What`s for dinner?

by Phelps Gates

     
         
         
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A.   workman who typically nails tar paper and shingles

B.   journalist (jocular; 2 wds, 1 hyph.)

C.   frequent Hope costar

D.   looking dejected or guilty, shamefaced

E.   martial arts training hall

F.   move (e.g. furniture) around

G.   unprincipled pursuit of a desired goal

H.   tree of the genus Betula

I.   "Weary Willie" creator (2 wds)

J.   catchall term for non-hallucinatory psychiatric
disorders (now obsolete in DSM)

K.   gunfight; NHL overtime

L.   New Mexico town renowned for its art colony

M.   international organization devoted to child welfare

N.   where to leave your outerwear

O.   portion of mass asking for God`s mercy (2 wds)

P.   Murphy Brown, famously (2 wds)

Q.   second oldest US sorority, founded 1852 (2 wds)

R.   in bad taste (sometimes hyph. or 2 wds)

S.   making an obeisance (2 wds)

T.   author Korzeniowski (2 wds)

U.   "Take us to your leader" addressee

V.   metier (and cause of death) for Floyd Collins

W.   progressing from the general to the specific (hyph.
or 2 wds)

X.   victor in 2nd Punic War; destroyer of Carthage in
3rd Punic War