Prior Convictions

by Judy Miller

     
     
       
         
       
         
     
     
           
       
       
         
           
       
         
         
     
     
           
       
     
     
       
     
       
       
       
           
                   

A.   Lemuel Gulliver`s ghost (2)

B.   Innocuous

C.   Frizzell or Driesell

D.   Johnson or Webster

E.   Important number when adding or subtracting fractions
(3)

F.   Stress

G.   Independent Spirit Award winner for "Sideways,"
2005 (2)

H.   Galoshes

I.   Makes young again

J.   Mechanical drawing toy (3)

K.   Food- and waterborne illness

L.   Area set aside to serve as a manufacturing or commercial
hub (2)

M.   "Just let it be" (5)

N.   Fermented soybeans

O.   Overbearing

P.   Purple coneflower

Q.   Stick-in-the-mud (hyph)

R.   Make up for shortcomings, and then some

S.   Like the frequencies above Channel 13 (2)

T.   Golden Globe winner for "The Prince of Tides," 1992
(2)

U.   Rambling

V.   Bethrothal

W.   One of the Brat Pack (2)

X.   Clams and oysters

Y.   Pointless enhancement (2)

Z.   Eradicated

AA.   Gone forever (5)

AB.   Independent Spirit Award winner for "In the Bedroom,"
2002 (2)

AC.   Payment funded by federal and state payroll taxes (2)

AD.   Frozen treat

AE.   MacDuff, e.g.

AF.   Small but conceivable probability (2)

AG.   Golden Globe winner for "War and Remembrance," 1989
(2)

AH.   Aristotle`s "beast which passeth all others in wit
and mind"

AI.   Johnny pump (2)

AJ.   Disappointing in the end

AK.   Denizen

AL.   Diver`s trauma (2)

AM.   Unenthusiastic

AN.   Mature (hyph)

AO.   Not to be relied on

AP.   Mushy (hyph)

AQ.   Like the old woman of Norwich (who lived upon nothing
but porridge)

AR.   Supervision

AS.   It, e.g. (3)

AT.   Celebratory gesture (2)

AU.   Congressional funding for specific projects

AV.   Hunter Thompson, e.g.

AW.   Harasses

AX.   Useful information for the USPS (2)

AY.   Disconcerted

BZ.   Persistently, but with no satisfaction

.   Birthplace of Dionysus

.   Left us in a hurry (5)