Letter A 70000–70250

A PERSON ACTIVE IN PARTY POLITICS A candle. A few laps, maybe A few minutes in the pool, say A jump in the ocean. A pickpocket Accompaniment for chips, often Appetizer bowlful Appetizer in a bowl Appetizer selection Apt move when dancing the salsa? Apt rhyme of {/chip/} Artful Dodger, e.g. A nitwit liked the loud noise? any of various enzymes that hydrolyze dipeptides but not polypeptides a type of antihistamine a crystalline compound used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes and as an indicator a derivative of benzene, used in the manufacture of dyes a bacterium that resembles the bacterium of diphtheria but does not produce diphtheria toxin A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable Amb. an organism that has both haploid and diploid individuals in its life cycle Academic paper? a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study Averell Harriman's forte. Array on a doctor's wall Ambassador or envoy Ambassador, e.g. Annan, Kofi a person who deals tactfully with others any person who has been granted a diploma, esp a physician certified as a specialist *Ambassador's group (note every starred answer's initials!) Ambassadorship, e.g. Ambassador's sealed mailbag Ambassadors, e.g. animal or plant that has the diploid number of chromosomes in its somatic cells a diploid phase in a life cycle Aquarium scooper AMERICAN pouched rodent (genus) A magnet is one, with its two opposite ends AERIAL, type of Astronomical ladle Astronomical staple a ladle that has a cup with a long handle Action of a ladle A bit foolish an animal of the Diprotodontidae, an extinct family of marsupials including the genus Diprotodon A SPRING ONION SERVED UP IN SCOOBY SNACKS Accompaniments for finger foods Antipasto, U.S. style. A.A. meeting attendee, informally Admiral of the Red A passion for alcoholism ALCOHOL, morbid craving for alcohol craving an abnormal craving for alcohol an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess A GRADUATED ROD DIPPED INTO A CONTAINER TO INDICATE THE FLUID LEVEL a kind of Oriental tree, with sepals that serve as wings for the fruit Ancient hinged tablet Ancient two-leaved tablet AFRICAN desert rat AFRICAN marsupial AFRICAN rat ANTECHINOMYS Acct. manager Adm. Agency head: Abbr. Ang Lee, e.g.: Abbr. Any way a compass needle points: Abbr. Another name for the Furies AMPHION, victim of A CALAMITOUS EVENT ADDRESS letter to ASSIGN to a particular industry or employment Automatic bill payment "Apt" geographical element needed to complete the answers to 10 of this puzzle's clues ADDRESS of letters etc. Australian cape on northeast coast. a compass will help you find this An order from Washington. Action target ALTMAN, ROBERT ARNOLD, JACK Abrahams, Jim Amiel, Jon Anderson, Lindsay Annakin, Ken Apted, Michael Ardolino, Emile Asquith, Anthony Abbott, Mann, Lewis, etc. Alternate version of a film Auteur's work a female director "As the crow flies" course A sad song of mourning Actor Bogarde Actor Bogarde et al. Alpine dress Alpine folk dress Alpine frock Alpine peasant dress a dress with a tight bodice and full skirt Alpine jumpers Abbr. for folders on a computer Abbr. for board bosses ADD DETAILS TO ADD DETAILS, AS TO AN ACCOUNT OR IDEA ADD details AN OUTPOURING OF GOSSIP Ajax foe Alice in Chains' magnum opus All the gossip Affordable, to say the least AGRONOMIST Agronomist's samples Apt address for gossip columnists? AUGEAN Accepting bribes, say Adjective for Bemelmans' Eddie. Adjective for Eastwood's Harry A CALCULATED INSULT A PERNICIOUS AND MALIGN INFLUENCE THAT IS HARD TO GET RID OF AMBULANCE, SLANGILY ASSIGNATIONS, SLANGILY Advantageous beginning Affront (Sl.) Affront sccially Affront, in slang Affront, in street slang Affront, slangily Affront, to Eminem Affront, to Ice-T Affront, to a hip-hopper An opening to "closing" Appointment start? Arrange or array lead-in AFRICAN orchid (genus) Alienates ALL GONE! Apt description of this crossword's theme? Avoidance maneuver an act that disappoints someone Apt rhyme for "charms" African orchids a program that translates from machine code to an assembly language Accidentally using salt instead of sugar, say? "Armageddon" set? ATHEISM APORETIC A FLAT CIRCULAR PLATE A herniated one can be very painful A laser might read it ALBUM ITEM Album part. Album, these days Alternative to a download Any LP Apple insert Area around owl eyes. a thin flat circular plate ARTISTIC conscience ALLOW to escape acquittance Ancient ancestors of Frisbees Athletic equipment plural that I guess isn't really used much nowadays, I sheepishly admit after research All but one "The Last Supper" figure a scourge for penitential flogging Alan Freed, notably Alternate job title for a chiropractor? Announcement of new information or secret fact A BALLROOM DANCE IN TRIPLE TIME WITH A STRONG ACCENT ON THE FIRST BEAT A GENRE OF POPULAR MUSIC COMPOSED FOR BALLROOM DANCING A STYLE OF DANCING CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ANDALUSIAN GYPSIES A club or party at which people dance to pop music Amii Stewart genre a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music All there, but not altogether All mixed up and bewildered a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfishes with flattened umbrella Absence of ease an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress ANACOLUTHON ATONAL a place or event at which recorded pop music is played for dancing ALLOW for exaggeration in Abashes ANIMATE (ant.) Art of conversation. Annoying insert that falls out of a science magazine? A state of shame AFFECTIVE logic Apartment or classroom, for example Albums, nowadays A POSTERIORI AL ___, 1984 OLYMPIC GOLD An event in the decathlon. Ancient pentathlon event Athletic field event Athletic throwaway a disk used in throwing competitions able or tending to discuss or disperse tumours or coagulated matter a medicine serving to disperse morbid matter A drug might cure it ABM risked being set alight ASYMMETRY AN INCLINATION TO WITHHOLD APPROVAL FROM SOME PERSON OR GROUP act or quality of being without gavelkind A politician may resign in it ". . . and the ___ ran away with the spoon" A bit of china A preparation of food. ACT THE TOADY, SLANGILY ADMINISTERED WITH A SPOON Act the gossip Aerial descendant Any course Any entree Any particular food. Appetizer or entree ARAN, father of Antonym of cheers. A CONCAVE MOLDING A HOUSEHOLD CHORE Acts like a gossip An unforgettable meal Area where chefs get paid? Administer, as punishment AN UNGLAMOROUS JOB GREASING ENGINES After-meals cleaning receptacles American tea towel Appliance used after dinner APPLY fumes to an agent that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease a reversal of inflationary pressures Acts of deteriorating A BLOW FROM A FLAT OBJECT A kind of jockey. A record. Atens: var. Almost hate Aversions. adultery ALBEMARLE ___ apart take act of dismantling Apt to appal Appalls Allow to leave