Comfort Food

by Judy Miller

         
       
       
         
       
       
       
         
         
       
         
         
         
           
       
         
         
         
         
       
         
         
       
                                           

A.   Wary

B.   Judy Blume`s "Tales of a ___ Grade Nothing"

C.   Items in a collection at Topkapi Palace, Istanbul

D.   Dilapidated hotel

E.   "I`d really prefer . . ." (5)

F.   Frame shop offering (2)

G.   U2`s "first rock album," per Bono, and winner of
nine Grammies (6)

H.   Subject of the 2009 documentary "The Most Dangerous
Man in America"

I.   Powdered rock used as an abrasive in woodworking (2)

J.   First job for Clint Eastwood and Michael Douglas (3)

K.   With P, words said of Cleopatra (Shakespeare) (4)

L.   One of the Lake Poets

M.   Dinner-table request at Thanksgiving

N.   "American Beauty," e.g. (2)

O.   Survives

P.   See K (6)

Q.   Expression of mild disappointment (2)

R.   "___: The Autobiography of Errol Flynn" (4)

S.   Bungling

T.   Farm outbuilding

U.   Support; encouragement

V.   Tiler`s supply

W.   Comestibles

X.   Youngest person awarded an Oscar for Best Actor
in a Leading Role (2003) (2)

Y.   Richard Gambino`s "___: The True Story of the Largest
Lynching in U.S. History"

Z.   Winner of the Best Picture Oscar, 1980 (2)

AA.   Discuss yet again

AB.   Savanna loper

AC.   Oft-quoted advice from Polonius: "___" (6)

AD.   Thrilled

AE.   ___ Falls, Wales

AF.   Displeases, in a way

AG.   Youngster on a ranch

AH.   America`s first and most successful single, originally
called "Desert Song" (5)

AI.   Break in continuity

AJ.   Type of criminal impersonation (2)

AK.   Like AJ

AL.   Part of interest to an ENT specialist (2)

AM.   Term associated with consumerism (2; 1 hyph)

AN.   Bottom`s oxymoronic "I`ll speak ___" ("A Midsummer
Night`s Dream") (5)

AO.   Acted up

AP.   Like Uganda and Kenya