1. sandy, dunes
2. left Katniss intact fell
3. bankers doze
4. OURS
5. real Israelis
6. pro(v/b)able
7. deli(c/r)ious; delirious; deli, Rio us
8. forge a Hun, windy stop Ian's Eries
9. Braque, broc; picture, pitcher
10. Breaking Bad, baking Brad
11. glutton, gluten
12. petechiae pea, techie
13. vain; vacuo, Cuoco, coin
14. Diana, Naiad; Nyad, Naiad
15. (f)unfair
16. ancestral, Lancaster
17. DeLaet, elated
18. par, parish; parsimony; par, simony
19. OURS
20. Macca BB force tan dishes; Maccabee before Standish's
21. London, England, one gallon
22. dele, delegate
23. Qantas, Q and A's
24. husbandry; bush, randy
25. Breakfast at Tiffany's
26. bravest, vertebrates
27. pr(oven)ance
28. forest ranger (for E, strange R)
29. li(tot)es
30. (b)louse
31. pinnac(l)e
32. OURS
33. Eight Men Out
34. rune, Runner Runner
35. painting, punting; bow, bowwow
36. Krewe, twerk
37. mundane, Monday
38. rubles, El'brus
39. panini, Panaji
40. unde(r)served; tipp(l)er
41. secret, security; senator, Nor'east, treason
42. Suchet, sushi
43. master, seamstress
44. Jonesborough, Jo Nesbo rough
45. casebook, bookcase
46. beatable, be a table
47. OURS
48. ain't Cincinnati
49. (f)(l)itch
50. in case, ixnay
51. Boston, Massachusetts, cosmonaut bashes
52. Thanksgiving Day, two thousand thirteen
53. prosecutor
54. Enough Said starring James Gandolfini
55. OURS
56. the war in Syria
57. a Dell computer
58. minus
59. Senator Ted Cruz
F-1. OURS
F-2. GIVING
MIRIAM
ANEMIA
AVERSE
ESTERO
THANKS
F-3. TRAPP
RENEE
ANITA
PETER
PEARS
F-4. MASTS
AFIRE
SIOUX
TRUCE
SEXES
X-1. The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will come along and insist on putting things in it. Terry Pratchett
X-2. Congress and both political parties should win Ig Nobel Prize in Economics for government shutdown.
X-3. N I A D U E E H Bees
E B L B E B R B T Workers and Drones
L E E I I N S I R O
I B S W R O E R N B U
P E F O D R R E C S S A
E B E K R E S R P S H B R
D R S A S E S I A R A E R E
E B A B S A S N N D K B L B D
R O L T E M R E A M E R E N
R D S R S O S N R E S S A
E T E T L E R E I S N O
A B I B E B S B R B O
N T N G N D S C I B
I B U B I B R B T
N G S T S A O O
X-4. It's autumn and because of the government shutdown the leaves will not be changing color this year. David Letterman
X-5. OURS
X-6. MORASSESTERN
ACORNCMESNEU
GLAREASILVER
NESTERSZAODS
EATSZCHEMISE
TROVEIHAMMER
IERESTORESJY
CRUSTYAIDLER
POSTWARDARCH
ORNIRFIDGETY
LAAGERELLSEM
ETRENDSEVADE
SEERSITDOWNS
Quote: 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings - Stairway to Heaven
X-7. Life is an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. Helen Keller
X-8. He who slings mud generally loses ground. Adlai Stevenson
X-9. Fat rain fell from the sky, and the village rose thirstily to meet it. Khaled Hosseini
X-10. An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. Jean Cocteau
C-1. I do not believe that atheists actually exist, but I am trying to keep an open mind about agnostics.
C-2. "Father, what is that animal underneath the wildebeest?" Father answers, "There is nothing, son, under the gnu."
C-3. Reeling from the terror-monger, Boston cried, but cries no longer. Hate is strong, but love is stronger.
C-4. Just how maladroit is my mechanical engineer husband? We do not let him use the stapler around the house.
C-5. Skilled avian veterinarian fulfills patriotic duty, heals sickly national symbol with ill eagle drugs.
C-6. Reagan gets Gorbachev to brew huge vats of congou, pour it over infamous barricade and cry: "Tea! Drown this wall!"
C-7. OURS