1. Barolo, long, barong
2. boa, bat
3. console, cannoli
4. cent/ER
5. chaenomeles; Kea, Anomalys
6. diver tsunami done, I, sore Ra, Sean's
7. spa(t/d/r)e
8. basil icon, a city; basil veracity
9. vest(igi)al
10. linchpin, pinch Lynne
11. rue, roux
12. CAnine, PAsting, BLEat; capable
13. (c)onside(r)
14. Gibraltar
15. m(o/y)th
16. dark, r-color, duller
17. go strays (ghost, raze)
18. Ariadne; aria, end
19. DOdo, NEne; done
20. koi, coy
21. pretense (pre-10, SE)
22. alma mater, alter
23. doe-seating old okapi voting
24. tohubohu, TB
25. OURS
26. (p/t)aradiddle,
27. unnamed, mundane
28. b(rewer)y
29. tumor, tumeric
30. science, silence
31. OURS
32. iamb, bima; said, dais
33. Ahura Mazda; Acura, Mazda
34. OURS
35. doucines, second cousin, deciduousness
36. SNatch, ICon, KERchief, DOODad, LEast; snickerdoodle
37. antics, statistician
38. hum(oro)us
39. derision. A
40. PetSmart, tram step
41. coup d'etat, two-day caw
42. Procyon, pro-con
43. OURS
44. ent(r)ails
45. kenned, Kennedy
46. swim, Swiss Miss
47. earldoms, asmolder
48. Peter Rabbit, pet err a bit
49. declines, silenced
50. (immi)(nen)t
51. OURS
52. (c)rep(e)
53. epopee, app, papaya, Papua, pop, poop
54. twit, Twitter
55. rubstone, tenebrous, Robert Burns, Unterseeboot, stubbornness, trouser button
56. CONdone, CIte, SEver; concise
57. reader prepared
58. ravioli, violin, ran
59. p(ar(tit)a)
60. schoolwork, vacuum tube, granny knot
61. gelatin, elating
62. Gondwana, gonna wanna
63. red salmon, no more and no less
64. goal line, go all in
65. type A, Taipei; taipan, tiepin
66. OURS
67. ampersand; AM per, sand
68. scaffold; off, scald
69. purchase, pure cash
70. COpious, INTel, OSSify; coin toss
71. Saturday, sturdy (remove all As)
72. in(terpret)
73. tiresome. Cinnamon? Um...an isthmus, right?
74. guil(e/t)
75. reunion, inaner
76. Don Lock, donkey
77. overplastic, velociraptors, postal service
78. Walter Mondale
79. palindrome deletion
80. alternative facts
81. General James Norman Mattis
82. Neil Gorsuch
83. Martin Scorcese's Silence
84. The Founder starring Michael Keaton
85. cinematographers
86. Lieutenant Commander Data
87. Steve Bannon
88. waterboarding
89. David Shulkin
90. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions
91. Sean Spicer
92. Justice Neil Gorsuch
93. genocide
F-1. E
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ATTAR
CLEOPAS
RAINLIGHT
ANTHROPOCLIMATOLOGIST
CHAERONEA
CRAMPET
PIOUS
ALP
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F-2. HAMAN
ARENA
MEMES
ANENT
NASTY
F-3. F
OB
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FOODTASTER
BATTLEAXE
SALIENTS
SEEDART
TANAGERS
EXTREMIST
RESTRICTED
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F-4. XXXXX
XIIIA
XILAN
XIANG
XANGO
F-5. AFTERALL
MORDECAI
OREGANOS
STEEPEST
F-6. STOATS
PERSIA
LEAKER
ATTIRE
THENCE
SEDGES
F-7. CRAMPS
REVERE
ICEMAN
MASONS
ENTICE
STARES
X-1. Familiarity breeds contempt - and children. Mark Twain
X-2. After rain on Inauguration Day, Trump tweeted "Fake weather. Clouds are rigged. Apologize!" (or so Stephen Colbert predicted).
X-3. POTUS, in new executive order, bans no-trump bridge bids.
X-4. Wait, you aren't writing this down, are you? Please don't quote me. John Doe
X-5. Dear contributor: thank you for not sending us anything lately. It suits our present needs. Publisher's note to Snoopy
X-6. Sports Illustrated on official timers at track meets: these are the souls that time men's tries.
X-7. Nothing produces such odd results as trying to get even. Franklin P. Jones
X-8. Heroes like you built the road. I'm only following the path. Thien, Do Not Say We Have Nothing
X-9. OURS
X-10. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King, Jr.
X-11. SHORTNESS of BREATH B T(erm)
ARTICLES of INCORPORATION I R(ule)
INDEX of REFRACTION R A(ge)
HEART of DARKNESS D N(erves)
NERVES of STEEL S S(tatue)
MATTER of OPINION O P(roof)
HALL of FAME F O(rder)
PROOF of CONCEPT C S(hortness)
LAND of OZ O A(rticles)
RULE of LAW L L(and)
STATUE of LIBERTY L O(ne)
TERM of ENDEARMENT E F(orce)
TABLE of CONTENTS C T(reaty)
NICK of TIME T H(all)
SPHERE of INFLUENCE I I(ndex)
TREATY of VERSAILLES V S(phere)
AGE of ENLIGHTENMENT E M(atter)
FORCE of NATURE N O(ut)
ORDER of OPERATIONS O N(ick)
ONE of US U T(able)
OUT of NOWHERE N H(eart)
"charm of" GOLDFINCHES
Road to BeaCon - Celestial Navigation
1-25 AL-TEAR ALTAIR
2-36 BEETLE-JUICE BETELGEUSE
3-21 CAN-SIR CANCER
4-22 CASS-STIR CASTOR
5-28 CUP-ELLA CAPELLA
6-24 DEN-EBB DENEB
7-26 DRAKE-OWE DRACO
8-33 ERR-EASE ARIES
9-20 FEE-KNICKS PHOENIX
10-32 LEIGH-BRA LIBRA
11-30 LOOP-PUS LUPUS
12-19 ORE-RYAN ORION
13-31 PALL-LUCKS POLLUX
14-27 PIE-SIEZE PISCES
15-29 PLEA-EDDIES PLEIADES
16-36 POLE-HEIRESS POLARIS
17-34 RYE-GEL RIGEL
18-23 TOE-RUSS TAURUS
Doubly crossed stars spell "our galaxy" - MILKY WAY
C-1. OURS
C-2. OURS
C-3. The ship's captain hated passengers. As they embarked, he shouted "All abhorred that's coming aboard!"
C-4. Warning to failing high school students: those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
C-5. One word denotes depressed mood, depressed pitch, musical style, erotica, and liberalism. Also color.
C-6. Gift suggestion: since full-body cryogenics remains unaffordable, just give honoree the cold shoulder.
C-7. "Your anagrams are showing, Doctor. 'Louis Friend'? Iron sulfide, also known as fool's gold." Clarice Starling