The boom is distant thunder

by John Kiernan

             
       
       
       
         
           
         
       
           
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A.   To become set in a rigidly conventional pattern

B.   Everybody loves him

C.   "Knocks me --- -- feet" (Stevie Wonder, 2 words)

D.   A last threat

E.   1987 film with two future governors in it (2 words)

F.   Prayer for the dead

G.   The wife of Napoleon III

H.   Catching forty winks

I.   A conceited person

J.   Star of the original production of "Bang the Drum
Slowly" (2 words)

K.   Minor television network

L.   What the massacre in Bogside is known as (2 words)

M.   European capital that boasts St. George`s Castle

N.   "I walk -- searching for light" (2 words, "What
Becomes of the Broken Hearted?")

O.   Left in tatters (3 words)

P.   Champion

Q.   " -- Boston" (Robert Frost collection of poems,
2 words)

R.   "If God had wanted us to be concerned for the ------
of the toads, he`d have made them cute and furry." (Dave Barry)

S.   It boosts a guitar

T.   Piano performance, often by students

U.   Tugboat`s specialty

V.   1964 Lennon/McCartney hit

W.   Delegitimize

X.   Staying away from

Y.   Irreverant magic duo (3 words)

Z.   Couple

AA.   Management guru who once convinced Americans to
`Buy American"

AB.   English unit that attacked at Balaclava (2 words)

AC.   The evening ceremonies at a Church, usually involving
hymns.