1. ascar(e/i)d
2. sinks in; sin, K
3. moviedom, vied
4. (s/t)weet
5. OURS
6. no sweat; waste not, want not
7. Beatle, La Bete
8. party animal am I? Nay, trap
9. syllabu(b/s)
10. Daily News, Wednesday Island
11. Malawi, Alawi
12. Lincoln, IL; col
13. millimeter, MMR
14. lo, adamant rain toad, October liners
15. eerie, move up. Wrong
16. Piers, peers
17. eponymous, pony-mouse
18. OURS
19. ba(l)cony
20. roaming, Giorgio Armani
21. Watertown, went to war
22. Irish setter, R
23. introvert, overtint
24. sparse, parsec
25. unicycle, unidle; bicycle, Bible; tricycle, trifle
26. flush out, flu shot
27. how swarming, housewarming
28. s(p)ouse
29. Sharpie, Harpies
30. Irene, rain
31. OURS
32. sent(i)ence
33. mosquito, mesquite
34. bittern, bitterness
35. Florey, flirt
36. Kiowa, Kia
37. remain, Niamey
38. repeat, rat
39. addenda, den
40. natrium, ruminant, Mauritanian
41. OURS
42. atheism, at the same time
43. spiced rum, spy strum
44. the London riots
45. Hurricane Irene
46. America's Got Talent judge
47. comparison shopper
48. the American Jobs Act
49. the Romanic languages
50. Justin Bieber
51. President Sarah Louise Palin
52. Ben Shalom Bernanke
F-1. KK
GNNG
KNGGRG
KNGSCNSL
KNGWLLMSWR
F-2. W
MAW
PURRS
SUNSETS
BARRACUDA
YELLOWKNIFE
F-3. HANDEL ARAISE NASATS DIANAS ESTATE LESSER
ARAISE RODMAN ADAMIC IMMUNO SAINED ENCODE
NASATS ADAMIC SALIVA AMINOR TIVOLI SCARID
DIANAS IMMUNO AMINOR NUNCLE ANOLES SOREST
ESTATE SAINED TIVOLI ANOLES TELEUT EDISTO
LESSER ENCODE SCARID SOREST EDISTO REDTOP
F-4. VISCID
INCOME
SCAMPI
COMBOS
IMPORT
DEISTS
F-5. MOTEL SCOOT PAGER LISTS BRASH
OPERA CHAVA ALONE INTEL ROMEO
TEXAS OATER GOLDE STAVE AMEND
ERASE OVERT ENDED TEVYE SENSE
LASER TARTS REEDS SLEEK HODEL
F-6. GHOUL
HARPY
OSIER
STONE
TENDS
F-7. OURS
X-1. Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. Quinton
X-2. The camel has a single hump;
The dromedary, two;
Or else the other way around.
I'm never sure. Are you?
Nash
X-3. You have the right to lie when they have no right to ask. Richardson
X-4. The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. Dean Acheson
X-5. For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert. Arthur C. Clarke
X-6. PLUMAGE
AUTISML
GRACKLE
ESHREDG
WARORAY
AWASPSP
GENOESE
ESOFTEN
DANTEAN
X-7. CABARETDEEJAY Two-term US Presidents
LYUCACREDOEDO
EISENHOWERFIG
VBHTAOMONAFTA
EXPATLARCHETS
LSOLOEDMONROE
AFROMJISUUSSR
NUTRIASORROWO
DHRMCCOYTENET
GRANTKNBIASHO
LEYWASHINGTON
ORASCOWLGAEAI
WILSONCLINTON
X-8. CUSTOM
DEPPRUSE
HUNTRESSES
SEC OUPT RED
OLAARCANEILY
ALLSAINTSEVE
PIPPINGYPPED
NOBS GS YODA
ONION RANGE
SATANOUNCE
SIMULATE
CANDLE
Across:
Hallowe'en Tales as evil strange gets close to goblin - All Saints Eve
Actor wearing a pirate costume left headless lifted - Depp
Crazy nut in horror film with snakes women in pursuit of game - huntresses
Head off swoop upon and seize a cat - ounce
Glowing half scared - red
Herb is running and running around one -onion
The devil starts to seduce and tempt any naive - Satan
Male it's wrong to possess guy essentially to give the appearance of - simulate
Love feeding bats day for Star Wars character - Yoda
Hallowe'en observances masks certain jacks - nobs
Cheated with loose edgy clothing very quietly - gypped
Are collecting 60% of candy in secret - arcane
Trick-or-treat sure - ruse
Party mostly dry - sec
Endless costume parties practice - custom
Apple bobbing breaking out of one's shell - pippin
Cut top off pumpkin and align - range
Light in bottom of jack-o-lantern cleaned out after removing seeds in the middle - candle
Down:
1. up to 10. dyed
2. sprucing 11. asps
3. trepangs 12. espy
4. oust 13. bias
5. ducal 14. once
6. eerie 15. otic
7. hellions 16. ante
8. selvedge 17. nun
9. soap 18. old
C-1. At the zoo, I asked a keeper if the wildebeests behaved well. He responded, "I have some good gnus and some bad gnus."
C-2. Concerning drumsticks: "A bird in the hand is acceptable table manners." - Definitely not. Emily Post
C-3. OURS
C-4. After detour off highway, my GPS said "This alternate route sponsored by the Downtown Merchants' Association."
C-5. Smallest natural number whose name uses the five vowels (excluding Y) in order is one thousand eighty-four.
C-6. Appetizer: deviled eggs. Entree: shrimp diablo. Dessert: devil's food cake. Restaurant: hell's kitchen.
C-7. Aspiring geology student crams for upcoming exam covering escarpments by reviewing cliff notes.