September 09 Answers
Joker, Lirath, LeXman
1. lob racket, Ed (L, 0, bracketed)
2. register, regifter
3. petty, type
4. one-stop shopping (on E's top S hopping)
5. maturer, erratum
6. Mandarin Chinese (M and Ar in CH, in Es E)
7. OURS
8. mis-sound, Missouri, Missoula (ND, RI, LA)
9. byline, Abilene
10. parlor tricks, politics
11. dungeon, pie, Dune, pigeon
12. unaimed, you oaf. Rum seizers, gnomon (a named duo from Caesar's nomen)
13. belting, belittling, intelligible
14. chemical agent, climate change
15. eek, lips; eclipse
16. croupier
17. con man framed
18. medic, comedic
19. OURS
20. cowrite; cow, rite
21. reacts, facts, balladlike, colon (Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, Peter)
22. franks in Tara (Frank Sinatra)
23. OURS
24. OURS
25. blue cheese, Lucci's
26. apostrophe, rough, us, apostasy
27. Red actor, redactor
28. aloe vera, areola
29. Izod, iPod
30. baryon, barony
31. Teki, Kite
32. snark, spark; snark, quark
33. intimate, inmate
34. holstering, northern lights, Let the Right One In's
35. daughter, The Graduate
36. OURS
37. information overload (in for MATI, ON over lo,a D)
38. ade-loving, Don Diego de la Vega
CF-1. pin, Pindar; bell, Beldar
CF-2. raunchiest, "ancient Chinese secret, huh?"
CF-3. this printhead's log, an (TH is PR in the ad slogan)
CF-4. think outside the bun
CF-5. creations scenario arsenic arisen saner near era re
CF-6. steal, steak
CF-7. harmed, hammerhead
CF-8. check, hollow, cello, hock
CF-9. takers, steak tartare
CF-10. ghostwear, two great tastes that taste great together
CF-11. matricidal; mattress, idle
CF-12. will, in a nap, plead (Will in an Apple ad)
CF-13. bacteria, Bactrian
CF-14. fortunate; tuna, forte
CF-15. persist; PERmission, SIphon, STigma
CF-16. orangiest, resignation, transgression, gastroenteritis
CF-17. pound, pond
CF-18. contests, countess
CF-19. L
PA
VIC
PENT
POLKA
VELVET
PINKEYE
LACTATED
CF-20. uniquely, NyQuil
CF-21. Pepsi, pert, Pepper, sit
CF-22. Neanderthal am I (NE and E, R, thalami)
CF-23. iPod, dope; Zune, news
CF-24. smiled, misled
CF-25. master, matter
CF-26. rushes; RUby, SHad, ESsay
CF-27. countries, intercourse, insurrection
CF-28. insane (in S an E)
CF-29. wizen, frock, wick, frozen
CF-30. gory, Igor
CF-31. blight,bite
CF-32. Vonnegut; of, in, tug
CF-33. OURS
CF-34. slogans; SLim, OGle, ANSwer
CF-35. animal, lamina
CF-36. bluesman, albumens
CF-37. coaster, Castro Street
F-1. CATCH
AGILE
TIGER
CLEAT
HERTZ
F-2. FAJITA
ADONAI
JOLTIN
INTENT
TAINTS
AINTSO
F-3. XPRMNTLPSCHLG
CLNCLPSCHLG
SCLPSCHLG
STTSTCS
THLRK
CNL
G
F-4. M
HRN
KSTRL
SNDRLNG
F-5. H
AA
DNA
GONDOLA
ORIOLE
NIECE
HADDOCK
ANOLE
ALE
A
F-6. CRIMP
RODEO
IDEAS
MEALS
POSSE
F-7. HARSH
ALAMO
RADIO
SMILE
HOOEY
X-1. A hot dog at the ball game beats roast beef at the Ritz. Humphrey Bogart
X-2. To live happily is an inward power of the soul. Marcus Aurelius
X-3. A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson
X-4. Even the merest gesture is holy if it is filled with faith. Franz Kafka
X-5. My only regret in life is that I did not drink more champagne. John Maynard Keynes
X-6. OURS
X-7. LODENITIERSN
OTAMBOURSEGO
BONEDTRAISEB
ECCELANTTORE
DTERMSTEARYL
SIXTYFOURTMR
ANGOLACRUSOE
SATIEUSERTRM
BLONDPLATO
NAILARBA
COWELL
TOMEI
LINT
D
The removed words create the following cryptic clues:
Gourmet routinely eating Subway (Metro)
Make brave study after throw from third to first (bolden)
Romance exhilarating heart (Latin)
Spoof South Africa flag (satire)
These become bases for Baltimore Transdeletion flats, each word of which are displayed in the grid. The letters removed, in clue order, spell BALTIMORE TRANSDELETION. The puzzle is in the shape of Baltimore.
ACROSS DOWN
B 1. loden N 1. lobed
A 5. tiers 2. dance (third)
9. tambour (gourmet) 3. emeer (to)
10. sego (routinely) 4. iotas (first)
L 11. boned 5. turn to (Romance)
T 12. raise S 6. irate
13. ecce (eating) 7. resort (exhilarating)
I 14. lant D 8. Nobel
M 15. tore E 10. sitar
O 16. term L 16. Tina
17. stearyl (Subway) 19. toil (heart)
18. sixty-four (make) 20. fauna (spoof)
23. Angola (brave) E 21. Mort
25. Crusoe (study) T 22. Remo
R 26. Satie 24. Leon (South)
29. user (after) 26. replot (Africa)
E 30. blond I 27. stare
31. Plato (throw) 33. AWOL (flag)
T 32. nail O 34. blend
36. Cowell (from) N 35. alit
R 37. tome
A 38. lint
X-8. Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn't. Mark Twain
X-9. Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? Job
X-10.It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations Winston Churchill
X-11. Trying to throw a fastball by Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sun past a rooster. Curt Simmons
X-12. ISOGRAMSC
ETNAFLIER
LEMMALAZY
AVESBOMBI
GESTATION
LNOESSWAG
AJAXELATE
RURALAGED
EASSAYERS
ACROSS DOWN
1. ISOGRAMS 2. STE(ELM/V)EN
8. ETNA (F) 3. ON ME
9. FL(ASH/I)ER 4. GAMS
10. LEMMA 5. ALLOT
12. LAZY 6. MIAMI (B)
13. AVES 7. CR(OAK/Y)ING
14. BOM(BAY/B) 11. ABASE
16. (FIR/G)ESTATION 13. AGLARE (H)
19. NOES (Y) 15. B(YEW/O)ATER
20. SWAG 17. SOARS
22. AJAX 18. TEXAS
23. ELATE 20. SLAY
24. (FIG/R)URAL 21. WAGE (S)
25. AGED (U)
26. ASSAYERS (D)
The flat deals with fall, with changing colors. The trees are replaced by the letters ROYGBIV (spectrum). The extra clue letters are FYUDBHS Thus:
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
fig yew oak fir bay ash elm
Thus, the final word is SMARTIE
X-13. SPILLED
ALLOTSP
VACUUMS
ECWILEY
SENSERC
M*A*S*H
UCPASTA
SHAKEEN
HIGHEST
YNTABLE
AGENDAS
The three civilians are actors who are the stars (*) of M*A*S*H. (Swit, Farr, Alda)
ACROSS DOWN
1. spilled 1. saves
5. allot 2. place
7. vacuums 3. Louis (Farr)akhan
8. Wiley 4. Esmer(Alda)
10. sense 6. psych
12. M*A*S*H 9. less
14. pasta 11. Napa
17. shake 12. mushy
18. highest 13. (Swit)ching
19. table 15. Tesla
20. agendas 16. antes
C-1. New crypt writers: the wise editor is wont to point out wonky, awkward wording. He will want you to rework it.
C-2. Ambrose Bierce said that in politics, influence is a visionary quo given in exchange for a substantial quid.
C-3. Caesar shift (plus eight) produces not-very-tough crypt once the formula is noted. Will you spot it early?
C-4. Graffito found on bathroom wall near physics laboratory: "Astrophysics is merely pi in the sky."
C-5. Actor playing one of Malfoy's praetorian guards sentenced for growing pot. Must weed out that Crabbe grass!
C-6. Electronic music group splits up after concert series strained friendships. Touring test failed.
C-7. Onomatopoeia examples: gastroenterology's borborygmus, campanology's tintinnabulation.