1. kaka, mama, la-la
2. Ka(lama)zoo
3. hits for, short shrift, first of Tishri
4. ominous, minus
5. stole in, stolen, stollen, Stowe, Lin
6. w(rapar)ound
7. sun god, singed, mitten, mutton
8. do(a/u)ble
9. (h/d)eist
10. tingly, tangelo
11. appall) AC, unabated, genet
12. speedruns, unpressed, suspender
13. tearily, reality
14. Chimera, camp, chimp, camera
15. Edouard Manet, Dr. Demento
16. tortellini, lore to teeny
17. am not, Guthrie
18. s(p/n)eaker
19. v(e/o)racity
20. alopecia, alpaca
21. Rhodesia, horseradish
22. Charlie Sheen
23. Proust, priest, fliers, flours, should, shield
24. (b/c)anal; ca(n/b)al
25. owners, ado
26. plaiting, pig Latin; bold, Old Bay
27. aspired, praised, despair
28. rubber glove; bur, berg, love
29. (b)ongoing
30. Mineo, eo nomine
31. (c)house
32. (c)lassi(c)
33. snow peas, Poe sneeze
34. ho(l/s/o)t
35. will-they-won't-they, ion
36. dote, road, tart; margin, bigram (rebade, Bartok)
37. rodential, international date line
38. yodaughter
39. diva/gate
40. courts Tampa Bay Buccaneer
41. INDigent, EXChange, ARDent; index card
42. infer, free rein; free rein, refrain
43. robot, mantle, Roman, bottle
44. (appa)rent
45. stationary Cyrano I tat's
46. Wi-Fi, wiki; Wi-Fi, wife
47. wheedle, needle
48. GILgamesh, HODGkin, ESparto; Gil Hodges
49. NASA, sauvignon, Nassau, Avignon
50. buddy, coffee, doggy
51. Thiebaud, beet
52. crewel, cruel
53. negativism, time-saving
54. mesmerize, memorize
55. Greta's bus
56. high fidelity; Haifa, Della. Tee
57. (co)n(co)urse; test run, nurse
58. kumquat, sense, commence, squat
59. capon(e)
60. bashful, flashbulbs
61. die, indie; fest, infest; cur, incur
62. Reaganite, Argonaut
63. s(Queeg)ee
64. scrutiny, ascertain
65. larceny, Larson
66. loge, logic; lodge, logic
67. unburdens, sunburned
68. Aries, binaries
69. to picaresque Amish; topic, are squeamish
70. den(i/t)al
71. wield, Idlewild
72. s(pond)ee
73. mo(v/x)ie
74. c(once)ited
75. log on, no go
76. spiral, sarsaparilla
77. deter(g/r)ent
78. strang(l)e; strangle, real estate agent
79. bill and coo, kill and boo
80. so long
F-1. CRUSH MADAM
HALLO ALIBI
OTTER DITAL
CERES ABACK
CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE
RATEL HORNS
ULTRA ARIAS
SLEET KNAVE
HORSE ESSES
F-2. ESPTEST
SILENTH
PLANTER
TENSILE
ENTITLE
STELLAR
THREERS
F-3. VJDAY JAPAN
EERIE ERASE
LLAMA RETIE
ULCER KNEAD
MOODS YARNS
F-4. ACCESS
CLOSET
COTTER
ESTATE
SEETHE
STREET
F-5. MPH
EUROS
OTTOMAN
CHARITY
TETANIC
RETIE
DAD
F-6. GE
MILS
HOOVES
POTTERED
PENETRATED
BACKTOSCHOOL
F-7. A
SLR
SUGAR
BOLIVAR
COLLEAGUE
CONVERGENCE
CONDENSEDSOUP
F-8. HGCRMCHL
RVNGBRLN
LRNRNDLW
F-9. M
TAC
LUKAS
PARENTS
MINTSAUCE
SNAKESANDLADDERS
CAREUNIT ELAINE
HUMERI ODED
ISOPOD STAR
SERAPES TOY
MASTERTHIEF
EPODES
METTLE
ATTAIN
REIGNS
KRESGE
F-10. OKTOBERFEST
AUTOPILOT
MITOGEN
SEPIA
LED
E
F-11. STING
TUNER
INURE
NERVE
GREEN
F-12. D
HEP
LALAW
NASTIES
LOSTASTEP
TASTEPANELS
COVIDNINETEEN
ARENAS OSHAWA
PORGY SETAT
TINS SERA
ADE DDS
IS SH
N A
MT AF
OHS BFA
REPO DAFT
GLARE BELLA
AIRBUS HOTOIL
NOTINEVIDENCE
NATIVITYSET
NECESSITY
DENTONS
SPANG
MEG
D
F-13. PEN PSIS
PROSIT O
AVENUES
STEVENS
HOLE TCM
A TRASHY
LOYAL EM
EX LEERY
E-1. Because the world is at the window,
We cannot wonder very long.
Gwendolyn Brooks
E-2. To be or not to be, what is the question? conceivably asked by Hamlet Trebek
E-3. Sojourner Truth probably didn't say "Ain't I a woman"" Something she actually said: "I am a woman's rights."
E-4. The special mark of the modern world is not that it is sceptical but that it is dogmatic without knowing it. G. K. Chesterton
E-5. If it's proud to have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts, she is proud. Dickens
E-6. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi
E-7. If the English language itself is notoriously irregular and irrational, why shouldn't its practitioners be too? Dreyer
E-8. GRADE
LOVED
AMONG
RAISE
ENDED
E-9. five, king, jack, four
E-10. heart, lungs, liver, brain, bones
E-11. reseda, yellow, violet, orange, indigo, cobalt, maroon
E-12. People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Richard M. Nixon
E-13. When life hands you lemons and you respond by making melons then you should join the NPL.
X-1. ATRIALSECEDE
DOSCINTILLAS
RUMORSALOEVC
IRONEDNUNCIO
FNRIDICTATOR
TINCANERLSLT
SQDELAMUSCAT
TURNEDONAOTU
REAREDECLAIR
ITGATEPALLOR
COOPERATORNE
TENTHSNEWEST
X-2. Holmes's face was very white and grave. "The story is not over yet I fear," said he. "You may find worse dangers than the English law or even than your enemies from America. I see trouble before you. You'll take my advice and still be on your guard."
L-1.
L-2.
L-3.
L-4.
L-5.
L-6.
L-7.
L-8.
C-1. Mushroom asks beautiful woman to join him for a drink. When she declines, he responds, "Why not? I'm a fun guy."
C-2. Sometimes in life you just have to give in and admit you were wrong. Please note that I said "you".
C-3. I suffer from chronic insomnia. My constant snoring is so loud it prevents me from falling asleep.
C-4. Winner unclear in snarky comparative automobile company advertising: Mercedes-Benz but Midas Brakes.
C-5. Sadly, Board and host had to postpone best word-geek event in world to avoid what would have been "Corontario".
C-6. Stuck home syndrome: gradual development of increasing empathy towards hibernating grizzly bears.
C-7. Krypton. Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Kindly couple. Clark Kent. Superman.