The malady lingers on

by Phelps Gates

       
         
     
         
       
     
       
       
         
       
     
         
               

A.   versatile person (4 wds)

B.   Armand Hammer`s company (2 wds)

C.   second president of Weimar Republic

D.   Japan, to Japanese

E.   vegetable hydrocarbon

F.   in the wrong place in soccer, football, or hockey

G.   habitually bad-tempered person

H.   /

I.   device used to make the first Nike shoe soles (2 wds)

J.   makes (something) free (from)

K.   main characters in a violent comedy series (3 wds)

L.   leather anniversary

M.   unconventional

N.   1955 French noir classic

O.   tendon or ligament

P.   song hit for Edith Piaf and Bobby Darin

Q.   alpine flower, eponym of a Swiss airline

R.   designed to improve traction (sometimes hyph.)

S.   US broadcast magnate

T.   benevolent, especially to a younger person

U.   cuckolded Joyce character (2 wds)

V.   portrayer of U in a 1967 film (2 wds)

W.   flooded with water

X.   baroque opera composer (1632-87)

Y.   section at beginning or end of many books

Z.   contemptuous ridicule

AA.   Michael Landon`s first movie credit (5 wds)

AB.   long-running soap (1956-84; 4 wds after "The")

AC.   "I am escaped with the ___" (Job 19:20; 4 wds)