1. hopeless, hapless
2. Athena, not Hera (A then another A)
3. Utah, haut
4. Icelandic, Cinclidae, Cicindela
5. OURS
6. revenant, terse, reverse, tenant
7. antiperspirant, strain, satin
8. tocsin, toxin; potion, poison
9. Greek, geek; gift, GIF
10. Penny Lane
11. OURS
12. gist of A, so I stop
13. strange, agents, stage, gate
14. OURS
15. debris, Debras
16. bit player, liberal party
17. can(t)on
18. OURS
19. Boris Karloff; scar, ill, bore off
20. cantilever bridge; can, tile, verb, ridge
21. rap, pier; rapier
22. nom idea, a dim one
23. Lebanese, ebonies
24. Repo Man, proper name
25. OURS
26. OURS
27. sore, sword, sordid
28. marital, martial
29. r(i/e)verbed
30. life list, libelist
31. defer(m)ent; deferent, different
32. OURS
33. money, Mo'ne
34. meshuga, mesh, bel, beluga
35. OURS
36. scary pruner, prairie schooner
37. hied, hide (switched - switch ED)
38. Carmen, carboys
39. chinook, schnook
40. Bryant, Ryan
41. Arendt, ardent
42. OURS
43. melon, lemon
44. McKnight Boulevard, The Incredible Hulk video game
45. Dracula, drama, culm
46. ukase, brains, Ukraine, Bass
47. subt(it)le
48. fascin(at)e
49. hip pocket, hippo, bra, bracket
50. coup. Let (couplet)
51. dec(o)uple
52. a(b)le
53. Groot, greet
54. OURS
55. privet, private; privet, repetitive
56. Magonus, among us, monogamous
57. Antibes, San Sebastian
58. ready money, one-armed
59. Nosferatu, Uta refs on
60. OURS
61. muesli, ileum
62. (L/w)isteria
63. Sparrow test, water sports
64. the final season of Boardwalk Empire
65. Vancouver, British Columbia
66. honorificabilitudinitatibus
67. greyhound
68. OURS
F-1. HGHWNDNJMC
HRRCNLMP
RNRSHN
TRND
DN
F-2. CGTRGSM
HRSDVRS
FWDRSHN
DPRFNDS
F-3. QUAFF
UTTER
ATRIA
FEIGN
FRANK
F-4. OURS
F-5. H
AHS
MUCIC
PIGLEAD
COTHURNUS
HEARTBREAKS
HELLAS ARNOLD
WEASEL STREEP
TALLIS STEFAN
MELITA SPORES
SEALCH YLEVEL
CROTCH CHINUP
SPIRAL PLEATS
STALAG BLOATS
EFFRAY CLAUDE
TOONESHANDS
FINALIZES
DENOTED
TEPID
DEN
D
X-1. PETA castigates agrarian spouse mutilating trio of sightless rodents.
X-2. Sometimes when I need a miracle, I look into my children's eyes and realize I already have one.
X-3. OURS
X-4. Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon. Allen
X-5. We are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance. S. Johnson
X-6. OURS
X-7. C L O S E T A T E ALS E
L I N E M A N H H O A X
A M I I R OLN E A G L E
S P ICN A L T A P J A C
S L E E P I N R E A M S
I Y D D S E N DTE M I C TWICE TOLD TALES
C H I N ETS E S F S V H
L O O S E A M M O N I A
E N R U P P E R C A S ES
TWE A C H E S T S I A T
I S M S E V I L L A G E
S T A I N S S W E D E N
X-8. There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy and not very incriminating. Hitchcock
X-9. Thrift was never more necessary in the world's history than it is today. Francis H. Sisson
X-10. I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. A. Strindberg
X-11. I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education. Wilson Mizner
X-12. Whence is it that nature does nothing in vain; and whence arises all that order and beauty which we see in the world? Newton
C-1. Category: Government Programs. Question: It is afforded to all Jeopardy winners. Answer: What is an IRS audit?
C-2. Can control letter list so all consonants turn into non-consonants. Yes, it constricts sentence structure.
C-3. Some men are Baptists, others Catholics. My father was an Oldsmobile man. - humorist Jean Shepherd
C-4. High maintenance: addict moves entire family to Colorado for easy access to legalized marijuana.
C-5. Quarry chef uses tufa instead of tofu in miners' vegan stew. Result looks, tastes alike. More crunchy though.
C-6. Choirboy in peignoir pens boudoir memoirs on escritoire, then jumps into reservoir, shouting "au revoir!"
C-7. Balky frog jumps new ditch. Next roadblock: busy highway; Overcomes fear, safely makes homestretch toward pond.