Getting well soon

by Roger Gabrielson

       
         
         
           
         
     
       
       
         
         
       
             
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A.   Middle-aged

B.   Elaborate prose style

C.   Not to be accomplished or tolerated

D.   A rabbit, to a fox (2)

E.   Warehouse vehicle

F.   Pleasant-sounding

G.   Checks a sum

H.   Foil

I.   Racetrack sounds

J.   Common subterranean dweller

K.   "God bless you" alternative

L.   Fresh and dewy

M.   Fan; hobbyist

N.   Make a pinch

O.   Con man

P.   Desert train

Q.   Supernatural

R.   Polychromatic

S.   Like some wretches (hyph.)

T.   Trencherman

U.   Where Dick Clark`s guests performed

V.   To all appearances

W.   Exceed expectations

X.   Compulsive theft

Y.   TV comedy and music show from 1969 to 1992 (2)

Z.   Start of a journey

AA.   Fugitive; out of control

AB.   Having too much ornamentation

AC.   Giver of firsthand testimony

AD.   Speaker at at the 2006 White House Press Correspondents`
Dinner who said "I believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq" (2)