March Solves
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1. OURS
2. Romney, Omni
3. (g)reengage
4. OURS
5. eyedropper, reappeared
6. druthers, others
7. wouldn't, wooden
8. basin, B as in
9. placental one (place nt alone)
10. belaboring; Bela, boring
11. Patriots; Pats, riot
12. be, behalf
13. OURS
14. Brad, drab; Bird, drib; rabid, Brad Bird
15. Delhi, hi-diddle-diddle
16. catatonia, Catalonia
17. electroshock, three o'clock's
18. tabulate (T, a B, U late)
19. OURS
20. entirety, eternity
21. earnings, grannies
22. money-back guarantee
23. McCain, main
24. Gravel, gravel
25. Lance Ito, cancellation, anti-Clintonite, national
election, Lincoln Continental, conciliate, Atlantic
Ocean, lace into, call attention to
26. OURS
27. T-men, sesame, tmeses, name
28. moister, monster
29. tailgater, retaliate
30. do, vet, ail; dovetail, dove tail
31. sugarcoats; surcoat, gas
32. lathe nightingale
33. spoiler, Persepolis
34. ask, mist, tress; taskmistress
35. so me, some
36. OURS
37. hon, honer, honest
38. BVD, DVD
39. OURS
40. mas shew/show ardor fine (mass hews Howard or Fine)
41. soup kitchen, up to his neck
42. Little Italy; it'll, Lee
43. gee, our diocese (giardiasis)
44. lento, Lent
45. black bile, I'll be back
46. exploit, ex-pilot
47. OURS
48. OURS
49. feeding, feigned
50. toreador, to read or
51. chore, rebus, bushy, hydro, dropsy, psycho
52. slacker, salesclerk
53. gala, Obama, go, Alabama
54. slept around, Ronald Ernest Paul
55. sex change, sea change
56. OURS
57. pirogue, groupie
58. Ray Bolger, sans, Ray-Bans, soldier
59. Bai Ling, bailing
60. at it; lean data GIs witch (a title and a tag I switch)
61. OURS
62. Arts and Entertainment, tarts and entertain men
63. fray; ray, fay, fry, Fra
64. cruelty, cutlery
65. burn off, Barney Fife
66. annual reports, natural person
67. stock, stockade; palace, palisade
68. OURS
69. potshot, hotshot
70. Coltrane, tolerance, contralateral, collateral loan
71. OURS
72. Marie Curie, mercury
73. erudite, crudite
74. the sow must go, hon
75. OURS
76. Thailand, hail and
77. schmooze, shoes; shoes, whose; shoes, ooze
(or whose, ooze - both are 5,4 and phonetic beheadment)
78. OURS
79. OURS
80. nob lanky, rune arcs even (no blank y r, u near c seven)
81. OURS
82. coal miner, Lincoln Memorial
83. partner,"adieu, Gael; League, I daren't rap
84. OURS
85. the New York Giants
F-1. JNLCPCRD Jean-Luc Picard
PRTRTR portraiture
MCLN ImClone
DL daily
1D Jay 2D nap 3D Laramie 4D ceticide 5D payroll
6D caution 7D airier 8D ode
F-2. M A R C H H A R E
A R A R A U N A
R O T A T E D
R U I N E D
I N T E R
A D E S
G T S
E H
A L E
O D I C
H U A C O
M A I M E R
H E R M A N N
D I S P E N S E
M A D H A T T E R
F-3. SHLDRTSHLDR shoulder to shoulder
NNSLSTLGS on one's last legs
HRTTHRT heart to heart
MTHRS mouthers
SLN sea lion
N an eye
1D eyes 2D Ohioan 3D Linhay 4D disarm 5D roulettes
6D toes the line 7D southern 8D heelers 9D leg out
10D daisy 11D ear
F-4. HIRAM
ASURA
ITALY
NENES
GRANT
F-5. P pea
CRM cream
PNDNT pendent
CCNTGRV Cocoanut Grove
SWHVNBNNS Yes, We Have No Bananas
PRTRDGNPRTR a partridge in a pear tree
1D pie 2D sour 3D Coweta 4D peachier 5D connived
6D predating 7D mung bean 8D turnip 9D venery
10D suit 11D Oreo
X-1. After dark all cats are leopards. Native American proverb
X-2. Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. Gustave Flaubert
X-3. My wife had me join a bridge club. I jump off next Thursday. Rodney Dangerfield
X-4. Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant. Yiddish proverb
X-5. Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good. Calvin Coolidge
X-6. A language in which one is not allowed to create new words is in danger of suffocating. E. Canetti
X-7. City slicker: "Look, you lost a shoe." Hillbilly: "No, you're wrong. I found one."
X-8. Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other. William Faulkner
X-9. Special answers (like title) are spoonergrams of X&Y phrases
GOSHFHOLDERS
AVOBLIGHTVAU
LEMMASMAOIST
OREONSISALSU
PSTONELADLER
SLIDESSTRIVE
PIMPLEREFFED
IPECACOTTERU
RPORTIAHSLAP
AEROBERECITE
TDCWAVERYNER
EXALTEDSHEDY
Across:
1. gosh
5. shed/holders (head & shoulders)
9. whack/blight (black & white)
12. lemmas
13. Maoist
14. Oreo
15. sisals
16. stone
17. ladler
19. slides
20. strive
22. slain/pimple (plain & simple)
23. light/reffed (right & left)
25. ipecac
28. wear/otter (air & water)
29. Portia
31. slap
32. aerobe
33. recite
34. wavery
35. exalted
36. Hedy
Down:
1. galops
2. overslipped
3. sometime
4. flannel
5. Mitts/hisses (hits & misses)
6. Lhasa
7. evil
8. suture
10. toad
11. asseverated
18. lifeline
21. far/tethers (tar & feathers)
22. pirate
23. boom/roared (room & board)
24. dupery
26. crow
27. at bat
30. orca
X-10. LACUNAANDROMEDA
INANEALLIEPEXEC
ANSWERTOSCADUCU
BETELGEUSELIDOM
LOADAURGENTCARE
EUNTAMEHNTARTAN
STEEPEDSTILEETA
INTERNMAPNOISES
XESTOTALRTOCTAL
BUTANECPEEPERSF
ETASVIALGNAMUSE
LRRAEGRANDDAMES
IIDLTHETAEEXPAT
ENOSATNENDREEVE
FOMALHAUTMUSTER
Across: Down:
1. lacuna 1. liable
6. Andromeda 2. Anne
14. inane 3. castanet
15. all 4. unwed
17. exec 5. Neela
18. answer 6. altered
19. Tosca 7. dissent
20. Betelgeuse 8. recent
21. Lido 9. opal
22. load 10. medic
23. urgent 11. exudate
24. care 12. decorate
25. untame 13. acumen
28. tartan 15. argument
29. steeped 16. lough
30. stile 26. tee
34. intern 27. apron
36. map 29. six
38. noises 30. Sal
42. total 31. intended
43. octal 32. loop
44. butane 33. ASL
46. peepers 35. neutrino
48. ETAs 36. Macarena
50. vial 37. pregnant
51. amuse 39. ice
53. Rae 40. strumpet
55. grand dames 41. stardom
57. theta 44. belief
58. expat 45. eighth
59. Enos 46. plate
60. end 47. fester
61. reeve 49. salsa
62. Fomalhaut 52. maxes
63. muster 54. et al
56. eave
X-11. People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made. Joan Rivers
X-12. If it really is the "Father of Waters," why does its name start with the "Mrs." sound?
X-13. Like Lance Armstrong, I wanted to end on a high note. So, in my last wrestling match, when pinned and in pain, I screamed.
X-14. Against every great and noble endeavor are a thousand mediocre minds. Albert Einstein
C-1. Patients are always more important than the physician, although it's the latter who calls the shots.
C-2. Guaranteed Rx for colds and influenza: two weeks' vacation in Arizona. Insurance coverage pending.
C-3. Algorithm: noblest Nobelist method of teaching ballroom dances by the numbers via Internet.
C-4. Qatari muezzins, wearing red fezes, journey to Mecca for hajj, then sail toward Dar es Salaam on dhow.
C-5. Would somebody consuming infinite bowls of alphabet soup eventually devour great literary works?
C-6. Excited, euphoric Giants fan briefly considers naming firstborn son Plaxico; wife finds Eli more suitable.
C-7. Editor sought fiendishly enigmatic cryptograms employing long words lacking doubled characters.
Joker, Kapry Korn, Lirath, Billy the Kid