As Heard on Radio

by Judy Miller

       
       
       
     
           
         
       
         
       
       
         
       
     
         
         
       
       
         
       
       
       
         
       
         
       
     
       
       
         
                   

A.   Warm and friendly

B.   NOAA table listing (2)

C.   Uses to one`s advantage, sometimes unethically

D.   Heavy and dull

E.   Tony, Oscar, and Emmy award winner Shirley

F.   STP, e.g.

G.   Type of cosmetic surgery

H.   Knocked loose

I.   1963 Grammy Song of the Year, originally introduced
by Anthony Newley in "Stop the World -- I Want to Get Off" (6)

J.   Extemporaneous

K.   Term coined by obstetrician Grantly Dick-Read in
the 1930s (2)

L.   Trattoria offering (2)

M.   Coin collector

N.   Kitchen linens

O.   "Abraham Lincoln: ___" (3)

P.   Heaved

Q.   "From ___, thou art God" (Psalms) (3)

R.   Set of computer programs that work as a unit

S.   Dampness

T.   Accentuation

U.   Casual lack of concern

V.   Novel published in serial installments in the "Russian
Messenger" from 1873 to 1877 (2)

W.   Showy, bright flowers featuring a funnel-shaped
nectar tube

X.   Feeling poorly

Y.   Unexpected boon

Z.   Syndrome also know as GERD (3)

AA.   Unremarkable

AB.   Worst in quality

AC.   Track and field equipment

AD.   Thrilling

AE.   1962 Jack Jones hit: "___ and Roses"

AF.   Placed

AG.   "Please don`t make me" (2)

AH.   Avoided

AI.   Vladimir Putin`s successor (2)

AJ.   Van Morrison lyric: "I can`t be ___, there`s always
someone to see" (3)

AK.   Most like a teapot?

AL.   Junot Diaz`s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, 2008 (7)

AM.   California city on the Santa Ana

AN.  
Condition diagnosed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

AO.   Cole Porter song from "Anything Goes," 1934 (3)

AP.   False start

AQ.   Matzo, e.g. (2)

AR.   Pakistan`s prime minister 1988-90 and 1993-96

AS.   Stewart Bird documentary, 1994: "Building the American
Dream: ___, NY"

AT.   Memorable lyric from Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain`s
"Rjght This Way," 1938 (10)

AU.   1990s Mouseketeer and the youngest on "Rolling Stone`s"
100 Greatest Singers of All Time (2)

AV.   Got rowdy

AW.   Trappings

AX.   "___: Life in Our World`s Urban Slums"

AY.   Secret scheme

BZ.   Nursery favorite: "___ when cloudy was the weather"
(4)