All 143 clues from the Sunday NYT Crossword (21 by 22), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.
Today's title: Present Time
Across clues and answer lengths
- 1 Some Arctic transports (9)
- 10 S.E.C. football powerhouse, for short (4)
- 14 1950s hangout with a jukebox (6)
- 20 Game piece made of four squares (9)
- 21 "The Kite Runner" protagonist (4)
- 22 Skulks (6)
- 23 Joins gradually (9)
- 24 "Doggone it!" (4)
- 25 Treatment (6)
- 26 Blue colorant obtained from the indigo plant (4)
- 27 Wrangler alternative (3)
- 28 Brightly colored Mediterranean flowers (8)
- 30 Rap's Run-___ (3)
- 31 Course catalog? (4)
- 32 When Aries transitions to Taurus (5)
- 34 Sweetly, on scores (5)
- 35 "I'll pass" (3)
- 36 Input of certain mining (4)
- 38 Montalbán who played Khan in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (7)
- 40 Timer setting (4)
- 42 Areas of influence (7)
- 45 Mental health org. (3)
- 46 Fraudulently make seem like (6)
- 48 Covers completely (5)
- 49 Wyoming peak (5)
- 51 Like a corporation with a new logo, perhaps (9)
- 54 Comment from someone caught in the rain (6)
- 56 Yellow avenue in Monopoly (7)
- 58 A bit off, say (6)
- 59 Hyatt alternative (4)
- 60 Hard-boiled genre (4)
- 62 TheForce.net for "Star Wars," for example (7)
- 64 Dark side (3)
- 65 Former big name in browsers (8)
- 67 U.F.O.-watching org. (4)
- 68 By way of, informally (4)
- 70 Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger) (4)
- 71 Sailor's patron (4)
- 72 Fleetwood Mac hit named for a Celtic goddess (8)
- 76 Daddy (3)
- 79 Eponymous British financier James ___ (7)
- 81 By saying this you mean well (4)
- 82 Wrap seller (4)
- 83 Adopted, as a pet (6)
- 85 Wasn't folded in a suitcase, say (7)
- 87 Developed, as baby teeth (6)
- 89 Sci-fi miniaturizer (9)
- 91 Emanations (5)
- 93 Boldly face (5)
- 94 Kind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g. (6)
- 95 Guardians, on a scoreboard (3)
- 96 Bit of birdspeak (7)
- 98 Damp, mildewy quality (4)
- 99 They hold water (7)
- 102 Silence (4)
- 103 Lying faceup (3)
- 104 ___ Park, Calif. (5)
- 105 Air (5)
- 107 Disney subsidiary (4)
- 111 A little help? (3)
- 112 Evaded, as a sensitive issue (8)
- 114 Some pings, in brief (3)
- 115 "Fie on ___!" (Shakespearean cry) (4)
- 116 Skips over (6)
- 118 Few and far between (4)
- 119 Regulars at parks with ramps, informally (9)
- 121 Reply after having one's memory jogged (6)
- 122 Some time ago (4)
- 123 "What's done is done!" (9)
- 124 Stick (to) (6)
- 125 Garden interloper (4)
- 126 Church parts crossing naves (9)
Across first letters
- 1 starts with S
- 10 starts with B
- 14 starts with S
- 20 starts with T
- 21 starts with A
- 22 starts with P
- 23 starts with E
- 24 starts with D
- 25 starts with R
- 26 starts with A
- 27 starts with L
- 28 starts with S
- 30 starts with D
- 31 starts with M
- 32 starts with A
- 34 starts with D
- 35 starts with N
- 36 starts with D
- 38 starts with R
- 40 starts with O
- 42 starts with S
- 45 starts with A
- 46 starts with P
- 48 starts with C
- 49 starts with T
- 51 starts with R
- 54 starts with I
- 56 starts with V
- 58 starts with O
- 59 starts with O
- 60 starts with N
- 62 starts with F
- 64 starts with Y
- 65 starts with N
- 67 starts with S
- 68 starts with T
- 70 starts with S
- 71 starts with S
- 72 starts with R
- 76 starts with P
- 79 starts with B
- 81 starts with B
- 82 starts with D
- 83 starts with T
- 85 starts with L
- 87 starts with G
- 89 starts with S
- 91 starts with A
- 93 starts with B
- 94 starts with C
- 95 starts with C
- 96 starts with C
- 98 starts with M
- 99 starts with V
- 102 starts with H
- 103 starts with S
- 104 starts with M
- 105 starts with E
- 107 starts with E
- 111 starts with E
- 112 starts with D
- 114 starts with I
- 115 starts with T
- 116 starts with E
- 118 starts with R
- 119 starts with S
- 121 starts with Y
- 122 starts with O
- 123 starts with G
- 124 starts with A
- 125 starts with W
- 126 starts with T
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Some Arctic transports SKIPLANES
- 10 Across: S.E.C. football powerhouse, for short BAMA
- 14 Across: 1950s hangout with a jukebox SODASHOP
- 20 Across: Game piece made of four squares TETROMINO
- 21 Across: "The Kite Runner" protagonist AMIR
- 22 Across: Skulks PROWLS
- 23 Across: Joins gradually EASESINTO
- 24 Across: "Doggone it!" DARN
- 25 Across: Treatment REMEDY
- 26 Across: Blue colorant obtained from the indigo plant ANIL
- 27 Across: Wrangler alternative LEE
- 28 Across: Brightly colored Mediterranean flowers SUNROSES
- 30 Across: Rap's Run-___ DMC
- 31 Across: Course catalog? MENU
- 32 Across: When Aries transitions to Taurus APRIL
- 34 Across: Sweetly, on scores DOLCE
- 35 Across: "I'll pass" NAH
- 36 Across: Input of certain mining DATA
- 38 Across: Montalbán who played Khan in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" RICARDO
- 40 Across: Timer setting OVEN
- 42 Across: Areas of influence SPHERES
- 45 Across: Mental health org. APA
- 46 Across: Fraudulently make seem like PALMOFFAS
- 48 Across: Covers completely COATS
- 49 Across: Wyoming peak TETON
- 51 Across: Like a corporation with a new logo, perhaps REBRANDED
- 54 Across: Comment from someone caught in the rain IMSOAKED
- 56 Across: Yellow avenue in Monopoly VENTNOR
- 58 Across: A bit off, say ONSALE
- 59 Across: Hyatt alternative OMNI
- 60 Across: Hard-boiled genre NOIR
- 62 Across: TheForce.net for "Star Wars," for example FANSITE
- 64 Across: Dark side YIN
- 65 Across: Former big name in browsers NETSCAPE
- 67 Across: U.F.O.-watching org. SETI
- 68 Across: By way of, informally THRU
- 70 Across: Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger) SABE
- 71 Across: Sailor's patron STELMO
- 72 Across: Fleetwood Mac hit named for a Celtic goddess RHIANNON
- 76 Across: Daddy POP
- 79 Across: Eponymous British financier James ___ BARCLAY
- 81 Across: By saying this you mean well BIEN
- 82 Across: Wrap seller DELI
- 83 Across: Adopted, as a pet TOOKIN
- 85 Across: Wasn't folded in a suitcase, say LAYFLAT
- 87 Across: Developed, as baby teeth GREWIN
- 89 Across: Sci-fi miniaturizer SHRINKRAY
- 91 Across: Emanations AURAS
- 93 Across: Boldly face BRAVE
- 94 Across: Kind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g. CAESAR
- 95 Across: Guardians, on a scoreboard CLE
- 96 Across: Bit of birdspeak CHITTER
- 98 Across: Damp, mildewy quality MUST
- 99 Across: They hold water VESSELS
- 102 Across: Silence HUSH
- 103 Across: Lying faceup SUPINE
- 104 Across: ___ Park, Calif. MENLO
- 105 Across: Air ETHER
- 107 Across: Disney subsidiary ESPN
- 111 Across: A little help? ELF
- 112 Across: Evaded, as a sensitive issue DANCEDAROUND
- 114 Across: Some pings, in brief IMS
- 115 Across: "Fie on ___!" (Shakespearean cry) THEE
- 116 Across: Skips over ELIDES
- 118 Across: Few and far between RARE
- 119 Across: Regulars at parks with ramps, informally SKATERATS
- 121 Across: Reply after having one's memory jogged YESYES
- 122 Across: Some time ago ONCE
- 123 Across: "What's done is done!" GETOVERIT
- 124 Across: Stick (to) ADHERE
- 125 Across: Garden interloper WEED
- 126 Across: Church parts crossing naves TRANSEPTS
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Make furious (5)
- 2 "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil ___ (5)
- 3 Tennis line judge's ruling (5)
- 4 Duke Ellington classic with the lyric "That was my heart serenading you" (12)
- 5 West side of L.A.? (3)
- 6 "Is there still time for me to join you?" (7)
- 7 51 to the hour (8)
- 8 Stage direction (5)
- 9 Phillipa of Broadway (3)
- 10 Grammy winner Erykah (4)
- 11 ___ Gorman, "The Hill We Climb" poet (6)
- 12 Copy (6)
- 13 Iced-tea-and-lemonade refreshments (10)
- 14 Spending romp (5)
- 15 Output of certain mining (4)
- 16 Counterpart of a sub (3)
- 17 Fast start? (10)
- 18 Father, familiarly (6)
- 19 Mentally overpower, with "out" (5)
- 28 Like most moccasins (6)
- 29 Great Dane of cartoons, informally (5)
- 33 More livid (6)
- 37 Keister, in Leicester (4)
- 39 2015 chart-topping hit for the Weeknd (12)
- 40 Symbolic for its time (7)
- 41 Shoe company with an iconic checkerboard design (4)
- 42 Descendant (5)
- 43 Apple: Fr. (5)
- 44 Is without (5)
- 47 Rabid in appearance (8)
- 50 Woman's nickname that sounds like two letters (4)
- 51 Rice-A-___ (4)
- 52 "Borderlands" director ___ Roth (3)
- 53 Hiding place (3)
- 55 Gene pools? (8)
- 57 Org. with its own alphabet (4)
- 61 Abbr. not found on most smartphones (4)
- 63 "Aren't ___ lucky one?!" (4)
- 66 It has a lot of secretaries (7)
- 67 Shirt collar stiffener (4)
- 69 Where to find six "presents" in this puzzle? (12)
- 71 Knock ’em dead (4)
- 72 Coolidge who sang the theme for "Octopussy" (4)
- 73 Just getting started with (5)
- 74 Green shade (5)
- 75 What Joe Montana was in the '80s (5)
- 76 A TD scores six of these (3)
- 77 "Fancy, that!" (3)
- 78 Prickly denizen of coral reefs (10)
- 80 Famed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial (10)
- 81 Most minimal (6)
- 84 Some Korean exports (4)
- 86 Calmed deceptively (6)
- 88 Baseball slugger's stat (4)
- 90 Bird used to deliver messages on "Game of Thrones" (5)
- 92 Blueprints (8)
- 97 Author Zora Neale ___ (7)
- 98 Noodled on, with "over" (6)
- 100 Girlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (6)
- 101 Informant (6)
- 103 "Ta-ta!" (5)
- 104 Tricky pool shot (5)
- 106 Someone enjoying a walk in the park (5)
- 108 Mentally with it (5)
- 109 ___ four (5)
- 110 Fits one inside the other (5)
- 112 Porcine : pigs :: cervine : ___ (4)
- 113 Essential (4)
- 117 It might be good for a change (3)
- 119 One who knows the drill?: Abbr. (3)
- 120 Teslas, e.g., for short (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with S
- 2 starts with K
- 3 starts with I
- 4 starts with P
- 5 starts with L
- 6 starts with A
- 7 starts with N
- 8 starts with E
- 9 starts with S
- 10 starts with B
- 11 starts with A
- 12 starts with M
- 13 starts with A
- 14 starts with S
- 15 starts with O
- 16 starts with D
- 17 starts with A
- 18 starts with O
- 19 starts with P
- 28 starts with S
- 29 starts with S
- 33 starts with I
- 37 starts with A
- 39 starts with C
- 40 starts with O
- 41 starts with V
- 42 starts with S
- 43 starts with P
- 44 starts with H
- 47 starts with F
- 50 starts with E
- 51 starts with R
- 52 starts with E
- 53 starts with D
- 55 starts with D
- 57 starts with N
- 61 starts with O
- 63 starts with I
- 66 starts with C
- 67 starts with S
- 69 starts with U
- 71 starts with S
- 72 starts with R
- 73 starts with N
- 74 starts with O
- 75 starts with N
- 76 starts with P
- 77 starts with O
- 78 starts with P
- 80 starts with C
- 81 starts with B
- 84 starts with K
- 86 starts with L
- 88 starts with R
- 90 starts with R
- 92 starts with S
- 97 starts with H
- 98 starts with M
- 100 starts with S
- 101 starts with S
- 103 starts with S
- 104 starts with M
- 106 starts with H
- 108 starts with S
- 109 starts with P
- 110 starts with N
- 112 starts with D
- 113 starts with N
- 117 starts with D
- 119 starts with S
- 120 starts with E
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Make furious STEAM
- 2 Down: "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil ___ KEANE
- 3 Down: Tennis line judge's ruling ITSIN
- 4 Down: Duke Ellington classic with the lyric "That was my heart serenading you" PRELUDETOAKISS
- 5 Down: West side of L.A.? LOS
- 6 Down: "Is there still time for me to join you?" AMILATE
- 7 Down: 51 to the hour NINEPAST
- 8 Down: Stage direction ENTER
- 9 Down: Phillipa of Broadway SOO
- 10 Down: Grammy winner Erykah BADU
- 11 Down: ___ Gorman, "The Hill We Climb" poet AMANDA
- 12 Down: Copy MIRROR
- 13 Down: Iced-tea-and-lemonade refreshments ARNOLDPALMERS
- 14 Down: Spending romp SPREE
- 15 Down: Output of certain mining ORES
- 16 Down: Counterpart of a sub DOM
- 17 Down: Fast start? ASHWEDNESDAY
- 18 Down: Father, familiarly OLDMAN
- 19 Down: Mentally overpower, with "out" PSYCH
- 28 Down: Like most moccasins SLIPON
- 29 Down: Great Dane of cartoons, informally SCOOB
- 33 Down: More livid IRATER
- 37 Down: Keister, in Leicester ARSE
- 39 Down: 2015 chart-topping hit for the Weeknd CANTFEELMYFACE
- 40 Down: Symbolic for its time OFANERA
- 41 Down: Shoe company with an iconic checkerboard design VANS
- 42 Down: Descendant SCION
- 43 Down: Apple: Fr. POMME
- 44 Down: Is without HASNT
- 47 Down: Rabid in appearance FROTHING
- 50 Down: Woman's nickname that sounds like two letters EVIE
- 51 Down: Rice-A-___ RONI
- 52 Down: "Borderlands" director ___ Roth ELI
- 53 Down: Hiding place DEN
- 55 Down: Gene pools? DNABANKS
- 57 Down: Org. with its own alphabet NATO
- 61 Down: Abbr. not found on most smartphones OPER
- 63 Down: "Aren't ___ lucky one?!" ITHE
- 66 Down: It has a lot of secretaries CABINET
- 67 Down: Shirt collar stiffener STAY
- 69 Down: Where to find six "presents" in this puzzle? UNDERTHETREE
- 71 Down: Knock ’em dead SLAY
- 72 Down: Coolidge who sang the theme for "Octopussy" RITA
- 73 Down: Just getting started with NEWAT
- 74 Down: Green shade OLIVE
- 75 Down: What Joe Montana was in the '80s NINER
- 76 Down: A TD scores six of these PTS
- 77 Down: "Fancy, that!" OOH
- 78 Down: Prickly denizen of coral reefs PORCUPINEFISH
- 80 Down: Famed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial CLARENCEDARROW
- 81 Down: Most minimal BAREST
- 84 Down: Some Korean exports KIAS
- 86 Down: Calmed deceptively LULLED
- 88 Down: Baseball slugger's stat RBIS
- 90 Down: Bird used to deliver messages on "Game of Thrones" RAVEN
- 92 Down: Blueprints SCHEMATA
- 97 Down: Author Zora Neale ___ HURSTON
- 98 Down: Noodled on, with "over" MULLED
- 100 Down: Girlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" SLOANE
- 101 Down: Informant SOURCE
- 103 Down: "Ta-ta!" SEEYA
- 104 Down: Tricky pool shot MASSE
- 106 Down: Someone enjoying a walk in the park HIKER
- 108 Down: Mentally with it SHARP
- 109 Down: ___ four PETIT
- 110 Down: Fits one inside the other NESTS
- 112 Down: Porcine : pigs :: cervine : ___ DEER
- 113 Down: Essential NEED
- 117 Down: It might be good for a change DYE
- 119 Down: One who knows the drill?: Abbr. SGT
- 120 Down: Teslas, e.g., for short EVS
Show the solved grid
1S2K3I4P5L6A7N8E9S10B11A12M13A14S15O16D17ASH18O19P20TETROMINO21AMIR22PROWLS23EASESINTO24DARN25REMEDY26ANIL27LEE28SUNRO29SES30DMC31MENU32APR33IL34DOLCE35NAH36D37ATA38RI39CARDO40O41VEN42S43P44HERES45APA46PALMO47FFAS48COATS49T50ETON51REBRAND52E53D54IMSOAKE55D56VENT57NOR58ONSALE59OMNI60N61OIR62FANS63ITE64YIN65NETS66CAPE67SETI68THR69U70SABE71STELMO72RHIAN73N74O75N76P77O78P79BAR80CLAY81BIEN82DELI83TOO84KIN85LAYF86LAT87G88REWIN89SHRINK90RAY91AURA92S93BRAVE94CAESAR95CLE96C97HITTER98MUST99VE100S101SELS102HUSH103SUPINE104MENLO105ET106HER107E108S109P110N111ELF112DANCEDAROU113ND114IMS115THEE116ELI117DES118RARE119SKAT120ERATS121YESYES122ONCE123GETOVERIT124ADHERE125WEED126TRANSEPTS
Some squares hold more than one letter (a rebus). The lengths above count squares, not letters.
About this puzzle
- Made by David Kwong
- 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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