1. Peace Party, Rubik's, pity, Ruby Sparks
2. OURS
3. shelled, Dollhouse
4. OURS
5. knees, nose (these, those)
6. curie, ah, city; Curiosity
7. GRave, OUst, CHOcolate; Groucho
8. Pastafarians (past a far I, an S - C-5)
9. CANtilever, DYStopia, TRIbute, PERform; candy striper
10. OURS
11. OURS
12. greatish, East Eightieth Street
13. OURS
14. pass laterally (P as S, later all Y)
15. Amadeus, Madea's
16. serious, Syria, Siri, sere, C
17. Victor Garber
18. OURS
19. kennel, tooth, Kenneth, tool
20. inapposite, disappointed
21. OURS
22. (p)article; bows on, boson
23. OURS
24. in fists and tarts
25. nada, needn't
26. OURS
27. May-Traenor, May trainer, may train her
28. rekindles, Selinker
29. world-venerated, travel-worn
30. OURS
31. headstone, brick, hone, breadstick
32. dreaming, arranged marriage
33. murder, eardrum
34. the Ides of March
35. April showers bring May flowers
36. Gabby Douglas
37. NPL: Austin, Texas
38. Missouri's Todd Akin
F-1. H A R A S S E D
O M E G O I D
R E S A L E
S R I T A
E I D E
F C S
E A
M A N
M A T S
D A C H A
H A R L E M
S P H A E R O
T H A L E S S A
F-2. M
M E
G A L I L E I
A L A R A F
L A P I S
M I R I A M
M E L A S M A
E F
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F-3. D
E S
D E F I A N T
S I G M A S
A M I G A
N A G A R I
T S A R I S T
I S
T
F-4. E T H A L
V I C I
E L F
R E
G
S T I M U L A T E R
A R E A A I U D
N O R D R A
D D E Y
S S
F-5. E S S A Y
N I C E
T E S
R T
E
L A T E R A L I Z E
A I U D T H I N
D R A I N O
E Y E L
S S
F-6. OURS
F-7. M
DLF
MSTRL
MRCSNDK
MRVRGSLLS
GBRLGRCMRQZ
X-1. Politicians are like diapers. They both should be changed often. And for the same reason.
X-2. OURS
X-3. Perfect confidence is granted to the less-talented as a consolation prize. R. Hughes
X-4. I fell asleep with my eyes open. I thought I was dreaming about the ceiling. Neil Simon
X-5. Since 1985 the number of people with no one to talk to has doubled. F. Wright
X-6. The ten most dangerous words in the English language are, "Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." Pres. Reagan
X-7. OURS
X-8. The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself. Dawn Fraser
X-9. Inward: wonk, culottes, Lafitte, Roman, Amtrack, curtsy, tire, vestal, psylla, renegade, Malaysia, dressage, target, nitro, personally, bur Outward: ruby, llanos, report, integrate, gasser, daisy, alameda, generally, splat, severity, struck, Cartman, amoretti, falsetto, Lucknow
C-1. Did novelist Thomas Wolfe write "You Can't Go Home Again" while on a book tour during a pilots' strike?
C-2. Why programmers shouldn't write poetry:
Roses are red,
Violets are not.
Binary logic
Is all we've got.
C-3. Cash-strapped New York State brings in assassin to bump off thousand-dollars-a-week-for-life lottery winners.
C-4. OURS
C-5. Web search finds "Heat lose third straight" (valid albeit routine cryptic clue) gets used as actual headline. [het]
C-6. Snow White stocks video game store with Nintendo, urging dwarfish staff: "Wii-sell while you work."
C-7. Home team hits rink. With help from left wing, puck gets past goal line. Wins game. Fans turn wild, make huge roar.