BeaCon
xA xM xx xP
xx Tx xC xx REPR
xS WE xA xR
Rx Ox xM xE
xT xH RE xE ISAL
BO xS TO xN
1. guitars, Sagittarius
2. Mojave Desert (made, over, jest)
3. stimulating (litmus, giant)
4. conf(i/o)rmation
5. Boris, Morris
6. rebut, et tu Brute
7. ide is high, hide is Thai
8. caper, Capra
9. table tennis; let, Ben, Tanis
10. Donut, doubt
11. gandy dancer (G and Y, dance, R)
12. marble; gramMAR, ramBLE
13. oilbird, leeboard, Labor Day
14. chicory, hichory; chicory, chickadee
15. beastlier, liberates
16. cart, cataract
17. Bay City, base eight
18. OURS
19. Gouda, Ouagadougou
20. distraught D is T, R aught)
21. Schub(a/e)rt
22. ellipsis, offended
23. Pikachu, pikuach
24. fineth, fifteenth
25. harpist, "this is Sparta!"
26. Brown, Rowan
27. Michael Richard Pence
28. brownnoser if (B row, N no serif)
29. clearance, Clarence
KU-1.
30. pikeman, Pokemon
31. take a breath, heartbreaker
32. thiopentone, thin on top
33. effloresce (EFF, lo-res CE)
34. Cape Sable (C(apes)able)
35. Wewenoc, Con
36. amandine; a, man, dine; trout, tutor; gill net, telling
37. chest hair, chaos theory
38.
39.
40. "bread," a bull sputters; spreadable butters
41. outed, ragged, ragout, edged
42. luster, result
43. has a shot? Not a chance
44. shuttlecock, cuttle shock
45. mileage, my liege
46. stinger, interesting; r(epe)(tit)ive
47. sap, cackle, pp (Snap, Crackle Pop)
48. OURS
49. halalas, ash
50. (j)ocular
51. damp mulch clump mad
52. dropkick, kickoff, offset, setback, backdrop
53. OURS
54. corn(m)eal
55. thruppence, Trump-Pence
56. OURS
57. ginseng, dreamed
58. maraschino, cot, Mischino, carat
59. scalp aches, estimates escape; lax
60. OURS
61. mantelpieces, mental breakdown
62. (p/m)anhandle; (p/m)assive
63. Nintendo; intend, no
64. forcible, forb
65. bibimbap; BIjou, BIgot, MBiras, APple
66. dated a Ted, ate
67. Ferrari, farrier
68. Dry Bones, buy drones
69. Jesuit!, je suis
70. triphies, Shishito pepper
71. lobar, low bar
72. OURS
73. Democratic National Convention
74. Lin-Manuel Miranda
75. Madame Butterfly
76. cogito ergo sum
77. gymnast Simone Biles
78. Prime Minister
79. OURS
80. jihadist
81. Donald Trump and Mike Pence
82. Republican National Convention
F-1. PLASMS
TOPHAT
ORPINE
SILVER
ICEAGE
SASHES
F-2. A GOLD B OGEE C URGE D SONG
OBOE GOLD ROOD OREO
LOSE ELSE GOLD NEIL
DEED EDEN EDDY GOLD
F-3. LADYSHIP
OLYMPICS
TEACAKES
SEDATEST
F-4. ABOMBS
LARIAT
BRONZE
URINAL
MEDIAL
SNEERS
F-5. RRRRRRR
RESHAPE
RSWETHA
RHEXIAS
RATINGS
RRHAGIA
REASSAY
F-6. MALACCA
UNICORN
RIVULET
AMITIES
LEDECKY
F-7. PEACH
UVULA
MEDAL
ANISE
STOPS
F-8. PHELPS
AERIAL
TAMALE
EDIBLE
RUNLET
SPEEDS
F-9. OURS
X-1. Victor Borge asked "You want something by Bach? Which one, Johann Sebastian or Jacques Offen?"
X-2. OURS
X-3. When asked "Is sloppness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy?" an English teacher replied: "I don't know and I don't care." W. Safire
X-4. ...but beautiful mosaics are made of broken pieces. L. J. Nelson
X-5. All pro athletes are bilingual. They speak English and profanity.
X-6. You can't retrieve your life (unless you're on Wikipedia, in which case you can retrieve an innacurate version of it). Ephron
X-7. In a perfect universe "T. S. Eliot" would be "toilets" backwards. Eric Idle, The Road to Mars
X-8. Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. Frank A. Clark
X-9. No. President Carter's daughter Amy when asked if she has a message to America's children.
X-10. A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. Jean Rostand
X-11. The hardest part about going to Hypochondriacs Anonymous is admitting that you don't have a problem.
X-12. OURS
X-13. ACROSS
1. POINT BLANK (.) 2. BASIC
6. OVERTNESS (up arrow) 3. LIKEABLE
10. CAIQUE 4. NUCLEAR
11. GYPSUM 5. KEATS
13. SCARPS 6. OVERGROWN (up arrow)
14. MIEN 7. TYPE A
15. CURD 8. ESAU
16. POUND CAKE (#) 9. SURREAL
17. SWANKED 10. COMPOUND NUMBER (#)
19. NO-BRAINER 12. MIDDLE AGES
22. FREESTYLE 18. KEYBOARD
24. MEERKATS (@) 20. ONE-A-DAY
27. TABLA 21. ESTHETE
29. BAWL 23. EAT CROW (@)
31. MOOG 25. KASHA
32. ISRAEL 26. STASH
33. RANCHO 28. LODE STAR (*)
34. STORES 30. WINE
35. BYELAW
36. HEAD START (*)
C-1. Man to shrink: "One night I think I'm a wigwam, next night I'm a teepee." Shrink says, "You're just two tents. Next!"
C-2. I needed a Tylenol GIL after the movie BY of the deaths of Romeo BOY and Juliet GIRL. Cap(u)let, Montag(u)e
C-3. He dies. She dies. They marry. They break up. Evil triumphs. Love conquers all. It was all a dream. It was his sled.
C-4. One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. Scientist Sir Alexander Fleming (predictably)
C-5. Uplifting or downgrading observation: escalators do not break; rather they simply become stairs.
C-6. Printed sign above ubiquitous (almost obsolete) electronic office equipment: "face up to fax."
C-7. Czexit: Farewell Symphony excerpt zanily reconceived by Dvorak as soulful dumka followed by furiant.