1. burden) jest. "Snoot, sour (bird ingests newts, hour)
2. sagely, (eyeglasses, sees); safely, sagely
3. understands redundant
4. schemer, sister, chemist
5. OURS
6. ox(h)ide
7. dega(us)s
8. wrecker, record
9. wildlife, chess, wife, childless
10. emigrants, streaming
11. The(odo)re
12. baste earn Dee's annex (base turned, E's an X)
13. h(avers)ack
14. ideology, glad
15. guacamole; GUAva, CAMper, OLEander
16. OURS
17. hippo crates, Hippocrates
18. used, etude, ; desuetude
19. at least, AL East
20. shoe, hose
21. skill set, skillet
22. danger, garden egg
23. male tricks, trail mix
24. Pygmalion, pygmy lion
25. Sif, sunless
26. I, if our origami
27. four quarters, deflated
28. he resist? Sal Tessio (O is set last, S is ere H)
29. OURS
30. teaspoon (TE as P, O on)
31. wisent, Weinstein, wittiness, teensie-weensie, nineteen-twenties
32. k(o/a)rma
33. ribosome, rib me
34. isomers (I, some Rs)
35. howdy, howdah
36. hibernates, breathes in
37. magic tricks, tragic mix
38. some Delaware raw ale demos
39. daylight, dilate
40. per iodine sample (period in ES ample)
41. overland, Rod Laver Arena
42. asterism, smarties
43. source - a read." "is Nin, umber (sorcery, Disney number)
44. Minerva, 'vermin' a; snorted, rodents
45. p(ullu)late
46. OURS
47. destiny, density
48. muonium minima
49. Z(lot)y; lot, LOT
50. trail ends, Dean Israelite, interrelatedness
51. urbanites, Better Business Bureau
52. damn it, adamant, dementia
53. nor'easter, sou'wester
54. (monom)eric
55. weaker, Krewe, reek, eek
56. floor mat, format
57. sackbut, tubas
58. s(wive)t or s(qual)l - both 'bachelors' (latter non-MW)
59. OURS
60. novice, convenience
61. plexus, kelp
62. pectoral, Pete Carroll
63. honeymoon homey
64. word order, we
65. hight, high table
66. pistol, solipsist
67. never even
68. cabriolet
69. Into the Woods
70. New England Patriot Tom Brady's Deflategate
71. nutrition facts
72. A Walk Among the Tombstones
73. Strange Magic
74. Winter Storm Juno
75. Leonard Hofstadter
76. repeated bigram deletion
77. precaution
78. OURS
79. The Imitation Game
80. Groundhog Day, two thousand fifteen
F-1. DMTR
MNLS
TLNT
RSTPHNS
HCTR
NTGN
SRNS
F-2. MARCH
MARCH
MARCH
MARCH
MARCH
F-3. AEAEA
EIEIO
AEIOU
EIOIA
AOUAE
X-1. Every family has one weird relative. If you don't know who it is, it's probably you.
X-2. But frankly, I don't think he's got the family tree down to its last leaf. M. Grimes
X-3. Fashion is something barbarous for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. G. Santayana
X-4. Pavlov was sitting in a bar when the telephone rings. "Oops, I forgot to feed the dog!"
X-5. No matter what occurs, there's always someone who believes it happened according to his pet theory.
X-6. You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on. Joe E. Lewis
X-7. Chili cook's secret: if your next pot of chili tastes better, it probably is because of something left out rather than added.
X-8. A problem worthy of attack
Proves its worth by hitting back.
Piet Hein
X-9. Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. Francis Bacon
X-10. P A S T O R A L S C L O T
A L A S K A R E A R U P H
S B R A I N I A C A G A R
T U R R E T A F K V E T O
E M M A S H E A F I D B E
L E A S T E R B U N N Y G
B N A H I M P E L G E A R
O K R A N S E R E T I N A
I T E M K A N G A R O O C
N S N E E Z Y E L A P S E
G O A D R C A N O P I E S
One Dozen Eggs
An 'EGG' is missing from 12A, 16A, 27A, 35A, 2D, 4D, 6D, 8D, 15D, 18D, 19D, 22D
X-11. Mirrors should only be in the bathrooms of people you really hate. M. L. Griffis
X-12. Crossword Puzzles of lit and unlit offices slipped by cluelessly. E. St. Aubyn
X-13. OURS
X-14. OURS
C-1. I want to pen novel just to use phrase "Silent but for the flapping of her little uvula." Some say "Get therapy."
C-2. February frost blankets auto dealership. Customer complains he can't see the Taurus for the freeze.
C-3. The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. G. B. Shaw
C-4. Offhand remark on origin of "freebooter" leads etymologist to key research into Dutch loanwords.
C-5. OURS
C-6. Easier for you to create cryptograms than flats, Krewe. No angst over meter or consternation about bases.
C-7. Ridiculously complex password combinations involving numeric plus symbolic text thwart savvy hackers.