| Octopus limb count |  |  | 
          
            | Figure's heaviness without head (5) | Puzzler Cryptic | 04 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Cardinal number (5) | Mirror Classic | 28 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Number of stories in the Leaning Tower of Pisa | New York Times Mini | 21 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | see 13 Across (5) | Mirror Quiz | 20 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | How many seconds a Premier League goalkeeper may hold the ball before being penalised (5) | Mirror Quiz | 19 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Number of pints in a gallon | The Times Specialist | 15 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Number of days in a week, per the Beatles | Universal | 05 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | "Twenty ___ Dresses," 2008 rom-com about a woman who seems destined to be a bridesmaid ... with 40a added in |  |  | 
          
            | Cardinal's importance initially ignored | The Times Quick Cryptic | 19 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Lucky number in Beijing | USA Today | 12 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | *What the prefix "OCT" refers to at the start of many words |  |  | 
          
            | 2 x 2 x 2 (5) | The Guardian Quick | 01 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Two less than 50-Down | USA Today | 30 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Rowing squad trimmed body mass (5) | The Guardian Quiptic | 27 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Number of times that Chelsea have both won and lost FA Cup finals (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Last thing to sink in pool (5) |  |  | 
          
            | 2015 western directed by Tarantino, The Hateful _ (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of teams in the quarterfinals | Universal | 18 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Octagon sides | Family Time | 13 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | A number swallowed up we hear |  |  | 
          
            | How many pieces of pizza you consumed, I hear? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of seconds a cowboy tries to stay on in Bull Riding (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Octagon's number of sides | Puzzler | 02 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Number of legs on a tarantula | Puzzler Backwords | 01 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Time to turn the key I inserted in it (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number | The Telegraph Quick | 16 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Type of boat used in rowing competition (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Cardinal number (5) | Mirror Classic | 13 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Rowing, perhaps, can lose a bit of weight (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Two-thirds of a dozen | Newsday | 02 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Small cube | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 30 May 2025 | 
          
            | Primetime TV hour |  |  | 
          
            | Four less than a dozen (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Half of sixteen (5) |  |  | 
          
            | "___ Is Enough" (1970s-80s ABC show) |  |  | 
          
            | Duo times four | Newsday | 13 May 2025 | 
          
            | Group of rowers had food, by the sound of it (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Arm count for an octopus |  |  | 
          
            | Crew in consequence failing to start |  |  | 
          
            | Not quite enough to make the GI drunk (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Four times two | Commuter | 03 May 2025 | 
          
            | Boat crew had a meal, one is told (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Black billiard ball number |  |  | 
          
            | Number worn by Juan Mata at Manchester United (5) |  |  | 
          
            | A rowing team |  |  | 
          
            | Word that when followed by Out Of Ten Cats Does Countdown gives the title of a comedy panel show (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Wild card in a "crazy" card game | New York Times | 07 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Rowing team (5) | Puzzler | 06 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | What VIII represents in Roman numerals | The Telegraph Mini | 26 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Twice four (5) |  |  | 
          
            | The last one in the pocket to win (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Octet count | LA Times Mini | 14 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Boat's crew is drunk, having one over them (5) |  |  | 
          
            | THE HATEFUL ___, TARANTINO FILM (5) | The Telegraph Plusword | 13 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Rowing crew | The Telegraph Quick | 12 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | In drinking, it's the limit! (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of Quentin Tarantino's Hateful bunch (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of universities in the Ivy League (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number considered lucky in Chinese culture (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of days of Hanukkah (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number scoffed loudly (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Cube of two | The Telegraph Mini | 02 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | A number were fed, it's said (5) |  |  | 
          
            | A model name used by both Bentley and Standard (5) |  |  | 
          
            | One's avoirdupois, topless, when one over it gets drunk (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Octopus tentacle count |  |  | 
          
            | Boat Race crew | The Times Concise | 11 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Number of maids a-milking in the Twelve Days of Christmas (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number associated with luck and prosperity in China | Universal | 07 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | A number argue after female receives another stroke on bottom |  |  | 
          
            | Reindeer count, sans Rudolph |  |  | 
          
            | Swallowed black ball, we hear (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of humans who boarded Noah's Ark (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of the black ball in pool (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing team | Mirror Tea Time | 23 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Number with vision certainly lacking | The Telegraph Toughie | 23 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Crew of a freighter? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Quite a few all in the same boat (5) |  |  | 
          
            | 2 x 4 | Universal | 20 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | 29 - 17 = 12 | The Times Sunday Cryptic | 19 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Lucky number in China and Japan | Wall Street Journal | 13 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | The Hateful _, film directed by Quentin Tarantino (5) |  |  | 
          
            | An octagon's number of sides |  |  | 
          
            | Figure it's a rowing boat (5) |  |  | 
          
            | How many ate, apparently? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | The number in an octet (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number, less than ten (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Domhoff knot has _ whips round the hook (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number that sounds like "ate" or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 7d to find out what you can do next year) |  |  | 
          
            | Capsized US recruit among the boatmen? |  |  | 
          
            | With 8-Across, Hanukkah duration | New York Times Mini | 26 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Two-by-four? | LA Times Daily | 25 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Some outweigh top rowing team | The Sun Two Speed | 24 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Octet count | Eugene Sheffer | 24 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Four doubled | The Sun Two Speed | 24 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | The safe drinking number? |  |  | 
          
            | "__ Is Enough" | Commuter | 12 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Number devoured, say (5) | Puzzler Cryptic | 11 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | On the Beaufort scale, what number is gale? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | The number of legs on a spider (5) |  |  | 
          
            | 2016 Quentin Tarantino film, The Hateful ___-- (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number in an octet | Commuter | 21 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Octopus limb count |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew | Puzzler Backwords | 21 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Rowing team | Mirror Tea Time | 16 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | The crew dined, we hear |  |  | 
          
            | Too young to be a fat lady! (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number represented by the letters VIII in Roman numerals (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Octopus limb count |  |  | 
          
            | Our star's movie: The Hateful - |  |  | 
          
            | Those in a row disturbed the GI |  |  | 
          
            | Seven add one (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Crew maybe worried in audition | The Telegraph Toughie | 30 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Octopus leg count |  |  | 
          
            | Crew of boat may figure in skating (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Figure with stature, losing head (5) | Puzzler Cryptic | 23 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | VIII in Roman numerals |  |  | 
          
            | At a disadvantage: behind the - ball |  |  | 
          
            | Number of pints in a gallon | LA Times Mini | 15 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Number involved in a row |  |  | 
          
            | Number consumed, it's said (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of pints in a gallon | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 02 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | *What the prefix "OCT" refers to at the start of many words |  |  | 
          
            | In human adult dentition, there are how many teeth in each quadrant? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew | The Telegraph Quick | 27 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | The Daimler DE36's engine type (5) |  |  | 
          
            | 72 divided by 9 (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number in an octet |  |  | 
          
            | 'Ovi' is also known as 'The Great _' |  |  | 
          
            | Even number that's odd for the GI |  |  | 
          
            | Two times four |  |  | 
          
            | Number of times Spurs have won the FA Cup (5) |  |  | 
          
            | The number of sides in a stop sign on UK roads (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Atomic number of oxygen | LA Times Mini | 12 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Altitude not initiated by rowing crew (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Size of largest of dust shot weight (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Weightlifter has skating figure (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Figure to reduce weight (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Group of rowers dined by the sound of it (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Becomes a little heightened after seven |  |  | 
          
            | "She gets too hungry for dinner at ...; She loves the theatre but doesn't come late; She never bothers with people she'd hate; That's why the lady is a tramp" |  |  | 
          
            | Number skated into ice |  |  | 
          
            | Crew correct after change of leader (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number opposite thirteen on a standard dartboard (5) |  |  | 
          
            | August, written out | LA Times Mini | 30 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | One fat lady lifting both ends of barbells? |  |  | 
          
            | This time, turning, the girl's head got trapped in (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Two cubed | Thomas Joseph | 27 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Number in a rowing crew (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number engaged in a row perhaps (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of men engaged in a row, perhaps (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing team | Mirror Tea Time | 18 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Number in an octet | Commuter | 12 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Number had a meal as mentioned (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of tentacles on an octopus (5) | Puzzler | 05 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | 41 Across + V, in English |  |  | 
          
            | Four doubled | The Sun Two Speed | 25 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Reportedly an island crew | The Sun Two Speed | 25 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Number of pints in one gallon | The Times Concise | 22 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | A number having scoffed audibly |  |  | 
          
            | Figure in veil: it is seen on and off | The Times Cryptic | 18 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Number represented by symbols VIII in Roman numerals (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Behind the ... ball |  |  | 
          
            | Noisily consumed more than seven (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of Grammy wins for Ziggy Marley or Stephen Marley |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing team | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Reportedly an island crew | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Workday hour count |  |  | 
          
            | J's point value in Scrabble |  |  | 
          
            | The number in a octet (5) |  |  | 
          
            | If you're behind this ball, you're in trouble |  |  | 
          
            | Cardinal number | Mirror Classic | 17 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Rowing-boat crew (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number in a rowing team (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Maybe stone initially shed to show figure? |  |  | 
          
            | PlusWord No 754 solution | The Telegraph Plusword | 14 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Figure the soldier was caught in retreat |  |  | 
          
            | Racing rowing crew |  |  | 
          
            | Number all in the same boat? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Tarantula's number of legs (5) |  |  | 
          
            | I thrice follow Victoria in the Latin calculation (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Crew had meal it sounds like |  |  | 
          
            | Fat lady in a boat? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number that looks like an infinity sign when on its side | USA Today | 25 May 2024 | 
          
            | How many countries have won the FIFA World Cup so far? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing team | Mirror Tea Time | 21 May 2024 | 
          
            | Boat crew (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number inscribed in weights (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew | The Telegraph Quick | 13 May 2024 | 
          
            | Number put away reportedly |  |  | 
          
            | Dined, one is told, with the crew (5) |  |  | 
          
            | A number had a meal, we hear (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Crew from the East engage in warfare without a leader (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number with two circles? |  |  | 
          
            | Power leaving women's crew |  |  | 
          
            | A time back, the soldier was captured by (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of sides of an octagon |  |  | 
          
            | Black billiard ball number |  |  | 
          
            | Quarterfinal complement, often |  |  | 
          
            | Number of spider's legs |  |  | 
          
            | Crew boarding freighter (5) |  |  | 
          
            | The number consumed, reportedly |  |  | 
          
            | Load wanting women to get a curvy figure (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Jimmy Carr's statistical show, _ Out Of Ten Cats (5) |  |  | 
          
            | FigUre of _, strong knot for tying hooklink to mainline (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Roman VIII |  |  | 
          
            | Maids a-milking count |  |  | 
          
            | Fat lady engaged in rowing (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Oarsmen a little lacking in height (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number had a meal, say (5) |  |  | 
          
            | _ Days A Week (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball | New York Times | 30 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Maybe stone wife shed to reveal figure? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Fifteen minus seven equals ___ (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Topless measurement according to scales for number in boat (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing race crew (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Sleight-of-hand conceals a number (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Octagon number |  |  | 
          
            | Number of notes in an octave (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Pirate's number of pieces |  |  | 
          
            | Crew: some reel, perhaps (5) |  |  | 
          
            | 11 a and seven others (5) |  |  | 
          
            | 11 - and seven others | The Guardian Quick | 09 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | One in possession of green thumb shuffled forward (6,5) |  |  | 
          
            | His number's up for the GI! (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Certain "figure" made in skating | New York Times | 04 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | - | New York Times | 03 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Number of spider legs |  |  | 
          
            | Number head off load (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew, e.g. (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew, e.g. | The Telegraph Quick | 21 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | One more than seven |  |  | 
          
            | Number of black pawns in chess | Family Time | 19 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Cube dimension not originally apparent |  |  | 
          
            | Number in a boat, perhaps (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Octopus tentacle count |  |  | 
          
            | Number of times Manchester City have won the League Cup (5) |  |  | 
          
            | How many parts did Alec Guinness play in Kind Hearts and Coronets? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Octal base | Wall Street Journal | 27 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Team of oarsmen | Puzzler Backwords | 26 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | The number of days for which Hanukkah lasts (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Figure how tall the cockney is? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Said to dine with more than seven (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Old record sum produced by 13 17 19 20 (7-5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number | Mirror Classic | 05 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Number that sounds like "ate" or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 7d to find out what you can do next year) |  |  | 
          
            | Quentin Tarantino western from 2016 with Kurt Russell, The Hateful ----- (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Number of legs on an arachnid |  |  | 
          
            | Multiple of 66 down |  |  | 
          
            | Heightens the hen's loss of a numeral (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Cube root of 512 | Puzzler Backwords | 13 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Cube; rowing boat |  |  | 
          
            | *Number of days in Hanukkah |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew had a meal, some would say | The Times Quick Cryptic | 04 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | 2016 Quentin Tarantino film, The Hateful ----- (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Figure has importance after leader goes (5) |  |  | 
          
            | "___ Days a Week," 1965 song by The Beatles that topped the Billboard Hot 100 |  |  | 
          
            | Four doubled | The Sun Two Speed | 07 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Maybe stone initially shed in to reveal figure? | The Sun Two Speed | 07 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Two cubed | The Telegraph Quick | 27 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | *One less than 16a |  |  | 
          
            | Lucky number in Chinese culture | Universal | 23 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Total number of letters in a certain four-word phrase | Wall Street Journal | 22 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Twice 9-Down | LA Times Daily | 17 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Group rowing scoffed loudly | The Telegraph Cryptic | 16 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Cube root of 512 | LA Times Daily | 09 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Octopus limb count |  |  | 
          
            | Four pairs | LA Times Daily | 27 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Cardinal number | The Telegraph Quick | 19 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Rowing crew | The Guardian Speedy | 18 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Cube has heaviness without width | The Times Cryptic | 01 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | With 50-Down, things centered in Across answers in this puzzle | New York Times | 30 May 2023 | 
          
            | Curvy figure initially lost kilo, say | The Guardian Cryptic | 30 May 2023 | 
          
            | Cardinal number | The Telegraph Quick | 29 May 2023 | 
          
            | Two cubed | Thomas Joseph | 27 May 2023 | 
          
            | Key sharer with the asterisk | Newsday | 18 May 2023 | 
          
            | Article about government issue recalled quantity | The Guardian Cryptic | 10 May 2023 | 
          
            | Black billiards ball's number | Universal | 08 May 2023 | 
          
            | This clue number's square root | Universal | 20 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Half of this clue's number | Universal | 27 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Octopus limb count |  |  | 
          
            | Oxygen's atomic number | LA Times Daily | 06 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Lucky number in Taiwan | USA Today | 29 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Small cube? | LA Times Daily | 18 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Number that becomes infinity when lying down? |  |  | 
          
            | Octet count | USA Today | 21 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Number of eyes for most spiders | USA Today | 13 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Octet count | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Number of planets in the solar system | USA Today | 14 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Number of words that are in this clue | USA Today | 09 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Set of presidents elected from Virginia | Newsday | 24 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Skating figure | Eugene Sheffer | 24 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Lucky number in Chinese culture | USA Today | 24 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Number; boat | The Times Concise | 23 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | For this cube, what's subtracted from vertical measurement when it's minimised? |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew | The Telegraph Quick | 06 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Cardinal number | The Telegraph Quick | 25 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Crew with heaviness, not weak | The Times Cryptic | 15 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Octet count | Eugene Sheffer | 08 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Octopus's tentacle count |  |  | 
          
            | Set of rowers showing power, heading off | The Telegraph Cryptic | 06 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Rowing team | The Telegraph Quick | 25 May 2022 | 
          
            | What sometimes follows pieces of two-by-four? | The Times Cryptic | 17 May 2022 | 
          
            | VIII | Irish Times Simplex | 02 May 2022 | 
          
            | Two cubed | Universal | 02 May 2022 | 
          
            | "The Hateful ___," 2015 American Western mystery thriller film starring Samuel L. Jackson |  |  | 
          
            | Behind this ball, you're in trouble | Irish Times Simplex | 08 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Two cubed | The Telegraph Quick | 26 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | ___  Days a Week, 1964 Beatles song | The Guardian Quick | 19 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Four doubled |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew | The Telegraph Quick | 17 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Highest unstriped pool ball | LA Times Daily | 10 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Highest unstriped pool ball | The Washington Post | 10 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Team having a row scoffed audibly |  |  | 
          
            | _______maids a'milking | Canadiana | 30 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Two cubed | New York Times | 10 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | It's assigned to oxygen | Newsday | 07 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Said what diner did, a curvy figure |  |  | 
          
            | Octet count | Eugene Sheffer | 28 May 2021 | 
          
            | Like many second graders | Family Time | 05 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Number of weight-lifters? |  |  | 
          
            | Skating figure | Thomas Joseph | 06 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Ribs on standard umbrellas | Newsday | 12 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Rowing crew from Leighton | The Sun Two Speed | 18 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Four doubled | The Sun Two Speed | 18 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Octopus limb count |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew consumed food soundly |  |  | 
          
            | Two-thirds of a dozen | Newsday | 28 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Freighter's crew |  |  | 
          
            | Trooper occupying the back makes up crew |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew‘s heaviness cut lead |  |  | 
          
            | Number in an octet |  |  | 
          
            | Cardinal's eminence overlooked at first |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew | The Telegraph Quick | 06 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Where you might find Adonis ... or bearskins |  |  | 
          
            | Add the previous numbers to get a rowing team |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing team | The Telegraph Quick | 19 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Rowing team | The Sun Two Speed | 07 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Oarsmen from island announced | The Sun Two Speed | 07 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Black ball | Wall Street Journal | 20 May 2020 | 
          
            | Factor of this clue number | USA Today | 11 May 2020 | 
          
            | Where you might find Adonis … or bearskins |  |  | 
          
            | Figure __ | LA Times Daily | 03 May 2020 | 
          
            | Figure __ | The Washington Post | 03 May 2020 | 
          
            | Figure __ (skating maneuver) | Newsday | 06 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Crew's perfection hard to ignore | The Telegraph Toughie | 26 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Two cubed | The New Yorker | 16 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Oxygen's atomic number | The Washington Post | 08 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Oxygen's atomic number | LA Times Daily | 08 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Quarterfinalists' count | LA Times Daily | 27 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Quarterfinalists' count | The Washington Post | 27 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | … crew too heavy? Not half! |  |  | 
          
            | Asterisk's key | Newsday | 29 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | A number picked up article about serving American |  |  | 
          
            | Figure scoffed loudly |  |  | 
          
            | VIII | Irish Times Simplex | 12 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | See 20-Down | The Washington Post | 07 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | See 20-Down | LA Times Daily | 07 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Figure skating figure | Newsday | 22 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Prime-time hour |  |  | 
          
            | Prime-time hour | New York Times | 21 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Cube consumed orally |  |  | 
          
            | Perfect cube | The Times Concise | 29 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Two cubed | The Times Concise | 24 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Octet count | The Washington Post | 23 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Octet count | LA Times Daily | 23 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Four doubled | Premier Sunday | 22 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Cube's dimension, but not its abbreviated form | The Telegraph Cryptic | 23 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Number of legs a spider has |  |  | 
          
            | Black billiard ball | USA Today | 21 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Number on a black ball | Wall Street Journal | 17 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Figure of one stone, perhaps, with front obscured |  |  | 
          
            | 'Magic' ball digit | The Washington Post | 29 May 2019 | 
          
            | "Magic" ball digit | LA Times Daily | 29 May 2019 | 
          
            | Number | The Times Concise | 15 May 2019 | 
          
            | Halved or two cubed |  |  | 
          
            | Octopus leg count |  |  | 
          
            | A number of heavy objects uncovered |  |  | 
          
            | Square root of 64 |  |  | 
          
            | Word before ball or after figure | LA Times Daily | 10 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Word before ball or after figure | The Washington Post | 10 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | 4 x 2 | The Telegraph Quick | 09 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Crew of rowers | The Sun Two Speed | 12 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Some outweigh top rowing team | The Sun Two Speed | 12 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Octopus-arm count | Newsday | 15 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Number having influence removing leader |  |  | 
          
            | Octet count |  |  | 
          
            | Black billiard ball |  |  | 
          
            | Number on a black ball |  |  | 
          
            | Word before ball or after figure |  |  | 
          
            | "Magic" ball digit |  |  | 
          
            | Skater's figure? | Family Time | 30 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Figure, one less than drunk? |  |  | 
          
            | Number of legs a spider has |  |  | 
          
            | Loopy figure's importance, bypassing the Head |  |  | 
          
            | Figure skating figure | LA Times Daily | 09 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Figure skating figure | The Washington Post | 09 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | A struggle with English for fellow in crew |  |  | 
          
            | Crew took food according to report |  |  | 
          
            | Number of arms on an octopus |  |  | 
          
            | Team of oarsmen from small island announced | The Sun Two Speed | 19 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Two fours | The Telegraph Quick | 25 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Crew took food according to report |  |  | 
          
            | Reportedly an island crew | The Sun Two Speed | 14 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Maybe kilos wife's shed, showing figure |  |  | 
          
            | Number for a gale on the Beaufort scale | The Washington Post Sunday | 20 May 2018 | 
          
            | Pints in gallon | The Telegraph Quick | 09 May 2018 | 
          
            | Small cube? | The Washington Post | 03 May 2018 | 
          
            | Small cube? | LA Times Daily | 03 May 2018 | 
          
            | Octal base | Wall Street Journal | 29 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Friar leaves cargo for cardinal |  |  | 
          
            | What's missing from vision? Yes, group having a row |  |  | 
          
            | Black billiards ball | Newsday | 06 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Rowing team's bulk initially reduced |  |  | 
          
            | Number of bits in a byte | New York Times | 11 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Reportedly an island crew |  |  | 
          
            | Small cube? |  |  | 
          
            | Number of bits in a byte |  |  | 
          
            | Pieces of ___ (old coins, and a double hint about how to follow the money) |  |  | 
          
            | Figure skating figure |  |  | 
          
            | Prime-time hour | Newsday | 31 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | See 21-Across | New York Times | 20 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Rowing boat | The Times Concise | 20 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Square root of 64 | Universal | 07 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | First cube after one | Wall Street Journal | 21 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Figure made by a figure skater | New York Times | 28 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Tarantula's leg number | Universal | 24 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | First hotel lacking in stature for boat crew | The Telegraph Cryptic | 19 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Mathematical cube | The Telegraph Quick | 23 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Black ball | New York Times | 24 May 2017 | 
          
            | Pieces of this sort found in Spanish galleons |  |  | 
          
            | Quarterfinal contestants count | LA Times Daily | 22 May 2017 | 
          
            | Quarterfinal contestants count | The Washington Post | 22 May 2017 | 
          
            | Lose little bit of weight to get hourglass figure |  |  | 
          
            | English might, needing to lose mass for racing boat |  |  | 
          
            | Black billiard ball | Universal | 05 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | American serving in the westbound crew |  |  | 
          
            | Crew's stress after leader's gone off | The Times Cryptic | 15 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Four pairs | The Washington Post | 07 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Four pairs | LA Times Daily | 07 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Popular skating figure? | Universal | 03 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Square root of 64 |  |  | 
          
            | Quarterfinal contestants count |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball |  |  | 
          
            | Figure made by a figure skater |  |  | 
          
            | Tarantula's leg number |  |  | 
          
            | Popular skating figure? |  |  | 
          
            | Black billiard ball |  |  | 
          
            | See 21-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Oarsmen include a soldier in the overturned boat |  |  | 
          
            | A number dined while speaking? |  |  | 
          
            | Two cubed | Thomas Joseph | 26 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Square root of 64 | LA Times Daily | 22 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Crew needing altitude without hydrogen | The Telegraph Cryptic | 10 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Ball to keep an eye on | New York Times | 24 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Power of two | New York Times | 23 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Number on a black ball | USA Today | 04 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Arachnid leg count | New York Times | 22 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Cargo abandoned by French crew |  |  | 
          
            | Two cubed | Wall Street Journal | 09 May 2016 | 
          
            | With 49 Down, rather large for a burger | Newsday | 30 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Power of two |  |  | 
          
            | Number on a black ball |  |  | 
          
            | Square root of 64 |  |  | 
          
            | Arachnid leg count |  |  | 
          
            | Ball to keep an eye on |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew | The Sun Two Speed | 25 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Number devoured, say | The Sun Two Speed | 25 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Number of those working in dairy -- or having a row? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 20 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Number of legs on a daddy longlegs | Jonesin | 01 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | People rowing, worried by announcer | The Telegraph Toughie | 18 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Skater's figure | Wall Street Journal | 17 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Rowing crew | Eugene Sheffer | 30 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Boat crew skipper's lost importance |  |  | 
          
            | Oarsmen scoffed, reportedly |  |  | 
          
            | Octet count | Premier Sunday | 19 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Total number of letters of the alphabet used in this puzzle | New York Times | 14 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | No volunteer among the flipping crew |  |  | 
          
            | Small cube | Newsday | 21 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Reportedly put away crew, perhaps | The Telegraph Toughie | 20 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Skating figure | LA Times Daily | 15 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | "__ Men Out": baseball scandal film | LA Times Daily | 20 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Total number of letters of the alphabet used in this puzzle |  |  | 
          
            | Skater's figure |  |  | 
          
            | Highest unstriped ball |  |  | 
          
            | "__ Men Out": baseball scandal film |  |  | 
          
            | Skating figure |  |  | 
          
            | Small cube |  |  | 
          
            | Octet count |  |  | 
          
            | Set of rowers showing power, though not having won |  |  | 
          
            | Skating figure |  |  | 
          
            | Number of sides in an octagon |  |  | 
          
            | Highest unstriped ball |  |  | 
          
            | Spider's leg count |  |  | 
          
            | Octopus leg count |  |  | 
          
            | Crew‘s authority beginning to go |  |  | 
          
            | Where arrogance is needed in rowing team |  |  | 
          
            | A number reportedly put away |  |  | 
          
            | Octopus tentacle count |  |  | 
          
            | Two-thirds of a dozen |  |  | 
          
            | Complement of pawns |  |  | 
          
            | 2/3 of a dozen |  |  | 
          
            | Number of sides on a stop sign |  |  | 
          
            | Skater's figure? |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball, in billiards |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball |  |  | 
          
            | "___ Days a Week" (Beatles) |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball |  |  | 
          
            | Oxygen's atomic number |  |  | 
          
            | Figure on the ice |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball |  |  | 
          
            | Number of legs on a spider |  |  | 
          
            | Square dance complement |  |  | 
          
            | Number in an octet |  |  | 
          
            | Square dance complement |  |  | 
          
            | Figure on the ice |  |  | 
          
            | Two cubed |  |  | 
          
            | Square-dance complement |  |  | 
          
            | A perfect cube |  |  | 
          
            | Digit on a "Magic" ball |  |  | 
          
            | Digit on a "Magic" ball |  |  | 
          
            | Number of legs on a spider |  |  | 
          
            | Crazy card? |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball's number |  |  | 
          
            | Five after three? |  |  | 
          
            | Skater's figure? |  |  | 
          
            | Two cubed |  |  | 
          
            | Prime-time hour |  |  | 
          
            | Figure carved in ice |  |  | 
          
            | Start of prime time, generally |  |  | 
          
            | Ice skater's figure |  |  | 
          
            | Asterisk's key |  |  | 
          
            | Ice figure? |  |  | 
          
            | Square-dance complement |  |  | 
          
            | Prime-time time |  |  | 
          
            | Skater's figure |  |  | 
          
            | Prime-time time |  |  | 
          
            | Two by four? |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball |  |  | 
          
            | Rink figure |  |  | 
          
            | Oxygen's atomic number |  |  | 
          
            | Octopus tentacle count |  |  | 
          
            | Figure on ice |  |  | 
          
            | Skating figure |  |  | 
          
            | Number of bones in the wrist |  |  | 
          
            | Arena football team's head count |  |  | 
          
            | Edith Head's Oscar collection |  |  | 
          
            | Two cubed |  |  | 
          
            | Bad ball to be behind |  |  | 
          
            | Sides in an octagon |  |  | 
          
            | Square-dance group |  |  | 
          
            | Square dance group |  |  | 
          
            | Bad ball to be behind |  |  | 
          
            | The black ball |  |  | 
          
            | Figure __ (skating maneuver) |  |  | 
          
            | Poker card |  |  | 
          
            | Common pie slice count |  |  | 
          
            | Pieces of ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Number of sides on stop signs |  |  | 
          
            | Prime-time time |  |  | 
          
            | Ice skating figure |  |  | 
          
            | Highest solid in pool |  |  | 
          
            | Skater's "figure" |  |  | 
          
            | Octet number |  |  | 
          
            | ___-track tape |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball in a pool hall |  |  | 
          
            | Black billiard ball |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball, in billiards |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball in a pool hall |  |  | 
          
            | Pieces of __ |  |  | 
          
            | Center fielder, in the scorebook |  |  | 
          
            | Octet |  |  | 
          
            | Skater's figure |  |  | 
          
            | Ritter's "___ Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball's number |  |  | 
          
            | Skater's figure |  |  | 
          
            | Pieces of ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Figure carved by skaters |  |  | 
          
            | Ripken's number |  |  | 
          
            | Figure skating figure |  |  | 
          
            | Ripken's number |  |  | 
          
            | "_____ Days a Week" |  |  | 
          
            | Dinner time, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Center field, on scorecards |  |  | 
          
            | Knotty figure |  |  | 
          
            | "Enough," in a sitcom title |  |  | 
          
            | Slices per pizza, often |  |  | 
          
            | TV show, "____ is Enough" |  |  | 
          
            | Five after three? |  |  | 
          
            | Prime-time time |  |  | 
          
            | Quarterback Trent Dilfer's jersey number |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing team |  |  | 
          
            | Two by four? |  |  | 
          
            | Number of sides on stop signs |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew |  |  | 
          
            | Egg roll requirement? |  |  | 
          
            | Colorado's allotment of Electoral College votes |  |  | 
          
            | Clinton's years in the White House |  |  | 
          
            | Figure skating? |  |  | 
          
            | Upended infinity symbol |  |  | 
          
            | Tarantula's leg count |  |  | 
          
            | Playing card  perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Four plus four |  |  | 
          
            | Ball to avoid |  |  | 
          
            | "__ Is Enough" ('80s sitcom) |  |  | 
          
            | Knotty figure |  |  | 
          
            | Octopus-leg count |  |  | 
          
            | Skating figure |  |  | 
          
            | Pieces of ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Number on a black ball |  |  | 
          
            | "___Is Enough" |  |  | 
          
            | Popular skating figure? |  |  | 
          
            | Two  cubed |  |  | 
          
            | Good Olympics score |  |  | 
          
            | Centerfielder's position  in the scorebook |  |  | 
          
            | Ice skating figure |  |  | 
          
            | V-_____ |  |  | 
          
            | Skating maneuver |  |  | 
          
            | Ashcan School number |  |  | 
          
            | "___ Men Out," 1988 film |  |  | 
          
            | Shell crew |  |  | 
          
            | Sphere to fear when pooling? |  |  | 
          
            | "___ Days a Week," Beatles hit |  |  | 
          
            | Behind the ___ ball |  |  | 
          
            | Bad-news ball |  |  | 
          
            | Octad |  |  | 
          
            | Figure in skating |  |  | 
          
            | Skating figure |  |  | 
          
            | Figure for Sumners |  |  | 
          
            | Octave |  |  | 
          
            | Pool's black ball |  |  | 
          
            | Figure for Fleming |  |  | 
          
            | Figure cut by Babilonia |  |  | 
          
            | Shell crew, at times |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of ball |  |  | 
          
            | Alcott's "___ Cousins" |  |  | 
          
            | Figure for Dorothy Hamill |  |  | 
          
            | Shell number |  |  | 
          
            | Dice throw |  |  | 
          
            | Number |  |  | 
          
            | Unpopular number. |  |  | 
          
            | Ominous number. |  |  | 
          
            | Number. |  |  | 
          
            | Regatta crew. |  |  | 
          
            | Solid black? |  |  | 
          
            | Carl Yastrzemski on the Red Sox |  |  | 
          
            | Yogi's number. |  |  | 
          
            | Racing crew. |  |  | 
          
            | Black ball's elevation below the top (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Curtain time at the opera. |  |  | 
          
            | Shell crew. |  |  | 
          
            | Rowing crew. |  |  | 
          
            | Dinner time. |  |  | 
          
            | Skating figure. |  |  | 
          
            | Black pool ball. |  |  | 
          
            | "Dinner at ___." |  |  | 
          
            | Prime time. |  |  | 
          
            | Members of the crew. |  |  | 
          
            | College crew. |  |  |