1. main course, acrimoniousness, American Samoa caucus
2. nostalgic, Antonin G. Scalia
3. half-toise, The Last of Sheila
4. read, proof, fear, droop
5. ancho(vy)
6. of orzo-pen-in-gin ban. Doff rank bear dial. Call Butz
7. emission, Nome
8. on to Paddington
9. men/opa/use
10. OURS
11. bittern, bitterness
12. quartet, need, queen, tetrad
13. fetishist, shiftiest
14. beriberi, berberis
15. eyesore, Eeyore
16. (j)oust, (j)unction, (j)awed, (j)ab, (j)ounce, (j)am, (j)iffy
17. ma(s(term)in)d
18. imp, impose
19. positional, spoliation
20. OURS
21. oxides, doxies
22. startling, starling, staring
23. Trump lies, rumpliest
24. name, net, watch (game, set, match)
25. OURS
26. a combustible odd, discombobulated
27. OBtuSEneSS
28. (l/e)ight
29. canned, candor
30. earshot, haroset
31. nostalgic, Antonin G. Scalia
32. gone, rudd, grounded
33. cash, alter, allure (shake rattle roll)
34. OURS
35. app/end/age
36. Santa, yellow, sallow, yenta
37. passed, pastor
38. thereat, threat, treat
39. coils, scoliosis
40. g(ra(vita)tion)al
41. Krewe, seder; crusader
42. (c/p)urse
43. sir, I'm Iris
44. vintages, negative staining
45. Tom Ri(dd/gg)le
46. short order cook, court order shook
47. fight it out
48. brain, drain
49. stability, seat belt
50. solid, assailed, sold, sled, sealed
51. trousseau, Truffaut
52. ptomaine, lo mein, romaine, Go, Maine; Bangor, banger
53. sister, resist
54. Susie. Consciousness
55. quick
56. bug(le) (tackle is tack LE)
57. OURS
58. inc(l/r)ement
59. Douglas, doulas
60. too, capitalize
61. fla(t/u)tist; flatt(i/e)st; (f)lattes(t)
62. pistachio, piggy, muggy, mustachio
63. scrutable, Better Call Saul
64. buck, luck, muck, loose (duck duck duck goose)
65. compliant, complaint
66. mingle, Mongol
67. idle, idol
68. inchoate, A Choice, Not an Echo
69. B(rex)it
70. chiefly British
71. ma/linger
72. OURS
73. flour, flourish
74. are, aurar
75. dance, decadence
76. oolong tea, too-long E
77. (a)steroid
78. nota bene: my
79. interstate trains
80. googol, log; often, of ten; claimed, decimal
81. a(n)guish
82. (doesn't count, but Fenway, WNF)
83. half-stroke, takes the fall for
84. sees, seas, seize; size, sighs; says, sows, sues
85. (m/p)illion
86. Trader Joe's use OJ red art
87. Goth, Morgoth
88. part. I, ale
89. dues, dozin'
90. pontificate
91. Day's Night
92. rub, rubbish
93. Napoleon Bonaparte
94. OURS
95. presidential candidate Vermont's Bernie Sanders
96. Bernie Sanders
F-1. NNNNNNN
NEOGAEA
NOTATUS
NGARARA
NATATOR
NEUROID
NASARDS
F-2. PSCH
SCHP
CHPS
HPSCTCH
TCHR
CHRT
HRTC
F-3. SUCROSE
NOONS
WOO
T
F-4. MALTOSE
NOONS
WOO
T
F-5. LACTOSE
NOONS
WOO
T
F-6. B
AS
SUS
BASSGUITAR
SUGARCONE
SURVEYED
ICEPICK
TOYISDIY
ANECDOTAL
REDKITCHEN
YAH
LE
N
F-7. ESCUDO
STONED
TRIFLE
HOLIES
EVENTS
REDSEA
F-8. OURS
F-9. PASSOVER
UPTODATE
TSARINAS
SERENEST
F-10. STRAFE
TEETER
EASTER
PSEUDO
PENNER
ESTERS
X-1. Crud! Did every fool solve my word puzzle?
X-2. SY LL AB IC AL
NE TA
CD ZI
OC MU
HE NC EF OR TH
X-3. OURS
X-4. ACEATOPSHEARS
DISPUTEEARSZI
RUSENPRAMSPIN
OPALGETRUSING
IRYINRDINGCGI
TONEBLINDABAR
TORNIMAGEDARK
ATESCOLORDEAF
MCSLEOSLALLBO
POPUPNGEMEELS
IRABRINGODEET
TNCMANADVERSE
SPYINGTEENSIR
Notes
6A mi, 10A re, 13A so, 15A la, 18A re, 19A do, 21A la ti,
41A fa fa, 51A so, 52A ti, 53A la, 55A mi la, 5D mi, 6D fa,
7D re, 19D la, 28D do, 31D ti, 35D re, 43D la, 45D ti, 49D do, 50D la
Colors:
27A olive, 33A cream, 48A ochre, 50A jade, 54A amber,
2D coffee, 9D teal, 12D gray, 14D blue, 37D rose
X-5. I was walking through the forest alone and a tree fell right in front of me and I didn't hear it. Steven Wright
X-6. OURS
C-1. Having found the secret of life, I want to tell the world. But it is too long to fit in the ninety-letter crypt limi.
C-2. Salt Lake City has more words than any other state capital, while Jefferson City has the most letters.
C-3. White House guru John Sununu, Desmond Tutu (not a Hutu) greet Zulu juju princess clad in muumuu, astride a kudu.
C-4. Contrary to our previous rules, this contains one letter which does not change with encryption. How sad.
C-5. Ucaoimhu, Wrybosh conspire, channel Torquemada, co-set stealth overloaded phonigmatic subade, stump Krewe.
C-6. Aisle awl weighs yews spell czech wen aye right oar dick tate mai draughts. Dew ewe dew thus aim?
C-7. Out ahead: sinewy Orkney commodore gone over month. Dishwashing tonight. (Enigma-ineligible?)