Retrogression

by Frank Podosek

       
       
         
       
     
         
     
         
         
     
         
         
           
       
       
       
       
       
   
         
       
       
     
     
     
       
       
       
         

A.   A lot of activity with little or no net result (3)

B.   Irish

C.   It`s supposed to have all the answers (2)

D.   A beverage named after a gun (2)

E.   Firestarter

F.   American slave, servant, femininist and abolitionist
(full name)

G.   1951 movie featuring Jack Palance (3)

H.   A cycle (3)

I.   Trivial

J.   A king famous for how he married

K.   A king famous for how he married

L.   Strong seaward current (2)

M.   The source of Scriptural truth, according to some (2)

N.   Apparent

O.   Extreme skepticism

P.   It`s how charges interact (2)

Q.   1971 movie featuring Jack Albertson (6)

R.   In some traditions, when a girl is ready for marriage
(2)

S.   Liable to consume alcoholic beverages (3)

T.   1965 movie, second of a trilogy of type AP (5)

U.   1942 movie featuring Randolph Scott (5)

V.   "Beckons you to enter _______", sung by Shirley
Bassey (4)

W.   Tied (hyph.)

X.   Type of cream, often described as heavy

Y.   What a demon presumably has

Z.   You are said to want this if you seek even more
than already ample privilege or possessions (4)

AA.   Mechanical

AB.   Like golf balls and some faces

AC.   Nazi architect and armaments minister

AD.   1966 movie, third of a trilogy of type AP (7)

AE.   Unstable

AF.   Collection of ornaments (2)

AG.   Where the village smithy stands (5)

AH.   Phrase which cannot be understood just from the
meanings of its individual words

AI.   Shrewd and in the know

AJ.   Cold-cathode manometer (2)

AK.   Portmanteau word for academic excellence

AL.   Promiscuous

AM.   Distillation residues

AN.   Where to eat and watch (2)

AO.   Group that includes Skye, Mull and Islay (2)

AP.   Film genre said to derive inspiration from Japanese
samurai movies (2)

AQ.   Pub grub (2)

AR.   1964 movie, first of a trilogy of type AP (4)

AS.   How to get to Vladivostok (2, 1 hyph.)

AT.   2005 movie featuring Freddie Highmore (5)

AU.   Compound formed from formaldehyde and ammonia, used
as, among other things, a urinary tract antiseptic