High Praise

by Roland Foster

         
     
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A.   Alligator pear

B.   Original Amateur Hour creator

C.   Far off

D.   What Horton heard

E.   Michael Connelly protagonist

F.   Keyed up

G.   With "The", third novel by Dashiell Hammett

H.   Elevate

I.   Exhibitionism

J.   Certain reporters

K.   With "The", third novel featuring E

L.   Third novel by Dick Francis

M.   Author of "A Short Introduction to English Grammar,"
published in 1762

N.   Made aware

O.   With "The", third novel by Stephen King

P.   With "The", third novel by John Grisham

Q.   Last character of a transmitted message

R.   Give off

S.   With "The", Alice Walker`s third novel

T.   Procedure description (hyph.)

U.   Staff officer

V.   If

W.   With "The", third novel by Agatha Christie

X.   Allow within

Y.   NY tabloid popular on Long Island

Z.   Grammatically correct self-identification

AA.   Third novel by Frederick Forsyth

AB.   A thing once thought to be indestructible and irreducible;
hence its name

AC.   Comeback

AD.   Rabbi school

AE.   Third novel by Len Deighton

AF.   Sharp

AG.   Attribute

AH.   Untanned skin