All 140 clues from the Sunday NYT Crossword (21 by 21), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.
Today's title: Going For A Spin
Across clues and answer lengths
- 1 Pen name (3)
- 4 Garment whose name is a homophone for a board game (4)
- 8 Keywords accompanying a YouTube video, say (4)
- 12 Bellyaches (5)
- 17 Listing of what's on tap (4)
- 18 Story (4)
- 19 It's right around the present (4)
- 20 Phone notifications (6)
- 22 "For our ad, how should we list the car that we found in the ditch?" (14)
- 25 Massachusetts city named for a colonial patriot (6)
- 26 Like phone numbers in infomercials (8)
- 27 Team players (8)
- 29 Boggy place (3)
- 30 Rightmost word on the front of a penny (5)
- 31 Their horns don't honk (4)
- 33 Kerfuffles (4)
- 34 Moccasin decoration (4)
- 35 "Physics is like ___: Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it" (quote attributed to Richard Feynman) (3)
- 36 Ankle part (6)
- 39 "… and how do we add that it was just struck by lightning?" (9)
- 41 "You will be ___" (6)
- 42 What's to be with Québec? (4)
- 43 Focus of many a small private college (4)
- 44 "… and that the tailpipe is dragging on the ground?" (12)
- 49 19th-century school item (5)
- 51 Emulates Cicero (6)
- 52 Food or water (4)
- 54 Cover with a black rectangle, say (6)
- 58 Useful pointers? (5)
- 59 Rascal (5)
- 62 Tech models since 1998 (5)
- 65 Country with the all-time greatest number of medals at the Winter Olympics: Abbr. (3)
- 66 Quickbeam and Leaflock, in fantasy (4)
- 67 "… and what about the leaky roof?" (11)
- 69 Point of intersection (4)
- 70 "Here ___!" (3)
- 71 Mideast language (5)
- 72 Surprising result (5)
- 73 Pretend (5)
- 74 Achilles, e.g. (6)
- 76 Family nickname comparable to the Yiddish "bubbe" (4)
- 78 Smooth, now (6)
- 79 Gains prominence (5)
- 82 "… and the broken door locks?" (12)
- 86 "___ just in …" (4)
- 88 Big name in plastic (4)
- 90 Rudimentary seeds (6)
- 91 "… and the defective speaker system?" (9)
- 93 Rudimentary (6)
- 94 Calling card, for short? (3)
- 97 Safari destinations? (4)
- 98 Drink in a red, white and blue cup (4)
- 99 Donahue on TV Guide's list of "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time" (4)
- 100 Yemeni neighbor (5)
- 102 Old gridiron org. for the Boston Patriots (3)
- 103 End of "Our Town" or "A Doll's House" (8)
- 105 Spectacular flops (8)
- 108 Upholsterer's sample (6)
- 110 "… and finally, the missing front tires?" (14)
- 112 Capital of Zimbabwe (6)
- 113 Pupil's surroundings (4)
- 114 Like toms and drakes (4)
- 115 State as fact (4)
- 116 U-Haul alternative (5)
- 117 Legend who occasionally used his head to achieve greatness (4)
- 118 SoCal sch. (4)
- 119 Pink part of a Mr. Potato Head set (3)
Across first letters
- 1 starts with B
- 4 starts with S
- 8 starts with T
- 12 starts with C
- 17 starts with M
- 18 starts with T
- 19 starts with W
- 20 starts with A
- 22 starts with O
- 25 starts with R
- 26 starts with T
- 27 starts with A
- 29 starts with F
- 30 starts with T
- 31 starts with R
- 33 starts with A
- 34 starts with B
- 35 starts with S
- 36 starts with T
- 39 starts with N
- 41 starts with M
- 42 starts with E
- 43 starts with A
- 44 starts with L
- 49 starts with S
- 51 starts with O
- 52 starts with N
- 54 starts with R
- 58 starts with V
- 59 starts with S
- 62 starts with I
- 65 starts with N
- 66 starts with E
- 67 starts with B
- 69 starts with N
- 70 starts with I
- 71 starts with F
- 72 starts with U
- 73 starts with F
- 74 starts with T
- 76 starts with N
- 78 starts with I
- 79 starts with R
- 82 starts with K
- 86 starts with T
- 88 starts with V
- 90 starts with O
- 91 starts with Q
- 93 starts with P
- 94 starts with S
- 97 starts with U
- 98 starts with I
- 99 starts with P
- 100 starts with O
- 102 starts with A
- 103 starts with A
- 105 starts with D
- 108 starts with S
- 110 starts with R
- 112 starts with H
- 113 starts with I
- 114 starts with M
- 115 starts with A
- 116 starts with R
- 117 starts with P
- 118 starts with S
- 119 starts with E
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Pen name BIC
- 4 Across: Garment whose name is a homophone for a board game SARI
- 8 Across: Keywords accompanying a YouTube video, say TAGS
- 12 Across: Bellyaches CARPS
- 17 Across: Listing of what's on tap MENU
- 18 Across: Story TIER
- 19 Across: It's right around the present WRAP
- 20 Across: Phone notifications ALERTS
- 22 Across: "For our ad, how should we list the car that we found in the ditch?" OFFROADVEHICLE
- 25 Across: Massachusetts city named for a colonial patriot REVERE
- 26 Across: Like phone numbers in infomercials TOLLFREE
- 27 Across: Team players ATHLETES
- 29 Across: Boggy place FEN
- 30 Across: Rightmost word on the front of a penny TRUST
- 31 Across: Their horns don't honk RAMS
- 33 Across: Kerfuffles ADOS
- 34 Across: Moccasin decoration BEAD
- 35 Across: "Physics is like ___: Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it" (quote attributed to Richard Feynman) SEX
- 36 Across: Ankle part TARSUS
- 39 Across: "… and how do we add that it was just struck by lightning?" NEWSHOCKS
- 41 Across: "You will be ___" MISSED
- 42 Across: What's to be with Québec? ETRE
- 43 Across: Focus of many a small private college ARTS
- 44 Across: "… and that the tailpipe is dragging on the ground?" LOWEMISSIONS
- 49 Across: 19th-century school item SLATE
- 51 Across: Emulates Cicero ORATES
- 52 Across: Food or water NEED
- 54 Across: Cover with a black rectangle, say REDACT
- 58 Across: Useful pointers? VANES
- 59 Across: Rascal SCAMP
- 62 Across: Tech models since 1998 IMACS
- 65 Across: Country with the all-time greatest number of medals at the Winter Olympics: Abbr. NOR
- 66 Across: Quickbeam and Leaflock, in fantasy ENTS
- 67 Across: "… and what about the leaky roof?" BUCKETSEATS
- 69 Across: Point of intersection NODE
- 70 Across: "Here ___!" IGO
- 71 Across: Mideast language FARSI
- 72 Across: Surprising result UPSET
- 73 Across: Pretend FEIGN
- 74 Across: Achilles, e.g. TENDON
- 76 Across: Family nickname comparable to the Yiddish "bubbe" NANA
- 78 Across: Smooth, now IRONED
- 79 Across: Gains prominence RISES
- 82 Across: "… and the broken door locks?" KEYLESSENTRY
- 86 Across: "___ just in …" THIS
- 88 Across: Big name in plastic VISA
- 90 Across: Rudimentary seeds OVULES
- 91 Across: "… and the defective speaker system?" QUIETRIDE
- 93 Across: Rudimentary PRIMAL
- 94 Across: Calling card, for short? SIM
- 97 Across: Safari destinations? URLS
- 98 Across: Drink in a red, white and blue cup ICEE
- 99 Across: Donahue on TV Guide's list of "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time" PHIL
- 100 Across: Yemeni neighbor OMANI
- 102 Across: Old gridiron org. for the Boston Patriots AFL
- 103 Across: End of "Our Town" or "A Doll's House" ACTTHREE
- 105 Across: Spectacular flops DEBACLES
- 108 Across: Upholsterer's sample SWATCH
- 110 Across: "… and finally, the missing front tires?" REARWHEELDRIVE
- 112 Across: Capital of Zimbabwe HARARE
- 113 Across: Pupil's surroundings IRIS
- 114 Across: Like toms and drakes MALE
- 115 Across: State as fact AVER
- 116 Across: U-Haul alternative RYDER
- 117 Across: Legend who occasionally used his head to achieve greatness PELE
- 118 Across: SoCal sch. SDSU
- 119 Across: Pink part of a Mr. Potato Head set EAR
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Caption below the first of two photos (6)
- 2 Opposite of exodus (6)
- 3 Dumbbell exercises (5)
- 4 Giant or dwarf (4)
- 5 ___-de-camp (4)
- 6 Backs out, say (8)
- 7 Indignation (3)
- 8 Ninnies (5)
- 9 What someone flat-footed lacks (4)
- 10 Like an honorable knight (7)
- 11 They might be on one's radar (8)
- 12 Pet (6)
- 13 Porters, for example (4)
- 14 Race prior to a race? (3)
- 15 Fifth-year student leader at Hogwarts (7)
- 16 Barely runs? (7)
- 17 Fruit snack brand (5)
- 21 Excites (5)
- 23 Again and again, in verse (8)
- 24 Over-the-top performers (4)
- 28 Item on a rack (5)
- 32 Mercedes alternative (4)
- 34 Idly doodling, maybe (5)
- 37 How the car in this puzzle's theme would be sold (4)
- 38 Blog feed letters (3)
- 40 Disrelishes and then some (5)
- 41 Hands (out) (5)
- 42 Linguistic suffix (3)
- 44 "Fabulous!" (6)
- 45 It has a rind but supposedly no rhyme (6)
- 46 Deliberately malicious (6)
- 47 Opposite of "You'll pay for that!"? (4)
- 48 God who aids the Trojan fleet in the first book of the "Aeneid" (7)
- 50 Long stories have them (4)
- 53 Runs out of gas (4)
- 55 Divinely elect (6)
- 56 Old yeller? (6)
- 57 Faddish (6)
- 59 California's Big ___ (3)
- 60 Keeps in the loop, electronically (3)
- 61 Similar (to) (4)
- 63 Pioneering astronaut Jemison (3)
- 64 "The Good Wife" figure: Abbr. (3)
- 67 Declares off limits (4)
- 68 Fix a litter problem? (4)
- 69 Show signs (5)
- 71 Palm off (on) (5)
- 73 Mooch (8)
- 75 Hangs on a clothesline (5)
- 77 Isis Naija Gaston, ___ Ice Spice (3)
- 78 Madonna's "La ___ Bonita" (4)
- 80 Kick out (5)
- 81 Planned detour (8)
- 83 "Shark Tank" shark Greiner (4)
- 84 Horror franchise that includes 1992's "Army of Darkness" (8)
- 85 It all adds up to this (3)
- 86 "West Side Story" conflict (7)
- 87 Edmund who wrote "View From the Summit" (7)
- 89 "Now, wait just one minute!" (7)
- 91 Suppress (5)
- 92 Like cheesecake vis-à-vis sponge cake (6)
- 93 "That was a close one!" (4)
- 94 What wets the appetite? (6)
- 95 "The idea!" (6)
- 96 Penny pincher (5)
- 99 Intrinsically (5)
- 101 Jazz singer Carmen (5)
- 103 Part of a plot, at times (4)
- 104 The third one is dangerous (4)
- 106 Once-common fish in the Thames (4)
- 107 Veal cordon ___ (4)
- 109 Smidgen (3)
- 111 Inits. at sea (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with B
- 2 starts with I
- 3 starts with C
- 4 starts with S
- 5 starts with A
- 6 starts with R
- 7 starts with I
- 8 starts with T
- 9 starts with A
- 10 starts with G
- 11 starts with S
- 12 starts with C
- 13 starts with A
- 14 starts with R
- 15 starts with P
- 16 starts with S
- 17 starts with M
- 21 starts with S
- 23 starts with O
- 24 starts with H
- 28 starts with T
- 32 starts with A
- 34 starts with B
- 37 starts with A
- 38 starts with R
- 40 starts with H
- 41 starts with M
- 42 starts with E
- 44 starts with L
- 45 starts with O
- 46 starts with W
- 47 starts with O
- 48 starts with N
- 50 starts with A
- 53 starts with D
- 55 starts with A
- 56 starts with C
- 57 starts with T
- 59 starts with S
- 60 starts with C
- 61 starts with A
- 63 starts with M
- 64 starts with A
- 67 starts with B
- 68 starts with S
- 69 starts with N
- 71 starts with F
- 73 starts with F
- 75 starts with D
- 77 starts with A
- 78 starts with I
- 80 starts with E
- 81 starts with S
- 83 starts with L
- 84 starts with E
- 85 starts with S
- 86 starts with T
- 87 starts with H
- 89 starts with S
- 91 starts with Q
- 92 starts with R
- 93 starts with P
- 94 starts with S
- 95 starts with I
- 96 starts with M
- 99 starts with P
- 101 starts with M
- 103 starts with A
- 104 starts with R
- 106 starts with E
- 107 starts with B
- 109 starts with T
- 111 starts with H
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Caption below the first of two photos BEFORE
- 2 Down: Opposite of exodus INFLUX
- 3 Down: Dumbbell exercises CURLS
- 4 Down: Giant or dwarf STAR
- 5 Down: ___-de-camp AIDE
- 6 Down: Backs out, say REVERSES
- 7 Down: Indignation IRE
- 8 Down: Ninnies TWITS
- 9 Down: What someone flat-footed lacks ARCH
- 10 Down: Like an honorable knight GALLANT
- 11 Down: They might be on one's radar SPEEDERS
- 12 Down: Pet CARESS
- 13 Down: Porters, for example ALES
- 14 Down: Race prior to a race? REV
- 15 Down: Fifth-year student leader at Hogwarts PREFECT
- 16 Down: Barely runs? STREAKS
- 17 Down: Fruit snack brand MOTTS
- 21 Down: Excites SENDS
- 23 Down: Again and again, in verse OFTTIMES
- 24 Down: Over-the-top performers HAMS
- 28 Down: Item on a rack TOWEL
- 32 Down: Mercedes alternative AUDI
- 34 Down: Idly doodling, maybe BORED
- 37 Down: How the car in this puzzle's theme would be sold ASIS
- 38 Down: Blog feed letters RSS
- 40 Down: Disrelishes and then some HATES
- 41 Down: Hands (out) METES
- 42 Down: Linguistic suffix ESE
- 44 Down: "Fabulous!" LOVEIT
- 45 Down: It has a rind but supposedly no rhyme ORANGE
- 46 Down: Deliberately malicious WANTON
- 47 Down: Opposite of "You'll pay for that!"? ONME
- 48 Down: God who aids the Trojan fleet in the first book of the "Aeneid" NEPTUNE
- 50 Down: Long stories have them ARCS
- 53 Down: Runs out of gas DIES
- 55 Down: Divinely elect ANOINT
- 56 Down: Old yeller? CODGER
- 57 Down: Faddish TRENDY
- 59 Down: California's Big ___ SUR
- 60 Down: Keeps in the loop, electronically CCS
- 61 Down: Similar (to) AKIN
- 63 Down: Pioneering astronaut Jemison MAE
- 64 Down: "The Good Wife" figure: Abbr. ATT
- 67 Down: Declares off limits BANS
- 68 Down: Fix a litter problem? SPAY
- 69 Down: Show signs NEONS
- 71 Down: Palm off (on) FOIST
- 73 Down: Mooch FREELOAD
- 75 Down: Hangs on a clothesline DRIES
- 77 Down: Isis Naija Gaston, ___ Ice Spice AKA
- 78 Down: Madonna's "La ___ Bonita" ISLA
- 80 Down: Kick out EVICT
- 81 Down: Planned detour SIDETRIP
- 83 Down: "Shark Tank" shark Greiner LORI
- 84 Down: Horror franchise that includes 1992's "Army of Darkness" EVILDEAD
- 85 Down: It all adds up to this SUM
- 86 Down: "West Side Story" conflict TURFWAR
- 87 Down: Edmund who wrote "View From the Summit" HILLARY
- 89 Down: "Now, wait just one minute!" SEEHERE
- 91 Down: Suppress QUASH
- 92 Down: Like cheesecake vis-à-vis sponge cake RICHER
- 93 Down: "That was a close one!" PHEW
- 94 Down: What wets the appetite? SALIVA
- 95 Down: "The idea!" INEVER
- 96 Down: Penny pincher MISER
- 99 Down: Intrinsically PERSE
- 101 Down: Jazz singer Carmen MCRAE
- 103 Down: Part of a plot, at times ACRE
- 104 Down: The third one is dangerous RAIL
- 106 Down: Once-common fish in the Thames EELS
- 107 Down: Veal cordon ___ BLEU
- 109 Down: Smidgen TAD
- 111 Down: Inits. at sea HMS
Show the solved grid
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About this puzzle
- Made by Ralph Sharaga and Doug Peterson
- Edited by Will Shortz
- Sunday puzzles are the biggest of the week (21 by 21) with a theme, at about Thursday difficulty.
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