Dead Certain

by John Kiernan

       
         
       
       
         
     
         
     
       
           
         
         
       
       
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A.   Christ`s words about the difficulty of attaining
salvation (Matthew 22:14, 7 words)

B.   Discredit; disgrace

C.   Effulgent; gleaming

D.   Novel featuring Chingachgook (4 words, with "The")

E.   You`d find this at the shore of a wealthy coastal
town (2 words)

F.   This is above Lincoln`s head and under Washington`s
chin (4 words)

G.   Alert, animated

H.   Thirst for knowledge

I.   Bismarck`s milieu (2 words)

J.   Soaked; drunk into a stupor

K.   Saturate

L.   Where the Old Man of the Mountain fell (2 words)

M.   Fibula`s partner

N.   Like some meanings and cameras

O.   It`s a newt! It`s a bank transaction!

P.   Song from the Royales, the Shirelles and the Mamas
and the Papas (6 words)

Q.   The "A" of DAT

R.   Signore Pirandello

S.   Author of "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People"
(full name)

T.   Motto of Kansas and NASA, meaning "To the stars
through difficulties" (4 words, Latin)

U.   What the mob was doing in Vegas during the Sixties

V.   He had "the worst case of rabbititis I`ve ever seen"

W.   Probability

X.   Like candidates for elective office

Y.   Home state of Harold Ford Sr. and Jr.

Z.   Reuchlin and Lorin are the lesser known of this
foursome from Dayton (2 words)

AA.   Where you`d find Dublin

AB.   Dissipated man

AC.   Oft-spoken words before a concert (4 words)

AD.   Buzzed

AE.   U.S. spiritual song with hidden associations with
the Underground Railroad (4 words)

AF.   Dental feature of some primates (2 words)

AG.   Subject of an 1836 vote in Texas

AH.   Electoral overtime

AI.   British sweetie

AJ.   Controlled selective breeding

AK.   U.S. insurance company advertising slogan (8 words)

AL.   Bobby Brown`s first group, "New ___"

AM.   Lawyer turned scribe

AN.   It`s sometimes pitched

AO.   Word that comes after reckless and before ship

AP.   Cleveland State University has a collection of papers
from this hero of the American Revolution (3 words)