1. music mix (XI, MC - I sum)
2. Gotham, hamlet, chalet, gotcha
3. Cathy draw Ren, cat-hydra-wren
4. stepmother wise (STEPM otherwise)
5. charming toy sled, merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night
6. cigaret, tragic
7. coroner, crooner
8. OURS
9. Scheat, cheats
10. beneath, be neat
11. taffies, fiesta
12. Mostel, St. Elmo
13. Severn,seven; Severn,sever; Severn,ever; Severn,Seve,RN
14. tomboy; tomb, oy
15. tryptophan (to me; cooked a huge turkey dinner, menial labor, of
16. Rumplestiltskin (rumple, stilts kin)
17. Vernon, virgin; Elvis lives
18. OURS
19. OURS
20. neoplastic, pleonastic
21. ro(bust)le
22. peru(s/k)e
23. brumal, umbral, lumbar, labrum
24. infer matadors (in fermata do Rs)
25. Theogony, The Agony
26. unpoetical speculations
27. teraohm, heteroatom, mother earth, meat thermometer; indole, indolent
28. Seth Caro, charoset, orchestrate, Sacher torte, at each other's throats
29. torrefaction, Torre faction
30. paper cut, apercu
31. Noel Coward is no Oscar Wilde
32. proband, contraband
33. Xmas elf (x myself)
34. Adelaide, aid, I, adelie
35. not a speck, potato pancakes
36. good offices; goo, doff, ices
37. un(icy)cle
38. antic, Titanic, tactician, Cincinnati
lemans, lameness, salesman, Les Nessman
39. hollandaise, holidays
40. horseback, shock absorber
41. shih tzu, shiatzu
42. pea(r)l
43. I rated warfare, irate dwarf are
44. reign, reignite
45. grown, groan; moan, mown; ewe, you
46. chalybeate (cheat, ale, Yb)
47. din there (in the red)
48. OURS
49. pate(Rapunzel)dash." "us, band
50. mathematics; Ma, the mat is
51. sh(a/o)veling
52. cleats, castle
53. hoorah, hoo-hah, hookah
54. (b/o)asis
55. wear - no team used (we are not amused)
56. she-toadling, the goose that laid the golden egg
57. Small Beer
58. saucers, sucrose
59. poetry, prototype
60. unchariotedly, troll the ancient Yuletide carol
61. m(itoti)c
62. the fire-breathing dragon
63. OURS
64. nonet
65. The Social Network
66. Leonardo da Vinci
67. anchorman
68. Fort Lauderdale
69. a midterm election
70. November second, two thousand ten
71. Snow-White and Rose-Red
72. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
F-1. MURRAY
PEARCE
MERLIN
SHEGOD
APEMAN
TREMOR
F-2. A MERLIN B SMACKS C ROMMEL D BIOMES E MADAMA F DIRHAM
EQUATE MERLIN ONEIDA INVENT AZURES ICEAGE
RUCKUS ARCANE MERLIN OVERDO DUPARC RECTOR
LAKERS CLAUDE MILORD MERLIN ARABLE HATFUL
ITURBI KINDER EDIRNE ENDIVE MERLIN AGOUTI
NESSIE SNEERS LANDED STONED ASCENT* MERLIN
*could be ascent or ascend depending on inflection of progress
F-3. ACE
ORALS
SUM*ESS *=MERLIN
ROGUE
ROT
F-4. A RECTANGLE B CLASSIEST C PARABOLIC D ACETAMIDE
ADRENALIN RECTANGLE EPIMERASE PALINODES
SNARKIEST OCTILLION RECTANGLE AVENTAILS
PAMPHLETS WHEREASES EXOSTOSES RECTANGLE
F-5. OURS
F-6. C K V
SOT ONO TEA
STRAW TWIGS BRICK
CHANCES GENTEEL HEELTAP
FAIRYTALE DRESSEDUP SALESSLIP
ALP RIM OAT APR HIC AGA
COY AMP ONE TIE ALA HIT
IRA BIT FIR INS SIN ART
AIR LEO UTE VEE TNT ROO
LED ERR SAD EST AGO INN
(houses of the 3 pigs)
X-1. SOFATUBERS
ORACHPUREE
FAKEORGASM
ACEKNOWSAI
THONGORALS
UPROOTASTA
BUGWRAPPER
ERASASPIRE
RESALTERMA
SEMISAREAS
X-2 SNIPSSC
TINGLYO
YMHAANT Instruction - stop kvetching
TROUNCE
OARBEAK
MGARGLE
BSRALLY
GROUP A GROUP B
7D sane (lane) 6A t(oy)ingly
13A tar (oar) 11A tr(oy)ounce
14D boa (bra) 17A garg(oy)le
10A apt (ant) 18A r(oy)ally
1D sky (sty) 2D nim(oy)
3D vga (PGA) 5D c(oy)ote
4D syne (sync) 11D tomb(oy)
14A beat (beak) 15D all(oy)
8A YMCA (YMHA)
1A ships (snips)
12D rigs (rags)
9D horn (hora)
16D keg (key)
X-3. One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. John Kenneth Galbraith
X-4. OURS
X-5. ARODSCRATCHED 10C, 8H (ace high)
LUBALLETRONTO
ENSUEQLMONTHN
REELDUALITIES
ELSYTAPEAIARB
DISCUSSANNULI 6S, 4C (ace high)
STIRPAEFDUDEN 5D, 4D (straight - winner)
THEATREHOEING
HOLDMSCARDONE/TWO 2H, QD, KS, AC, 3D
ASLEEPESTATES
LLANDAPSPUPIL
LENTILAIRRAGE
IUOIAEDENASHA AS, AH (3 of a kind and almost winner)
KNIFEEDGERHOS 3H, 2S (2 pair)
ECLOAKLEMOLAL
GUARRBELUGARE
STAMPEDESMRS* 8D, 8S
(*upside-down A - combo of V and -)
Pictures are an ace of spades and ace of hearts found by repeatedly using the word SPADE to draw the former and finding ACE, OF, and HEARTS within the spade pic for the latter. The A (and upside-down A) in the NW and SE corners are as they appear on a playing card. The pics are as indicated by the dealer row, Holdm's card one/two.
X-6. Walt Disney thought that mice were cute. They're not. They're beady-eyed little rodents...and he had Cinderella sleep with two of them! David Steinberg.
X-7. I am the last president of the United States. J. Buchanan
X-8. Epigram: a wisecrack that has played Carnegie Hall. Oscar Levant
X-9. UNANIMOUSSORT GNOME replaces ADULT
NONAGONTROVER
GWTMPORTULACA ELF replaces MAN*
NISEIDEELFDED
ONCETSNRCAADI PERI replaces LASS
MALLARDSPINET
ESUSPRITEICSI SPRITE replaces PERSON
ENTRAPTORPEDO
RUCDTOIAIASSN FAIRY replaces HUMAN
ATHERTONINDIA
TRICLINICEUSL PRESENT RIPE FIREFLY AMIGO is an anagram
EIMAGOSTRATAL of the replacements.
DAHLINFAIRYLY
*Constructor is Elfman
Across Down
1. UNANIMOUS 1. UNADULTERATED
7. SORT 2. NO-WIN
10. NONAGON 3. ANTS
11. TROVE 4. NAME
12. PORTULACA 5. MOODS
14. NISEI 6. UTTERS
15. DEMANDED 7. SOL-FA
17. ONCE 8. RECEDE
20. MALLARD 9. TRADITIONALLY
21. SPINET 12. PIT-A-PAT
22. SUPERSONICS 13. RENDITION
23. ENTRAP 16. DANCES
26. TORPEDO 18. CLUTCH
29. ASSN. 19. CLASSIC
31. ATHERTON 24. NUTRIA
32. INDIA 25. POTION
35. TRICLINIC 27. DECAL
36. IMAGO 28. ANITA
37. STRATAL 30. SISAL
38. DAHL 33. NEAR
39. INHUMANLY 34. DUTY
X-10. MASTSLOOSE boarding pass/no passenger = OUTSIDE
ULOAVESBIX
STAKEGWART destination = SEATTLE WASHINGTON
IORBLINDSO
CHEATTWILL person = S.E. HINTON (Author of The
DIMPERIALS Outsiders and SE opposite of NW)
EXISTACHES
WARIOSEACO
LEANRTIGER
ARTSTATEDE
POETSSNEER
Across Down
1. MASTS 1. MUSIC (D-7)
5. LOOSE 2. ALTO (C-11)
9. LOAVES 3. SOAR (J-3)
10. STAKE 4. SVELTE (G-5)
11. WART 5. LEGIT (A-2)
12. BLINDS 6. OBADIAH (G-1)
13. CHEAT 7. SIRS (I-10)
15. TWILL 8. EXTOLS (C-5)
17. IMPERIAL 14. EMIRATE (D-2)
19. EXIST 16. DEWLAP (E-4)
21. ACHES 18. RASTAS (E-5)
23. ARIOSE 20. TORTS (F-8)
26. LEAN 22. SORER (B-3)
27. TIGER 23. AERO (G-9)
28. STATED 24. AGEE (H-6)
29. POETS 25. CEDE (H-9)
30. SNEER
C-1. A good gulp of hot whiskey at bedtime: it's not very scientific, but it helps. Sir Alexander Fleming
C-2. Ness actor, Hackman, Autry decline fairy tale role. Stack and the Genes balk at Jack and the Beanstalk.
C-3. Andersen's "Thumbelina" inspired by tale of Tom Thumb, "Gulliver's Travels," and Voltaire's "Micromegas."
C-4. Fugitive SDS honcho, fabulous girl vow fealty to Voldemort: Riddle led hiding Rudd and Little Red Riding Hood.
C-5. Trilogy-ending child care film features Hermione-muggle offspring; viewers enjoy part-witch in Au Pair III.
C-6. Young female patient exhibits persistent insomnia, bruising. Diagnosis: sub-mattress legume syndrome.
C-7. Faqih with Soay, Gael and hare on jaunt to suq via sambuq. Swap staunch pets. Teg baaed "Bah!" Bawd, bereft, bolted.