Scribes` lament

by Frank Podosek

     
     
     
       
     
       
     
       
       
     
         
     
       
       
       
         
         
     
     
       
       
         
       
         
         
       
                             

A.   NASA-speak for terrestrial studies, especially of
climate change (4)

B.   Small soundproof room (2)

C.   Cobbled together

D.   Cryptic gemstone?

E.   Fat (2)

F.   1968 song by Sly and the Family Stone (2)

G.   Young hares

H.   Short pants (2)

I.   Without ramifications

J.   Needle, button or thread

K.   Forced nuptials (2)

L.   Sinister? (hyph)

M.   Follow

N.   Some claim there is nothing older (2)

O.   Most sagacious

P.   Loxodromic curve

Q.   Traveling cleric (2)

R.   1960 classic western (3)

S.   Agent of mononucleosis (2, hyph)

T.   Successor to Strongheart (full name)

U.   Overindulgence

V.   Japery

W.   Subjected to attack (2)

X.   Radiant output

Y.   Judgment

Z.   Solvent extraction

AA.   Rutabaga (2)

AB.   American spiritual and English rugby anthem (4)

AC.   Primitive bird

AD.   Seminal TV comedy (4)

AE.   Agent of irrational self-destruction (4)

AF.   Folk-rock group ("Will the Circle Be Unbroken") (4)

AG.   Its capital is Port of Spain (3)

AH.   Restlessness

AI.   Following the Equator in England (3)

AJ.   Willie Wonka`s ace in the hole (2)

AK.   Medicinal paste (2)

AL.   Diocesan temporal officer

AM.   Silo (2)

AN.   Afflicted with lipid plaque

AO.   Ben Stiller as moronic model

AP.   Sheltered Atlantic and Gulf passage (2)

AQ.   Phenomenon due to energetic particles in a magnetic
field (2)

AR.   Sovereign whose epithet more nearly means ill-advised
than ill-prepared (3)