MIXOLOGY - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 11/27/2016. By Matt Ginsberg.

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Across Answers

1 Across: They often have small tables (5)
CAFES
6 Across: Base men? (4)
CADS
10 Across: Jazzes (up) (4)
AMPS
14 Across: "Back to the Future" antagonist (4)
BIFF
18 Across: Stars-and-stripes land, informally (5)
USOFA
19 Across: Some Great Plains residents (4)
OTOE
20 Across: Possible destination for un inmigrante, with "el" (5)
NORTE
22 Across: Hero (4)
IDOL
23 Across: Infant + straying = noted coach (10)
BEARBRYANT
25 Across: Less polite + wildly unconventional = epicenter (10)
GROUNDZERO
27 Across: Eye part (6)
SCLERA
28 Across: New pop of 1924 (4)
NEHI
30 Across: Approached apace (5)
RANTO
31 Across: Pro (3)
ACE
32 Across: In Tahitian it means "good" (6)
MAITAI
34 Across: Urban woe + squirms = pool accessory (11)
SWIMGOGGLES
37 Across: Untuned, say (3)
OFF
40 Across: Halters? (8)
SENTRIES
42 Across: Big Ten sch. (3)
MSU
43 Across: Delay + dodos = some compromises (12)
PLEABARGAINS
46 Across: Adorn brilliantly (8)
EMBLAZON
51 Across: Birthday girl's wear (5)
TIARA
52 Across: Pandora release (4)
ILLS
53 Across: Del ___ (fast-food chain) (4)
TACO
55 Across: Poetic Muse (5)
ERATO
56 Across: Spa, e.g. (6)
SPRING
58 Across: Nevada gold-mining town (4)
ELKO
60 Across: Remain + "Hmm ..." = R&B great (9)
BODIDDLEY
62 Across: ___ season (4)
DEER
64 Across: Moved at a crawl (7)
SNAILED
66 Across: Saharan (4)
SERE
67 Across: Letter at the end of three other letters (3)
ETA
70 Across: Bill producers + Western wear = info for events (13)
STARTINGTIMES
74 Across: Lisa, to Bart (3)
SIS
75 Across: Big name in root beer (4)
DADS
77 Across: Overindulged (7)
ATEATON
78 Across: Sushi go-with (4)
SAKE
80 Across: Show, informally + African capital = Adonis (9)
DREAMBOAT
82 Across: Social worker? (4)
WASP
85 Across: Suck it up? (6)
SIPHON
89 Across: Someone never seen in "Peanuts" (5)
ADULT
90 Across: ___ Minor (4)
URSA
92 Across: Yarn (4)
TALE
94 Across: Feudal lord (5)
LIEGE
95 Across: Mariners' aids (8)
SEXTANTS
97 Across: Pasty + vacation expense, maybe = hospital specialty (12)
PRENATALCARE
100 Across: Court affirmation (3)
IDO
101 Across: Radial alternative (8)
BIASTIRE
102 Across: Was ahead (3)
LED
103 Across: See + umbrella alternative = warming option (11)
RADIANTHEAT
108 Across: Minimal diamond margin (6)
ONERUN
111 Across: Lead-in to maniac (3)
EGO
112 Across: Santa ___ (5)
MARIA
113 Across: Area to defend (4)
TURF
115 Across: "My Cup Runneth Over" crooner (6)
EDAMES
119 Across: Regarding + undercoat = network with 303 stations (10)
PARISMETRO
122 Across: Day of the month + succeed = some recital pieces (10)
PIANODUETS
124 Across: Epps of "House" (4)
OMAR
125 Across: Kind of chair (5)
EAMES
126 Across: In years past (4)
ONCE
127 Across: Vertical (5)
ERECT
128 Across: Makes it? (4)
TAGS
129 Across: Prefix with byte (4)
TERA
130 Across: The time of Nick? (4)
NITE
131 Across: ___ Chris Steak House (5)
RUTHS

Down Answers

1 Down: "Jinx" breakers of 2016 (4)
CUBS
2 Down: "Hold on ___!" (4)
ASEC
3 Down: Stable arrival (4)
FOAL
4 Down: Violinist Zimbalist (5)
EFREM
5 Down: Negev native (5)
SABRA
6 Down: Evasive (3)
COY
7 Down: Crooked (9)
ATANANGLE
8 Down: Accomplished everything (9)
DONEITALL
9 Down: Green of "The Italian Job" (4)
SETH
10 Down: Director Lee (3)
ANG
11 Down: Cat that epitomizes finickiness (6)
MORRIS
12 Down: Many a charity tournament (5)
PROAM
13 Down: Deeply offended (5)
STUNG
14 Down: Hollywood, with "the" (3)
BIZ
15 Down: Unimprovable (5)
IDEAL
16 Down: The "F" in F = ma (5)
FORCE
17 Down: Results of icy breakups? (5)
FLOES
21 Down: Finally put an end to? (6)
ENTOMB
24 Down: Mrs. Gorbachev (5)
RAISA
26 Down: Follower of an Alaskan team (7)
DOGSLED
29 Down: "The doctor ___" (4)
ISIN
33 Down: Actress Hatcher (4)
TERI
35 Down: Last part of the country to report election results (4)
WEST
36 Down: Keeps safe (6)
GUARDS
37 Down: Pulls (out of) (4)
OPTS
38 Down: Resell quickly (4)
FLIP
39 Down: "___ not!" (4)
FEAR
41 Down: Takes a chance (7)
RISKSIT
44 Down: Saharan (4)
ARID
45 Down: Curses (5)
BANES
46 Down: Recall cause, maybe (5)
ECOLI
47 Down: Computer hookups (6)
MODEMS
48 Down: Chain that sells chains (5)
ZALES
49 Down: Cheri formerly of "S.N.L." (5)
OTERI
50 Down: "The Highwayman" poet (5)
NOYES
54 Down: Some (4)
ABIT
57 Down: Do pretty well gradewise (5)
GETAB
59 Down: Currently airing (5)
ONNOW
61 Down: What germs may turn into (5)
IDEAS
63 Down: Squeal on (6)
RATOUT
65 Down: Relatives on the father's side (7)
AGNATES
67 Down: Classic Icelandic literary works (5)
EDDAS
68 Down: Time for una siesta (5)
TARDE
69 Down: For two (5)
ADEUX
71 Down: Cabooses (5)
REARS
72 Down: Some needlework, informally? (4)
TATS
73 Down: Art (5)
SKILL
76 Down: Carter/Brezhnev agreement (6)
SALTII
79 Down: Absolutely awesome (4)
EPIC
81 Down: After Rainier, highest peak in the Pacific Northwest (7)
MTADAMS
83 Down: Island whose volcanic eruption is rumored to have destroyed Atlantis (9)
SANTORINI
84 Down: Simple truth (9)
PLAINFACT
86 Down: Mend (4)
HEAL
87 Down: Nasty sort (4)
OGRE
88 Down: Attention, for some (4)
NEED
91 Down: Capital where Robert Louis Stevenson died (4)
APIA
93 Down: Verb from which "suis" and "sommes" are conjugated (4)
ETRE
96 Down: Anonymous (6)
NONAME
98 Down: Heavy metal band with 1980s hits (4)
RATT
99 Down: Correo ___ (foreign mail stamp) (5)
AEREO
101 Down: Carrier (6)
BEARER
103 Down: Move, as a plant (5)
REPOT
104 Down: Old World lizard (5)
AGAMA
105 Down: Hulk Hogan trademark (5)
DORAG
106 Down: October option (5)
TREAT
107 Down: Counterpart of "stand" (5)
HITME
109 Down: Milk container (5)
UDDER
110 Down: Remote land in the Pacific (5)
NAURU
114 Down: Familiar with (4)
UPON
116 Down: Rendezvous (4)
MEET
117 Down: Impress deeply (4)
ETCH
118 Down: Bygone boomers, for short (4)
SSTS
120 Down: Org. authorized by the 16th Amendment (3)
IRS
121 Down: Spanish she-bear (3)
OSA
123 Down: Maiden name preceder (3)
NEE

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