1. Q, Cumberbatch; cucumber patch
2. Virginia Mayo, mangrove
3. OURS
4. tension, Tunisian; Tunisian, insanity
5. you Erse, Dart
6. racket, caretaker
7. octastich; OCcur, TAkin, STIlettoes, CHamp
8. optical, capitol, topical
9. Rudd's, Radio Days
10. OURS
11. erns, sereneness
12. Iron Man, Man of Steel
13. OURS
14. p(Rio)ress
15. Chivas, shivas
16. yeomen, Yemen
17. half-geryonids, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
18. Redistego, ergotised
19. two cans of ale (toucans, a veil)
20. OURS
21. day trip, pay dirt
22. shadier, hairdresser
23. OURS
24. mundane, Monday night
25. OURS
26. theory, author, Thoreau
27. Vienna, Cairo (V, N, a Chi, Rho); world (whirled) capitals
28. saganaki, Nagasaki
29. summerier; SUMac, MErope, RIstra, ERica
30. fairness, sanserif
31. eschatology, scatology
32. ascertains, Isaac Stern
33. inhospitable; siphon, albeit
34. matriarchies; tres, mariachi
35. mildew, mild "ew"
36. d(u)ress
37. fortunes, Sutton Foster
38. Pop-Tart; opt, part
39. asseverate; vases, eater
40. serial comma; Claire's, ammo
41. lye) art urned, live slayers (L, year, turned lives, layers)
42. fur, refer
43. demi-academic
44. haruspicate; hate, aspic, Ru
45. father, feather, After Earth
46. beets wallow in gel
47. OURS
48. OURS
49. OURS
50. Big Bird, boogie board
51. profiterole
52. Teekay, Teki
53. shifty grades of fey, Grifty Fades of Shea, Fifty Shades of Grey
54. OURS
55. Ronald Reagan or Gerald
56. wicke(d/t)
57. Chicago IL (chica, goil)
58. thole, hole, ole'
59. echoes, chaos
60. corrupt; cot, purr
61. calcite, slacked, talc, act
62. OURS
63. liberal, America
64. Tonghua, hang out
65. Wisconsin's cows
66. iamb, ineliminable
67. The Spy Who Loved Me
68. pushy, hush puppy
69. Austin, Texas, Seychelles, ostentatious, sex sells
70. OURS
71. iron, ion
72. follow-through; loath, are, fu
73. The Crazy Ones with Robin Williams
74. Star Trek Into Darkness
75. Now You See Me starring Michael Caine
76. Clear History with Larry David
77. Sofia the First
78. Anthony Weiner
79. Senate filibuster
F-1. OURS
F-2. PAUL
ACNE
RYAN
SLUT
F-3. ASCOT
SPADE
CATER
ODEON
TERNS
F-4. SPIREM
PESETA
ISOBAR
REBOLT
ETALII
MARTINGRDNR
GRDSMN
RDCKNG
DSKPTL
NMNTNS
RNGLSS
F-5. OURS
F-6. CN
WLSN
HNRFND
BRSKRLFF
BRBRSTRSND
X-1. If you take the stairs to the candy machine in your office building rather than the elevator, the calories don't count.
X-2. OURS
X-3. P I C A R E S Q U E P T
F O U L E S T A N G E R
A W S T M O U S S A K A
B A T H I O P I N I O N
S N O O T Y I M A C E S
C O M M A N D O P A S G
O K E A S U N V I S O R
N E R O W N N E S T L E
D E F R O S T N K R I S
E N D T O E N D I A K S
R E R A N A B O R T E D
S D C L E M E N T I N E
"lost and gone forever" "is the only girl for me"
Clementine is replaced by Yellow Rose and this change forms valid words.
X-4. A L A S P I G G Y F E L T
M A N H O L E L A L L O T
W R A I THS O A CQU I T E
O U T G O U R D U I S T A
R M A HJO N G D I DAH O R
D I S A K N E E R L A S T
SQH E CKL E HAN E STL E HQ
U S S R E O R S O E I O U
A D U E T P R E V A M P A
R E B I S H O P U M I A K
E M U G G Y S S L E E V E
P O R N O T O V E R S A W
E B B S G E N E S E T N A
The phrases are "Texas Hold'em" and "Nom of winner"
Player on the left holds two pair (Q and 10)
Player on the right has a full house (Qs over Aces)
Winner is QAQAQ
X-5. Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so. Lord Chesterfield
X-6. I thought I was wrong once, but it turned out I was mistaken
X-7. OURS
X-8. Does "Cracker Barrel" refer to the product or the clientele?
X-9. OURS
X-10. Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it. Samuel Butler
X-11. Aristotle and Plato were as different as Mel Torme and Bing Crosby. Murakami
X-12. I always hate to go to sleep. I'm afraid that something fascinating is going to happen and I'll miss it. Bill Veeck (as in wreck)
X-13. OURS
X-14. Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. A. Einstein
C-1. Every Little League ballplayer dreams of hitting for the cycle: a single, a walk, hit by pitch and an error.
C-2. Politicians fret about the fiscal cliff, but many of us were already worried about the fiscal norm.
C-3. OURS
C-4. Paula Poundstone propounds Pop-Tart portion problem. Singly-wrapped pastries provide possible solution.
C-5. Pope saying (on antepenultimate July day) "Who am I to judge?" about gay priests suggests ventriloquism.
C-6. Grouchy chemist departs education, produces best quality crystal meth while family, reason decay.
C-7. Occupants are served pizza alfresco in terrazzo piazza near stucco and terra-cotta palazzo.