May Answers
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1. frescoed, dress code
2. OURS
3. them so intent? Hemisphere (The M's O in ten. The M is P here.)
4. Roger Ebert, Roget
5. con found Mayan dab
6. OURS
7. Costa Rica; star, I, coca
8. samosa, Samoa; Tagalong, Tagalog; I do, I do, Do-Si-Do
9. Maillard, mallard
10. "P.U." to inform (put O in for M)
11. Princetonite, interception
12. Hedwig, earwig; silverfish, goldfish
13. hearth; HEmi, ARtist, THeist
14. second-rate, Dan Cortese
15. Sheila Sondik (sheilas on Dick)
16. make plaster of paris (make P, last E, R of par, Is)
17. OURS
18. sodoku, sudoku
19. inhume, inhuman
20. unties, counties
21. gneiss, nice
22. filing, fling
23. bark ode force all teens (bar code for saltines)
24. periodide), let Ed (period I deleted)
25. OURS
26. pard, pardy
27. burgher, burger; sheikh, shake
28. owing, O-ring; owing, X-wing
29. atlas, salt
30. amnesia; Ames, IA
31. OURS
32. mailbox, Maalox
33. splinter, spinster; spinster, sinister
34. OURS
35. Secretariat, secret aria
36. OURS
37. OURS
38. dragonfly, flagon dry
39. tourmalines; omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis
40. patisserie heiress I tap
41. handle with care, candle with hair
42. either, wreathe; either, writhe
43. Republic of Ireland's, cerebrospinal fluid
44. finagle, finale
45. sheik, shake
46. voyeur, lawyer
47. rots, uses Sir Esau
48. presidents; PREpare, SIster, DENtal, TSunami
49. fill a telecaster (philatelic aster)
50. OURS
51. donate, Don ate
52. OURS
53. Polish R.E.M. overt Elatea tin yen
54. foresaw, Saw IV
55. Albert Herring (Alberth erring)
56. hair of the dog, dare of the hog
57. OURS
58. quick, wick
59. dying breath, hearing aid battery, hanging by a thread
60. divergent; diver, gent
61. echinus up, rat (E Chi, Nu supra, T)
KU-1. Dar es Salaam, Dharamsala
62. nanodyne, anodyne
63. OURS
64. co-pay, copy
65. codec, I mate anode
66. baloney, Anne Boleyn
67. OURS
68. gall uses, galluses
69. purloin, sirloin; steal, steak
70. pterodactyl, teradactyl
71. saunter, restaurant
72. OURS
73. east winds (E as twin Ds)
KU-2. Daisuke, daisuki
74. the Democratic National Convention
75. Death Star
76. Barack Hussein Obama
77. recession
F-1 AEIOUY abstemiously
AEIOUY facetiously
AEIOUY pareciously
1. bandana 2. esteem 3. bikini
4. rococo 5. cumulus 6. syzygy
F-2. M
RIM
BASIN
CANTLES
MUSCLECAR
REHEARD
LETGO
DOE
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F-3. CHRSTMTHWSN Christie Mathewson
WLTRJHNSN Walter Johnson
DNDRSDL Don Drysdale
TDLNS Ted Lyons
NGD no good
R ERA
1. ace 2. Howie 3. Rolaid 4. stint 5. trodden
6. major leaguer 7. thousand 8. hands
9. weasel 10. Sain 11.one
F-4. OURS
F5 A L L S
C A A N
E M M A
S E E P
F6 VESTAL
EUCHRE
SCLERA
THEMAN
ARRANT
LEANTO
X1. Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. F. Hoyle
X2. The only thing you can do easily is be wrong and that's hardly worth the effort.
Norton Juster
X-3. OURS
X-4. BRAMBLE CATERED
A C A L A H E R
CLEAR INTRICATE
K R G T H T L S
SUBGENERA HAIRS
I I R E Z Y
DECIDUOUSTREES
E A P I T A
ANTISPASMODICS
S U N O N S
TEMPT RIGOLETTO
E E I T R U E R
PERSECUTE MIGHT
U A S N E P E E
PALETTE DESIRED
Across Down
1. bramble 1. backside
5. catered 2. acerbic
9. clear 3. barge
10. intricate 4. elite
11. subgenera 5. catharsis
12. hairs 6. thitherto
13. deciduous trees 7. realize
17. antispasmodics 8. dressy
21. tempt 14. daintiest
22. Rigoletto 15. opportune
25. persecute 16. assorted
26. might 18. numeral
27. palette 19. integer
28. desired 20. step up
23. greed
24. lumps
X5. I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up - they have no holidays. Henny Youngman
X-6. GSB
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SEASIDS
OVERTIRED
NERDANELESN
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RECURJOSHRISKTRIBES
OGLEARBITERMCCARTHY
SOWTYREBOTTSITUATED
ISOMERISMSTRU
REAWAKENSTR
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1. IDEA EERY TWOS
2. MISNAME BONN
3. ZOEA WEBISODES
4. SHEMA ROTH SARAN
5. ASHE NESTLE
6. RUIN MICRO
7. ADDLES TRIMERS
8. FRUSTRATE
9. GLOSS SICKEN
10. PADDLE STRIPED
11. HALIDE KITE RANTS LOBS
A. SEASIDE SMITE
B. OVERTIRED NOB
C. NERD ANELE SNOB
D. MENTOS AMPLE MITE
E. RECUR JOSH RISK TRIBES
F. OGLE ARBITER MCCARTHY
G. SOW TYRE BOTT SITUATED
H. ISOMERISM STRUT
I. REAWAKENS TRUTHS
J. ENAMELIST RATE
K. SEED DISTURB
TP. GLUE EVENINGS BLONDE SMITH
HR. AARON RUTH BONDS ROBINSON
MCGWIRE SOSA
X-7. OURS
X-8. THOSE_WHO_CANNOT_REMEMBER_THE*ALAMO_
ARE_CONDEMNED_TO_REPEAT_IT.*SANTA*YANNA
X9. Crypt editor sighs: "if you're going to quote me, spell my nom correctly. (P.S.: send more crypts.)"
X-10. FEAST
ELITE
AILED
STEAD
TEDDY
X11. Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember. Oscar Levant
C1. Icelandic zoo? Why, one exists in Reykjavik! We need a new term for a false fact. How about "winnable war"?
C2. Insisting the word actually rhymes with "author," lepidopterist hosts grand Mother's Day party.
C3. OURS
C4. Crypt paucity plagued Mosayc; piteous pleas aimed at Krewe. Upshot? Plethora of material packs mailbox. Fab!
C5. Viking returns home, finds name removed from town register, complains: "They have taken Leif off their census."
C6. Solar plexus punch begot myriad anguish. Rage impetus made hurt, puny boxer erupt, kayo rival.
C7. Mason group study aptly finds cheap epoxy grout cures quite worse drying amidst humid clime.
Joker, Kapry Korn, Lirath, Billy the Kid