TOASTING THE NEW YEAR - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 139 clues). Published 12/27/2009. By Elizabeth C. Gorski.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Common toast (6): CHEERS
7 Across: Be ___ (constantly complain) (5): ACRAB
12 Across: Sounds accompanying toasts (6): CLINKS
18 Across: Make sacred (6): HALLOW
19 Across: Actress Tierney (5): MAURA
20 Across: Neighborhood in Queens (6): HOLLIS
21 Across: Store (7): ARSENAL
23 Across: Cousins of Drama Desk Awards (5): OBIES
24 Across: Most hopeful (7): ROSIEST
25 Across: Purported cry from 100-Across upon discovering this puzzle's subject (19): IAMDRINKINGTHESTARS
28 Across: Bygone Dodge (4): OMNI
29 Across: Vietnamese leader ___ Dinh Diem (3): NGO
30 Across: Help out in a bad way (4): ABET
31 Across: Tries (5): STABS
35 Across: "Livin' Thing" band, for short (3): ELO
37 Across: Honor society character (3): PHI
38 Across: Prepare for a bodybuilding competition (5): OILUP
43 Across: Actress Skye (4): IONE
44 Across: 11:59 p.m., e.g. (5): ONETO
46 Across: ___ double life (5): LEADA
48 Across: Summer shades (4): TANS
49 Across: Later (6): NOTNOW
51 Across: Cream puffs (7): SISSIES
53 Across: Joint seal (6): GASKET
55 Across: Sutherland of "24" (6): KIEFER
57 Across: Titleholder (5): CHAMP
58 Across: Beverage brewed naturally (6): SUNTEA
59 Across: Hoity-toity (8): LAHDIDAH
61 Across: Once more: Abbr. (3): AGN
62 Across: Follows the path of 19th-century pioneers (8): GOESWEST
64 Across: Nail the test (5): ACEIT
65 Across: Sweet talk (3): COO
67 Across: Sine ___ non (3): QUA
68 Across: Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (5): AERIE
69 Across: Person on the alert for snow? (4): NARC
70 Across: Late choreographer Cunningham (5): MERCE
72 Across: Swindle (5): BUNKO
74 Across: Mechanic's ___ (4): LIEN
75 Across: Alternative to 1-Across (9): BOTTOMSUP
77 Across: Connoisseur of this puzzle's subject (9): WINELOVER
79 Across: Dressed up, maybe (7): INHEELS
80 Across: C (7): AVERAGE
81 Across: Name of seven Norwegian kings (6): MAGNUS
84 Across: Thai's neighbor (3): LAO
85 Across: Beatty of "Superman" (3): NED
86 Across: Ex-lib, perhaps (6): NEOCON
90 Across: "___ can survive everything but a misprint": Oscar Wilde (5): APOET
91 Across: Al dente (4): FIRM
92 Across: Terriers' warnings (4): ARFS
94 Across: ___ Lodge (5): ECONO
95 Across: Bad end (4): DOOM
96 Across: Symbol of strength (3): OAK
97 Across: Pay back? (3): OLA
99 Across: Scientologist ___ Hubbard (4): LRON
100 Across: See 25-Across (17): DOMPIERREPERIGNON
108 Across: Fakes (7): PHONIES
110 Across: Restrained (5): BATED
111 Across: Italian dumplings (7): GNOCCHI
114 Across: Genetic material with no known function (7): JUNKDNA
115 Across: Japanese porcelain (5): IMARI
116 Across: Become enraged, as a comic book figure (7): HULKOUT
117 Across: Miss, e.g. (3): SHE
118 Across: Alcatraz, for one: Abbr. (3): ISL
119 Across: Common overseas toast (5): SALUT
120 Across: General name on menus (3): TSO
121 Across: Jump into a pool? (3): BET

Down Answers

1 Down: When said three times, a dance (3): CHA
2 Down: Spy Mata ___ (4): HARI
3 Down: Mrs. Albert Einstein (4): ELSA
4 Down: Na, Ne, Ni or No (4): ELEM
5 Down: Some Mozart works (6): RONDOS
6 Down: Hive mentality? (5): SWARM
7 Down: Berserk (4): AMOK
8 Down: Part of a plane (5): CABIN
9 Down: Having certain misgivings (5): RUING
10 Down: "All systems ___" (5): AREGO
11 Down: Rope fiber (4): BAST
12 Down: Went with (5): CHOSE
13 Down: Was beaten by (6): LOSTTO
14 Down: 1998 Olympic figure skating gold medalist ___ Kulik (4): ILIA
15 Down: D-back, e.g. (4): NLER
16 Down: New Year's Eve action (4): KISS
17 Down: Grounded flier (3): SST
22 Down: Napkins and such (5): LINEN
24 Down: Up an offer, e.g. (5): REBID
26 Down: "Frasier" role (5): NILES
27 Down: What the Laugh Factory produces (5): HAHAS
31 Down: Do bad (3): SIN
32 Down: Skipped the subway, say (8): TOOKACAB
33 Down: Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment," e.g. (8): ANTIHERO
34 Down: 100-Across, for one (15): BENEDICTINEMONK
36 Down: Of the ears (4): OTIC
37 Down: Slightest protest (4): PEEP
39 Down: Cry before "Happy New Year!" (15): ITSTWELVEOCLOCK
40 Down: Discovery of the explorer Louis Joliet (8): LAKEERIE
41 Down: More restless (8): UNEASIER
42 Down: LAX setting (3): PST
44 Down: Due (4): OWED
45 Down: Workplace watchdog grp. (4): OSHA
46 Down: Describe (4): LIMN
47 Down: The chills (4): AGUE
50 Down: The wonder ___ all (4): OFIT
52 Down: Wise (4): SAGE
54 Down: Looped handle, in archaeology (4): ANSA
56 Down: Flower arrangement (6): RACEME
58 Down: Super ___ (water shooter) (6): SOAKER
59 Down: Office PC hookup (3): LAN
60 Down: Equine (9): HORSELIKE
62 Down: Pursued tenaciously (9): GUNNEDFOR
63 Down: Big ___ (3): TEN
66 Down: Of the eyes (6): OCULAR
67 Down: It may be taken with a bow (6): QUIVER
70 Down: ___ scale (4): MOHS
71 Down: English Derby site (5): EPSOM
72 Down: Swahili honorific (5): BWANA
73 Down: "The Good Earth" wife (4): OLAN
76 Down: Carpentry fastener (4): TNUT
78 Down: S-shaped molding (4): OGEE
81 Down: "Are you ___?" (3): MAD
82 Down: Mil. address part (3): APO
83 Down: "Funny!" (7): GOODONE
87 Down: Biodegradable pipe material (7): CORNCOB
88 Down: Lennon's lady (3): ONO
89 Down: French vote (3): NON
91 Down: Former Saudi king (6): FAISAL
93 Down: Cold-shoulder (6): SLIGHT
96 Down: Taps, in a way (5): OPENS
98 Down: "___ Dei" (5): AGNUS
101 Down: Skirt length (4): MIDI
102 Down: Diamond stats (4): RBIS
103 Down: "___ Lama Ding Dong" (1961 hit) (4): RAMA
104 Down: Series ender: Abbr. (4): ETAL
105 Down: Arequipa is its second-largest city (4): PERU
106 Down: Make a long story short? (4): EDIT
107 Down: Start of a plea (4): NOLO
108 Down: Comfy evening wear (3): PJS
109 Down: "You talkin' to me?" (3): HUH
112 Down: Shade (3): HUE
113 Down: Cousin ___ of "The Addams Family" (3): ITT

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