Earning Our Stripes--1

by Judy Miller

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A.   Extensive region of Virginia

B.   "The ___ Eater," an autobiography describing altered
states of consciousness and flights of fancy, 1857

C.   Dignifies

D.   Redecorating option, for short (hyph)

E.   On fire

F.   Hoards

G.   In direct confrontation (hyph)

H.   Like some objects

I.   Like some railways (hyph)

J.   Conceives of and develops

K.   Offered (an idea) (2)

L.   Hibernates, e.g.

M.   In spite of

N.   Attention-getter

O.   Preternatural

P.   Fumes

Q.   Swarmed

R.   Defying expression

S.   Bait-shop offering

T.   Preferences

U.   Calms

V.   "The ___," by John Hope Franklin, 1963 (2)

W.   Alarm

X.   Aesop`s symbol of everlasting beauty

Y.   Large-scale defensive attack

Z.   Burdens

AA.   Fawning

AB.   Pinkish-purple

AC.   Sacagawea`s heritage

AD.   Arctic predator

AE.   Part of a lab`s CRO

AF.   J.M.W. Turner, e.g.

AG.   North American shrub with white flowers

AH.   Self-steering gear

AI.   Part of a crime scene report`s GSW

AJ.   Common antibiotic

AK.   Fives and tens, e.g.

AL.   Nursery school helpers

AM.   Disinterest

AN.   Nothingness

AO.   Likely to need patching up (hyph)

AP.   Make anew

AQ.   Math symbol (2)

AR.   Causing great fear or dread (hyph)

AS.   Number 3 of the 100 Greatest British National Comedians
and recipient of the James Joyce Award of the Literary and Historical Society (2)

AT.   Spanish courtship dance in triple time

AU.   Weariness

AV.   Calculated to gain favor

AW.   Extremely stressful (hyph)

AX.   Like a plucked string instrument

AY.   Grammy- and Oscar-winning ballad popularized by
Debbie Boone, 1977 (5)

BZ.   Standards for comparison

.   Augmentation

.   Misers