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- 0% filled
- +1 score in golf
- 1,000 make up a millennium
- 1-1, for one
- 1/16 of a pound
- "10 ___ or less" (sign at checkout)
- 10,000,000 ergs
- 10/10
- 100% committed
- "100%," in slang
- 16 in a Sweet Sixteen
- 17-syllable poem
- 1944 Pacific battle site
- 1957 #1 hit for Debbie Reynolds
- 1980s role for Stallone
- 1980s video game character who hops between cubes
- 1982 film in which Carol Burnett played Miss Hannigan
- 1990s exercise fad
- 1994 co-Nobelist Shimon
- 19th-century school item
- 20-ounce Starbucks size
- 200 milligrams
- 2006 mockumentary about a Kazakh journalist
- 2008 film about a solitary trash-compacting robot
- 2010 release now owned by Meta, informally
- 2011 Lady Gaga hit
- 2013 title role for Asa Butterfield
- 2014 historical drama in which Stephan James plays the civil rights activist John Lewis
- 2016 prize for Bob Dylan
- 2020 Christopher Nolan sci-fi movie
- 2022 World Series champ
- 2024 film role for which Mikey Madison won Best Actress
- 2024 film that won Best Picture
- 2024's "Joker: ___ à Deux"
- 2025 biography subtitled "The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live"
- 2026 N.B.A champion
- 24-___ gold
- *2nd
- ___-3 fatty acids, nutritious compounds found in salmon
- 3:2 or 5:4
- *3rd
- 4 on a par 3, e.g.
- 500 competitor
- 6'4", 186 lbs. and others
- 6:7, e.g.
- 7-Elevens, e.g.
- 720p+ resolution, informally
- ___ 8 Ball
- 94-foot-long model at the American Museum of Natural History
- A bit off
- "A braggart, a ___, a villain ...": "Romeo and Juliet"
- A cube has 12 of them
- "A Fish Called ___"
- A good Wordle starting word, by the looks of it
- A great deal
- A hardware store with a broken doorknob is an example of it
- "A hearty congratulations!"
- ___ a la brasa (Peruvian chicken dish)
- A little doodle, for example
- A long, long time
- A lot of paperwork
- A lot, in Spanish
- A marathon has a little over 26
- "A Promised Land" author, 2020
- A quarter or more of one's life, typically
- A replay might be seen in this
- A water molecule contains three of these
- "A Whole New ___" ("Aladdin" song)
- A world ___
- "A-a-a-and ___!" (improv show ender)
- A-tier
- Abandon prematurely, as a mission
- Abated
- Abbey residents
- "Abbott Elementary" airer
- Abercrombie & Fitch competitor
- About 50.7% of all Americans
- About 746 of these equal one horsepower
- About to explode, say
- About to, slangily
- Abruptly stop texting
- "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" or "Out of sight, out of mind"
- Absolut rival, for short
- Absolute, as nonsense
- Absolutely steaming
- Absorber of UV light
- Abstract Expressionist Frankenthaler
- Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria
- Academy figure
- Accepted unquestioningly
- Accessible alternatives to staircases
- Accessory on "Downton Abbey" or "Bridgerton"
- Accommodates
- Accomplished
- According to
- Accordion fold
- Accounts
- Accumulate
- Ace, e.g.
- Aches
- ___ acid
- ___ acid (building block of proteins)
- Acidic
- Acknowledge
- Acquire, in a way
- Acquisition on the big day
- Acquisition through marriage
- Acrimonious, as a breakup
- Acronymic weapon
- Act constructively from contrition
- Acted without saying anything
- Acting collectively
- Activity that may prompt burning questions?
- Actor and disability activist Christopher
- Actor Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies"
- Actor Buscemi
- Actor Ehrenreich of "Oppenheimer"
- Actor Elba
- Actor Kevin of "Dave"
- Actor Maguire
- Actor Nick of "The Prince of Tides"
- Actor Reeves who plays John Wick
- Actor Sam of "Jurassic Park"
- Actor Thomas ___ Church
- Actor Zac of "High School Musical"
- Actor/playwright Davis who wrote "Purlie Victorious"
- Actress ___ Grace Moretz
- Actress Alexander of "Get Out"
- Actress Amanda of "Easy A"
- Actress Birch of "Hocus Pocus"
- Actress Bow of the silent film era
- Actress Christine whose last name sounds like a pair of musical notes
- Actress Donovan of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
- Actress Elizabeth of "Eternity"
- Actress Greta of "Queen Christina"
- Actress honored with a SAG Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025
- Actress Judi with an Oscar and a Tony
- Actress Kelly of Netflix's "3 Body Problem"
- Actress Kemper of "The Office"
- Actress Merman of "Anything Goes"
- Actress Messing
- Actress Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy"
- Actress Price of the 2000s sitcom "Grounded for Life"
- Actress Rapp of "Mean Girls"
- Actress Rene of "Thor"
- Actress Sagal
- Actress Shire of the "Godfather" trilogy
- Actress Sink of "Stranger Things"
- Actress Spacek
- Actress Thompson of "Sorry to Bother You"
- Actress Thompson of "Westworld"
- Actress Washington of "Scandal"
- Actress Watts of "Mulholland Drive"
- Actress Watts of "The Friend"
- Actress Zellweger
- Actress Zosia ___ of "Girls"
- "Ad ___ per aspera" (motto of Kansas)
- Ad that's handed out on the street
- Ad-libs in jazz singing
- Adam of "The O.C."
- Add as an afterthought
- Add fuel to, as a fire
- Add one's name to, as a PDF document
- Add to a columbarium, say
- Adds to a stuffed suitcase, say
- Adds to a timeline, say
- Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times"
- "Adios ___!"
- Adjust the price on
- Adjust to a new environment
- Administered, as a drug
- Administrative role
- Admired figures
- Admission of defeat
- Admit
- Advantage
- Advantageous
- Advantageous quality
- Adversary
- Advice
- Advil targets
- Advocate for the political mobilization of the proletariat
- Aerodynamic, maybe
- Affect emotionally
- Affix again, as the tail on the donkey
- Affix with a thumbtack
- Afghan capital
- Africa's largest capital city
- African country that's another African country minus its final two letters
- African mammal that can weigh up to 10,000 pounds
- African mammal whose striped legs resemble a zebra's
- Afro-Cuban dance
- After-dinner coffee order
- Age-mates
- Agenda topics
- Agitated
- Agree to accept marketing emails, say
- Agree to receive promotional emails, say
- Aid in making salsa
- Air
- Airbnb inclusion, usually
- Airline boarding section
- Airplane seating choice
- "Aladdin" character with the line "Phenomenal cosmic powers! Itty-bitty living space"
- "Aladdin" villain
- [Alas!]
- Alaska politico Palin
- Alcohol, slangily
- Alcott's "Little ___"
- Alexandre Dumas's Count de la Fère
- Alfred ___, co-creator of the original I.Q. test
- Alfred Hitchcock famously made one in 40 of his 53 films
- Alfresco area
- Alice of TV's "Queen of the South"
- "All ___ Up" (Elvis #1 hit)
- All gone from the dinner plate
- All that and a bag of chips, perhaps?
- "All the world," per Shakespeare's Jaques
- All together, in music
- All-night party attendee
- All-out fight
- All-vowel musical refrain
- "Allegory of the Cave" philosopher
- ___ Allen Express, Amtrak train from New York City to Burlington, Vt.
- Alleviated
- Alley components
- Allies often share one
- Allow
- Allow someone to pass
- Allow to enroll
- Allow to post on a forum again, e.g.
- Allowed
- Allude (to)
- Ally's opposite
- Almost there
- Alphabetically first month
- Also-ran's remark
- Alternative cut to a bob
- Alternative rock band with the album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
- Alternative to a convertible or station wagon
- Alternative to a Les Paul, for short
- Alternative to a snake
- Alternative to a username when logging in
- Alternative to bow ties
- Alternative to credit
- Alternative to express
- Alternative to glossy
- Alternative to streaming
- Alternative to theirs
- Alternative to épée or foil, in British English
- Alternatives to Lyfts
- Alters the shape of
- Altiplano animal
- Altitude sickness side effect
- Amazing bargain
- Amazon virtual assistant
- Amber or myrrh
- Ambitious and high-energy, say
- Amelia Earhart, for one
- Ameliorates
- American author whose life span closely coincided with Halley's comet visits
- American Eagle subbrand
- American settlement until 1776 … or a hint to 13 squares in this puzzle
- Americana or country
- Amherst sch.
- Amish, Shakers and others
- Amniocentesis targets
- Amped up
- Amphibians taken on at least six different space missions
- Amundsen who went to the South Pole 15 years before he flew over the North Pole
- An hour past midnight
- Analogous
- Anatomical appendage that only humans and gorillas have
- Ancient Andeans
- Ancient artifact
- Ancient calculation tools
- Ancient Celtic priest
- Ancient drinker of the fermented beverage chicha
- Ancient Greek marketplace
- Ancient Greek region along the Aegean coast
- Ancient inhabitants of the Andes
- Ancient marketplace
- Ancient Mexican empire
- Ancient theater
- ___ and Caicos
- ___ and Clark
- ___ and dined
- "___ and Recreation" (2010s sitcom)
- "And … voilà!"
- Andean animal with a long neck
- "Andor" actor ___ Luna
- Angel ___, holder of the W.N.B.A. single-season record for offensive rebounds
- Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging)
- Angelic instruments
- Angle symbol, in geometry
- Angle variable in geometry
- Angle variable, in math
- Angry with
- Animal found on the last page of an alphabet book
- Animal in a Peruvian herd
- Animal in many a roundup
- Animal in need of adoption
- Animal in the family Mephitidae, which comes from the Latin for "stink"
- Animal known to hold another's paws while sleeping
- Animal that appears orange to human eyes, but as a camouflaged green to deer
- Animal that can use tools to open shells
- Animal that can't change its stripes, per an old adage
- Animal that expresses anger by spitting
- Animal that has a symbiotic relationship with green algae, which grows in its fur
- Animal that ranges around Peru
- Animal that sleeps upside down
- Animal that would blend in well with a crossword grid
- Animal whose name has a doubled letter seen repeatedly in this puzzle
- Animated friend of Sebastian the crab
- ___ Ann (classic Lily Tomlin character)
- Anne's best friend in "Anne of Green Gables"
- Announcement that causes groans among travelers
- Annoying to deal with
- Annoying, like mosquitoes
- Annual awards whose name is an acronym
- Annual mystery award
- Answer
- Answer between "yes" and "no"
- Antagonist
- Antagonist of this puzzle's subject
- Anthony ___, author of 2021's "Cloud Cuckoo Land"
- Anthony ___, star of "Hamilton" and "In the Heights"
- Anticipate
- Anxious
- "Any ___ is good ___" (public relations saying)
- Any course whose name ends in "101"
- Any of Scar's underlings in "The Lion King"
- Ape
- App with an envelope logo
- Appears less impressive
- Appetites
- Apple pan ___ (baked pastry)
- Apple product
- Apple: Fr.
- Applies, as facial cream
- Apply to, as an ointment
- Apportion
- Approaches
- Appropriate anagram of VENMO, if you change the "V' to a "Y"
- Appropriate gas station to find by the beach?
- Appropriate inappropriately
- Appropriate store beside a farmer's market?
- Apps undergoing testing
- April fool, e.g.
- April Fools' Day sign
- April Fools' shenanigan
- April's ___ Day
- Apt anagram of BRUSH
- Apt anagram of NOTES
- Apt name for a baby born around Christmas
- Apt name for a distance runner?
- Apt name for a pet groundhog?
- Aquarium fish with "neon" and "emperor" varieties
- Aquatic apex predators
- Arab leaders
- Arabia Felix, now
- Archaeologist's find
- Archetypes
- Architectural feature above a belfry
- Archive
- Arctic creatures with flippers
- Arctic Indigenous group
- Arduous routine
- Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang
- Areas of development
- Arena
- Argentine plain
- Argue against
- Aristocrat
- Aristophanes comedy, with "The"
- Arizona State city
- Arm bones
- Arm of the police department
- Army Corps of Engineers project
- Aroma
- Aromatic bloom
- Around
- Arouse, as interest
- Arouses, as an appetite
- Arranges
- Array in a culinary classroom
- Arrival of symptoms
- Arrogant
- Art class staple
- Art supporter
- Artfully present, as food at a restaurant
- Article of lab wear
- Article of regalia worn by both Elizabeth II and Pope Paul VI
- Articles are written in this
- Artificial hair extension
- Artist Max
- Artist with the albums "19," "21," "25" and "30"
- As a result
- As good as it gets
- As of now
- ___ asada
- Ashton Kutcher's role on "That ’70s Show"
- Ask ___, socialite's longtime tabloid advice column
- Ask a question to Claude, e.g.
- Asks oneself "What if?"
- Aspect
- Assail
- Assenting chorus
- Assessor
- Assigned stars, say
- Assignment for a delivery driver
- Assignments for lawyers and judges
- Assigns stars to, as on Yelp
- Assistant with a whisper mode
- Assists, in basketball slang
- Assortment
- Assortment to view on YouTube
- Assuaged
- Assuages
- Assume
- Assumed name
- Asteroids system
- Astonished, informally
- Astound
- Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space
- Astronomer Carl
- Athlete aiming for a four-minute finish, perhaps
- Athlete from New York (in one sport) or San Francisco (in another)
- Athlete's peak form
- Athlete's representative
- Athletic shoe brand
- Atlanta N.B.A. team
- Attach, as one plant to another
- Attempt again
- Attempt, informally
- Attended
- Attire
- Attire for a high-pressure job?
- Attire in the old Roman Senate
- Attraction on the western side of Carson Range
- Attracts
- "Au contraire!"
- ___ au poivre (entree that's often flambéed)
- "Au revoir!"
- Audibly shocked
- Audience member who's in on the magic trick
- Auditions
- Australia's largest carnivorous mammal
- Author Hermann who writes disparagingly about crossword puzzles in "The Glass Bead Game"
- Author Ingalls Wilder who wrote "Little House on the Prairie"
- Author Joyce Carol ___
- Author of "Steppenwolf"
- Author of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"
- Author of "The Fisherman and His Flute"
- Author Zora ___ Hurston
- Author's representative
- Auto body issues
- Auto brand whose logo is meant to evoke the precision of a caliper
- Automotive giant headquartered in Austin, Tex.
- Avatar, e.g.
- "Ave ___"
- Avian symbol of spring
- Avid war advocates
- Avoid rage-quitting, perhaps
- Avoid, as capture
- "Aw, shucks!"
- Awaken rudely
- Awards for ad agencies
- Awards for Broadway stars
- Awards for Shohei Ohtani and Caitlin Clark [2010]
- Awards named for a cable sports channel
- Awards with a Best Boxer category
- "Awesome"
- Axolotl lookalikes
- A❤️ 9❤️ 6❤️ 4❤️ 2❤️, e.g.
- Baba ghanouj, e.g.
- "Babbling" body of water
- "Baby Beluga" musician
- Baby bug
- Baby sheep
- Baby who's up all night?
- Baby-bringing bird
- Back half of an old cassette tape
- Back in style
- Back of a 45 record
- Back of a car or front of an elephant
- Back street
- Back tooth
- Back-comb, in a way
- Back-of-book search feature
- Backcomb
- Backdrop for many van Gogh paintings
- Background actor
- Backpackers' shelters
- Bad gut feeling?
- Bad lighting?
- Bad place to spend time on your phone, it's said
- Bad spelling, perhaps
- Bad thing to bring to bed, it's said
- Bad thing to pull while running
- "Bad" or "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City"
- Badly missed jump shot, in hoops slang
- Bag
- Baggage accessory
- Baker of R&B
- Baker's glassware brand
- ___ ball
- ___ ball (rubbery toy)
- Ball game in which you call your shots
- Ballade or étude
- Ballet dancer's handrail
- Balloon material
- Ballot caster
- Ballpark figures
- Baltimore N.F.L. player
- "Bam!"
- Bamboozle
- Bamboozled
- Banana Republic competitor
- Band with the 1995 hit "Wonderwall"
- Bank notes featuring the temple of Angkor Wat
- Bank of China Tower architect
- Banknotes across the Atlantic
- ___ Banks (barrier islands of North Carolina)
- Banned body builders, slangily
- Bantu ___ (hairstyle)
- Bar exam component
- Bar order
- Barbies, e.g.
- Bare amount
- Bare-bones
- Barely beat, with "out"
- Barely enough
- Barely keeps going, with "along"
- Barely speaks
- Barely visible, as a star?
- Barn nestling
- Barolos e Brunellos
- Barrel (along)
- Barrier reef organism
- Barter
- Base that's 90 feet from home
- Baseball announcer's update
- Baseball's Stengel
- Basement's counterpart
- Bases of shipbuilding
- Basic bagel variety
- Basic belief
- Basic jump in snowboarding
- Basic piano chord
- Basic skateboarding jump
- Basic tier on a popular ridesharing app
- Basic unit of work
- ___ Basin (D.C. attraction)
- Basis for croutons
- Basketball shooting game named for an animal
- Bass drum attachment
- ___ Bass, first female mayor of Los Angeles
- Basset hounds have big ones
- Bath ___
- Bathroom brand
- Bathroom door sign
- Bathroom floor installer
- Battery life, informally
- Battery measure
- Battery warning from a smoke detector
- Battle cry of the U.S. Marine Corps
- Battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War, e.g.
- ___ Bauer (brand of outdoor gear)
- Baylor of N.B.A. fame
- "Baywatch" actress Eleniak
- Be expressive with one's feelings
- Be important
- Be in a decision-making position
- Be in the military
- Be in the world
- Be of the same mind
- Be out
- Be part of, as a film
- Be present
- Be worthy of
- *___ Beach, Calif.
- Beachcomber's find
- Beads for an athlete
- Beamed
- Bear
- ___ bear (cuddly toy)
- "Bear" that's not a bear
- ___ beast (dish in Whoville)
- Beast domesticated by the Incas
- Beat in chess
- "Beat it!"
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