Progress in education

by Phelps Gates

     
         
         
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A.   Blackbeard the pirate

B.   the southernmost US state capital

C.   . . . .

D.   daydreamer, woolgatherer

E.   Abbot and Costello and Burns and Allen

F.   followed by Q, a 1949 musical based on The Shop
Around the Corner (4 wds)

G.   like the Dinka or Nuer language

H.   the study of the dynamics of projectiles

I.   where Charles Darwin studied medicine (3 wds)

J.   1/2, 2/3, and 3/4, for example

K.   loon genus

L.   dances, especially as a professional

M.   puts away

N.   1954 3-D monster film (5 wds)

O.   descriptive of a type of welding torch

P.   opening five words of Longfellow`s Evangeline

Q.   see clue F

R.   Io, Europa, and Miranda, for example

S.   loser (hyph.)

T.   Churchill`s code name: "Former __ person"

U.   3-way golf bet, on front 9, back 9, and total

V.   evaluating other cultures by the standards of one`s
own

W.   act like a pig

X.   Anton Lavey, famously

Y.   pompous, dogmatic speech

Z.   undergarment; fan (2 wds)

AA.   seacoast city in New Hampshire and Hampshire

AB.   very important (hyph.)

AC.   music genre typified by Fats Domino, Little Richard,
etc. (3 wds)