Feb 09 Answers
Joker, Kapry Korn, Lirath, Billy the Kid, LeXman
1. lions, Illinois
2. marmot (mar mot)
3. OURS
4. Salt Lake basketball
5. OURS
6. chair; hairy, cairn, chirp, chart, chain
7. arc antonym (Marc Antony)
8. contractor, protractor
9. failed, flailed, fiddle-faddle
10. ocher red, cherried
11. serenader, Danes
12. A-one fort, Herod (one for the road)
13. maxima, xi; minimum, mu
14. lousy sleet, a cockatiel sees owl
15. OURS
16. R. E. Lee, potato peeler
17. odd man out
18. OURS
19. shrewd, shred, shed, she, he, e
20. neminem, Eminem
21. return, neuter; desire, erased
22. scorable, Scrabble
23. in lieu of, flan
24. scarf, scar; scarf, scary
25. Blagojevich; Goya, love, bitch
26. OURS
27. OURS
28. zoetrope
29. conundrum, corundum; tourmaline, multimillionaire
30. remaining, gamer
31. Robin Hood, Robinho
32. tsars, Toys "R" Us
33. Boston rocker
34. Blu-ray, blurry
35. may Akron Eli's ani (Maya(Lin)krone(coin/coln)L is an I)
36. OURS
37. all for one and one for all
38. rap, scallion; rapscallion
39. refi, fire
40. OURS
41. pieces of eight
42. me, go, liver; Meg Oliver
43. epitaphs, happiest
44. Hi! Biscuits I tout
45. tenement; ten men, ET; tenement; tenet, men
46. miniseries, miseries; miniseries, ministries
47. boniato, bonito
48. horsehide (H or SE hide)
49. Tom Mix (to MMIX)
50. expect to rate, expectorate
51. long in the tooth
52. Madoff, made off
53. foundling, founding
54. lazy, go's (L azygos or even L azygo's where ' is u)
55. yucca, yucky
56. insecure, sinecure
57. OURS
58. purple, porpoise (as in turtle/tortoise)
59. pant, heist; pantheist
60. pacifier, pass a fire
61. OURS
62. gypsy, GPS
63. say "ten" in (ninety As)
64. thunderclaps, hundredths place
65. Noth girdle held - right on
66. cyanide
67. Bush administration
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X-1. Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. Albert Einstein
X-2. I have no interest in the Grand Canyon; I prefer unnatural wonders, like Mall of America or Madonna. Norman Chad
X-3. OURS
X-4. I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat. Marcus Brigstocke
X-5. The title refers to the 11 teams in the Big Ten Conference (whose logo, btw, is masterfully done) Whenever a school has been clued, it's sports nickname is substituted.
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1. WISCONSIN (BADGERS) 1. OHIO STATE (BUCKEYES)
6. NAPKIN 2. DOG BISCUIT
10. COAX 3. EXALT
11. PELLET 4. RAH
13. CAGE 5. SPAWN
14. IOWA (HAWKEYES) 6. NEWLYWED
16. KOBOLD 7. ALKYL
17. WET 8. KEY
18. PENN STATE (NITTANY LIONS) 9. NEST
20. YES 12. TEEN
21. ALSO 15. ERIE
23. WELSH 17. MICHIGAN (WOLVERINES)
26. MINNESOTA (GOPHERS) 18. NEON
28. SNUCK 19. TAG
30. EDGE 22. MICHIGAN STATE (SPARTANS)
31. ECO 24. SACS
32. PURDUE (BOILERMAKERS) 25. INDIANA (HOOSIERS)
37. TUT 27. SEE
38. ILLINOIS (ILLINI) 29. CLOD
39. NORTHWESTERN (WILDCATS) 33. OUIS
42. ONCE 34. EMCEE
43. SERENE 35. MUTED
44. NEED 36. KLINE
45. GLOVES 37. TWIG
46. DRESSES 40. LEO
41. SIR
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X-6. The * entries are all videogame platforms. The entries which must also be shaded are Wii, Pong, Intellivision and Xbox. The resulting image is a game of Pong where the left-side player is clearly superior, having a 7-1 lead.
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1. HIBACHI 1. HENNA
6. BEWARE 2. BOLA
12. EMOTION 3. ATARI*
13. MAIDEN 4. HOSE
14. PLAYSTATION* 5. INTELLIVISION*
15. NEAR BEER 7. EATS
17. SARDS 8. WII*
19. ADMIRALS 9. ADORN
21. ANNEX 10. RENDER
23. PIETA 11. ENDS
25. BLIP 13. MARS
27. KERB 16. EDIT
28. OTTAVA 18. ANKLE
29. COLECO* 20. RAVES
31. NEAP 21. APORT
33. ENVY 22. XBOX*
34. RELAX 23. PONG*
35. GYRES 24. TAPES
37. NINTENDO* 25. BAN
40. SEUSS 26. ICY
42. ASTERISK 30. CADS
45. FRACTIONALS 32. EYEFUL
47. GUAVAS 36. RURAL
48. ODYSSEY* 37. NATS
49. ALLEGE 38. ERASE
50. NOSEANS 39. OKAYS
40. SEGA*
41. SCAG
43. TO-DO
44. ILSA
46. AVE
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x-7. My brother's an idiot. He sold his truck for gas money. Larry the Cable Guy
C-1. After comparing Mangie's flats with my own, I lamented, "It was the best of rhymes, it was the worst of rhymes..."
C-2. Write how you want; the critic shall show the world you could have written better. Oliver Goldsmith
C-3. While biathlon is not skied in Biafra, and toboggan is not big in Tobago, flats are quick fun in Flatbush.
C-4. Flat author tries introducing longtime avocation to crypt editor. Hey, Mosayc, check out crossword puzzles!
C-5. OURS
C-6. Maybe fewer folks would think opera is just for snobs if they knew Giuseppe Verdi was good old Joe Green.
C-7. Nimble-footed mahogany jackal vaults skyward, waxes, reaches zenith. Breeze piques slothful pug below.