The Writing Life

by Judy Miller

       
         
           
         
         
             
     
       
           
       
         
       
       
           
         
           
         
         
         
       
       
         
           
       
           
     

A.   #1 hit for Little Eva (1962) and Grand Funk Railroad
(1974) (hyph, with "The")

B.   Thor Heyerdahl, e.g.

C.   Immediate-plus

D.   "The cookie that thinks it is a fruit" fruit

E.   Relish

F.   Snare

G.   Avoiding a to-do list (2)

H.   Quite uncommon

I.   Ragtime Cowboy Joe superlative

J.   Quadrennial event (2)

K.   Harvey Cushing (1869-1939), e.g.

L.   Soap?

M.   Hedging

N.   Musical term coined by Jerry Wexler in 1947 (3)

O.   Fixed right under a pension plan (2)

P.   Enhance or deepen

Q.   First outgoing president entitled to a lifetime
pension, state-provided staff, and Secret Service detail

R.   Opening line of a hymn by Horatio Spafford, written
in 1873 following great family tragedy and financial loss (8, 4 of which are also the title of our author`s first novel)

S.   Diagnostic workup instrument

T.   Risky (Brit)

U.   One of two French-language propaganda shorts directed
by Alfred Hitchcock (2)

V.   Tie that binds

W.   Successfully resisted

X.   Reexamination of the past (2)

Y.   Rash

Z.   DC`s afternoon daily, 1852 to 1981 (3)

AA.   They`re measured by the moment magnitude scale

AB.   Easement (hyph)

AC.   Senior-discount celebration? (3)

AD.   Roger Miller word play, 1965 (3)

AE.   Nudity

AF.   It can be ordinary, partial, stochastic, or algebraic
(2)

AG.   Often-sandy dressing room

AH.   Exceed

AI.   Desirable vacation rental (2)

AJ.   Queenly bestowal

AK.   Dietary weakness (2)

AL.   Gobbled up (2)

AM.   Vitamin C, e.g.

AN.   Dinnertime backup when no one hears you (2)

AO.   "Notes from Underground" author

AP.   Supernatural

AQ.   Subtract (2)

AR.   Part of the theory of recapitulation

AS.   Pulitzer Prize-winning poet for "The Waking," 1954

AT.   Bird of prey pictured on the flag of the Azores