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By New York Times Games
This year’s Puzzlemania features the largest crossword we’ve ever done — a 67 by 41 grid with a whopping 782 entries. While the print issue provides a slip sheet with all the clues, we’ve reproduced it in digital form in case you lose it or want another way to solve. We suggest ctrl + f the number of the clue you need for ease of use.
43 NYC major after Bill de Blasio
52 One of the Big Four banks
63 Order request from the lactose-intolerant
68 Parisian landmark on Ile de la Cite
78 Shaquille of the N.B.A.
82 Step 1: Solve the highlighted Mega words and arrange them in Column A according to . . .
89 Airline based at Ben Gurion
94 Frank who wrote the music and lyrics for ‘‘Guys and Dolls’’
123 ‘‘Lazy Sunday’’ or ‘‘I’m on a Boat,’’ on ‘‘S.N.L.’’
134 City in Ventura County that’s home to the Reagan Library
141 Any of the singers of ‘‘Stayin’ Alive’’
154 Standing tall, or keeping one’s head held high
186 Best-selling video game of all time
190 Barack Obama’s middle name
202 You might take a Chance in it
213 Father of modern fantasy literature
223 Counterpart to a six-pack, paradoxically
236 Anastasia ____, protagonist of ‘‘Fifty Shades of Grey’’
248 Eldest Stark daughter on ‘‘Game of Thrones’’
291 Where moose meat is a delicacy
293 Sticky stuff on a baseball bat
303 ‘‘Let’s do this thing!’’
316 Hair strip near the ear
324 ‘‘Oh yeah? And what other places?’’
326 Like much meat before grilling
329 City across the bay from Clearwater
338 Author of ‘‘Burr’’ and ‘‘Lincoln’’
350 Continuous agitation (often with ‘‘tur-’’ in front)
356 Stand out in the crowd
361 Lentils, on an Indian menu
366 Sites for R.N.s and M.D.s
370 Water birds with black plumage
371 Q: ‘‘What has lots of bark, but no bite?’’ A: ‘‘____!’’
379 British supermodel who exemplified the ’90s waifish look
386 Flowers in a van Gogh masterpiece
389 What the Declaration of Independence is written on
400 Role for seven different actors across 27 films
401 Followers of an iconic Indian politician
426 Things that are just plane annoying?
438 Part of a princess costume
451 Get checked out, in a way
453 Massive dino believed to have had feathers
478 Last American man to win a Grand Slam singles title (2003)
481 ____ Island, fictional setting for ‘‘Jaws’’
490 Painful place to be kicked
522 A lot of rich people?
526 First word of ‘‘The Christmas Song’’
540 Chess opening that starts 1. e4 c5
556 They’re clipped and filed
559 Political advocates who put in little effort, in modern lingo
567 Like Joe Biden, among U.S. presidents
593 ''Hey Diddle Diddle,'' for one
621 Natives of Tibet’s capital
623 Word after happy or half
630 Where Abraham Lincoln was born, famously
633 Step 2: Take the seven minipuzzle answers and . . .
656 ____ memory (how you’re able to remember a song you just heard)
657 Language family from which we get ‘‘Nebraska’’ and ‘‘Minnesota’’
664 Animal with the strongest bite
677 Like double black diamonds, among all ski mountain runs
679 Sentiment in a high schooler’s diary
2 Cancel, as a NASA launch
5 Editor’s ‘‘Let it stay’’
11 The study of animal behavior
16 Make a ‘‘vroom, vroom’’ noise
24 How a film error might get fixed, informally
28 Words before life or room
45 ‘‘We’ve waited long enough’’
48 Laura of ‘‘Big Little Lies’’
49 First sign of the zodiac
52 Soda reintroduced after a 1980s rebranding debacle
55 Cry during a game of tag
65 Plural of moose, if you follow the pattern of goose?
83 Part of a Southern accent
95 Sound from a cartoon dinosaur
99 ‘‘So on and so forth’’
104 Katherine of ‘‘Grey’s Anatomy’’
105 Viking girl in ‘‘How to Train Your Dragon’’
136 Grassy plain of South America
140 Stars of ‘‘M*A*S*H’’
149 Step 3: To find the Meta answer, take the . . .
153 ‘‘Pyramus and Thisbe,’’ in ‘‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’’
171 Aircraft that inspired a classic rock-band name
181 Comment after a sick burn
194 Step 4: . . . and read them together with the . . .
230 Conifer with red, berrylike fruit
245 With 283-Across, got some pool exercise
251 New York City’s ____ Place
253 World’s busiest cruise port
270 Wife of Oceanus, in Greek myth
315 Uneaten parts of pizza slices, often
334 What Moses had a part in?
339 Animal on California’s flag
355 One of two for a two-wheeler
361 Acts evilly, or more colloquially, performs poorly
379 ‘‘We did it, Joe!’’ speaker
385 Intelligence group based in Tel Aviv
391 Mr. T’s role on ‘‘The A-Team’’
398 One of three in a Yahtzee turn
402 Crucial moment in a tennis match
407 Animal with a banded tail and long, flexible snout
413 Like the smallest of margins
417 ‘‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’’ singer, 1994
427 Trademark holder for the term ‘‘BreakFEAST’’
430 Hampton of the Black Panthers
446 2022 Emmy winner for Outstanding Comedy Series
450 Chef French of The Lost Kitchen
480 Target of a frantic search when leaving the house
491 What a Sphynx cat has
499 Changed the subject as a politician might
511 People see right through them
518 Grain used to make flour
541 In a fast and impressive way
549 City on the Rhône
552 Beatriz of Disney's ''Encanto''
554 Landmark in N.Y.C.’s Washington Square Park
562 Links in the food chain?
564 Largest moon in our solar system
566 Actor Brandon who played Superman
584 ‘‘Judy Is a Punk’’ band
608 Like some flowers and fabric strips
613 On a scale of one ____
617 Tiny bits of Ti, N and Y
625 List included with a board game
626 Part of campus Greek life
629 It may come in sprinkles
634 Best starting hand in hold ’em
635 The ‘‘id’’ of ‘‘id est’’
637 Architect Ludwig ____ van der Rohe
640 What the fourth little piggy had
650 First city with a population of 1 million
659 Genre for T.I. and M.I.A.
663 The ‘‘S’’ of iOS: Abbr.
2 Cancel, as a NASA launch
5 Editor’s ‘‘Let it stay’’
11 The study of animal behavior
16 Make a ‘‘vroom, vroom’’ noise
24 How a film error might get fixed, informally
28 Words before life or room
45 ‘‘We’ve waited long enough’’
48 Laura of ‘‘Big Little Lies’’
49 First sign of the zodiac
52 Soda reintroduced after a 1980s rebranding debacle
55 Cry during a game of tag
65 Plural of moose, if you follow the pattern of goose?
83 Part of a Southern accent
95 Sound from a cartoon dinosaur
99 ‘‘So on and so forth’’
104 Katherine of ‘‘Grey’s Anatomy’’
105 Viking girl in ‘‘How to Train Your Dragon’’
136 Grassy plain of South America
140 Stars of ‘‘M*A*S*H’’
149 Step 3: To find the Meta answer, take the . . .
153 ‘‘Pyramus and Thisbe,’’ in ‘‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’’
171 Aircraft that inspired a classic rock-band name
181 Comment after a sick burn
194 Step 4: . . . and read them together with the . . .
230 Conifer with red, berrylike fruit
245 With 283-Across, got some pool exercise
251 New York City’s ____ Place
253 World’s busiest cruise port
270 Wife of Oceanus, in Greek myth
315 Uneaten parts of pizza slices, often
334 What Moses had a part in?
339 Animal on California’s flag
355 One of two for a two-wheeler
361 Acts evilly, or more colloquially, performs poorly
379 ‘‘We did it, Joe!’’ speaker
385 Intelligence group based in Tel Aviv
391 Mr. T’s role on ‘‘The A-Team’’
398 One of three in a Yahtzee turn
402 Crucial moment in a tennis match
407 Animal with a banded tail and long, flexible snout
413 Like the smallest of margins
417 ‘‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’’ singer, 1994
427 Trademark holder for the term ‘‘BreakFEAST’’
430 Hampton of the Black Panthers
446 2022 Emmy winner for Outstanding Comedy Series
450 Chef French of The Lost Kitchen
480 Target of a frantic search when leaving the house
491 What a Sphynx cat has
499 Changed the subject as a politician might
511 People see right through them
518 Grain used to make flour
541 In a fast and impressive way
549 City on the Rhône
552 Beatriz of Disney's ''Encanto''
554 Landmark in N.Y.C.’s Washington Square Park
562 Links in the food chain?
564 Largest moon in our solar system
566 Actor Brandon who played Superman
584 ‘‘Judy Is a Punk’’ band
608 Like some flowers and fabric strips
613 On a scale of one ____
617 Tiny bits of Ti, N and Y
625 List included with a board game
626 Part of campus Greek life
629 It may come in sprinkles
634 Best starting hand in hold ’em
635 The ‘‘id’’ of ‘‘id est’’
637 Architect Ludwig ____ van der Rohe
640 What the fourth little piggy had
650 First city with a population of 1 million
659 Genre for T.I. and M.I.A.

Head Massager 663 The ‘‘S’’ of iOS: Abbr.