Get out your pencils

by Phelps Gates

         
         
       
       
       
         
         
           
       
       
         
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A.   a former US vice-president (full name)

B.   in my opinion

C.   made acquainted with (2 wds)

D.   related to written documents

E.   well-fed

F.   work formerly abbreviated as NED (3 wds)

G.   absurd, sillly

H.   discontinuous

I.   in an ostentatious, affected manner

J.   mob rule

K.   play and film whose title derives from Proverbs
11:29 (3 wds)

L.   cropped tough

M.   long-running (1932-59) saga of the Barbours (3 wds)

N.   up-to-date (hyph.)

O.   US television pioneer (2 wds)

P.   porous pottery

Q.   city in central NJ (2 wds)

R.   proverbially long-lived person

S.   Mexican salamanders

T.   chambered molluscs

U.   cylindrical military hats

V.   Ephron (Gen. 23:10) or Judith (Gen. 26:34)

W.   volcano near Mexico City

X.   KI (2 wds)