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: Written In The Stars
Across clues and answer lengths
- 1 "Aladdin" villain (5)
- 6 "It's yours!" (4)
- 10 Sarcastic "Sure" (4)
- 14 Heat setting, in brief? (3)
- 17 Dutch Caribbean isle (5)
- 18 Explosive sound (6)
- 20 Lacking constraints (8)
- 22 MARTIN SHEEN (12)
- 24 LIAM NEESON (8)
- 25 Chef Hussain of "The Great British Bake Off" fame (6)
- 26 Discount Chinese e-tailer (4)
- 28 Jumbo shrimp (5)
- 29 Ben & Jerry's alternative (4)
- 31 Pink-slips (4)
- 33 NORMAN REEDUS (11)
- 37 GREG KINNEAR (10)
- 40 Conditions of equilibrium (6)
- 41 Historian's division (3)
- 42 Undying? (5)
- 43 Offer illegally, as tickets (5)
- 45 Publicly proclaim (4)
- 46 Scatters messily (6)
- 48 MORGAN FREEMAN (13)
- 55 Class for some recent arrivals, for short (3)
- 56 Kind of green (3)
- 59 Chemist Lilly (3)
- 60 Chilean poet who served as a Communist senator (6)
- 61 Four to two, e.g. (6)
- 64 Friar with a famous "razor" (5)
- 68 Turns on the waterworks (5)
- 69 Ones making periodic appearances ... or the link between the capitalized clues and their answers (19)
- 73 2024's "Joker: ___ à Deux" (5)
- 74 Alfresco area (5)
- 75 "Everything cool between us?" (6)
- 76 Poorly nourished (6)
- 78 Fill at a fill-up (3)
- 80 ___ card (3)
- 81 Rite Aid rival (3)
- 84 CHRISTIAN SLATER (13)
- 89 City on the Illinois River (6)
- 92 Grumpy grimace (4)
- 93 Discontinued Swedish cars (5)
- 96 Inauthentic (5)
- 97 "Catch-22" topic (3)
- 100 Join, as two metal surfaces (6)
- 102 ISABELLA ROSSELLINI (10)
- 104 KEVIN KLINE (11)
- 107 Erté's style, informally (4)
- 108 Canadian fuel brand (4)
- 109 All-vowel musical refrain (5)
- 110 Actress Falco with four Emmys (4)
- 112 Sugary secretion (6)
- 114 BEA ARTHUR (8)
- 118 MARLON BRANDO (12)
- 122 Submitted by the deadline (8)
- 123 B.L.T. or P.B.J., cutesily (6)
- 124 Musician/actress Haim (5)
- 125 Syllable of censure (3)
- 126 Instants (4)
- 127 High-protein bean (4)
- 128 Big name in truck rentals (5)
Across first letters
- 1 starts with J
- 6 starts with S
- 10 starts with I
- 14 starts with N
- 17 starts with A
- 18 starts with K
- 20 starts with F
- 22 starts with H
- 24 starts with S
- 25 starts with N
- 26 starts with T
- 28 starts with P
- 29 starts with E
- 31 starts with C
- 33 starts with D
- 37 starts with R
- 40 starts with S
- 41 starts with E
- 42 starts with A
- 43 starts with S
- 45 starts with A
- 46 starts with S
- 48 starts with G
- 55 starts with E
- 56 starts with P
- 59 starts with E
- 60 starts with N
- 61 starts with S
- 64 starts with O
- 68 starts with C
- 69 starts with R
- 73 starts with F
- 74 starts with P
- 75 starts with W
- 76 starts with I
- 78 starts with G
- 80 starts with S
- 81 starts with C
- 84 starts with E
- 89 starts with P
- 92 starts with M
- 93 starts with S
- 96 starts with P
- 97 starts with W
- 100 starts with S
- 102 starts with B
- 104 starts with E
- 107 starts with D
- 108 starts with E
- 109 starts with E
- 110 starts with E
- 112 starts with N
- 114 starts with B
- 118 starts with O
- 122 starts with I
- 123 starts with S
- 124 starts with A
- 125 starts with T
- 126 starts with S
- 127 starts with S
- 128 starts with R
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: "Aladdin" villain JAFAR
- 6 Across: "It's yours!" SOLD
- 10 Across: Sarcastic "Sure" IBET
- 14 Across: Heat setting, in brief? NBA
- 17 Across: Dutch Caribbean isle ARUBA
- 18 Across: Explosive sound KABOOM
- 20 Across: Lacking constraints FREEFORM
- 22 Across: MARTIN SHEEN HENRIMATISSE
- 24 Across: LIAM NEESON SALMINEO
- 25 Across: Chef Hussain of "The Great British Bake Off" fame NADIYA
- 26 Across: Discount Chinese e-tailer TEMU
- 28 Across: Jumbo shrimp PRAWN
- 29 Across: Ben & Jerry's alternative EDYS
- 31 Across: Pink-slips CANS
- 33 Across: NORMAN REEDUS DONNASUMMER
- 37 Across: GREG KINNEAR REGINAKING
- 40 Across: Conditions of equilibrium STASES
- 41 Across: Historian's division ERA
- 42 Across: Undying? ALIVE
- 43 Across: Offer illegally, as tickets SCALP
- 45 Across: Publicly proclaim AVOW
- 46 Across: Scatters messily STREWS
- 48 Across: MORGAN FREEMAN GEORGEFOREMAN
- 55 Across: Class for some recent arrivals, for short ESL
- 56 Across: Kind of green PEA
- 59 Across: Chemist Lilly ELI
- 60 Across: Chilean poet who served as a Communist senator NERUDA
- 61 Across: Four to two, e.g. SQUARE
- 64 Across: Friar with a famous "razor" OCCAM
- 68 Across: Turns on the waterworks CRIES
- 69 Across: Ones making periodic appearances ... or the link between the capitalized clues and their answers RECURRINGCHARACTERS
- 73 Across: 2024's "Joker: ___ à Deux" FOLIE
- 74 Across: Alfresco area PATIO
- 75 Across: "Everything cool between us?" WEGOOD
- 76 Across: Poorly nourished ILLFED
- 78 Across: Fill at a fill-up GAS
- 80 Across: ___ card SIM
- 81 Across: Rite Aid rival CVS
- 84 Across: CHRISTIAN SLATER ELAINESTRITCH
- 89 Across: City on the Illinois River PEORIA
- 92 Across: Grumpy grimace MOUE
- 93 Across: Discontinued Swedish cars SAABS
- 96 Across: Inauthentic PHONY
- 97 Across: "Catch-22" topic WAR
- 100 Across: Join, as two metal surfaces SOLDER
- 102 Across: ISABELLA ROSSELLINI BRIELARSON
- 104 Across: KEVIN KLINE EVELKNIEVEL
- 107 Across: Erté's style, informally DECO
- 108 Across: Canadian fuel brand ESSO
- 109 Across: All-vowel musical refrain EIEIO
- 110 Across: Actress Falco with four Emmys EDIE
- 112 Across: Sugary secretion NECTAR
- 114 Across: BEA ARTHUR BABERUTH
- 118 Across: MARLON BRANDO ORLANDOBLOOM
- 122 Across: Submitted by the deadline INONTIME
- 123 Across: B.L.T. or P.B.J., cutesily SAMMIE
- 124 Across: Musician/actress Haim ALANA
- 125 Across: Syllable of censure TSK
- 126 Across: Instants SECS
- 127 Across: High-protein bean SOYA
- 128 Across: Big name in truck rentals RYDER
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 God, to Bob Marley (3)
- 2 "___ you done?" (3)
- 3 Musical comedy that was 1968's highest-grossing film (9)
- 4 Caustic (8)
- 5 Bootlegger's concern (4)
- 6 Like 666, popularly (7)
- 7 Band that's big in Japan? (3)
- 8 Disoriented (4)
- 9 Administered, as a drug (5)
- 10 Potentialities (3)
- 11 Something found under a top (3)
- 12 Wriggler in a stream (3)
- 13 "___ fugit" (6)
- 14 Star's opposite (6)
- 15 Stout figure? (6)
- 16 Supreme Egyptian god (6)
- 18 Inuit watercraft (6)
- 19 Office messages (5)
- 21 Like some mattresses and offers (4)
- 23 Mineral that makes cosmetics shimmer (4)
- 27 Remove an identifier from, as on Instagram (5)
- 29 Clear (5)
- 30 Shoulder press targets, to trainers (5)
- 32 Hit a ___ (4)
- 34 Where a flock may gather (4)
- 35 Beginning on (4)
- 36 Attach with a needle and thread (5)
- 38 Unused (3)
- 39 Extreme happiness (4)
- 44 Double-breasted pieces of menswear (9)
- 47 Trigger (4)
- 49 Like Scrooge McDuck (4)
- 50 Right-hand page of a book (5)
- 51 Made muffs (5)
- 52 John ___ Day (California commemoration) (4)
- 53 Citrus refreshments (4)
- 54 "N.Y. State of Mind" rapper (3)
- 57 1994 Costner title role (4)
- 58 Diva's time to shine (4)
- 61 "Dune" genre (5)
- 62 Mary or Elizabeth (5)
- 63 Towering creature in "The Two Towers" (3)
- 65 Sound in a cornfield (3)
- 66 Half brother of Apollo (4)
- 67 Christmas presence? (4)
- 69 Sushi bar serving (4)
- 70 Jazz great Fitzgerald (4)
- 71 Along with "CODA" and "Argo," the only other four-letter Best Picture winner (4)
- 72 Give gratis (4)
- 73 Shakespearean shout (3)
- 77 That's the spirit! (5)
- 79 Strike defier (4)
- 81 Part of an intersection (9)
- 82 Barolos e Brunellos (5)
- 83 Turn someone down (5)
- 85 Unshared numbers (4)
- 86 Hostile manner, informally (4)
- 87 Actor and disability activist Christopher (5)
- 88 Like some liquors (4)
- 90 Org. regulating air quality (3)
- 91 "You sure about that?" (8)
- 94 Periods of 730 days (7)
- 95 Withdraw from a union (6)
- 97 Teensy amount (6)
- 98 Feathered fliers (6)
- 99 Shoe brand named for an antelope (6)
- 100 Hybrid tennis bottoms (6)
- 101 Second tries (5)
- 103 El Pollo ___ (chicken chain) (4)
- 105 Creditor's claim (4)
- 106 Turkish money (5)
- 111 Fad toy of 1996 (4)
- 113 Snowboarder's transport (4)
- 115 Often-illegal turn, slangily (3)
- 116 Cinephile's cable choice (3)
- 117 Boars and bulls (3)
- 119 Comedian Sedaris (3)
- 120 I, to Augustus (3)
- 121 Smudge or smear, say (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with J
- 2 starts with A
- 3 starts with F
- 4 starts with A
- 5 starts with R
- 6 starts with S
- 7 starts with O
- 8 starts with L
- 9 starts with D
- 10 starts with I
- 11 starts with B
- 12 starts with E
- 13 starts with T
- 14 starts with N
- 15 starts with B
- 16 starts with A
- 18 starts with K
- 19 starts with M
- 21 starts with F
- 23 starts with M
- 27 starts with U
- 29 starts with E
- 30 starts with D
- 32 starts with S
- 34 starts with N
- 35 starts with A
- 36 starts with S
- 38 starts with N
- 39 starts with G
- 44 starts with P
- 47 starts with S
- 49 starts with R
- 50 starts with R
- 51 starts with E
- 52 starts with M
- 53 starts with A
- 54 starts with N
- 57 starts with E
- 58 starts with A
- 61 starts with S
- 62 starts with Q
- 63 starts with E
- 65 starts with C
- 66 starts with A
- 67 starts with M
- 69 starts with R
- 70 starts with E
- 71 starts with G
- 72 starts with C
- 73 starts with F
- 77 starts with D
- 79 starts with S
- 81 starts with C
- 82 starts with V
- 83 starts with S
- 85 starts with S
- 86 starts with T
- 87 starts with R
- 88 starts with H
- 90 starts with E
- 91 starts with O
- 94 starts with B
- 95 starts with S
- 97 starts with W
- 98 starts with A
- 99 starts with R
- 100 starts with S
- 101 starts with R
- 103 starts with L
- 105 starts with L
- 106 starts with L
- 111 starts with E
- 113 starts with T
- 115 starts with U
- 116 starts with T
- 117 starts with H
- 119 starts with A
- 120 starts with O
- 121 starts with M
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: God, to Bob Marley JAH
- 2 Down: "___ you done?" ARE
- 3 Down: Musical comedy that was 1968's highest-grossing film FUNNYGIRL
- 4 Down: Caustic ABRASIVE
- 5 Down: Bootlegger's concern RAID
- 6 Down: Like 666, popularly SATANIC
- 7 Down: Band that's big in Japan? OBI
- 8 Down: Disoriented LOST
- 9 Down: Administered, as a drug DOSED
- 10 Down: Potentialities IFS
- 11 Down: Something found under a top BRA
- 12 Down: Wriggler in a stream EEL
- 13 Down: "___ fugit" TEMPUS
- 14 Down: Star's opposite NONAME
- 15 Down: Stout figure? BREWER
- 16 Down: Supreme Egyptian god AMONRA
- 18 Down: Inuit watercraft KAYAKS
- 19 Down: Office messages MEMOS
- 21 Down: Like some mattresses and offers FIRM
- 23 Down: Mineral that makes cosmetics shimmer MICA
- 27 Down: Remove an identifier from, as on Instagram UNTAG
- 29 Down: Clear ERASE
- 30 Down: Shoulder press targets, to trainers DELTS
- 32 Down: Hit a ___ SNAG
- 34 Down: Where a flock may gather NAVE
- 35 Down: Beginning on ASOF
- 36 Down: Attach with a needle and thread SEWON
- 38 Down: Unused NEW
- 39 Down: Extreme happiness GLEE
- 44 Down: Double-breasted pieces of menswear POLOCOATS
- 47 Down: Trigger SPUR
- 49 Down: Like Scrooge McDuck RICH
- 50 Down: Right-hand page of a book RECTO
- 51 Down: Made muffs ERRED
- 52 Down: John ___ Day (California commemoration) MUIR
- 53 Down: Citrus refreshments ADES
- 54 Down: "N.Y. State of Mind" rapper NAS
- 57 Down: 1994 Costner title role EARP
- 58 Down: Diva's time to shine ARIA
- 61 Down: "Dune" genre SCIFI
- 62 Down: Mary or Elizabeth QUEEN
- 63 Down: Towering creature in "The Two Towers" ENT
- 65 Down: Sound in a cornfield CAW
- 66 Down: Half brother of Apollo ARES
- 67 Down: Christmas presence? MAGI
- 69 Down: Sushi bar serving ROLL
- 70 Down: Jazz great Fitzgerald ELLA
- 71 Down: Along with "CODA" and "Argo," the only other four-letter Best Picture winner GIGI
- 72 Down: Give gratis COMP
- 73 Down: Shakespearean shout FIE
- 77 Down: That's the spirit! DEMON
- 79 Down: Strike defier SCAB
- 81 Down: Part of an intersection CROSSROAD
- 82 Down: Barolos e Brunellos VINOS
- 83 Down: Turn someone down SAYNO
- 85 Down: Unshared numbers SOLI
- 86 Down: Hostile manner, informally TUDE
- 87 Down: Actor and disability activist Christopher REEVE
- 88 Down: Like some liquors HARD
- 90 Down: Org. regulating air quality EPA
- 91 Down: "You sure about that?" OHREALLY
- 94 Down: Periods of 730 days BIENNIA
- 95 Down: Withdraw from a union SECEDE
- 97 Down: Teensy amount WEEBIT
- 98 Down: Feathered fliers AVIANS
- 99 Down: Shoe brand named for an antelope REEBOK
- 100 Down: Hybrid tennis bottoms SKORTS
- 101 Down: Second tries REDOS
- 103 Down: El Pollo ___ (chicken chain) LOCO
- 105 Down: Creditor's claim LIEN
- 106 Down: Turkish money LIRAS
- 111 Down: Fad toy of 1996 ELMO
- 113 Down: Snowboarder's transport TBAR
- 115 Down: Often-illegal turn, slangily UIE
- 116 Down: Cinephile's cable choice TMC
- 117 Down: Boars and bulls HES
- 119 Down: Comedian Sedaris AMY
- 120 Down: I, to Augustus ONE
- 121 Down: Smudge or smear, say MAR
Show the solved grid
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About this puzzle
- Made by Daniel Grinberg
- 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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