The Plains

by Judy Miller

     
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A.   Like Heidi

B.   Like the black-crested titmouse

C.   Coauthor of "Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell"
(2)

D.   Slaphappy to the max

E.   Religious retreats

F.   Distinguishing characteristics

G.   Hosts to Japanese beetles

H.   C`s only novel (2)

I.   Susan Orlean`s 1998 book about Florida poacher John
Laroche (2, with "The")

J.   Obedient (hyph)

K.   "Oh the road to Mandalay, where the flyin`-___ play"
(Kipling)

L.   Diluted (2)

M.   1934 novel by Robert Graves (2)

N.   Baseball`s "frozen ropes" (2)

O.   Pennsylvania city and county

P.   With Q, Sir Walter`s well-known warning (7)

Q.   See P (6)

R.   A principal character in M, as the first wife of
Tiberius

S.   Small arms

T.   "___: Benevolent River of Burma"

U.   Dark in complexion

V.   Advisor to Henry VIII featured in Hilary Mantel`s
"Wolf Hall" (2)

W.   Kiwi kin

X.   Antsy

Y.   Golden beryl and heliodor, e.g. (2)

Z.   Gelatin substitute made from seaweed

AA.   Hesse protagonist

AB.   Fate feature

AC.   Gatineau neighbor

AD.   Post-game massage

AE.   #2 hit for Ray Charles in 1962, part of his "Modern
Sounds In Country and Western Music" album (4)

AF.   Popular NSAID

AG.  
The first in Elie Wiesel`s trilogy about the Holocaust

AH.  
Lengthy index entry in Rachel Carson`s "Silent Spring"

AI.   "Up from Slavery," e.g.

AJ.   "The most decisive actions of our life ... are,
___, unconsidered." (Gide) (4)

AK.   Feature of some book stores (2)

AL.   Iran`s second-largest city

AM.   Costa Rica`s national symbol of labor

AN.   Takes another look

AO.   U2 track from 2004 ("Take this soul and make it
sing")