ABC Jigsaw
by Kegler

Clues, in alphabetical order by answer, are numbered for convenience only.  Each letter of the alphabet begins at least one answer.

1 Look up to drink, maintaining “Peace in Russia!” 2 Indigo nail breaks 3 Surreptitiously audit test opinions 4 A couple of brigadiers rejected Steve's military commissions 5 Argue against Italian nobleman caging Poe's bird 6 Boring poet making a comeback 7 Sketches grassy ground reflectively 8 Urged, for example, high school equivalency test 9 Bolt to unite back end of wire and rod 10 Charms retrospective Roman enthralled by endless sex 11 File contains half of issues that can be divided 12 Sailor wagered a small amount 13 Riotous banshee, a former star (hyph) 14 Operator spreads hint: put another way, use a line? (2 wds) 15 Native American remodeled IHOP 16 One disparages Hawaiians, say 17 Flashy blue bird catches some Z's 18 Mr. Bush, steer around Britain's record-keeper? 19 Young foxes take energy from birds of prey

20 Start boat 21 Fellow with a trio of questions for Asian primate 22 Name Yoko's taboo (hyph) 23 Reportedly need to pay boyfriend for instrument 24 Father pulling hair back is outcast 25 Spot on a campus team doesn't open 26 Womanizer's tool 27 Ready again, official tagged player 28 Certain wheels backing up render a cat nervous, somewhat (hyph) 29 Regret having Rwanda's premiere, a much-married lady, get out of the city? 30 Relative walks over 31 Undersized adolescents at club 32 Studying the history of time hurrying by quickly 33 Some fun, I later allow, is one-sided 34 Strains twisted vines 35 Refuse middle section, we hear 36 Obscenely taxed, keeping Republican blue (hyph) 37 Walker, going after back pay, talked noisily 38 Crooked character playing their instrument

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