Creature comforts

by Judy Miller

       
         
       
         
           
       
         
     
       
       
     
       
       
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A.   release (2 wds)

B.   exciting

C.   winner of six clue-AH honors in 2005

D.   anything

E.   Manhattan oasis (2 wds)

F.   different

G.   NYC neighborhood (3 wds)

H.   novice

I.   concealed

J.   a way to run?

K.   just cited (abbrev)

L.   like Mary Poppins` England

M.   game of scrums, rucks, and mauls

N.   `50s (book/play/film) satire of the U.S. occupation
of Japan, with "The" (5 wds)

O.   Sears department

P.   moral

Q.   Pythagorean essential

R.   insensitive

S.   high fliers whose diving speed can exceed 200 mph
(2 wds)

T.   river-sea interface

U.   Shaggy`s pal (hyph)

V.   jewelry box?

W.   like Patsy Cline`s love

X.   draft

Y.   fine

Z.   embarrass

AA.   Pooh pals (3 wds)

AB.   embody

AC.   know-how

AD.   shortened

AE.   posy

AF.   they spread Lyme disease

AG.   therapeutic manipulator

AH.   film honors originally presented as Plexiglas pyramids
containing suspended shoestrings (4 wds)

AI.   moonshine

AJ.   DA`s happy find

AK.   DC`s counterpart to clue E (3 wds)

AL.   hitchhikes

AM.   Scottish beef cattle

AN.   strong attractor

AO.   avoid

AP.   raw-bar banquet (2 wds)

AQ.   complete

AR.   Mars explorers

AS.   externally

AT.   India`s moong dhal (2 wds)

AU.   beach confection

AV.   raptors

AW.   alienated

AX.   widespread

AY.   crude

BZ.   dope

.   announcement

.   arrested

.   attacked verbally

.   an exile of blackbirds (also a chapter in this book,
4 wds)

.   require

.   `50`s term for today`s `hottie`

.   farm implement

.   immigrant smugglers

.   across

.   ___ Charitable Trusts

.   enlighten