Clergyman known for his verbal gaffes

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  1. 1Letters accompanying applications, for short
  2. 5Includes without others knowing, in a way
  3. 9"I haven't a clue"
  4. 16Plant with an edible inner gel
  5. 17Up to snuff
  6. 18All over the place
  7. 19Drove in an A.T.V., say, informally
  8. 21Fighting technique used by [circled letters] (as explained at 76-Across)
  9. 22Unreal?
  10. 23Verify, as an editor might
  11. 25Launch points in disc golf
  12. 28"Everything good?," as a cook might ask
  13. 29Laptop mode
  14. 30Tap products
  15. 32ID used for far more than its name suggests
  16. 33Do wrong
  17. 34They're just one problem after another
  18. 37Spanish direction
  19. 41Whatchamacallit
  20. 43"One ___ Soldier" (1969 antiwar song)
  21. 44Belgrade resident
  22. 47Word on either side of "to"
  23. 48Physician specializing in reproductive health, informally
  24. 49Like some flights: Abbr.
  25. 51Restrict
  26. 53Long, hooded cloak that's also an author's name
  27. 55Areas of influence
  28. 56Part of many a mailing address, in brief
  29. 59White dwarf phenomenon
  30. 61___ so often
  31. 62Traps during a storm, perhaps
  32. 64Vermont summer hrs.
  33. 66Certain natural hairstyle
  34. 67"Boy, you're asking too much" ... or what you might say after following the instructions at 76-Across?
  35. 71Popular browser for accessing the dark web
  36. 72"Is it OK for us to leave?"
  37. 73It's one for the history books
  38. 76Annual June 21 celebration of the animal depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters from A to T and back to A
  39. 81Japanese audio brand
  40. 82Secondary account, in social media slang
  41. 83Boundaries
  42. 84Be part of, as a film
  43. 85"Surprised to see you here!"
  44. 88Limber
  45. 89Hindu god with an elephant head
  46. 92Satchel with a gendered name
  47. 94Defeats without difficulty
  48. 95"I ___ you!"
  49. 96Indian royal
  50. 100Certain sib
  51. 101M.L.B. team whose stadium is less than 10 miles from another M.L.B. team's
  52. 103"Go on, beat it!"
  53. 104Pizazz
  54. 105"Qué ___ contigo?" ("What's wrong with you?")
  55. 107Cancels out
  56. 110Common holder of pens
  57. 111Mathematical constant equal to two times pi
  58. 114Honoré de Balzac's "___ Goriot"
  59. 115Give a buzz
  60. 117Farm play area
  61. 119Clergyman known for his verbal gaffes
  62. 121Takes little effort
  63. 123Minimally
  64. 124Habitat for [circled letters]
  65. 125Starchy plant part in Asian cooking
  66. 129Something running at a bar
  67. 130Fateful day
  68. 131Digital know-it-all
  69. 132Debuted to stockholders, in Wall St. lingo
  70. 133Art museum that awards the annual Turner Prize
  71. 134Reindeer cousins

Down

  1. 1Big name in the pasta aisle
  2. 2One often pictured wearing pointy shoes
  3. 3Task for an office gofer, maybe
  4. 4Colorful wrap
  5. 5Spoke sheepishly?
  6. 6Compound found in marijuana, for short
  7. 7What sets the tone
  8. 8Calms
  9. 9Natural predispositions
  10. 10Builds
  11. 11National park in Utah
  12. 12"Here, try a sample"
  13. 13Driver's alternative to automatic
  14. 14Semiaquatic carnivore
  15. 15Med. diagnostic
  16. 20Closest living relative of the [circled letters]
  17. 24Show groups
  18. 25Golfer Yani
  19. 26"The Jetsons" son
  20. 27Attended, as a lecture
  21. 31Temporarily gave
  22. 35This goes in one ear
  23. 36{1, 2, 3} and {4, 5, 6}
  24. 38Offering in lieu of a cash refund, perhaps
  25. 39Term for groups of [circled letters]
  26. 40Teeny-tiny
  27. 42Free
  28. 45Sometimes-intentional jeans feature
  29. 46Looked upon
  30. 50"I want you to be honest ..."
  31. 52R&B; group Bell Biv ___
  32. 54Follower of "x" or "y"
  33. 56Pennsylvania school, for short
  34. 57Diez minus dos
  35. 58Testify
  36. 60Chicago's ___ Planetarium
  37. 63Salt's formula
  38. 65Threads around a forum?
  39. 68"Look at this!"
  40. 69Part of WASP
  41. 70"HAHAHAHA!"
  42. 74Vow
  43. 75Where Ferrari is "RACE," in brief
  44. 77Tot's injuries
  45. 78Price for a return, perhaps
  46. 79Sneaker brand
  47. 80Political exile
  48. 81Tree whose leaves are eaten by [circled letters]
  49. 84Audibly shocked
  50. 86Big garage, essentially
  51. 87They're sent after save-the-date cards
  52. 90Tone
  53. 91Memo abbr.
  54. 93Eight bits
  55. 97Nutty extract
  56. 98French for "yellow"
  57. 99Tick off
  58. 102Filter option
  59. 106Small superhero whose catchphrase starts "Up and at 'em"
  60. 108Becomes wild, as a party
  61. 109Fur pattern on a [circled letters]
  62. 112Self-reflective question
  63. 113Start to take off, as a onesie
  64. 116Practically speechless?
  65. 117Spelling bee?
  66. 118Late singer Bryson
  67. 120YouTube button with two lines
  68. 121Bit of superhero wear
  69. 122"Star Wars" character whose species is never named
  70. 124"You reap what you ___"
  71. 126Holiday whose name means "festival"
  72. 127Mork's home planet
  73. 128"Indeed"

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Letters accompanying applications, for short — Answer: RECS
  2. 5. Includes without others knowing, in a way — Answer: BCCS
  3. 9. "I haven't a clue" — Answer: BEATSME
  4. 16. Plant with an edible inner gel — Answer: ALOE
  5. 17. Up to snuff — Answer: ABLE
  6. 18. All over the place — Answer: ERRATIC
  7. 19. Drove in an A.T.V., say, informally — Answer: OFFROADED
  8. 21. Fighting technique used by [circled letters] (as explained at 76-Across) — Answer: NECKING
  9. 22. Unreal? — Answer: FAKE
  10. 23. Verify, as an editor might — Answer: FACTCHECK
  11. 25. Launch points in disc golf — Answer: TEEPADS
  12. 28. "Everything good?," as a cook might ask — Answer: TASTEOK
  13. 29. Laptop mode — Answer: SLEEP
  14. 30. Tap products — Answer: ALES
  15. 32. ID used for far more than its name suggests — Answer: SSN
  16. 33. Do wrong — Answer: ERR
  17. 34. They're just one problem after another — Answer: IQTESTS
  18. 37. Spanish direction — Answer: ESTE
  19. 41. Whatchamacallit — Answer: NOUN
  20. 43. "One ___ Soldier" (1969 antiwar song) — Answer: TIN
  21. 44. Belgrade resident — Answer: SERB
  22. 47. Word on either side of "to" — Answer: TOE
  23. 48. Physician specializing in reproductive health, informally — Answer: GYNO
  24. 49. Like some flights: Abbr. — Answer: INTL
  25. 51. Restrict — Answer: TIEDOWN
  26. 53. Long, hooded cloak that's also an author's name — Answer: CAPOTE
  27. 55. Areas of influence — Answer: SPHERES
  28. 56. Part of many a mailing address, in brief — Answer: POBOX
  29. 59. White dwarf phenomenon — Answer: NOVA
  30. 61. ___ so often — Answer: EVERY
  31. 62. Traps during a storm, perhaps — Answer: ICESIN
  32. 64. Vermont summer hrs. — Answer: EDT
  33. 66. Certain natural hairstyle — Answer: LOCS
  34. 67. "Boy, you're asking too much" ... or what you might say after following the instructions at 76-Across? — Answer: THATSATALLORDER
  35. 71. Popular browser for accessing the dark web — Answer: TOR
  36. 72. "Is it OK for us to leave?" — Answer: CANWEGO
  37. 73. It's one for the history books — Answer: EON
  38. 76. Annual June 21 celebration of the animal depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters from A to T and back to A — Answer: WORLDGIRAFFEDAY
  39. 81. Japanese audio brand — Answer: AIWA
  40. 82. Secondary account, in social media slang — Answer: ALT
  41. 83. Boundaries — Answer: LIMITS
  42. 84. Be part of, as a film — Answer: ACTIN
  43. 85. "Surprised to see you here!" — Answer: OHHI
  44. 88. Limber — Answer: LITHE
  45. 89. Hindu god with an elephant head — Answer: GANESHA
  46. 92. Satchel with a gendered name — Answer: MANBAG
  47. 94. Defeats without difficulty — Answer: ACESOUT
  48. 95. "I ___ you!" — Answer: ENVY
  49. 96. Indian royal — Answer: RAJA
  50. 100. Certain sib — Answer: SIS. Hint: Think about the word for a sibling that’s often used affectionately! 😊
  51. 101. M.L.B. team whose stadium is less than 10 miles from another M.L.B. team's — Answer: METS
  52. 103. "Go on, beat it!" — Answer: GIT
  53. 104. Pizazz — Answer: ELAN. Hint: Think about a certain flair or style that adds excitement to things! ✨
  54. 105. "Qué ___ contigo?" ("What's wrong with you?") — Answer: PASA
  55. 107. Cancels out — Answer: NEGATES
  56. 110. Common holder of pens — Answer: MUG
  57. 111. Mathematical constant equal to two times pi — Answer: TAU
  58. 114. Honoré de Balzac's "___ Goriot" — Answer: PERE
  59. 115. Give a buzz — Answer: PHONE
  60. 117. Farm play area — Answer: CORNPIT
  61. 119. Clergyman known for his verbal gaffes — Answer: SPOONER
  62. 121. Takes little effort — Answer: COMESEASY
  63. 123. Minimally — Answer: ATAD
  64. 124. Habitat for [circled letters] — Answer: SAVANNA
  65. 125. Starchy plant part in Asian cooking — Answer: LOTUSROOT
  66. 129. Something running at a bar — Answer: OPENTAB
  67. 130. Fateful day — Answer: IDES
  68. 131. Digital know-it-all — Answer: SIRI
  69. 132. Debuted to stockholders, in Wall St. lingo — Answer: WENTIPO
  70. 133. Art museum that awards the annual Turner Prize — Answer: TATE
  71. 134. Reindeer cousins — Answer: ELKS

Down

  1. 1. Big name in the pasta aisle — Answer: RAO
  2. 2. One often pictured wearing pointy shoes — Answer: ELF
  3. 3. Task for an office gofer, maybe — Answer: COFFEERUN
  4. 4. Colorful wrap — Answer: SERAPE
  5. 5. Spoke sheepishly? — Answer: BAAED
  6. 6. Compound found in marijuana, for short — Answer: CBD
  7. 7. What sets the tone — Answer: CLEF
  8. 8. Calms — Answer: SEDATES
  9. 9. Natural predispositions — Answer: BENTS
  10. 10. Builds — Answer: ERECTS
  11. 11. National park in Utah — Answer: ARCHES
  12. 12. "Here, try a sample" — Answer: TAKEONE
  13. 13. Driver's alternative to automatic — Answer: STICK
  14. 14. Semiaquatic carnivore — Answer: MINK
  15. 15. Med. diagnostic — Answer: ECG
  16. 20. Closest living relative of the [circled letters] — Answer: OKAPI
  17. 24. Show groups — Answer: CASTS
  18. 25. Golfer Yani — Answer: TSENG
  19. 26. "The Jetsons" son — Answer: ELROY
  20. 27. Attended, as a lecture — Answer: SATINON
  21. 31. Temporarily gave — Answer: LENTTO
  22. 35. This goes in one ear — Answer: QTIP
  23. 36. {1, 2, 3} and {4, 5, 6} — Answer: SETS
  24. 38. Offering in lieu of a cash refund, perhaps — Answer: STORECREDIT
  25. 39. Term for groups of [circled letters] — Answer: TOWERS
  26. 40. Teeny-tiny — Answer: EENSY
  27. 42. Free — Answer: NOCOST
  28. 45. Sometimes-intentional jeans feature — Answer: RIP
  29. 46. Looked upon — Answer: BEHELD
  30. 50. "I want you to be honest ..." — Answer: LEVELWITHME
  31. 52. R&B; group Bell Biv ___ — Answer: DEVOE
  32. 54. Follower of "x" or "y" — Answer: AXIS
  33. 56. Pennsylvania school, for short — Answer: PITT
  34. 57. Diez minus dos — Answer: OCHO
  35. 58. Testify — Answer: BEARWITNESS
  36. 60. Chicago's ___ Planetarium — Answer: ADLER
  37. 63. Salt's formula — Answer: NACL
  38. 65. Threads around a forum? — Answer: TOGA
  39. 68. "Look at this!" — Answer: TADA
  40. 69. Part of WASP — Answer: ANGLO
  41. 70. "HAHAHAHA!" — Answer: ROFL
  42. 74. Vow — Answer: OATH
  43. 75. Where Ferrari is "RACE," in brief — Answer: NYSE
  44. 77. Tot's injuries — Answer: OWIES
  45. 78. Price for a return, perhaps — Answer: RANSOM
  46. 79. Sneaker brand — Answer: FILA
  47. 80. Political exile — Answer: EMIGRE
  48. 81. Tree whose leaves are eaten by [circled letters] — Answer: ACACIA
  49. 84. Audibly shocked — Answer: AGASP
  50. 86. Big garage, essentially — Answer: HANGAR
  51. 87. They're sent after save-the-date cards — Answer: INVITES
  52. 90. Tone — Answer: HUE
  53. 91. Memo abbr. — Answer: ATTN
  54. 93. Eight bits — Answer: BYTE
  55. 97. Nutty extract — Answer: ALMONDOIL
  56. 98. French for "yellow" — Answer: JAUNE
  57. 99. Tick off — Answer: ANGER
  58. 102. Filter option — Answer: SEPIA
  59. 106. Small superhero whose catchphrase starts "Up and at 'em" — Answer: ATOMANT
  60. 108. Becomes wild, as a party — Answer: GETSLIT
  61. 109. Fur pattern on a [circled letters] — Answer: SPOTS
  62. 112. Self-reflective question — Answer: ARENTI
  63. 113. Start to take off, as a onesie — Answer: UNSNAP
  64. 116. Practically speechless? — Answer: HOARSE
  65. 117. Spelling bee? — Answer: COVEN
  66. 118. Late singer Bryson — Answer: PEABO
  67. 120. YouTube button with two lines — Answer: PAUSE
  68. 121. Bit of superhero wear — Answer: CAPE
  69. 122. "Star Wars" character whose species is never named — Answer: YODA
  70. 124. "You reap what you ___" — Answer: SOW
  71. 126. Holiday whose name means "festival" — Answer: TET
  72. 127. Mork's home planet — Answer: ORK
  73. 128. "Indeed" — Answer: TIS

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The answer to “Clergyman known for his verbal gaffes” in the New York Times crossword is SPOONER — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on June 21, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 119-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

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Most recently in the New York Times crossword on June 21, 2026 (a Sunday puzzle), at 119-Across.

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