Benevolence

by Judy Miller

       
         
       
       
       
           
     
       
       
   
         
       
         
       
       
     
         
           
           
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A.   Stores

B.   Pesticide sometimes used in cedar chests

C.   Harmless

D.   Story that climaxes in the Battle of Five Armies (2)

E.   Longfellow`s "child of wonder"

F.   Foolish

G.   Bed, Bath, and Beyond offering

H.   Pulitzer Prize winner for Wallace Stegner, 1972 (3)

I.   Dissenters

J.   "Praised be the fathomless universe / For life and
joy and for ___ and knowledge curious" (Whitman)

K.   "___: Coined Consumerism" (2)

L.   Ford offering between the Pinto and the Focus

M.   Subdued (hyph)

N.   Crisp fabric

O.   Subfield within fluid mechanics

P.   Chapter heading in "The Art of Clarinet Playing"

Q.   National Toy Hall of Fame inductee, 2005 (2)

R.   Sarasota`s award-winning ___ Academy, which originally
featured wooden cabins for classroom use during inclement weather (hyph)

S.   Thermonuclear weapon (2)

T.   NPR`s "Queen of the Leaks," per "Vanity Fair" (2)

U.   Levels

V.   Golden Globe winner for Geena Davis, 2006 (role
and series title) (3)

W.   Part of a Rob and Laura furniture suite, 1961-66 (2)

X.   Contradictory

Y.   Magnetic Hill, New Brunswick, e.g. (2)

Z.   Unclear

AA.   Snidely Whiplash, for one

AB.   K-6, often (2)

AC.   Hauled

AD.   Reading guide subtitled "From Fox Hunting to Whist--The
Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England" (8)

AE.   Wood source for didgeridoos

AF.   Bygone

AG.   Bum (hyph)

AH.   Evergreen symbol of mourning

AI.   Natty Bumppo nickname

AJ.   #1 Hot Country Single for George Strait, 1987 ("That`s
why I hang my hat in Tennessee") (6)

AK.   Arranged

AL.   University offering to the community (2)

AM.   "You`re looking awfully pensive . . ." (5)

AN.   Like many airlines these days (hyph)

AO.   Talked out of

AP.   "And you thought I couldn`t do it . . ." (5)

AQ.   Vigorous, like some approaches (hyph)

AR.   Elvis`s first million-seller (2)

AS.   Visor

AT.   Most embarrassed

AU.   Hot 100 hit for the Backstreet Boys, 1995 ("Sometimes
I wish I could turn back time") (6)

AV.   Subterranean room

AW.   Coming of age age

AX.   Weariness

AY.   False

BZ.   Tiresome

.   Humperdinck to Buttercup, 1987: "I would not say
such things ___!" (4)

.   "The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know
Has an ___" (2)

.   Paramilitary unit of a law enforcement agency