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: Use Your Words
Across clues and answer lengths
- 1 Bit of regal headwear (6)
- 7 Singer Horne (4)
- 11 Develops alopecia (8)
- 19 Total (6)
- 20 2022 World Series champ (5)
- 22 College town nicknamed "A2" (8)
- 23 Like the Gospel of Mark, sequentially? (12)
- 25 Concert lineups (8)
- 26 Matriarch of six of the 12 tribes of Israel (4)
- 27 Make a choice (3)
- 28 Trouble (3)
- 30 1982 film whose name is a security program (4)
- 31 Text that says "Congratulations! You've won a MacBook Pro," probably (4)
- 33 Prepare for a mechanic's certification exam? (15)
- 40 Pulsates (6)
- 42 Rock's Plastic ___ Band (3)
- 43 Central parts of planets (5)
- 44 Hairdresser's supply (3)
- 45 Molecule that might be modeled with Twizzlers and gummies in biology class (3)
- 46 Soft shots, in tennis (5)
- 48 Meditative chants (3)
- 49 Plant used in pickling (4)
- 50 H.S. exam whose highest score is 36 (3)
- 53 Source of income for a website (6)
- 55 Half of a popular social media app (3)
- 57 Discontinued iPods designed to fit into watch pockets (5)
- 58 Original people to move into Cancún's peninsula? (20)
- 63 Affectionate term for una madre (4)
- 64 Designation for the Louisville Bats and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (3)
- 65 Preceder of Peacock and White in the game Clue (3)
- 66 "Big" comic protagonist (4)
- 67 "Don't look at me for help" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme (21)
- 75 Dove's dwelling (4)
- 76 Wii remote batteries (3)
- 77 Sloth in 2002's "Ice Age" (3)
- 78 Sensation before a migraine, medically (4)
- 79 Gets married while wearing protective gear? (20)
- 85 Quarrels (5)
- 86 Itty-bitty (3)
- 87 Japanese craft that literally translates to "tray planting" (6)
- 88 "This Is your brain on drugs," e.g., for short (3)
- 89 Best-selling romance author Jimenez (4)
- 90 One of 2,214 for Babe Ruth (3)
- 92 "Shrek!" author William (5)
- 94 Common item at a checkout line, informally (3)
- 96 #1 spot in London? (3)
- 97 Honkers without horns (5)
- 99 It might come with a shell (3)
- 100 Go over again (6)
- 103 List of restaurant offerings for kids not yet three years old? (15)
- 107 Kerfuffle (4)
- 108 Oodles (4)
- 109 Someone who might issue a travel warning? (3)
- 110 "Roger that!" (3)
- 112 Name that means "pink" in Spanish (4)
- 114 Relative of a husky (8)
- 118 Wedding planner's aid? (12)
- 122 "5 stars" (8)
- 123 It might raise a bunch of dough (5)
- 124 Stab of pain (6)
- 125 Values (8)
- 126 Businesses offering mud masks (4)
- 127 Pulls the chain of, so to speak (6)
Across first letters
- 1 starts with D
- 7 starts with L
- 11 starts with G
- 19 starts with E
- 20 starts with A
- 22 starts with A
- 23 starts with A
- 25 starts with S
- 26 starts with L
- 27 starts with O
- 28 starts with W
- 30 starts with T
- 31 starts with S
- 33 starts with R
- 40 starts with T
- 42 starts with O
- 43 starts with C
- 44 starts with D
- 45 starts with D
- 46 starts with D
- 48 starts with O
- 49 starts with D
- 50 starts with A
- 53 starts with A
- 55 starts with T
- 57 starts with N
- 58 starts with T
- 63 starts with M
- 64 starts with A
- 65 starts with M
- 66 starts with N
- 67 starts with S
- 75 starts with C
- 76 starts with A
- 77 starts with S
- 78 starts with A
- 79 starts with U
- 85 starts with S
- 86 starts with W
- 87 starts with B
- 88 starts with P
- 89 starts with A
- 90 starts with R
- 92 starts with S
- 94 starts with M
- 96 starts with L
- 97 starts with G
- 99 starts with O
- 100 starts with R
- 103 starts with T
- 107 starts with T
- 108 starts with G
- 109 starts with R
- 110 starts with Y
- 112 starts with R
- 114 starts with M
- 118 starts with V
- 122 starts with I
- 123 starts with Y
- 124 starts with T
- 125 starts with A
- 126 starts with S
- 127 starts with T
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Bit of regal headwear DIADEM
- 7 Across: Singer Horne LENA
- 11 Across: Develops alopecia GOESBALD
- 19 Across: Total ENTIRE
- 20 Across: 2022 World Series champ ASTRO
- 22 Across: College town nicknamed "A2" ANNARBOR
- 23 Across: Like the Gospel of Mark, sequentially? AFTERMATTHEW
- 25 Across: Concert lineups SETLISTS
- 26 Across: Matriarch of six of the 12 tribes of Israel LEAH
- 27 Across: Make a choice OPT
- 28 Across: Trouble WOE
- 30 Across: 1982 film whose name is a security program TRON
- 31 Across: Text that says "Congratulations! You've won a MacBook Pro," probably SCAM
- 33 Across: Prepare for a mechanic's certification exam? REVIEWTHEENGINE
- 40 Across: Pulsates THROBS
- 42 Across: Rock's Plastic ___ Band ONO
- 43 Across: Central parts of planets CORES
- 44 Across: Hairdresser's supply DYE
- 45 Across: Molecule that might be modeled with Twizzlers and gummies in biology class DNA
- 46 Across: Soft shots, in tennis DINKS
- 48 Across: Meditative chants OMS
- 49 Across: Plant used in pickling DILL
- 50 Across: H.S. exam whose highest score is 36 ACT
- 53 Across: Source of income for a website ADSALE
- 55 Across: Half of a popular social media app TIK
- 57 Across: Discontinued iPods designed to fit into watch pockets NANOS
- 58 Across: Original people to move into Cancún's peninsula? THESETTLERSOFYUCATAN
- 63 Across: Affectionate term for una madre MAMI
- 64 Across: Designation for the Louisville Bats and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp AAA
- 65 Across: Preceder of Peacock and White in the game Clue MRS
- 66 Across: "Big" comic protagonist NATE
- 67 Across: "Don't look at me for help" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme SOUNDSLIKEAYOUPROBLEM
- 75 Across: Dove's dwelling COTE
- 76 Across: Wii remote batteries AAS
- 77 Across: Sloth in 2002's "Ice Age" SID
- 78 Across: Sensation before a migraine, medically AURA
- 79 Across: Gets married while wearing protective gear? UNITESINSHININGARMOR
- 85 Across: Quarrels SPATS
- 86 Across: Itty-bitty WEE
- 87 Across: Japanese craft that literally translates to "tray planting" BONSAI
- 88 Across: "This Is your brain on drugs," e.g., for short PSA
- 89 Across: Best-selling romance author Jimenez ABBY
- 90 Across: One of 2,214 for Babe Ruth RBI
- 92 Across: "Shrek!" author William STEIG
- 94 Across: Common item at a checkout line, informally MAG
- 96 Across: #1 spot in London? LOO
- 97 Across: Honkers without horns GEESE
- 99 Across: It might come with a shell OAR
- 100 Across: Go over again REREAD
- 103 Across: List of restaurant offerings for kids not yet three years old? TWOANDAHALFMENU
- 107 Across: Kerfuffle TODO
- 108 Across: Oodles GOBS
- 109 Across: Someone who might issue a travel warning? REF
- 110 Across: "Roger that!" YEP
- 112 Across: Name that means "pink" in Spanish ROSA
- 114 Across: Relative of a husky MALAMUTE
- 118 Across: Wedding planner's aid? VENUEDIAGRAM
- 122 Across: "5 stars" ILOVEDIT
- 123 Across: It might raise a bunch of dough YEAST
- 124 Across: Stab of pain TWINGE
- 125 Across: Values ASSESSES
- 126 Across: Businesses offering mud masks SPAS
- 127 Across: Pulls the chain of, so to speak TEASES
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Word on either side of "or no" (4)
- 2 Overrun (6)
- 3 Add electronically, in a way (6)
- 4 Like a really big fan (7)
- 5 Go wrong (3)
- 6 Bad thing not to get (especially at the office?) (4)
- 7 The Cinnamon Dolce or the Blonde Vanilla, at Starbucks (5)
- 8 "Silentium ___ aureum" ("Silence is golden") (3)
- 9 High degree (3)
- 10 "Is it time to rethink this relationship?" (7)
- 11 Hilarious thing (3)
- 12 Like George H.W. Bush, but not George W. Bush (7)
- 13 Starters' followers (7)
- 14 Businesses whose employees work standing up (6)
- 15 Carry in (5)
- 16 "Chiseled" features (3)
- 17 Destiny in life (3)
- 18 Hippocratic oath followers, for short (3)
- 21 "Stop! That hurts!" (4)
- 24 Car financing figs. (4)
- 29 List shortener (3)
- 32 "Hidden Figures" co-star Janelle (5)
- 34 Breathable fabric used in mosquito nets (5)
- 35 ___ child (5)
- 36 What a bad student might play (5)
- 37 Menzel of Broadway (5)
- 38 Guitar string material (5)
- 39 Fish traditionally in the British dish "pie and mash" (4)
- 41 What kitsch exhibits (8)
- 46 ___ Lama (5)
- 47 Part of a bedtime routine (5)
- 49 Healthy, fiber-rich snack (7)
- 50 Where some bills originate (4)
- 51 Former transportation secretary Elaine (4)
- 52 Chinese competitor of Amazon (4)
- 54 Loses freshness (6)
- 56 "In that case …" (4)
- 57 Grp. that Sweden joined in 2024 (4)
- 59 Vegas (7)
- 60 Sensation (5)
- 61 Removes from the top of one's profile, as an Instagram post (6)
- 62 Hearts or spades, but not diamonds (8)
- 68 ......... (4)
- 69 Classic Orson Welles protagonist (4)
- 70 Ameliorates (5)
- 71 Via (5)
- 72 Feature of undermixed batter (4)
- 73 Greek god whose name becomes a flower if you move the first letter to the end (4)
- 74 Golden Globe nominee Rooney (4)
- 79 "V," to a violinist (5)
- 80 Padmé Amidala's home planet in "Star Wars" (5)
- 81 "If only!" (5)
- 82 Steel girder (5)
- 83 Bête ___ (5)
- 84 Images that can rip off human creators, perhaps (5)
- 85 Pretzel topper (4)
- 90 Trees with heart-shaped leaves (7)
- 91 Creature, cutesily (7)
- 93 Candies that crack with a crunch (7)
- 95 Last of the 13 original colonies to be founded (7)
- 97 Some lawn ornaments (6)
- 98 Part of E.N.T. (3)
- 100 Kicked oneself for (4)
- 101 Prettifies (6)
- 102 500 mg 2x/day, e.g. (6)
- 104 Source of a natural sweetener (5)
- 105 Last name shared by three actors on "Schitt's Creek" (4)
- 106 Russian denials (5)
- 111 The Panthers of the A.C.C. (4)
- 113 Midwest city whose name becomes a Southwest city if you move the first letter to the end (4)
- 114 Not around, informally (3)
- 115 Hirt and Hirschfeld (3)
- 116 Día de ___ Reyes Magos (3)
- 117 They're often depicted with green skin, for short (3)
- 119 Something much needed after an all-nighter (3)
- 120 Today preceder (3)
- 121 Leave speechless (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with D
- 2 starts with I
- 3 starts with A
- 4 starts with D
- 5 starts with E
- 6 starts with M
- 7 starts with L
- 8 starts with E
- 9 starts with N
- 10 starts with A
- 11 starts with G
- 12 starts with O
- 13 starts with E
- 14 starts with S
- 15 starts with B
- 16 starts with A
- 17 starts with L
- 18 starts with D
- 21 starts with O
- 24 starts with A
- 29 starts with E
- 32 starts with M
- 34 starts with V
- 35 starts with I
- 36 starts with H
- 37 starts with I
- 38 starts with N
- 39 starts with E
- 41 starts with B
- 46 starts with D
- 47 starts with S
- 49 starts with D
- 50 starts with A
- 51 starts with C
- 52 starts with T
- 54 starts with S
- 56 starts with I
- 57 starts with N
- 59 starts with S
- 60 starts with S
- 61 starts with U
- 62 starts with C
- 68 starts with D
- 69 starts with K
- 70 starts with E
- 71 starts with U
- 72 starts with L
- 73 starts with E
- 74 starts with M
- 79 starts with U
- 80 starts with N
- 81 starts with I
- 82 starts with I
- 83 starts with N
- 84 starts with A
- 85 starts with S
- 90 starts with R
- 91 starts with B
- 93 starts with T
- 95 starts with G
- 97 starts with G
- 98 starts with E
- 100 starts with R
- 101 starts with A
- 102 starts with D
- 104 starts with A
- 105 starts with L
- 106 starts with N
- 111 starts with P
- 113 starts with A
- 114 starts with M
- 115 starts with A
- 116 starts with L
- 117 starts with E
- 119 starts with N
- 120 starts with U
- 121 starts with A
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Word on either side of "or no" DEAL
- 2 Down: Overrun INFEST
- 3 Down: Add electronically, in a way ATTACH
- 4 Down: Like a really big fan DIEHARD
- 5 Down: Go wrong ERR
- 6 Down: Bad thing not to get (especially at the office?) MEMO
- 7 Down: The Cinnamon Dolce or the Blonde Vanilla, at Starbucks LATTE
- 8 Down: "Silentium ___ aureum" ("Silence is golden") EST
- 9 Down: High degree NTH
- 10 Down: "Is it time to rethink this relationship?" AREWEOK
- 11 Down: Hilarious thing GAS
- 12 Down: Like George H.W. Bush, but not George W. Bush ONETERM
- 13 Down: Starters' followers ENTREES
- 14 Down: Businesses whose employees work standing up SALONS
- 15 Down: Carry in BRING
- 16 Down: "Chiseled" features ABS
- 17 Down: Destiny in life LOT
- 18 Down: Hippocratic oath followers, for short DRS
- 21 Down: "Stop! That hurts!" OWOW
- 24 Down: Car financing figs. APRS
- 29 Down: List shortener ETC
- 32 Down: "Hidden Figures" co-star Janelle MONAE
- 34 Down: Breathable fabric used in mosquito nets VOILE
- 35 Down: ___ child INNER
- 36 Down: What a bad student might play HOOKY
- 37 Down: Menzel of Broadway IDINA
- 38 Down: Guitar string material NYLON
- 39 Down: Fish traditionally in the British dish "pie and mash" EELS
- 41 Down: What kitsch exhibits BADTASTE
- 46 Down: ___ Lama DALAI
- 47 Down: Part of a bedtime routine STORY
- 49 Down: Healthy, fiber-rich snack DATEBAR
- 50 Down: Where some bills originate ATMS
- 51 Down: Former transportation secretary Elaine CHAO
- 52 Down: Chinese competitor of Amazon TEMU
- 54 Down: Loses freshness STALES
- 56 Down: "In that case …" IFSO
- 57 Down: Grp. that Sweden joined in 2024 NATO
- 59 Down: Vegas SINCITY
- 60 Down: Sensation SMASH
- 61 Down: Removes from the top of one's profile, as an Instagram post UNPINS
- 62 Down: Hearts or spades, but not diamonds CARDGAME
- 68 Down: ......... DOTS
- 69 Down: Classic Orson Welles protagonist KANE
- 70 Down: Ameliorates EASES
- 71 Down: Via USING
- 72 Down: Feature of undermixed batter LUMP
- 73 Down: Greek god whose name becomes a flower if you move the first letter to the end EROS
- 74 Down: Golden Globe nominee Rooney MARA
- 79 Down: "V," to a violinist UPBOW
- 80 Down: Padmé Amidala's home planet in "Star Wars" NABOO
- 81 Down: "If only!" IWISH
- 82 Down: Steel girder IBEAM
- 83 Down: Bête ___ NOIRE
- 84 Down: Images that can rip off human creators, perhaps AIART
- 85 Down: Pretzel topper SALT
- 90 Down: Trees with heart-shaped leaves REDBUDS
- 91 Down: Creature, cutesily BEASTIE
- 93 Down: Candies that crack with a crunch TOFFEES
- 95 Down: Last of the 13 original colonies to be founded GEORGIA
- 97 Down: Some lawn ornaments GNOMES
- 98 Down: Part of E.N.T. EAR
- 100 Down: Kicked oneself for RUED
- 101 Down: Prettifies ADORNS
- 102 Down: 500 mg 2x/day, e.g. DOSAGE
- 104 Down: Source of a natural sweetener AGAVE
- 105 Down: Last name shared by three actors on "Schitt's Creek" LEVY
- 106 Down: Russian denials NYETS
- 111 Down: The Panthers of the A.C.C. PITT
- 113 Down: Midwest city whose name becomes a Southwest city if you move the first letter to the end AMES
- 114 Down: Not around, informally MIA
- 115 Down: Hirt and Hirschfeld ALS
- 116 Down: Día de ___ Reyes Magos LOS
- 117 Down: They're often depicted with green skin, for short ETS
- 119 Down: Something much needed after an all-nighter NAP
- 120 Down: Today preceder USA
- 121 Down: Leave speechless AWE
Show the solved grid
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About this puzzle
- Made by Rena Cohen
- 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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