(Just a note for you all: this is a combi-IT. There are two of us behind this puzzle. That means two minds at work instead of one. Be afraid. Be very afraid...)
(Also note that the only dictionary used in preparing this puzzle was Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition.)
1. Large number in line among 400 = xXxxx
Southern college's yard crew = xXXxx
The Odyssey and the Iliad are online movies? = Xxxxx
2. Forbid little woman a musical instrument = xxxXX
Paces out the area = XxxXx
Edge of second-rate skating area = xxxxX
3. Monarch in Afghanistan holds an Asian country = XXxXx
Tore top off shirt? What a cad = xxxXx
4. Doctor, sign for beverage = Xxxxx
Salute martially in nasal voice = XxxXX
5. Book has unknown cipher? = xXXXx
xxxxX, xxxxx, xxxxx, xxxxx, xXxxx = xxxxx
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