1. cover Linus. Eat urns, tor
2. eschew, Escher
3. OURS
4. pectoral fin, (centripetal force, erect)
5. precaution, counterinterpretation
6. line storm, intermissionless, montmorillonites
7. hustling, sunlight
8. 1001001
9. pain, paint
10. handbaskets
11. OURS
12. incubate
13. validate, salivate
14. coast guard, ghost card
15. dragonet, or and argent, anterograde, nondegenerate
16. OURS
17. toper, protopope
18. pupu, pooh-pooh; pho, pooh-pooh
19. not a Ralf
20. c(or)ries
21. binger, ginger beer, rebeginning
22. OURS
23. the odds of exams at George's gigs
24. flies
25. obe(sit)y
26. legend, foot
27. swear in Gath, Rice. XXX, I've
28. Wagga Wagga, Walla Walla
29. OURS
30. melee, Malay
31. second, beckoned
32. OURS
33. tush, shot
34. proso branch, prosobranch
35. rebade, rebade; Ra, Ed, be
36. runs; north, south
37. afore ache
38. ou(twit)ting
39. Ben, Vera; verbena
40. guacamole, Wack-A-Mole
41. postulate or formulate - either seems viable
42. result, luster
43. nit, pearl
44. dra(ch)ma, Syri(z)a
45. modiste, immodesties
46. sell, cellarer
47. tightness, tetanus
48. (s/t)hriller
49. A flat, B flat (a flat, bee flat)
50. aristocratic, so
51. New Girl, Utz, nougat, earls
52. OURS
53. OURS
54. average bastard, caste risk "breaking bad"
55. tomb, form; form, aim
56. (Seve)(Ralf)(old); severalfold
57. Andrea Martin; an, dream, art, in
58. allude; blue, bald
59. OURS
60. skater, streak
61. mystique, mistake
62. Canadian, Acadia
63. Diller, dweller
64. OURS
65. pert Ho, us, and
66. clad, clued
67. consist, Tory; consistory
68. OURS
69. dying breath, hanging by a thread
70. wean, anew
71. plastery, early-type star
72. pieces of eight
73. glee, League
74. hetaeras, eh
75. pie, pi; pie, pious; pi, pious
76. in my humble opinion...
F-1. PZZLS SPPSD JMPCK TRMPH FLSCP
ZHTMR PZZLS MZZHS RPNZL LCTRZ
ZTGST PZZCT PZZLS MNMZD STRCZ
LMSLL SLCKR CHLPN PZZLS CRCDL
SRTLG DSTRT KSSNG HLDSW PZZLS
F-2. TSTT
DTRT
ICOI
IUPG
F-3. EEAGO LETTER IS N
EOCOS
ACUME
GOMOS
OSESE
F-4. OURS
F-5. P* G U E * = RA, LF, PO, LIO
A* R E D
N A* L I
T S E* T
F-6. OURS
F-7. A A A A A A A
A E D I L E S
A D O R E R S
A I R D R I E
A L E R T E R
A E R I E S T
A S S E R T S
F-8. PGTW
SFNM
ANAT
TDFN
F-9. AASOR LETTER IS V
ALATE
SAATE
OTTAA
REEAL
X-1. The two scariest words in Washington are "bipartisan consensus" - it's like when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help. P. J. O'Rourke
X-2. S A P P H I R E S R U B Y
O B E R O N A M T U N E D
A L N T U R Q U O I S E I
R E C U S E U S O N A T A
A E E M E R A L D A D A M
S P R A T O M I T T O G O
E S A U O P A L P E C A N
P O T S P E R I D O T R D
T O O T E D I M O R O N S
I S P R A I N I N G K E U
C H A I R V E C U R A T E
G A Z A L A M E T H Y S T
LETTER STONE ANSWER BIRTHSTONE
27D -R NETHER YAHOO GARNET
45A -O YAHOO MONORAIL AMETHYST
12D -L MONORAIL ORIGINAL AQUAMARINE
14D -L ORIGINAL THAI DIAMOND
19A -I THAI HEATHEN EMERALD
33D -N HEATHEN OUTSTANDING PEARL
7A -G OUTSTANDING BAGUETTES RUBY
33A -S BAGUETTES MANUSCRIPT PERIDOT
1A -T MANUSCRIPT HITHERTO SAPPHIRE
29A -O HITHERTO TOWN OPAL
32D -N TOWN NEPTUNE TOPAZ
15A -E NEPTUNE NETHER TURQUOISE
month by month, the year in rock, Rolling Stone
X-3. We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet. @CIA
X-4. OURS
X-5. This show doesn't deserve an even slightly restless host. Jon Stewart
X-6. OURS
X-7. It's not the genius who is (100) years ahead of his time but average man who is (100)years behind it. Robert Musil
X-8. A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. Cullen Hightower
X-9. Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed like colors, on the whole of our existence. Balzac
C-1. Rot-13 encoding, rotating letters halfway around the alphabet, is often used to conceal hints and spoilers.
C-2. Stringent Vancouver smoking restrictions abetted by wet weather which extinguishes cigarettes.
C-3. Singing cryptogram biz quickly busts after soprano almost dies from tough lyrics such as, "CPCT, BDK'S RQPHQ ZQ."
C-4. Life expectancy would undoubtedly grow by leaps and bounds if vegetables smelled like bacon.
C-5. OURS
C-6. Unpaid expense invoices escape unsuspecting accountant until annual audit inspection airs oversight.
C-7. For meze, serve arak (same as ouzo)as your aperitif. Dine on kibbe, tahini or hummus on pita. End with halvah.