On Rapture

by Judy Miller

           
       
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A.   Dynamite medication

B.   Subdue

C.   Beam

D.   Oscar-nominated film based on an Oliver Sacks memoir

E.   Blackmailer, e.g.

F.   Common anxiety disorder

G.   Lair

H.   "Whither thou goest" daughter-in-law

I.   Other than (2)

J.   H`s mother-in-law

K.   Early Michael Landon sci-fi (5)

L.   Affable

M.   Nightcrawler, e.g.

N.   "Enhanced interrogation technique," e.g.

O.   Shower

P.   Reprehensible

Q.   2006 Oscar-winning documentary (3)

R.   1983 Oscar nominee (times six) and winner of Germany`s
Golden Screen and Golden Camera awards (2)

S.   Dolly and friends strike back? (4)

T.   Disparage

U.   Summary

V.   Baseless

W.   Today`s Six Times Square, from 1906-20 (3)

X.   Huge

Y.   Eddy Arnold hit Ray Charles took to #2 in 1962 (4)

Z.   Monastery training period, or the person in training

AA.   Null

AB.   Like some clerics following the Islamic Revolution
(hyph)

AC.   Oktoberfest offering

AD.   Reno, e.g. (2)

AE.   They can be musical, mathematical, or marginal

AF.   Pram pacifier

AG.   With "The," inspiration for "Oh Brother, Where Art
Thou?"

AH.   Mince and quince eaters (5)

AI.   Forester`s Hornblower

AJ.   "___ is the most radical of human emotions" (Steinem)

AK.   Extirpated (2)

AL.   Uriah and his comrades (2)

AM.   Sporting a cowl

AN.   Soccer ref`s call

AO.   Calm, cool, and collected

AP.   Faux pas

AQ.   Clumsy (hyph)

AR.   On the bookshelf: "___: The Cultural Roots of Martin
Luther King, Jr." (6)

AS.   Fall from grace

AT.   Like many readers of Michael Pollan`s 2006 bestseller

AU.   Schedule E entry (2)

AV.   Spoils

AW.   Cordial ingredient

AX.   Major Old Testament prophet

AY.   Like certain cleansers

BZ.   Barnyard annoyance

.   Presentation aid (hyph)

.   Wishful browser (2)

.   Lewdness

.   Dahl`s young Wormwood

.   Tolerate

.   Got something absolutely right (2)