The $64,000 Question

by John Kiernan

       
           
     
       
   
           
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A.   Western where James Stewart meets Marlene Dietrich
(3 words)

B.   Impassive

C.   Art style exemplified by George Seurat

D.   The quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy
growth

E.   The introduction by gradual, persistent efforts

F.   Film where one learns how Ethel the Pirate`s Daughter
was almost in a play (3 words)

G.   Drops sharply

H.   Beats

I.   Fill with sudden wonder or amazement

J.   German physicist; unit of magnetic flux density

K.   The rhea`s Australian counterpart

L.   Nickname for William II of England

M.   Swears

N.   Balderdash!

O.   U.S. State that was home to the 1982 World`s Fair

P.   Hawaiian honeycreeper

Q.   Henry VIII`s first wife (3 words)

R.   Ms. Ullman

S.   "Congress shall make no law respecting an ___ of
religion" (U.S. First Amendment)

T.   Denizen

U.   The U.S. Congress that sat from 1977-1978 (hyph.)

V.   "Simple ___ " (Bob Dylan song; 3 words)

W.   Bear to bare, for example

X.   Aggrandize

Y.   Longest running prime time TV drama, as of 2005
(3 words)

Z.   Enmity

AA.   "___ Night": January 5, the eve of Epiphany

AB.   The quality of being vast

AC.   Donovan`s color (2 words)

AD.   Celebrated American-born male ballet dancer (full
name)

AE.   She dated William Rehnquist while in law school
(full name)