| name of bristol club playing american football, the only premiership team in the south west | 91 |
| fictional beings such as mummies, vampires, and zombies who are deceased but behave as if alive | 95 |
| 2023 movie starring Keri Russell as a woman who encounters a rampaging forest animal: 2 wds. | 92 |
| Bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring a summer wedding on Nantucket [2 wds] | 85 |
| "... House Plumbers," satirical HBO miniseries starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux | 90 |
| "House of the ...," 2022 HBO fantasy drama that is the prequel to "Game of Thrones" | 83 |
| "The Haunting of ... House," 2018 Netflix horror drama based on Shirley Jackson's eponymous novel | 97 |
| Straight to the point … or, homophonically, what this answer is relative to this puzzle? | 90 |
| ........ kelly, who became princess of monaco by marrying prince rainier iii in april 1956 | 90 |
| musical chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously | 83 |
| one of a number of prophetesses in ancient greece and rome such as that of cumae, who guided aeneas through the underworld | 122 |
| slender fish of the snake mackerel family with an almost uniformly dark brown body | 82 |
| poem or song of mourning or lamentation such as that written by ralph waldo emerson on the death of his son in 1842 | 115 |
| chay ..., scottish yachtsman who sailed single-handed around the globe in a westward direction in 1970-71 | 105 |
| "The Good Wife" actress who plays the title role on the CBS spin-off of "The Good Wife," "Elsbeth" [2 wds] | 106 |
| "Straight Outta Compton" actress who plays a young NYPD officer who befriends Elsbeth on "Elsbeth" [2 wds] | 106 |
| he pities the fool who doesn't know that he competed on season 24 of "dancing with the stars" | 93 |
| "Happy ... Day, U.S.A! Celebrate the Fourth of July by watching some of the movies at 35a, 36a, 53a, 38d, and 40d!" | 115 |
| "Air Force ...," 1997 political action film starring Harrison Ford as a fictional president whose plane is hijacked | 115 |
| "Captain ...: The First Avenger," 2011 superhero film starring Chris Evans as a "super soldier" | 95 |
| "... IV," 1985 sports drama starring Sylvester Stallone as a boxer preparing to face the Soviets' champion | 106 |
| "... My Father," 2023 film starring Robert De Niro as an Italian-American looking to vet his son's American girlfriend | 118 |
| "Saving Private ...," 1998 film starring Tom Hanks as a Captain during World War II | 83 |
| reggae group whose version of the song don't turn around was a uk no. 1 hit in 1988 | 83 |
| member of a mexican indian people whose great empire was overthrown by cortes in the 16th century | 97 |
| lena ..., best actress in a supporting role oscar nominee for enemies, a love story | 83 |
| scottish political reformer born in 1812 whose works include thrift, duty and self-help | 87 |
| Certain lap warmer, or how one might playfully describe this puzzle's longest answers | 85 |
| CBS forensic drama that won People's Choice Awards four years in a row [2003-2006] | 82 |
| "... through the nose," idiom that means one has to shell out more than the fair cost | 85 |
| "A penny ... is a penny earned," idiom that emphasizes the importance of thriftiness | 84 |
| "Everything has a ...," idiom that means that anything can be bought with enough finances | 89 |
| who "they" are, in the "jurassic park" line "unless they figure out how to open doors" | 86 |
| "if the great gods be just, they shall assist / the deeds of justest ......" [antony and cleopatra lines] | 105 |
| city and spa resort on north island, new zealand, noted for its geothermal activity | 83 |
| roscoe ..., winner of the january 1977 australian open singles tennis championship | 82 |
| island in the english channel whose two main parts are linked by the isthmus la coupee | 86 |
| 2003 Korean thriller about a man seeking vengeance after being kept prisoner for 15 years | 89 |
| Geographical locale whose name resembles a tractor when written in upper- and lowercase | 87 |
| "Get ready!" ... or what to do upon hearing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? | 89 |
| tennis tournament, currently underway, whose most prestigious seating is the royal box | 86 |
| "help the ......" [pulp song once memorably performed by the band along with ali g] | 83 |
| pussy ...... [character who says to james bond, "you can turn off the charm. i'm immune"] | 89 |
| operation ...... speed [covid-19 vaccine-delivery program with a name derived from "star trek"] | 95 |
| subject of a scandal involving shohei ohtani and his [former] translator, ippei mizuhara | 88 |
| halifax rlfc utility player formerly with warrington wolves; ireland 2013 rugby league world cup squad member | 109 |
| Apple's flagship device that became a cultural phenomenon after its release in 2007 | 83 |
| 2008 film with teen vampires, werewolves, and mortals that became one of the biggest cultural events of the 2000s | 113 |
| Popular service with shows like "The Crown" and "Squid Game" which became a cultural phenomenon after it started streaming in 2007 | 130 |
| ... streaming, 2000s cultural phenomenon that began with Napster and saw the rise of apps like Spotify and Tidal | 112 |
| "The ...," series where a man has to choose a fiancee, which became a cultural phenomenon after its debut in 2002 | 113 |
| reform tries to react, sending those coming in away – certainly not my cup of tea! | 84 |
| stomach's cramping right after lad on the counter provides questionable treatments | 82 |
| "Sour Patch Kid ... Are the Latest in a Long Line of Wacky Flavors" [Daily Beast headline] | 90 |
| The Cyrkle single whose chorus has the lyrics "I think it's gonna be all right / Yeah, the worst is over now" [3 wds] | 117 |
| OK Go single whose chorus has the lyrics "Maybe it's not so bad / So let your hair down now" [2 wds] | 100 |
| Fats Domino single whose chorus has the lyrics "You're part of me still / For you were my thrill" [2 wds] | 105 |
| ludwig ..., aachen-born architect whose works include the villa tugendhat in brno, czech republic | 97 |
| j b ..., england test cricketer who hit 142 against australia at melbourne in 1929 | 82 |
| exam with a "psychological, social, and biological foundations of behavior" section | 83 |
| Aisle in the grocery store where one can find cereals, waffles, pancake mixes, and more | 87 |
| Aisle in the grocery store where one can find chocolates, chewing gum, marshmallows, and more | 93 |
| Aisle in the grocery store where one can find fruit drinks, soft drinks, coffee, tea, and more | 94 |
| ... goods, aisle in the grocery store where one can find packaged chicken, beef, veggies, and more | 98 |
| Personal ..., aisle in the grocery store where one can find shampoo, hair color, moisturizers, perfumes, and more | 113 |
| Counter in the grocery store where one can find ham, salami, pepperoni, and other assorted meats | 96 |
| Human rights advocate and former chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission | 94 |
| Serbian tennis star who's been ATP player of the year a record eight times: 2 wds. | 82 |
| "Bridesmaids" actress who voices Lucy, an Anti-Villain League agent, in the 2024 animated sequel "Despicable Me 4" (2 wds) | 122 |
| "Modern Family" actress who voices Valentina, the girlfriend of a supervillain, in "Despicable Me 4" (2 wds) | 108 |
| "The Office" actor who voices Gru, former supervillain turned Anti-Villain League agent, in "Despicable Me 4" (2 wds) | 117 |
| "I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it ...." (Alice Roosevelt Longworth) | 117 |
| Alessandro Moreschi, who died in 1922, was the last .... to sing in the Sistine chapel | 86 |
| Singer who rose to fame in the Commodores and co-wrote the American charity record We Are the World | 99 |
| Native of the Scottish city in which the Dandies football team play at home at the Pittodrie Stadium | 100 |
| Creator of sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror and presenter of the satirical review show Screenwipe | 101 |
| TV show which inspired Blue Peter to create a papier-mâché model of Tracy Island in 1993 | 90 |
| 1973 dystopian thriller about effects of global warming, overpopulation and pollution set in New York in 2022 | 109 |
| "Everything great in the world comes from neurotics; they alone founded our religions and created our ...." (Proust) | 116 |
| "Nanny Ogg looked under her bed .... there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck" (Terry Pratchett) | 109 |
| ... Collins, English musician who was a member of Genesis before having a successful solo career with hits like "In the Air Tonight" | 132 |
| English musician who was the frontman for the Police before having a successful solo career with hits like "Desert Rose" | 120 |
| ... Osbourne, English musician who was the lead for Black Sabbath before having a successful solo career with hits like "Crazy Train" | 133 |
| Eric ..., English musician who played for the Yardbirds and Cream before having a successful solo career with hits like "Tears in Heaven" | 137 |
| ... Michael, English singer who was a member of Wham! before having a successful solo career with hits like "Faith" | 115 |
| Stevie ..., singer who was a member of Fleetwood Mac before having a successful solo career with hits like "Talk to Me" | 119 |
| ... McCartney, English musician who was a member of the Beatles before having a successful solo career with hits like "Ebony and Ivory" | 135 |
| ...... game - south korean survival drama television series created by hwang dong-hyuk for netflix | 98 |
| TV character who said "What you call 'love' was invented by guys like me to sell nylons" | 88 |
| Artist who released her first-ever rock album, "Rockstar," a year after being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | 120 |
| enrico ..., italian nuclear physicist who headed the group that produced the first controlled nuclear reaction | 110 |
| katsushika ..., japanese artist of the edo period noted for his colour woodblock prints | 87 |
| jason ..., london-born actor who stars as frank martin in the transporter film series | 85 |
| member of an american indian people formerly of the southern plains now living in oklahoma | 90 |
| louis ..., 19th-century french chemist and microbiologist who created vaccines for rabies and anthrax | 101 |
| in japanese cookery, a dish of meat basted with soy sauce and rice wine and broiled over an open fire | 101 |
| member of the english political party that opposed the succession to the throne of james, duke of york | 102 |
| Traveler to the Emerald City; the circled letters, in clue order, spell out the name of one of her companions | 109 |
| 1516 book by thomas more that coined this place-name, from the greek for 'nowhere' | 82 |
| ........ england, tottenham hotspur and england footballer, pfa women's players' player of the year in 2020 | 107 |
| Capital of Greece … and when parsed differently, a hint to the starred clues' answers | 87 |
| Spanish painter of The Naked Maja who became totally deaf after an illness at age 46: 2 wds | 91 |
| LSU quarterback and 2023 Heisman Trophy winner who was selected by the Washington Commanders as the second overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft [2 wds] | 149 |
| North Carolina quarterback and 2022 ACC Player of the Year who was selected by the New England Patriots as the third overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft [2 wds] | 159 |
| USC quarterback and 2022 Heisman Trophy winner who was selected by the Chicago Bears as the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft [2 wds] | 140 |
| "the method of levitation, in order to separate one's self from enslavement by the earth," per anaïs nin | 105 |
| for centuries, the title held by the elected ruler of venice and other italian city states | 90 |
| which tech multinational briefly overtook microsoft as the world's most valuable company last month? | 100 |
| treatment which gives black and white photographs an old-fashioned, brownish tinge | 82 |
| who became the first english-language winner of the nobel prize for literature in 1907? | 87 |
| ... Pong, racket sport derived from tennis that's been an Olympic sport since 1988 | 82 |
| ... Soccer, simulation game that also goes by "futebol de mesa" and is popular in Brazil | 88 |
| about which orwell wrote "the best manner of making it is the subject of violent disputes" | 90 |
| derek ..., actor who starred as dominic in bbc tv sitcoms oh brother! and oh father! | 84 |
| ... peninsula, district of wales designated britain's first area of outstanding natural beauty in 1956 | 102 |
| gael garcia ..., actor who portrayed che guevara in 2004 biopic the motorcycle diaries | 86 |
| sturdy breed of small horse originating in the uk with a long shaggy mane and tail | 82 |
| actor who played professor spats in 1968 comedy-drama film the night they raided minsky's | 89 |
| gretchen ..., us actress who played the title role in 2005 biopic the notorious bettie page | 91 |
| franz joseph ..., austrian composer whose works include operas armida and le pescatrici | 87 |
| dr. frankenstein's assistant, who doesn't appear in the original mary shelley novel | 83 |
| vital thing in the body, an example of which is spelled out by the first letters of this puzzle's tripled words | 111 |
| end of a trilogy, and a phrase that hints at each circled word when entering it in the down direction | 101 |
| punk movement that "blasted feminism into the future," per a 2019 new york times article | 88 |
| late 19th-century murderer profiled in erik larson's 2003 book "the devil in the white city" | 92 |
| "all my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law" speaker | 93 |
| chris, boxer nicknamed 'next gen', born in 1989 and son of a former world champion boxer | 88 |
| Like someone who develops physical attraction after they've formed a close emotional bond | 89 |
| Bestselling romance novelist who has written more than 200 books, including 18-Across and 43-Across [2 wds] | 107 |
| 2024 novel by 31-Across about a nurse in Berlin during Hitler's rise to power [3 wds] | 85 |
| Town in Calabria, Italy that is the traditional site of a sea monster in Greek mythology | 88 |
| English singer-songwriter who had top ten hits with Misfit and Under the Thumb as a teenager | 92 |
| TV series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman show first performed in 2013 | 106 |
| Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, Scotland owned by William Grant & Sons | 97 |
| American actor best known for playing the title role in the detective series Cannon | 83 |
| Founder member of the Hollies who was part of a supergroup with David Crosby and Stephen Stills | 95 |
| ...... de Chile, Santiago-based club that has won 18 Primera División titles in Chile | 86 |
| French daily newspaper founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 | 82 |
| Son of William the Conqueror, crowned king of England in the absence of his elder brother, Robert in 1100 | 105 |
| American lawyer, Union general and governor of New Mexico Territory best known for his historical adventure story Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | 143 |
| American actor and comedian best known for playing Michael Scott in the NBC version of The Office | 97 |
| Collapsed Lung hit single used as the theme music for the Radio 4 series Mark Steel's in Town | 93 |
| A yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals, including gold | 103 |
| Dance music producer whose single Killer , introducing Seal as a vocalist, topped the charts in 1990 | 100 |
| 1960s British rock supergroup comprising bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker | 108 |
| Brand of cigarettes launched by W D & H O Wills in 1959 and withdrawn in the early 1960s | 88 |
| Russian city, founded as a fortress in 1777, known as Voroshilovsk from 1940 to 1944 | 84 |
| To whom Freddie Mercury sings "Didn't mean to make you cry …," in "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 87 |
| "Are You Smarter than a 5th ...?" popular Fox quiz game show featuring school-age kids | 86 |
| "Figure It ...," popular Nickelodeon panel game show featuring children with special skills and unique achievements | 115 |
| "Where in the ... is Carmen Sandiego?" popular PBS children's game show that won seven Daytime Emmys | 100 |
| "Nickelodeon ...," popular action sports game show that featured three young athletes competing against one another | 115 |
| "Legends of the Hidden ...," popular Nickelodeon action game show that features six teams of children competing against one another | 131 |
| "Double ...," popular Nickelodeon game show where two teams of children compete against each other in quizzes and completing tasks | 130 |
| twyla ..., us dancer who conceived, directed and choreographed 2002 broadway musical movin' out | 95 |
| light-coloured rock containing quartz and mica formed from the alteration of granite by hot gases from magma | 108 |
| william ..., english dramatist who collaborated with thomas middleton on the changeling and a fair quarrel | 106 |
| jump ........, phrase used of e.g. a tv series meaning 'become less believable' or 'decrease in quality' | 104 |
| "May I please remind you that it does not say ... on the Statue of Liberty" [36-Down quote] | 91 |
| Ramp for a skate- or snowboarder, and a description of the answers to the starred clues | 87 |
| "Alexa & Katie" actress who narrates the "Yellowstone" spin-offs "1883" and "1923" [2 wds] | 90 |
| "...: Skull Island," 2017 film that features a gigantic ape who is the last of his species | 90 |
| 1998 film that features a gigantic dinosaur-like monster who wreaks havoc in New York | 85 |
| "The ...," 2018 film that features a prehistoric shark that was discovered during a rescue mission | 98 |
| "Anacondas: The ... for the Blood Orchid," 2004 film that features gigantic snakes who wreak havoc in Borneo | 108 |
| N.B.A. team that recently agreed to its first trade with the Knicks in over 40 years | 84 |
| 50 cent hit with an instrumental cover that plays a prominent role in "anatomy of a fall" | 89 |
| ...... kenobi [star wars role reprised by ewan mcgregor in a 2022 disney+ miniseries] | 85 |
| fantasy sports enthusiast, or what each of the ends of answers to asterisked clues is | 85 |
| staple food items that are the main ingredient in the mediterranean dish shakshuka | 82 |
| ........ theatre, west end venue named after a british songwriter of the interwar years | 87 |
| the expiry in years of copyright protection for an author's works in the uk after their death | 93 |
| ab ..., south africa test cricketer who hit an undefeated 278 against pakistan at abu dhabi in 2010 | 99 |
| dennis ..., 1971 winner of the nobel prize in physics for the invention of holography | 85 |
| river in spain originating in the sierra morena mountains associated with copper mining | 87 |
| ancient country on the eastern mediterranean composed of city states including tyre and sidon | 93 |
| English and Albanian singer-songwriter whose hit "Dance the Night" is on the "Barbie" soundtrack [2 wds] | 104 |
| "I'm like a ...... / I'll only fly away" [lyrics from a Nelly Furtado Top 10 song] | 82 |
| Q1: Which number has a couple of friends and is also the number of sides in a triangle? | 87 |
| Q6: When Sam was 2 y/o, his brother Alex was double his age. Now Sam is 8 y/o, what is Alex's age? | 98 |
| Hard patterns to break ... or a punny description of the climbs up the circled letters | 86 |
| japanese art form whose name, translated literally, refers to planting in a container | 85 |
| only springfield resident whose house is destroyed by a hurricane, in an episode of the simpsons | 96 |
| george who made a cameo in his own science-fiction franchise as baron notluwiski papanoida | 90 |
| republican party that's developing? alternatively, policy with high turnover of staff? | 86 |
| fruit-bearing tree whose leaves were used by adam and eve in the bible to clothe themselves | 91 |
| leader of the conspiracy against julius caesar in the william shakespeare play of that name | 91 |
| us television series starring james garner in the title role as a private investigator | 86 |
| President of NPR from 1998 to 2008 who was honored with the 2006 Edward R Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio [2 wds] | 140 |
| Longtime NPR legal affairs correspondent who was honored with the 2010 Edward R Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio [2 wds] | 146 |
| Host and producer of NPR's "Fresh Air" who was honored with the 2003 Edward R Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio [2 wds] | 144 |
| ........ stone, block of limestone in ireland that reputedly confers the gift of the gab when kissed | 100 |
| beverley ........, english soul singer who starred in a west end production of sister act this year | 99 |
| book in which bella cullen rides a motorcyle in order to hallucinate visions of edward telling her not to | 105 |
| s t ..., england test cricketer who took 6-125 against australia at brisbane in 2010 | 84 |
| augustus ..., london-born artist and traveller attached to hms beagle from 1831-82 | 82 |
| new zealand-born actor who played jim robinson in australian television soap neighbours | 87 |
| One not taking serious interest in line penned by storyteller? Recalled it beside the gallows | 93 |
| bulk retailer that hasn't changed the price of its hot dogs since introducing them in the eighties | 98 |
| third installment in a horror series in which mia goth plays an adult-film actress | 82 |