Flawed Heroes

by Judy Miller

       
       
     
     
     
       
         
       
         
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A.   Flight alternative

B.   Rags alternative

C.   Type of electricity in most homes and offices (2)

D.   Drops sharply and suddenly

E.   X`s & O`s (3)

F.   Made to be durable (hyph)

G.   Like some stock trades (hyph)

H.   Curt Jergens` vessel in "The Enemy Below," 1957
(hyph)

I.   Winter depression (acronym)

J.   Bruce Banner (3)

K.   Darkness; anonymity

L.   Vocal pessimists

M.   Yuletide ringers (2)

N.   Pumpless water sources (2)

O.   Oaf

P.   Burkina Faso capital

Q.   Woodland bird that climbs down trees head first

R.   Marvel`s Sorcerer Supreme (2)

S.   Remote or secluded (hyph)

T.   Team of mutant superheroes (2, 1 hyph)

U.   Steve Rogers (2)

V.   Like some fears

W.   Horses around

X.   Tony Stark (2)

Y.   Wistful; homesick

Z.   Congress and its supporting agencies (3)

AA.   Bruce Banner portrayer (2)

AB.   Tony Stark portrayer (3)

AC.   Public prominence

AD.   Disinterest

AE.   San Francisco roadway (with "The")

AF.   Vasily Alexeyev and Hossein Rezazadeh, e.g.

AG.   Like some camp friends you should be kind to (hyph)

AH.   Silent film industry center, 1914-1919

AI.   Reed Richards, the Storms, and Thing (3)

AJ.   Rabies

AK.   Peter Parker (hyph)

AL.   Peter Parker portrayer

AM.   Irregular

AN.   "A ___ Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic
Weaponry" (2)

AO.   Pruned to the max

AP.   Shifty

AQ.   Hydrated magnesium sulfate (2)