Nice work if you can get it

by Phelps Gates

       
     
           
         
           
         
         
         
       
         
                               

A.   capital city of Hell, according to Milton (not Las
Vegas!)

B.   height-enhancing device (2 wds)

C.   Benchley novel (2 wds)

D.   annelid

E.   marsh grasses; some football plays

F.   concoct (2 wds)

G.   howl

H.   "5" in "9-5"

I.   wood nymph; baboon; venomous Indian snake

J.   radio signal for Pearl Harbor attack (3 wds)

K.   gazed

L.   verdant

M.   brash, excessively forward

N.   hoofed animal

O.   green-sweatered rodent

P.   slide, especially if out of control

Q.   naïve isolation (2 wds)

R.   Pierce was the only president born in this state
(2 wds)

S.   it always barks at night, according to Lewis Grizzard
(2 wds)

T.   clothing ad slogan (3 wds, 1 elided)

U.   played (a piece of music) ineptly

V.   pyretic

W.   egg-shaped

X.   alcoholic beverage; Tex Ritter song (2 wds)

Y.   long military weekend (3 wds)