ONE BY ONE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 9/4/2016. By Tom McCoy.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Flair (4): ELAN
5 Across: Indication of freshness (4): SLAP
9 Across: Weak (6): INFIRM
15 Across: ___ bag (party giveaway) (4): SWAG
19 Across: Have a one-person apartment, say (9): LIVEALONE
21 Across: "Old MacDonald" sounds (6): MOOMOO
22 Across: "Check and ___" (4): MATE
23 Across: Neighbor of Illinois (9): B&ORAILROAD
24 Across: Response to a flatterer (6): STOPIT
25 Across: Subordinate: Abbr. (4): ASST
26 Across: "That ___ part of our agreement!" (5): WASNT
27 Across: Short dagger (8): STILETTO
29 Across: Flattened at the poles (6): OBLATE
31 Across: Concorde, e.g. (3): SST
32 Across: Ball in a socket (3): EYE
34 Across: 24 in a caffeine molecule (5): ATOMS
35 Across: Release from TLC or Alicia Keys (6): R&BALBUM
36 Across: Tee seller (7): PROSHOP
39 Across: Like many a lad or lass (3): WEE
40 Across: "Since you didn't hear me the first time ..." (5): ISAID
41 Across: Actor Reeves (5): KEANU
43 Across: Start of a time capsule direction (6): OPENON
45 Across: Retired Steeler Taylor (3): IKE
46 Across: Takes it easy (12): GETSALITTLER&R
48 Across: End-of-seminar feature (8): Q&ASESSION
53 Across: ___ letter (college app part) (3): REC
54 Across: Scads (4): TONS
55 Across: Sources of mescaline (7): PEYOTES
57 Across: Prefix with parasite (4): ENDO
58 Across: School in Oxford, informally (7): OLEMISS
60 Across: ___-Atlantic (3): MID
61 Across: Burns's refusal (3): NAE
62 Across: Where bees be (5): HIVES
63 Across: Slithy one, to Carroll (4): TOVE
64 Across: Diamond head? (7): MANAGER
66 Across: ___ salad (4): TUNA
67 Across: Shout made while pointing (5): THERE
69 Across: Cops, with "the" (3): LAW
70 Across: ___ Alamos (3): LOS
71 Across: Targeted (7): AIMEDAT
74 Across: Spanish prefix with lÃneas (4): AERO
75 Across: Begin a voyage (7): SETSAIL
77 Across: ___ Fresh (Tex-Mex chain) (4): BAJA
78 Across: Airport posting, for short (3): ETA
79 Across: Multicolored candy in a yellow package (8): PEANUTM&MS
81 Across: Noted index (12): S&PFIVEHUNDRED
84 Across: Grp. sponsoring the Muzzle Loading Championship (3): NRA
85 Across: Footnote material (6): DETAIL
86 Across: Stemmed (from) (5): AROSE
87 Across: Transition (5): SEGUE
90 Across: Go on (3): AIR
91 Across: 1997 film megahit (7): TITANIC
93 Across: Site of the George Bush Presidential Library (6): TEXASA&M
94 Across: Material in two states (5): SLUSH
96 Across: Droop (3): SAG
97 Across: The "e" of i.e. (3): EST
100 Across: Descend in a controlled fashion (6): RAPPEL
101 Across: Might be able to do it (8): HASASHOT
104 Across: Oscar-winning Berry (5): HALLE
106 Across: The "E" of HOMES (4): ERIE
107 Across: Like three men of rhyme (6): INATUB
109 Across: Beverage since 1922 (9): A&WROOTBEER
111 Across: Bareilles who sang "Love Song" (4): SARA
112 Across: "Negotiations are off!" (6): NODEAL
113 Across: Some fuel oils (9): KEROSENES
114 Across: Leave in (4): STET
115 Across: Gertrude ___, first woman to swim the English Channel (6): EDERLE
116 Across: Meh (4): SOSO
117 Across: Lead-in to Victoria or Albert (4): LAKE

Down Answers

1 Down: Things aggressive people may throw (5): ELBOWS
2 Down: Turkish money (5): LIRAS
3 Down: "Cease!" on the seas (5): AVAST
4 Down: Answer to "Is Bonn the capital of Deutschland?" (4): NEIN
5 Down: Kind of camera, for short (3): SLR
6 Down: Releases (6): LOOSES
7 Down: Bio course: Abbr. (4): ANAT
8 Down: Mani-___ (4): PEDI
9 Down: "Ready!" (5): IMSET
10 Down: "It's all good" (9): NOTTOWORRY
11 Down: They mind their manors (7): FOOTMEN
12 Down: Foist (upon) (6): IMPOSE
14 Down: Relatives of scooters (9): MOTORBIKES
15 Down: One of two in the Adidas logo (6): SMALLA
16 Down: Sushi go-with (6): WASABI
17 Down: Offered for breeding (6): ATSTUD
18 Down: "Don't let those guys escape!" (5): GETEM
20 Down: Choice (11): ALTERNATIVE
28 Down: A U.S. flag is a common one (8): LAPELPIN
30 Down: Ammonia and lye (5): BASES
33 Down: Calvin Coolidge's reputed reply to a woman who bet she could get more than two words out of him (7): YOULOSE
36 Down: Old men (3): PAS
37 Down: Red ___ (4): HOTS
38 Down: Go (for) (3): OPT
41 Down: Ocean bottom? (4): KEEL
42 Down: And more (8): ETCETERA
44 Down: "Going somewhere?" (9): NEEDALIFT
45 Down: "That makes sense" (4): ISEE
46 Down: Miracle-___ (3): GRO
47 Down: Electees (3): INS
48 Down: 2022 World Cup host (4): QATAR
49 Down: Surrounder of la Grande Jatte (5): SEINE
50 Down: Martians, in "The War of the Worlds" (8): INVADERS
51 Down: Wordsworth work (3): ODE
52 Down: Negatives (3): NOS
56 Down: Word often replaced with "your" (4): ONES
59 Down: Ignoramus (5): MORON
60 Down: Big mouths (4): MAWS
62 Down: United Nations concern (11): HUMANRIGHTS
64 Down: Tangles (4): MATS
65 Down: Behemoths (8): GOLIATHS
66 Down: City where Mexico's routes 1 and 2 meet (7): TIJUANA
67 Down: Word that becomes its own synonym when spelled backward (3): TAP
68 Down: Giggle syllable (3): HEE
69 Down: Basic form of a word (4): LEMMA
71 Down: Spa sound (3): AAH
72 Down: Do to ___ (4): ATEE
73 Down: Bit (3): TAD
75 Down: Simplify (9): STREAMLINE
76 Down: Just like always (9): ASPERUSUAL
77 Down: Big swig (4): BELT
80 Down: Neglect (5): UNUSE
82 Down: Number of hills in ancient Rome (3): VII
83 Down: Rx writer (3): DOC
85 Down: Optometrist, at times (7): DILATER
87 Down: Pirate, in old slang (6): SEARAT
88 Down: Breathe out (6): EXPIRE
89 Down: View in awe (6): GAPEAT
90 Down: Slightly (6): ASHADE
92 Down: Noted philanthropic family (6): ASTORS
93 Down: Lock (5): TRESS
95 Down: Relative of a weasel (5): SABLE
97 Down: Justice Kagan (5): ELENA
98 Down: Smooth and glossy (5): SLEEK
99 Down: Like Calvin Coolidge (5): TERSE
102 Down: Neocons, e.g. (4): HAWKS
103 Down: Ice cream flavor (4): OREO
105 Down: Cain mutiny victim? (4): ABEL
108 Down: Positive sign (3): NOD
110 Down: Game-winning line (3): OOO

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