M-1
1. pokemon (Eevee)
2. gemstone (jade)
3. braille - date that a bill must be paid (due)
4. double vision ("answers are all made of deja vu. write one letter per column" then move one space in the direction of the extraneous letters
for final meta)
1. intern a wreath, Reese; cor (in ternary, three score)
2. niche, butler, Nile, butcher
3. hose rip, rose hip
4. OURS
5. trout, blouse; troublous
6. m(aster)ing
7. Jo, in tissue
8. matte(r)
9. OURS
10. L\rack, racket
11. hole in one
12. fin is (hint!) heal lint, ours
13. OURS
14. bode/gas
15. run), ice egg
16. Rudy Giuliani, Ridgeline
17. Flinders, finder's; f(l)ail; hind, hound; mind, mound; wind, wound
18. bugles saddle a Sox
19. (ba)silica
20. Bar Harbor, Maine; burr, harm, Bahrain
21. CHIanti, NOIsette, SEcond, RIEmann; chinoiserie
22. card, Beast, cast, beard
23. table, vacuum, widen
24. cell phone, self-own
25. s/nail
26. Tuesday, sea duty
27. Lladro, dollar
28. Memphis, Tennessee; ten, emphasis, me
29. surefire, surfer
30. OURS
31. American Dream; am, Eric, Andre, am
32. AQUiver, AMigos, ARIse, NEar; aquamarine
33. Comic Sans, moccasins
34. erupt, puppeteer
35. sure, ten urge ease
36. standoffish
37. apparel, peril
38. sun/dry
39. based, upon, shut, silk; sushi
40. g(e)nome
41. OURS
42. odds of my maxixe
43. disrates, impolite, sphinxes, deeders
(D is dim PE, spheroidal net, IX ret. esses)
44. tank, katakana
45. indentured in turn
46. book, more; "OK Boomer"
47. Baron, barren
48. (CA/WI)nter
49. shambles, gall, shall, gamble
50. flamingo, flaming O
51. shiver, silver
52. milli-
53. wear your heart on your sleeve
54. be still my heart
55. in one ear and out the other
56. The Los Angeles Tribune
57. when in Rome, do as the Romans do
58. positron
59. Ambassador Sondland
KU-1. Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Marianne Williamson, Andrew Yang
F-1. INSPAN
DEMILO
DWELLS
IMLOST
SALTER
CRYSTALBALL
DELRIO
AVAILS
MAISIE
UNSEAT
STERNO
F-2. A
DIP
BIRRS
MAMMETS
DENSIFIES
HERCULANEUM
WELCOMEBTNIRN
F-3. JOHNMCNEILL
HEYPRESTO
NERISSA
TESTE
TIS
S
F-4. MAW
SAWED
BELATED
BRAILLE
CURTAIN
MIENS
ADD
F-5. CANASTA
SIGNALS
BOOTLEG
GREYCUP
TRITIUM
SNORKEL
GROANER
F-6. CATARACT
ORATORIO
MUTATION
EPIPHANY
F-7. JANUS
ABASE
NABOB
USOFA
SEBASTIAN
TINGE
INANE
AGNES
NEESE
E-1. People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes. Margaret Mahy
E-2. If you give the audience what they say they want, they'll always want ice cream. David Simon
E-3. The tendency of an event to occur varies inversely with one's preparation for it. David Searles
E-4. I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true. Dorothy Parker
E-5. A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness. Elsa Schiaparelli
E-6. Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature. Gaudi
C-1. In terms of cheese, I am generally quite START of MIDDLE, but tonight I END it too bleu for my tastes. (fond, fondue, found)
C-2. Crushing pop cans makes me sad: it's soda pressing. Will glass coffins become popular? Remains to be seen.
C-3. Sign in employee lounge: "The customer may be misinformed, biased, or pigheaded, but he or she is always right."
C-4. Guy pays debutantes to engage in flame wars. He stays anonymous, so never send to know for whom the belles troll.
C-5. You cannot talk about Game of Thrones on Twitter because it has more than two hundred and eighty characters.
C-6. OURS
C-7. Ungulate undergarments uplift udders. Cow cups create cleavage. Bovine bras boost boobs.