1. LI vein's ideal ternary ad
2. si si, Isis
3. SUber, REbus; sure
4. plight, flight
5. phrased, hard-pressed
6. OURS
7. pre-Antiochus, Pithecanthopus erectus
8. urbanest? A Ken (U, R, B, an E, S taken)
9. sausage, assuage
10. great apes, eat grapes
11. b(ere)t, b(raggar)t
12. OURS
13. Boyle's law, Boleslaw; (B/c)oleslaw
14. future, folklore
15. ghost ale, go stale
16. EGret, GALah, BUbo, MINivet - egg albumin
17. limerick, rice milk
18. sternmost, torments, monster, sermon
19. lawlessness
20. HEra, BRine, EWer; Hebrew
ARArat, MAIne, ICe rink; Aramaic
21. past a teen, preyed on
22. Camels, mescal
23. The Art of the Deal, The Dart of the Eel
24. en(sor(cell)e)d
25. Reno vacation, renovation
26. kobold, lobo
27. hoopskirt, scoop hurt
28. Eric Clapton, narcoleptic
29. NARration, COatrack, LEgal, PSYche; narcolepsy
30. beach, boccie
31. diproton, no torpid
32. auricular, oracular
33. gabbing, big bang
34. Arachne; rah, acne
35. chameleon, comedian
36. sonic, scion, coins, icons
37. sidekick, psychic
38. bays, sassaby; breadths, bastard hartebeest
39. head of state, 'stead of hate
40. demerara, MD
41. air mattress, StairMaster
42. OURS
43. proselyte, polyester
44. no admittance, contaminated
45. caber, labor
46. n/a/scent
47. Aquino, quinoa; quinoa, Joaquin
48. OURS
49. media, Medea
50. tchotchke, babka
51. Creston, cornets
52. tarragon, arrogant
53. OURS
54. con(Geri)es
55. banal, analog, bog, anal
56. residing, ringside
57. idolater, I do...later
58. arbiter, rarebit
59. OURS
60. imports, Soroptimist, motor spirit
61. garnish, future, gash, furniture
62. aprons, no pasaran
63. vertical, Calvert
64. fa(iry ri)ng
65. allergen, gentry, tryst, staler, alert, taller
66. methanol; on the lam; Helena, Montana
67. catoptric (C atop tri C)
68. hubris, scammer, humor, scabrous
69. national alienation
70. berate, brat
71. Donald Trump fires Steve Bannon
72. Special Agent Dale Cooper
73. double play
74. beer cans
75. hip-hop artist
76. promiscuity
77. One Thousand and One Nights
78. Adonis
79. course in Euclidean geometry
80. Cersei Lannister
81. medium-rare steak
82. Hurricane Harvey
KU-1. Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons
83. the death of Jerry Lewis
84. Amazon buys Whole Foods
85. The Dark Tower starring Idris Elba
86. Game of Thrones
87. Robert Graves' I Claudius
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MANAGE
AUTUMN
CROTON
KETENE
SNORTS
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ROE
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PUSHIT
ASTIR
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PCT
POKE
PIUSX
BRENDA
BEERCAN
ODYSSEYS
F-7. NORTH
ELEME
MAZED
WHITEMANGROVE
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SPOUT SPANS
TURKISHOMELET
NAOMI
EZFIT
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F-8. SCHLEPPS
THEIDIOT
STAINEDGLASS
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LIE ERA
EDD DIG
PIG GOO
POL LUG
STAINEDGLASS
SCORIOUS
SYNAGOGS
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LOPSIDED
ADS RENO
WEIRDEST
DEE
ENS
DOT
F-10. CRACKSMAN
HURRICANE
IDEOLOGUE
DESPOTISM
F-11. C
CAF
PARED
ROSTRUM
DISTORTED
SUPERFICIAL
VICAROFCHRIST
X-1. Friends are relatives you make for yourself. Eustache Deschamps
X-2. Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. G. K. Chesterton
X-3. Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. Adlai Stevenson
X-4. Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better. Robert Redford
X-5. A team should be an extension of the coach's personality. My teams were arrogant and obnoxious. Al McGuire, Marquette U.
X-6. If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. Katharine Hepburn's mother
X-7. What this country needs is more unemployed politicians. Edward Langley
X-8. OURS
X-9. YARDARM
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U M N T
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by writing your answers down
C-1. If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.
C-2. I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.George Bernard Shaw (probably repeatedly)
C-3. Harris and Asner outscored coffee lover Valdez in popularity poll, proving that two Eds are better than Juan.
C-4. Trump plans Iran deal renegotiation to occur appropriately on Halloween, calling it "tricky treaty."
C-5. Gym sign: "Food is the most abused anxiety drug; exercise the most unappreciated antidepressant."
C-6. Average newspaper's bluff. CRAG
Agitate Republican with Texas tea. ROIL
Helper's bad idea. AIDE
Delight: fish back after gulf. GLEE
C-7. Foxy chatterbox critiques lummox Sox player who takes Botox treatments, Maalox after chicken pox.