The Cocktail Hour Thursday, October 1, 2026 · By the Crossword Study Team
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across 1 Wagers, or tent anchors 7 *Amaretto, Baileys and cognac shooter, named for its initials 10 *Tequila, pineapple and lime cocktail with a bullfighter's name 17 Express sorrow over 18 ___ Paulo, Brazil 19 'That leaves me speechless!' (2,2,3) 20 *Campari-and-orange-juice cocktail named for an Italian unifier 23 *White wine with creme de cassis 24 *Wine punch with pieces of fruit 25 Fashion designer Cassini 26 *Stinging-name tiki drink combining rum, brandy and orgeat 28 Made a long, arduous journey on foot 29 Second-year student, briefly 30 Attaches with needle and thread (4,2) 31 Neither good nor bad (2-2) 32 *Small serving of spirits 33 Sense of self-importance 35 *Pink wine used in a blush-coloured sangria 39 Freedom from difficulty 40 *Classic Margarita-glass coating 43 *Large vessels used in producing spirits 47 *Place to order a cocktail 48 *Small measures of liquor, in British usage 49 Garfield's canine companion 50 Pixar film about a boy mistaken for Earth's ambassador 51 *Mix a cocktail vigorously in a closed tin 53 Exam, or trial run 54 Presidential surname shared by John and John Quincy 55 *Japanese gin whose name means six 56 Sharpens, as skills 57 Chess and checkers, for two 58 *Slender implement for mixing a drink 60 *Beer style mixed with lemonade in a shandy 62 *Documents a bartender checks for proof of age: Abbr. 63 *Cognac, orange liqueur and lemon classic 68 Proust character whose Way titles a novel 72 De ___: in practice 75 No longer here 76 Covered with ceramic squares 77 *Mix gently with a bar spoon 81 French actor Delon's first name 82 *Juniper-flavoured spirits 83 Top US military-draft classification (3-1) 84 Enormous 85 *Metal half of a Boston shaker 86 *Dark berry used to flavour a type of gin 87 Persistent nuisance 88 Elsa's sister in Frozen 89 *Part of a coupe held to avoid warming the drink 91 *Gratuity left for a bartender 93 Colorado ski resort town 94 Whole-wheat flour used for chapatis 98 Evergreens famously associated with Lebanon 103 This, for a feminine noun in Spanish 104 Achieved only after much effort (4-3) 107 *South American fruit-and-wine punch, akin to sangria 109 Contest between two opponents 110 Small wind instrument often made of clay 111 *British drinking establishment 112 *Rum-and-cola cocktail finished with lime (4,5) 114 Sport combining parachuting and skiing 115 Black cuckoo of the tropical Americas 116 Sensually arousing 117 Afternoon naps 118 US upper-chamber lawmaker: Abbr. 119 Suitable for Everyone, on a video-game label (5,1) down 1 Least noticeable 2 *Running bill at a bar 3 Accumulate in great quantities 4 Football brothers Travis and Jason's surname 5 Provide with a lasting source of funds 6 *Mixes with a bar spoon 7 Posing a question 8 Scott who played Chachi on Happy Days 9 *Grain that makes up most of a bourbon mash 10 Fine sprays of water 11 *Bitter Italian herbal liqueur 12 Prongs of a fork 13 ___ Wat, Cambodian temple complex 14 *Rum style contrasted with white 15 Child's word for a small injury 16 Enjoy a novel, perhaps 20 An Officer and a Gentleman actor Louis ___ Jr. 21 Hawaiian farewell song by Queen Liliuokalani (5,2) 22 Shares online again 27 Old-fashioned term for a woman who writes verse 34 Six-ball units in cricket 36 *West-coast Scottish single malt named for its harbour town 37 *Japanese rice-based alcoholic drink used in mixed drinks 38 You are, informally, in Spanish 40 *Bubbly mixer in a highball 41 *Rum, lemon and grenadine cocktail with a biblical first name 42 *Citrus squeezed into a Daiquiri 44 A great deal (1,3) 45 *Tropical cocktail-bar style associated with the Mai Tai 46 *Cocktail family combining a spirit, citrus and sweetener 51 Small garden storage building 52 First word of the French phrase for appetisers 54 *Matured in a barrel, as some cocktail spirits are 59 *Outer citrus layer used for a cocktail twist 60 *Italian sparkling wine used to add bubbles to mixed drinks 61 Big cat with a mane 64 *Whole ingredients cracked into flips for richness and foam 65 *Spring-shaped part of a Hawthorne strainer 66 Year, in Latin 67 Return to the starting state 68 *Bottle closure that helps preserve a spirit 69 *Base beverage in sangria 70 *Beers that can form the base of shandies 71 *Served without ice or a mixer 72 *Butter and coconut oil, used in a cocktail infusion technique called washing 73 Settled, as a bird on a branch 74 *Sugar plant whose juice can become cachaca 77 *Finely scraped frozen water for a frosty drink (6,3) 78 Long sandwich with a fish filling (4,3) 79 Device that starts combustion 80 *Traditional cask-conditioned beer served in a pub (4,3) 90 *Vodka, cranberry and orange-juice cocktail 92 *Bar storage container for frozen cubes (3,3) 95 *Strip of citrus peel used as a garnish 96 *Japanese-whisky-and-cacao cocktail with a bean-like name 97 Diarist Nin's first name 99 Kitchen tool for cutting small cubes 100 Honda's luxury marque 101 Programmable machine 102 Express in words 104 *Flowers that bitter the beer used in a beer cocktail 105 *Purple Amazonian berry used in fruity mixed drinks 106 Seldom encountered 107 Certified accountants, briefly 108 Moon, in French 113 *Top that seals a cobbler shaker 1 across, Wagers, or tent anchors, 6 letters.
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