August 09 Answers
Joker, Lirath, LeXman
1. pep, Popeye, yuppie, papaya, peu a peu
2. pastiche, postiche
3. document; Doc, you meant
4. OURS
5. OURS
6. hoot, lint, sinner (hook, line, sinker)
7. heretically (here T i call Y)
8. Leadville, Advil
9. Katherine, gathering
10. big daddy (big D add Y)
11. Brazilian, resilient
12. barnyard, Barnard
13. x-axis, ais
14. overweight, overate; overate, 0 for 8; overate, Overbay
15. throngs, thongs, tongs, tons
16. half-Luo, ride (Hal, fluoride)
17. rapper, rapier
18. OURS
19. OURS
20. entreated, twentieth
21. know-it-all (K now I tall)
22. befuddled, be Fudd-led
23. four steps, forceps
24. Louis XVII, lixivious
25. OURS
26. alter, clues
27. seem unkeen own, "et (sea monkey nonet)
28. sycamore, Oscar Mayer
29. buyer remorse (buy, err, E morse)
30. drugs, rugs
31. OURS
32. OURS
33. OURS
34. Cinderella, allergenic
35. courthouse; course, thou
36. shadowed (S had owed)
37. Beyonce, fiancee
38. fortissimo (for T is SIMO)
39. footstool, fool
40. espalier, relapse
41. Heracles, her, man, manacles
42. brooding; door, Bing Draco, card
43. Shatner, as rare as hen's teeth
44. OURS
45. OURS
46. Soriano; Soria? No
47. PE tins ET (pet (lamb) in set (cake))
48. Dalmatian count
49. ball of fire, bill of fare; bill of fare, fill of bear
50. acacia; Ai, ai (or baobab; Bo (Obama), bo (as in 'bo tree'))
51. printer's devilry tical (PRINtout, TER-Sacred, DEVILle, RYTIdosis, CALabash)
52. climber, clamber
53. Bengal, Bengay
54. OURS
55. Conan O'Brien, cinnabarine
56. Irish stew, wet
57. new ditty, nudity
58. sick, hassock; Dick, haddock
59. Algiers, Israel, arise
60. hip bone, iPhone
61. procreation; erotica, porn
62. Cilic, Pilic
63. allot, reading, invest (tall, grande, venti)
64. OURS
65. OURS
66. tetra pond, tetrapod
67. outreach, haute couture
68. water chestnut
KU-1. stet, stat; med, mad
69. concoct, man-made
70. usurer, sorry
71. OURS
72. Delian, nailed
73. Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple
F-1. OURS
F-2. PLANO
LOWER
AWARD
NERVE
ORDER
F-3. A. JFFRSN B. MJRDMS C. SBJCTN
FTRSTC JFFRSN BFFLHD
FRNKLN RFRMTN JFFRSN
RSKNSS DRMMRS CLRNTS
STLSTC MSTRPL THSTNG
NCNSCS SNNSLM NDNSGN
D. JSSJMS E. KLMNJR F. STNTSJ
SLTFLT LWSTFT TNDRLF
STFFTR MSTRFL NDDDFF
JFFRSN NTRMRL TRDWTR
MLTSCT JFFRSN SLFTRS
STRNTM RTLLNG JFFRSN
F-4. CLASP
LETHE
ATTIC
SHIBA
PECAN
F-5. BATIK
ATARI
TABOO
IRONS
KIOSK
F-6. KISLEV
IGNACE
SNARLS
LARIAT
ECLAIR
VESTRY
X-1. One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Henry Adams
X-2. Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people. John D. Rockefeller
X-3. A. PICKPOCKET L. OFF-PEAK
B. EDWARD M. CUTTHROAT
C. TIPPIT N. KNIFEPOINT
D. ETHIC O. DISTRAUGHT
E. ROUND TABLE P. YARROW
F. GEFILTE FISH Q. NEW BRUNSWICK
G. OFFSHOOT R. ASHIEST
H. LIQUID S. SHOOK HANDS
I. ENCHILADA T. TALKFEST
J. NIGHTFALL U. YELLOW WARBLER
K. BACKBOARD
The quarterback of the infield was shortstop Tony Kubek, a boyish, awkward-looking tall string bean with a flattop crewcut. Kubek, like his close friend Richardson, was tight-lipped and difficult to approach off the field.
X-4. LIBELSVIANDS
EMEXACERBATE
APARTHTHRILL
LONGHORNIAEE
EVSPELYIODIC
TIERSAIMLESS
ADJOURNPEPUP
REAMSUFOTPRE
INVOSNAPPIER
STATUSNPLAIN
ESTIMATIONMO
SHROUDSENSED
FRANCISSCOTT
When adding the string of numbers letter by letter to FRANCISSCOTT the resulting phrase is 'star spangled'
ACROSS DOWN
1. LIBELS 1. LEAFLET
6. VIANDS 2. IMPROVIDENT
10. EXACERBATE 3. BEANS
11. APART 4. LATCHES
12. THRILL 5. SCHOLAR
14. LONGHORN 6. VESTRY
16. IODIC 7. CABRIOLET
17. TIERS 8. NAIAD
18. AIMLESS 9. SELECTS
20. ADJOURN 13. LEISURE TIME
21. PEP UP 15. PROMOTION
23. REAMS 19. INFANTS
27. SNAPPIER 20. ARISES
28. STATUS 21. POPPIES
29. PLAIN 22. PERNOD
30. ESTIMATION 24. AVATAR
31. SHROUD 25. UNSAID
32. SENSED 26. PIANOS
X-5. GETSUPTOKEA
UPEPPERMINT
MORERAINBOW
DIRLSNGIRSE
RTALBURNUME
ORIENTATION
PAGDCBMGSLI
GINGERBREAD
ALOLLIPOPSI
MARISTTORSO
EDENITEMEET
LAWFULNESSR
YMOOSEARTHY
The theme is the game Candyland. The seven special entries are features on the game's board.
Across: Down:
1. GETS UP 1. PASS (GUMDROP)
5. TOKE 2. TERRA
9. FOREST (PEPPERMINT) 3. SPELLED
10. MORE 4. HOUSE (PEANUT BRITTLE)
11. TRAIL (RAINBOW) 5. TRIGRAM
13. DIRLS 6. OMNI
14. GIRSE 7. ENOS
15. ALBURNUM 8. ATWEEN
17. ORIENTATION 9. POITRAIL
22. PLUM TREES(GINGERBREAD)12. BRUISE
23. WOODS (LOLLIPOP) 16. SWAMP (MOLASSES)
25. MARIS 18. IGNORE
28. TORSO 19. CELSIUS
29. EDENITE 20. GROOMER
30. MEET 21. IDIOTRY
31. LAWFULNESS 22. GAMELY
32. MOOS 24. PREST
33. EARTHY 26. ADAM
27. INFO
X-6. If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. Not Dan Quayle or George Bush
X-7. Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. Robert L. Stevenson
X-8. As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do. Andrew Carnegie
X-9. Deans of admission for selective schools are in reality deans of rejection. Steven Chu
X-10. We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. Japanese proverb
X-11. Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness. Democritus
C-1. Horrendous pun; what do you call a hybrid of a lexicon and a pop-up book? A high-definition dictionary.
C-2. Due to Ponzi scheme, Icelandic capital goes to northern Finland, resulting in Lapp of luxury.
C-3. OURS
C-4. We can hardly think charitably of composers who put words like "eleemosynary" in cryptograms.
C-5. Witchetty grubs and warrigal greens are two kinds of Outback grub called bush tucker Down Under.
C-6. Militarized semi from Zurich jackknifes on autobahn. Souvenir vendor watches dumbstruck.
C-7. Somnambulist perambulates nocturnally, obliviously navigates furnishings, imperilling extremities.