NYT Crossword · 65 Across
“This puzzle's surplus” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Sunday, December 16, 2001 as 65 Across. The answer has 4 letters. Reveal it below one square at a time, or open the hints first if you only want a push in the right direction.
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NYT Crossword · Sunday, December 16, 2001 · 65 Across
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The other clues from the NYT Crossword of Sunday, December 16, 2001.
Across
- 1Second-rate crossword clue6 letters
- 7White rat, e.g. crossword clue6 letters
- 13Donut, mathematically crossword clue6 letters
- 19Showy shrub crossword clue6 letters
- 20Enter, as data crossword clue6 letters
- 21Up for grabs crossword clue7 letters
- 23Screwball actress? crossword clue13 letters
- 25Science of programmable machines crossword clue7 letters
- 26Burlesque bit crossword clue4 letters
- 27It's outstanding crossword clue4 letters
- 28Passport producer crossword clue5 letters
- 30Twisty turns crossword clue5 letters
- 31Checks out carefully crossword clue5 letters
- 33Turners of blind eyes crossword clue9 letters
- 35Big Indian crossword clue5 letters
- 38Cousin of "Rah!" crossword clue3 letters
- 39Schiller work adapted by Beethoven crossword clue8 letters
- 43Ovid opus crossword clue6 letters
- 45Lock crossword clue5 letters
- 47French illustrator Gustave crossword clue4 letters
- 48Not shut, to Shelley crossword clue3 letters
- 49"Phooey!" crossword clue3 letters
- 50Per crossword clue6 letters
- 52"Suppose ..." crossword clue6 letters
- 54Biddy crossword clue3 letters
- 55The Admiral Benbow ___ ("Treasure Island" locale) crossword clue3 letters
- 56Actress on parole? crossword clue10 letters
- 58Animals with twisted horns crossword clue6 letters
- 60"Two Years Before the Mast" writer crossword clue4 letters
- 623:1, e.g. crossword clue4 letters
- 63"Family Ties" mother crossword clue5 letters
- 66Farsi speaker crossword clue5 letters
- 68Colorless gas with a pungent odor, for short crossword clue3 letters
- 69Nuremberg trial defendant crossword clue5 letters
- 71Spotted crossword clue4 letters
- 72Words following "often" crossword clue5 letters
- 75Prefix with -hedron crossword clue4 letters
- 77Part of an oil lamp crossword clue4 letters
- 80Pablum eater crossword clue6 letters
- 82Cross-dressing comedian? crossword clue10 letters
- 85Prefix with -hedron crossword clue3 letters
- 86Place for bateaux crossword clue3 letters
- 87Extras crossword clue6 letters
- 89Nationalists' capital crossword clue6 letters
- 90Feline, to Tweety crossword clue3 letters
- 91Clark's "Mogambo" co-star crossword clue3 letters
- 92Make more potent crossword clue4 letters
- 93Winter Palace figures crossword clue5 letters
- 95Blessing elicitor crossword clue6 letters
- 97Gloomy Gus crossword clue8 letters
- 99Quotable one crossword clue3 letters
- 100Shipping weights crossword clue5 letters
- 101None the worse for wear, emotionally crossword clue9 letters
- 104"Full House" star crossword clue5 letters
- 107Ladybug's prey crossword clue5 letters
- 110Romance novelist Georgette crossword clue5 letters
- 111Cassio's rival crossword clue4 letters
- 112Online event crossword clue4 letters
- 116Junior partner, maybe crossword clue7 letters
- 118Mad-dog singer? crossword clue13 letters
- 121Widens, in a way crossword clue7 letters
- 122News-making 1926 Channel swimmer crossword clue6 letters
- 123Tyro crossword clue6 letters
- 124Setting of many Hardy novels crossword clue6 letters
- 125Turn in crossword clue6 letters
- 126Site of 1970's marches crossword clue6 letters
Down
- 1W.C.'s crossword clue4 letters
- 2Book before Daniel: Abbr. crossword clue4 letters
- 3Lahore garb crossword clue4 letters
- 4Miniature racer crossword clue7 letters
- 5Dusk, to Donne crossword clue3 letters
- 6Bootleggers' worries crossword clue5 letters
- 7Some Semites crossword clue5 letters
- 8Took a powder crossword clue4 letters
- 9___ Harbour, Fla. crossword clue3 letters
- 10Some taters crossword clue7 letters
- 11Canon rival crossword clue5 letters
- 12Uninterruptedly crossword clue5 letters
- 131926 La Scala premiere crossword clue8 letters
- 14Sean ___ Lennon crossword clue3 letters
- 15Chicken general? crossword clue11 letters
- 16Michigan town where Thomas Dewey was born crossword clue6 letters
- 17Results of some bad QB passes crossword clue4 letters
- 18"Dat ___" (jazz tune) crossword clue4 letters
- 22Prefix with function crossword clue3 letters
- 24Clamp shape crossword clue3 letters
- 29Thingamajigs crossword clue7 letters
- 32On top crossword clue5 letters
- 33Actor Lee Van ___ crossword clue5 letters
- 34Like "The X-Files" crossword clue5 letters
- 35Fanatical crossword clue5 letters
- 36"Built better than it has to be" sloganeer crossword clue5 letters
- 37Singer in a brawl? crossword clue11 letters
- 38Ocean menaces crossword clue5 letters
- 40Dawdling actor? crossword clue11 letters
- 41Some newspaper essays crossword clue5 letters
- 42Itches crossword clue4 letters
- 44Runaway of rhyme crossword clue5 letters
- 45Look after crossword clue4 letters
- 46Terrif crossword clue5 letters
- 51Kind of ink crossword clue5 letters
- 53Attention-getter crossword clue3 letters
- 57Prefix with linear crossword clue5 letters
- 59Not many crossword clue4 letters
- 61Expanse crossword clue4 letters
- 64Bar, in law crossword clue5 letters
- 67Belgian advice columnist? crossword clue11 letters
- 68Actor Buchholz crossword clue5 letters
- 70Duelers' units crossword clue5 letters
- 711983 Indy 500 winner Tom crossword clue5 letters
- 73Eyeball covers crossword clue7 letters
- 74Art Ross Trophy org. crossword clue3 letters
- 75Work ___ crossword clue5 letters
- 76Collinsworth of N.F.L. fame crossword clue4 letters
- 78The twist, once crossword clue5 letters
- 79Toys with tails crossword clue5 letters
- 80One-named supermodel crossword clue4 letters
- 81Cafeteria needs crossword clue5 letters
- 83Sober crossword clue5 letters
- 84Kunta ___ ("Roots" role) crossword clue5 letters
- 88Picnic staple crossword clue8 letters
- 94Avoided an accident, maybe crossword clue7 letters
- 96Be humiliated crossword clue7 letters
- 98Stereotypical bouquet bringer crossword clue6 letters
- 102Golf's ___ Cup crossword clue5 letters
- 103Aptly named author crossword clue5 letters
- 104"The Crucible" setting crossword clue5 letters
- 105Store, as wine crossword clue3 letters
- 106Gadabouts crossword clue5 letters
- 107Financing abbr. crossword clue3 letters
- 108Sentence part: Abbr. crossword clue4 letters
- 109Wanderer crossword clue4 letters
- 111Waiting crossword clue4 letters
- 113Jazz (up) crossword clue4 letters
- 114Going ___ crossword clue4 letters
- 115Huxtable boy crossword clue4 letters
- 117Word said while scratching the head crossword clue3 letters
- 119Spleen crossword clue3 letters
- 120Rock's ___ Fighters crossword clue3 letters
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How many letters is the answer to “This puzzle's surplus”?
The answer has 4 letters. It starts with E and ends with S, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “This puzzle's surplus” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, December 16, 2001, at 65 Across.
What is the answer to the “This puzzle's surplus” crossword clue?
The answer is EFFS (4 letters). If you'd rather work it out yourself, the hints above give it away a little at a time.