But did he pay his rent on time?

by Phelps Gates

       
         
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A.   Lavoisier, for example

B.   sensitive to all colors except red (e.g. film)

C.   view that traditional virtues are worthless

D.   anklebones

E.   American city on the Thames (2 wds)

F.   dermatitis afflicting housewives (2 wds)

G.   California town east of Oakland

H.   armful; a green woodpecker

I.   disreputable (slang)

J.   pertaining to hedgehogs

K.   pleated Alpine peasant dresses

L.   last night

M.   funnel-shaped

N.   tusked marine mammals

O.   angry mutterings

P.  
retroflex consonant (in Hindi or Sanskrit, for example)

Q.   regarding foreigners as inferiors

R.   C to E, for example

S.   fair, unbiased

T.   piano waltz composed by Euphemia Allen in 1877

U.   mite-borne ailment of the Western Pacific area,
also known as scrub typhus (2 wds)

V.   the area between windows

W.   Reagan tax policy, according to some (2 wds)

X.   not inherent