Monster`s Ball

by Judy Miller

           
         
         
       
         
         
       
           
     
         
           
       
       
       
       
       
         
       
       
         
         
                                         

A.   Pesach

B.   Escarole

C.   Daring

D.   Oscar-winning actor, singer, and composer with the
band "The Ordinary Fear Of God" (2)

E.   Stealthily (6)

F.   Queen of the fairies

G.   Telegrams, at one time

H.   Cotton Mather, e.g.

I.   Political theorist Arendt

J.   Song title taken from their awful work schedule,
according to Ringo (4)

K.   Canine

L.   Middle East currency

M.   "No use protesting" (2)

N.   Traditional garment of Japan

O.   Bumpy in texture

P.   Delivery room declaration (3)

Q.   Reading material? (2)

R.   Fiber made from the leftovers of tofu manufacturing
(2)

S.   Charmed

T.   Bane of bare legs on many a summer hike

U.   Traditional garment of India

V.   Breath freshener for some (hyph)

W.   Fan

X.   Stun

Y.   One of Newton`s seven named colors of the spectrum

Z.   Thomas Hardy`s sixth novel, set in Egdon Heath (5)

AA.   Disconcert

AB.   Pang

AC.   Hastily (3)

AD.   Common childhood ailment

AE.   Just-arrived (3)

AF.   Close

AG.   Remote location between the Shetlands and Orkneys,
famous for its bird observatory (2)

AH.   If not

AI.   Humdinger

AJ.   Stable sound

AK.   U.S. battleship commissioned in 1904

AL.   Agatha Christie character first introduced in "Murder
at the Vicarage," 1930 (2)

AM.   Alienated

AN.   Evergreen seed covered by mace

AO.   Flexibility (2)

AP.   Marvel Comics character Carlton Lafroyge

AQ.   Dustin Hoffman film about a deadly virus, 1995

AR.   Unit of energy

AS.   Confederate victory site, 1864 (2)

AT.   Common emergency room procedure

AU.   Proposition

AV.   Sandbar

AW.   Required

AX.   Laurence Fishburne role, 1995

AY.   Squandered

BZ.   North country, often

.   Texaco`s parent company

.   Home of the world`s largest lake island