Referring Clues

• Cricket wickets
• Wraps up
• Quashes
• Brings to a close
• Aims
• Machiavellian concerns
• Goals
• Loaf pair
• They may be loose or split
• Outcomes
• Parts to tie
• Tips
• Volumes A and Z in an encyclopedia
• Winds up
• They may be split
• Bounds
• Remnants
• Doesn't go on
• Means justifiers
• Targets of men who make passes
• Concludes
• Pulls the plug on
• Intentions
• Finales
• Extremities
• Pass receivers
• They may come with odds
• Runs out
• They can be tight
• Quits
• Some receivers
• Epilogs
• Means' justifier
• Gridiron group
• Some scrimmagers
• Conclusions
• Completes
• Purposes
• Breaks off
• Loose ___
• Pass catchers
• Puts a stop to
• Goes no further
• See 64-Across
• Comes to a halt
• At loose ___
• Partner of odds
• Certain linemen
• "Loose" things
• They may be split or tight
• Leaves off
• "Tight" ones
• Final stages
• Parts cut off
• Expires
• Terminals
• Loaf parts
• Periods
• It's sometimes hard to make them meet
• Stopping points
• Football positions
• Cuts off
• Front and back
• Two slices of a loaf
• Some sausage slices
• Means justifiers, some say
• Rings lack them
• They may be tight or loose
• Peters out
• ___ of the earth
• There are two in a loaf
• Some linemen
• Termini
• Some try to make them meet
• Extremes
• What a ring doesn't have
• Most-cooked parts of roasts
• Far left and far right
• Outer limits
• What circles lack
• Line pair
• A string has two
• Terminates
• Poles of a magnet, e.g.
• Catchers of the 44-Down
• Objectives
• They're sometimes made to meet
• See 24-Across
• Some are split
• Denouements
• Bow and stern, e.g.
• Brett Favre targets
• Targets for Brett Favre
• Means justifiers, to some
• They may be loose
• Peyton Manning targets
• Budgets make them meet
• Gets finished
• Pair on the line
• Drops the curtain on
• Finishes
• Scrimmage participants
• Gridiron receivers
• Means justifiers, at times
• Stops
• Scrimmage linemen
• Means justification, for some
• Tom Brady targets
• Calls off
• Calls it quits
• They're third from the center
• Draws the curtain on
• Snaps, as a winning streak
• They may be poles apart
• Comes to a close
• Loose things not found in rings
• Potential pass receivers
• Some are loose, some are tight
• They justify the means
• It's good to make them meet
• It's good when they meet
• Blows over
• Ceases
• They're well off-center
• Odds' partner
• Some pass catchers
• To the ___ of the earth
• Some defensive linemen
• They might be split or loose
• Heels
• Burn the candle at both ___
• Some bologna slices
• "All's Well That ___ Well"
• Trimmer's targets
• Counterpart of odds
• Circle's lack
• They line up next to tackles
• Relatives of odds
• Closings
• It's better when they meet
• They might be split
• Some NFLers
• See 37-Across
• Omegas
• Borders
• Loaf tidbits
• Gets done with
• Abates in court
• Goes no longer
• Confining features
• Discontinues
• Nothing follows them
• Odds partner
• Comes to a stop
• Odds' counterpart
• Shuts down
• Wraps things up
• Drops
• Calls it a day
• Loaf extremities
• Finishes with
• Sports receivers
• Is over
• Brings to a halt
• Termination points
• Furthest points
• Finishes up
• Ultimate objectives
• Puts to bed
• They may be bitter
• Cuts short
• Tackles' neighbors
• Phases out
• See 40 Across
• Odds' partners
• They can be made to meet
• "All's Well That ___ Well"
• Some bread slices
• They're far from the center
• Tight positions?
• Loose things
• Terminals or terminates
• What a ring lacks
• They may be offensive
• What rings lack
• Some giants
• NFL positions
• Justifiers of means
• Closes down
• Some gridiron players
• Speedy linemen
• A loop doesn't have any
• Abolishes
• Boundaries
• Boundary lines
• Nips in the bud
• Draws to a close
• Wurst pair
• They're offensive and looking to score
• A ring doesn't have them
• Top and bottom, e.g.
• We hope they meet
• Reaches the coda
• What means may justify
• Completes the coda, e.g.
• Partners of odds
• Comes to a conclusion
• Earth parts?
• These might be split
• Word with rear and book
• They can be tight or loose
• Where hairs may be split
• Where hairs may split
• Volumes A and Z, e.g.
• ". . . in the two ___ of the mercy seat" (Ex. 25:18)
• Candle burning sites
• They're on lines
• They can be loose or tight
• Companion of odds
• Reaches 0:00:00 on a countdown clock, say
• You hope they meet
• Airs the final episode of
• Targets of men who make passes?
• Closes
• Pigskin receivers
• Vanishing points
• Lowers the curtain on
• Good things to have meet
• Airs the final episode
• Stops it
• Completes the coda
• Make ___ meet (get by)
• See 71-Across
• Make-meet link
• Odds' mates
• Partner of 56-Down
• They justify the means?
• Tackles' teammates
• Loaves have two
• Quarterbacks' targets
• They may be living or dead
• Make ___ meet
• Airs its final episode
• Shockey and Gonzalez are tight
• "... in the two ___ of the mercy seat" (Ex. 25:18)
• Stops existing
• Left overs
• Loose things to tie up
• Windups
• Some of the fastest football players
• Objects
• Plays the coda
• Final word of a budgeting quip
• Final parts
• Results
• Some blockers
• Things rings lack
• Means' justifiers
• Two on a line
• Closes out
• Doesn't continue
• Fades to black
• Odd's mates
• Halts
• Tails
• See 3-Down
• Odds and ___
• Some footballers
• Tackles' teamates
• Calls a halt to
• Reaches a conclusion
• Means justification
• See 38-Down
• Book ___
• Terminations
• Tim Tebow targets
• Gridiron positions
• Make-meet middle
• Means may justify them
• Extrema, e.g.
• Means justifier, for some
• Culminates
• Odds partners .
• They may be dead
• Theme of the puzzle
• See 72-Down
• Wraps
• Stamps out
• Colin Kaepernick targets
• They may be tight or right
• Finishes off
• Plays the last note
• Puts to rest
• Puts the kibosh on
• Bread crusts' positions
• "To the ___ of the Earth"
• Repast remnants
• Means justifiers, for some
• Goes last
• Limits
• Final chapters
• Earth extremes
• Scraps
• Doesn't carry on
• Closes up shop
• Some touchdown scorers
• Brings down the curtain
• Word with split or bitter
• Some gridiron guys
• Ultimate purposes
• See 44-Across
• The financially savvy make them meet
• Scrimmage anchors
• Grinds to a halt
• Destinies
• Bread slices
• Is discontinued
• Fizzles out
• Make meet
• Pencil points and erasers
• Runs no more
• Partner of "odds"
• Finalizes
• Pair in a loaf
• Ultimate goals
• Leftovers
• Nurenmberg conclusion
• Two slices of a loaf of bread
• Many rushers
• Loose things to tie up?
• Odds and ___ (miscellany)
• Some football linemen
• Modern synonym for 5-Down
• They're sometimes loose
• Brings to a conclusion
• Split ___ (tonsorial woe, and a hint to this puzzle's theme)
• Make-meet connector
• Some eligible receivers
• Certain blockers
• Hoop's lack
• What to make meet
• Winds up or winds down
• Split ___
• Certain gridiron positions
• The two to a loaf
• Finishes the finale
• Things that are farthest from the center
• Extreme pair
• Budgeters make them meet
• What most donuts don't have
• Final boundaries
• Some football players
• Heels of loaves
• Swift pass receivers
• Machiavellian justification
• They can justify the means
• Says 60 Across
• Reaches a coda, say
• Good things to make meet
• Utmost boundaries
• What hoops and rings lack
• Word with "rear" or "tight"
• Closes the book on
• Crustiest parts of a loaf
• Settles
• Loaf heels, essentially
• Final bits
• Linemen
• Pencil tips
• Opposite of beginnings
• Comes to completion
• Opposite of starts
• Heels, really
• Doesn't go on producing goals
• Comes to a stop, as a story
• Bread heels
• Budget meeting?
• They may be loose or tight
• "Sometimes kids get murdered for the ___ ..." (Everlast)
• "Before we go any further I want my ___" (Everlast)
• Sundays: "Here's Where the Story ___"
• "I want my ___" Everlast
• Everlast's '99 hit
• DeVotchKa "How It ___"
• What even the longest show does
• Doesn't keep going
• Green Day "Wake Me Up When September ___"
• "Here's Where the Story ___"
• What even a Springsteen show does
• "Some people will rob their mother for the ___" Everlast
• "Here's Where the Story ___" Sundays
• All-American Rejects "It ___ Tonight"
• '90 Sundays hit "Here's Where the Story ___"
• "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story ___"
• Everlast single off "Whitey Ford Sings the Blues"
• "Wake Me Up When September ___"
• Do they justify the means?
• Finishes (loose or dead, perhaps?)
• Objects one finishes with?
• See 8
• Concludes they're what one's aiming for
• They may be made to meet!
• Boundaries batsmen may change
• Winds down
• Completes - purposes
• Completes games of bowls
• Objects to odd pieces
• Suspends only half of one's objectives
• See 5
• Objects and doesn't go on
• Winds up with leftovers
• Objects when tips are offered
• Justifications for means, sometimes?
• Finishes despatch from first to last
• Destroys ambitions
• See 9
• Ambitions for the finals
• Mobius strip's lack
• Terminal parts
• They might be loose or tight
• Doesn't last forever
• Prow and stern, e.g.
• Tie up loose ___
• Calls to a halt
• Unpopular slices
• Pulls the plug
• Some big Giants
• Loaf heels
• They may be split, tight or loose
• Gridiron targets
• Kingdom of ___ (Kantian concept)
• Objects to extremities?
• Finishes in tears, but not at first
• Stops goals
• Top men heartlessly discuss deaths
• Some Montana targets
• ... candle at both ___
• Brings the curtain down on
• Tips? Tips from eastern diners
• Make ___ meet (stay within one's budget)
• Brings to a screeching halt
• What an infinite loop lacks
• Boundaries some defend successfully
• What a Möbius strip lacks
• Goes away, in a way
• Kills
• Loaf heels, really
• Fragments
• What a Mobius strip lacks
• Challah heels, e.g.
• Crustiest parts of loaves
• Doesn't go on forever
• Some pigskin catchers
• Sausage's two
• Some pass receivers
• Word after loose or split
• Resolutions
• Heels of a loaf
• What bagels are made without
• Butts
• They may be bitter or defensive
• "Tight" or "loose" follower
• Football players
• Some offensive or defensive gridders
• What the Earth doesn't really have
• Cuts it out
• Comes to a grinding halt
• A and Z, in the alphabet
• Burnt barbecue bits
• Santa Monica and Chicago, for Route 66
• A and Z, for the alphabet
• Ultimate intentions
• Chewy bread parts
• Starts no more
• Loaf parts that you may eat last
• Infinite loops don't have them
• Says "No more"
• Starts reversal
• What this puzzle does here
• Partner to odds
• They may justify the means
• They justify the means, in a saying
• Grand finales, for fireworks shows
• Terminal points
• Means justifiers, perhaps
• Half a potpourri pair
• Finish lines, e.g.
• Terminals, for bus routes
• They have the odds with them
• Gets discontinued
• Some rushers, in football
• Elusive parts of rainbows
• Things trimmed at a salon
• Crispy brisket bits
• Last lines?
• Curling periods
• Periods, for many sentences
• "Split" hair parts
• Last parts
• Aglets, for shoelaces
• It's nice when they meet
• Burnt barbecue pieces
• Stops tips
• The odds are with them
• Split ___ (hair problems)
• Uneaten parts of loaves, sometimes
• On a magnet they're called poles
• Stops or concludes
• Things that justify the means, some say
• Codas
• U-turn from "begins"
• Word after "loose" or "tight"
• "This ___ here!"
• See 20-Across
• Beginnings? No, the opposite
• Objects one finishes with?
• See 8-Down
• Drops the final curtain on
• Burning the candle at both of them is a metaphor for overextending yourself
• Opposite of begins
• "Split" or "loose" follower
• Trimmed parts of green beans
• 65-Across justifiers, in a saying
• At extremities, goes no further
• "Our Violent ___" (Chloe Gong novel)
• Burnt ___
• Rolls the credits
• They may be split or loose
• Drops the final curtain
• Means justifiers, it's said
• Word with split or loose
• Disbands, say
• Extrema
• Burnt ___: barbecue delicacy
• Comes to a finish
• Often-neglected pieces of a bread loaf
• Burnt ___ (trimmings from smoked brisket)
• "Perhaps the World ___ Here" (Joy Harjo poem)
• Burnt brisket bits
• Crusty bread parts
• Tight ___ (certain football players)
• Brings down the curtain on
• "And I hope I never lose you, hope it never ___"
• Comes to a stop, as a play
• Bread loaf butts
• Split things, sometimes
• Segments of curling matches
• Oft-unwanted bread pieces
• Split ___ (hair problem)
• Split ___ (hair concerns)