1. OURS
2. massive, Mass. Ave.
3. pl(each)ed
4. OURS
5. pottery, poetry
6. Apple, app
7. saw-whet owls; SAWtoothed, WHen, EThos, OWing, LSat
8. OURS
9. pin, Pippin
10. pl(eon)astic
11. har(d/v)est
12. OURS
13. oblates, stole a base
14. empty ne(s/t)ter
15. OURS
16. FORTRAN, fruitarian
17. lurcher, churel, cruel, cure, cur
18. Instagram
19. ra(isi)n, (de)testable
20. SIG Sauer, six-hour, since our
21. OURS
22. sixty-six, Ty
23. panelist, analyst
24. I earned ride ox-eel Ike's Anne's teas
25. or(r/n)ery
26. putrescent, pure scent
27. Paris, parasite
28. pala(c/t)e, p(a)late
29. OURS
30. OURS
31. bezoar, bazaar
32. too many irons in the fire
33. show two ranis Benin
34. OURS
35. ween, eschatology, waistcoat, enology
36. OURS
37. sp(l)itter
38. methadone; met had one
39. slant, lantanas, Atlantans
40. OURS
41. Les Miserables
42. Budweiser
F-1. KWPDLL
WHZBNG
PZZLDM
DBLFLT
LNDLPR
LGMTRC
F-2. CLASP CHARM RAMON HYENA CSTAR
LAGER HANOI AOIFE YETIS SUAVE
AGREE ANNAS MISTO ETATS TAPOA
SEEDS ROADS OFTEN NITRE AVOID
PRESS MISSY NEONS ASSET READD
CARDS CANDY ROSES HEART CUPID
F-3. CARD
AMEL IOR ANT
CARD IOR ESP IRA TORY
ANT IRA CER
TORY
F-4. BYU
BOOST
SAWWHET
ALLEY
SSR
F-5. OURS
F-6. OURS
X-1. A wise old owl lived in an oak; the more he saw the less he spoke.
X-2. THREE
MEGAD
ALEAG
KINGA
EXCAR
DRESSMPERLDMAES
NEDITIONLEIASTH
ITEREDNEOEGGSHE
WRELADIESMANIFE
EARESLANTANAZIT
ERETS
ODYET
FSERE
TSSER
HTOTS
EBREH
RRELE
OLELL
AOMAM
DAERS
C-1. There are three ways to get something done; do it yourself, pay someone to do it, or tell your children not to do it.
C-2. Frequent visitor to physician's office: "I don't feel sick so I need you to fix my hypochondria. It's broken.
C-3. OURS
C-4. Odysseus' equestrian wife quite broke in Sparta. Penniless Penelope buys no polo ponies in the Peloponnese.
C-5. Quietly, birder sneaks through coniferous forest listening for saw-whet owl's distinctive squeaky voice.
C-6. Procrastinating student finds cosmetology courses easier due to high frequency of makeup exams.
C-7. Czar's friend, timid knee-high dwarf jongleur, glares squintingly. Murky photograph valued by experts.