R-1. uperbsay, raspberry syrup
R-2.
R-3. OURS
R-4. Taupin, n
R-5. X
R-6.
R-7. X
R-8. Pieta
R-9. X
R-10.
R-11. X
R-12. X
R-13. OURS
R-14.
R-15. OURS
R-16. X
R-17. X
R-18.
R-19. OURS
R-20. OURS
R-21. "Encrypted is herein decrypted as "DFBVLCRDG", thereby providing legit Ralfish nonsense string.
R-22.
1. Wendie Malick; wen, diem, a lick
2. OURS
3. OURS
4. damned (damnedest)
5. bit wise? not often, in a word
6. a USSR (I; Russia); input, Putin
7. p(ork ro)ast
8. quote, tu quoque
9. bet Alison Brie fans were
10. OURS
11. slipup, pupils
12. hiss, Ty.Leis; his style is
13. OURS
14. dating Homer, Midnight Train to Georgia
15. lard, mallard; more so, morceau
16. tedious, tout de suite
17. (ve)getable
18. horse-taming, Nottinghamshire, among other things
19. ran dry, R and R
20. maelstrom; MAiden, ELope, STar, ROMance
21. oral fish, Ralfish
22. OURS
23. micron, macaroon
24. Pacific, PA
25. split second
26. low-hanging fruit; LOWell, HANcock, GINGrich, FRUgal, ITaly
27. Daleks, skedaddle
28. OURS
29. OURS
30. restaurant, restraint
31. stave (I feel no
32. Santorum, sanitorium
33. Giants, tasing; past riots, Patriots
34. artificiality
35. towels, steel wool
36. OURS
37. inter alios, solitariness
38. monastic
39. deacons, Dodecanese, nanosecond
40. Panama Red
41. rogue nation
42. diagnostician
43. Linsanity
44. M. Romney
45. Yalie
46. Martin Scorsese's Hugo
47. consonants
48. the alcoholics
49. impersonating Elvis
50. Martin Scorsese
51. honestly
52. Minneapolis
53. the year two thousand and twelve
F-1. CRESTS
RECTAL
ECZEMA
STEPIN
TAMING
SLANGY
F-2. ESTRADA
SNEERER
TEATIME
RETAKEN
ARIKARA
DEMERIT
ARENATHEATERS
ESCAPEE
ACONITE
TANKCAR
EPICURE
RETARDS
SEERESS
F-3. A
AOA
OEEIO
AAAOOAY
AIOEAEEIO
F-4. M
BRC
PRSNT
NBDCMPN
DVLSDCNTR
F-5. OURS
X-1. Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. Alfred Hitchcock
X-2. TACKSBORAT
HEARTEMESH
YXPOAHUIWE
MATEGAINER
EMUSELBILE
APRILFOOLS
TEEMABONEA
TRAMPYWING
EIIISLEZOU
NODSEADELE
DDEEDWARES
Audited = 1, Reduced = 2, Disallowed = 3
ACROSS DOWN
1. TACKS (1 - TAX) 1. THYME (1 - TIME)
4. BORA 2. CAPTURE
8. HEART 3. STAGE
11. MESH 4. BEHALF
12. OAHU 5. REIN(STATE) (3)
13. MATE(RIAL) (2) 6. AS WELL
14. GAIN(SAY)ER (3) 7. THERES (1 - THEIRS)
15. MUSE (1 - MEWS) 9. EXAM(PLES) (2)
16. BILE 10. ROES (1 - ROSE)
18. APRIL FOOLS 17. (REVOLUT)IONIZER (2)
21. TEEM 18. ATTEND
22. (TROM)BONE (2) 19. PERIOD(ONTICS) (2)
26. TRAMPY 20. LAPSED
28. W(ALLOW)ING (3) 22. BYLAW
29. ISLE (1 - AISLE) 23. OWED
30. N(INTEND)ODS (3) 24. ENOL
31. ADELE 25. (COLLE)AGUES (2)
32. DE(LET)ED (3) 27. AIDE
33. WAR(PLAN)ES (3)
X-3. OURS
X-4. The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley. Robert Burns
X-5. You can cut all the flowers but cannot keep Spring from coming. Pablo Neruda
X-6. These are the days when birds come back,
A very few, a bird or two,
To take a backward look.
Dickinson
X-7. None so empty as those who are full of themselves. Benjamin Whichcote
X-8. The people who are crazy enough to believe they can change the world are the ones who actually do. Rob Siltanen
C-1. "Your car has a slipped belt." "Is that bad?" "Well, my brother had that once, and his pants fell down."
C-2. Any idiot can face a crisis; it's day-to-day living that wears you out. Russian playwright Anton Chekhov
C-3. Mayan calendars indicate the world comes to an end when Mosayc has no more cryptograms to print.
C-4. To Con cryptic makers: Portland is A.K.A. the City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, Beervana, and Rip City.-
C-5. Did you see our fun new cat? You did not? Did you get one big dog? Did the dog eat our cat? Now our mom can sue you! Yay!
C-6. OURS
C-7. Limited attention span of puzzle author produces crypt which unexpectedly terminates before