4
| ANTI |
Like A Thumbs-down Vote |
4
| SKOL |
Vodka Brand That Sounds Like A Toast |
5
| MARIA |
Name That's "all The Beautiful Sounds Of The World In A Single Word," On Broadway |
5
| KATIE |
Woman's Nickname That Sounds Like Its First And Third Letters |
6
| ARETOO |
Comeback That Sounds Like A "star Wars" Character |
9
| UMMACHINE |
What A Nervous Public Speaker Sounds Like? |
11
| GWENSTEFANI |
Singer With The 2016 #1 Album "this Is What The Truth Feels Like" |
3
| EAT |
Put Down |
3
| TOP |
#1 |
3
| EAT |
Down |
3
| MUM |
It's "the Word" |
3
| LAY |
Put (down) |
4
| LAID |
Put (down) |
6
| IAMBIC |
Like "to Be Or Not To Be" |
3
| IND |
Like The Opening Of Mahler's Symphony No. 9 |
3
| ACT |
See 18-down |
3
| IES |
Plural Suffix With Good, Hood And Food |
3
| REF |
One With A Whistle ... Who Sometimes 1-across? |
3
| TOP |
Number 1, With "the" |
3
| PBS |
Network Supported By "viewers Like You" |
3
| NEE |
Name-dropping Word |
3
| ELI |
Name That's 6-down Backward |
3
| DRY |
Like Wine Labeled "sec" |
3
| APT |
Like Usain Bolt's Last Name |
3
| DIY |
Like Typical Projects In Popular Mechanics Magazine, In Brief |
3
| RED |
Like Diamonds |
3
| RES |
Like Some Telephone Nos. |
3
| OTC |
Like Some Meds |
3
| DRY |
Like Some Humor And Wine |
3
| DRY |
Like Some Humor And Martinis |
3
| WET |
Like Some Blankets And Bars |
3
| RAP |
See 81-down |
3
| INE |
Like Bach's Partita For Violin No. 3 |
3
| ODD |
Like Almost All Prime Numbers |
3
| ALL |
Last Word Of The Pledge Of Allegiance |
3
| YES |
Last Word Of "ulysses" |
3
| ASL |
It Has Colloquial Gestures Like "kiss-fist" And "shaking L" Abbr. |
3
| AND |
See 57-down |
3
| PAY |
With 12-down, Spend Much More Than A Fair Price |
3
| ERS |
Sounds Of Hesitation |
3
| POT |
Word Before Shot And After Hot |
3
| OIL |
Word With Snake Or Salad |
3
| DAY |
Word With Latter Or Red-letter |
3
| ROD |
Word With Hot Or Fly |
3
| ART |
Word With Fair Or Film |
3
| EAR |
Word With Dog Or Elephant |
3
| SEA |
Word With Bass Or Bed |
3
| ASS |
Word With Bad Or Smart |
3
| SHE |
Word Repeatedly Said While Plucking Petals |
3
| NOT |
Word Often Contracted In Contractions |
3
| AYE |
Word In Favor |
3
| POW |
Word In A "batman" Balloon |
3
| AIR |
Word Before Drop Or Ball |
3
| MIN |
The 1 In {1,2,3} Abbr. |
3
| SAD |
Word Before Case Or Sack |
3
| RUG |
Word After Throw Or Scatter |
3
| ROD |
Word After Hot Or Lightning |
3
| DAY |
Word After Field Or Before Dreams |
3
| ASS |
Word After Bad Or Hard |
3
| MAC |
With 58-down, Words Before Cheese |
3
| DRE |
Dr. Of 112-down |
3
| NEE |
Wedding Notice Word |
3
| POP |
Weasel Word? |
3
| SOB |
Utter Inarticulate Sounds |
3
| CRY |
Utter Inarticulate Sounds |
3
| BUN |
Hairstyle That Sounds Edible |
3
| PEN |
Writing Implement Filled With 37-down |
3
| NBC |
43-down's Network |
3
| INK |
10-down Filler |
3
| THY |
"___ Word Is A Lamp Unto My Feet ..." Psalms |
3
| WAP |
2020 #1 Hit For Cardi B And Megan Thee Stallion |
3
| OMS |
Ashram Sounds |
3
| ERE |
"___ Sleep Comes Down To Soothe The Weary Eyes" Paul Laurence Dunbar |
3
| YTD |
1/1 'til Present Abbr. |
3
| AWS |
"how Cute!" Sounds |
3
| GOT |
Came Down With |
3
| MOS |
1-12 Abbr. |
3
| DUH |
"like, Obviously!" |
3
| WAR |
*word In A Classic Tolstoy Title |
3
| TEN |
Cube Root Of 1,000 |
3
| ONE |
1/2 + 1/2 |
4
| ICED |
Like Many A Summertime Beverage |
4
| ARTY |
Like Many College Film Projects |
4
| SLEW |
Took Down, In A Way |
4
| WEEP |
Utter Inarticulate Sounds |
4
| WAIL |
Utter Inarticulate Sounds |
4
| BAWL |
Utter Inarticulate Sounds |
4
| NEON |
Like The Radio City Music Hall Sign |
4
| OAKY |
Like Many A Barrel-aged Wine |
4
| DEWY |
Like Grass On A Misty Morning |
4
| INHD |
Like Many Tv Broadcasts Since The 1990s |
4
| OILY |
Like Garage Floors, Often |
4
| ORAL |
Like Some Vaccines |
4
| AVID |
Like Fans Who Hold Season Tickets, Typically |
4
| CHOU |
With 52-down, 39-across Leader From 1949 To 1976 |
4
| NYPD |
1-across In Manhattan, For Short |
4
| SUED |
Like Discriminatory Employers, Often |
4
| LENS |
Word After Contact Or Before Cover |
4
| AMEN |
The Final Word |
4
| RASP |
Speak Like Clint Eastwood |
4
| GRAF |
Tennis Great With The Most Consecutive Weeks Ranked #1 In The World (377) |
4
| EVER |
Penultimate Word In A Fairy Tale |
4
| TALL |
Like Some Tales |
4
| MEEK |
Like The Eventual Inheritors Of The Earth, In Matthew |
4
| EVIL |
Like The More Interesting Twin, Some Would Say |
4
| SWUM |
Like The Start Of An Ironman Race |
4
| VAST |
Like The Universe |
4
| RANK |
List From 1 To ... |
4
| ARTY |
Like Some Designs On Etsy |
4
| SNAP |
Like Some Decisions |
4
| SEPT |
46-down, In French |
4
| ARFS |
Pound Sounds |
4
| BERT |
Taller Roommate Of 15-down |
4
| EACH |
Pricing Word |
4
| AGED |
Like Scotch |
4
| STEP |
Put One's Foot Down |
4
| FISH |
See 1-across |
4
| SIDE |
See 110-down |
4
| RPMS |
33 1/3, 45 And 78, For Short |
4
| ARFS |
Sounds From A Lab |
4
| ARID |
Like Climates Where Cacti Thrive |
4
| ARID |
Like Much Of Sudan |
4
| ARRS |
Talk Like A Pirate Day Outbursts |
4
| HOLD |
Word After Foot Or Before Hands |
4
| SIDE |
With 111-down, In Cooperation |
4
| RUNG |
Like Church Bells |
4
| ETNA |
Italian Place Whose Name Comes From A Greek Word Meaning "i Burn" |
4
| SERA |
Word Sung Twice After "que" |
4
| RULE |
Word That May Be Defiantly Rhymed With "schmool" |
4
| PLEA |
Word That, Fittingly, Contains All Four Different Letters Of Appeal |
4
| SODS |
Lays Down Turf |
4
| THEM |
"how Do You Like ___ Apples?" |
4
| ESSE |
Latin Verb That's A Letter Off From 9-down |
4
| AMAS |
Latin 101 Word |
4
| AIRY |
Like Cheese Puffs And Rice Cakes |
4
| BLOC |
Contingent Of Like-minded Voters |
4
| CHIN |
Keep This Up When You're Down |
4
| BAWL |
Cry Like A Baby |
4
| ALAS |
Word Of Regret |
4
| AHAB |
"grand, Ungodly, God-like" Man Of Fiction |
4
| TUNE |
Word With Fine Or Signature |
4
| SATS |
High School Alternatives To The 11-down |
4
| RULE |
Word With Gag And Ground |
4
| SEAS |
Word With High Or Seven |
4
| ECTO |
___-1 ("ghostbusters" Vehicle) |
4
| BODY |
Word With Shop, Shot Or Shape |
4
| BABY |
Word With Sitter Or Steps |
4
| HAIL |
Flag Down |
4
| ONCE |
First Word Of Poe's "the Raven" |
4
| AAHS |
"i'm In Heaven!" Sounds |
4
| IKEA |
Company That Uses About 1% Of The World's Wood Supply Annually |
4
| TEEN |
"smells Like ___ Spirit" (nirvana Song) |
4
| OBOE |
Word From The French For "high Wood" |
4
| LAND |
Come On Down! |
4
| TAUT |
Like A Tug-of-war Rope |
4
| RARE |
Like A T206 Honus Wagner Baseball Card |
4
| INKY |
Like A Stamp Pad |
4
| DAYO |
Word Before "... Wanna Go Home," In Calypso |
4
| BEST |
Word Before Actor And Actress At The Oscars |
4
| ASHY |
Like A Used Firepit |
4
| ICON |
Word After Gay Or Fashion |
4
| PASO |
Word Before Doble Or Robles |
4
| KAMA |
Word Meaning "desire" In A Classic Sanskrit Text |
4
| OILY |
Like Auto Shop Rags |
5
| REPEL |
Act Like Some Poles |
5
| OOZED |
Moved Like Molasses |
5
| CANDY |
Word With Rock Or Hard |
5
| LADEN |
Packed, Like A Ship With Cargo |
5
| OOZES |
Moves Like Muck |
5
| SEVEN |
Upside-down L, On A Calculator |
5
| OGLES |
Looks Like A Jerk |
5
| SEEMS |
Looks Like |
5
| RARER |
Like Uranium Vis-à-vis Carbon |
5
| NORSE |
Like Thor Or Loki |
5
| IHEAR |
"word On The Street Is ..." |
5
| TASED |
Like The Villainous Max Shreck, At The End Of "batman Returns" |
5
| TRADE |
Word With Surplus Or Secret |
5
| PEACE |
*word In A Classic Tolstoy Title |
5
| SIXTH |
Like The Most Recent Pope Paul Among All Popes Named Paul |
5
| BLACK |
Word With Tie Or Belt |
5
| TIDAL |
Word With Wave And Pool |
5
| TRANS |
Like Those Celebrated With An Annual Day Of Visibility On March 31 |
5
| BOOBY |
Word Before Trap Or Prize |
5
| SOUND |
With 42-down, Oscars Category From 1963 To 2019 |
5
| ITALY |
Where 23-down Was Coined |
5
| PEACE |
Word Of Leave-taking |
5
| CIGAR |
The World's Most Expensive One, The Gurkha Royal Courtesan, Costs Over $1.3 Million |
5
| MCGEE |
"me And Bobby ___" (posthumous #1 Hit For Janis Joplin) |
5
| OINKS |
"old Macdonald Had A Farm" Sounds |
5
| HEYYA |
2003 #1 Outkast Hit |
5
| PROBE |
Voyager 1, For One |
5
| STRUT |
Walk Around Like You Own The Place |
5
| SMITE |
Strike Down |
5
| MOANS |
Sounds That Might Accompany Foot-dragging |
5
| SIMON |
With 11-down, Kids' Party Activity |
5
| BARKS |
Pound Sounds |
5
| SWINE |
29-down Residents |
5
| OFTHE |
See 5-down |
5
| ENLAI |
See 36-down |
5
| OPERA |
Word With Box Or Gloves |
5
| DRAMA |
Word With Club Or Queen |
5
| LOOTS |
Ransacks Like A Pirate |
5
| EXITS |
Ramps Up Or Down? |
5
| HONOR |
Word With Code Or Card |
5
| EATEN |
Put Down The Hatch |
5
| SAYNO |
Turn Down A Request |
5
| FINED |
Like Speeders, Often |
5
| PARES |
Cuts (down) |
5
| TENTH |
Like J, Alphabetically |
5
| PAPAL |
Like Some Bulls |
5
| ASIAN |
Like Almost Two-thirds Of The Earth's Population |
5
| SCENE |
Last Word In An Improv Show |
5
| SWEET |
Like Most Desserts |
5
| INANE |
Like Much Three Stooges Humor |
5
| MINTY |
Like Much Toothpaste |
5
| MESSY |
Like A Breakup Gone Bad |
5
| SAGGY |
Like A Dewlap |
5
| NEEDY |
Like A Partner Who Can't Spend A Second Apart From You |
5
| NOFEE |
Like Some Checking Accounts |
5
| AGILE |
Like Ballet Dancers |
5
| ATOLL |
Island Like Kiritimati |
5
| DROLL |
Like Some "monty Python" Humor |
5
| INEPT |
Like A Schlemiel |
5
| JUICY |
Like Oranges And Some Gossip |
5
| INERT |
Like Helium |
5
| DRIER |
Like Prunes Vis-à-vis Plums |
5
| BULGY |
Like Pronounced Muscles |
5
| NOOUT |
Like A Situation At The Start Of An Inning |
5
| DIMES |
Coins That Are 1.35 Mm Thick |
5
| FLOWN |
Like Planes And Flags |
5
| PALER |
Like Pastels Compared To Primary Colors |
5
| ARTSY |
Like Some Gallery Displays |
5
| RETRO |
Like Men's Double-breasted Suits, E.g. |
5
| NOISY |
Like Many Street-level Apartments |
5
| WAXED |
Like Some Legs And Mustaches |
5
| ABASE |
Bring Down |
5
| POACH |
Eggs Benedict Recipe Word |
5
| JAIME |
French "i Like" |
5
| BAGGY |
Like Hammer Pants |
5
| LITUP |
Like Festive Houses During The Holidays |
5
| STEEP |
Like Some Roller Coaster Drops |
5
| PLUSH |
Like Many A Stuffed Toy |
5
| RENEW |
Get More 45-down |
5
| YESNO |
Like Some Questions |
5
| IOWAN |
Like Some Quad Cities Residents |
5
| RURAL |
Like Farm Country |
5
| BLEAT |
Cry Like A Kid |
5
| VISAS |
H-1b And B-1, For Two |
5
| OAKEN |
Like Many Chardonnay Barrels |
5
| BROOD |
Hatchlings For A 43-down |
6
| YEEZUS |
2013 #1 Album From Kanye West |
6
| SWAMPY |
Like Marshes |
6
| SASHAY |
Walk Like You Own The Place |
6
| ISSUES |
See 43-down |
6
| ACIDIC |
Like Apples And Oranges |
6
| OBLONG |
Like Kiwis And Plum Tomatoes, By Shape |
6
| SPIRAL |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Natural Shape Said To Be Seen In 61-across And 27-down |
6
| TWOHIT |
Like Some Well-pitched Games |
6
| CEASES |
Shuts Down |
6
| THEMED |
Like Many Crossword Puzzles (though Not This One) |
6
| ARCHED |
Like Eyebrows |
6
| INLAID |
Like Mosaic Tiles |
6
| REHEMS |
Takes Up Or Lets Down, Say |
6
| NOCARB |
Like Diets That Cut Out Bread And Pasta |
6
| FEARED |
Like Bogeymen |
6
| CROAKS |
Sounds From A Pond At Night |
6
| SHORTS |
Word After Booty Or Bermuda |
6
| INBETA |
Like Many Apps With Faulty Features |
6
| SPICER |
See 31-down |
6
| ELDEST |
Like Meg Among The March Sisters |
6
| ISAYNO |
"thumbs Down!" |
6
| RIBBED |
Like Twill And Faille |
6
| PREWEB |
Like Pioneering Search Engines Of The 1980s |
6
| STRAWY |
Like Some Horse Bedding |
6
| SLUSHY |
Like Winter Roads During A Thaw |
6
| SLURPS |
Impolite Sounds At The Dinner Table |
6
| BLEEPS |
Censoring Sounds |
6
| DECOCT |
Boil Down |
6
| ANIMES |
Cartoon Films Like "spirited Away" And "ninja Scroll" |
6
| INSECT |
Last Word Of The First Sentence Of Kafka's "the Metamorphosis" |
6
| VOSTOK |
___ 1, Yuri Gagarin's Spacecraft |
6
| JAMMED |
Like Some Signals And Traffic |
6
| MOLTEN |
Like The Inside Of A Lava Cake |
6
| FOLDUP |
Like Some Space-saving Beds |
6
| ULTIMA |
Final Syllable Of A Word, In Linguistics |
6
| LESSER |
Like The "5" Of "5 & 10" |
6
| SOLLAL |
Korean New Year, Celebrated On Feb. 1, 2022 |
6
| SEEDED |
Like Some Fruits And Tennis Players |
6
| ASSERT |
Lay Down, In A Way |
6
| LOWERS |
Lets Down |
6
| SALTED |
Like Pretzels And Winter Highways |
6
| QATARI |
Like Al Jazeera |
6
| TOOTHY |
Like A Wide Grin |
6
| ORANGE |
Like A Screwdriver |
6
| SEWNON |
Like Scouting Patches |
6
| COLADA |
Word In Some Cocktail Names |
6
| EEYORE |
Pooh's Down-in-the-dumps Friend |
6
| DIETER |
One Cutting Down, So To Speak |
6
| SNARLS |
Angry Dog Sounds |
6
| RAIDED |
Like Refrigerators At Night, Sometimes |
7
| MOONLIT |
Like A Romantic Evening Stroll, Perhaps |
7
| HEAVIER |
Like épées Vis-à-vis Foils |
7
| PRECODE |
Like Early Uncensored Hollywood Films |
7
| EDDYING |
Going Down The Drain, In A Way |
7
| SLURRED |
Like Drunken Speech |
7
| RHYMING |
Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- And 64-across, With Respect To The Numbers In Their Clues |
7
| MUDBATH |
Where To Get Down And Dirty |
7
| EASIEST |
Like Crosswords On Monday Vis-à-vis Those In The Rest Of The Week |
7
| STRANGE |
Like Anomalies |
7
| ROUNDED |
Like 100 Vis-à-vis 99, Say |
7
| INFUSED |
Like Some Vodkas |
7
| ARTDECO |
Like Los Angeles's Griffith Observatory |
7
| CLASSIC |
Like Works Of Shakespeare Or Frank Sinatra |
7
| SOLANGE |
Singer With The 2016 #1 Album "a Seat At The Table" |
7
| DCBASED |
Like Much White House Press |
7
| BREADED |
Like Some Chicken Cutlets |
7
| GRAWLIX |
String Of Typographical Symbols, Like @%$&!, To Represent An Obscenity |
7
| SAMESEX |
Like Some Couples |
7
| SEESAWS |
They Go Up And Down On A Playground |
7
| ECLIPSE |
See 30-down |
7
| LOLCATS |
Memes With Captions Like "i Can Has Cheezburger?" |
7
| TACTFUL |
Like Whatever Comes After "how Should I Put This?" |
7
| ONETERM |
Like Trump's Presidency |
7
| SAMESEX |
Like Some Relationships |
7
| ITEMIZE |
Break Down Fully |
7
| AQUATIC |
Like The Five Animals In This Puzzle's Theme |
7
| GLITCHY |
Like Many A Beta Release |
7
| WARTORN |
Like The Balkans In The 1990s |
7
| SLANDER |
Run Down, In A Way |
8
| DOTTHEIS |
Attend To Details ... Or A Hint To Entering Six Down Answers In This Puzzle |
8
| HALFREAD |
Like A Book With A Bookmark In The Middle, Say |
8
| ALVEOLAR |
Like The Consonants "t" And "d" |
8
| SEQUENCE |
When Preceded By [the Circled Letters], Progression Starting With 0 And 1 |
8
| IMPERIAL |
Like Rome Starting In The First Century B.c. |
8
| CHEROKEE |
Like Sequoyah, For Whom The Tree Is Named |
8
| TOETOTOE |
Like Some Confrontations |
8
| EGYPTIAN |
Like Hathor, Goddess Of Motherhood |
9
| MRSANDMAN |
Classic Song With The Line "give Him A Lonely Heart Like Pagliacci / And Lots Of Wavy Hair Like Liberace" |
9
| MRSANDMAN |
1950s #1 Hit With The Repeated Lyric "bring Me A Dream" |
9
| JESUSLIKE |
Describing The 32-down's Image |
9
| HESAREBEL |
1962 #1 Hit For The Crystals Featuring A Biker On The Record Sleeve |
9
| WARMSUPTO |
Begins To Like |
9
| ROADFLARE |
Impromptu Signal To Slow Down |
9
| THIGHHIGH |
Like Some Fashion Boots |
9
| PROTECTED |
Like Many Endangered Species |
9
| EVOLUTION |
Word That Becomes More Dramatic When You Add An "r" In Front |
9
| SIMMERING |
Like Some Feuds And Foods On A Stove |
9
| SITUATION |
Word Before Room Or Comedy |
9
| BUNCHEDUP |
Like Part Of A Dress Affected By Static Cling, Say |
9
| PESSIMIST |
One Who Identifies With The Answers To The Starred Down Clues |
10
| SONGWRITER |
One Jotting Down A Few Notes? |
10
| HYPERBARIC |
Like Oxygen Therapy Chambers |
10
| BELLETOWER |
Where Rapunzel Let Down Her Hair? |
10
| MUSTBENICE |
"wish I Could Live Like That ..." |
11
| BRAINSTORMS |
Things That Might Get Written Down On Sticky Notes |
11
| LETSGOCRAZY |
Lost, E.g. (#1, 1984) |
11
| POWERPOSING |
Standing Like Wonder Woman, Say |
11
| COUNTRYSTAR |
Grand Ole Opry Performer ... Or A Hint To 17-/18-across And 23- And 36-down |
12
| LAWOFGRAVITY |
Scientific Contribution From 98-down, Discovered In A Manner Suggested By This Puzzle's Theme |
12
| SEVENWONDERS |
With 51-across And 15-down, Group In Which [see Circled Letters] Is The Only One Still Largely Intact |
12
| SILVERLINING |
Upside, When Down |
12
| ANCIENTWORLD |
See 5-down |
12
| SOLDFORPARTS |
Like Many A Lemon, Eventually |
12
| REALORIGINAL |
Sarcastic "oh, Like You Thought Of That Yourself" |
13
| FALLINTOPLACE |
Become Clear ... Or Make Like The Object Represented By The Circled Letters |
13
| SHROUDOFTURIN |
Pope Pius Xii Called It "a Holy Thing Perhaps Like Nothing Else" |
13
| AMILLIONBUCKS |
Great Thing To Feel Like |
14
| JUDYINDISGUISE |
Chan_e _ppea_ance To Concea_ _ _d Mislea_ (#1, 1968) |
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
| SPRINGFESTIVAL |
Chinese New Year, Celebrated On Feb. 1, 2022 |
15
| OPTICALILLUSION |
This Isn't What It Looks Like! |
21
| FOLLOWTHEBOUNCINGBALL |
Karaoke Instruction ... Or What To Do Starting At 10-down |