Mencken-let #4: R-e-s-p-e-c-t

by John Kiernan

       
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A.   "-- Engaged" (Simon Gray play)

B.   County in North East England that includes Hadrian`s
Wall

C.   What the U.N. did in Iraq the second time around

D.   Type of alcohol

E.   Capital of Tibet

F.   "Hedwig and the Angry --"

G.   Made an error

H.   Narrow neck of land connecting two larger land areas

I.   In a position of having to perform (4 words)

J.   A type of defeat

K.   "A time to rend, and a time to ---" (Ecclesiastes)

L.   Puccini`s Madam

M.   Avoid

N.   Stationery

O.   Global communications giant

P.   Like Beckett and Camus

Q.   From Helsinki

R.   Pilfer