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: The Full 12 Rounds
Across clues and answer lengths
- 1 Bad association (6)
- 7 Shoot for dinner? (5)
- 12 Jeweler's wares (7)
- 19 … in global commerce)(Conflict … (6)
- 20 Emerge (5)
- 21 DeVore who co-founded one of the first U.S. agencies for nonwhite models in 1946 (7)
- 22 Potential benefit (6)
- 23 Was almost out of supplies (6)
- 25 That's saying something! (7)
- 26 Turned into an internet gag (5)
- 27 Japanese graphic novels (5)
- 28 … outdoor festivals)(Bathrooms at … (6)
- 30 Dukes, countesses, etc. (7)
- 32 Put down in writing (13)
- 37 Actress Sink of "Stranger Things" (5)
- 39 Baby who's up all night? (5)
- 40 Where many papyrus plants grow (4)
- 41 Frenzied locale at a rock concert (7)
- 44 Press a case? (3)
- 45 "Spring forward" hrs. (3)
- 47 Test room (3)
- 48 Cut back on (4)
- 49 Kind of effect that deflects motion in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere [with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares] (8)
- 53 Carnivore whose vocalization sounds like giggling (5)
- 55 Google's domain (6)
- 58 Hindu festival of colors (4)
- 59 Auto brand whose logo is meant to evoke the precision of a caliper (5)
- 62 Instant (3)
- 63 Challenge to a potential investor (8)
- 66 … transport)(Bigwig's … (6)
- 68 Straightaway driving contests (9)
- 70 Philadelphia-area university that's a powerhouse in men's hoops (9)
- 73 … park an auto)(Narrow space in which to … (6)
- 74 Marvelous (8)
- 77 One in 100: Abbr. (3)
- 78 "It ___ Me" (2000 Shaggy hit) (5)
- 79 Word with dish or drag (4)
- 80 Locale for many a commercial logo (6)
- 82 German brewery since 1873 (5)
- 85 Return to an earlier topic of conversation … or what six answers in this puzzle literally do (8)
- 89 Cause of some red cheeks (4)
- 90 Entertainment source for general audiences, in brief? (3)
- 91 Bub (3)
- 94 ___ Lanka (3)
- 95 Custom-tailored (7)
- 98 One of Cuba's Castros (4)
- 100 Lose it (5)
- 102 Best-case (5)
- 103 Crafts used in NASA's Galileo and Juno missions (13)
- 107 Good position to be in? (7)
- 112 … clarify or explain)(Seeking to … (6)
- 113 Hide-outs (5)
- 115 Itsy-bitsy (5)
- 116 Disk-flipping strategy game (7)
- 119 Like wheat beers (6)
- 121 Certain factory machine (6)
- 122 Chaperones (7)
- 123 Many a John Williams composition (5)
- 124 … of hindsight)(With the benefit … (6)
- 125 Clear coat (7)
- 126 Oafs (5)
- 127 Deal made on the spot? (6)
Across first letters
- 1 starts with S
- 7 starts with S
- 12 starts with C
- 19 starts with T
- 20 starts with A
- 21 starts with O
- 22 starts with U
- 23 starts with R
- 25 starts with O
- 26 starts with M
- 27 starts with M
- 28 starts with E
- 30 starts with P
- 32 starts with C
- 37 starts with S
- 39 starts with O
- 40 starts with N
- 41 starts with M
- 44 starts with S
- 45 starts with D
- 47 starts with L
- 48 starts with P
- 49 starts with C
- 53 starts with H
- 55 starts with T
- 58 starts with H
- 59 starts with A
- 62 starts with S
- 63 starts with A
- 66 starts with M
- 68 starts with D
- 70 starts with V
- 73 starts with R
- 74 starts with S
- 77 starts with S
- 78 starts with W
- 79 starts with M
- 80 starts with T
- 82 starts with B
- 85 starts with L
- 89 starts with A
- 90 starts with U
- 91 starts with M
- 94 starts with S
- 95 starts with B
- 98 starts with R
- 100 starts with G
- 102 starts with I
- 103 starts with J
- 107 starts with P
- 112 starts with V
- 113 starts with L
- 115 starts with T
- 116 starts with R
- 119 starts with Y
- 121 starts with S
- 122 starts with E
- 123 starts with T
- 124 starts with P
- 125 starts with V
- 126 starts with A
- 127 starts with A
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Bad association STIGMA
- 7 Across: Shoot for dinner? SPRIG
- 12 Across: Jeweler's wares CUTGEMS
- 19 Across: … in global commerce)(Conflict … TETRAD
- 20 Across: Emerge ARISE
- 21 Across: DeVore who co-founded one of the first U.S. agencies for nonwhite models in 1946 OPHELIA
- 22 Across: Potential benefit UPSIDE
- 23 Across: Was almost out of supplies RANLOW
- 25 Across: That's saying something! ORATORY
- 26 Across: Turned into an internet gag MEMED
- 27 Across: Japanese graphic novels MANGA
- 28 Across: … outdoor festivals)(Bathrooms at … ESPORT
- 30 Across: Dukes, countesses, etc. PEERAGE
- 32 Across: Put down in writing COMMITTOPAPER
- 37 Across: Actress Sink of "Stranger Things" SADIE
- 39 Across: Baby who's up all night? OWLET
- 40 Across: Where many papyrus plants grow NILE
- 41 Across: Frenzied locale at a rock concert MOSHPIT
- 44 Across: Press a case? SUE
- 45 Across: "Spring forward" hrs. DST
- 47 Across: Test room LAB
- 48 Across: Cut back on PARE
- 49 Across: Kind of effect that deflects motion in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere [with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares] CORIOLIS
- 53 Across: Carnivore whose vocalization sounds like giggling HYENA
- 55 Across: Google's domain THEWEB
- 58 Across: Hindu festival of colors HOLI
- 59 Across: Auto brand whose logo is meant to evoke the precision of a caliper ACURA
- 62 Across: Instant SEC
- 63 Across: Challenge to a potential investor AREYOUIN
- 66 Across: … transport)(Bigwig's … MOPERS
- 68 Across: Straightaway driving contests DRAGRACES
- 70 Across: Philadelphia-area university that's a powerhouse in men's hoops VILLANOVA
- 73 Across: … park an auto)(Narrow space in which to … RAGEON
- 74 Across: Marvelous SPLENDID
- 77 Across: One in 100: Abbr. SEN
- 78 Across: "It ___ Me" (2000 Shaggy hit) WASNT
- 79 Across: Word with dish or drag MAIN
- 80 Across: Locale for many a commercial logo TSHIRT
- 82 Across: German brewery since 1873 BECKS
- 85 Across: Return to an earlier topic of conversation … or what six answers in this puzzle literally do LOOPBACK
- 89 Across: Cause of some red cheeks ACNE
- 90 Across: Entertainment source for general audiences, in brief? USO
- 91 Across: Bub MAC
- 94 Across: ___ Lanka SRI
- 95 Across: Custom-tailored BESPOKE
- 98 Across: One of Cuba's Castros RAUL
- 100 Across: Lose it GOAPE
- 102 Across: Best-case IDEAL
- 103 Across: Crafts used in NASA's Galileo and Juno missions JUPITERPROBES
- 107 Across: Good position to be in? PLUMJOB
- 112 Across: … clarify or explain)(Seeking to … VEINTE
- 113 Across: Hide-outs LAIRS
- 115 Across: Itsy-bitsy TEENY
- 116 Across: Disk-flipping strategy game REVERSI
- 119 Across: Like wheat beers YEASTY
- 121 Across: Certain factory machine SORTER
- 122 Across: Chaperones ESCORTS
- 123 Across: Many a John Williams composition THEME
- 124 Across: … of hindsight)(With the benefit … PECTIN
- 125 Across: Clear coat VARNISH
- 126 Across: Oafs ASSES
- 127 Across: Deal made on the spot? ADSALE
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Bewilder (5)
- 2 Conical accommodations (5)
- 3 Unhelpful way to respond to "Hello?" (5)
- 4 "Jackie Brown" star Pam (5)
- 5 Unruly rush (7)
- 6 Commercial suffix with Power (3)
- 7 Singer Bareilles (4)
- 8 Have a spring in one's step (6)
- 9 One of the Beatles (5)
- 10 Faith with five pillars (5)
- 11 Prefix with cache (3)
- 12 Assumed ownership over (7)
- 13 Pulls out, as weeds (7)
- 14 Choreographer Twyla (5)
- 15 Achieve a sunbather's goal (6)
- 16 ___ rating (chess stat) (3)
- 17 Old space station (3)
- 18 Perhaps (3)
- 24 Chinese artist Ai ___ (6)
- 27 Triage provider (5)
- 29 The Cardinals, on scoreboards (3)
- 31 Clothing brand named for perceived generational differences in the ’60s (3)
- 33 "___ Rouge" (6)
- 34 It's driven into the ground (4)
- 35 Flair (4)
- 36 Redheaded "Queen of Country" (4)
- 38 Diminutive Spanish suffix (3)
- 41 Bill of HBO's "Real Time" (5)
- 42 Mine craft? (6)
- 43 Do some garment-making (3)
- 44 Performances for one (4)
- 46 Competitor of Bluesky and X (7)
- 48 Affliction for some vets, in brief (4)
- 50 Greek PPP (4)
- 51 Promise of payback (3)
- 52 Chef Nosrat who wrote the best seller "Salt Fat Acid Heat" (5)
- 54 Tall tale (4)
- 56 Sonic euphoria, colloquially (7)
- 57 Scottish hillsides (5)
- 60 Far from the target, in a guessing game (4)
- 61 Illuminated from below (5)
- 64 Univ. course that's in demand? (4)
- 65 Streisand musical (5)
- 67 "That's freaking epic!" (6)
- 69 Rubberneck (4)
- 70 ___ cava (major blood vessel) (4)
- 71 Sci-fi pioneer Jules (5)
- 72 It gets you a hand (4)
- 74 Portmanteau sandwich cookie with a layer of marshmallow (6)
- 75 Big ___, nickname for M.L.B.'s David Ortiz (4)
- 76 Lefty, to a righty (3)
- 81 "Ni ___" (Chinese "hello") (3)
- 82 ___ Khalifa, tower scaled by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" (4)
- 83 Heir with much hair in the Bible (4)
- 84 Great success (4)
- 86 Fish hawk (6)
- 87 Purportedly calming compound in some gummies, in brief (3)
- 88 Play for ___ (5)
- 92 Shaders of gray? (7)
- 93 Cultural group of SW Britain (7)
- 96 ___ soda (3)
- 97 Astronomically demoted, as per a 2006 Word of the Year (7)
- 99 Persist (6)
- 101 Fitting (3)
- 102 "Am I crazy …?" (6)
- 104 Twin sister of Sherri on "The Simpsons" (5)
- 105 Malaise, with "the" (5)
- 106 Lets up (5)
- 108 Violently eliminates, in gamer-speak (5)
- 109 Volkswagen sedan (5)
- 110 Buck enshrined in Cooperstown (5)
- 111 David who fronted Talking Heads (5)
- 114 Some loaves or liquors (4)
- 116 Something gas cars do noisily that electric vehicles don't (3)
- 117 That, in Spanish (3)
- 118 Forerunner of the DVD player (3)
- 120 "when r u coming?" (3)
- 121 Relaxing getaway (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with S
- 2 starts with T
- 3 starts with I
- 4 starts with G
- 5 starts with M
- 6 starts with A
- 7 starts with S
- 8 starts with P
- 9 starts with R
- 10 starts with I
- 11 starts with G
- 12 starts with C
- 13 starts with U
- 14 starts with T
- 15 starts with G
- 16 starts with E
- 17 starts with M
- 18 starts with S
- 24 starts with W
- 27 starts with M
- 29 starts with S
- 31 starts with G
- 33 starts with M
- 34 starts with P
- 35 starts with E
- 36 starts with R
- 38 starts with I
- 41 starts with M
- 42 starts with O
- 43 starts with S
- 44 starts with S
- 46 starts with T
- 48 starts with P
- 50 starts with R
- 51 starts with I
- 52 starts with S
- 54 starts with Y
- 56 starts with E
- 57 starts with B
- 60 starts with C
- 61 starts with U
- 64 starts with E
- 65 starts with Y
- 67 starts with S
- 69 starts with G
- 70 starts with V
- 71 starts with V
- 72 starts with A
- 74 starts with S
- 75 starts with P
- 76 starts with L
- 81 starts with H
- 82 starts with B
- 83 starts with E
- 84 starts with C
- 86 starts with O
- 87 starts with C
- 88 starts with K
- 92 starts with A
- 93 starts with C
- 96 starts with S
- 97 starts with P
- 99 starts with L
- 101 starts with A
- 102 starts with I
- 104 starts with T
- 105 starts with B
- 106 starts with E
- 108 starts with M
- 109 starts with J
- 110 starts with O
- 111 starts with B
- 114 starts with R
- 116 starts with R
- 117 starts with E
- 118 starts with V
- 120 starts with E
- 121 starts with S
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Bewilder STUMP
- 2 Down: Conical accommodations TEPEE
- 3 Down: Unhelpful way to respond to "Hello?" ITSME
- 4 Down: "Jackie Brown" star Pam GRIER
- 5 Down: Unruly rush MADDASH
- 6 Down: Commercial suffix with Power ADE
- 7 Down: Singer Bareilles SARA
- 8 Down: Have a spring in one's step PRANCE
- 9 Down: One of the Beatles RINGO
- 10 Down: Faith with five pillars ISLAM
- 11 Down: Prefix with cache GEO
- 12 Down: Assumed ownership over COOPTED
- 13 Down: Pulls out, as weeds UPROOTS
- 14 Down: Choreographer Twyla THARP
- 15 Down: Achieve a sunbather's goal GETTAN
- 16 Down: ___ rating (chess stat) ELO
- 17 Down: Old space station MIR
- 18 Down: Perhaps SAY
- 24 Down: Chinese artist Ai ___ WEIWEI
- 27 Down: Triage provider MEDIC
- 29 Down: The Cardinals, on scoreboards STL
- 31 Down: Clothing brand named for perceived generational differences in the ’60s GAP
- 33 Down: "___ Rouge" MOULIN
- 34 Down: It's driven into the ground PILE
- 35 Down: Flair ELAN
- 36 Down: Redheaded "Queen of Country" REBA
- 38 Down: Diminutive Spanish suffix ITO
- 41 Down: Bill of HBO's "Real Time" MAHER
- 42 Down: Mine craft? ORECAR
- 43 Down: Do some garment-making SEW
- 44 Down: Performances for one SOLI
- 46 Down: Competitor of Bluesky and X THREADS
- 48 Down: Affliction for some vets, in brief PTSD
- 50 Down: Greek PPP RHOS
- 51 Down: Promise of payback IOU
- 52 Down: Chef Nosrat who wrote the best seller "Salt Fat Acid Heat" SAMIN
- 54 Down: Tall tale YARN
- 56 Down: Sonic euphoria, colloquially EARGASM
- 57 Down: Scottish hillsides BRAES
- 60 Down: Far from the target, in a guessing game COLD
- 61 Down: Illuminated from below UPLIT
- 64 Down: Univ. course that's in demand? ECON
- 65 Down: Streisand musical YENTL
- 67 Down: "That's freaking epic!" SOSICK
- 69 Down: Rubberneck GAWK
- 70 Down: ___ cava (major blood vessel) VENA
- 71 Down: Sci-fi pioneer Jules VERNE
- 72 Down: It gets you a hand ANTE
- 74 Down: Portmanteau sandwich cookie with a layer of marshmallow SMOREO
- 75 Down: Big ___, nickname for M.L.B.'s David Ortiz PAPI
- 76 Down: Lefty, to a righty LIB
- 81 Down: "Ni ___" (Chinese "hello") HAO
- 82 Down: ___ Khalifa, tower scaled by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" BURJ
- 83 Down: Heir with much hair in the Bible ESAU
- 84 Down: Great success COUP
- 86 Down: Fish hawk OSPREY
- 87 Down: Purportedly calming compound in some gummies, in brief CBD
- 88 Down: Play for ___ KEEPS
- 92 Down: Shaders of gray? AGEISTS
- 93 Down: Cultural group of SW Britain CORNISH
- 96 Down: ___ soda SAL
- 97 Down: Astronomically demoted, as per a 2006 Word of the Year PLUTOED
- 99 Down: Persist LIVEON
- 101 Down: Fitting APT
- 102 Down: "Am I crazy …?" ISITME
- 104 Down: Twin sister of Sherri on "The Simpsons" TERRI
- 105 Down: Malaise, with "the" BLAHS
- 106 Down: Lets up EASES
- 108 Down: Violently eliminates, in gamer-speak MERCS
- 109 Down: Volkswagen sedan JETTA
- 110 Down: Buck enshrined in Cooperstown ONEIL
- 111 Down: David who fronted Talking Heads BYRNE
- 114 Down: Some loaves or liquors RYES
- 116 Down: Something gas cars do noisily that electric vehicles don't REV
- 117 Down: That, in Spanish ESA
- 118 Down: Forerunner of the DVD player VCR
- 120 Down: "when r u coming?" ETA
- 121 Down: Relaxing getaway SPA
Show the solved grid
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About this puzzle
- Made by Adam Wagner
- 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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