Cryptic Puzzle #18

by Jim Sherman

           
       
       
     
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A.   Country folk gathering hard, wooden nuts (7)

B.   Raved over - then ordered second-hand (8)

C.   Associate with place (8)

D.   Fake medicine on reversing stroke (7)

E.   Unsparing defamation about the sun god (7)

F.   Ancient sort of noble? (5)

G.   Peculiar idiocy can stir confusion (13)

H.   Required nitrogen fueled hybrid (7)

I.   Separated, childless expert died (6)

J.   Securing victory, errant knights gain grace (12)

K.   Go over river heading west (4)

L.   Thank heavens for giving a sign of life (4)

M.   Sweet name for female pest (5)

N.   Exceptional diploma frames provided by township (6)

O.   In the end, grave stone has the descriptive phrase
(7)

P.   Ephemeral image of god in a show of respect (7)

Q.   Cast doubt upon every one after initially ignoring
most prejudices (7)

R.   Dreadful actor in Chekhov`s first, inducing sleep (8)

S.   Employee of consequence (9)

T.   Device used to weigh insects (5)

U.   It`s worth a point in wrestling or tae kwon do perhaps
- there`s nothing to it (8)

V.   Cleric`s unfinished page (5)

W.   Tremulous vibrato with echo not reaching completion
(8)

X.   Network computer`s done crashing (4)

Y.   Greedy "Wall Street" scoundrel sounds like a reptile
(5)

Z.   After career`s end, a towering giant becomes a director
of lousy movies (2,4)

AA.   Display about wife is obscene (4)

AB.   A measure in the process of being carried out (5)

AC.   Currently hot? It`s not at all (2,4)

AD.   Some find it today as before (5)