What a mess!

by Phelps Gates

       
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A.   hereditary title held by Sir Denis Thatcher

B.   spits

C.   necessities

D.   straightforward, businesslike, serious (hyph.)

E.   Kinsey, before he got involved in sex

F.   nonviolent occupation (hyph.)

G.   watchful, alert

H.   Ford president, formerly

I.   cellulose nitrate

J.   cheerful and celebratory

K.   1957 Michael Landon film (5 wds)

L.   Elijah`s feeders (1 Kings 17:4)

M.   preliminary battle to Antietam (2 wds)

N.   Garrison`s weekly, banned in the South (2 wds)

O.   what Petruchio wanted to do wealthily (2 wds)

P.   generous

Q.   elementary study (of a subject)

R.   President Ford, formerly (3 wds)

S.   behavior

T.   enlivened (2 wds)

U.   went backwards, especially to an inferior condition

V.   dungeon accessible only from above

W.   August event for merchants (4 wds)

X.   fats, waxes, etc.

Y.   mutually (2 wds)

Z.   the de Winter estate

AA.   tea accompaniment in a 1953 play