On a Lighter Note

by Judy Miller

     
       
         
           
       
       
     
         
       
         
         
       
         
     
         
       
         
     
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A.   Like some country roads

B.   Out of step; discordant (hyph)

C.   Alberta`s largest deposit of bitumen (3)

D.   Risky location

E.   Linens-n-Things offering (2)

F.   Threads

G.   Pamela Harriman`s job title, 1993-1997

H.   Like corn ready for the pot

I.   Object of the legendary Peeping Tom`s voyeurism (2)

J.   Like some toes in the dark of night

K.   Lacking in compassion

L.   Polling place pronouncement (5)

M.   Degree of richness or intensity

N.   Gathering

O.   Gene Wilder role in 1974 (2)

P.   Wear two hats at the same time

Q.   "Asked and ___" (courtroom objection)

R.   Hands-over-the-eyes query (2)

S.   With U, an Audubon adage? (5)

T.   Brewers` bimonthly

U.   See S (6)

V.   Pub pronoucement (6)

W.   Ethane derivative

X.   President who later became Chief Justice

Y.   Commotion

Z.   Monroe`s costar in "The Seven Year Itch"

AA.   Tailor`s query (4)

AB.   Toy truck maker since 1964

AC.   Seeming to belong to a former age (hyph)

AD.   Highboy, e.g. (3)

AE.   Designated neutral party in many organizations

AF.   Jiffy job (4)

AG.   Mort Rosenblum`s "Chocolate" subtitle (7)

AH.   Expressed disapproval (hyph)

AI.   Sports drink replenishers

AJ.   A Brer Fox favorite (2)

AK.   Singer James

AL.   Controversial school fundraisers (2)

AM.   Fit of temper

AN.   Originally Mike Barnett, Dick Stewart and Tony Butala
(with "The")

AO.   Strangely; abnormally

AP.   Camp song featuring a fleck on a speck on the tail
of a frog (9)

AQ.   Like some rhetoric

AR.   Eccentric

AS.   Mature eft