| Think outside the ___ (think creatively) |
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| "Heart-Shaped ___," iconic Nirvana song ... or a classic container perfect for holding the endearing gifts found at 20a, 37a, 46a, 58a, and 4d |
|
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| Cereal container |
Commuter |
04 Feb 2026 |
| Word after "letter" or "litter" |
Universal |
08 Dec 2025 |
| Emulate Mike Tyson |
|
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| Think outside the ___ (think creatively) |
|
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| Present location? |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Cereal container |
Universal |
18 Oct 2025 |
| Fight like Ali |
Premier Sunday |
05 Oct 2025 |
| Music ___, old-timey music player that tinkles lullabies when wound up |
|
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| Engage in pugilism (3) |
Mirror Classic |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Think outside the ___ (think creatively) |
|
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| Fight in a ring |
Universal |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Engage in pugilism |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Slow-growing evergreen shrub with small glossy leaves (3) |
|
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| Theatre seats will appear in The Ring (3) |
|
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| Safe-deposit container |
|
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| Cuff case (3) |
|
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| Fight with gloves |
|
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| A container with four sides. (3) |
|
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| Pizza ___, join 4 dots to get the top of this square-shaped pizza container |
|
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| Cardboard container a cat might sit in |
Universal |
07 May 2025 |
| Emulate the undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk |
|
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| Carton |
The Times Sunday Concise |
04 May 2025 |
| Emulate Mike Tyson |
|
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| Trade punches |
New York Times |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Of tricks, it can have a number |
|
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| The -, 2009 mystery film starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden |
Mirror Quiz |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Jewelry ___ (holder of valuables) |
|
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| A numbered container? (3) |
|
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| Present location? |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Jack in the ___ (fast-food restaurant) |
|
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| Punch chest |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Jury enclosure |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Mar 2025 |
| Emulate Ali |
Premier Sunday |
09 Mar 2025 |
| Present location? |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Mar 2025 |
| Cardboard ___, this National Toy Hall of Fame inductee turns into a house or a car |
|
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| Think outside the ___ (metaphor that a manager may use to encourage) |
|
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| "Think outside the ___" |
|
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| Present location? |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Feb 2025 |
| Emulate Mike Tyson |
|
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| Classic Aussie soap set at a TV network (The ___) |
|
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| Box, and why it was looking crushed? (6) |
|
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| Pizza holder |
|
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| Following 1-Down, flight recorder |
|
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| Having yellowish wood, it may be used to put things in (3) |
|
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| Think outside the ___ (think creatively) |
|
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| 1866 operetta by Arthur Sullivan and FC Burnand (3,3,3) |
|
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| Evergreen case (3) |
|
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| Fight a beefy bighead? (3) |
|
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| Cereal container |
Universal |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Cardboard cube |
|
|
| Out-of-the-___ (like some fun ideas) |
|
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| Wooden container for spar (3) |
|
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| Mover's tote |
New York Times |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Fight for seats at the theatre? (3) |
|
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| Diner's request at the end of a meal |
New York Times |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Fight a bighead with beef! (3) |
|
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| Amazon delivery, often |
|
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| Wherein to fight for seats? (3) |
|
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| Cardboard container |
Commuter |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Cross old boy returning to fight (3) |
|
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| A container to fight for (3) |
|
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| Opera house accommodation |
Newsday |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Compartment for bovine ox without sheep (3) |
|
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| Think outside the ___ (think creatively) |
|
|
| Fight in the ring |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Fight with the fists (3) |
|
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| Sort of seat to contest? |
|
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| You need a crate to perform in the ring (3) |
|
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| One container of a number? (3) |
|
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| Go a bout? |
Family Time |
07 Jul 2024 |
| Cuboid container |
|
|
| The "B" in "HBO" |
|
|
| Container for a birthday gift |
New York Times |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Pizza ___, join 4 dots to get the top of this square-shaped pizza container |
|
|
| Jury enclosure |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Carton: cereal - |
|
|
| Emulate Rocky |
|
|
| Fight to get a loge in the opera house (3) |
|
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| Container with flaps |
|
|
| Emulate Mike Tyson |
|
|
| Jewelry ___ (holder of valuables) |
|
|
| Fight in a container? (3) |
|
|
| Bovine leader, bovine creature and transport for horses (3) |
|
|
| Fight for a place in the theatre (3) |
|
|
| Fight a big-headed beast (3) |
|
|
| Jury enclosure |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Mar 2024 |
| 'The - ', 1889 story by R.L. Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne (3) |
|
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| What pugilists do |
|
|
| The ..., another name for a penalty area in football (3) |
|
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| Cereal container |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2024 |
| Cardioid carton could curtail Kurt Cobain's cubism (3) |
|
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| Idiot ___-: Television set |
|
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| Think outside the ___ (metaphor that a manager may use to encourage) |
|
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| Often numbered container |
|
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| Think outside the ___ |
|
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| Do men fight for seats in it? (3) |
|
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| Carton in the ring? (3) |
|
|
| Present container |
|
|
| Here are tickets for fight outside the rink (3,6) |
|
|
| Think outside the ___ (think creatively) |
|
|
| Face Frazier |
|
|
| - - - kick, scrum-half specialty often delivered near the edge of the pitch (3) |
|
|
| Typical Christmas present container |
|
|
| "Ice ___," 2006 hit song by Omarion |
|
|
| A cat may like to hide in this (3) |
|
|
| Emulate Mike Tyson |
|
|
| Jack-in-the-___ (children's toy) |
|
|
| Nothing in book by caddy? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Aug 2023 |
| Emulate Mike Tyson |
|
|
| Spar in a ring |
Family Time |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Jury enclosure |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Trade jabs |
Family Time |
04 Jun 2023 |
| Swing in a ring |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Present location? |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Mar 2023 |
| Most board games come in one |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2023 |
| Jewelry holder |
Universal |
26 Feb 2023 |
| Holder for tissues |
Newsday |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Makeshift lair for a housecat |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2022 |
| "Think outside the ___" (be innovative) |
|
|
| Jury enclosure |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Oct 2022 |
| "Think outside the ___" (think differently) |
|
|
| Amazon.com delivery |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2022 |
| Check point? |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jul 2022 |
| Fight like Ali |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2022 |
| Jury enclosure |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Mar 2022 |
| Pandora's ___ |
|
|
| ___ office (ticket source) |
Universal |
16 Dec 2021 |
| Word with "music" or "voice" |
Universal |
08 Oct 2021 |
| Jury enclosure |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Sep 2021 |
| Present location? |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Present location? |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Aug 2021 |
| Shipping supply that links the answers to starred clues |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jul 2021 |
| Shipping supply that links the answers to starred clues |
|
|
| Opera vantage point |
Newsday |
12 Mar 2021 |
| Jury enclosure |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Mar 2021 |
| Magic ___, magic shop run by Rupert Giles in the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" |
|
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| Carton |
|
|
| Think outside the ___ (think creatively) |
|
|
| Compete in the ring |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Nov 2020 |
| Pandora opened one |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Check recipient? |
Universal |
21 Oct 2020 |
| Go a round |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Oct 2020 |
| Pricey seating area |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2020 |
| Cereal buy |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2020 |
| Fight in the ring |
USA Today |
31 Jul 2020 |
| "Squawk ___," business news TV program co-hosted by Joe Kernen that covers news from the world of finance |
|
|
| Present location? |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Feb 2020 |
| Spar |
|
|
| Cheerios unit |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2019 |
| Carton, e.g. |
|
|
| Trade blows |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2019 |
| Cereal buy |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Jun 2019 |
| With 28 Across, basic dance maneuver |
|
|
| Spar in a ring |
Family Time |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Pandora's ___ (Greek mythological artifact) |
|
|
| Jack-in-the-___ |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2019 |
| Something checked on a questionnaire |
New York Times |
14 Feb 2019 |
| Work on hooks, say |
New York Times |
18 Jan 2019 |
| Container with some strong beers for the auditor |
|
|
| Work on hooks, say |
|
|
| Something checked on a questionnaire |
|
|
| Jack-in-the-___ |
|
|
| Cheerios unit |
|
|
| Trade blows |
|
|
| Duck and punch |
Family Time |
16 Dec 2018 |
| Participate in a prizefight |
New York Times |
04 Dec 2018 |
| To innovate, you should think outside of this |
|
|
| Office that sells tickets? |
|
|
| Choice seating at a theater |
USA Today |
11 Sep 2018 |
| A penalty may be served in one |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jul 2018 |
| A penalty may be served in one |
|
|
| Start to "car" to give a yellow train card in the board game "Ticket to Ride" |
|
|
| Go a few rounds |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2018 |
| Music ___ |
|
|
| Go a round |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Go a few rounds |
|
|
| Participate in a prizefight |
|
|
| Choice seating at a theater |
|
|
| A penalty may be served in one |
|
|
| Container |
The Times Concise |
25 Dec 2017 |
| Kix or Trix container |
USA Today |
03 Nov 2017 |
| Gift holder |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Oct 2017 |
| You might be advised to think outside it, sometimes |
|
|
| Crossword unit |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2017 |
| Text ___ |
New York Times |
25 Mar 2017 |
| Crossword unit |
|
|
| Text ___ |
|
|
| Kix or Trix container |
|
|
| Present place? |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Dec 2016 |
| Cap'n Crunch container |
|
|
| Go a round? |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Oct 2016 |
| Carton |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Opera house accommodation |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2016 |
| Trade some punches |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2016 |
| Go a few rounds |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2016 |
| Swing in a ring |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2016 |
| Gift holder |
|
|
| Spot for holders of opera glasses, often |
|
|
| Receptacle |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Mar 2016 |
| Be pugilistic |
|
|
| Trade some punches |
|
|
| Go a few rounds |
|
|
| Opera house accommodation |
|
|
| Fight for a purse |
|
|
| Spot for holders of opera glasses, often |
|
|
| Spar; container |
The Times Concise |
05 Oct 2015 |
| Word with "office" or "seat" |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2015 |
| Square that can follow each of the three words in each starred answer |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jul 2015 |
| Carton |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Jun 2015 |
| Soccer goalie's area |
New York Times |
26 May 2015 |
| Detergent container |
Newsday |
20 May 2015 |
| Indulge in pugilism |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Apr 2015 |
| Mover's burden |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2015 |
| Exchange blows |
Universal |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Word with "office" or "seat" |
|
|
| Square that can follow each of the three words in each starred answer |
|
|
| Detergent container |
|
|
| Exchange blows |
|
|
| Soccer goalie's area |
|
|
| A hat's is often round |
|
|
| High-flier, live, intercepted by neat tackle |
|
|
| Opera vantage point |
|
|
| Kite or turtle lead-in |
|
|
| TV, informally |
|
|
| Part of HBO |
|
|
| Go a few rounds |
|
|
| Place for lunch, perhaps |
|
|
| Jack's hiding place |
|
|
| Be a pugilist |
|
|
| Jack's place |
|
|
| Jack's place |
|
|
| Duke it out |
|
|
| Emulate Muhammad Ali |
|
|
| Post-office offering |
|
|
| Moving-day item |
|
|
| Lacrosse play area |
|
|
| With 1-Across, Time-Life Records product ... and, in a way, what each of the answers to starred clues is |
|
|
| Face off in the ring |
|
|
| Enclose, in a way |
|
|
| Gift holder |
|
|
| Enclose, in a way |
|
|
| Gift holder |
|
|
| With 1-Across, Time-Life Records product ... and, in a way, what each of the answers to starred clues is |
|
|
| Enclosure ... and an alphabetical listing of letters not appearing elsewhere in this puzzle's answer |
|
|
| Wii alternative |
|
|
| Be pugilistic |
|
|
| Assortment of chocolates |
|
|
| Deliver hooks, e.g. |
|
|
| Cereal container |
|
|
| Jury's enclosure |
|
|
| Engage in pugilism |
|
|
| Engage in pugilism |
|
|
| Expensive seating area |
|
|
| Opera-house accommodation |
|
|
| Emulate 2-Down |
|
|
| Emulate 2-Down |
|
|
| Spar in the ring |
|
|
| Spar in the ring |
|
|
| Post office rental |
|
|
| Practice pugilism |
|
|
| Kind of seat or pleat |
|
|
| Word with band or sand |
|
|
| Place for letters |
|
|
| Land some lefts |
|
|
| Moving need |
|
|
| Cereal container |
|
|
| Loge, e.g. |
|
|
| Compete in the ring |
|
|
| Place for letters |
|
|
| Prime opera-house seating |
|
|
| Produce some combinations, say |
|
|
| Cuff |
|
|
| Fight in a ring |
|
|
| Fight in a ring |
|
|
| Word with "black" or "shadow" |
|
|
| Go a round in a ring |
|
|
| Something to check |
|
|
| Present location? |
|
|
| Duke it out |
|
|
| Go a bout? |
|
|
| Carton |
|
|
| Carton, and word that can precede the first word of answers to starred clues |
|
|
| Carton, and word that can precede the first word of answers to starred clues |
|
|
| Spar |
|
|
| Witness's place |
|
|
| Word with "office" or "seat" |
|
|
| Spar |
|
|
| Word with set or seat |
|
|
| Batter's place |
|
|
| Spar |
|
|
| Emulate Sugar Ray |
|
|
| Batter's place |
|
|
| Expensive seating |
|
|
| Expensive seating |
|
|
| Exchange blows |
|
|
| Fight |
|
|
| Deliver crosses, e.g. |
|
|
| Deluxe seat |
|
|
| UPS Store buy |
|
|
| Fight |
|
|
| Gift holder |
|
|
| Swing in a ring |
|
|
| Shipping container |
|
|
| Fight |
|
|
| Deluxe seat |
|
|
| Go rounds in a ring |
|
|
| Toil on a card |
|
|
| Practice the sweet science |
|
|
| Word with music or sand |
|
|
| Kind of seat |
|
|
| Swing in the ring |
|
|
| Hat holder |
|
|
| Go a round in a ring |
|
|
| Birthday-present holder |
|
|
| Crate |
|
|
| Go a round in a ring |
|
|
| Hat holder |
|
|
| Spar |
|
|
| Fight with fists |
|
|
| There's a kind of one in 18-, 28-, 49- and 64-Across |
|
|
| Duke it out |
|
|
| Stadium offering |
|
|
| Word after black or shadow |
|
|
| Stadium offering |
|
|
| Word after black or shadow |
|
|
| "Monster in a ___" |
|
|
| Do some jabbing |
|
|
| Type of pleat |
|
|
| There's a kind of one in 18-, 28-, 49- and 64-Across |
|
|
| Present location? |
|
|
| Go a bout |
|
|
| Post-office convenience |
|
|
| Take on Holyfield |
|
|
| Boom follower |
|
|
| Gift holder |
|
|
| Compete in the Golden Gloves |
|
|
| Boom follower |
|
|
| Throw a few 50-Acrosses |
|
|
| It may be checked on Election Day |
|
|
| Jury ___ |
|
|
| Fight with fists |
|
|
| Word in many an address |
|
|
| Swing in the ring |
|
|
| Kind of kite or turtle |
|
|
| Kind of kite |
|
|
| Face off in the ring |
|
|
| Carton |
|
|
| Prepare a gift, perhaps |
|
|
| Go a few rounds |
|
|
| Music or voice follower |
|
|
| Word with seat, lunch or spring |
|
|
| Emulate Holyfield |
|
|
| Fight with fists |
|
|
| Trade jabs |
|
|
| Fight like Frazier |
|
|
| Kite or lunch |
|
|
| Go a few rounds |
|
|
| Gift container |
|
|
| Hit like Holyfield |
|
|
| Present location? |
|
|
| Swing in a ring |
|
|
| Kind of camera or canyon |
|
|
| Spar |
|
|
| Precedes office or car |
|
|
| Word with seat or spring |
|
|
| Moving-day burden |
|
|
| Spar |
|
|
| Have a bout with |
|
|
| Carton |
|
|
| Emulate Sugar Ray |
|
|
| Emulate Hagler |
|
|
| Receptacle |
|
|
| Kind of office |
|
|
| Whence Jack pops |
|
|
| Match or jewelry |
|
|
| Elder or car |
|
|
| Batter's place |
|
|
| Kind of kite or car |
|
|
| Expensive type of seat. |
|
|
| Emulate Archie Moore. |
|
|
| "___ and Cox," famous farce. |
|
|
| Pitcher's place. |
|
|
| Cox's partner |
|
|
| Container. |
|
|
| Theater feature. |
|
|
| Kind of kite. |
|
|