1. toque owed foreign tern ash annul cauls
2. OURS
3. Nicholas II, Nationalist China
4. Leonardo da Vinci, vindaloo and rice
5. signature, tune
6. Modest's kirtle tab." Emile (modest skirt - let A be mile)
7. quadrisect, acquired taste
8. Flatbush, gum. pray, enzymes, cold, deploy, Presley, chappy, twice-shown (Bashful, Grumpy, Sneezy, Doc, Dopey, Sleepy, Happy, Snow White)
9. eras, Ares, ears, sear
10. par(i)ty
11. beforehand
12. miss, orca, mere
13. Coltrane, tolerance, Eton collar, La Cenerentola
14. messenger
15. apophasis, aha
16. greenback
17. split, personality
18. surplice, surplus
19. OURS
20. OURS
21. seventeen; seen, event
22. flip the bird
23. chain-smoker, karaoke machines
24. disparage, paradise, despair, praise
25. hemi-Cortland, Catherine Middleton
26. pride, pried, dippper, ripped, drip-dried, Pied Piper
27. told their fence, fold their tents
28. journalism, major
29. starlight, straight
30. outliner, trinitrotoluene
31. memory; my, Rome
32. oystery, mystery
KU-1. breakdown lights, a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse
33. custodia,autodidacts, caustic soda
34. Hurricane Igor
35. Major League Eating
36. Salt with Angelina Jolie
37. Life Unexpected
38. writer Woody Allen
39. The CBS Evening News
40. Julian Assange
41. Wikileaks
42. the San Francisco Giants
F-1. THDVLSDCTNR
NDRSTNDNG
KLPTMNC
NNSNS
GLT
S
F-2. RDBLGJVCH
WXMRTLS
FNTSZ
PSK
Q
F-3. WARSAW
ENIGMA
EDITOR
DASSIE
F-4. NN inane
SCKS sickos
TTLNCH to lunch
FFNSTRLL off one's trolley
NNCMPSMNTS non compos mentis
one, fan, outface, Steinem, unclasp, unknots, scream, Helen, Aleta, easy
F-5. OURS
F-6. PRSTSM parasitism
RPLCTN replication
SLPHPP slap-happy
TCHNCL technical
STPCTN stop-action
MNPLNCNLPNM a man, a plan, a canal, Panama
NNPLSD nonplused
LPHNTS elephants
PLNDRM palindrome
NSTRTM nasturtium
MDSMMR midsummer
X-1. Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. James Thurber
X-2. You can't base your life on other people's expectations. Stevie Wonder
X-3. Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. H. L. Mencken
X-4. What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. Christopher Hitchins
X-5. MILLOFIL EODE
U K I T K V T
DNDIL UTENESS
E I B I J E I
EMSILES KETEE
I E T T N
EKLESS EPTITE
P L P O D
IFTIE TEGOIZE
T T E M M T N
INTSTTE MTILT
O N E N E O N
NTTI ETODINIE
The letters CRAX are removed as a tribute to our dear former editor.
ACROSS DOWN
1. MAXILLOFACIAL 1. AX MURDERER
5. AREA CODE 2. LACKADAISICAL
9. DANDIACAL 3. COAXIAL CABLES
10. ACCURATENESS 4. CARICATURIST
11. CREAMSICLES 6. OVEREAT
12. RACKETEER 7. EXACT SCIENCE
14. RECKLESS 8. CRACKERJACK
16. EXPATRIATE 13. EXTRACT
20. AIRCRAFT CARRIER 14. EXPIRATION
23. CATEGORIZE 15. ECLAIR
25. INTRASTATE 17. PROGRAMMED
27. ANTARCTICA 18. IRRADIATION
28. EXTRAORDINAIRE 19. APARTMENT
21. ATTRACTANT
22. RECREATE
24. ENTRANCE
X-6. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller
X-7. Happy he who has been able to understand the causes of things. Virgil, Georgics
X-8. The most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary. Nassim Taleb
X-9. CRAX
COAX
COAT
COLT
COLE
COKE
TOKE
TIKE
TIKI
TEKI
X-10. A N A U J I T
D A O N I O L S
U E I D A I A A I
M M E T E I D N O S
R O S E S C E E T I S
E E O E W E S W A I L A
E G D E L W O N K E R O F spaces are also B (bee)
Y N I O C L O X C U C I phrase is A TASTE OF HONEY
E O H O C N L E O O N
S I P Z E A L S L I
O E O E N M I L C
R R U O D O O K
E A T T E R Y
X-11. CHASM CONUNDRUM
A L A H O O O A
MAGENTA MANOWAR
E E U R E D B I
LIBERATE MAROON
R E R P I A A
TEAL CELEBRATED
U R U R Y E
ROCKETSHIP ODDS
Q O T E W I I
URINAL MIDNIGHT
O F I C N D I I
INFANCY KNITTER
S E E A L G A E
ENDURANCE OILED
The nine colors are magenta, maroon, teal, camel, chartreuse, periwinkle, turquoise, indigo and cyan. The five unchecked letters spell "peach"
X-12. SIGNALFINALE
EUROBOOMERUX
ENABLERBAMBI
SASBAAMITIES
ASSIZEOBJECT
WAYLESSETSLS
QLHYETABORET
USANCEJOWARS
AITCHESDNPKE
INTROPDELIST
NCEPILOGENDS
THRICEDATIVE
SIXES ACROSS
A. RAPINI 4. EURO
B. IMBIBE 5. BAMBI
C. ECHOIC 6. AMITIES
D. BODEGA 7. WAYLESS
E. ENABLE 10. TABORET
F. FINALE 11. AITCHES
G. SIGNAL 13. INTRO
H. HATTER 14. ENDS
I. ASSIZE
J. JOWARS DOWN
K. CLERKS 1. NOBBILY
L. DELIST 2. FORMOSA
M. ARMIES 3. LUBE
N. NASALS 8. STEEPLE
O. BOOMER 9. TOWNLET
P. EPILOG 12. INCH
Q. QUAINT
R. THRICE
S. TSETSE
T. OBJECT
U. USANCE
V. DATIVE
W. SEESAW
X. EXISTS
Y. GRASSY
Z. ABLAZE
X-13. DESERT BLUEBIRD
E P E A P C A
AGEOLD ADDITION
D A I Y C N I
DIRECTORS URGES
U G X L R S H
COUNTRYSIDE
K N R G P A T S
INEXPENSIVE
A C C N E R A
BLACK MERIDIANS
A R S A I M I
TREATISE UNKIND
E S E K E S E
DISTRESS ARGUES
C-1. If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you don't have to work. Ogden Nash
C-2. Why was there always a dishy conversation going on in the fairy-tale garden? Because Jack and the beans talk.
C-3. Mark the passing of the torch from Crax to Teki with the dulcet sound of a hundred vuvuzelas.
C-4. Sous-chef scalds self with hot fish soup. Balm aids arm pain. New menu plan for lunch: tuna sandwich.
C-5. Store sign reading "now open later." makes you wonder what their products are. Maybe time machines?
C-6. OURS
C-7. Cinematic leviathan glowworms pulverize landmarks, panicking citizenry. "Brilliant!" filmgoers synopsize.