1. radian, ruck (Canadian, Canuck)
2. Tori open one Poirot
3. OURS
4. pole, polite; sickle, sickly
5. cr(a/o)zier, (m/c)onsignor
6. mid(l/w)ife
7. fluorine, no relief
8. ambuscade; AMateur, BUSby, CAche, DE dolo
9. won't solicit survival ethos. "Oh, Tel Aviv rustic, I lost now
10. agape at a bit, a boa, tabu (A gap E a tab I tab O a tab U)
11. barrage, air rage
12. warison, war is on
13. Goldwater, world at large
14. victor, rot CIV
15. graph, graft
16. knight; KNife, IGnore, HTtp
17. wanness, wanes
18. coffee, off-key
19. "In-a gadda-da-vida" (in AG add a David, A)
20. Spiro Agnew, reasoning power (wise)
Spiro T. Agnew, towering passion (zealous)
21. James Mason, maims Jason
22. (n/t)asty
23. Chomolungma; CHOice, MOLten, UNGallant, MAles
24. byssinosis (by S, S in Os is)
25. divisiveness, diss
26. brisling, Riesling
27. gasp, pay-as-you-go
28. notary public, not a republic
29. trochee, trophy
30. to(r/u)chy, (w)ail
31. planter, lantern
32. Hylodes (high, low Ds)
33. OURS
34. eka-joyful, Eyjafjallajokull
35. tribute
KU-1.
36. dead woman
KU-2.
CF-1. for Christopher Marlowe, fork wrist affirm Arlo
CF-2. Stratford's Dr. of tarts
CF-3. OURS
CF-4. copulate, Capulet, caplet, place, pale, lap
CF-5. expurgate; gay, expert
CF-6. Cymbeline, maple, simple, Maybelline
CF-7. "The Waste Land", "Leda and the Swan", All's Well That Ends
Well
CF-8. Measure for Measure
CF-9.
CF-10. Othello; OTher, HELper, LOve
CF-11. iambic pentameter; IAgo, MBabane, ICicle, PENthouse
TAvern, MEasure, TERcet
CF-12.
CF-13. Falstaff, asphalt, flats, fast
CF-14.
CF-15. the shaming of the true (The Taming of the Shrew)
CF-16. rainy, Rainier
CF-17. scalpeth, Satchel P.
CF-18. Anne Hathaway (an NE hat, H away)
CF-19.
CF-20. OURS
CF-21. anger, Regan
CF-22. pectoral, Cleopatra, carpet plot, copperplate
CF-23. question, iniquitousness
CF-24. Horatio, oration
CF-25. florist, First Folio
CF-26. SOCRATES
ANNALIST
XANTIPPE
CF-27.
CF-28. I see before me (IC before me)
CF-29. Pericles, splicer, pliers, spire, rips, sip, is
CF-30. th(an)e
CF-31.
CF-32. sonnet, ten nos
CF-33. Coriolanus, Coriolis
CF-34. Laertes, stealer, relates, realest
CF-35. Shakespeare I'm not
CF-36. eliminate "sonnet" (a limb an' eight's on it)
CF-37. Coriolanus; COme, RIOtous, LANguid, USher
CF-38.
CF-39.
F-1. MOZART OBELUS ZENAGA ALARUM RUGULA TSAMAS
OBELUS BYPAST EPIMER LAMONA USENET STRATH
ZENAGA EPIMER NIGORI AMOSES GERENT ARISTO
ALARUM LAMONA AMOSES ROSZAK UNEASE MASKER
RUGULA USENET GERENT UNEASE LENSES ATTEST
TSAMAS STRATH ARISTO MASKER ATTEST SHORTZ
F-2. HBSBRG
BRCRMB
SCRBBR
BRBDLL
RMBLNG
GBRLGRCMRQZ
CNDNNG
MDPSSG
RNSFTR
QNSTHT
ZGGRTS
F-3. STONEBRASH
HEMICRANIA
REANOINTED
UNRELATIVE
BYSSINOSES
F-4. OURS
F-5. O
MKD
GOTOS
GROOVES
MOONBEAMS
OKTOBERFEST
DOVERSOLE
SEAFOWL
SMELL
SSE
T
F-6. OURS
F-7. A. HMPHRBGRT B. RBRTRDFRD C. DWRDGRBNSN D. SDNGRNSTRT
CLRKGBL RRLFLNN WLLMHLDN MRLNBRND
JMSDN LNLDD SDNPTR PTRLRR
SHN DNT DSSN HNRD
R G MD DS
F-8. ISLAMISM
SLAVONIA
LAVENDER
AVERTING
MONTAGNA
INDIGNER
SIENNESE
MARGARET
X-1. Adlai Stevenson, regarding Norman Vincent Peale: I find the apostle Paul appealing, and the apostle Peale appalling.
X-2. His eating habits are impossible to figure out, but there are certain musts if you expect him to do a minimum of complaining. For instance, he considers no meal a meal without potatoes, even if the main course is shrimp curry with rice. Arthur Marx, Life with Groucho
X-3. A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Mark Twain
X-4. I know that the human being and the fish can coexist. G. W. Bush
X-5. VEQEDAM S
FRAUSEXIB I
FLUTIREIALL X
IOTALORREAI
TWENTYFIRMS T (Twenty First St.)
CEPGMARKMAE H
HANZALALECN A
ESREDIDETRE
SPAYOJOUWED V
SWOOPRAID
SPRINGO E (Spring St.)
Another insanely cool Ucaoimhu cryptic. Each answer word containing the bigram ST has that pair replaced by one letter from A to Z. Reading the first and last clue letters in alphabetical order by the mask gives us "A Village All Saints Eve Parade" and the instruction "both ends of middle word in clue". Applying this to the undisguised clues we get "Unmask rows V and XI" and "Read marks as Morse". Doing this gives us the location of the parade which can be seen on Sixth Ave. between Twenty First St. and Spring St. in Manhattan. (deep bow)
ACROSS DOWN
1. VESTED(Q) 1. STRUT(V)
7. FRAU 2. EAST(T)
8. SEXIST(B) 3. QUILT
10. FLUTIST(R) 4. STEER(D)
13. STALL(I) 5. ASTIR(X)
15. IOTA 6. MISTER(A)
17. LORRE 9. BLAST(M)
18. WENT 10. STITCHES(F)
19. FIRMS 11. STOWE(L)
21. STEP(C) 12. ROYALIST(J)
22. ST. MARK(G) 14. LISTENED(S)
23. MAST(E) 16. ANGST(Z)
25. STANZA(H) 20. ISTLE(K)
28. ALEC 24. ACRE
29. REDID 26. ASSTS.(P)
32. ETRE 27. STRAWS(N)
34. SPAY 28. ADORN
35. JOUSTED(W) 30. ESTOP(Y)
37. SWOOP 31. DOOR
38. RAID 33. TWIST(O)
39. RINGO 36. STAG(U)
X-6. The two unclued entries are SUPERSONICS (NBA team now in Oklahoma City) and SOUNDGARDEN (former rock group from Seattle known for Black Hole Sun and other hits). The tribute clues for the former are grid words that are replaced by homonyms meaning "super". The latter is celebrated by replacing flower homonyms with garden flowers. Specifically:
SUITE-SWEET ROWS-ROSE
GRATE-GREAT ASTOR-ASTER
GNEISS-NICE FLOCKS-PHLOX
KEAN-KEEN DAZY-DAISY
SUPERSONICS
TRAMPCOEVAL
OALPHAZROSE
DEMILLEDBKE
GEAROYSWEET
YUTEXUDEFTR
GREATOAARIA
EBDKARISING
NICEXASTERL
UNSEENYENTA
SOUNDGARDEN
ACROSS DOWN
1. SUPERSONICS 1. STODGY
9. TRAMP 2. PALMATED
11. COEVAL 3. EMPIRE
12. ALPHA 4. SCALY
13. ROWS (rose) 5. OOZES
14. DEMILLE 6. NERD
16. GEAR 7. CASKET
17. SUITE (sweet) 8. SLEET
19. EXUDE 10. FLOCKS (phlox)
23. GRATE (great) 15. BEFRIEND
26. ARIA 18. URBINO
28. ARISING 20. DAZY (daisy)
29. GNEISS (nice) 21. EASTER
30. ASTOR (aster) 22. RAGLAN
31. UNSEEN 23. GENUS
32. YENTA 24. TAXED
33. SOUNDGARDEN 25. ORANG
27. KEAN (keen)
C-1. Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. Oscar Wilde
C-2. What do you think you might be likely to find in the recipe for dog biscuits? Some collie flour.
C-3. First step to make cryptics popular with amateur puzzlers: print easy versions in PennyPress magazines.
C-4. Hidden villains imperil the good people of Metropolis, so Superman requests solvers' assistance.
C-5. Meek goon took loot (iffy deed). Mook, ne'er good ally, adds boot heel, ammo. Boom! Soon, all's rook food. Geez, poor fool.
C-6. Forty-two piece jigsaw puzzle has dragonfly dart around panther with verve and uncanny artistry.
C-7. OURS