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December 14, 2025

By Zachary Edward-Brown and John Kugelman • 138 Clues

Across Clues

1. Marvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns → STORM
6. Something fun to take out for a spin → TOP
9. Shaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short → LSU
12. Parts of a hand → CARDS
17. Irritate → CHAFE
18. Recaps → WRAPUPS
20. Paul whose house is one of the 16 historic sites of Boston's Freedom Trail → REVERE
21. False alarm announcement? → OOHIMSOSCARED
23. Jedi-in-training → PADAWAN
24. Sensible → PRUDENT
25. TV host Brzezinski → MIKA
26. #1 choice, in slang → FAVE
27. "No ___, ands or buts!" → IFS
28. Pollution-fighting org. → EPA
29. "Game of Thrones" actor Gillen → AIDAN
31. River that borders the Black Forest → RHINE
33. "Render ___ Caesar ..." → UNTO
34. Major coin producer → DENVERMINT
37. Viking I or II → MARSLANDER
39. Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space → ELLEN
40. Nickname for Mark's unsevered best friend in "Severance" → PETEY
41. They turn red litmus paper blue → BASES
42. First chimpanzee to orbit Earth → ENOS
43. Football blocker? → GOALNET
46. Hair-raising stuff → GEL
47. Remodel and resell some real estate → FLIPAHOUSE
49. Marching band tempo setters → DRUMLINES
54. Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" → ALI
55. Season to enjoy une glace → ETE
56. Ruler before 1917 → TSAR
58. "Black-ish" airer → ABC
59. It's a numbers game → KENO
60. Clothing for SWAT teams → VESTS
62. "The Simpsons" character who becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles → LISA
64. Puff piece? → VAPE
66. Like the number of Oscars vis-à-vis the number of Emmys → FEWER
67. Plant watcher, for short → OSHA
68. Camera type, in brief → SLR
69. Site of some Santa sightings → MALL
71. Longtime record label of Elvis Presley → RCA
73. 911 responder → EMT
74. "Hilarious!" → WHATAHOOT
77. "I mean, kind of ..." → NOTEXACTLY
80. "Don't give up!" → TRY
81. ¬ or ~, in logic → NEGATOR
83. Beat poet ___ Cassady → NEAL
84. Like some milk, idiomatically → SPILT
87. ___ on the past → DWELL
88. Indication of bad service → NOTIP
90. "Much obliged" → IOWEYOUONE
92. Crossed the International Date Line from east to west, or west to east (depending on how you look at it) → GAINEDADAY
97. Bundled up → CLAD
98. Articles are written in this → PROSE
99. Brand name for naproxen → ALEVE
100. ___ Miss → OLE
101. Doll that comes in multiple body types, skin tones, eye colors and hair colors → KEN
102. Drink known also as "honey wine" → MEAD
103. Frosty → COLD
105. Subject of Newton's first law → INERTIA
108. Enjoying a soak → BATHING
110. 1980 horror film starring William Hurt ... or what the shaded squares contain? → ALTEREDSTATES
112. Fundamental rules of math → AXIOMS
113. Loopy writing → CURSIVE
114. Star pitcher? → AGENT
115. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker → YENTE
116. Letters for an unscheduled event → TBA
117. Prefix with natal → NEO
118. Like a bubble bath → SUDSY

Down Clues

1. Surveyed, with "out" → SCOPED
2. Early track star Jim → THORPE
3. Resident of Honolulu, e.g. → OAHUAN
4. Touchless payment tech → RFID
5. Internet ___ → MEME
6. Cheat on, in a way → TWOTIME
7. Surgery sites, in brief → ORS
8. Video game character with an endless appetite → PACMAN
9. Be in a chat room but not chat → LURK
10. Soldiers with long arms → SPEARMEN
11. Alternative to the euro, in brief → USD
12. Relinquish → CEDE
13. Director DuVernay → AVA
14. Turns back the clock, maybe? → REWINDS
15. Opposite of volunteer → DRAFTEE
16. Parts of many robots in robot-sumo → SENSORS
19. Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang → PAINT
20. "Gaspard de la Nuit" composer → RAVEL
22. Addresses angrily → SNARLSAT
23. Variety of violet → PANSY
26. Urban safety hazard → FIRETRAP
30. Australia's largest carnivorous mammal → DINGO
32. Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994) → HATED
33. Dissimilar → UNALIKE
35. Part of a legendary boast → VENI
36. Skips all the ceremony? → ELOPES
38. The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?" → ABEL
40. What might be made while clasping one's hands → PLEA
42. Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years → ELISHA
44. Ballpark figure → OUTS
45. Kind of tea → ASSAM
46. Sierra automaker → GMC
47. Shylock's security → FLESH
48. Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times" → HELLO
50. Non-premium option in a rideshare app → UBERX
51. Gaming mogul Gabe → NEWELL
52. Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond → ENEMY
53. Put into piles, perhaps → SORT
54. Swear → AVOW
57. Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief → RVLOT
61. Did some school reporting? → TATTLED
63. Exceptionally hard timber → IRONWOOD
65. Amy Winehouse, e.g. → ALTO
66. Thumbprint alternative on iPhones → FACEID
68. Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe → SHY
70. Particularly particular → ANAL
72. Cafeterias → CANTEENS
75. Like many indie films → ARTY
76. Many characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad" → TEENS
78. He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie" → ERNIE
79. Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo → TAPA
82. Where high schoolers work on their numbers? → GLEECLUB
84. Starship's medical facility → SICKBAY
85. Ren faire prop akin to a halberd → POLEAXE
86. "Sign me up!" → IWANTIN
87. Hair-care item associated with Black culture → DURAG
89. Like YouTube offerings → ONVIDEO
91. Commences → OPENS
92. Rough drafts? → GALES
93. Interview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here" → ALDRIN
94. Like lowercase i's and j's → DOTTED
95. Sci-fi sequel of 1986 → ALIENS
96. Like soft rolls → YEASTY
102. Wordless entertainment → MIME
104. Other, to Octavio → OTRA
106. Brief announcements from a pilot → ETAS
107. ___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce) → RAGU
109. Like hell! → HOT
110. Play a part, or part of a play → ACT
111. Part of N.Y.E. → EVE