Roadblock
elf, Xena, ogre, Raggedy Ann, cowboy, imp, Superman, tiger, pirate, Riddler, Indiana Jones, Elsa, scarecrow, turtle, Iron Man, sheriff, Cinderella, Robin, angel, zombie, Elvis, Darth Vader, mummy, astronaut, ninja, Dorothy, Optimus Prime, Xander, Yoshi, vampire, Obi-Wan Kenobi, werewolf, skeleton
"Exorcist priest is crazed man," doxy vows (Max von Sydow)
1. The Sex Pistols; Thespis, extols
2. pay-by-plate, play by pate
3. cosplay; cola, spy
4. Praetorian, reparation
5. bedecking; cagey, beady, eye, Ian, seedy, icy, gee, I, see, any, I
6. OURS
7. levi(r/t)ate
8. gored, gourd
9. (e/s)quid
10. mang(a/o)
11. pac(ifi)(sts), sap
12. obtains, bastion
13. HILLbilly, ARYan, CLINch, TONgue; Hillary Clinton
14. enters into, no interest
15. sweet peppers (S, wee T, PEP per S)
16. vanilla; VANir, ILl at ease, LAnthorn)
chocolate; CHOir, COla, LATEnt
17. mess, Messrs.; mess, Messi; mess, Messing; Messi, messier
18. Pikachu; peek, a, chew
19. Roxanne, NASCAR
20. Brexit, tribe, bite, bet
21. liver, reveille
22. ATtic, ROad, POSter; Atropos; LACtic, HEad, SISter; Lachesis
23. ascertain, sectarian
24. mole
25. atomised, otitis media
26. Inbee Park, (in B, park)
27. came, raw. Omen; camerawoman
28. (f)estival
29. Suess, doses (S, duo esses, S)
30. M A T U R E D placebo, Dinah. Ash
A R E U (place bod in a hash)
K E I S T E R
E C I A
S T E R N U M
U P A E
P O S T S I N
31. megacity, wander, mendacity, wager
32. Ipanema to Destiny, IPA nematodes (tiny)
33. Hare, hare
34. OURS
35. prologue, pro log UE
36. act in haste, in that case
37. Usain Bolt, tintinnabulations
38. keirin, inkier
39. rue badly, Boo Radley
40. flower-ewe-werewolf
41. OURS
42. fraction; frack, shun
43. OURS
44. house martin, to err is human, one man's trash is another man's treasure
45. pungent, unguent
46. lion tamers, Alanis Morissette
47. Adam, dame, dim, damn, dumb, doom
48. go, guy, gooey, ouguiya
49. OURS
50. OURS
51. Streisand, tardiness
52. Uzbekistan, Kuznetsk Basin
53. bursitis; sit, is, rub
54. pat(h/i)os
55. yodeler, dourly, louder, layered, readily, roulade
56. OURS
57. OURS
58. silent, inlets
59. wonk, wonky
60. Vanna's (five annas)
61. pavan, used, tend (put a seven, add N)
62. Snapchat, chap's gnat
63. pika, pica
64. lambent; lamb, bent
65. gluiness, Guinness
66. anodyne, annoyed
67. c(latte)r
68. an intonation
69. Joaquin, quinoa
70. foremastkin, Frankenstein's monster
71. lobster, bolster
72. Gabby Douglas
73. OURS
F-1. CROWN
RODEO
ODDER
WEEPS
NORSE
F-2. BNSRS
NNNDN
SNWJB
RDJNR
SNBRN
F-3. ABSORB
BEANIE
AUTUMN
CRUSOE
ARREST
SENSES
F-4. MOLES GUSTS WAKES BOAST SOARS FRAME RHOMB
OUIDA UHHUH AIOLI OUNCE OPRAH RALES HOMER
LIMAS SHORE KOTEX ANNES AROMA ALIAS OMBRE
EDAMS TURSE ELECT SCENT RAMON MEARA MERGE
SASSY SHEET SIXTH TESTY SHANK ESSAY BREET
mummy ghost witch bunny spook fairy robot
F-5. OURS
F-6. SSSSSSSS
SCHEMATA
SHREINER
SEEDLIPS
SMILODON
SANIDINE
STEPONIT
SARSNETS
F-7. OBSTRUCTS
DAYSOFAWE
ESCALOPES
SEERESSES
F-8. J
JNT
JNPRC
JMSRGRS
JHNQNCDMS
F-9. OURS
F-10. ACTRESSES
FLOORWORK
AUSTRALIA
RESISTING
X-1. If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. Jonathan Winters
X-2. Charm is that extra quality that defies description. Alfred Lunt
X-3. White owls hunt outside: powdery reed-thin shrieks under a low orange moon. Helen Macdonald
X-4. Redd Foxx: Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
X-5. You may already be a loser. Form letter sent to Rodney Dangerfield
X-6. Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt.
X-7. OURS
C-1. Stylized bird motif (a goldfinch) traditional in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art is called a distelfink.
C-2. The PowerPoint BOT had to BOLT on the keyboard in order to advance her slides during her speech. PRES(S) ENTER
C-3. According to Brothers Grimm adaptation of fairy tale, despite the bad rap puns'll let down your hair.
C-4. OURS
C-5. Author promises each future crypt shall use encoding whereby frequency order matches alphabetical order.
C-6. Xeljanz: just marketed expensive rheumatoid arthritis drug has three of four rarest letters. Amazing
C-7. Ptomaine poisoning. Peenemunde patient's physician pushed psyllium pills. Price: plenty pfennig.