1. rebel, gimel, regime, bell
2. OURS
3. revised, diverse
4. Socialist; Cialis, sot
5. neves, Nevis, nevus
6. Nate Silver's, under (in grave
7. OURS
8. OURS
9. Limpopo; limo, pop
10. mutual fund, un, rien, mutual friend
11. "Adopt a Highway"
12. OURS
13. tasks, two oh six
14. OURS
15. systematically masticates
16. sepulchral purchase
17. OURS
18. wherewithal (W here with Al)
19. ex-lift, Fix-It Felix
20. OURS
21. outwit heightens (out with eight ens)
22. s(t)inker
23. howitzer; hoer, Witz
24. OURS
25. OURS
26. bandy about (B and Y, a B out)
27. leave it to you, levitate
28. OURS
29. OURS
30. RNC, Reince
31. six geese a-laying (S, IX, Gee, seal a Y in, G)
32. OURS
33. decinormal, Locrian mode, color dominance, Modern Icelandic, Dear Colonel Miller
34. I nab. Ills Etna(oh
35. President-elect Barack Hussein Obama
36. "...and I approve this message."
37. Hurricane Sandy
38. Windows Eight
39. "horses and bayonets"
40. President-elect Mitt Romney
F-1. B
RRS
CBSCT
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HLDTHTTGR
TRRNDTHPRTS
F-2. O
PUP
VOTER
POCONOS
OUTOFTUNE
PENTAGON
ROUGEOT
SNOOZE
ENTER
F-3. HLFLLWWLLMT
CRDNLVRTS
RCKMRCN
NDRNS
NTG
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F-4. OURS
F-5. LKHMWRDNGL
NCNTMRNR
LNRNGR
TWNS
SG
X-1. If I knew where the good songs came from, I would go there more often. Leonard Cohen
X-2. I'm a big fan of forgiveness, as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first. Sue Grafton
X-3. OURS
X-4. BRIEFSDISCSY
RSOLOCESTATE egg
ACNERAPROPOS Humpty Dumpty
CONCURESMARM "When I use a word, it means just
EYHTMENUACME what I choose it to mean."
SPATLEDITION
SURREYSTATOM
KPRATEEMAYZA
ERUPTBAERIER
TAMPERSLSODA
CUPELOEBODEU
HSHREWLANDED
Across Down
W 1. BRIEFS U 1. BRACES
H 6. DISCS 2. ION (generating)
E 11. SOLO S 3. ELECT
N 12. STATE T 4. FORUM
I 13. ACNE W 5. SCARE
U 15. APROPOS H 6. DEPENDS
S 16. CONCUR A 7. STOMATA
E 17. SMARM 8. CAPACITY (growing)
A 19. MENU T 9. STORM
W 20. SPAT I 10. YES-MEN
O 23. EDITION C 14. COYPU
R 25. SURREYS H 17. SUIT
26. ATOM (eats) O 18. HARRUMPH
D 29. TEEM O 21. TRAPPER
I 33. ERUPT S 22. LETT
T 34. AERIER E 23. EYEBROW
M 35. TAMPERS I 24. OOZED
E 36. SODA T 25. SKETCH
A 38. CUPEL T 27. MARAUD
N 39. BODE O 28. PRAUS
S 40. SHREW M 30. EASEL
J 41. LANDED E 31. MELBA
A 32. ARSON
N 37. ODD
C-1. After JetBlue lost my suitcase, they offered to fly one piece of luggage anywhere round-trip for free.
C-2. OURS
C-3. Though Franklin was never president, his kite-flying escapades truly showed his willingness to take charge.
C-4. Results from Western States Invitational hundred yard dash: Colorado springs, Idaho falls.
C-5. Some species of python enlarge their cardiac muscle after meals, possibly as nature's answer to the Grinch.
C-6. Czar's friend, timid knee-high dwarf jongleur, glares squintingly. Murky photograph valued by experts.
C-7. Unemployed bankrupted millionaire infuriated Occupy movement with sign saying "will work for caviar."