CF-1. squirrel, moose, squirm, reloose
CF-2. painters, Saint Peter's
CF-3. sonnet, stone note, ton
CF-4. creed, decreed
CF-5. Jabberwocky, rocky-jab, web
CF-6. Rock'Em, Sock'Em
CF-7. ingrate, granite
CF-8. Italia, Talia; Iraqi, Rocky
CF-9. magma, gamma
CF-10. LAPping, ISLand, AZUre, LIve; lapis lazuli
CF-11. Rocky Horror, hockey roarer
CF-12. missile, smiles, slime, slim
CF-13. geode, GE ode
CF-14. unstable, Panamanian change
CF-15. lighters on, the Rolling Stones; Mick, mic
CF-16. barf, barfly
CF-17. encounter Knute Rockne
CF-18. f(l/e)at
CF-19. eyestrain, ice tray
CF-20. OURS
CF-21. fissile, facile, fossil
CF-22. medalist, Middle East, assimilated
CF-23. rock mesa mad EU (Rock Me Amadeus)
CF-24. Red Rocks, TED Talks
CF-25. rustled, strudel
CF-26. seek written greedy Ent (secret ingredient)
CF-27. Euphrates, superheat; Iraqi flats
CF-28. Marciano, macaroni
CF-29. solve, loves
CF-30. garbage and (garage band)
CF-31. Natasha, hasten
CF-32. Aretha Franklin, a wreath of ranklin'
CF-33. follow, Woolf, fowl, low, ow, O
CF-34. cork pops
CF-35. red giant, granite/granted, garnet
CF-36. we are. O Sikh, eh? Why (wee R, O, C, K, Y)
CF-37. blamer, marble
CF-38. rocky road, hard drive
CF-39. coursework, coworkers, rockrose, cookers
CF-40. goober, booger
CF-41. granite, garnet
CF-42. countries, tennis court, tourist center, construction site
CF-43. Nice, nice; Nice, niece; nice, gneiss
CF-44. OURS
CF-45. rocky road
CF-46. Mr. T, muerte, omerta, emirate; quieter, Qatar
CF-47. metamorphic, metaphoric
CF-48. rocky road; desserts, stressed
CF-49. bowl/egged
CF-50. snared, errands, serenade, San Andreas
CF-51. tornadic; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CF-52. cobbler, clobber
CF-53. Rocky Horror Picture Show
CF-54. the Rockies
1. Romains, non omnis moriar
2. pi(l/v/c)ot
3. reenactment cream
4. chan(c/n)el
5. OURS
6. Eton too foolish (HS, I, loo footnote)
7. delusion, unsoiled
8. sculpture church urchin, sculpin
9. appealing, lagniappe
10. (de)livery; delivery, reviled; delivery, evil
11. modals, old as Adam
12. picador, matador
13. INcant, VAcant, DEcant; invade
14. go rogue
15. R. Murrow's reeve err." (Since I roared, "Am
16. OURS
17. (p)enchant; avid, diva
18. sho(ot-o)ut
19. OURS
20. cigar, cider
21. germ anthem ale's incus, Tom (German the, males, in custom)
22. sk(err)y; wh(err)y; skerry, scary; wherry, wary
23. ox a furred, calm (Oxford comma)
24. Gettleman, gentleman
25. kiddush, kiddish
26. railway cat, rale, wake at
27. sui generis, sooey-generous
28. phrase, Rays, A's
29. lady pea, Leap Day
30. torn asunder (T or N, A (S under))
31. OURS
32. drachma, drama
33. f(lens)ed
34. thyme, tied
35. Takilman, laminals (Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka - Orion's belt))
36. hugger-mugger
37. moa necromancer
38. hors d'oeuvres, order, oared, or
39. OURS
40. better, buttress
41. calamity, Tyne, calamine
42. first amplexus (fir stamp, Lexus)
43. felid, only, felon, idly
44. ostracized, a, itch, ostrich-sized
45. ask you, ass queue
46. (t/c)hicken
47. larboard, Labrador
48. points, opposition
49. OURS
50. echinacea, chance
51. b(hang)ra
52. why a terp, Wyatt Earp
53. celeriac, Tyre, celerity, Acre
54. autumn, awesome
55. jihad, hadji
56. investigative gains
57. H, eighth
58. aware, aware
59. latexes, sex et al.
60. lions, Illinois, nonillions
61. OURS
62. (side dis)he's
63. disc/lose
64. Pope, from, opine, dent; prominent
65. forage, porridge, borage
66. the fruits of one's labor
67. metaphor
68. ellipsis
69. it's impossible
70. billiards
71. underappreciated
72. binomial nomenclature
73. Seattle, Washington
74. Buffalo, New York
75. Andrew Scheer resigns
76. rebelliousness
77. The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
78. arrivederci
79. we say no
F-1. ZSNAP
ATONES
LACERTA
ERECTORS
SENDINGIN
STONEAXE
STEALER
ENGIRD
TESSARACE
LAMONT
EVANDER
REDFOXES
TREESTUMP
SUCCUBAE
STORERS
SPANTO
ELSAS
F-2. MS
DATA
LUNULE
AIREDALE
TWENTYNINE
F-3. LEAPYEAR
AMBIANCE
MILKWORT
STEEPLED
F-4. HASHES
ESPADA
DARWIN
ENIACS
RATITE
ASSISI
F-5. OURS
F-6. STROVE
CREPED
RISING
AVIATE
WINTER
LASERS
F-7. GO
SENT
DENIAL
MOTIONED
WASHINGTON
F-8. OURS
F-9. CACHET
ATHENA
CHARTS
HERMIT
ENTICE
TASTES
F-10. NEPALIS
EVIDENT
PIRANHA
ADAPTOR
LENTOUT
INHOUSE
STARTER
E-1. I think perhaps you don't finish writing a book. You stop writing it. Dreyer
E-2. Don't get in my head, man. I barely have room for me in there. Sonic Drive-In TV commercial
E-3. Magicians pull rabbits out of hats. Experimental psychologists pull habits out of rats.
E-4. Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision. Hsi-Tang
E-5. OURS
E-6. OURS
E-7. Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. Pearl S. Buck
C-1. The other day I asked a friend of mine to name her favorite Beatles song. "She Said She Said," she said.
C-2. There is a widespread rumor that Einstein did not speak until age five, and even then it was in German.
C-3. How does yodaughter make each issue look snazzy? Form fitting. Where does she put leftover puzzles? A flat file.
C-4. What do you get when dinosaurs crash cars? T. rex. Why did the archaeopteryx get the worm? It was an early bird.
C-5. Knute Rockne writes rock opera about pet rock that whacks bum of mythical bird, thus hitting roc bottom.
C-6. Norwegian military ships marked with Universal Product Code. After missions, authorities scan the navy in.
C-7. OURS