June 09 Answers
Joker, Lirath, LeXman
1. Cymru, camera
2. Fort Worth reeks (for two R, three Ks)
3. nether, unseal, nuns, ethereal
4. accomplish, accomplice
5. ev(ergre)en
6. Frito, Free Toaster
7. bored to pieces (board, two pieces)
8. OURS
9. zeppole, Zeppo
10. OURS
11. gnome (Em on G)
12. My Life in Ruins
13. Tarnhelm, Emmenthaler, Ethel Merman, enthrallment, rare earth element
14. OURS
15. cannoli, anole
16. abas(h)ed
17. Bengay, dengue
18. OURS
19. tip the scale, skip the tale
20. scanned in avian prints (Scandinavian Prince)
21. scaly, Scalia; bone, bono
22. pigs fly, swine flu
23. deepened, deep end, depend
24. impasto
25. intereference, inter Ference
26. OURS
27. La Bamba; lamb baa - lamb, La Bamba
28. swine flu, willfulness
29. sclerotium, summer solstice
30. whilst, whist, whit, wit
31. socialist; sot, Cialis
32. OURS
33. downier, Edwin Drood, irrenowned
34. Alpha-Bits; Alps, habit
35. retinue (e-uniter)
36. no more Mr. Nice Guy (gnome, ore, miss, turn, eye, sky)
37. MOat, UNTAinted, INDianapolis, EWers; Mountain Dew
38. luncheon, Lon Chaney
39. OURS
40. squirted, detritus
41. Friendly; Fred, inly
42. OURS
43. almoners, Alan Moore's, moral sense, nonnormalness
44. where no man has gone before (W here, nom, an H as G,one Be for E)
45. pandemic; panic, med
46. Dell, deck
47. my craft, Mycroft
48. forestall, forced all, four-stall
49. massage, assuage
50. nuptial, Lilliputian; boarding, Brobdingnagian
51. Red Roof, reproof
52. Lamar Odom, Odorama
53. applaud; up, laud
54. local, SoCal
Lake, Laker
Lake, LA King
55. in silhouette
56. the United Nations World Conference Against Racism
57. morbid obesity
58. Roosevelt
59. Rush Limbaugh
F-1. KSKSK Kaskaskia
SKNTN skin tone
KNNBC Kennebec
STBCK setback
KNCKKNCKS knickknacks
NKNKR unkinker
CNKKL Canakkale
KKKMN Kikkoman
SRLNK Sri Lanka
F-2. RMNSQ Romanesque
MSQRD masquerade
NQSTR Inquisitor
SRTDT sorted out
QDRTCQTNS quadratic equations
QVRTR quiver tree
TRNQT tourniquet
NTQRN antiquarian
SRTNN serotonin
F-3. OBESE
BEGUN
EGYPT
SUPER
ENTRY
F-4. LETHE ETHER THERA HERAT ERATO
ETHER THERA HERAT ERATO RATON
THERA HERAT ERATO RATON ATONE
HERAT ERATO RATON ATONE TONER
ERATO RATON ATONE TONER ONERY
F-5. A TURKEY B STEAMS C ARTIST
UNIATE TURKEY RAUNCH
RIALTO ERXIAN TURKEY
KALIUM AKINTO INKERS
ETTUBE MEATED SCERNE
YEOMEN SYNODS THYSEN
D STATES E ADMATS F BAREST
THRUST DOLLUP APERCU
ARARSA MLCARR REMBAR
TURKEY ALASKA ERBERK
ESSENE TURKEY SCARCE
STAYED SPRAYS TURKEY
F-6. MPHGR amphigory
PSTRZ pasteurize
HTJZZ hot jazz
GRZZL grizzly
RZZLDZZLS razzle-dazzles
ZWNGL Zwingli
ZNZBR Zanzibari
LGBRZ algebraize
SLRZD solarized
F-7. FSHARP
SEEGER
HEARSE
AGREES
RESECT
PRESTO
F-8. PS
FEAR
GALLIA
JULIUSII
NELSONEDDY
POLLENGRAINS
F-9. L
REM
FOVEA
LETITBE
FEES SELL
GIST LEAR
HILO GREW
NETS PIGS
THIS OREO
OCTANES
KELLY
WAY
N
X-1. SCHLR scholar
CHRST Eucharist
HRMNL hormonal
LSNDS loose ends
RTLSS artless
X-2. An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
X-3. A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol. Adlai E. Stevenson
X-4. 1. inlet 7. rebate
2. Doug 8. beaned
3. pond 9. flirt
4. starve 10. operand
5. Imagine 11. owls
6. chalk 12. manger
1+2. longitude
2+3. dog pound
3+4. davenports
4+5. vegetarianism
5+6. Lake Michigan
6+7. leatherback
7+8. Bea Benaderet
8+9. left-brained
9+10. Portland Fire
10+11. snow leopard
11+12. angleworms
12+1. realignment
X-5. Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. Gautama Buddha
X-6. UNDERΘBLE CENΤR
N Y A A Ξ A A A
WANED LITIGATOR
A A A A R E U E
V MARχNGORDERS
E I C W A L
RιCT BEμSE OLIO
I OAR S πνP ψ
NONO ATTIC TROD
G A R N I E
TIΒNTERRIERS D
S V Y Φ O M O N
PNEUMONIA OUTRE
E T P E D T T S
CHEΗH SISTEPODS
The Trojan Horse is 'bearing Greek characters'.
Across: Down
1. under (the ta)ble 1. unwavering
6. cen(tau)r 2. dynamic
9. waned 3. radar
10. litigator 4. balance
11. mar(chi)ng orders 5. e(xi)t rows
13. r(iot a)ct 6. caged
15. be(mu)se 7. natural
18. olio 8. rare
19. oar 12. lo(psi)dedness
20. (pi)(nu)p 14. too
21. no-no 15. bra
23. attic 16. (mu)st
26. trod 17. e(pi)c
28. Ti(beta)n Terriers 18. opt
32. pneumonia 22. naivete
33. outre 24. tre(phi)nes
34. che(eta)h 25. inroads
35. siste(rho)ods 27. risotto
29. nymph
30. emote
31. spec
X-7. NARRATORAFRO
ORANGESFLOOR
TUMNGNTCLUBI
IMPARTROILED
CRATERINGSDE
ETRAGICDADDS
PITTASHUTINA
ACSOTOSCOPES
PETRELSTROPS
EDAISAEOSLOE
RERUNTARTEST
IDEMPERSISTS
ACROSS: DOWN:
1. narrator (Penn/Teller) 1. notice (gin/tonic)
7. afro (to/fro) 2. arum (rum/coke)
10. oranges (fruits/vegetables) 3. rampart (bread/butter)
11. floor (right/left) 4. aggregates (bacon/eggs)
14. club (x/y) 5. tent (breaking/entering)
15. impart (Simon/Garfunkel) 6. ostrich (rich/famous)
16. roiled (gas/oil) 7. alligators (stag/doe)
17. cratering (cheese/crackers) 8. fouls (loud/clear)
18. tragic (track/field) 9. robed (bed/breakfast)
20. adds (moms/dads) 12. rides (needles/pins)
22. Pitt (Brad/Angelina) 13. natatorium (Amos/Andy)
23. shut-in (hit/miss) 14. conductors (for/against)
27. otoscopes (eyes/ears) 19. isolate (you/I)
28. petrel (Laurel/Hardy) 21. dipoles (chips/dip)
29. strops (back/forth) 22. paper (up/down)
31. dais (tool/die) 24. assets (east/west)
32. rerun (crash/burn) 25. ceded (divide/conquer)
33. tartest (arts/crafts) 26. stare (tar/feather)
34. idem (five/dime) 29. sear (Sears/Roebuck)
35. persists (stars/stripes) 30. post (stop/go)
C-1. Two atoms discussing another: "He says he's lost an electron." "Really? Is he sure?" "Yes, he's positive."
C-2. Hunters make yelps, clucks, and purrs with turkey-luring paraphernalia such as mouth and friction calls.
C-3. Tay Zonday vocalizes "Chocolate Rain," lands smash hit; follow-up "Neapolitan Rainbow" fails miserably.
C-4. Scottie unearths bones in kirk cemetery. Enterprising master hopes to convince buyers they are real McCoy.
C-5. Editor withholds noms, titles, thereby challenging constructors to solve their own cryptograms.
C-6. Observing digitally inferior cousin's eating habits, sloth muses: "Ai think unau leaves too much."
C-7. Gawky Tokyo sushi maker named Kohji chops unagi while radio octet under Seiji Ozawa plays Bizet suite.