1. choosier, Hoosier
2. narkiest, raise a stink, take an interest in
3. were closed, workload
4. cullage, ullage
5. bastard
6. woodwind, hoodwink
7. sleuth, hustle
8. medicate, meditate
9. sincerest, since rest
10. staminody, Simon didn't say
11. OURS
12. Mercia, America, I Am a Camera
13. marital, martial
14. pastille, Bastille; Bastille, bile salt
15. OURS
16. blart, clart
17. OURS
18. signature block, bottleneck guitars
19. be Holden, beholden
20. OURS
21. OURS
22. Lamonted, Don't Tell Mama
23. read for Millard Fillmore
24. firking, firkin
25. mobilises, Louisiana
26. caring, crying
27. T McAy, Spelvin, Slik; team a case, Pell. Vince, lick
28. OURS
29. up in arms, Prussianism; Prussia, Russia
30. shutout, shoot-out
31. quisling, quizzing
32. apelike, palooka
33. Mickey Katz, kicky mattes
34. subluxation, lux, jug, subjugation
35. OURS
36. Z V
WARPED
F X
T H
QUICKLY
G M
N
JOBS
37. threat, hereat
38. OURS
39. losel (lose L)
40. beignets, beesting
41. OURS
42. sow yew, Thing. Cuke and ants; So You Think You Can Dance
43. Florida Panhandle
44. Enigma editor
F-1. T
RIF
QATAR
QUILTED
QUITEAFEW
QUANT LEAHS
QUIRT DRIES
QUACK STATE
QUIRK EPOXY
OPTED BLOKE
SENOR QUIRE
REVEL QUIET
RESIDUALS
SOLOIST
DARTH
CIO
C
F-2. OURS
F-3. HSAC tooth sac
STFE still life
AFON aficionada
CENTTEM center-freeze system
TDLE taradiddle
ELOT bibelot
METR metatarsus
F-4. VOIR
OBSC
ISPH
RCHI
F-5. OURS
X-1. DE MO CR AT IC
FE EL
RE PU BL IC AN
NC DE
ES CA LA TO RS
X-2. To be safe on the Fourth, don't buy a fifth on the third.
X-3. A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. William A. Ward
X-4. ESCAPESINATRA
STADIUMFINGER
CALABRIASDONE
ADACLOTSCREAM
PIBLIPHAZESMA
EUROPEANALOES
SMITHAPERAVES
IFASANEUSBEGS
NISCZARSBARGE
ANDRELABANAGE
TGOESOVERABAR
RENAMEEGGGALS
AREMASSSEERSO
X-5. OURS
X-6. GDOUBLEDIPPER Seinfeldisms:
LIBYAIDETERGE double-dipper
ARIANPENEWORM yada-yada
DISDAINIALCOA regifter
LECARDTARSIER Soup Nazi
FLAYEELLOONGK Festivus
EDNAGRIEFUNBE spongeworthy
SAODINATFPIED The Bro
TINAFEYHSNERD
IDESTWDETAINS Users are Elaine, George, Kramer and Seinfeld
VASTEARBAZTEC
UPSURGERHICKS
SPONGEWORTHYI
X-7. SECULAR
E Y E E
MANATEE
I I I L
NECKTIE
A A G C
ROLLOUT
C-1. Baseball fans are confusing. Why do they sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" when they are already there?
C-2. Mosayc says: "You should compose crypts, lest monkeys with typewriters be hired to cover the slack."
C-3. Once the flood had gone away, Noah saw he had been ticketed for disobeying the "no arking" sign.
C-4. Gulf Coast avian lays defective eggs because of leakage. In other words, the oily bird's hatches deform.
C-5. OURS
C-6. So sad: my old ox has no way to fly (he may go try). We nag at him, "Ole guy, be jet in air anthropomorphically!"
C-7. Latest cheesy made-for-television Syfy Channel monster pic: "Mega-Chihuahua vs. Dino-Hummingbird."