1. unawesome, Now You See Me
2. OURS
3. vassal, passel, hassle, castle, facile
4. OURS
5. undisclosed seclusion
6. tortoise; to, rise
KU-1.
7. caftan; aft, can
8. kneecap, peacenik
9. OURS
10. OURS
11. Woody Allen, boxes, woollen, body axes
12. bolster up, brussels sprouts
13. apricot, apotropaic
14. or Alexis Denisof tend
15. breath, heartbeat
16. in dull gents, indulgence
17. OURS
18. OURS
19. in no sense, Innocence; honoree, exonoree
20. Jarabe Tapatio, jar a beta patio
21. look-alike, Callooh! Callay!
22. d(old)rums
23. malfeasant; flame, Satan
24. forge, allied eights
25. OURS
26. cheat sheet, chichi
27. serpentine, turpentine
28. divalent, adventitial, Live and Let Die
29. Pythagorean triangle (20, 21, 29)
30. OURS
31. redargue; grade, rue
32. it's back to the drawing board
33. Anthony Weiner for mayor
34. the Austin, Texas convention
F-1. W
CSC
CPHLC
FRRNNRS
HRRNGGLLS
DSTRCTFCLMB
SMTHSNNNSTTTN
F-2. WASHED
ALKALI
SKIWAX
HAWAII
ELAINE
DIXIECRATIC
ROCOCO
ACUMEN
TOMCAT
ICEAGE
CONTEX
F-3. BB
DEEL
HEREAT
JUNEDROP
JULYFOURTH
AUGUSTMETEOR
F-4. OURS
X-1. OURS
X-2. ETCHESTENANCY
FRACTALACHIER
FORESHORTENED
RETIREDICTATE
APERCUAFRICAN
SPEDAQUAMAKER
NILABSCONDEGO
WEFTICESKATER
ISLAMSTEPALLY
TOOLINGWATSON
HOUSECLEANING
PATRONAGEERIE
PLEASEPARIAHS
ACROSS
1. ETCHES TENANCY
2. FRACTAL ACHIER
3. FORESHORTENED
4. RETIRE DICTATE
5. APERCU AFRICAN
6. SPED AQUA MAKER
7. NIL ABSCOND EGO
8. WEFT ICE SKATER
9. ISLAM STEP ALLY
10. TOOLING WATSON
11. HOUSECLEANING
12. PATRONAGE ERIE
13. PLEASE PARIAHS
JOURNEY
effort, chet, THE, cart, eras, nipper, cabs, LONG, queries, hasten, chancy, rein, eden, reata, tetra, lodi, cricket, AND, adama, faucets, citadel, flaming, lances, loose, without, apple, arose, pageant, WINDING, awes, on kp, allegory, ROAD, no siree, ria, hinges
Paul McCartney - The Long and Winding Road
X-3. FIENDISH CALICO
L P E I P D U
UPHOLSTER ADEPT
T O E E A T N S
ENRAGE EMPHATIC
S A P P Y I O
INTERVAL SCAR
P N E O G D A E
HOST ETHEREAL
A O G O S T R
SALIENCE GAMBLE
E V N O I C L H
OBESE LOATHSOME
U N R G E A A
TETRAD ROADSTER
X-4. OURS
X-5. Bird alone, flying high
Flying through a clouded sky
Sending mournful soulful sounds
Soaring over troubled grounds.
A. Lincoln
C-1. My thoroughbred is such a connoisseur she eats only locally sourced low-carb free-range grain.
C-2. Marriage is like cards: at first you only need two hearts and a diamond; at the end you just want a club and a spade.
C-3. OURS
C-4. In Spanish, "yes," "if" are homonyms. Imagine the confusion! "Will you marry me?" "Yes..." Many telenovelas feature this.
C-5. Throwing down the gauntlet to Trekkies: is not the first word of "United Federation of Planets" redundant?
C-6. Odd Flagstaff Cherokee princess, crass Kalamazoo Yankee shirr Hawaii towhee egg. See worthless shell.
C-7. Shia lab medic had fierce belief regarding faith, Saudi hadj trek; will zoom anon to shop Iraq for his transit