Super Mega 2022: Clues - The New York Times

2022-12-20 17:35:37 By : Ms. Aaliyah Yuan

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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.

Super Mega 2022: Clues - The New York Times

Children Toys 663 The ‘‘S’’ of iOS: Abbr.