A.A. MEETINGS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/22/2012. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: During which (6): WHILST
7 Across: Chooses (7): OPTSFOR
14 Across: Unlike terra incognita, say (6): MAPPED
20 Across: Olive oil alternative (6): CANOLA
21 Across: Sexual drive (7): THEURGE
22 Across: "Me! Me!" (6): IDOIDO
23 Across: Like the winner of the Miss Influenza pageant? (14): SICKANDTIARAED
25 Across: "Blast!" (6): DARNIT
26 Across: Tiki bar order (6): MAITAI
27 Across: Dons for the first time (7): TRIESON
29 Across: Indulged in some capers? (3): ATE
30 Across: Hovering falcon (7): KESTREL
33 Across: Some cake slices (7): EIGHTHS
36 Across: "I can see Mexico's southernmost state from this ship!"? (11): CHIAPASAHOY
41 Across: Tapas bar order (7): SANGRIA
43 Across: Quixote's pal (5): PANZA
44 Across: Art philanthropist Broad (3): ELI
45 Across: Lend for a short while (4): SPOT
47 Across: Day during the dog days (6): HOTONE
50 Across: When some coffee breaks begin (5): ATTEN
51 Across: Bring in, as a big client (4): LAND
53 Across: Like one who has gone green? (3): ILL
54 Across: Rate setter, informally (6): THEFED
55 Across: Scoundrel (3): RAT
57 Across: Place to get a learner's permit, for short (3): DMV
58 Across: Fall guys (5): GOATS
60 Across: Some Kellogg grads (4): MBAS
61 Across: Literally, "fire bowl" (7): HIBACHI
65 Across: Stand sales (4): ADES
67 Across: ___ dish (4): SOAP
69 Across: Before, to a poet (3): ERE
70 Across: Article in Hoy (3): UNA
71 Across: With 41-Down, Ford part (3): HAN
72 Across: Like the Battle of Trafalgar (5): NAVAL
74 Across: Kick oneself over (3): RUE
75 Across: Kabayaki base (3): EEL
76 Across: Entertainer with a Mandinka warrior haircut (3): MRT
77 Across: French verb with a circumflex (4): ETRE
79 Across: Pro accompanier? (4): RATA
80 Across: Guts (7): INNARDS
82 Across: Danish Nobelist (4): BOHR
84 Across: Cousin to "Roger that" (5): WILCO
86 Across: Target of thieves who do card skimming (3): ATM
88 Across: Some trailers (3): ADS
89 Across: Vanidades magazine reader (6): LATINA
91 Across: Words before and after "what" (3): IAM
92 Across: They vote first (4): YEAS
94 Across: "Look who's back!" (5): ITSME
98 Across: Brings out (6): EDUCES
99 Across: "___ like a Maelstrom, with a notch" (Emily Dickinson poem) (4): TWAS
101 Across: Old Polly Holliday sitcom (3): FLO
102 Across: Company with the slogan "At the heart of the image" (5): NIKON
103 Across: Is mannerly (7): BEHAVES
105 Across: Funding for a Spanish seafood dish? (11): PAELLAGRANT
108 Across: Lucidness (7): CLARITY
110 Across: "Babette's Feast" author (7): DINESEN
111 Across: Gas pump abbr. (3): REG
112 Across: North by northwest, e.g. (7): HEADING
115 Across: For years on end (6): INAGES
120 Across: Game whose lowest card is the 7 (6): ECARTE
123 Across: Far Easterners signed to a St. Louis ball team? (14): CARDINALASIANS
127 Across: Bleach (6): WHITEN
128 Across: Top to bottom, say (7): ANTONYM
129 Across: Lick but good (6): LARRUP
130 Across: Philosopher forced by Nero to commit suicide (6): SENECA
131 Across: Kids' summer activity center (7): DAYCAMP
132 Across: Like mushroom heads (6): SPONGY

Down Answers

1 Down: Wee rooms, for short? (3): WCS
2 Down: Onetime teen idol Corey (4): HAIM
3 Down: Their empire was the Land of the Four Quarters (4): INCA
4 Down: "The Avengers" villain (4): LOKI
5 Down: Furniture piece (4): SLAT
6 Down: Tomoyuki ___, creator of Godzilla (6): TANAKA
7 Down: Mel who was portrayed in "Field of Dreams" (3): OTT
8 Down: N.L. East team, on scoreboards (3): PHI
9 Down: Venice's La Fenice, for one (6): TEATRO
10 Down: Fringed carriages (7): SURREYS
11 Down: Easily injured (5): FRAIL
12 Down: Double curve (4): OGEE
13 Down: Some M&M's (4): REDS
14 Down: Steam bath enjoyed just before bedtime? (13): MIDNIGHTSAUNA
15 Down: Nabokov novel (3): ADA
16 Down: ___ ejemplo (3): POR
17 Down: Dos Equis-filled item at a birthday party? (12): PINATAOFBEER
18 Down: Poet Sitwell (5): EDITH
19 Down: Is grandmotherly, in a way (5): DOTES
24 Down: Pump choice (6): DIESEL
28 Down: Wine: Prefix (3): OEN
31 Down: McDonald's offering since 1985 (5): SALAD
32 Down: Dashiell Hammett's last novel, with "The" (7): THINMAN
34 Down: "Rhoda" co-star David (4): GROH
35 Down: "___ where it hurts" (5): HITEM
36 Down: Estate-planning pro (3): CPA
37 Down: Place for a band (3): HAT
38 Down: Gridiron stat. (3): INT
39 Down: Hyundai model (5): AZERA
40 Down: Style (7): PANACHE
41 Down: See 71-Across (4): SOLO
42 Down: World ___ (5): ATLAS
46 Down: Pork-on-a-stick? (8): PIGSATAY
48 Down: Came close to (6): NEARED
49 Down: Line in the 1950s (6): EDSELS
52 Down: Scent coming from a Netflix envelope? (8): DVDAROMA
56 Down: Answer to "Did you see which Greek goddess walked by?"? (13): THATWASATHENA
59 Down: Doughnuts, mathematically (4): TORI
61 Down: Kind of pie (6): HUMBLE
62 Down: Foray (6): INROAD
63 Down: Filthy kid's laconic question? (12): BATHTUBAGAIN
64 Down: Calvary initials (4): INRI
66 Down: Actress ___ Marie Saint (3): EVA
68 Down: Like some Facebook friend requests (7): PENDING
73 Down: Visa charge (7): LATEFEE
78 Down: 1% group (5): ELITE
81 Down: Moving (5): ASTIR
83 Down: Baby food preparation device (5): RICER
85 Down: Ravens' cries (4): CAWS
87 Down: Store keepers? (5): MALLS
90 Down: Soda with a Blue Cream flavor (4): NEHI
93 Down: Sun, on the Riviera (6): SOLEIL
95 Down: Jamaican music (3): SKA
96 Down: Jamaican fellow (3): MON
97 Down: Adenoidectomy specialist, for short (3): ENT
100 Down: P.R. pro (7): SPINDOC
104 Down: Eustacia ___, "The Return of the Native" woman (3): VYE
106 Down: Chest pain (6): ANGINA
107 Down: Historical records (6): ANNALS
108 Down: Rappers' posses (5): CREWS
109 Down: Café additive (5): LECHE
110 Down: Like some tricks (5): DIRTY
113 Down: Many a prep sch. (4): ACAD
114 Down: Funny Carvey (4): DANA
116 Down: "This is a priority!" (4): ASAP
117 Down: Copter's forerunner (4): GIRO
118 Down: Make (4): EARN
119 Down: Tight (4): SNUG
121 Down: A U.P.S. driver may have one: Abbr. (3): RTE
122 Down: Private eye (3): TEC
124 Down: N.L. East team, on scoreboards (3): NYM
125 Down: Stage item (3): AMP
126 Down: Dangerous job (3): SPY

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