1. indic(a)ted
2. dearth, three-day
3. glow, Blue Nile (globe loon isle)
4. OURS
5. OURS
6. nightmares, Margaret Sanger nee Higgins
7. par king, parking
8. OURS
9. horseback, shock absorbers
10. oblivious; Li, obvious
11. OURS
12. dognap, man-god
13. Qumran, Qur'an
14. billionaire, Bonaire; St. Barts, bar
15. Bukavu, Ucaoimhu
16. forty-two, frittata
17. OURS
18. trangam, tangram
19. two can play next (toucan plane Xed)
20. lost in thought, tool-using
21. memorial commercial (or mortuary promptuary, tho promptuary is NI3 obs.)
22. auscultation; auction, talus
23. Mab end
24. OURS
25. OURS
26. OURS
27. (F)argo
28. pi(ece); pi, pie (4", pi/2")
29. Crimean. Americana
30. fool, oology; fogy
31. OURS
32. geode (G owed)
33. OURS
34. defeated fate
35. gray towels on a pile of (great owls on a pie love)
36. OURS
37. inartistic fortifications
38. OURS
39. typewriter; pry, tighter
40. pirogue, pirogi
41. particle (P article)
42. OURS
43. April, Prairial
44. prom(o/p)ted
45. OURS
46. bridge
47. federal debt ceiling
48. Tel Aviv, Israel
49. Groundhog Day, two thousand thirteen
50. damnably
51. Lance Armstrong
52. trillion-dollar coin
F-1. NON RED UND ANT
RED ISP ERS ING
UND ERS ERV ANT
ANT ING ANT ING
F-2. OURS
F-3. THSCRLTLTTR
NNTNGHTFR
THDRSLR
SRTRS
THS
M
F-4. MXCNJMPNGBN
MXCNHTDNC
LNGJHNS
DFNSS
RGS
G
X-1. OURS
X-2. OURS
X-3. EYOTTRHEAD TH
XERUCAAWRY ER
HATCHERESS ES
AWAKENNAPE AN
UASESHERED A
SMARTPHONE P
THDRYEFUSS F
JADETAOTER OR
EREFATIGUE
TIRETHSARR TH
ACORNSTLOT AT
"There's a nap for that"
ACROSS DOWN
1. EYOT 1. EXHAUST*
5. TRHEAD 2. YEAW
10. ERUCA 3. ORT
11. AWRY 4. TUCKER*
13. HATCHER 5. TCHESTY
14. ESS 6. RAEN
15. AWAKEN 7. HARNE
17. NAPE 8. ARSPENS
18. UASE 9. DYSE
20. HER 12. WEAR OUT*
22. SMARTPHONE 16. ASADDER
24. DRY 19. AMHARIC
26. FUSS 20. HPEATHS
27. JADE* 21. DESRERT
28. TAOTER 23. HFOIST
30. ERE 25. REFER
31. FATIGUE* 27. JETA
33. TIRE* 28. TATN
34. THSAR 29. EURO
35. ACORNS 32. GAL
36. TLOT
X-4. The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov
X-5. In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. Margaret Thatcher
X-6. I am dealing with my procrastination issues. Just you wait and see.
X-7. IPUNROTFS
SNTIFURPO
OFRPTSUNI
RUPTOINSF
FINSPROUT
TSOUNFIRP
PTIRSNFOU
URFOIPSTN
NOSFUTPIR
X-8. MAELSTROM GASPS
I L A E U O H C
NASAL PALMBEACH
S E L L L B D E
KUWAITI ALLAYED
H E C H E U
RHEOSTATS SETAL
E R H E
HYENA SCHOONERS
E N O O R R
ACRONYM LEAKAGE
R E E A D T P T
SCINTILLA IRISH
A G T I L N S E
LUNGE ALLIGATOR
X-9. M L I M A S B R MIKE
V I N O C L I O
P B K T I F F S ALFA
S L U E D R O A MAZE
Z O P C E I L S ZULU
O U G H T C D H
O S L O O C H O ECHO
T Y Z U N I S O
Twin of key glyph it's on now
Either end of answer it's in
PO - ROSA
RT - ACID
AL - SLUED
&L - MVPS Portal & Labyrinth
AB - MOTE
YR - ETON
IN - ZUNIS
TH - ZOOT
ACROSS DOWN
T-E 2. LIMAS L-F 1. MVPS
W-I 8. VINO Y-A 3. INK UP
I-T 9. CLIO P-N 4. MOTE
N-H 11. TIFFS H-S 5. ACID
O-E 12. SLUED I-W 6. BIFOLD
F-R 15. CEILS T-E 7. ROSA
K-E 18. OUGHT S-R 10. BLOUSY
E-N 19. OSLO O-I 13. RICCI
Y-D 20. OCHO N-T 14. ZOOT
G-O 21. ZUNIS N-S 15. CHOU
O-I 16. ETON
W-N 17. SHOO
X-10. Only in a country like this with a voice like mine could I receive such an award. Leonard Cohen
C-1. Memo by tyrannical CEO to company prole picketers: "The word 'nice' is not in my job description."
C-2. Because he never had biological children, Stephen Fuller Austin was declared the Father of Texas.
C-3. Index to Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, seventh edition: "Birds, for the" pages one - fourteen hundred thirteen.
C-4. OURS
C-5. May issue will feature new crypt editor, hopefully abler to keep track of submissions than current one.
C-6. OURS
C-7. Albuquerque aquarium acquires exquisite unique squishy quahogs. Grotesque sesquicentennial squander!