- ENDS
- Companion of odds
- Remnants
- Results
- Some are offensive?
- Some split
- They may be loose or tight
- Wraps up
- Comes to a conclusion
- Loose ____
- Means justification, to some
- Odds' partner
- Pulls the plug on
- Shakespeare title word
- Some are split
- These may be tight or split
- They can be tight or loose
- A canoe has two
- Culminates
- Finishes
- Pass catchers in the NFL
- Tips
- Giant receivers?
- Means justifiers
- Puts a stop to
- We all try to make ___ meet
- Finishes off
- Offensives on the field
- Periods in a curling match
- Chewy bread parts
- Crustiest bread slices, generally
- Comes crashing down, perhaps
- Reaches a conclusion
- They may be untimely
- Manages, as a bar
- They may be split on heads
- Comes to a close
- They may justify the means
- Puts the kibosh on
- Burnt ___ (BBQ joint delicacy)
- Reaches a denouement
- Burnt ___ (BBQ option)
- Intervals of curling matches (8 in recreational levels, 10 in competitive play)
- Parts of a loaf that are often tossed
- Breaks off
- They may be split
- Ultimate goals
- Termini
- Pavement ___ (street sign)
- Cuts short
- Finishes (appropriately)
- Loaf parts
- Parts of bread often the last to be eaten
- Some fantasy football trades
- Stops working
- Pulls the plug
- Finally stops
- Stops
- Line parts
- Pass catchers
- Is discontinued
- Swan songs
- Circle's lack
- Magnet parts
- Wraps things up
- Calls it quits
- Finalizes
- Goals
- Pass receivers
- Limits
- Brings down the curtain
- Make __ meet
- Tackles' teammates
- They may go deep
- They're on lines
- Puts to rest
- Patriots in a line
- Doesn't last forever
- See 18-Down
- QB's targets
- Comes to a period
- Möbius strip lack
- What means may serve
- Heels or butts
- Reaches the finale
- Make-meet link
- Outer limits
- Wide receivers
- Conclusions
- Edges
- Terminates
- Kingdom of ___ (Kantian concept)
- Trimmings
- Extremities
- Loaf's pair
- Certain linemen
- Purposes
- More are men's ___ marked than their lives before: Shakespeare
- What the means justify, per Machiavelli
- Some linemen
- Winds up
- Split ___
- Objectives
- Gets cut off
- Cuts out
- Baseball : innings :: curling : _____
- Things to sit on
- Parts of a miscellany?
- Rare accomplishers of 19-Acrosses
- They're not defensive when they're tight
- Extreme points
- Is no more
- Isn't any longer
- Dolphin catchers, sometimes
- You'll get by if they're made to meet
- Means justifiers, for some
- Quarterback's targets
- They may be split or tight
- They may be tight or loose
- Word with tight or split
- At loose ___ (uncertain)
- Breakups, e.g.
- Concludes
- Do these justify the means?
- Linemen furthest from the center
- Means justification, some say
- Tackles' neighbors
- Targets of men who make passes
- Drops the curtain on
- Means justifiers, at times
- Means justifiers, to some
- Pair in a line
- Some gridiron players
- A string has two
- Catchers of the 44-Down
- Finales
- Poles of a magnet, e.g.
- They may be loose or split
- Goes no further
- Denouements
- See 24-Across
- They're sometimes made to meet
- Bow and stern, e.g.
- Brett Favre targets
- Football positions
- Targets for Brett Favre
- They may be loose
- Peyton Manning targets
- Budgets make them meet
- Extremes
- Gets finished
- Gridiron receivers
- Pair on the line
- Scrimmage linemen
- Scrimmage participants
- Calls off
- Means justification, for some
- Snaps, as a winning streak
- They're third from the center
- Tom Brady targets
- Draws the curtain on
- Loose things not found in rings
- They may be poles apart
- Outcomes
- Potential pass receivers
- Some are loose, some are tight
- Some receivers
- They justify the means
- Blows over
- Ceases
- Completes
- It's good to make them meet
- It's good when they meet
- They're well off-center
- Discontinues
- Parts of a loaf
- Positions that may be split
- Terminals
- Aims
- Airs the final episode of
- Brings to a close
- Doesn't continue
- Fades to black
- Loose things to tie up
- They may be dead
- Tim Tebow targets
- Bread crusts' positions
- Colin Kaepernick targets
- Partner of odds
- Stamps out
- Final chapters
- Some gridiron guys
- Tight ___
- Comes to a halt
- Winds up, or winds down
- They justify the means, some say
- Heads or tails [Amy Reynaldo]
- Make ___ meet
- They split on the gridiron?
- Two of eleven
- Linemen
- Son of Seth
- Farthest reaches
- Final parts
- NFL targets
- Pigskin receivers
- Breaks of
- Closes
- Loose ___
- Loaf borders
- They're final
- Abolishes
- Cuts off
- Gridiron players
- Draws to a close
- Some are tight
- Comes to a stop
- It's better when they meet
- Nothing follows them
- Abates in court
- Borders
- Confining features
- Gets done with
- Goes no longer
- Loaf tidbits
- They might be split
- Doesn't go on
- Intentions
- Omegas
- See 37-Across
- Some NFLers
- Closings
- Some pass catchers
- Relatives of odds
- Some defensive linemen
- Stopping points
- They can be loose or tight
- Vanishing points
- Objects
- See 71-Across
- Phases out
- They may be tight or right
- Boundaries
- Scraps
- Fizzles out
- Grinds to a halt
- Pair in a loaf
- Pencil points and erasers
- See 44-Across
- Extreme pair
- Loose __
- Good things to make meet
- Puts to bed
- Shuts down
- They might be loose or tight
- What this puzzle does here
- Burnt __
- Rolls the credits
- Winds down
- See 20-Across
- See 8-Down
- Some eligible receivers
- The odds are with them
- What means may justify
- Burnt __: barbecue delicacy
- Codas
- Halts
- Odds and __
- Split __
- Burnt brisket bits
- Terminal points
- Odds' partners
- Ultimate purposes
- What a ring lacks
- Where hairs may split
- Making __ meet
- Offensive-line extremities
- They may be offensive
- Football players
- Loose matters?
- Pair on the front line
- Finish lines
- Football linemen
- Gridiron positions
- Calls it a day
- Finishes up
- Stubs or heels
- Ultimate objectives
- Odds companion
- Quarterback targets
- Loaf pair
- Closes out
- Gridiron figures
- They're on the line
- Breaks up
- Brings to a halt
- Drops
- Finishes with
- Leaves off
- Loaf extremities
- Odds' counterpart
- Furthest points
- Is over
- Sports receivers
- Termination points
- Peters out
- They may be bitter
- See 40 Across
- Stops it
- Calls a halt to
- Goes last
- Reaches the coda
- Theme of the puzzle
- Wraps
- Throws in the towel
- Leftovers
- Certain blockers
- Hoop's lack
- Odds and __ (miscellany)
- Heels of loaves
- Machiavellian justification
- Says 60 Across
- What hoops and rings lack
- What most donuts don't have
- Fragments
- Cuts it out
- Runs out
- Ultimate intentions
- What bagels are made without
- Final stages
- Half a potpourri pair
- They justify the means, in a saying
- What onion rings lack
- What hoops don't have
- What hoops haven't
- Odds and ___
- They might be tight or loose
- Odds' counterparts
- They're far from the center
- Heels
- They might be split or loose
- Burn the candle at both ___
- Some bologna slices
- All's Well That ___ Well
- Counterpart of odds
- Trimmer's targets
- Finishes the bacon and eggs finally (4)
- Make ___ meet (live within one's means)
- They line up next to tackles
- Wind-ups.
- They flank a football line.
- Book ___.
- Perorates.
- Writes finis to.
- Furthermost parts.
- Short pieces of cloth.
- Certain of Terry Brennan's boys.
- Do they justify means?
- Last scenes.
- Rings down the curtain.
- Ultimate desires.
- Is final.
- What winter does March 21.
- Linemen on the gridiron.
- Far limits.
- Consequences.
- Positions on the scrimmage line.
- Odds' companions.
- See 25 Across.
- At loose ___.
- Crusts, for example.
- Upshots.
- Areas of the earth
- Certain ball players.
- Footballers.
- Parts of the earth.
- Issues.
- Cheese parings.
- Finalities.
- Is up.
- Players in a game.
- Gridiron men.
- Regions of the earth.
- To the ___ of the earth.
- Destinations.
- Is done.
- Prorogues.
- Fades out.
- Book items.
- Butts
- Companion of means.
- Lineman.
- Book holders
- Terminuses
- Things to make meet
- . . . that ___ well
- Grid men
- Often-loose things
- Tight and wide men
- Companions of odds
- Earth parts, figuratively
- Administers the coup de grâce
- Haldeman's "The ___ of Power"
- Means' partner
- What skimpers hope to make meet
- Don Hutson et al.
- Partners of odds
- Right and left
- Tight and wide players
- Difficult things to make meet
- Gertain Giants or Jets
- Often-loose items
- Word with loose or book
- Divinity shapings
- Goals of means
- Items sometimes loose
- Men on the line
- Word with book and week
- Tag and loose
- Dead and loose followers
- Destinies
- It's a feat to make these meet
- It's hard to make them meet
- Men to be headed off at the pass
- Millay's candle had two
- Oct. 31, Nov. 30, etc.
- They rarely meet
- These may be loose or tight
- They might meet in a bowl
- Word attached to book
- Means justifications
- Some can't make them meet
- Non-meeters, often
- Some of Kosar's targets
- Some pass receivers
- Targets of some bombs
- They may justify means
- Partner of means
- Tight and split athletes
- Terminations
- Brings to a conclusion
- Football-pass catchers
- Eleven positions
- What to make meet
- Tight or loose followers
- Rope parts
- ___ of the earth
- Rice and Irvin
- Split_____
- They're loose or tight
- Tight positions?
- QB targets
- They're sometimes loose
- Cricket wickets
- Loose parts
- Some footballers
- Machiavellian concerns
- Quashes
- Bounds
- Parts to tie
- Volumes A and Z in an encyclopedia
- Quits
- They can be tight
- They may come with odds
- Epilogs
- Gridiron group
- Means' justifier
- Some scrimmagers
- Loose things
- See 64-Across
- Tight ones
- Expires
- Parts cut off
- Front and back
- It's sometimes hard to make them meet
- Periods
- Means justifiers, some say
- Rings lack them
- Some sausage slices
- There are two in a loaf
- Two slices of a loaf
- Some try to make them meet
- What a ring doesn't have
- Far left and far right
- Most-cooked parts of roasts
- Line pair
- What circles lack
- Reaches 0:00:00 on a countdown clock, say
- Partner of 56-Down
- Some blockers
- Things rings lack
- Two on a line
- Extrema, e.g.
- Means justifier, for some
- Doesn't carry on
- Some touchdown scorers
- Many rushers
- Two slices of a loaf of bread
- Modern synonym for 5-Down
- Some football linemen
- Kills
- What a Möbius strip lacks
- A and Z, in the alphabet
- Burnt barbecue bits
- They may be bitter or defensive
- Crispy brisket bits
- Elusive parts of rainbows
- Gets discontinued
- Means justifiers, perhaps
- Some rushers, in football
- Things trimmed at a salon
- This ___ here!
- On a magnet they're called poles
- Things that justify the means, some say
- Trimmed parts of green beans
- Disbands, say
- Extrema
- Word with split or loose
- What a circle lacks
- Hits 0:00
- At loose _____ (unsettled)
- See 38-Down
- See 72-Down
- I want my ___ Everlast
- DeVotchKa "How It ___"
- Everlast's '99 hit
- Green Day "Wake Me Up When September ___"
- What even the longest show does
- Before we go any further I want my ___ (Everlast)
- Sometimes kids get murdered for the ___ ... (Everlast)
- Sundays: "Here's Where the Story ___"
- All-American Rejects "It ___ Tonight"
- Here's Where the Story ___
- Here's Where the Story ___ Sundays
- Some people will rob their mother for the ___ Everlast
- What even a Springsteen show does
- Eighty-sixes
- If they meet, you're getting by
- Desired outcomes
- Brings the curtain down on
- Closes down
- Targets for McNair
- Budgets make these meet
- Where the Sidewalk ___ (Shel Silverstein book)
- Concerns for a consequentialist
- Burnt ___ (specialty barbecue cuts)
- Halloween ___ (slasher sequel released in October, 2022)
- Where the Sidewalk ___ (poetry collection that includes "Hug o' War")
- The ___ justify the means
- Bomb catchers
- Final word in today's quip
- Good hands people?
- Stops a bout
- Bombs are thrown to them
- Border lines
- Calls a halt
- Calls to a halt
- Flutie targets
- Justifiers of means
- Some Giants
- Some might be loose, others tight
- These may be split
- They can be made to meet
- They may be split or loose
- They may be split, tight or loose
- They're offensive and looking to score
- Tight and split
- Unpopular slices
- Word with rear or book
- Budget meeting?
- Make/meet connector
- See 7-Down
- These might be split
- Word with split or book
- You hope they meet
- Some fast Giants
- Least popular slices
- Prow and stern
- Signs off
- Word with split or bitter
- ... in the two ___ of the mercy seat (Ex. 25:18)
- Earth parts?
- Means' justification
- Pass masters?
- Word with split and rear
- They catch bombs
- Word with front or rear
- They're offensive and chase bombs
- NFL positions
- What rings lack
- Terminals or terminates
- Lowers the curtain on
- Speedy linemen
- Some bread slices
- Airs the final episode
- Final word of a budgeting quip
- Make ___ meet (get by)
- Bread slices
- Finishes the finale
- The two to a loaf
- Swift pass receivers
- They can justify the means
- Utmost boundaries
- Word with "rear" or "tight"
- ... candle at both ___
- Loaf heels, essentially
- Loaf heels, really
- Tight or "loose" follower
- A and Z, for the alphabet
- Infinite loops don't have them
- Loaf parts that you may eat last
- Santa Monica and Chicago, for Route 66
- Split hair parts
- Aglets, for shoelaces
- Finish lines, e.g.
- Grand finales, for fireworks shows
- It's nice when they meet
- Periods, for many sentences
- Terminals, for bus routes
- Burnt ___ (barbecue morsels)
- Burnt barbecue pieces
- Split ___ (hair problems)
- Word after "loose" or "tight"
- Word after "split" or "burnt"
- Word with "loose" or "split"
- Reaches a finale
- Burnt ___ (BBQ bits)
- They can be split or spliced
- They can be loose or split
- Elway targets
- Montana targets
- Knocks off
- Sometimes hard to make them meet
- Split or loose items?
- Kisses off
- Teammates of tackles
- Teammates of 43 Across
- Yardage bits
- Shockey and Gonzalez are tight
- Candle burning sites
- Volumes A and Z, e.g.
- Where hairs may be split
- Word with rear and book
- Completes the coda, e.g.
- A ring doesn't have them
- Top and bottom, e.g.
- We hope they meet
- A loop doesn't have any
- Boundary lines
- Nips in the bud
- Wurst pair
- Completes the coda
- Plays the coda
- Some of the fastest football players
- Make-meet middle
- Good things to have meet
- Earth extremes
- Plays the last note
- Some big Giants
- Loaf heels
- The financially savvy make them meet
- Split ___ (tonsorial woe, and a hint to this puzzle's theme)
- Burning the candle at both of them is a metaphor for overextending yourself
- Uneaten parts of loaves, sometimes
- Closes the book on
- Crustiest parts of a loaf
- Reaches a coda, say
- Some offensive or defensive gridders
- Our Violent ___ (Chloe Gong novel)
- Split or "loose" follower
- Crustiest parts of loaves
- Doesn't go on forever
- Goes away, in a way
- Sausage's two
- Some pigskin catchers
- Comes to a grinding halt
- What the Earth doesn't really have
- Word after loose or split
- Curling periods
- Partner to odds
- Comes to a finish
- And I hope I never lose you, hope it never ___
- Perhaps the World ___ Here (Joy Harjo poem)
- Burnt ___ (trimmings from smoked brisket)
- Often-neglected pieces of a bread loaf
- Tie up loose ___
- Tight ___ (certain football players)
- Line members
- Line outsiders
- Some are loose
- They're often split
- Some may split
- Some gridders
- They may meet
- Days of ___ Lives
- ****
- Continues no longer
- Final answers to solve in crosswords, e.g.
- Forbids any more of
- Clippings
- Last parts
- Some NFL players
- Mobius strip's lack
- Terminal parts
- What a Mobius strip lacks
- Resolutions
- Furthest reaches
- They have the odds with them
- Partner of 59-Down
- They justify the means, so they say
- Möbius strip's lack
- What may justify the means
