September Answers
Joker, Kapry Korn, Lirath, Billy the Kid, LeXman
1. telethon, notelet
2. the igloo; too, Heigl
3. Al lint, own Barbarella
4. Archimedean, our, comedian
5. a caribou strop hedonic (acari boustrophedonic)
6. rebusy, rebus
7. OURS
CF-1. purple, turtle
8. din are that eddy (D in Aretha, Teddy)
9. Sinatra, fume, Sumatra, fine
10. aim, Miami, Mamma Mia; haploidy, paid holiday, Phyllida Lloyd
11. ask, tsk
12. bus, by (as in Odysseus, Odyssey)
13. OURS
14. Sondheim, demonish
CF-2. d(Io)rama
15. chef, began, orange; change, beef, organ
16. anticlergy, talecarrying, energetically, glyceryl trinitrate, Central Intelligence Agency
17. republic; relic, pub
18. hide, decades, Hades, decide
19. Eedoc, Codex
20. reverse, free verse
21. Ramada Inn; in, Ramadan
22. carlines; CARhop, LIster, NEStor
23. klezmer, Merkle
24. chocoholic, colic
25. doughnut; ugh, donut
26. dominos, ominous
27. Charleston, Charles, laugh, Laughton
28. Goth thing; going
29. fibranne; bran, fine
30. dust mite, just might
31. ACDelco; AC/DC, ELO
32. strikes fear (strike sphere)
33. Labor Day weekend necky wader bail
34. Nell, am I Tim Allen
35. OURS
36. obstringe, George Steinbrenner
37. OURS
38. Paris Hilton's word (par is hilt on sword)
39. dripping sinks, sipping drinks
40. emir ties Roman W's bus
41. amabo Obama, boob
KU-1. Colorado, Coloretto
42. escape artist Es cap E, artist
CF-3. beret, Bert
43. war cry, way
44. glue stick; guest, lick
45. jerk a ton, Jaroenrattanatarakoon
46. OURS
47. barf, barfly
48. Xanadu, done as
49. wapiti for profit I paw
50. OURS
51. attest, assets
52. hole out, hold out
53. bittern, bitterness
54. Mitts, mitts; Rampone, repo man; Tarpley, play-pretty; Kai, okay; balk, Boxx; O'Reilly, rally; Wagner, warner; Cheney, China; Cox, cop; Hucles, slouch; Hope Solo, solo hope
55. Senator Joe Biden
56. agoraphobia
57. Obama-Biden
58. Prince Caspian
59. theologians
CF-4. Salvador Dali
CF-5. consonantcy
CF-6. Ice-T
CF-7. Monica Lewinsky
CF-8. Vanna White
CF-9. aloha
CF-10. whore
F-1. S O R T A B L E
C R E W C U T
A G G I E S
N A G G Y
D N A S
A G E
L R
B M I
L O O N
F O U N D
F L A N G E
P R A N C E R
B R O W S E R S
F-2. A BRCKBM B NBBSHS C JMBJTS
RCHLTS BRCKBM MNRCHS
CHTZPH BCKDRP BRCKBM
KLZMRM SKDDDL JCKCLB
BTPRTS HBRDSM THBLNL
MSHMSH SMPLMS SSMBLD
D BSHBBS E TRSNBR F PSSRSB
STRRDP RBTTRS SHPPPR
HRDCNT STMPCT SPHRDC
BRCKBM NTPCKR RPRWRK
BDNBDN BRCKBM SPDRWB
SPTMNL RSTRMS BRCKBM
F-3. SQUIBB
QUINOA
UIGHUR
INHALE
BOULES
BAREST
F-4. LIMPED DENVER
IDEATE ELAINE
MEQUON NASSAU
PAULIV VISORS
ETOILE ENARME
DENVER REUSED
F-5. OBAMA
BIDEN
ADMIT
MEIJI
ANTIC
X-1. HEARSES
EXPENSE
APPRISE
DELUDED
SLYNESS
X-2. My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. Mitch Hedberg
X-3. Sometimes you're the Louisville Slugger. Sometimes you're the ball. Dire Straits
X-4. It's better to be quotable than honest. Tom Stoppard.
X-5. SUBTENANTC
TTEATSSEER
AMFMRAIAIU
NNOSEBARES
DOUBTINGSO
BOLOHNFARE
YKFORMALAW
TOALETAPCU
DELLNEIRAN
EFCHARTERS
BROADFLUEH
AALVILISPY
SUMORIFERL
EEXCITEDLY
Clue alterations spell 'emboss one large Braille dot'. Using the shifted squares (as color coded above) as Braille letters, we get WY and CO or Wyoming/Colorado - thus the state shapes represented by the grid. The shifted squares spell 'a sense of relief'.
Across Down
E 1. SUBTENANT A 1. STANDBY
8. TEXTS/TEATS R 2. BEFOUL
10. PEER/SEER 3. TAMP/TAMS
M 12. AM/FM G 4. ETRE
13. NOPE/NOSE 5. APIAN/ASIAN
14. BARBS/BARES E 6. NEAR GALE
B 15. DOUBTING B 7. CRUSOE
18. BOLL/BOLO R 9. SABIN
19. CARE/FARE 11. BYES/EYES
O 21. FORMAL 13. KOOK/NOOK
S 24. ALETAP 16. BLOT/BOOT
27. DELI/DELL 17. THROB/THROE
29. FRAN/IRAN 19. CALL/FALL
S 32. CHARTERS 20. OATER/RATER
O 34. BROAD A 22. MALCOLM X
35. FLUB/FLUE 23. WAFT/WAIT
N 37. I SPY 25. CARB/CARE
E 38. SUMO I 26. UNSHYLY
39. RICER/RIFER L 27. DEBASE
L 40. EXCITEDLY L 28. NADIR
E 30. REUSED
D 31. FRAU
O 33. HAVOC
T 35. FLIT
36. LICE/LIFE
X-6. OURS
X-7. OURS
X-8. A. VASTNESS
B. ILL-FATED
C. CADENZA
D. TETHER
E. ON THE DOT
F. ROTTERDAM
G. BAUHAUS
H. O'HARA
I. RANK
J. GHENT
K. EARTH-SHATTERING
L. CODDLED
M. OTHELLO
N. MARATHON
O. EPHESUS
P. DODO
Q. IRIS
R. ELKHOUND
S. SOLIDARITY
T. INTERFERE
U. NOTORIOUS
V. MOSH PIT
W. UPANISHAD
X. SIRE
Y. IDLER
Z. CARL ORFF
Antonin Dvorak dozed off on the podium right in the middle of his Stabat Mater and Richard Strauss, listening to the soprano at a rehearsal of his opera Elektra suddenly shouted to the orchestra "louder! louder! I can still hear her!" Victor Borge Comedies in Music
C-1. Jim Backus wrote: "many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success."
C-2. Krewe, when first entering Inverness Hotel for Conorado, is impressed. Desk clerk exclaims, "It's only a lobby!"
C-3. Still going strong . . . things celebrating their fiftieth anniversary: the Lego brick, the peace symbol and NASA!
C-4. Mary had a little lamb, quickly breaking well-intentioned but halfhearted vegan vow made just last week.
C-5. Stimulating moniker for alcoholic product from Formosa Island bottling company: "Taiwan On."
C-6. Inflammatory conservative femme labeled "unclean rot," implying her compositions are decompositions.
C-7. Long-gone condylarths had slim bodies, five toes with one bony tip each, also low-crown biters.