October Answers
Joker, Kapry Korn, Lirath, Billy the Kid, LeXman
1. parasailin', Sarah Palin
2. OURS
3. minuend, innuendo
4. play? Manny (Plame annie)
5. black cat, BLT
6. Son of Frankenstein; FIVE=sin, FOUR=ONE=rank, THREE=oft, TWO=fens
7. rambles, embarrassable; rambles, ambles
8. matster, master
9. Lirath, click, Lilith, crack
10. OURS
11. sun(dered)
12. Baltic more, Baltimore
13. OURS
14. Zambesi, pronto, Zamboni, presto
15. Apache, apace
16. hearts, Sarah Heath
17. witness, wetness
18. lip-read, leopard
19. Charlemagney; Cagney, Harlem
20. fortnightlies (for T nigh T lies)
21. doublet, doubt
22. equator; eek, waiter
23. 1.pervs, 2.length, 3.waxy, 4.squad, 5.jock, 6.zombify
P
LENGTH
R
V W
SQUAD
J X
ZOMBIFY
C
K
24. Palin, drome; palindrome; Alaska, I mull umiaks a la
25. vindicated, indicated; indicated, indicted
26. OURS
27. shipwreck, perish
28. periscope, pericope
29. beloid, bolide, boiled
30. redact, red ant
31. is Halloween, ought one, Ed (I shall owe enough to need)
32. diabolically, cathedral, dihedral, catabolically
33. solver werewolves
34. Granada, grandpa
35. laicism, Islamic
36. venue, Venus; Serena, Safina
37. OURS
38. Penelope, envelope; Athena, then; lasses, Ulysses
39. OURS
40. OURS
41. (b)roadside
42. Ireland, inlander, adrenaline
43. rage, anger; garnet, granite
44. harbinger, binge, die, hardier
45. ass-ape, bot I cage, as Tab, it
46. OURS
47. samurai, smear
48. pandit, panned it
49. Johndroe, John Doe
50. tactic, Tic Tac
51. set aside, seaside
52. pre-factory, prefatory
53. Wasilla, all I saw
54. enigma; EN tie early (entirely), IG wanna (iguana)
MA shrew m (mushroom)
55. lo mein, ptomaine
56. phatic, haptic
57. mundane, Monday
58. tinnitus, tonight's
59. Tilda Swinton (tildes win tin)
60. baseline, vaseline
61. Uncle Sam, scalenum
62. gorgeous, egregious; appealing, appalling
63. n word, drown; stun, nuts
64. power line
F-1. T
CES
LAMPS
HARPIES
LAMBERTIA
CARBURETERS
TEMPERAMENTAL
ASPIRE SENILE
OSSET SASIN
TAOS STET
INN SRI
ET IL
H S
F-2. DRAGONFLY
ROPEHOUSE
APERIODIC
GERMANISH
F-3. CRAX ABBE TIER ASTO
AARE BLOW EAVE DEES
BLDR LODE ATES WASH
SESS EGER RANT ALTA
CATA, RBIS, ABET, XERO, ABED, ALAE, ROVE, EWES, BLAW, LOTA, DDES, RESH, SERA, EGAL, SENT, SRTA
F-4. JOTHE OCHER PEERS PASTE ANSAS
OARED CREPE EMCEE ACTED NOISY
TRACT HESHE ECHIN STUNG SIREE
HECLA EPHES REINS TENNE ASEAN
EDTAS REEST SENSE EDGER SYENE
JOPPA, OCEAN, THESS., HER TA, ERSES, ARMCO, RECTI, EPEES, DEEDY, ASHUR, CHINE, TENGE, LENNA, ASSEN, STERE
F-5.TRAZOM RATITE ATBATS ZIARAS OTTAVA MESSAN
RATITE ALAMOS TARPIT IMPALA TOILET ESTATE
ATBATS TARPIT BRUISE APICAL TISANE STELES
ZIARAS IMPALA APICAL RACONS ALANIA SALSAS
OTTAVA TOILET TISANE ALANIA VENINS ATEASE
MESSAN ESTATE STELES SALSAS ATEASE NESSES
KU-1.diagonally reflected answers removed
MOSAYC OAKLEY SKRIMP ALITER YEMENI CYPRIS
OAKLEY ABREGE KREGER LEGORE EGERAN YERENA
SKRIMP KREGER REMORA IGOROT MEROME PRATES
ALITER LEGORE IGOROT TOREDO ERODES RETOSS
YEMENI EGERAN MEROME ERODES NAMERS INESSE
CYPRIS YERENA PRATES RETOSS INESSE SASSES
ABREGE KREGER LEGORE EGERAN YERENA
BROWET ROWENA EWETEG GENEVE ETAGES
ROWENA EWETEG GEROME ENEMAS RAREST
EWETEG GEROME OTOMIS REMINT EGESTA
GENEVE ENEMAS REMINT AVANYO NESTOR
ETAGES RAREST EGESTA NESTOR ASTART
REMORA IGOROT MEROME PRATES
EWERER GEROME ENEMAS RAREST
MEHARI ORATES RERENT ARISTA
ORATES ROTERT OMERTA TESTAR
RERENT OMERTA MANTAL ESTALL
ARISTA TESTAR ESTALL STARLA
TOREDO ERODES RETOSS
OTOMIS REMINT EGESTA
ROTERT OMERTA TESTAR
EMEUTE DIRTEN OSTEND
DIRTEN ENTEND STANDI
OSTEND SRANDI SARDIS
NAMERS INESSE
AVANYO NESTOR
MANTAL ESTALL
ENTEND STANDI
RYANIA SOLDAN
SOLDAN ERLINE
SASSES
ASTART
STARLA
SARDIS
ERLINE
STASES
KU-2. diagonally reflected answers and repeated squares have been removed for simplicity in checking.
tes 1 VROO RAIN OILY ONYX
RAIN ABLE ILEA NEAR
OILY ILEA LEAN YANA
ONYX NEAR YANA XRAY
ABLE ILEA NEAR
BAAE LAIR EERY
LAIR EIRE AREA
EERY AREA RYAS
LEAN YANA
EIRE AREA
ARNE NEER
NEER AARE
XRAY
RYAS
AARE
YSER
tes 2 BAAE LAIR EERY
AXIL AIRE ELEM
AIRE IRIS RESH
ELEM RESH YMHA
EIRE AREA
IRIS RESH
RIOT ESTE
ESTE AHEM
RYAS
YMHA
AHEM
SAMI
tes 3 ARNE NEER
RIOT ESTE
NOVA ETAS
ETAS REST
AARE
AHEM
REST
EMTS
tes 4 YSER
SAMI
EMTS
RISK
X-1. The phrase is 'passing the torch'
Forward Backing Up
1. Calli(p)sto e. Nile
brute spill
sil(a)ver acres
acid valise
Eminem turbot
eyelin(s)er Yemeni
Medicare
2. Peter Arno a. rare
Del Rio(s) vain
nobleman Otis
Es(i)tonia Lavin
V(n)ivaldi led on
tepid
enamel
bon soir
3. subset d. cult
a(g)irfare space
potlucks opera
ato(t)ne bushwah
Kate Capshaw(h) frigates
taken to task
4. anor(e)ak c. debt
same carts
cafe no(t)ir outlive
abstract baritone
bedevil face mask
tu(o)tu aeronaut
5. lak(r)e b. perk
parasailed able
ro(c)ses are red Sara
label erases
Bat(h)girl Balder
Cordelia
all right
X-2. Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse. Golda Meir
X-3. Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. Salvador Dali
X-4. It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off. Woody Allen
X-5. Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must become mean, if common it must remain rare. Santayana
X-6. OURS
X-7. Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair. George Burns
X-8.
Initial letters of the extra words spell 'the Rockies'. The grid contains the names of 5 of Rocky's adversaries in the Rocky series of films. These are Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago, Thunderlips, Tommy Gunn and Apollo Creed.
CLUBBERLANG
HORUSNEUTER
IVANDRAGOMI
EELIZADAMON
FREONGEMMED
THUNDERLIPS
AIRSICKAXLE
IPODSAARTUI
NHTOMMYGUNN
KOALAEMERGE
APOLLOCREED
ACROSS DOWN
T 1. CLUBBER 1. CHIEFTAIN
H 7. LANG 2. LOVER
11. HORUS 3. URAL
12. NEUTER 4. BUNIONS
E 13. IVAN 5. ENRAGE
R 14. DRAGO 6. READER
16. ELIZA 8. ATOM
17. DAMON 9. NEMO
18. FREON 10. GRIND
20. GEMMED 15. GAM
O 22. THUNDER 19. EURO
C 25. LIPS 21. MIXTURE
28. AIRSICK 23. HIPHOP
30. AXLE 24. DISMAL
31. IPOD 25. LARGER
33. SAAR 26. PLUNGE
K 34. TOMMY 27. SEINED
I 35. GUNN 29. CAMEO
36. KOALA 32. DOLL
37. EMERGE 34. TAO
E 38. APOLLO
S 39. CREED
X-9.
The 'struggle' occurs along the main NW/SE diagonal. Each square has a conflict between the across and down answers (save the '26' square which is C in both directions). Reading down, it reads John S McCain, while up reads Barack Obama. Based on the election results (solving empirically) the winner is Barack Obama.
JA N T I C I P A T E D
I OM P L Y C O D A D E
N I HA L S O N D L E A
G R I NB T H Y S E L F
L E E R SO E T I N E A
E V E E S MK I P T T N
B A N D S A CC E D E D
E D D Y I N G CA P E D
L E I N S S O A AR R U
L R N O N O O C C IA M
S I G H T U N S E E NB
ACROSS DOWN
1. ANTICIPATED 1. JINGLE BELLS
9. IMPLY 2. NOIR
11. CODA 3. ILL-BRED
13. ALSO 4. CYST
14. LEA 5. PONY
15. GRIN 6. ADD
16. THYSELF 7. TALENT
18. LEERS 8. DEAF AND DUMB
21. TINEA 10. PHI
24. SKI 12. DELETE
25. BANDS 17. HE-MAN
26. CEDED 19. EVADER
27. EDDYING 20. OSS
30. APED 21. TIC
33. LEI 22. IPECACS
35. SOAR 23. ENDING
36. NO-NO 28. ISN'T
37. OCCAM 29. GOON
38. SIGHT UNSEEN 31. PAC
32. ERIE
34. NOH
X-10. Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. F. Zappa
X-11. L was a lively old lynx,/ who set out to visit the Sphinx,/ he took her some clams,/ some jellies and jams,/ and a large bunch of carnation pinks./ Wells
X-12. I never saw a vitamin/ and never hope to see one;/ but if I must have one within,/ I'd rather C than B1. Vories
X-13. Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. R. Benchley
X-14.
1: Curiosity...is but an appetite after knowledge. John Locke
2: Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age. Napoleon Bonaparte
5: My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. J.B.S. Haldane
C-1.In the words of Dennis the Menace: "Eating curds and whey is scarier than some silly old spider."
C-2. OURS
C-3.Two kids, wide-eyed, watch me catch huge fish in my tiny pond! (Not true - just dreamt up for this crypt.)
C-4.Restaurant introduces cracker topped with tapioca. Critics, diners alike praise "puddin' on the Ritz."
C-5. Lady entomologist attached insect trap to horse in pasture, sadly learned strolling roan gathers no moths.
C-6. Amazed solver worked August crypts, espied rarity: header, answer shared common matter. Editor Mosayc rueful.
C-7. Understandably upset by ubiquitous ugly Uzbekistani ukases, Ukrainian uncle ululates. Ugh!