
| THREE |
Number Of 101-acrosses In [see Circled Letters] |
| 5
| RIPEN |
What Avocados Don't Do Until They're Picked |
| 6
| PICKUP |
Learn, As A New Skill ... Or What Can Precede The Ends Of 20-, 36-, 42- And 59-across |
| 8
| SEQUENCE |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Progression Starting With 0 And 1 |
| 9
| LIMESTONE |
Approximately 5.5 Million Tons Of It Was Used To Build [see Circled Letters] |
| 9
| LIPREADER |
One Who Sees What You're Saying? |
| 11
| GOLDENRATIO |
Numerical Constant Associated With [the Circled Letters] |
| 12
| PARTYANIMALS |
They're Always Ready For A Good Time ... Or A Description Of 18-, 25-, 35- And 49-across? |
| 13
| FALLINTOPLACE |
Become Clear ... Or Make Like The Object Represented By The Circled Letters |
| 15
| FROMSTEMTOSTERN |
Thoroughly ... Or A Hint For Parsing Some Lowercase Letters In Four Of This Puzzle's Clues |
| 15
| CREATEDAMONSTER |
Emulated Dr. Frankenstein ... Or What You Did After You Filled In The Shaded Parts Of 17-, 23-, 50- And 61-across? |
| 15
| NEVERFELTBETTER |
Cheerful Response To "how're You Doing?" |
| 15
| THESOUNDOFMUSIC |
Rodgers And Hammerstein's "do-re-mi" Show, With A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
| 16
| COATOFMANYCOLORS |
Envy Source In Genesis 37 That Hints At 18-, 24-, 49- And 58-across |
| 3
| DIF |
"what's The ___?" |
| 4
| UPTO |
Doing |
| 4
| ODDS |
"what Are The ___?" |
| 6
| MANTIS |
With 38-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 38-across (nor A 36-across, For That Matter) |
| 3
| REF |
One With A Whistle ... Who Sometimes 1-across? |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alternate Name |
| 3
| ANI |
What Only One Planet, Jupiter, Is Spelled With |
| 3
| PAC |
Campaign Fund-raising Letters |
| 3
| DIE |
What Might Be Rolled For A Strike |
| 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
| TEN |
What "x" Might Mean |
| 3
| MAE |
West With The Classic Movie Line "i'm No 45-across ..." |
| 3
| ADA |
Tube Letters |
| 3
| BAA |
Is That What Ewe Said? |
| 3
| FYI |
Letters Accompanying A Tip |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alias |
| 3
| IMO |
Letters Of Qualification |
| 3
| AKA |
Letters Between Two Names |
| 3
| VSO |
Letters On A Bottle Of Brandy |
| 3
| USA |
Letters On A Forever Stamp |
| 3
| VIP |
Letters On A Pass |
| 3
| SPF |
Letters On Some Foundations |
| 3
| STL |
Letters Seen On N.f.l. Scoreboards Between 1995 And 2015 |
| 3
| LSD |
Letters That Might Change Your Mind? |
| 3
| POP |
See 63-across |
| 3
| FIB |
Little 19-across |
| 3
| RIG |
See 30-across |
| 3
| EEL |
See 23-across |
| 3
| HOP |
Move Barefoot Across A Scorchingly Hot Beach, Maybe |
| 3
| SPF |
Beach Bottle Letters |
| 3
| OCD |
What Psychotherapy Can Treat, In Brief |
| 3
| WET |
What You Might Get On A Log Flume Ride |
| 3
| EYE |
With 63-across, Test For Pupils |
| 3
| SEE |
"what'd I Tell You?!" |
| 3
| HER |
What's-___-name |
| 3
| AWL |
What's The Point Of Leatherwork? |
| 3
| SEA |
With 48-across, Underwater Creature That's Certainly Not A 48-across |
| 3
| AND |
"what Do You Want Me To Do About It?" |
| 3
| OHO |
"what Do We Have Here!" |
| 3
| MAC |
With 58-down, Words Before Cheese |
| 3
| TEA |
With 59-across, "madam Secretary" Star |
| 3
| LIE |
"thanks, It's Just What I've Always Wanted," Often |
| 3
| NFL |
With 59-across, Flag Bearers, For Short? |
| 3
| SRO |
"herc Could Stop A Show / Point Him At A Monster And You're Talking ___" (lyric In Disney's "hercules") |
| 3
| PAT |
With 74-across, Gesture Of Approval |
| 3
| HAT |
What, In Multiple Senses, Might Get Tipped |
| 3
| SIR |
"for Once Maybe Someone Will Call Me '___,' Without Adding, 'you're Making A Scene'" Homer Simpson |
| 3
| AYA |
Actress Cash Of Fx's "you're The Worst" |
| 4
| EXAM |
See 62-across |
| 4
| TRIO |
The Constructors Of This Puzzle, E.g. |
| 4
| HITS |
With 36-across, Plays Dirty |
| 4
| IKEA |
Store With A Three-syllable Name In Four Letters |
| 4
| OKAY |
Response Akin To "so What?" |
| 4
| ACUT |
With 39-across, Superior |
| 4
| SODA |
With 66-across, Fizzy Drink |
| 4
| FISH |
See 1-across |
| 4
| ORCA |
With 65-across, Underwater Creature That Actually Is A 65-across Despite A Common Misconception |
| 4
| CHOU |
With 52-down, 39-across Leader From 1949 To 1976 |
| 4
| ROAR |
Sound Likely Not Made By A Tyrannosaurus Rex, Despite What "jurassic Park" Would Have You Believe |
| 4
| SAYS |
See 37-across |
| 4
| LATS |
They're Found Near Traps |
| 4
| IAGO |
Shakespeare Villain Who Says "i Am Not What I Am" |
| 4
| SLIM |
See 88-across |
| 4
| ROOF |
See 49-across |
| 4
| EGOS |
They're Big In Hollywood |
| 4
| ROWS |
They're Numbered In Microsoft Excel |
| 4
| IPAS |
They're Hoppy At Happy Hour |
| 4
| WILT |
What Flowers Eventually Do |
| 4
| GEDS |
What Some Dropouts Go On To Get, In Brief |
| 4
| GODS |
What Polytheists Worship |
| 4
| WOOL |
What's Got Ewe Covered? |
| 4
| WEST |
What's Left On A Map? |
| 4
| ROAR |
What Noise Cancelers May Cancel |
| 4
| BOLT |
What Might Strike During A Storm |
| 4
| BEEN |
What Might Have ___ |
| 4
| PACE |
What's Picked Up In A Hurry? |
| 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
| TRIP |
What Comes Before The Fall? |
| 4
| ODDS |
They're Long For An Underdog |
| 4
| VISA |
What Bankamericard Became In 1976 |
| 4
| GROW |
What Babies Do Faster Than College Students |
| 4
| SEND |
What An Up Arrow Might Mean |
| 4
| CAIN |
What's Raised In A Ruckus |
| 4
| WIRE |
What A Tightrope Walker Walks On |
| 4
| HOOF |
What A Horseshoe Is Attached To |
| 4
| DATA |
What's Spread On A Spreadsheet |
| 4
| HALF |
What 12 Is, To This Clue's Number |
| 4
| WELL |
When Said Three Times, "what Have We Here?!" |
| 4
| DATA |
With 30-across, Numbers Displayed In Rows And Columns |
| 4
| TAMS |
They're Tops To Scots |
| 4
| OARS |
They're Placed In Locks |
| 4
| HERR |
What To Call A Man In Mannheim |
| 4
| SUSS |
Puzzle (out) |
| 4
| PLEA |
Word That, Fittingly, Contains All Four Different Letters Of Appeal |
| 4
| NYPD |
1-across In Manhattan, For Short |
| 4
| ITRY |
"just Doing My Job" |
| 4
| CHAN |
Jackie Known For Doing His Own Stunts |
| 4
| ENDS |
65-across Justifiers, In A Saying |
| 4
| RSVP |
Invitation Letters |
| 4
| YAWN |
["you're Still Talking?"] |
| 4
| CHIN |
Keep This Up When You're Down |
| 4
| ERSE |
Language That's A Letter Off From 26-across |
| 4
| RHOS |
Letters After Pis |
| 4
| IDEA |
"what's The Big ___?" |
| 4
| SURE |
"what-e-e-ever You Say ..." |
| 4
| ELSE |
"what ___ Have You Got?" |
| 4
| THEY |
"what Were ___ Thinking?" |
| 4
| JAWS |
Film With The Line "you're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat" |
| 4
| IDLE |
Not Doing Anything |
| 4
| ASIF |
"in What Universe?!" |
| 5
| STING |
What Some Insects And Insults Can Do |
| 5
| SELLS |
What Sex Does, They Say |
| 5
| ERNIE |
Shorter Roommate Of 14-across |
| 5
| TILDE |
What A Jalapeño Has That A Habanero Lacks |
| 5
| RADIO |
With 21-across, Broadcast Unit That May Operate With 50,000 Watts |
| 5
| PRNDL |
Letters On A Gearshift |
| 5
| BENDS |
With 20-across, Goes To Great Lengths |
| 5
| ATTAR |
Sufi Poet Thought To Have Coined The Adage Found At The Starts Of 19-, 27-, 45- And 52-across |
| 5
| DRAMA |
What Gossipy People Love To Stir Up |
| 5
| OREOS |
Their Name Has The "re" Of "cream" And The Two O's From "chocolate" |
| 5
| AGREE |
What "he" And "do" Don't Do |
| 5
| WYNNE |
Arthur Who Invented The Crossword Puzzle (1913) |
| 5
| ABOAT |
See 69-across |
| 5
| NOTES |
Do, Re, Mi, Etc. |
| 5
| LONGO |
Vowel Sound At The End Of 15- And 26-across |
| 5
| ATREE |
What's Clothed In Summer And Naked In Winter, Per An Old Riddle |
| 5
| SMILE |
Directive Before "you're On 'candid Camera'" |
| 5
| DOSES |
Just What The Doctor Ordered |
| 5
| DARLA |
To Whom Alfalfa Wrote "you're Scum Between My Toes!" |
| 5
| SHEET |
What's Often Kept Undercover? |
| 5
| KATIE |
Woman's Nickname That Sounds Like Its First And Third Letters |
| 5
| JELLY |
With 6-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 6-across |
| 5
| ORALB |
It's Famous For Doing The Floss |
| 5
| WHALE |
See 64-across |
| 5
| RELAY |
Get Across |
| 5
| DECAL |
What Might Get Stuck In A Window |
| 5
| ADATE |
"it's ___!" ("we're On!") |
| 5
| ALICE |
Children's Character Who Asks Herself "and What Is The Use Of A Book Without Pictures Or Conversations?" |
| 5
| WATER |
With 55-across, No Longer An Issue |
| 5
| BFLAT |
What Most Clarinets Are Tuned To |
| 5
| TABLE |
See 27-across |
| 5
| SLATE |
With 51-across, Long-lasting Cover For A House |
| 5
| PHASE |
What A Rebellious Teenager May Be Going Through |
| 5
| LEONI |
See 35-across |
| 5
| MEANS |
See 39-across |
| 5
| SHADE |
What A Tree Provides On A Hot, Sunny Day |
| 5
| REBUS |
Puzzle Type With Pictures |
| 5
| KHUFU |
Fill In This Answer With Letters From Five Clue Numbers 74, 92, 21, 52, 118 |
| 5
| WORDS |
See 56-across |
| 5
| OPRAH |
Author Of "what I Know For Sure," Familiarly |
| 6
| LIBIDO |
What An Aphrodisiac Boosts |
| 6
| ECHOED |
What Beatles Music Did At Abbey Road, Famously |
| 6
| SALADS |
What "chicken" And "egg" Are Examples Of |
| 6
| TOPEKA |
Capital That Ends With Its State's First Two Letters |
| 6
| CLOUDS |
What Nephology Is The Study Of |
| 6
| REPEAT |
What Two Sets Of Dots Within Double Lines Indicate, In Musical Scores |
| 6
| MELONS |
They're Thumped At Supermarkets |
| 6
| CHEOPS |
Greek Name For This Puzzle's Enclosed Answer |
| 6
| ARLENE |
Francis Of Old Tv's "what's My Line?" |
| 6
| AWOMAN |
What God Is, Per An Ariana Grande Hit |
| 6
| IODINE |
What I Might Be In A Lab? |
| 6
| RESELL |
What Middlemen Do |
| 6
| ONELEG |
What A Pirouette Is Performed On |
| 6
| STAPLE |
What May Connect The Parts Of A School Assignment? |
| 6
| OROMEO |
Start Of Juliet's "what's In A Name?" Speech |
| 6
| CUBANO |
Sandwich Invented In Florida, Despite What Its Name Suggests |
| 6
| YODUDE |
"what's Up, My Man?!" |
| 6
| PAYEES |
They Get What's Coming To Them |
| 6
| SHRIMP |
See 36-across |
| 6
| KISMET |
What's In The Stars |
| 6
| UNLESS |
"wait, What If ..." |
| 6
| SHORES |
They're Constantly Lapped |
| 6
| SUDOKU |
Puzzle With A 9 X 9 Grid |
| 6
| MAGNET |
Object Represented Visually Twice In This Puzzle |
| 6
| MOOING |
What May Be Heard In A Herd |
| 6
| ARENTI |
Playful Response To "you're A Funny One!" |
| 6
| PAGODA |
Place Of Worship Whose Third, Fourth And Fifth Letters Are Appropriate |
| 6
| IGETBY |
"doing Ok For Myself" |
| 6
| SNAKES |
They're Not To Be Trusted |
| 6
| CARLOS |
With 76-across, Mexican Business Magnate Who Was Once The World's Richest Person |
| 7
| THEREST |
See 35-across |
| 7
| MRSPOCK |
Major Role In 70-across |
| 7
| GAMETES |
They're Stored In Pollen Grains |
| 7
| MINIBAR |
What Might Display A Little Spirit? |
| 7
| EDITING |
See 29-across |
| 7
| SANDERS |
See 26-across |
| 7
| STATION |
See 20-across |
| 7
| FERRERA |
See 17-across |
| 7
| PRAYERS |
What Father Knows Best? |
| 7
| TUESDAY |
Calendar Column ... Or A Punny Hint To The Circled Squares |
| 7
| CONGEAL |
What Oil May Do In Frigid Temperatures |
| 7
| COLONEL |
With 49-across, The Face Of Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| 7
| HANSOLO |
Major Role In 70-across |
| 7
| TOSPARE |
Beyond What's Needed |
| 7
| ELTRAIN |
What's Going Up In Chicago? |
| 7
| NOVICES |
They're Just Getting Started |
| 7
| USVISAS |
They're Issued By The Bureau Of Consular Affairs |
| 7
| TOOHARD |
Unlike This Puzzle, We Hope |
| 7
| OCTOBER |
What "10" Can Mean |
| 7
| ITSABET |
"you're On!” |
| 7
| AMERICA |
With 18-across, Emmy-winning "ugly Betty" Actress |
| 7
| KNEECAP |
What The Quadriceps Muscle Connects To |
| 7
| SMALLER |
What Teaspoons Are Vis-à-vis Tablespoons |
| 7
| RHYMING |
Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- And 64-across, With Respect To The Numbers In Their Clues |
| 7
| AQUATIC |
Like The Five Animals In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 7
| GOODAIM |
What A Three-point Shooter Needs |
| 7
| THEBELT |
See 41-across |
| 7
| DYNASTY |
See 39-across |
| 8
| DOTTHEIS |
Attend To Details ... Or A Hint To Entering Six Down Answers In This Puzzle |
| 8
| THATSSAD |
"what A Pity" |
| 8
| ELECTRIC |
With 25-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 25-across |
| 8
| OHSTOPIT |
"you're Such A Tease!" |
| 8
| BADTASTE |
What You Find Kitsch In |
| 8
| VERBIAGE |
What Purple Prose And Technical Jargon Have In Common |
| 8
| OPTIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Across Clues |
| 8
| NESTEGGS |
They're Saved For A Rainy Day |
| 8
| CUCUMBER |
See 47-across |
| 8
| ESCAPEES |
They're Out On Their Own |
| 8
| TURNKEYS |
Jailers ... Or A Hint To "unlocking" Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 8
| SHEEPDOG |
What Babe Aspires To Be In "babe" |
| 8
| OHIGETIT |
Line When You're Late To The Punch Line |
| 8
| ROSHAMBO |
One Name For The Game Depicted In This Puzzle |
| 8
| CELLMATE |
Person You're In With |
| 8
| PHOTOIDS |
What Driver's Licenses Serve As |
| 9
| YOUTICKET |
See 25-across |
| 9
| UMMACHINE |
What A Nervous Public Speaker Sounds Like? |
| 9
| BACKWARDS |
See 18-across |
| 9
| MOUSEOVER |
Move A Cursor Across |
| 9
| WHATMAKES |
With 114-across, Exasperated Question To Parking Enforcement? |
| 9
| DRILLBITS |
They're Chucked In A Chuck And Bored In A Board |
| 9
| TRAPDOORS |
Secret Exits Represented Five Times In This Puzzle's Grid |
| 9
| FOODFIGHT |
Type Of Battle That 17-, 26-/49- And 60-across Might Be Engaged In? |
| 9
| THEBRIDGE |
See 60-across |
| 9
| CAMCORDER |
What Many A Home Movie Was Once Shot On |
| 9
| INTERSECT |
What Parallel Lines Never Do |
| 9
| OPENSPACE |
What An Agoraphobe Avoids |
| 9
| KISSIMMEE |
Florida City Whose Name Has Three Pairs Of Doubled Letters |
| 10
| SCRAPMETAL |
What An Old Car Might Be Sold For |
| 10
| STARTINGQB |
Key Member Of A Football Team, In Brief ... Or A Feature Of 16-, 29-, 35- And 42-across? |
| 10
| LOSTCAUSES |
They're Hopeless |
| 10
| SWITCHJOBS |
Change Careers, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Theme |
| 10
| SMARTPHONE |
Device That Can Replace 16-, 23-, 37-, 40- And 51-across |
| 10
| HOLDMYBEER |
Comment Before A Stupid Stunt ... Or A Hint To The Ends Of 17-, 25-, 36- And 50-across |
| 10
| PAPERTRAIL |
What Might Be Followed In An Investigation |
| 10
| ROCKBOTTOM |
All-time Low ... Or A Musical Hint To The Answers To This Puzzle's Starred Clues |
| 10
| CESTCHEESE |
Answer To "what Is Roquefort Or Brie?"? |
| 10
| GROUPTHINK |
Intellectual Conformity ... Or A Hint To Interpreting 17-, 22- And 51-across |
| 10
| ASSISTANTS |
People Might Have Personal Ones For What They Do |
| 10
| ITSTHEPITS |
"awful!" ... Or A Hint To The Common Element Of 17-, 23-, 36- And 50-across |
| 10
| LOADEDDICE |
What A Cheater Might Throw |
| 10
| WEREWOLVES |
What The Couple Dressed In Lupine Costumes Said |
| 10
| SECONDHAND |
What A Clock Might Strike |
| 11
| WINDOWFRAME |
Outer Border For 36-across |
| 11
| ASTRONOMERS |
Ones Doing Stellar Work |
| 11
| GWENSTEFANI |
Singer With The 2016 #1 Album "this Is What The Truth Feels Like" |
| 11
| MATHTEACHER |
Someone Well Versed In This Puzzle's Theme |
| 11
| SWIVELCHAIR |
What Rotates Throughout The Office? |
| 11
| COUNTRYSTAR |
Grand Ole Opry Performer ... Or A Hint To 17-/18-across And 23- And 36-down |
| 11
| RAISETHEBAR |
Heighten Expectations, Say ... Or A Hint To Entering Four Answers In This Puzzle |
| 11
| THATSABIGIF |
"you're Just Assuming" |
| 11
| SWITCHBACKS |
They're Full Of Twists And Turns |
| 12
| YOUCANTTHINK |
Start Of An Optimistic Quote By 57-across |
| 12
| LIKEHELLITIS |
"you're So Wrong About That!" |
| 12
| PLENTYOFHORN |
What Brass Band Music Has? |
| 12
| SPOILERALERT |
Important Warning Before You Answer 32-, 40- And 52-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 |
| 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 |
| 14
| THEDOCTORISOUT |
Lucy's Empty-booth Sign In "peanuts" ... Or A Hint To 16-, 24-, 37- And 55-across |
| 15
| AGREETODISAGREE |
What Friendly Opponents May Do |
| 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
| XYLOPHONEMALLET |
What Can Strike Up A Tune? |
| 15
| SIGNFORDELIVERY |
Accept A Package Formally ... Or A Hint To 17-, 29-, 45- And 62-across? |
| 17
| WHENHARRYMETSALLY |
M. Ryan, What's Her Yell? (1989) |
| 18
| THETOWERINGINFERNO |
Re Town Fire One Night (1974) |
| 21
| SPACETHEFINALFRONTIER |
Memorable Quote From 70-across |
| 21
| DOORDONOTTHEREISNOTRY |
Memorable Quote From 70-across |
| 21
| FOLLOWTHEBOUNCINGBALL |
Karaoke Instruction ... Or What To Do Starting At 10-down |
