Trimming the fat

by John Kiernan

     
       
         
       
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A.   The sea connecting the Atlantic and Arctic oceans
(2 words)

B.   Bohemian dancer who died a tragic death (full name)

C.   Butterflies

D.   Louisiana city

E.   Contemporary of Liszt and Berlioz

F.   American writer and film critic

G.   South American motmot; Japanese noodle dish

H.   Businessperson

I.   Plan your future finances again

J.   The Concord Sage (full name)

K.   Two of Julius Caesar`s last three words, according
to Shakespeare (2 words)

L.   Ironically, it comes before The Fall

M.   American writer and poet that is buried in Harlem
(full name)

N.   Inked

O.   Offspring

P.   Where we last see Sir John Falstaff (4 words, with
"The")

Q.   American writer from Mississippi (full name)

R.   American writer who sometimes wrote as "Diedrich
Knickerbocker" (full name)

S.   The state of gravitational equilibrium between the
earth`s lithosphere and asthenosphere

T.   Bogdanovich film of a McMurtry novel (4 words)

U.   Took more than one`s due

V.   Falsettoed disco kings (2 words, with "The")

W.   "Beware the ____ March" (2 words)

X.   "I`m a ____ and I`m okay . . ."

Y.   Filed a complaint

Z.   "The ____ the Law" (Sandra Day O`Connor book title,
2 words)

AA.   Word derived from the Greek words for man and woman

AB.   Loud noise; tumult (hyph.)

AC.   A mounted courier; Boxy Renault van

AD.   Humdinger