| THENEWYORKERCROSSWORD | 2021: Congratulations! Today, you are making history by conquering ___ (or so we hope!) |
| HERO | Conquering ___ |
| YOUER | "Today you are you, that is truer than true. ere is no one alive who is ___ than you." |
| HOROSCOPE | This prediction could be hopelessly wrong ___ or so epoch-making! (9) |
| FRIENDS | "The wretched have no ___ ", or so wrote Dryden (7) |
| SWEET | "Cool!" today |
| QUVENZHANE | 2012 Best Actress nominee Wallis, who turns 20 (!) today |
| ERNIE | His word is our bond, we hope! |
| OUTLAWS | Fugitives? The opposite to the spouse's family, we hope! |
| STEERINGWHEEL | Where gent lies drunk? Not behind this, we hope! (8,5) |
| YAM | You are making starters with such a vegetable |
| SNORE | Senor, you are making a noise in your sleep! (5) |
| MUSICAL | Claims you are making notes (7) |
| HEEHAW | Sounds like you are making an ass of yourself! (6) |
| SURFACE | You are making faces but that's on the outside (7) |
| GRANDEUR | Magnificence of exotic garden you are making (8) |
| ENCYCLOPEDIAS | Reference works such as Natural History by Pliny, Britannica or modern electronic versions such as E |
| TOAD | Kid-lit character who tells his ailing friend, "Today you look very green, even for a frog" |
| UNITE | Join up with you, Knight, or so we hear (5) |
| XRAY | Sort of vision that Superman would need to see through eggs, Ray, or so we hear (1-3) |
