November Answers
Joker, Kapry Korn, Lirath, Billy the Kid, LeXman
1. also-ran
2. grindstone, stringendo
3. sheets apt pastiche
4. OURS
5. stroking, Kingston Trio
6. dodecaphony; DObro, DECAdent, PHObias, NYet
7. music
8. vain dog, avoiding, Don Giovanni
9. OURS
10. lyric, Cyrillic
11. layaway plan'd, Lapland
12. sonatas, Satan's
13. tube, lackeys (two black Es)
14. sweat, west
15. OURS
16. compensatory, company store
17. Sharon, Norah's
18. thirty-second notes
19. folksinger, full, forecastle, finger
20. crow, owl, loon; croon
21. repast, Peter Pears
22. Ja Rule, Al Jarreau
23. OURS
24. lute, tule; deer, reed
25. OURS
26. semiquaver, requiems, quires, rise
27. bluer sky, Ruby Keeler's, Busby Berkeley
28. Messiah, mashies
29. plaid, paid, pad, ad
30. Miss America, audile, Missa media, auricle
31. oscillate, metallics
32. OURS
33. mouse, Baus
34. The Women, The Omen
35. secondariness (second ar in ess)
36. wi(n)dow
37. Tennessee Williams, tennis-y Williams
38. seek lefties (C clef TIs)
39. ambidextrous, bordeaux mixtures
40. hemiola; HEbrews, MIOsis, LAther
41. osteopath, Ostia path
42. Rachmaninoff
43. one thermostat
44. do re mi fa so la ti; DOlabra, RElache, MIlan, FAlasha, SOlace, LAlang, TIlak
45. Ionian mode, unnamed
46. Holst, holster
47. Miles Standish
48. OURS
49. <route>, rout; <route>, root
50. Roe versus Wade; Rover says wade
51. OURS
52. disasters ease
53. gout, gin
54. ninepence, cucaracha
55. OURS
56. elegant, elephant
57. R2D2, roan, Arturo, detune
58. J.Lo it ere other (Jo the Loiterer)
59. jejune, June
60. singable, blessing
KU-1. bead, head, similare
61. Avondale Estates
62. OURS
63. compose, moods, kudos, mumps
64. foe. Beetles (faux Beatles)
65. aping, Paganini
66. Arab read, pout (ar, a bread P out)
67. OURS
68. underarms, snare drum
69. Dracula, douroucouli; Columbus, colobus
KU-2. mandirs, Marais and Miranda
70. swore, no tone rows; lied (lyed/leed)
71. PEsTilence
72. fan; fandango
73. Drano, Dr. No
74. OURS
75. ran cold, Donald O'Connor
76. deontologies, eBay auction, The Drowsy Chaperone
77. Pindaric
78. "Green Onions"
KU-3. hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica
F-1. C
CMB
PRPSM
CRNGHLL
BRKLNBRDG
CHRSLRBLDNG
F-2. BIDEN
IRONY
DITAL
UNAMO
PALIN
F-3. C
TAG
DELOS
PIRANHA
LIONIZING
PIRACYOURESOVAINOFAIR
SANAASTONEBIRDAMIEN
MORULADENINEATERS
ALTARSIDESAVAGE
YIPPEDISERENA
ASSIGNERNST
SNEERSITROPIC
WIDGETICESPINOR
NIMRODETENTENEMAS
DEFOESALESIANSAMIAN
LODINJAMESTAYLORANCOR
CARTWHEEL
VARIETY
SINAI
PED
S
F-4. MDSNSQRGRDN
FRTSCNDSTRT
FLTNFSHMRKT
F-5. BARACK
ETALIA
CEDARS
ALINES
LIAISE
MCCAIN
F-6. TI
LA N DO
FA R N E SOL
MI S D E S I RE
F-7. R
TIA ER
CEORL DAIS
PRESIDENTPOLK
NILE INORB
BL GOT
H
Diagonals: Raleigh, bleeder
F-8. COWPOX
ORIOLE
WILLER
POLEAX
OLEATE
XERXES
X-1. Live every day as if it's your last and eventually it will be. You'll be fully prepared. George Carlin
X-2."Harpsichord" has two Hs, one not phonetically needed. "Cello" has none - would having that H then help its sound?
X-3. Chicago Symphony conductor Frederick Stock, having a bad golf game, asked caddy, "What's wrong?" reply; "You ain't got no rhythm!"
X-4. WHELPESTREAKS
HOCALFMUEZZIN
ASYMPTOTICATO
CTGBUSTONALTO
KINDWHARFSEEZ
SLEDAIDEIBANE
RETCHGPDLADEN
ACHEOROLLTENT
BHEWOOLLYOVER
ROPEIWEARNOMI
ASTANTITHETIC
DEARTHSOBOEEE
ENDMOSTMDNESS
The character and musical motto are Little Orphan Annie and Tomorrow (thus 'procrastination'). The three categories are 'little' (animal youngsters) 'orphan' (remove 'pa' or 'ma' from the entry) and 'annie' (anagram)
ACROSS
1. WHELP (canine, little)
5. STREAKS (skaters, annie)
11. CALF (cow, little)
L 12. MUEZZIN
13. ASYMPTOTIC (asymptomatic, orphan)
14. BUST (buts, annie)
I 16. ALTO
T 17. KIND
T 18. WHARFS
L 20. SLED
E 21. AIDE
O 22. BANE
23. RETCH (repatch, orphan)
R 25. LADEN
28. ACHE (Apache, orphan)
P 31. ROLL
32. TENT (patent, orphan)
H 34. WOOLLY
35. OVER (rove, annie)
36. ROPE (pore, annie)
A 38. EARN
41. ANTITHETIC (antipathetic, orphan)
42. DEARTHS (threads, annie)
N 43. OBOE
A 44. ENDMOST
45. D NESS (madness, orphan)
DOWN
N 1. WHACKS
N 2. HOSTILE
3. LAMB (sheep, little)
4. EFTS (newts, little)
I 6. TUTORED
7. REIN (remain, orphan)
E 8. AZALEA
9. KITTEN (cat, little)
10. SNOOZE (ozones, annie)
11. CYGNET (swan, little)
15. TADPOLE (frog, little)
T 18. WAHOO
19. FILLY (mare, little)
O 24. GROWTHS
26. DEVOTE (vetoed, annie)
M 27. ENEMIES
O 28. ABRADE
R 29. CHOSEN
R 30. HEPTAD
33. TRICES (matrices, orphan)
O 37. INTO
38. ATOM (moat, annie)
W 40. NEON
X-5. Pandora's cat is out of the barn, and the genie won't go back in the closet. Peter Neumann
X-6. Phrase comes from the Rolling Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil (original subject, devil, is 21A). The original was ‘what’s puzzling you is the nature of my game’ (as opposed to ‘our’). DEVIL becomes KREWE which is clued by the phrase 'what's puzzling you is the nature of our game'.
drafts becomes krafts
refereed becomes referred
carvers becomes careers
boil over becomes bowl over
refill becomes refile
TITLARKARCANE
ETHYLENDEAVOR
ATERIFCZFSONG
PANACEABIAFRA
ONAGERROLLOUT
TDTUDEVILSULS
BOURREELETRIP
FORBADROMAGNA
AREAFVSVPXAGR
GIANTIZETOMSK
ASSESSWRYNESS
Across Down
1. titlark I 1. teapot
W 6. arcane 2. the nature
10. ethyl 3. Lyra
H 11. endeavor 4. Alice
A 14. song N 5. refereed
16. panacea 6. adz
T 17. Biafra G 7. refill
S 18. onager Y 8. Casals
19. rollout 9. nonruling
21. devil O 12. tandooris
P 23. bourree 13. carvers
24. let rip 15. of our game
U 26. forbad U 17. boil over
27. Romagna 20. urbane
Z 29. area 21. drafts
Z 31. giantize I 22. Sparks
32. Tomsk 25. empty
L 33. assess S 28. axon
34. wryness 30. vis
C-1. Win-win situation: Enigma needs cryptograms; you can express your politics in ninety letters or fewer.
C-2. Animal control officer did not let big one get away: used fishing rod to catch gator seen at golf course.
C-3. Mullah takes early lead in interfaith track meet but fades near end, finishes second to nun.
C-4. Hawaiian contestant wins first Olympic decathlon gold, achieving unique lifetime ambition.
C-5. Gifted starlet imagines fame, fortune captured via hit reality show, often gets lost in Idol musings.
C-6. You can eat dim sum: siu mai, egg pie, hot bun. Old men can sit all day and sip hot tea. Any guy may buy moo goo gai pan.
C-7. Middle-aged ma, dad (fabled GI chef) make child feed troops pronto. Son pouts, pours wonton soup, stows spoon.