All 136 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: Comical Mutation
Across clues and answer lengths
- 1 Meter in a video game showing a character's health (7)
- 8 Relative of a gazelle (6)
- 14 Office square (6)
- 20 Food additive named one of Time's 50 Worst Inventions (7)
- 21 Keep cruising, say (6)
- 22 On which Apple Pay can be used (6)
- 23 Canio in "Pagliacci," e.g.? (14)
- 25 Noxious atmosphere (6)
- 26 Prefix with business (4)
- 27 "My house, my rules" (6)
- 28 QB Drew whom Tom Brady ultimately replaced (7)
- 29 Get tuckered out (9)
- 32 Indian wedding wear (4)
- 34 School subj. (3)
- 35 Grab the chips and dip? (6)
- 37 News hound? (10)
- 40 Atomic bond, essentially? (18)
- 45 Many visitors to national parks (6)
- 46 Nearsighted person (5)
- 47 Messing up on the big screen (5)
- 51 Italy's third-largest island (after Sicily and Sardinia) (4)
- 52 Subterranean adventurer (5)
- 54 "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" show tune) (3)
- 57 Great number (4)
- 58 Cute, cutesily (6)
- 61 Dropbox and Roblox (4)
- 62 Hailed vehicle (3)
- 64 Show interruptions (3)
- 65 Some electrolysis targets? (19)
- 71 Partner of vigor (3)
- 72 Letter symbolizing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius (3)
- 73 "Downton Abbey" countess (4)
- 74 Warm winter coats (6)
- 76 Like some early education, for short (4)
- 78 W.C. sign (3)
- 80 City where LeBron James was born (5)
- 81 Blemish (4)
- 82 Bit of a character? (5)
- 84 Conspiring (with) (5)
- 86 Spice Girl alongside Baby, Ginger, Scary and Posh (6)
- 88 "Mainsail hoisted, check! Hatches battened, check!"? (18)
- 94 Shark's singing rival in "West Side Story"? (10)
- 97 Corral (6)
- 98 Yankee great Gehrig (3)
- 99 Something a judge shouldn't have (4)
- 100 Very rude email, informally (9)
- 105 Never mind? (7)
- 108 Neglectful (6)
- 111 Bank (on) (4)
- 112 Two-___ schooner (6)
- 113 Frozen treat for Bruins fans? (14)
- 117 Lacking scruples (6)
- 118 Storm, say (6)
- 119 Noted early riser (7)
- 120 With a level head (6)
- 121 Thickets (6)
- 122 Embarrassing items to have revealed on an airport X-ray (7)
Across first letters
- 1 starts with L
- 8 starts with I
- 14 starts with P
- 20 starts with O
- 21 starts with S
- 22 starts with I
- 23 starts with C
- 25 starts with M
- 26 starts with A
- 27 starts with I
- 28 starts with B
- 29 starts with L
- 32 starts with S
- 34 starts with E
- 35 starts with C
- 37 starts with T
- 40 starts with T
- 45 starts with H
- 46 starts with M
- 47 starts with D
- 51 starts with E
- 52 starts with C
- 54 starts with S
- 57 starts with S
- 58 starts with A
- 61 starts with A
- 62 starts with C
- 64 starts with A
- 65 starts with F
- 71 starts with V
- 72 starts with T
- 73 starts with C
- 74 starts with P
- 76 starts with P
- 78 starts with M
- 80 starts with A
- 81 starts with M
- 82 starts with S
- 84 starts with I
- 86 starts with S
- 88 starts with W
- 94 starts with L
- 97 starts with C
- 98 starts with L
- 99 starts with B
- 100 starts with N
- 105 starts with A
- 108 starts with R
- 111 starts with R
- 112 starts with M
- 113 starts with B
- 117 starts with A
- 118 starts with I
- 119 starts with R
- 120 starts with S
- 121 starts with C
- 122 starts with S
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Meter in a video game showing a character's health LIFEBAR
- 8 Across: Relative of a gazelle IMPALA
- 14 Across: Office square POSTIT
- 20 Across: Food additive named one of Time's 50 Worst Inventions OLESTRA
- 21 Across: Keep cruising, say SAILON
- 22 Across: On which Apple Pay can be used IPHONE
- 23 Across: Canio in "Pagliacci," e.g.? CLASSICALCLOWN
- 25 Across: Noxious atmosphere MIASMA
- 26 Across: Prefix with business AGRI
- 27 Across: "My house, my rules" ISAYSO
- 28 Across: QB Drew whom Tom Brady ultimately replaced BLEDSOE
- 29 Across: Get tuckered out LOSESTEAM
- 32 Across: Indian wedding wear SARI
- 34 Across: School subj. ENG
- 35 Across: Grab the chips and dip? CASHIN
- 37 Across: News hound? TOPICALDOG
- 40 Across: Atomic bond, essentially? TWOPARTICLEHARMONY
- 45 Across: Many visitors to national parks HIKERS
- 46 Across: Nearsighted person MYOPE
- 47 Across: Messing up on the big screen DEBRA
- 51 Across: Italy's third-largest island (after Sicily and Sardinia) ELBA
- 52 Across: Subterranean adventurer CAVER
- 54 Across: "Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" show tune) SIR
- 57 Across: Great number SLEW
- 58 Across: Cute, cutesily ADORBS
- 61 Across: Dropbox and Roblox APPS
- 62 Across: Hailed vehicle CAB
- 64 Across: Show interruptions ADS
- 65 Across: Some electrolysis targets? FOLLICLESONONESFACE
- 71 Across: Partner of vigor VIM
- 72 Across: Letter symbolizing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius TAU
- 73 Across: "Downton Abbey" countess CORA
- 74 Across: Warm winter coats PARKAS
- 76 Across: Like some early education, for short PREK
- 78 Across: W.C. sign MEN
- 80 Across: City where LeBron James was born AKRON
- 81 Across: Blemish MARK
- 82 Across: Bit of a character? SERIF
- 84 Across: Conspiring (with) INBED
- 86 Across: Spice Girl alongside Baby, Ginger, Scary and Posh SPORTY
- 88 Across: "Mainsail hoisted, check! Hatches battened, check!"? WERENAUTICALWORTHY
- 94 Across: Shark's singing rival in "West Side Story"? LYRICALJET
- 97 Across: Corral CAGEIN
- 98 Across: Yankee great Gehrig LOU
- 99 Across: Something a judge shouldn't have BIAS
- 100 Across: Very rude email, informally NASTYGRAM
- 105 Across: Never mind? AMNESIA
- 108 Across: Neglectful REMISS
- 111 Across: Bank (on) RELY
- 112 Across: Two-___ schooner MASTED
- 113 Across: Frozen treat for Bruins fans? BOSTONPOPSICLE
- 117 Across: Lacking scruples AMORAL
- 118 Across: Storm, say INVADE
- 119 Across: Noted early riser ROOSTER
- 120 Across: With a level head SANELY
- 121 Across: Thickets COPSES
- 122 Across: Embarrassing items to have revealed on an airport X-ray SEXTOYS
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Person from the neighborhood (5)
- 2 Volunteer's offer (5)
- 3 Bogeymen (5)
- 4 Maker of Bikini So Teeny nail polish (5)
- 5 Breakthrough K-pop group (3)
- 6 Horror director Aster (3)
- 7 Most suggestive (7)
- 8 Like the Eid al-Fitr festival (7)
- 9 Department store eponym (4)
- 10 Pale lager, informally (4)
- 11 ___ gobi (Indian potato dish) (4)
- 12 Feeling down (3)
- 13 ___ Taylor (fashion retailer) (3)
- 14 Home of the Preakness Stakes (7)
- 15 Early TV role for Ron Howard (4)
- 16 Atlantic fish (4)
- 17 Like Frisbees and some salads (6)
- 18 Not stereo (6)
- 19 Hard-boiled Chinese snack (6)
- 24 Sapporo competitor (5)
- 28 Bowler's edge (4)
- 30 Blemish (4)
- 31 Fixes, as a driveway (4)
- 32 Cake not to be eaten (4)
- 33 French for "after" (5)
- 36 Barry Bonds and Shohei Ohtani, notably, for short (6)
- 37 Hammer wielder (4)
- 38 Furthermore (3)
- 39 Caustic solutions (4)
- 40 Mother of Helios, in myth (4)
- 41 Metaphor for a runaway success (8)
- 42 Gen Z put-down of an elder (8)
- 43 Bit of wisdom (5)
- 44 Orbit (9)
- 48 Arcane technique (8)
- 49 Iron-rich variety of fertile soil (8)
- 50 Exclamations in nurseries (3)
- 52 Lead-in to "tech" (3)
- 53 Primatologist's interest (3)
- 55 Give the cold shoulder, with "out" (3)
- 56 Grating voice (4)
- 59 Common diner order (3)
- 60 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical setting (4)
- 63 Photog's undergrad degree (3)
- 66 Stick on a table (3)
- 67 Like Volvo and Nokia, by origin (6)
- 68 Gold, in Guadalajara (3)
- 69 London granny (3)
- 70 Standard battle wear (5)
- 71 No. 2's (3)
- 75 Vodka in blue bottles (4)
- 77 New Zealander (4)
- 79 One studied in the art of invisibility (5)
- 80 Touch (4)
- 83 Govt. campaign watchdog (3)
- 85 Scottish refusals (4)
- 86 Loretta of "M*A*S*H" (4)
- 87 Small keg size (4)
- 89 With zeal (7)
- 90 Director Kazan (4)
- 91 Neighbors of premolars (7)
- 92 Audibly shocked (5)
- 93 Landlords, more formally (7)
- 94 Pack carriers (6)
- 95 Crack open? (6)
- 96 Is fueled by (6)
- 101 Fill in a mill (5)
- 102 Right-hand page (5)
- 103 Strike zone? (5)
- 104 Mike or Michael in movies (5)
- 106 Raison d'___ (4)
- 107 Close up tight (4)
- 108 Invitation letters (4)
- 109 Uber predictions, in brief (4)
- 110 Style (4)
- 113 Zippo competitor (3)
- 114 Co-producer of the documentary "The Beatles: Get Back" (3)
- 115 "The Bells" poet (3)
- 116 Fenway team, familiarly (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with L
- 2 starts with I
- 3 starts with F
- 4 starts with E
- 5 starts with B
- 6 starts with A
- 7 starts with R
- 8 starts with I
- 9 starts with M
- 10 starts with P
- 11 starts with A
- 12 starts with L
- 13 starts with A
- 14 starts with P
- 15 starts with O
- 16 starts with S
- 17 starts with T
- 18 starts with I
- 19 starts with T
- 24 starts with A
- 28 starts with B
- 30 starts with S
- 31 starts with T
- 32 starts with S
- 33 starts with A
- 36 starts with N
- 37 starts with T
- 38 starts with A
- 39 starts with L
- 40 starts with T
- 41 starts with W
- 42 starts with O
- 43 starts with P
- 44 starts with E
- 48 starts with B
- 49 starts with R
- 50 starts with A
- 52 starts with C
- 53 starts with A
- 55 starts with I
- 56 starts with R
- 59 starts with B
- 60 starts with S
- 63 starts with B
- 66 starts with C
- 67 starts with N
- 68 starts with O
- 69 starts with N
- 70 starts with A
- 71 starts with V
- 75 starts with S
- 77 starts with K
- 79 starts with N
- 80 starts with A
- 83 starts with F
- 85 starts with N
- 86 starts with S
- 87 starts with P
- 89 starts with R
- 90 starts with E
- 91 starts with C
- 92 starts with A
- 93 starts with L
- 94 starts with L
- 95 starts with Y
- 96 starts with R
- 101 starts with G
- 102 starts with R
- 103 starts with A
- 104 starts with M
- 106 starts with E
- 107 starts with S
- 108 starts with R
- 109 starts with E
- 110 starts with M
- 113 starts with B
- 114 starts with O
- 115 starts with P
- 116 starts with S
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Person from the neighborhood LOCAL
- 2 Down: Volunteer's offer ILLGO
- 3 Down: Bogeymen FEARS
- 4 Down: Maker of Bikini So Teeny nail polish ESSIE
- 5 Down: Breakthrough K-pop group BTS
- 6 Down: Horror director Aster ARI
- 7 Down: Most suggestive RACIEST
- 8 Down: Like the Eid al-Fitr festival ISLAMIC
- 9 Down: Department store eponym MACY
- 10 Down: Pale lager, informally PILS
- 11 Down: ___ gobi (Indian potato dish) ALOO
- 12 Down: Feeling down LOW
- 13 Down: ___ Taylor (fashion retailer) ANN
- 14 Down: Home of the Preakness Stakes PIMLICO
- 15 Down: Early TV role for Ron Howard OPIE
- 16 Down: Atlantic fish SHAD
- 17 Down: Like Frisbees and some salads TOSSED
- 18 Down: Not stereo INMONO
- 19 Down: Hard-boiled Chinese snack TEAEGG
- 24 Down: Sapporo competitor ASAHI
- 28 Down: Bowler's edge BRIM
- 30 Down: Blemish SCAR
- 31 Down: Fixes, as a driveway TARS
- 32 Down: Cake not to be eaten SOAP
- 33 Down: French for "after" APRES
- 36 Down: Barry Bonds and Shohei Ohtani, notably, for short NLMVPS
- 37 Down: Hammer wielder THOR
- 38 Down: Furthermore AND
- 39 Down: Caustic solutions LYES
- 40 Down: Mother of Helios, in myth THEA
- 41 Down: Metaphor for a runaway success WILDFIRE
- 42 Down: Gen Z put-down of an elder OKBOOMER
- 43 Down: Bit of wisdom PEARL
- 44 Down: Orbit EYESOCKET
- 48 Down: Arcane technique BLACKART
- 49 Down: Iron-rich variety of fertile soil REDEARTH
- 50 Down: Exclamations in nurseries AWS
- 52 Down: Lead-in to "tech" CAL
- 53 Down: Primatologist's interest APE
- 55 Down: Give the cold shoulder, with "out" ICE
- 56 Down: Grating voice RASP
- 59 Down: Common diner order BLT
- 60 Down: Rodgers and Hammerstein musical setting SIAM
- 63 Down: Photog's undergrad degree BFA
- 66 Down: Stick on a table CUE
- 67 Down: Like Volvo and Nokia, by origin NORDIC
- 68 Down: Gold, in Guadalajara ORO
- 69 Down: London granny NAN
- 70 Down: Standard battle wear ARMOR
- 71 Down: No. 2's VPS
- 75 Down: Vodka in blue bottles SKYY
- 77 Down: New Zealander KIWI
- 79 Down: One studied in the art of invisibility NINJA
- 80 Down: Touch ABUT
- 83 Down: Govt. campaign watchdog FEC
- 85 Down: Scottish refusals NAES
- 86 Down: Loretta of "M*A*S*H" SWIT
- 87 Down: Small keg size PONY
- 89 Down: With zeal RABIDLY
- 90 Down: Director Kazan ELIA
- 91 Down: Neighbors of premolars CANINES
- 92 Down: Audibly shocked AGASP
- 93 Down: Landlords, more formally LESSORS
- 94 Down: Pack carriers LLAMAS
- 95 Down: Crack open? YOMAMA
- 96 Down: Is fueled by RUNSON
- 101 Down: Fill in a mill GRIST
- 102 Down: Right-hand page RECTO
- 103 Down: Strike zone? ALLEY
- 104 Down: Mike or Michael in movies MYERS
- 106 Down: Raison d'___ ETRE
- 107 Down: Close up tight SEAL
- 108 Down: Invitation letters RSVP
- 109 Down: Uber predictions, in brief ETAS
- 110 Down: Style MODE
- 113 Down: Zippo competitor BIC
- 114 Down: Co-producer of the documentary "The Beatles: Get Back" ONO
- 115 Down: "The Bells" poet POE
- 116 Down: Fenway team, familiarly SOX
Show the solved grid
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About this puzzle
- Made by Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman
- 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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