Speed--1

by Judy Miller

       
         
           
       
           
       
       
       
       
       
         
         
         
     
         
     
         
           
                                     

A.   Like some tablecloths

B.   Tricked

C.   Rambunctious

D.   Absorbed

E.   #1 R&B hit for Blue Magic, 1974 ("Step right up,
hurry, hurry")

F.   Many a cannabis vendor in the Netherlands

G.   "Pay attention!" (2)

H.   Skin care specialist

I.   Pulitzer Prize-winner for Michael Chabon in 2001
(6, with "The")

J.   The VR in NASA`s VRL (2)

K.   Distressingly loud

L.   Wraithlike

M.   One of the "Frat Pack" (2)

N.   FBI monthly: "___ Bulletin" (2)

O.   More than just unfashionable

P.   Followed up a misdeal

Q.   Son of Laërtes

R.   On the lookout

S.   Put out

T.   Info on some packing slips (2)

U.   Like a bivalve`s shell

V.   Like many ordinances

W.   1958 film noir starring Susan Hayward in an Oscar-winning
performance as convicted murderer Barbara Graham (4)

X.   Crux (hyph)

Y.   Eel-like fish found in the North Pacific

Z.   Words on many a daydreamer`s bumper (3)

AA.   Richard Nixon, 1952: "the ___ of deceit, subversion,
and espionage which is the Communist conspiracy"

AB.   Noah`s grandfather

AC.   Factor in a reduction in force

AD.   Source of the line "I`m as mad as hell, and I`m
not going to take this anymore!"

AE.   Protective covering

AF.   Louise Fitzhugh`s award-winning kid-lit favorite,
1964 (3)

AG.   Content of some autoinjectors

AH.   Like Garbo

AI.   Cumberland to Georgetown walkway

AJ.   Woven

AK.   Tishrei holiday (2)