The Bicycle Menace

by Judy Miller

     
         
       
       
         
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A.   Like some deals (hyph)

B.   British crime writer Rendell

C.   Vitality

D.   Artless

E.   "Though I am not splenitive and ___, yet have I
something in me dangerous" (Hamlet, c. 1600)

F.   Hamlet, 1996 (2)

G.   Call to mind

H.   Steve Austin nickname (with "The")

I.   Dodge

J.   Deep sadness

K.   Emaciated

L.   Jimmy Webb ballad Broadcast Music Inc ranked "the
third most performed song from 1940 to 1990" (7)

M.   Campfire follow-up (2)

N.   "___: Knowing Beyond Logic"

O.   Some Western wear

P.   Not susceptible to

Q.   Rainy day relief (2)

R.   Our author`s 1991 critique subtitled "A Lone Humorist
Attempts to Explain the Entire US Government"(3)

S.   Written testimony

T.   Relaxing

U.   Fondue heater

V.   Not showing one`s age (3)

W.   "Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America`s
___, 1969-1984" (2)

X.   Embrace

Y.   ASAP

Z.   Mr. Bumble, on being informed that "___ supposes
that your wife acts under your direction": "___ is a bachelor" (same 2 words) ("Oliver Twist")

AA.   Needy

AB.   Supple

AC.   Foresee

AD.   Susan Hayward role, 1951

AE.   Schulz offering subtitled "The Collected Writings
of Snoopy" (7)

AF.   CRT part

AG.   Nudge to the directionally challenged (3)

AH.   Early second-century year

AI.   Sumptuous

AJ.   Conclusion (2)

AK.   Exhibitionist

AL.   Type of in-home service (2, 1 hyph)

AM.   Say no

AN.   Pry, in a way

AO.   AWOL (2)

AP.   One who is AWOL (hyph)

AQ.   Sitcom featuring the whistling of Earle Hagen, 1960-68
(3, with "The")

AR.   Soft and rich

AS.   Body much in the news every four years (2)

AT.   Scruffy

AU.   David Copperfield, e.g.

AV.   Use your choppers

AW.   Signature

AX.   Lou Grant`s bailiwick