The Empty City

by Judy Miller

         
         
       
         
         
           
           
             
         
       
       
       
         
       
         
       
       
           
         
       
           
                       

A.   Cancel

B.   Part of the A.M.E. Church

C.   "I forgive you" (2)

D.   Last Soviet republic to become independent

E.   Kim Stanley Robinson novella set in Nepal: "Escape
from ___"

F.   Warrior with a weakness

G.   1970 hit song for Dionne Warwick originally written
for the musical "Promises, Promises" (6)

H.   Xerox forerunner

I.   The First Amendment`s ___ Clause

J.   Keds (2)

K.   Patrick Dennis`s "Auntie Mame: An Irreverent ___,"
1955

L.   Nursery rhyme lead-in: "___" (and who do you think
they be?) (hyph)

M.   "___: Shooting Star of the Shawnee"

N.   In need of a layoff

O.   Unfinished

P.   Vienna`s Palais ___

Q.   Rick Bayless offering and possible follow-up to Z

R.   Salacious

S.   Pays attention

T.   Whitney Houston`s third hit single from "The Bodyguard,"
1993 (3)

U.   Carry`s partner

V.   Kennedy creation, 1961: United States ___ (4)

W.   Scum of the earth (4)

X.   Food additive that serves as a natural emulsifier

Y.   Under great pressure or scrutiny (4)

Z.   Treat created by Ignacio Anaya, c. 1943

AA.   Award-winning series for Julianna Margulies (2,
with "The")

AB.   Language disorder Emerson suffered from in his later
years

AC.   Coup d`état

AD.   Elia Kazin film, based on a Betty Smith classic,
for which Peggy Ann Garner won the Academy Juvenile Award in 1946 (5)

AE.   Mirrors, in a way

AF.   Search term redirected to "in vitro fertilisation"
on Wikipedia (2, 1 hyph)

AG.   Zyrtec et al.

AH.   Madison Square Garden contender, March 8, 1971 (3)

AI.   Moonshine

AJ.   Like linen or old lace, e.g. (hyph)

AK.   Voice actor Little

AL.   County subdivisions

AM.   Deadly dilemma (2)

AN.   Wee ones

AO.   Foiled, in a way

AP.   School-day favorite

AQ.   Certain gauge