Solution for January acrostic

"I quickly write up the tagging of the three terns and then open the tracking software with a lungful of air I'm too nervous to let out. The sight of the blinking red lights melts me with relief. I've had no idea if this could work, but here they are, three little birds that will fly south for the winter and, if everything goes to plan, take me with them."

Charlotte McConaghy, Migrations

A. Chestnut
B. Hideous Kinky
C. Avert
D. Rube Goldberg
E. Lighthousemen
F. Off The Road
G. Trippingly
H. Twist-off
I. Ethel Waters
J. Mute inglorious Milton
K. Chitterling
L. Cattle grid
M. Off the wall
N. Neither a borrower
O. Attitude
P. Get off the shed
Q. Halfwit
R. Yet within a month
S. Make love
T. I Like It Here
U. Ghost train
V. Revet
W. Ankh
X. The Elephant Queen
Y. Ifs
Z. Out with it
a. Night
b. Shrewdly

Acrostic for January 2022

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Solution to December acrostic

"When they arrived, the paramedics put a neck brace on Maud then turned her like some precious archaeological find, old as Christ, fragile as ashes. One of the paramedics sat Tim on the back step of the ambulance and explained that he was suffering from shock but that he wasn't to worry because his girlfriend was doing pretty well."

Andrew Miller, The Crossing

A. Airbase
B. Nefaste
C. Damascus sword

D. Rhythm
E. Estate care
F. Where have all the flowers gone?
G. Mount Washington
H. In the house
I. Lithotripsy
J. Lee Iacocca
K. Exhaust manifold
L. Reported speech
M. The pawnbroker
N. Handicraft
O. Effade
P. Christine Keeler
Q. Reattach
R. Offhanded
S. Suprapubic
T. Stickleback
U. Italian wedding soup
V. Nothing, my Lord
W. Gamma bursts