Old Man River

by Judy Miller

         
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A.   Interfered

B.   Claims expert

C.   Refill

D.   Sham legal proceeding (2)

E.   Garden pea feature

F.   1932 jazz standard recorded by Billie Holiday, Ella
Fitzgerald, and Chad and Jeremy (4)

G.   Robert Whittington`s 1520 description of Thomas
More (5)

H.   Wasteful of time or energy

I.   Network of neurons and glial cells (2)

J.   Aim of some firms` sales

K.   Houdini, e.g.

L.   "Pull, Aim, Squeeze, and Sweep" equipment (2)

M.   Use acid creatively

N.   "White gold" in the Chesapeake

O.   Keener

P.   Second novel in James Farrell`s trilogy about South
Side Chicago (6)

Q.   Small, modest, out-of-the-way place (4; sometimes
hyph)

R.   Food and drink for koalas

S.   Ernie K-Doe`s 1961 #1 hit (hyph)

T.   Affect favorably

U.   "___ to ___ in three generations" (same word)

V.   Ugly ducklings, sometimes

W.   Traditional dish made of vegetables and lamb or
mutton (Stobhach Gaelach) (2)

X.   Long John Silver catch phrase (the second word may
be different from what you remember) (3)

Y.   Personnel

Z.   Words uttered by a fast test-taker, e.g. (2)

AA.   Commendable

AB.   Opera fan?

AC.   To the extent that (2)

AD.   Winner of four Golden Globes in 1974, including
Best Actor (Nicholson) and Best Director (Polanski)

AE.   Like some masses

AF.   Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by John Kennedy Toole
(4)

AG.   Method used to produce printed circuit boards

AH.   Oscar-winning film for Maggie Smith, 1970 (6)

AI.   Like most white flour since the 1940s

AJ.   Employer/franchise for whom Norbert Pearlroth worked
sixty hours a week in the Main Reading Room of the New York Public Library from 1923 to 1975 (5)

AK.   Obstruct justice, to some

AL.   Annoying and frustrating

AM.   1961 sci-fi film starring Walter Pidgeon that was
released as the "Global Warming Edition" DVD in 2007 (7)

AN.   Supports; promotes

AO.   Sydney`s state (3)

AP.   D.C.`s Arena Stage, for one (hyph)

AQ.   Sincere

AR.   San Marino, e.g.

AS.   1968 accord signed by 189 countries to date (3;
1 hyph)