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: Boxed Sets
Across clues and answer lengths
- 1 Firm up (7)
- 8 Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea (5)
- 13 Gamer's pursuit (6)
- 19 Aid for a violin player (8)
- 20 Crocs and mocs (5)
- 21 Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief (6)
- 22 {Elijah, Ruth, Natalie} (14)
- 24 "Send a quick reminder" (6)
- 25 "___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra) (4)
- 26 Org. for those leaving the workforce (4)
- 27 Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles (7)
- 28 {Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg} (18)
- 35 Colored (4)
- 36 Org. that accepts returns (3)
- 37 Grinders (5)
- 41 {WC, AC, DC} (20)
- 49 Jewish mysticism, in one spelling (6)
- 50 Love, in Lima (4)
- 51 Card game whose name is shouted (3)
- 52 Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief (3)
- 53 At any time (4)
- 54 Small test subjects (7)
- 57 Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally? (6)
- 60 "The Second Coming" poet, 1919 (5)
- 62 Ragú competitor (5)
- 63 The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet (6)
- 66 {Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde} (17)
- 70 Some salon tasks (6)
- 71 "Hammerin' Hank" of baseball (5)
- 72 Allow someone to pass (5)
- 75 30-ounce Starbucks size (6)
- 78 Old Testament patriarch (7)
- 80 Close by (4)
- 81 Early email provider (3)
- 82 Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock (3)
- 85 Neighbor of an Estonian (4)
- 86 Evening that a couple spends together, say (6)
- 88 {Larry, Sue, Emma} (20)
- 94 Mexican mister (5)
- 95 Veer, as a ship (3)
- 96 Org. concerned with plants (4)
- 97 {Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C} (18)
- 107 Powerhouse in English football (7)
- 110 Home to Waikiki Beach (4)
- 111 California's ___ Linda (4)
- 112 Rested atop (6)
- 113 {Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard} (14)
- 119 Pay no mind to (6)
- 120 Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the" (5)
- 121 Thousands of binary digits (8)
- 122 Was overflowing (6)
- 123 Van Halen of Van Halen (5)
- 124 Extended voyage (7)
Across first letters
- 1 starts with S
- 8 starts with A
- 13 starts with E
- 19 starts with C
- 20 starts with S
- 21 starts with S
- 22 starts with B
- 24 starts with P
- 25 starts with G
- 26 starts with A
- 27 starts with E
- 28 starts with B
- 35 starts with H
- 36 starts with I
- 37 starts with H
- 41 starts with P
- 49 starts with K
- 50 starts with A
- 51 starts with U
- 52 starts with A
- 53 starts with E
- 54 starts with L
- 57 starts with N
- 60 starts with Y
- 62 starts with P
- 63 starts with S
- 66 starts with H
- 70 starts with R
- 71 starts with A
- 72 starts with Y
- 75 starts with T
- 78 starts with A
- 80 starts with N
- 81 starts with A
- 82 starts with I
- 85 starts with L
- 86 starts with U
- 88 starts with T
- 94 starts with S
- 95 starts with Y
- 96 starts with O
- 97 starts with R
- 107 starts with A
- 110 starts with O
- 111 starts with L
- 112 starts with L
- 113 starts with D
- 119 starts with I
- 120 starts with O
- 121 starts with K
- 122 starts with T
- 123 starts with E
- 124 starts with O
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Firm up STIFFEN
- 8 Across: Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea ACCRA
- 13 Across: Gamer's pursuit ESPORT
- 19 Across: Aid for a violin player CHINREST
- 20 Across: Crocs and mocs SHOES
- 21 Across: Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief SAILOR
- 22 Across: {Elijah, Ruth, Natalie} BABEINTHEWOODS
- 24 Across: "Send a quick reminder" PINGME
- 25 Across: "___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra) GRIP
- 26 Across: Org. for those leaving the workforce AARP
- 27 Across: Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles ENDCAPS
- 28 Across: {Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg} BEATSAROUNDTHEBUSH
- 35 Across: Colored HUED
- 36 Across: Org. that accepts returns IRS
- 37 Across: Grinders HEROS
- 41 Across: {WC, AC, DC} POWERBEHINDTHETHRONE
- 49 Across: Jewish mysticism, in one spelling KABALA
- 50 Across: Love, in Lima AMOR
- 51 Across: Card game whose name is shouted UNO
- 52 Across: Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief ACL
- 53 Across: At any time EVER
- 54 Across: Small test subjects LABRATS
- 57 Across: Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally? NBAREF
- 60 Across: "The Second Coming" poet, 1919 YEATS
- 62 Across: Ragú competitor PREGO
- 63 Across: The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet SONNET
- 66 Across: {Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde} HONORAMONGTHIEVES
- 70 Across: Some salon tasks RINSES
- 71 Across: "Hammerin' Hank" of baseball AARON
- 72 Across: Allow someone to pass YIELD
- 75 Across: 30-ounce Starbucks size TRENTA
- 78 Across: Old Testament patriarch ABRAHAM
- 80 Across: Close by NEAR
- 81 Across: Early email provider AOL
- 82 Across: Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock III
- 85 Across: Neighbor of an Estonian LETT
- 86 Across: Evening that a couple spends together, say USTIME
- 88 Across: {Larry, Sue, Emma} TWOBIRDSWITHONESTONE
- 94 Across: Mexican mister SENOR
- 95 Across: Veer, as a ship YAW
- 96 Across: Org. concerned with plants OSHA
- 97 Across: {Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C} ROLLWITHTHEPUNCHES
- 107 Across: Powerhouse in English football ARSENAL
- 110 Across: Home to Waikiki Beach OAHU
- 111 Across: California's ___ Linda LOMA
- 112 Across: Rested atop LAIDON
- 113 Across: {Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard} DOWNINTHEDUMPS
- 119 Across: Pay no mind to IGNORE
- 120 Across: Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the" ODEON
- 121 Across: Thousands of binary digits KILOBITS
- 122 Across: Was overflowing TEEMED
- 123 Across: Van Halen of Van Halen EDDIE
- 124 Across: Extended voyage ODYSSEY
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging) (5)
- 2 Shinbone (5)
- 3 Completely incompetent (5)
- 4 Time for Sat. prep? (3)
- 5 Marshland (3)
- 6 Suffix for superlatives (3)
- 7 Unspecified member of a series (3)
- 8 Nile dam (5)
- 9 Triad, e.g. (5)
- 10 Assume (5)
- 11 Lead-in to River or Rover (3)
- 12 Dummkopf (3)
- 13 Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game (5)
- 14 Called for quiet (7)
- 15 Penny ___ (miser) (7)
- 16 Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name (4)
- 17 Fun time (4)
- 18 "___ bon!" (4)
- 19 Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials (4)
- 23 Wisconsin's ___ Claire (3)
- 27 Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies" (5)
- 29 Apt name for a conchologist? (4)
- 30 Ear-related (5)
- 31 Yank's Civil War foe (3)
- 32 What has flatter feet? (3)
- 33 Achieve success, so to speak (3)
- 34 Chinese instrument with two strings (4)
- 38 Sound of an approaching subway train (4)
- 39 Start of a reminiscence (4)
- 40 Word with confidence or checkout (4)
- 41 Do some roadwork on (4)
- 42 Folk religion akin to voodoo (5)
- 43 Battered by battle (7)
- 44 Women's areas in old Muslim palaces (6)
- 45 Last stage of an insect's development (5)
- 46 "No way, no how!" (9)
- 47 Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
- 48 Metric unit of weight (5)
- 49 Map legend (3)
- 55 Figs. related to car loans (4)
- 56 Scottish hill (4)
- 58 Big bunch (4)
- 59 Eroded (7)
- 61 Pouty mood (4)
- 63 Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere (6)
- 64 "Hey! I know the answer!" (4)
- 65 Atlantic crosser of 1492 (4)
- 67 Sign outside a broadcast booth (5)
- 68 Wayne's buddy in "Wayne's World" (5)
- 69 Admit (5)
- 73 Really weak, as an excuse (4)
- 74 Beats by ___ (audio brand) (3)
- 75 They might be up in arms, informally (4)
- 76 T. ___ Price (investment firm) (4)
- 77 "I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla) (4)
- 78 He was né Clay (3)
- 79 ___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant) (5)
- 83 Tale of rustic life (5)
- 84 "Vidi," in Caesar's boast (4)
- 87 Satirist Freberg (4)
- 89 You won't actually die of it (7)
- 90 Rocks smelted to make steel (7)
- 91 Conflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr. (3)
- 92 San Francisco's ___ Valley (3)
- 93 Madrid's land, in the Olympics (3)
- 98 Like Olympic pools (5)
- 99 Like some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs (5)
- 100 Vietnam's capital (5)
- 101 Old-fashioned "your" (5)
- 102 Soldier for Attila (3)
- 103 Black suit (5)
- 104 Good pal (5)
- 105 Out of gas (5)
- 106 Lip (4)
- 107 Settled down, in a way (4)
- 108 All the ___ (4)
- 109 Kind of wave (4)
- 113 Last name for an unnamed person (3)
- 114 Curious (3)
- 115 Ring result, in brief (3)
- 116 Secreted away (3)
- 117 Ron who played Tarzan (3)
- 118 Two in Tijuana (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with S
- 2 starts with T
- 3 starts with I
- 4 starts with F
- 5 starts with F
- 6 starts with E
- 7 starts with N
- 8 starts with A
- 9 starts with C
- 10 starts with C
- 11 starts with R
- 12 starts with A
- 13 starts with E
- 14 starts with S
- 15 starts with P
- 16 starts with O
- 17 starts with R
- 18 starts with T
- 19 starts with C
- 23 starts with E
- 27 starts with E
- 29 starts with S
- 30 starts with A
- 31 starts with R
- 32 starts with O
- 33 starts with H
- 34 starts with E
- 38 starts with R
- 39 starts with O
- 40 starts with S
- 41 starts with P
- 42 starts with O
- 43 starts with W
- 44 starts with H
- 45 starts with I
- 46 starts with N
- 47 starts with D
- 48 starts with T
- 49 starts with K
- 55 starts with A
- 56 starts with B
- 58 starts with B
- 59 starts with A
- 61 starts with S
- 63 starts with S
- 64 starts with O
- 65 starts with N
- 67 starts with O
- 68 starts with G
- 69 starts with S
- 73 starts with L
- 74 starts with D
- 75 starts with T
- 76 starts with R
- 77 starts with E
- 78 starts with A
- 79 starts with M
- 83 starts with I
- 84 starts with I
- 87 starts with S
- 89 starts with B
- 90 starts with I
- 91 starts with W
- 92 starts with N
- 93 starts with E
- 98 starts with L
- 99 starts with T
- 100 starts with H
- 101 starts with T
- 102 starts with H
- 103 starts with C
- 104 starts with H
- 105 starts with E
- 106 starts with S
- 107 starts with A
- 108 starts with R
- 109 starts with S
- 113 starts with D
- 114 starts with O
- 115 starts with T
- 116 starts with H
- 117 starts with E
- 118 starts with D
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging) SHARE
- 2 Down: Shinbone TIBIA
- 3 Down: Completely incompetent INEPT
- 4 Down: Time for Sat. prep? FRI
- 5 Down: Marshland FEN
- 6 Down: Suffix for superlatives EST
- 7 Down: Unspecified member of a series NTH
- 8 Down: Nile dam ASWAN
- 9 Down: Triad, e.g. CHORD
- 10 Down: Assume COOPT
- 11 Down: Lead-in to River or Rover RED
- 12 Down: Dummkopf ASS
- 13 Down: Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game ESPNU
- 14 Down: Called for quiet SAIDSHH
- 15 Down: Penny ___ (miser) PINCHER
- 16 Down: Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name OLGA
- 17 Down: Fun time ROMP
- 18 Down: "___ bon!" TRES
- 19 Down: Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials CBGB
- 23 Down: Wisconsin's ___ Claire EAU
- 27 Down: Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies" EBSEN
- 29 Down: Apt name for a conchologist? SHEL
- 30 Down: Ear-related AURAL
- 31 Down: Yank's Civil War foe REB
- 32 Down: What has flatter feet? ODE
- 33 Down: Achieve success, so to speak HIT
- 34 Down: Chinese instrument with two strings ERHU
- 38 Down: Sound of an approaching subway train ROAR
- 39 Down: Start of a reminiscence ONCE
- 40 Down: Word with confidence or checkout SELF
- 41 Down: Do some roadwork on PAVE
- 42 Down: Folk religion akin to voodoo OBEAH
- 43 Down: Battered by battle WARTORN
- 44 Down: Women's areas in old Muslim palaces HAREMS
- 45 Down: Last stage of an insect's development IMAGO
- 46 Down: "No way, no how!" NOTONABET
- 47 Down: Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr. DRS
- 48 Down: Metric unit of weight TONNE
- 49 Down: Map legend KEY
- 55 Down: Figs. related to car loans APRS
- 56 Down: Scottish hill BRAE
- 58 Down: Big bunch BEVY
- 59 Down: Eroded ATEINTO
- 61 Down: Pouty mood SNIT
- 63 Down: Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere STRATO
- 64 Down: "Hey! I know the answer!" OHOH
- 65 Down: Atlantic crosser of 1492 NINA
- 67 Down: Sign outside a broadcast booth ONAIR
- 68 Down: Wayne's buddy in "Wayne's World" GARTH
- 69 Down: Admit SEEIN
- 73 Down: Really weak, as an excuse LAME
- 74 Down: Beats by ___ (audio brand) DRE
- 75 Down: They might be up in arms, informally TATS
- 76 Down: T. ___ Price (investment firm) ROWE
- 77 Down: "I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla) ELON
- 78 Down: He was né Clay ALI
- 79 Down: ___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant) MUSHU
- 83 Down: Tale of rustic life IDYLL
- 84 Down: "Vidi," in Caesar's boast ISAW
- 87 Down: Satirist Freberg STAN
- 89 Down: You won't actually die of it BOREDOM
- 90 Down: Rocks smelted to make steel IRONORE
- 91 Down: Conflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr. WWI
- 92 Down: San Francisco's ___ Valley NOE
- 93 Down: Madrid's land, in the Olympics ESP
- 98 Down: Like Olympic pools LANED
- 99 Down: Like some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs TOWED
- 100 Down: Vietnam's capital HANOI
- 101 Down: Old-fashioned "your" THINE
- 102 Down: Soldier for Attila HUN
- 103 Down: Black suit CLUBS
- 104 Down: Good pal HOMIE
- 105 Down: Out of gas EMPTY
- 106 Down: Lip SASS
- 107 Down: Settled down, in a way ALIT
- 108 Down: All the ___ RAGE
- 109 Down: Kind of wave SINE
- 113 Down: Last name for an unnamed person DOE
- 114 Down: Curious ODD
- 115 Down: Ring result, in brief TKO
- 116 Down: Secreted away HID
- 117 Down: Ron who played Tarzan ELY
- 118 Down: Two in Tijuana DOS
Show the solved grid
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About this puzzle
- Made by Rich Katz
- 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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