An Interesting Word

by John Kiernan

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A.   Phrase associated with a stew (4 words)

B.   World capital ninety miles from the Dry Tortugas

C.   Decomposes

D.   1987 comedy based partly on "Fantastic Voyage" (Martin
Short, Dennis Quaid)

E.   "For ye ___, seeing yourselves as wise." (2 Corinthians
11:19, 3 words)

F.   "My ___" (Paul Reiser TV series, 2 words)

G.   "An ___ at Owl Creek Bridge" (Bierce)

H.   What the defense tries to get in football

I.   One gets one of these marks for every four years
of service in the U.S. Navy

J.   Princess Anne of England, for example

K.   "Blue ___ à la Turk" (Dave Brubeck song)

L.   He who can see the Kremlin from his window

M.   The state of being not even

N.   Extemporaneous (3 words)

O.   Grate

P.   Writer who spent a lot of time in Word B (full name)

Q.   1969 comedy film showing the insanity of guided
tours (7 words)

R.   Egyptian lake

S.   Palindromic first name

T.   Name by which Thomas Lanier Williams is better known

U.   "Cry ___, and let slip the dogs of war!" ("Julius
Caesar")

V.   Spoke like Sartre or Kirkegaard

W.   Penalty for theft in old England, leading to a severe
beating (3 words)

X.   Fictional character named after a Canadian provincial
capital (3 words)

Y.   What`s left out of the book

Z.   What you should never do to a U.S. baseball game
without the express written permission of Major League Baseball

AA.   New York Times columnist

AB.   Its European oval plate designation is CH