The most famous nine ever?

by Frank Podosek

           
         
           
         
           
           
         
         
         
           
         
           
                               

A.   The study of human origins

B.   A canine (hyph.)

C.   Lifting apparatus; what football players do (3)

D.   Beatles song featuring Desmond and Molly (2)

E.   A startling, forceful action

F.   Spasmodic

G.   Inability to articulate

H.   "_________ when we must say goodbye" - Farewell
song recorded by Bing Crosby, Gracie Fields, Frank Sinatra and others (4)

I.   Pious

J.   Irregular wave motion

K.   Probability

L.   Jogger`s ailment (2)

M.   Hiked arduously

N.   Competitor

O.   English airport

P.   Spectacular spontaneous discharge

Q.   Title

R.   "But soft! __________ It is the east, and Juliet
is the sun." (6)

S.   Winter baseball league (2)

T.   A predatory bird that can fly almost noiselessly

U.   Packed compactly

V.   Frequent misspelling for a Canadian city

W.   Each team`s starting score in a soccer game

X.   Most frivolous

Y.   Condition of being pulled by another vehicle or
vessel (2)

Z.   "_______ in Blue", by George Gershwin (1924)

AA.   John William ______, 1842-1919, English scientist,
better known as Lord Rayleigh

AB.   Classic 1952 science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov
(3)