The Heartland--1

by Judy Miller

         
           
       
       
       
           
         
         
       
         
       
         
       
         
       
         
         
         
     
         
         
                                             

A.   Courageous

B.   "Flower Drum Song" song (2)

C.   Too watchful

D.   1967 pop hit by the Casinos that reached #1 the
following year as a country hit by Eddy Arnold (6)

E.   Part of the Greek alphabet song

F.   Freddie Mercury`s "Bohemian ___"

G.   ___ Pradesh

H.   Hull or Rusk, e.g. (3)

I.   Berkeley`s Jerzy Neyman, e.g.

J.   Native tree of Australia, valued as a source of
timber and medicinal oil

K.   Room to maneuver

L.   Country referenced in "Cuisines of the Alps"

M.   Airline headquartered at Dallas Love Field

N.   Irving Berlin`s first major hit, 1911 (3)

O.   Roundworm

P.   Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee, 2009 (2)

Q.   Cocaine, e.g.

R.   Cheerful words? (5)

S.   Composer named the "People`s Artist of the USSR,"
1954

T.   Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in Newfoundland
(1994) (3)

U.   Sews a decorative border

V.   T`s author (3)

W.   Destined

X.   Oscar-winning director of "Platoon" (2)

Y.   Aristotle`s counterpoint to Dialectic

Z.   Part of a car`s exhaust system (2)

AA.   Joseph P. Lash`s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography,
1972 (3)

AB.   18th-century traditional song or track 3 of Led
Zeppelin`s "Houses of the Holy," 1973 (6)

AC.   Deflected (2)

AD.   Antimicrobial agents that cause allergic reactions
in many people (2)

AE.   "___: Changing Sunlight into Food"

AF.   Best Picture of 1967 (6)

AG.   Capital of Saudi Arabia

AH.   "You`re both to blame" (5)

AI.   Breed the AKC says is "built to withstand the extreme
climate and difficult terrain of its home country" (2)