1. mother-in-law, wallow in the mire
2. creatinine, creation (swine, sow)
3. OURS
4. Hal Linden (hall in den)
5. OURS
6. My Three Sons, myth reasons
7. lines, senile, silliness, Leslie Nielsen
8. OURS
9. The Cosby Show (THine, ECOSphere, BYStander, HOWard)
10. M*A*S*H
11. Droopy, drupe
12. jam injures not a skinny-dipper). God; Damn! Ginger's got an innie, Skipper! Odd
13. omnidirectional antennas, Daniel Constantine Marino
14. Mad Men; M.D., Amen
15. Norma, Nora; The Flying Nun
16. William Bendix (will, iamb, end, IX)
17. Friends, fiends
18. OURS
19. own eye, nose (O, nine Os)
20. Blackadder
21. OURS
22. voodoo doll
23. queasy, uneasy
24. Donna Reed, gonorrhea
25. rally, ally
26. bus turn (bust urn)
27. agree - nacre's the meson gem (a Green Acres theme song em)
28. OURS
29. OURS
30. dormie, moider
31. spare room, "rely, Tyra, most on Eva, have-not, so Mary Tyler Moore raps
32. tarmined, ante meridiem, Demetri Martin; trilobe, Elliot Tiber, brilliolette
33. 'Til Death (tilde at H)
34. Friends (Fri ends)
35. dump truck, dumbstruck
36. hospitalman, Nahasapeemapetilon
37. OURS
38. OURS
39. OURS
40. geek grift (Greek gift)
41. pasticheur; praus, ethic
42. infernal galop (in fern, alga, lop)
43. nowhere (no W here)
44. parkway, WKRP
45. Bill Bixby, Bix, Borgnine, and Bendix
46. lowly, owly
47. sounding board, bounding sword
48. succinct; sucks, suss, inked
49. sternum, Munster
50. eisegesis, Es
51. tone; courtesy (Tony Curtis)
52. OURS
53. Ed Norton, not done
54. Huey Long (hue, E long)
55. bait, Betty (twain, twenty)
56. stowaway
57. toenails, slant
58. her eat it, lean'd shy, phenol docent, wine (here a title and S, hyphen, O, L, D, O, C entwine)
59. OURS
60. milligal, Gilligan
61. hexad, sex ad
62. OURS
63. foxy, moronic (F, oxymoron, IC)
64. certain, arctic tern, tercentenarian (or tricentenarian)
65. bus stop ahead (buss top a head)
66. OURS
67. versify, verify
68. park cab roorback rap
69. Danish, knish
70. above sea level (above seal Evel)
71. OURS
72. discount, viscount
73. Dick Sargent, striking distance
74. ribald, billiard ball; ribald, bald
75. OURS
76. harem, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare; modal, risque, Mr. odalisque
77. OURS
78. furrowed brow, burrowed Frau
79. OURS
80. OURS
81. setback, basket case
82. hay. Trite Avestan (hate right of S, ton)
83. metals
84. OURS
85. devastation
F-1. P
MRC
HLLHL
GRT PTN
BHD RGH
TCN SLM
PNCHL
CHR
N
F-2. AFFAIR
FEELS
FELL
ALL
IS
R
F-3. S
MCC
HOHUM
TOTEBAG
AUTOMATON
VETERANSDAY
ENOLS SUITA
XERS OVUM
IAS ARM
NS EE
G R
F-4. P
TIP
POKER
WIRETAP
ZITI EGOS
BOTH ARTS
YARN TEED
AREA FRET
OSLO VIAL
SENSORY
STOLE
ORE
T
F-5. A ZBKSTN B QZSHWS C FZZLST
BZNTNS ZBKSTN ZMBBWN
KNGLTS SKPPRS ZBKSTN
STLWLL HSPRTS LBSTRS
TNTLZR WTRTWR SWTRTS
NSSLRD SNSSRF TNNSSN
D CHTZPH E BLNTZS F STGLTZ
HPRBRN LTTRBG THNDRB
TRCKMT NTRLKN GNSTCK
ZBKSTN TRLSSL LDTMRS
PRMTNG ZBKSTN TRCRNT
HNTNGR SGNLNG ZBKSTN
F-6. J U G B A N D S
O N E I L L S
R E S A L E
D A I L Y
A R T Y
N T H
A H
A L L
S E M I
C O D O N
S A L I N E
H E R A L D S
M A T T R E S S
F-7. SITCOM
IGUANA
TULLES
CALCIC
ONEILL
MASCLE
F-8. GIANT
INDIA
ADREM
NIECE
TAMER
X-1. Many things happening here!
SEMOLINA
PILCHARD as a substitution cipher for across clues and answers.
DENVRAHLSTZ
BOSTNUAIGEL cipher for down
The diagonal gives the plot of land - 'Boston Common'
Extra letters spell 'Decode nine and twenty three down' which give the step 'go to sea' and the treasure 'bullion'
BREDENTRAINS
OOLESOUNTRUE
OSSIEENAMELV
BAITPLEBABLE
PREYONRENOLN
DOBGYNSTAROT
AIOLIACTINGH
ZLOAOPPOSTER
ZEBUUPONMOAN
LLOTSOFTEMPO
EBOOKSFOLEOU
REASSESSLIEN
ACROSS DOWN
1. BRED (hearD) 1. BOOB (DEED)
4. ENTRAINS (whEat) 2. ELSIE (Will)
10. OLES (CHIP) 3. DEITY (panE)
12. UNTRUE (maC) 5. NOEL (RETZ)
14. OSSIE (MISS) 6. TUNERS (None)
15. ENAMEL (OLIN) 7. ATMAN (Tone)
17. BAIT (MINA) 8. NULL (RAZZ)
18. PLEB (Opal) 9. SEVENTH (fillY)
19. ABLE (LINE) 11. SEPOY (incicT)
20. PREY ON (Dads) 13. REBORN (Hover)
24. OB-GYNS (bEy) 16. ABET (HDTV)
26. TAROT (raNt) 21. ROIL (fRat)
27. AIOLI (DACHA) 22. LOGE (ZEST)
29. ACTING (MINI) 23. DAZZLER (Erebus)
32. POSTER (coatI's) 25. BOO BOO (DEE DEE)
35. ZEBU (zoNe) 28. IOUS (LEAN)
37. UPON (Eat) 29. APPOSE (fEather)
39. MOAN (LCDR) 30. TONTO (VERVE)
41. LOTS OF (Atolls) 31. AUTOS (HAVEN)
42. TEMPO (meN) 33. SMELL (Della)
43. E-BOOKS (powDer) 34. TOMEI (iO)
44. OLEO (CHIC) 36. ELBE (meWl)
45. REASSESS (warT-causing) 38. OFFS (heroN)
46. LIEN (HAIR) 40. NOUN (REAR)
X-2. T G S G
A N O N
E O S N I
W H E A T
S C I O N S
O T H K D A
N S E C E N T
O R Y E N I S
T E NEGTTROIP E
S IDB I L A NOT
U N T O I G U R U
HCE R O W E D T AM
E B O N B V K N O T
SRW A R D A A N D RP
P O E H E N L I A A A
AÁB A S L E D S Y N CH
R L R G A R Y E C L O A
WLE A R S T H R O U G HE
The winners spell Washington Arch
The losers spell LÁrc de Triomphe
The doubled spaces form an arch.
Winning phrase: from xxi up to top every fourth row
(KING KONG - the suspect)
Losing phrase: New York, New York
ACROSS UP
1. LEAR'S 1. WRAP
1. WEARS THROUGH 2. ELBOW BENDERS
7. ROUGE 2. ELAPSE
13. Á BAS 3. ARBOR
14. SLEDS 4. SASHA
15. SYNC 4. SALERNO
16. SWARD 5. TREND
17. A AND P 6. HYENA
18. EBON 7. RED LAKE
21. KNOT 7. RESIN
23. HERO 8. ULNAR
24. ROWED 9. GONADOTROPIN
26. EDTA 9. GO-CART
28. UNTO 10. HA-HA
31. GURU 11. GAEA
33. SIBILANT 12. CYAN
34. TENT ROPE 18. ECUS
39. NSEC 19. BOOB
41. CENT 20. VEGA
46. SCIONS 22. TAUT
49. WHEAT 23. HUSTON
50. ANON 25. WIIG
25. WILT
27. MUTEST
29. TIERS
30. OBEY
31. GAIN
32. UNPIN
35. NYET
36. GECKOES
37. TECHIES
38. ONE-D
39. NO SWEAT
40. ETCH
42. EDNA
43. TASTING
44. HI-HO
45. KOAN
47. CHONG
48. NANOS
X-3. PENNSYLVANIA BCUP
H O Q E M C R O R
INOCULATIVE EERIE
L S E P T U I N D
INEXACTLY PENGUIN
P S K D C I
FYLFOT REEBOKS
R S L H E E P O
AUTHORIZEDVERSION
I R V N C E A E
NEATEST WALKBY
F D R O I R
OEDIPUS CARTHORSE
R L A O O E E O M
EDIFY NYMPHOMANIA
S N S J E A I I K
TOGS CARTEBLANCHE
The letters not clued by wordplay form the alphabet. Taking the 1st then last letters of the clues in alphabetical order gives the message "Link first parts by sound and second parts by sense in a big loop." Using the remaining answers and beginning with me (penguin - the suspect) and ending with where (Pennsylvania) gives the loop
penguin, carte blanche, cart horse, Philip, fylfot, Oedipus, edify, remake, Reeboks, reindeer, rain forest, Pennsylvania
Where first sounds are paired and meaning (boks/deer, forest/sylvania etc) determines how the pairs connect.
Taking the first and then last letters of the clues gives you the items: "the rings of the Liberty Bell"
ACROSS DOWN
1. PENNSYLVANIA 1. PHILIP
C 7. B CUP S 2. NOOSES
U 11. INOCULATIVE Q 3. SQUEAKY
E 12. EERIE L 4. LEAPT
X 13. INEXACTLY Y 5. AMITY
14. PENGUIN I 6. ICE UP
15. FYLFOT O 8. CORNUCOPIA
18. REEBOKS N 9. PREDNISONE
Z 21. AUTHORIZED VERSION 10. REINDEER
A 23. NEATEST F 16. FLINT
K 24. WALK BY W 17. THE CW
28. OEDIPUS V 18. REVEL
30. CART HORSE 19. RAIN FOREST
32. EDIFY D 20. STRADDLING
M 33. NYMPHOMANIA P 22. OVERPAYS
G 34. TOGS H 25. BOHEMIA
35. CARTE BLANCHE R 26. IRONIC
27. REMAKE
J 29. SONJA
T 30. COMET
B 31. REHAB
X-4. The final 'letter; is a series of cryptic clues, resulting in CIPHERTEXT, EPONYM, RANK, SECOND, PART, MEANING.
Applying ciphertext (specifically the down ciphertext) to Boston yields Denver
Applying eponym rank to 'York' gives Duke
Applying second part meaning to Philadelphia gives brother.
Brother of Duke of Denver refers characters by author Dorothy Sayers. The Duke of Denver's brother is Lord Peter Wimsey. The victim is, of course, Edgar Allen Poe.
X-5. Faithful dogs lost and found. Clues for dog containers clue only the dogless entry.
Odysseus - Argos
Dennis - Ruff
Turner - Hooch
Jetsons - Astro
Jon - Odie
Nick and Nora - Asta
ARMSCARGOSHIP
RIOTACTLUXORO
UPOUNDJETSONS
FADBACONDUKES
FRISSONHOMAGE
LIEUTCHOOCHOO
EASTASIARSPED
DNTURNERDEANY
STARTEDDENNIS
CHENILLENTDGS
IYPGASTRONOME
OMICRONIVFRAU
NICKANDNORASS
ACROSS DOWN
1. ARMS 2. RIPARIAN
5. CARGO SHIP 3. MOODIEST
11. RIOT ACT 4. STUBS
12. LUXOR 5. CANASTA
13. POUND 6. AC/DC
14. JETSONS 7. GLEN
16. FAD 8. OUTDOOR
17. BACON 9. HOOKAH
18. DUKES 10. POSSE
19. FRISSON 11. RUFFLED
20. HOMAGE 14. JON
21. LIEU 15. SUM
23. CHOO CHOO 20. HOARD
26. EAST ASIA 22. U-TURN
27. SPED 24. HIED
30. TURNER 25. ODYSSEUS
32. DEAN 27. SENT
33. STARTED 28. PANDORA
36. DENNIS 29. ENIGMAS
37. CHENILLE 31. NELSON
40. GASTRONOME 32. DE NOVO
41. OMICRON 33. SCION
42. FRAU 34. THYMI
43. NICK AND NORA 35. TIARA
38. EPIC
39. ERIN
X-6. OURS
X-7. The Mothers-in-Law
X-8. Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled. Aimee Mullins
X-9. The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth. Eliot
C-1. You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there. Yogi Berra
C-2.At the current rate of TV franchise growth, we may yet see "CSI: Dubuque," "Law and Order: Traffic," "Survivor: Queens."
C-3. Absurd "Cheers" plot idea: Diane transformed into vampire, then werewolf. Title: the Horror of Chambers.
C-4. How many crypts can this quick hour-long flight to New York produce, you may wonder? Just this one, sadly.
C-5. Father knows best friend's coach scrubs silver spoons in the house due south. What's happening? Soap!
C-6. Producer Chuck Lorre places jocular vanity cards after his programs; pause your recording and enjoy.
C-7. Dullards precipitously enter locales where celestial beings tremulously avoid stepping.