MY TREAT - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 7/3/2011. By Pete Muller.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Essence (4): MEAT
5 Across: Start of a nursery rhyme (4): ABCD
9 Across: "I won't bore you with the rest" (3): ETC
12 Across: Actress Davis (5): GEENA
17 Across: They're often deep-fried (5): OKRAS
19 Across: 1964 title role for Tony Randall (5): DRLAO
21 Across: ___-jongg (3): MAH
22 Across: Indy 500 legend (5): UNSER
23 Across: 1950s NBC icon (5): BERLE
24 Across: Spanish for "rope" (5): REATA
25 Across: Some versions of a 117-Across (9): BROWNCOWS
27 Across: Ingredient in a 117-Across (12): SELTZERWATER
30 Across: "How is this possible?" (7): CANITBE
31 Across: Repeat (7): DOAGAIN
32 Across: Green lights (6): SAYSOS
34 Across: "___, danke" (4): NEIN
35 Across: Reversal of sorts (4): PURL
36 Across: "Top Chef" host Lakshmi (5): PADMA
40 Across: Trouble's partner, in Shakespeare (4): TOIL
41 Across: Kimchi-loving land (5): KOREA
42 Across: "___ honor" (5): ITSAN
44 Across: Some cuts (5): LOINS
46 Across: "___ straight!" (4): DAMN
48 Across: DKNY competitor (3): YSL
49 Across: 1960s campus grp. (3): SDS
51 Across: "In case you weren't listening ..." (5): ISAID
53 Across: Amazon's business, e.g. (5): ETAIL
55 Across: Whence spiderlings emerge (7): EGGSACS
59 Across: Ingredient in a 117-Across (13): FLAVOREDSYRUP
64 Across: Suffix with meth- (3): ANE
65 Across: Island visited by Captain Cook in 1778 (5): KAUAI
67 Across: Year Columbus died (4): MDVI
68 Across: French kings' coronation city (6): RHEIMS
69 Across: Imprudent (4): RASH
71 Across: David of television (5): LARRY
73 Across: Brawl (5): SETTO
75 Across: Thin Japanese noodle (4): SOBA
76 Across: Salsa seller (6): ORTEGA
78 Across: Ready, with "up" (4): TEED
80 Across: Broadway lights (5): NEONS
82 Across: Word with black or stream (3): JET
83 Across: Utensil for a 117-Across (13): FLEXIBLESTRAW
86 Across: Sugary drinks (7): NECTARS
88 Across: ___ nothing (5): ALLOR
89 Across: Like the buildings at Machu Picchu (5): INCAN
91 Across: Watched (3): SAW
92 Across: ___ Fields (3): MRS
95 Across: Filmmaker Riefenstahl (4): LENI
96 Across: Senator Hatch (5): ORRIN
98 Across: ___ nova (1960s dance) (5): BOSSA
102 Across: Characters in "The Hobbit" (5): RUNES
104 Across: "Web ___" (ESPN segment showing great fielding plays) (4): GEMS
107 Across: Sniggled (5): EELED
109 Across: A stake, metaphorically (4): SKIN
110 Across: Holly genus (4): ILEX
111 Across: Attack fervently (6): ASSAIL
113 Across: Doing some cartoon work (7): VOICING
115 Across: Cruise, say (7): SEATRIP
117 Across: Something delicious to drink (12): ICECREAMSODA
121 Across: Version of a 117-Across (9): COKEFLOAT
123 Across: What a graph may show (5): TREND
124 Across: Baltimore and Philadelphia (5): PORTS
126 Across: Come to ___ (5): ANEND
127 Across: "Catch-22" bomber pilot (3): ORR
128 Across: "Later, alligator!" (5): SEEYA
129 Across: Versatile utensil (5): SPORK
130 Across: Whizzes at quizzes? (5): NERDS
131 Across: Name connector (3): NEE
132 Across: Pizazz (4): ELAN
133 Across: Influence (4): SWAY

Down Answers

1 Down: Fellas in "Goodfellas," e.g. (3): MOB
2 Down: Barely manages (7): EKESOUT
3 Down: Bad thing to be in (7): ARREARS
4 Down: Container for a 117-Across (9): TALLGLASS
5 Down: Cortisol-secreting gland (7): ADRENAL
6 Down: Family member, in dialect (4): BRER
7 Down: Construction crane attachment (4): CLAW
8 Down: It's crunched (4): DATA
9 Down: Baby baby? (6): EMBRYO
10 Down: Besmirch (3): TAR
11 Down: Like many a 117-Across (9): CHOCOLATE
12 Down: Private eye Peter of old TV (4): GUNN
13 Down: "___ Man" (1992 movie) (6): ENCINO
14 Down: Obscure things (7): ESOTERY
15 Down: Neophytes (7): NEWBIES
16 Down: Manchester United rival (7): ARSENAL
18 Down: Bristle (4): SETA
20 Down: Wild ones may be sown (4): OATS
26 Down: Lived and breathed (3): WAS
28 Down: Pizazz (3): ZIP
29 Down: Gobble up (3): EAT
31 Down: Meas. of screen resolution (3): DPI
33 Down: Valuable iron ore (8): SIDERITE
37 Down: Possible response to "You've got spinach between your teeth" (3): DOI
38 Down: Fails (8): MISFIRES
39 Down: Excessively orderly, informally (4): ANAL
41 Down: Jewish deli order (5): KNISH
43 Down: State straddling two time zones: Abbr. (4): NDAK
45 Down: Thailand, once (4): SIAM
47 Down: West Coast evergreens (8): MADRONES
50 Down: Like mountains and computer images (8): SCALABLE
52 Down: Burned things (4): DVDS
54 Down: Caustic cleaners (4): LYES
55 Down: ___ corn (5): EAROF
56 Down: Twisty tree feature (5): GNARL
57 Down: "Beau ___" (5): GESTE
58 Down: ___ sponte (of its own accord) (3): SUA
60 Down: Pots and pans for baking (8): OVENWARE
61 Down: Spanish wine (5): RIOJA
62 Down: It may be burnt (5): UMBER
63 Down: Hurdles for high-school jrs. (5): PSATS
66 Down: Main lines (8): ARTERIES
70 Down: Six: Prefix (4): HEXA
72 Down: Mountain sighting, maybe (4): YETI
74 Down: Mountain (3): TON
77 Down: Breathing aids (5): GILLS
79 Down: Movie villain who sought to disrupt a space launch (4): DRNO
81 Down: Union opponent (4): SCAB
84 Down: Utensil for a 117-Across (9): LONGSPOON
85 Down: Field unit (4): ACRE
87 Down: Quantity of a key ingredient in a 117-Across (9): TWOSCOOPS
90 Down: Scoreless score (3): NIL
92 Down: Inside look? (7): MRISCAN
93 Down: The primary instruction (7): RULEONE
94 Down: Bit of gymwear (7): SNEAKER
97 Down: Winnemucca resident, e.g. (7): NEVADAN
99 Down: Low-rent district (7): SKIDROW
100 Down: Artist whose name is an anagram of "artisan" (7): SINATRA
101 Down: Director Lee (3): ANG
103 Down: Offer, as a hand (6): EXTEND
105 Down: French teacher (6): MAITRE
106 Down: It may come after a typo (3): SIC
108 Down: ___ Pérignon (3): DOM
111 Down: Need nursing, say (3): AIL
112 Down: Rents out (4): LETS
114 Down: Cos. that offer access (4): ISPS
116 Down: Old U.S.P.S. routing codes (4): RFDS
118 Down: Manitoba tribe (4): CREE
119 Down: Pull (in) (4): REEL
120 Down: "And Winter Came ..." artist (4): ENYA
122 Down: Is for two or more? (3): ARE
125 Down: Shade of blue (3): SKY

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