It`s still going strong

by Phelps Gates

   
       
           
       
           
           
     
         
       
         
         
               

A.   small yellow bird with a large head

B.   maker of films, including some about A (2 wds)

C.   popular TV "junk news" show (2 wds)

D.   vehicle for farm goods or condemned noblemen

E.   #1 hit for Tommy James and the Shondells (3 wds)

F.   popular TV "junk news" show 1989-99 (2 wds)

G.   Nod location (3 wds)

H.   makes walking difficult for

I.   nocturnal mammal of Madagascar

J.   unhip (obs. slang); enjoying 2 martinis? (3 wds)

K.   with W, a literary magazine (3 wds)

L.   sebacious; yellow

M.   chemical trigger for allergic reactions

N.   director of G (2 wds)

O.   noted film critic (2 wds)

P.   educated guess

Q.   defeated, in a pool

R.   plaintiff in an 1896 civil rights case

S.   the last dialog of Plato (sometimes with "The")

T.   popular TV "junk news" show (2 wds)

U.   detective (obs. slang)

V.   uncredited voice of Francis the Talking Mule (2 wds)

W.   see clue K (2 wds)

X.   firms up the foundation of

Y.   company once owned by Howard Hughes (hyph.)

Z.   porous volcanic stone