| Think outside the ___ (think creatively) |  |  | 
          
            | 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 |  |  | 
          
            | Engage in pugilism (3) | Mirror Classic | 09 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Think outside the ___ (think creatively) |  |  | 
          
            | 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) |  |  | 
          
            | Theatre seats will appear in The Ring (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Safe-deposit container |  |  | 
          
            | Cuff case (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Fight with gloves |  |  | 
          
            | A container with four sides. (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Pizza ___, join 4 dots to get the top of this square-shaped pizza container |  |  | 
          
            | Cardboard container a cat might sit in | Universal | 07 May 2025 | 
          
            | Emulate the undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk |  |  | 
          
            | Carton | The Times Sunday Concise | 04 May 2025 | 
          
            | Trade punches | New York Times | 29 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Emulate Mike Tyson |  |  | 
          
            | Of tricks, it can have a number |  |  | 
          
            | The -, 2009 mystery film starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden | Mirror Quiz | 20 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Jewelry ___ (holder of valuables) |  |  | 
          
            | A numbered container? (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Present location? | Eugene Sheffer | 29 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Jack in the ___ (fast-food restaurant) |  |  | 
          
            | 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 |  |  | 
          
            | Think outside the ___ (metaphor that a manager may use to encourage) |  |  | 
          
            | "Think outside the ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Present location? | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Emulate Mike Tyson |  |  | 
          
            | Classic Aussie soap set at a TV network (The ___) |  |  | 
          
            | Box, and why it was looking crushed? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Pizza holder |  |  | 
          
            | Think outside the ___ (think creatively) |  |  | 
          
            | Having yellowish wood, it may be used to put things in (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Following 1-Down, flight recorder |  |  | 
          
            | 1866 operetta by Arthur Sullivan and FC Burnand (3,3,3) |  |  | 
          
            | Evergreen case (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Fight a beefy bighead? (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Cereal container | Universal | 25 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Cardboard cube |  |  | 
          
            | Out-of-the-___ (like some fun ideas) |  |  | 
          
            | Wooden container for spar (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Mover's tote | New York Times | 26 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Fight for seats at the theatre? (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Diner's request at the end of a meal | New York Times | 10 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Fight a bighead with beef! (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Amazon delivery, often |  |  | 
          
            | Wherein to fight for seats? (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Cardboard container | Commuter | 28 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | A container to fight for (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Cross old boy returning to fight (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Opera house accommodation | Newsday | 13 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Compartment for bovine ox without sheep (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Think outside the ___ (think creatively) |  |  | 
          
            | Fight in the ring | USA Today | 02 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Fight with the fists (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Sort of seat to contest? |  |  | 
          
            | You need a crate to perform in the ring (3) |  |  | 
          
            | One container of a number? (3) |  |  | 
          
            | 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) |  |  | 
          
            | 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) |  |  | 
          
            | What pugilists do |  |  | 
          
            | The ..., another name for a penalty area in football (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Cereal container | LA Times Daily | 04 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Cardioid carton could curtail Kurt Cobain's cubism (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Idiot ___-: Television set |  |  | 
          
            | Think outside the ___ (metaphor that a manager may use to encourage) |  |  | 
          
            | Often numbered container |  |  | 
          
            | Think outside the ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Do men fight for seats in it? (3) |  |  | 
          
            | 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 |  |  | 
          
            | Jury enclosure | Eugene Sheffer | 06 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Spar in a ring | Family Time | 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 | The Washington Post | 04 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | 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" |  |  | 
          
            | Carton | Canadiana | 25 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | 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 | Canadiana | 13 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | 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 | The Washington Post Sunday | 05 May 2019 | 
          
            | 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 |  |  | 
          
            | Something checked on a questionnaire |  |  | 
          
            | Work on hooks, say |  |  | 
          
            | Cheerios unit |  |  | 
          
            | Jack-in-the-___ |  |  | 
          
            | 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 | The Washington Post | 22 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | 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 ___ | The Washington Post Sunday | 15 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Go a round | Thomas Joseph | 20 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Participate in a prizefight |  |  | 
          
            | Go a few rounds |  |  | 
          
            | 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 |  |  | 
          
            | Kix or Trix container |  |  | 
          
            | Text ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Present place? | Wall Street Journal | 15 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Cap'n Crunch container | The Washington Post | 25 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | 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 | The Washington Post | 21 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Spot for holders of opera glasses, often | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 27 May 2016 | 
          
            | Receptacle | The Telegraph Quick | 10 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Be pugilistic | The Washington Post | 20 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Spot for holders of opera glasses, often |  |  | 
          
            | Fight for a purse |  |  | 
          
            | Opera house accommodation |  |  | 
          
            | Trade some punches |  |  | 
          
            | Go a few rounds |  |  | 
          
            | 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" |  |  | 
          
            | Exchange blows |  |  | 
          
            | A hat's is often round |  |  | 
          
            | Detergent container |  |  | 
          
            | Square that can follow each of the three words in each starred answer |  |  | 
          
            | Soccer goalie's area |  |  | 
          
            | High-flier, live, intercepted by neat tackle |  |  | 
          
            | Part of HBO |  |  | 
          
            | TV, informally |  |  | 
          
            | Kite or turtle lead-in |  |  | 
          
            | Place for lunch, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Opera vantage point |  |  | 
          
            | Go a few rounds |  |  | 
          
            | Jack's hiding place |  |  | 
          
            | Moving-day item |  |  | 
          
            | Jack's place |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Muhammad Ali |  |  | 
          
            | Lacrosse play area |  |  | 
          
            | Jack's place |  |  | 
          
            | Duke it out |  |  | 
          
            | Post-office offering |  |  | 
          
            | Be a pugilist |  |  | 
          
            | Gift holder |  |  | 
          
            | Enclose, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Deliver hooks, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Be pugilistic |  |  | 
          
            | Face off in the ring |  |  | 
          
            | Assortment of chocolates |  |  | 
          
            | Enclosure ... and an alphabetical listing of letters not appearing elsewhere in this puzzle's answer |  |  | 
          
            | Wii alternative |  |  | 
          
            | 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 |  |  | 
          
            | With 1-Across, Time-Life Records product ... and, in a way, what each of the answers to starred clues is |  |  | 
          
            | Cereal container |  |  | 
          
            | Jury's enclosure |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate 2-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Spar in the ring |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate 2-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Spar in the ring |  |  | 
          
            | Engage in pugilism |  |  | 
          
            | Expensive seating area |  |  | 
          
            | Opera-house accommodation |  |  | 
          
            | Engage in pugilism |  |  | 
          
            | Loge, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Land some lefts |  |  | 
          
            | Place for letters |  |  | 
          
            | Word with band or sand |  |  | 
          
            | Cereal container |  |  | 
          
            | Practice pugilism |  |  | 
          
            | Place for letters |  |  | 
          
            | Moving need |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of seat or pleat |  |  | 
          
            | Compete in the ring |  |  | 
          
            | Post office rental |  |  | 
          
            | Carton |  |  | 
          
            | Produce some combinations, say |  |  | 
          
            | Present location? |  |  | 
          
            | Duke it out |  |  | 
          
            | Something to check |  |  | 
          
            | Fight in a ring |  |  | 
          
            | Prime opera-house seating |  |  | 
          
            | Cuff |  |  | 
          
            | Go a round in a ring |  |  | 
          
            | Word with "black" or "shadow" |  |  | 
          
            | Fight in a ring |  |  | 
          
            | Go a bout? |  |  | 
          
            | Spar |  |  | 
          
            | Word with set or seat |  |  | 
          
            | Witness's place |  |  | 
          
            | Spar |  |  | 
          
            | Word with "office" or "seat" |  |  | 
          
            | 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 |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Sugar Ray |  |  | 
          
            | Spar |  |  | 
          
            | Batter's place |  |  | 
          
            | Batter's place |  |  | 
          
            | Fight |  |  | 
          
            | Exchange blows |  |  | 
          
            | Deliver crosses, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Expensive seating |  |  | 
          
            | Expensive seating |  |  | 
          
            | Fight |  |  | 
          
            | Gift holder |  |  | 
          
            | Deluxe seat |  |  | 
          
            | Go rounds in a ring |  |  | 
          
            | Swing in a ring |  |  | 
          
            | UPS Store buy |  |  | 
          
            | Shipping container |  |  | 
          
            | Fight |  |  | 
          
            | Deluxe seat |  |  | 
          
            | Spar |  |  | 
          
            | Crate |  |  | 
          
            | Swing in the ring |  |  | 
          
            | Word with music or sand |  |  | 
          
            | Go a round in a ring |  |  | 
          
            | Birthday-present holder |  |  | 
          
            | Practice the sweet science |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of seat |  |  | 
          
            | Hat holder |  |  | 
          
            | Hat holder |  |  | 
          
            | Toil on a card |  |  | 
          
            | Fight with fists |  |  | 
          
            | Go a round in a ring |  |  | 
          
            | "Monster in a ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Present location? |  |  | 
          
            | Go a bout |  |  | 
          
            | Stadium offering |  |  | 
          
            | Word after black or shadow |  |  | 
          
            | Do some jabbing |  |  | 
          
            | Duke it out |  |  | 
          
            | Type of pleat |  |  | 
          
            | There's a kind of one in 18-, 28-, 49- and 64-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Stadium offering |  |  | 
          
            | Word after black or shadow |  |  | 
          
            | There's a kind of one in 18-, 28-, 49- and 64-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Post-office convenience |  |  | 
          
            | Compete in the Golden Gloves |  |  | 
          
            | Boom follower |  |  | 
          
            | Boom follower |  |  | 
          
            | Take on Holyfield |  |  | 
          
            | Gift holder |  |  | 
          
            | Jury ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Throw a few 50-Acrosses |  |  | 
          
            | Word in many an address |  |  | 
          
            | It may be checked on Election Day |  |  | 
          
            | Fight with fists |  |  | 
          
            | Swing in the ring |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of kite or turtle |  |  | 
          
            | Face off in the ring |  |  | 
          
            | Music or voice follower |  |  | 
          
            | Word with seat, lunch or spring |  |  | 
          
            | Go a few rounds |  |  | 
          
            | Carton |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of kite |  |  | 
          
            | Prepare a gift, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Holyfield |  |  | 
          
            | Trade jabs |  |  | 
          
            | Fight with fists |  |  | 
          
            | Hit like Holyfield |  |  | 
          
            | Go a few rounds |  |  | 
          
            | Spar |  |  | 
          
            | Gift container |  |  | 
          
            | Precedes office or car |  |  | 
          
            | Kite or lunch |  |  | 
          
            | Fight like Frazier |  |  | 
          
            | Swing in a ring |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of camera or canyon |  |  | 
          
            | Present location? |  |  | 
          
            | Word with seat or spring |  |  | 
          
            | Moving-day burden |  |  | 
          
            | Spar |  |  | 
          
            | Have a bout with |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Sugar Ray |  |  | 
          
            | Carton |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Hagler |  |  | 
          
            | Receptacle |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of office |  |  | 
          
            | Whence Jack pops |  |  | 
          
            | Match or jewelry |  |  | 
          
            | Elder or car |  |  | 
          
            | Batter's place |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of kite or car |  |  | 
          
            | Cox's partner |  |  | 
          
            | Theater feature. |  |  | 
          
            | Container. |  |  | 
          
            | Pitcher's place. |  |  | 
          
            | Expensive type of seat. |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of kite. |  |  | 
          
            | "___ and Cox," famous farce. |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Archie Moore. |  |  |