Too bad!

by Phelps Gates

       
       
           
         
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A.   college in Claremont, California, named for a mining
engineer (2 wds)

B.   part of New York`s Lower East Side (2 wds)

C.   penitent, meatless

D.   opened (a spring latch) with a credit card

E.   plant with grass

F.   hindered, bothered (2 wds)

G.   small cavern

H.   usual residence

I.   unenthusiastic

J.   formally accused

K.   colorful tropical fish (2 wds)

L.   playfully grabbed the genitals of

M.   homemade likker (colloq.)

N.   spasm which causes the back to arch

O.   foolish expenditures; pretentious fineries

P.   1912 G.B. Shaw play (4 wds)

Q.   paid (money)

R.   J

S.   walked softly

T.   Oscar winner for Budd Schulberg (3 wds)

U.   hitched

V.   small terrier with tufted hair on face

W.   short temper

X.   town in SW Connecticut (2 wds)

Y.   addict (obs. slang)

Z.   left two rows on a linotype machine (2 wds)

AA.   town in Genesis 10 and central Namibia