A Ghost of Manila

by Judy Miller

       
           
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A.   Setting of part one of "The Kite Runner" (2)

B.   Home of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

C.   "___: Prince of Pop" (2)

D.   Cadges

E.   1968 soul ballad "Love on a ___ Street" (hyph)

F.   Words from 1969: "He ain`t ___"

G.   Popular French appetizer

H.   Suspicious

I.   The la-di-da lady (2)

J.   "Cry `Havoc!` and let slip ___ of war" ("Julius
Caesar") (2)

K.   Attraction on D.C.`s Mass. Avenue (2)

L.   1967 Buffalo Springfield song (4)

M.   Vicksburg victor (3)

N.   Lentils and peanuts, e.g.

O.   Part of a 1963 Dylan refrain described as "impenetrably
ambiguous" (4)

P.   Spoke with an impediment

Q.   Part of the Vice President`s official DC residence

R.   "West Side Story" soundtrack title (4)

S.   Bred-in-the-bone (hyph)

T.   Charge

U.   Edgar Award winner for Ken Follett, 1979 (4)

V.   Extraordinary

W.   CDC part

X.   Meddler

Y.   Author of 2005`s "The Good, the Bad, and Me: In
My Anecdotage" (2)

Z.   Mary Mallon`s illness

AA.   Agrarian author awarded the National Humanities
Medal in 2011 (2)

AB.   Calm (hyph)

AC.   Certain evidence (2)

AD.   Certain explosive

AE.   Cabinet member (2)

AF.   Vladimir Nabokov: novelist, professor, ___

AG.   Series of stories written by undercover agent Matt
Cvetic and published in the "Saturday Evening Post" in the 1950s (7)

AH.   2003 mockumentary by Christopher Guest (3)

AI.   Sleep disorder

AJ.   Avenger, e.g.

AK.   Bird watcher`s gear (2)

AL.   Gas pump option

AM.   The US`s first Second Lady and second First Lady (2)

AN.   Certain strummer

AO.   Christmas carol with a haunting melody ("out under
the sky") (5)

AP.   John and Lionel`s sister, and Drew`s great-aunt (2)

AQ.   ___ stress injury