April Solves
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R-3. Manhattan, Mad Hatter
R-4. deaf, deFalla died
R-5. nightmarey, I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the
R-10. fourth Enig; The Night of the Hunter
R-12. diver, ashiver
R-16. spoil, Lollipopspolis
R-18. demise, tense
1. Mark Cuban in a buckram
2. mimsy, nmHz
3. Newrow's form ailing (gnu rose for mailing)
4. oil filter, ofter
5. bitter herb, it
6. Rod Carew, road crew
7. Kobe-hating, "One Night in Bangkok"
8. OURS
9. verboten, ten-verb
10. cider, insider
11. chic, sheik
12. folklore, knocks, phone, Clorox
13. quality, duality
14. OURS
15. out(r)age
16. misremember (MISter, REMove, EMBer, ERst)
17. Speedo; so, peed
18. OURS
19. fie! no prawn! warp one, if
20. OURS
21. her over Montreal/Toronto ad (hero Vermont Realtor onto
a D)
22. birthday, Earth Day
23. maneuver, omnivore
24. gardevin, driving range; romance, Amen Corner; erupting, putting green
25. sinter, coster
26. starless (STonehaven, ARLberg, ESSene)
27. OURS
28. OURS
29. daylight, dilate
30. sideswiping, legal remedy
31. GEICO, gecko
32. semi-pro; promises, promises
33. window, centime, wince, downtime
34. Putin, Rasputin
35. chickpeas, pick cheese; garbanzo, bar gonzo
36. OURS
37. attempting, at tempting
38. common sense, nit, commit, nonsense
39. Goeglein; Google. In
40. NY, thorny
41. get riddle if R. Olio spots topsoil or field dirt, e.g.
42. Chopin, Chapin
43. OURS
44. OURS
45. Perseus; per se, us; Gorgonzola; Gorgon, Zola
46. promise, semi-pro
47. singable, Bengalis, Belgians
48. Coronado, Conorado
49. Sacher torte, orchestrate
50. miasma, my asthma
51. paella, appeal
52. Manhattan ham
53. forty winks (for T, Y. W in KS)
54. Cole Porter, colporteur
55. stigma, Giamatti's
56. starship, star's hip
57. manager, German, anger, Gera, rag, Gr.
58. Selkie, Elkies
59. shoddy bop, body shop
60. OURS
61. Zantac, catnap
62. Bhutan, butane
63. clad, plaid
64. OURS
65. fa(c)ulty
66. metaphosphoric, metaphoric
67. quantumatic rebus
68. another Nader presidential run
69. Ann Coulter
70. New York's Governor Eliot Spitzer
71. Bear Stearns
72. Goliath
73. the mass media
74. phen-fen
75. frustration
76. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
F-1. PASTAOPERA
ALIENKAREN
SIXDAYSAGO
TEDDIESSAT
ANAISTEETH
OKYETIRATE
PASSERADAR
ERASEADEMO
REGATTAMAN
ANOTHERONE
F-2. M
MA
MAR
MART
MARTY
MARTYR
F-3. NVRSWPRPLCW I never saw a purple cow
CTNHTTNRF Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
LDDFRBR loaded for bear
SLRCK Seal Rock
VTS vets
H hay
1D unau 2D voice 3D ratel 4D sounds 5D Why Do I Love You
6D put forth 7D rat races 8D openbeak 9D Lorre
10D cafe 11D ewe
F-4. OEOAO those who cannot 1D whole ball of wax
EEEEA remember the past 2D Never-Never Land
AEOEE are condemned 3D on the money
OEEAI to repeat it 4D game, set, and match
AAYAA Santayana 5D North America
F-5. CODEX
TAXUS
CULEX
RENAN
XYLEM
ELFIN
OUTED
LEXES
STRIX
X-1. If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. Noam Chomsky
X-2. April fool: the March fool with another month added to his folly. From Ambrose Bierce's dictionary
X-3. "Tht's one smll step for mn; one gint lep for mnkind." Neil rmstrong (the As are missing - Armstrong is usually quoted as "for man" but apparently said "for a man". I guess if you're going to remove one A you might as well lose them all! The enumeration was withheld to hide the different versions of the quote) Full quote is "That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind." Neil Armstrong
X-4. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana
X-5. ALOOF
LASSO
OSCAR
OSAGE
FOREL
X-6. A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience. Doug Larson
X-7. Missing are NPL noms
CHICKENHEARTE
AOIHOGLEASIAN
RICECGIRLSBLT
INIESEBBIWHIR
VEEPIDLESPACE
EAREDREPPOSSE
RTDDGOLIATHPK
SLINGABCWIDEN
HGNERDROPEIRE
ATOMUSABARSTS
ZHUDBATEBUCKS
AWFULLEADNOWE
MAFORETHOUGHT
ACROSS DOWN
1. CHICKENHEARTE(DNESS) 1. CA(R AND D)RIVER
11. OGLE 2. HOI
13. ASIAN 3. CHE
14. RICE C(HEX) 4. EGGED
15. GIRL 5. HERB
17. IN(SANIT)IES 6. ASS
20. WHIR 7. RIB
22. VEE 8. (I)TALICS
23. IDLE 9. ENTREE
25. SPACE 10. ICIER
26. EARED 12. LI(KEA)BLE
27. REP 16. LISP
28. POSSE 18. NEAT
29. D(AVID AN)D GOLIATH 19. E(QUIP)PED
33. S(POI)LING 21. HASH
36. ABC 24. EPIC
38. WIDEN 27. ROAD
40. H(ALF) G(AI)NER 29. DINO
41. DROP 30. TIER
43. IRE 31. PERT
44. ATOM 32. KNESSET
46. AR(MRE)STS 33. SHAZAM
49. BATE 34. L(EN)GTHWA(YS)
50. BUCKS(HOT) 35. GRUB
53. AWFUL 37. B(ULK) RATE
54. LEAD 39. DISCO
55. M(ALICE) AFORETHOUGHT 42. OBEAH
45. SALE(S TAX)
47. (DANDR)UFF
48. DUO
51. U NU
52. KWH
X-8. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana
X-9. Far in the empty sky a solitary esophagus slept upon motionless wing. Mark Twain
X-10.
SHAPENIAMBUS
CIVETORGIESM
AMARONEENNUI
RASSESLINEAR
ARTISTESEFLC
BESASOSTRICH
ATTEMPTSFTHB
IDAMAFINICAL
ROGERSLULLSU
BEGETULULATE
USERENETIRES
STRANDREPENT
ACROSS DOWN
1. SHAPEN 1. SCARAB
5. IAMBUS 2. AVAST
10. CIVET 3. PERSIA
12. ORGIES 4. NON-STOP
14. AMARONE 6. AGEISTS
15. ENNUI 7. BENEFIT
16. ASSES 8. USUAL
17. LINEAR 9. SMIRCH
18. ARTISTE 11. IMARET
21. OSTRICH 13. INNER
24. ATTEMPT 19. STAGGER
29. FINICAL 20. SMARTEN
31. ROGERS 22. STILLER
32. LULLS 23. CHASTE
33. BEGET 24. AIRBUS
34. ULULATE 25. EMEER
35. SERENE 26. FILLIP
36. TIRES 27. BLUEST
37. STRAND 28. DOEST
38. REPENT 30. CLARE
C-1. As George Santayana observed, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
C-2. We know thirty variants for the name of Libya's leader. Lots of Qs (Us uptional) and Ks. What a quantum flat base!
C-3. Classics professor with torn pants enters Athenian tailoring shop. Proprietor: "Euripides?" Prof: "Eumenides?"
C-4. Insecure Smurf badly upstaged by rival purples with fury, becomes aquamarine from jealousy.
C-5. OURS
C-6. Numerous beehives infest Thoreau hoosegow. Imprisonment fiercely stings innocent, beloved essayist.
C-7. Pwned (past participle, provenance presumably pleonastic): putdone, putwitted, pverwhelmingly pverpowered.
Joker, Kapry Korn, Lirath, Billy the Kid