Down on the Farm

by Judy Miller

           
     
       
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A.   Queensland porch

B.   Debbie Reynolds` co-star in "Bundle of Joy," 1956 (2)

C.   Current regulator

D.   Worked the halls of Congress

E.   Ireland`s first Nobel Prize winner in Literature,
1923

F.   K-12 lead-in (2)

G.   Real ruckus (3, 2 hyph)

H.   "Pirate ___ and the Battle of New Orleans"

I.   Tenuous

J.   1976 comedy about two children who hold themselves
for ransom, starring David Niven (4)

K.   P`s Hot 100 #1 single and 1974 Grammy Record of
the Year (6)

L.   Subway feature

M.   Award-winning comic strip by Wiley Miller (2)

N.   They can be Spot-Bellied or Black-Throated

O.   Risqué (hyph)

P.   See K (2)

Q.   Arab leader much in the news in 2011

R.   1968 biopic for which Vanessa Redgrave received
an Oscar nomination

S.   Nobody

T.   Part of an editorial page

U.   Cell phones, at times (2)

V.   Expertise (hyph)

W.   Followed a doctor`s order

X.   Easygoing

Y.   "Ill habits ___ by unseen degrees, as brooks make
rivers, rivers run to seas." (Dryden)

Z.   Lifted

AA.   Something seldom heard, per Brewster Higley, 1873 (3)

AB.   Olympic Gold medalist Kristi

AC.   New England menu offering: ___ balls

AD.   Local yokel

AE.   Something long hoped for (4)

AF.   "Yeah, right!"

AG.   "Mom always liked you best" duo (3)

AH.   Vestibule

AI.   Heaps

AJ.   Bore witness

AK.   Bond vehicle, 1957-62 (2)

AL.   Used a cipher

AM.   Story Steinbeck wrote for Hitchcock, 1944

AN.   Grammar school homework

AO.   Charm