R-1. lieutenant (U, F)
R-2. remiss, our ID; remained
R-3. althorn, Alice; last-rune, unnaturalness
R-4. OURS
R-5. attribute; ATaxic, TRIbble, BUccal, TEdious
R-6.
R-7. prose, port
R-8.
R-9. bad, BVD
R-10.
R-11. (be)aches
R-12. omega, omicron
R-13. OURS
R-14.
R-15.
R-16. jail, isle, you'll, while
R-17. TRON MDCVI, Victor von Doom
R-18. culex, ilex
R-19. AWOL
R-20. Nebraska
R-21. Alphabetization
R-22.
R-23. the constellation Aries
R-24.
R-25. OURS
R-26. ARSENIDE
REPRISAL
OTIOSITY
MANDATES
ARSENIDE
R-27. SWEETORANGE
THREATENERS
DESECRATION
SWEETORANGE
R-28. an avalanche
tore off my panche
and left me feeling funny,
but we never rest
on everest,
my himalaya honey.
archy
R-29. A common crapt pitfall: accidentalla reusing a letter when
R-30.
R-31. If I had a hammer...
R-32. Recipe: glass rimmed with NaCl, frozen H2O, jigger of EtOH, tsp. of carbohydrate. Splash with citric acid.
R-33. As I underst& it, at one time ampers&s were sometimes considered letters & were appended to the ends of alphabets.
1. ragweed, agreed
2. Wonder Woman; now, now; derma
3. common, comma
4. OURS
5. Marty Robbins (martyr, OB, bins)
6. write, wittier, Twitterer
7. West, Omar, loser Borg, and Ono rarely in glow; Wes, Tom, Arlo, Serb organ donor are lying low
8. Paschal, apps
9. forty-one
10. COmanche, WHIne, DEliver; cowhide
11. cele(b)rity
12. OURS
13. zoom, resume
14. OURS
15. Mayflower owl fame
16. no tin, not in
17. Ca(l)techism
18. split second
19. false staff, Falstaff; bet, betrod
20. messiness, Messinese
21. tractor, Traci
22. inflates, sent in a flat
23. senders, redness
24. aristo, Beyonce (ar is to be y once)
25. alignment, ligament
26. The(odo)re
27. sulfide, soul food
28. OURS
29. OURS
30. flat, Ralf
31. poultry, poetry
32. doesn't, dozen
33. I have not yet begun to fight
34. Charlie Sheen
35. the sunbather
F-1. OURS
F-2. Construct a square with clues: rare gas, banish, rejects, scented, homes for cardinals.
XENON
EXILE
NIXES
OLENT
NESTS
F-3. NJ
HDNS
PPRSSN
WHTTNGTN
TMDCKNDHRR
X-1. You're nothing but a pack of cards. Alice
X-2. Slow and steady wins the race.
X-3. Once a month the sky falls on my head. I come to, and I see another movie I want to make. Steven Spielberg
X-4. Urban myth: Inuit have sixteen words for snow. Reality: just one word meaning "damn white stuff I gotta shovel off the drive."
X-5. Good frend for Iesvs sake forbeare,
To digg the dvst encloased heare.
Bleste be ye man yt spares thes stones,
And cvrst be he yt moves my bones.
Wm. Shakespeare
X-6. REDCAP SENDSFOR
E E N S U O O E
CAPITAL REWROTE
L O W O Y N L N
ISTLE BATTERSEA
N R H R G C
ECTOPLASM SHOUT
I D I L
STPAT DOCTORDRE
A O R R B S
CONFIDENT AAMCO
K E P S H D A T
ICICLES ARIADNE
N L E E I A A R
GALAXIES WHIMSY
ACROSS DOWN
1. RE(DCA)P 1. RECLINE (Els - ORD)
4. SEND(S FO)R 2. DEPOT (NASA - HOU)
10. CA(PIT)AL 3. ANTWERP (Bart - SFO)
11. R(EWR)OTE 5. EURYTHMIC (gambling - LAS)
12. I(STL)E 6. DOWNERS (Hollywood - LAX)
13. BATTER(SEA) 7. FOOL'S GOLD (buccaneer - TPA)
14. ECTOP(LAS)M 8. REENACT (Soprano's - EWR)
17. S(HOU)T 9. SLOB (grunge - SEA)
18. S(T. PA)T 15. TIP O'NEILL (jazz - MSY)
20. DOCT(OR D)RE 16. ADDRESSEE (boot - DEN)
23. CONFI(DEN)T 18. SACKING (steel - PIT)
25. AA(MCO) 19. TRIPLEX (Epcot - MCO)
27. ICI(CLE)S 21. OBADIAH (arch - STL)
28. AR(IAD)NE 22. ESOTERY (lobbyists - IAD)
29. GA(LAX)IES 24. THAI (monument - DCA)
30. WHI(MSY) 26. MADAM (Indian - CLE)
X-7. REMEMBERS CHARD
A A E S I O B I
RIGID CONFUSION
E N I A G N D E
DISAPPOINTMENT
T F E N R T
EXISTED GLIMPSE
L E E E R S
ENDLESS FISHEYE
S N A I D T
CHARACTERISTIC
O D G I E Q C F
PROCESSED UNTIL
E R R F O A O E
STEMS YOGIBERRA
C-1. From an online quote generator: "The deep December driver never forgives raw carrots." Hell, it's original...
C-2. One Supreme Court Justice: "We are not final because we are infallible; we are infallible because we are final."
C-3. Homonym - four, (inferred), six, four: Corporate lackey told to run and increase pay offer to engage more workers. (sol: hier, higher, hire)
C-4. Discovery blasted into space for its last flight. Pride prevails over major setbacks. Credit given to many.
C-5. Mayor helps turn capital city into vibrant tourism spot ideal for children, capturing vital youth market.
C-6. Two pangrammatic sentences: Bright vixens jump; dozy fowl quack. Cozy sphinx waves quart jug of bad milk.
C-7. Troublemaking ambidextrous notary somewhat predictably employs signature palindrome.