Puzzles

Please use preceding bold numbers in square brackets ([]) for answer numbers in boni submissions (i.e. 1-Across is Answer Number 1 in the boni submission form. 7-Across is Answer Number 2 in the boni submission form, etc.)

Across:

[1] 1. Mixed-up random hole of congressional prize.

[2] 7. Makes improvements, coalesces again.

[3] 8. Shellfish contains crab, a lonely clam.

[4] 9. Strange as ruler, strangely.

[5] 10. Student in distress ate under guard?

[6] 15. Variant on all in wool oil.

[7] 17. Topless, we cringe, oddly unbranded.

[8] 18. Real uranium inside broken engine?

[9] 19. Tough fit—tricky quiz? Get these!

Down:

[10] 1. Fine feathers distorted mob aura.

[11] 2. Imagined red mead creatively.

[12] 3. The word: also a corporate logo.

[13] 4. Smokey’s coworkers and foreigners follow golfer’s cry.

[14] 5. Bestowed, freed of foolery…

[15] 6. Butt piece becomes battlement.

[16] 11. Most spotless nest holds swallow.

[17] 12. Grail he turned into capital.

[18] 13. Permit concealed in trap, proverbially.

[19] 14. Instruct to hide old coin in two transcendental numbers.

[20] 16. Confused fauns botched the situation.

Anagrams:

Each section uses a common theme within the given topic for answers;
finding the theme will, obviously, help you solve any troublesome entries.
The marked spaces, when correctly filled, will yield another entry related
to the theme when read from top to bottom.

Geography:

21. SMAKRICB __ __ _x_ __ __ __ __ __

22. ESPANADA __ __ __ _x_ __ __ __ __

23. FROTRAHD __ __ __ __ __ __ _x_ __

24. ILALAMOR _x_ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

25. MLUSBOCU __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _x_

26. UHOULLON __ _x_ __ __ __ __ __ __

27. RNAPLODT __ __ __ _x_ __ __ __ __

28. HANAVANS __ __ __ __ __ __ _x_ __

29. What do the X's spell out?
    

Literature:.

30. SLOYOTT _x_ __ __ __ __ __ __

31. MAWTHIN __ _x_ __ __ __ __ __

32. PNONCHY __ __ __ __ __ _x_ __

33. LORCRAL __ __ _x_ __ __ __ __

34. SELMECN __ __ __ __ _x_ __ __

35. OKVNBAO __ _x_ __ __ __ __ __

36. HARUCCE __ __ __ _x_ __ __ __

37. What do the X's spell out?
    

Sports:

38. EDFESEN __ __ _x_ __ __ __ __

39. FOKCKIF __ __ __ __ _x_ __ __

40. ONLDHGI __ _x_ __ __ __ __ __

41. NUTHOGS __ __ __ _x_ __ __ __

42. BULDAIE __ __ __ __ _x_ __ __

43. RETQAUR __ __ _x_ __ __ __ __

44. ALLTERA __ __ __ __ __ __ _x_

45. LANTYPE __ __ __ __ _x_ __ __

46. What do the X's spell out?
    

Pop Culture:

47. MADUSAE __ __ __ __ __ __ _x_

48. CARLUAD __ __ _x_ __ __ __ __

49. BEJZEEL __ __ __ __ _x_ __ __

50. GOTIVER __ __ _x_ __ __ __ __

51. SOTOITE __ __ __ __ __ _x_ __

52. TWONKER _x_ __ __ __ __ __ __

53. ONOTPAL __ __ _x_ __ __ __ __

54. What do the X's spell out?
    

Science:

55. SUPERSE _x_ __ __ __ __ __ __

56. EPHCUSE __ __ __ __ _x_ __ __

57. GAISTAT __ __ _x_ __ __ __ __

58. LATINAL _x_ __ __ __ __ __ __

59. TAXNESS __ __ __ __ __ __ _x_

60. BALOCUM __ __ __ _x_ __ __ __

61. SPRANES __ __ __ __ __ __ _x_

62. What do the X's spell out?
    

History:

63. MANTIATE __ X __ __ __ __ __ __

64. SHOWBORT __ __ __ __ X __ __ __

65. ONMARTHA __ __ X __ __ __ __ __

66. SMASNASA X __ __ __ __ __ __ __

67. LOWEROAT __ X __ __ __ __ __ __

68. GNATSISH __ __ __ __ __ X __ __

69. LLOUNCED __ __ __ __ __ X __ __

70. NOTWORKY X __ __ __ __ __ __ __

71. What do the X's spell out?
    

Before and After

Instructions:  Each clue refers to a pair of things, often people,
with a common word appearing in each phrase.  The common word will be
the end of one name or phrase and the beginning of the other.  Answers
should be written with the common word in the middle.  Note that the
common word may not be spelled identically in each item, and all
answers are at least three words long

72. Might make House calls on the Enterprise.

73. Preppy boarding school student in Labor.

74. Hispanic heroine guaranteed a hit .

75. Billionaire alter-ego who scores high on the ice.

76. Advocated for civil rights atop the Empire State Building.

77. Painted idyllic scenes of Springfield.

78. Guarded against a Great Escape from a Chicago cell block.

79. President of the (conservative) Culture Club.

80. Told Grimace he was fired.

81. His pop art is as colorful as his yarn hair.

82. Brought magic to Babylon 5 and The West Wing without hubby Sean.

83. Diva more interested in gin than cotton.

84. Has a Daily Show segment called The Screwball Letters.

85. Not such a New Kid on the fantasy block.

86. Exercized poetic, but prohibited liquor, license.
    

Syllacrostic:

Fill in the answers to the clues by using all of the syllables in the
box. The number of syllables to be used in each answer is shown in
parentheses. The number of letters in each answer is indicated by the
number of blanks. Each syllable will be used once.

A	A	ANT	AS	AS	AS	BAS
BI	BISH	BLE	BU	CA	DEAR	DEL
DIL	ED	EM	EN	EX	FEN	GI
I	I	ISK	LEV	LI	LOW	MA
MA	MENT	MI	MI	MI	NEG	O
O	PHYX	PRO	RE	RE	RUB	RUN
SO	TER	TIC	TOR	U	YEL	YO

87. problem (3)                      _ _ _ _ _ _ _

88. pain reliever (4)                _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

89. Vice city? (3)                    _ _ _ _ _

90. foreign, unusual (3)           _ _ _ _ _ _

91. footnote indicator (3)        _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

92. not worthy of concern (4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

93. to sing in the Alps (2)        _ _ _ _ _

94. fog (3)                              _ _ _ _ _ _

95. Japanese sash (2)             _ _ _

96. old epsiode (2)                 _ _ _ _ _

97. sign of affection (3)           _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

98. jaundiced (2)                    _ _ _ _ _ _

99. ____ profundo (2)            _ _ _ _ _

100. one who teaches (4)         _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

101. germane (3)                      _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

102. garbage (2)                      _ _ _ _ _ _ _

103. oxygen deprivation (4)      _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _