Ad astra

by Frank Podosek

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A.   Classic child`s toy (3)

B.   Strategem for an accused felon (2)

C.   Venue for marsupial application of B (2)

D.   Treatment to prevent decay

E.   Gothic New York landmark (3)

F.   A real bargain (5)

G.   New Orleans singer, pianist, actor and humanitarian
(full name)

H.   Nonentity

I.   Antibacterial agent, used in treating tuberculosis

J.   Glenn Miller staple (3)

K.   Orchestrated presentation to curry favor (4, or
1+hyph.)

L.   Relating to environmental interactions

M.   Make a lot of noise (3)

N.   Major conundrum (3)

O.   Arguably W`s best known character (full name)

P.   Overstated

Q.   Maxwell Smart`s sidekick (2)

R.   Way to avoid Cape Horn (3)

S.   Black tea

T.   Alternative agenda (4)

U.   NYC college; venue for historic Lincoln speech (2)

V.   Mongoose or fly

W.   Lady Mallowan, who used the nom de plume Mary Westmacott
(full name)

X.   Not W`s best-known characters (3)

Y.   A long time

Z.   Tenacious

AA.   A first for a Romanian gymnast in Montreal (2)

AB.   Oxidized

AC.   The mitochondrion and the chloroplast, for example

AD.   1962 feminist manifesto (5)

AE.   July 15 precipitation predictor

AF.   Hydraulic restraint

AG.   Not to be escaped

AH.   Swank neighborhood in San Francisco (2)

AI.   Provides

AJ.   Short story and film about a man and a mannequin (3)

AK.   Brutal

AL.   Spur wheel

AM.   Not vertical (2)

AN.   Winning hand in baccarat

AO.   Nomads` dwellings

AP.   Concave navels

AQ.   Bewitch

AR.   Prominent Oxford fellow (2)