May 09 Answers
Joker, Liath, LeXman
1. clobber, cobbler
2. pesky, Skype
3. Iowa-Vermont ague; Io waver, Montague
4. OURS
5. Dan Rowan, word
6. fourth stomach, so much for that
7. cornea. She's not hell on wheels (corn E, ashes N,
Othello NW, heel S)
8. OURS
9. beta ray, betray
10. me, Gael Seuss, paced, or is (Mega else us space Doris)
11. finagle, finable
12. reaccreditations, to disincarcerate
13. Friar Tuck, fire truck
14. commissioner, commoner; fifth estate, these
15. requite, require
16. tuque irksome, a coy force pocks (2 Kirks, a McCoy
4 Spocks)
17. law firm, offer
18. OURS
19. suburb, sub, ex, exurb
20. selflessly, sly
21. OURS
22. "Youk!" a view; Ucaoimhu
23. sehr gut, three guesses
24. Roe v. Wade, overawed
25. Sin Nombre, sin no more
26. OURS
27. year in, year out (satYR, lYRist)
28. cruel, cool
29. Dan Blocker, black-necked cobra
30. dynamitard (drat, I'm a NY D)
31. high burn rate, hibernate
32. lynx, links
33. Cote d'Azur, educator, redcoat, traced, cater; art deco, redcoat
34. OURS
35. center, recent
36. foster, poster
37. PE, adios; adipose
38. Bo Obama, am a
39. gledy, glee-eyed, Geddy Lee
40. pizzazz, pizza; pizza, Pete's
41. OURS
42. nominal (nom in AL)
43. minister, termini
44. Bangladesh (ban 'glades', H)
45. re soap operas
46. obsequy, Basque
47. faro's, burlesque, furless, baroque
48. OURS
49. seder, Reeds
50. tripe, prettier, preterite
51. Wampahoofus; ah, poof, Mu, was
52. contribute (C on tribute)
53. verse, reverse
54. monotony? Tons (M on O, T on Y, T on S)
55. together again, to get her a gain
56. gravitates, gravies
57. precipice, PR
58. An American in Paris (a name, RI - can in Paris)
Idlewild Airport (Idle, wild AIR port)
59. verbose, sober
60. feeling the pinch, peeling the finch
61. bailout
62. police state
63. toxic assets
64. Scientology
65. capitalism
66. socialism
F-1. DBSNCTCMHMT You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
DSMTHNGTM You Do Something to Me
RMSNSHN You Are My Sunshine
RNNGL You're an Angel
TRN U-turn
S I See You
1. do you 2. body 3. Essaouira 4. in memory 5. cuts into
6. thinners 7. consignee 8. Mughal 9. Haitian 10. Miami
11. to you
F-2 M Yuma
KLG Kali Yuga
CNTST county seat
RMSNSHN You Are My Sunshine
LLSNMDRMS I'll See You in My Dreams
WHNWSHPNSTR When You Wish Upon a Star
1. yew/ewe 2. aloha 3. Arlen 4. comes away 5. Kansans
6. Multnomah 7. gussied up 8. thorn 9. names 10. Satie
11. You Are You
F-3 PB Pb
WRRR warrior
BLDSPT blood spot
WLDRTHRB Would You Rather Be
GHTBNPCTRS You Oughta Be in Pictures
BRTHRCNSPRDM Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
F-4. RTHRSCHLMN Arthur Schulman
DRTHFLDS Dorothy Fields
CLPRTR Cole Porter
LSNN Louisianan
ST Satie
1. your 2. etude 3. heroic 4. ritually 5. sheep's eyes
6. ice front 7. Hilton 8. lieder 9. Muse 10. one
F-5. AVERS
VIRAL
ERATO
RATIO
SLOOP
F-6. FRTSTR Free Toaster
RTSTR artistry
TSTR Toy Story
STR sitar
TR atria
R Eeyore
F-7. TNHRN Tinhorn
NGSTR youngster
HSTRC historic
RTRCT retract
NRCTC narcotic
F-8. BESTOW
ENCODE
SCOPED
TOPING
ODENSE
WEDGES
F-9. SAMIAMAYDAY
ATINGATEASE
MICKEYEASTS
INKINDASYUS
AGENDASTUTE
MAYDAYESSES
X-1. Unsuccessful turkey hunters have been beaten by a bird with pea-sized brain.
X-2. If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. Isaac Bashevis Singer
X-3. Be nice to people on the way up. They're the same people you'll pass on the way down. Wilson Mizner
X-4. A scientist is a mimosa when he himself has made a mistake, and a roaring lion when he discovers a mistake of others. A. Einstein
X-5.
D I D T A L R O L R R D
D C R I R R D C H O O L
L A R D T L R D A G U B
DL R A R I U O A L G A D
R T T M L F I L L I R D
T O A D T R R D O R T H
L R G R D B R O U C H I
I R O UL A R E U L O I R
L H I D T A K UR L L R D
O I R A P R T A D U DR D
R R G R A T O R A M R R
B O L L O L I D L R D T
Arrows indicated by green letters
L=left R=right U=up D=down DL=down left UL=up left
UR=up right DR=down right
Across Down
1. distal 1. dessert
5. rowers 2. errata
11. reschool 3. tier
12. warstles 4. artiste
13. swear in 5. Renoir
14. algas 6. shallows
16. fillies 7. noggin
17. toaster 8. rowan
18. doeth 9. Elbe
20. leges 10. canton
22. bronchi 15. menswears
25. ironware 18. downward
27. whist 19. thinner
28. knelled 21. goings
30. petasuses 22. brants
31. regrator 23. column
32. bowwow 24. indent
33. idlest 26. rhino
27. sorb
29. leal
X-6. GRAVENSTEIN
AEHELMATMSE
SPUDAAGROUT
GALASCOOTED
PIARTICLESI
ORIGINALSIN
SSPECTRALNG
TRACTORFUJI
MINKESIAREA
UODORHERECS
GRANNYSMITH
The five unclued entry group members are all apples. The central entry is 'original sin' - associated with the Eden story.
ACROSS DOWN
1. GRAVENSTEIN 1. GAS
8. HELM 2. REPAIR
10. ATMS 3. VEDA
12. SPUD 4. ELASTIC
13. GROUT 5. SAGO
14. GALA 6. EMOTE
15. SCOOTED 7. NET
18. ARTICLES 8. HULA
20. ORIGINAL SIN 9. MACINTOSH
23. SPECTRAL 11. TROLL
26. TRACTOR 16. DING
28. FUJI 17. POST
29. MINKE 19. CARRIES
30. AREA 21. GECKO
32. ODOR 22. INJECT
33. HERE 24. PANDA
34. GRANNY SMITH 25. LURE 27. TERN
28. FARM 29. MUG
31. ASH
C-1. Skunks are the brightest animals in the whole wide world. They are always stinking outside the box!
C-2. Scorcher in Venice: Speedo-clad gondolier bends, elastic snaps, briefs drop. Folks tickled to see poler bare!
C-3. Smart villain first devastates major city, explains master plan to heroes only after the fact.
C-4. Yikes! Yesterday, on the Yser, Yugoslav youth yclept Yuri yielded yttrium to Yankee from Ypsilanti.
C-5. Objects from my youth which appear obsolescent include slide rules, styptic pencils, typewriter fluid.
C-6. OURS
C-7.Interrogating thieves requires knowing hockshop well. Prig prober wisely studies pawnbroker dives.