Helping himself

by Roger Gabrielson

         
     
           
         
         
         
           
       
           
       
         
         
     
           
       

A.   Open site (3)

B.   Fit to print

C.   Most daft

D.   Fills with holes

E.   Sat on the fence

F.   Frank Sinatra-Gene Kelly film named for a fight
song (2)

G.   Some cowboys

H.   Baseball or basketball stat

I.   Some assemblies

J.   Takes away

K.   Song beginning "They say we`re young and we don`t
know, we won`t find out until we grow" (4)

L.   Canine alma mater (2)

M.   Occasion for publicity (2)

N.   Critical interpretations

O.   Blithe

P.   Broderick Crawford-Mercedes McCambridge film bearing
the name of characters in a nursery rhyme (4)

Q.   Connected in a way

R.   Five-time Grand Slam winner, 1956-58 (2)

S.   Nation created in 1801 (2)

T.   Made of dry vegetation

U.   Up in arms

V.   In a state of confusion

W.   What tea bags often are

X.   Characteristic of 1 and 3

Y.   Sources of hot air

Z.   Some cowboys (2)

AA.   Rex Harrison-Irene Dunne film partially inspired
by the 1872 memoir "Romance of the Harem" (6)

AB.   Safari gear (2)

AC.   Song beginning "We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig in
our mine the whole day through" (hyph.)

AD.   Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan film named for an online announcement
(3)