Calling All Puzzlers!

by John Kiernan

           
         
         
       
       
       
         
         
           
                                   

A.   U.S. President that was also Secretary of State
(full name)

B.   Turn to bone

C.   An adverb often modifying `contested`

D.   Swiss company with a large presence in the U.S.

E.   "Kit _____, An American Girl" (book and film)

F.   Cheeky

G.   The values of a group

H.   Long, narrow carpet

I.   Mailicious; Janet Jackson song

J.   Take on; take over

K.   "____ or Shut up" ("Zombieland" quote, 2 words)

L.   "The ____ Truth" (Cary Grant film)

M.   This word was supplanted by "Xerox" as the modern
word for "copy"

N.   Country with the highest incarceration rate in the
world (2 words)

O.   African country with the highest unemployment rate
in the world

P.   Western wind; U.S. train nickname

Q.   Autoimmune disease

R.   Give a womanly quality to

S.   Doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth

T.   Author of "The Wealth of Nations" (full name)

U.   There were a lot of them in "Spamalot"

V.   Even

W.   Part of the mouth

X.   Delightful sign for an angel

Y.   A species of auk

Z.   Vegetable sponge (var.)

AA.   Type of alcohol

AB.   Brand name for Sharp`s flat screen televisions