| FOUR | "Fab" or "Final" ending |
| FOUR | "Fantastic ___" (2015 superhero film) |
| FOUR | "Fantastic ___," 2005 superhero film co-directed by Tim Story that stars Jessica Alba |
| FOUR | "Fantastic ___," 2005 superhero film with a quartet's number in its title |
| FOUR | "Fantastic ___," superhero movie that features the character Sue Storm, whose superpower is invisibility |
| FOUR | "Nineteen Eighty-___," novel by George Orwell that seemingly predicted facial recognition technology |
| FOUR | "The Sign of the ___," Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| FOUR | "The ___ Horsemen," 1983 song by Metallica from their debut album "Kill 'Em All" |
| FOUR | "The ___ Winds" (Kristin Hannah novel) |
| FOUR | "Twenty ___ Seven," 1999 song by Tina Turner from her last studio album |
| FOUR | "Yum! ___ stars out of five" |
| FOUR | "___ Christmases," 2008 film starring Reese Witherspoon that had one of the highest-grossing Thanksgiving weekend openings |
| FOUR | "___ Sticks," song by Led Zeppelin that has the number of columns supporting the Eiffel Tower |
| FOUR | "___ Weddings and a Funeral," rom-com series that is co-created by Mindy Kaling |
| FOUR | & 1A The —, 1981 comedy-drama film starring, written and directed by Alan Alda |
| FOUR | & 5D 2002 novel by James Patterson |
| FOUR | (2/5) Part of a New Year's Eve countdown...or 2+2 result |
| FOUR | (Final [?)-wheeler] |
| FOUR | ... of a 1954 Lincoln stamp |
| FOUR | Afternoon hour |
| FOUR | Afternoon hour for tea |
| FOUR | Afternoon tea time, traditionally |
| FOUR | An hour before office closing time, maybe |
| FOUR | Beatles count |
| FOUR | Beatles count or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 35d to find out what you can do next year) |
| FOUR | Car wheel count |
| FOUR | Cardinal number |
| FOUR | Chrysler 300, e.g. |
| FOUR | Common par |
| FOUR | Connect ___ (two-player game with a plastic rack) |
| FOUR | Count in a march |
| FOUR | Cricket shot that touches the ground before crossing the boundary |
| FOUR | Either component of today's date |
| FOUR | English number that's a noun in French |
| FOUR | Fantastic ___, Marvel's superhero team whose members include Mister Fantastic and The Thing |
| FOUR | Fastball type --> |
| FOUR | Fastball --> |
| FOUR | Final __: March Madness round |
| FOUR | Frankie Valli and the ___ Seasons |
| FOUR | Gospel group |
| FOUR | Horsemen count |
| FOUR | IV |
| FOUR | IV, in numerics |
| FOUR | It has an apt number of letters in its name |
| FOUR | Jessica Alba starrer "Fantastic ___" |
| FOUR | Late afternoon |
| FOUR | Late afternoon hour |
| FOUR | Latish afternoon hour |
| FOUR | Lou Gehrig's number |
| FOUR | Lou Gehrig, on the diamond |
| FOUR | Low square |
| FOUR | Minimum number of times each letter of the alphabet appears in this puzzle's solution |
| FOUR | Near-impossible N.F.L. point total |
| FOUR | Near-impossible NFL point count |
| FOUR | Number in a quartet |
| FOUR | Number of "Matrix" films |
| FOUR | Number of "girls" in "The Golden Girls" |
| FOUR | Number of #1 hits that Rihanna had in 2010 (the record for a female artist) |
| FOUR | Number of 69-Across surrounding the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| FOUR | Number of Beatles members |
| FOUR | Number of Beatles or Red Hot Chili Peppers members |
| FOUR | Number of Emmy Awards for acting won by both Bryan Cranston and Dennis Franz |
| FOUR | Number of Galilean moons of Jupiter |
| FOUR | Number of Gospels in the New Testament |
| FOUR | Number of Olympic gold medals for Tamika Catchings |
| FOUR | Number of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| FOUR | Number of apocalyptic horsemen |
| FOUR | Number of calling birds in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| FOUR | Number of chambers in the human heart |
| FOUR | Number of dog bootees in a set |
| FOUR | Number of ghosts that visit Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" |
| FOUR | Number of horsemen or seasons |
| FOUR | Number of leaves on a "lucky" clover |
| FOUR | Number of letters in our contest answer--and the number of letters between certain pairs of letters in this puzzle |
| FOUR | Number of letters in this clue's answer |
| FOUR | Number of musicians in a quartet |
| FOUR | Number of pecks in a 34-Down |
| FOUR | Number of people in a quartet |
| FOUR | Number of players in a tennis doubles match |
| FOUR | Number of quarters |
| FOUR | Number of quarters in a dollar |
| FOUR | Number of quarters in a football game |
| FOUR | Number of quarts in a gallon |
| FOUR | Number of rhombus sides |
| FOUR | Number of rocky planets in the solar system |
| FOUR | Number of seasons |
| FOUR | Number of seasons in the year |
| FOUR | Number of sides a rectangle has |
| FOUR | Number of sides a square has |
| FOUR | Number of sides of a quadrilateral |
| FOUR | Number of singers in a quartet |
| FOUR | Number of square blocks in a Tetris piece |
| FOUR | Number of stripes on a Navy Captain's insignia |
| FOUR | Number of suits in a deck of cards |
| FOUR | Number of women in a Nina Simone song |
| FOUR | Number of words in "The Road Not Taken" |
| FOUR | Number of years between each edition of the Olympics |
| FOUR | Number of years in a presidential term |
| FOUR | Number opposite sixteen on a dartboard |
| FOUR | Number representing a power forward |
| FOUR | Number that's a homophone of a preposition |
| FOUR | One more than three |
| FOUR | One of two in Hank Aaron's uniform number |
| FOUR | One-third of a dozen |
| FOUR | Only digit in the ZIP code for Newton Falls, Ohio |
| FOUR | Only number that equals the number of letters in its English name |
| FOUR | Only number with the same number of letters as its value |
| FOUR | Par on most holes |
| FOUR | Polo team complement |
| FOUR | Polo team, e.g. |
| FOUR | Product of two and two |
| FOUR | Purple pool ball |
| FOUR | Quad number |
| FOUR | Quadruplet |
| FOUR | Quartet |
| FOUR | Quartet count |
| FOUR | Quartet number |
| FOUR | Quartet quorum |
| FOUR | Quartet's makeup |
| FOUR | Quarts in a gallon |
| FOUR | Reportedly in favour of a number |
| FOUR | Roman's IV |
| FOUR | See 11 Down |
| FOUR | See 17 Across |
| FOUR | See 1-Down |
| FOUR | See 33-Across |
| FOUR | Singers in a quartet |
| FOUR | Small square |
| FOUR | Smallest composite number |
| FOUR | Square between two primes |
| FOUR | Square root of sixteen |
| FOUR | Square sides |
| FOUR | Tea hour |
| FOUR | Tea time |
| FOUR | Tea time, perhaps |
| FOUR | Teatime |
| FOUR | Teatime, maybe |
| FOUR | Teatime, perhaps |
| FOUR | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle count |
| FOUR | The Fantastic ___, comic characters |
| FOUR | The number of letters in this clue's answer |
| FOUR | This Across |
| FOUR | Three plus one |
| FOUR | Time that little Susie is woken in the 1957 hit "Wake Up Little Susie" |
| FOUR | Traditional British tea time |
| FOUR | Twenty-seven connection |
| FOUR | Twice 30-Across |
| FOUR | Two by two? |
| FOUR | Two plus two |
| FOUR | Two squared |
| FOUR | Two times two |
| FOUR | Ultrarare NFL point total |
| FOUR | Unlucky digit in Chinese numerology |
| FOUR | What a 56-Across would tally for this puzzle? |
| FOUR | What leap years are divisible by |
| FOUR | With 34-Across, another way to make 60-Across |
| FOUR | With 3-Down, like most bachelor's degree programs |
| FOUR | With 5-Down, like some bicycles, gear-wise |
| FOUR | With 69-Across, childish taunt ... and a homophonic hint to the answers to the asterisked clues |
| FOUR | __ Corners |
| FOUR | ___ Seasons Resorts, Maldives, hotel with a huge following on Instagram |
| FOUR | ___ square, sport played in a square court that kids often play at 14d |
| FOUR | ____ Tops (pop quartet) |
| FOUR | ___-leaf clover |
| FOUR | ___-leaf clover (lucky find) |
| FOUR | ___-leaf clover, rare leaf that is believed to bring good luck and is used by Alfa Romeo |
| FOUR | ___-wheel drive |
| FOUR | - |
| FOUR | --> walk call |
| FOUR | √This clue's number |
| FOUR | *Minus five from 16a to get this |
| FOUR | *Number of The Beatles and the next digit in Pi |