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Answer	Crossword Clue
RET	Emeritus: Abbr.
RET	No longer working: Abbr.
RET	On Soc. Sec.

RET	No longer active: Abbr.
RET	No longer in the service
RET	Not active: Abbr.
RET	Part of AARP
RET	Like many AARP members
RET	Finished with the USAF
RET	No longer working (abbr.)
RET	Emeritus (abbr.)

RET	Like Gen. Powell
RET	Like many srs.
RET	Soak flax
RET	Emer.
RET	Part of AARP (abbr.)
RET	Like Gen. Wesley Clark
RET	Part of AARP: Abbr.
RET	Pensioner's status: Abbr.

RET	Collecting Soc. Sec.
RET	Like Gen. Schwarzkopf
RET	Like pensioners: Abbr.
RET	Living in Fla., perhaps
RET	On a pension: Abbr.
RET	Part of IRA: Abbr.
RET	Collecting a pension: Abbr.
RET	Pensioner's abbr.

RET	Pensioner's ltrs.
RET	Living in Fla., maybe
RET	No longer playing: Abbr.
RET	No longer serving: Abbr.
RET	On Soc. Sec., say
RET	Emeritus, e.g.: Abbr.
RET	Like Gen. McChrystal
RET	Like a gen. who no longer has men

RET	Like some mil. officers
RET	Living in Ariz., maybe
RET	Inactive mil. status
RET	Letters after some officers' names
RET	IRA part: Abbr.