Excellent Adventure--2

by Judy Miller

         
     
           
         
       
         
     
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A.   Many Peggy Lee favorites, e.g. (2)

B.   Queenland`s Great Barrier ___

C.   Italian tenor who lost his eyesight at age 12 (2)

D.   Paul Winchell, e.g.

E.   Conspicuously offensive

F.   Popular layers

G.   Bill Monroe waltz CMT ranked #11 on its list of
the 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music (4)

H.  
"Our sincerest ___ with some pain is fraught" (Shelley)

I.   Per warning signs, they may freeze first

J.   Gathering (hyph)

K.   Persistence of flavor

L.   Subject of the "idle hoax" H.L. Mencken said he
perpetrated in 1917 "in time of war, when more serious writing was impossible"

M.   Frederick Forsyth`s 1972 thriller, "The ___ File"

N.   Alternative to a spinet or console

O.   Anniversary traditionally designated for gifts of
tin or aluminum

P.   1979 Best Picture nominee whose troubled production
was documented in the book "Hearts of Darkness" (2)

Q.   Lesley Gore pop single that reached #2 in 1964,
just behind "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (4)

R.   Shield

S.   Hotel units implicated in the 1976 outbreak of Legionnaire`s
Disease at a Philadelphia convention (2)

T.   "Gather ye ___ . . ." (Robert Herrick)

U.   Dealing with enchantment

V.   The Petries and the Helpers, e.g. (2, 1 hyph)

W.   Like many packets of ground coffee (hyph)

X.   X-ray, e.g.

Y.   Creator of Nancy and Sluggo (2)

Z.   Major`s predecessor

AA.   Where the Petries and the Helpers lived (2)

AB.   Bradycardia, e.g.

AC.   Eggplant-based casserole

AD.   Most grating

AE.   1967 Dylan song that echoes lines from Isaiah 21 (4)

AF.   Billy clubs

AG.   Ready-to-wear (hyph)

AH.   Payment option (2)

AI.   Scant attention (2)

AJ.   1982 Pulitzer Prize winner for "The Soul of the
New Machine" (2)

AK.   Post-purchase need for parts, etc.

AL.   Chaplains, e.g.

AM.   Mechanical seals

AN.   Hymn lyrics: "All glory, ___, and honor"

AO.   1947 biography: "The Case of ___ Gardner" (2)

AP.   Suspicion

AQ.   Like many countertops (hyph)

AR.   Stabilizer on some sailboats

AS.   Excess inventory

AT.   First of eight called to the top of the porch