The clouded crystal ball

by Phelps Gates

       
       
     
         
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A.   political contributors

B.   subject of the 20th Amendment (2 wds)

C.   v-shaped ordinary (heraldry)

D.   the IBM model 029

E.   gloomy, sulky

F.   Romney, to Obama

G.   gypsy; computer memory

H.   Republican strategist

I.   hit song for Huey Lewis and the News (5 wds)

J.   Ohio, typically (2 wds)

K.   where high schoolers start the day (2 wds)

L.   member of a phylum that includes starfish

M.   Republican strongholds (2 wds)

N.   range of hearing

O.   symbol of disuse

P.   copy of an article excerpted from a perodical

Q.   Corday victim

R.   probable composer of Dixie

S.   fictional hospital in a 1980`s TV series (2 wds)

T.   O`Connor`s classic political novel (3 wds)

U.   restaurant chain with owl logo

V.   gall

W.   city of western Ukraine (former spelling)

X.   likely event late on election night (2 wds)

Y.   rhinoplasty

Z.   refutation

AA.   12 c. predictor of future popes (2 wds)

AB.   feature of Wagnerian opera

AC.   song from Oliver!; any of several reality shows
(3 wds)

AD.   jog

AE.   campaign