1. oared, herb, I diss tun stew, arm ingle
2. OURS
3. OURS
4. Godiva; go, diva
5. intergalactic retaliating
6. "E" stems, excise
7. might, megahit
8. OURS
9. organic chemistry
10. OURS
11. banter, Brett Ratner; hour, tower
12. Santa, Satan
13. figure one out
14. Codex pertain to; cod expert, ain't O
15. OURS
16. (ne)urologist
17. OURS
18. Seminole, O'Leary; seminary
19. per, swayed; persuade
20. bee force I fur doesn't wane
21. OURS
22. (g)lacier
23. Occupy Wall Street
24. OURS
25. apostle, apples-to-apples; apostle, epistle
26. OURS
27. OURS
28. boomslang; ventrals, Eastern Transvaal
29. OURS
30. toast gown, ghost town
31. terraces
32. cafe au lait; laugh, "A-OK"
33. OURS
34. spinach, chin-ups
35. in't, Tintin
36. OURS
37. OURS
38. band era, Banderas
39. prosecutor
40. (d/h)eadline
41. tot, tight, eighty-eight
42. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor
43. OURS
44. Herman Cain
F-1. N G U L T R U M S
O R N E R I E R
M E T O O E R
A G O N A L
N O N E S
I R E S
S I D
A A
I N N
E T I C
S T A S H
S T E L L A
P I E R I A N
C O V E N A N T
O U T S P E N D S
F-2. K
VNS
KNGLT
KNGFSHR
KNGFSHRDS
KNGSLMNSMNS
F-3. H
NCM
RCKDV
LNGFRNC
PDGNNGLSH
NTRNTNLLNGG
F-4. S C R I P T E D
T H I N A I R
R A V A G E
I R E N E
N A T E
G C S
Q T
S U E
S E A R
A T A R I
B L I N T Z
F I A N C E E
B L A N K E T S
F-5. NTRNTNLLNGG
PNGNNGLSH
LNGFRNC
RTRNS
DNS
K
F-6. OURS
X-1. OURS
X-2. Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs. Pears S. Hurd
X-3. One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone. Jacques Chirac
X-4. My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. Phyllis Diller
X-5. imPugn, miXing, imaGing, meoWing, ganymeDe, Hegemony, magniFy, mongooSe, egomaniaC, Bagman, moVing, Magnum, igNominy, monTague, monoLogue, magaZine, meKong, menageRie
X-6. What the D is for? (in D-ness)
DUNGERACADIA
ENIGMASREERN
MABMOTHERWIT
ATBATTPARISH
NTLTEATTACHE
DREAMISENTSM
MACURLLADDER
ACCRETECSITI
STOICSEHOSTA
KIDNAPPEEFEL
EVEELDISTORT
DEADLINTORSO
ACROSS DOWN
1. DUNGE(ness) (NUDGE) 1. DEMAND
6. ACADIA 2. UNATTRACTIVE
11. ENIGMAS 3. NIBBLE
13. MOTHER WIT 4. EMOTE
14. AT BAT 5. RATTAIL
15. PARISH 7. CREATE
17. ATTACHE 8. DEWI(ness) (WIDE)
18. DREAMI(ness) (ADMIRE) 9. IRISH SETTERS
19. SENT 10. ANTHEM
21. CURL 12. ERRANDS
23. LADDER 16. TAURINE
26. ACCRETE 19. SLEEP-IN
28. STOICS 20. MASKED
30. HOSTA 22. RECALL
31. KIDNAPPEE 24. D IS FOR (FIORDS)
32. DISTORT 25. RIALTO
33. DEADLI(ness) (LADDIE) 27. CHEST
34. TORSO 29. ODEA
X-7.
CHARLESTON CRAB
L R E A V D E A
UNCLE LEERINESS
B H D E R A D S
CENSURES PESTO
T R N E A O
OREGANO EASTMAN
O S N O U I
TISANES MINUSES
H E H I S T
PHLOX YESHIVOT
A I I L U M L S
STEENBOKS AGIST
T N G C E G N A
EASY SKIDDOOING
C-1. Why did the Irish guy refuse to climb up and topple the mother eagle's nest? It was a long way to tip her aerie.
C-2. "Certainly. What happened tomorrow is a good example," he replied. She asked, "Is time travel confusing?"
C-3. Doonesbury calls Trump a "bloated preening bully with a dead muskrat on his head." It scans better without "dead."
C-4. Hear wizard's pa feed animal rights group's mascot: pitter patter of PETA's pet as Potter pater put out pita.
C-5. "Confirmation Shmonfirmation" is chapter five in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's bestseller The Black Swan
C-6. Dave Brubeck Quartet's jazz instrumental "Take Five"'s exotic five/four rhythm, catchy, upbeat melody charm.
C-7. During dental prophylaxis, hygienist buffs sweet tooth, excites confectionary jones, hastening decay.