That Time of Year

by Judy Miller

       
         
   
       
       
     
       
         
       
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A.   Metal sharpener

B.   Hubble`s field

C.   "Italy Al Dente: Pasta, ___, Gnocchi..."

D.   Meeting pick-me-up

E.   Confinement

F.   Inhibit, in a way

G.   Surplus

H.   Fruitcake ingredients

I.   Immersed (hyph)

J.   1960s military comedy starring Dean Jones (2)

K.   Of unknown cause

L.   Lowe`s section

M.   "SpongeBob" bodybuilder and sometime lifeguard (3)

N.   Duty

O.   Fidus achates (2, 1 hyph)

P.   The body`s calcium regulators (2)

Q.   Basswood (2)

R.   Orpheus` love

S.   With warmth and friendliness

T.   Certain motion detectors

U.   Show-off

V.   Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for his column "Today
and Tomorrow"

W.   Compound distilled from springs in Surrey, England
(2)

X.   "I Should Have Known Better" A side (4)

Y.   Restaurant amenity (2)

Z.   NHL Western Conference city

AA.   Start of a children`s story by Ian Fleming (2)

AB.   Dairy offering (3)

AC.   Make up for what`s been lost

AD.   "A Mess of Blues" A side (4)

AE.   Yakima Canutt, et al.

AF.   "___: The Tumultuous Lives and Loves of Simone de
Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre" (hyph)

AG.   Certain small business (4)

AH.   "That`s ___!" (perilous) (5)

AI.   Prolonged trouble

AJ.   Referee

AK.   Supple

AL.   Like some tax havens

AM.   Trying to the max (alt, hyph)

AN.   Support