Got the tie rods replaced. Fairly easy job. New tie rods didnt' come with new boots, so I wound up re-using the old ones, I cut the stainless retainer on the large end, and replaced it with a ring clamp (hey, I had two in the garage that fit). Wound up taking the sawzall to cut the old tie-rod assembly in half to get the boots off. There's no way an alignment would have been possible, the old tie rods were simply completely seized.

Got the alignment, they said it was out - and it was, according to the computer. I can't tell much, if any, difference in the way it drives.

Clunk wound up not being a tie-rod, but rather a new endlink that had given up the ghost on day one. So he got replaced today, and all is quiet with the X.

Nice to have quiet again, and a completely new front suspension.