Terrifying circumstances

by Phelps Gates

         
           
     
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A.   poisonous plant of the Convallaria genus (4 wds)

B.   athletic events originally for naked men (2 wds)

C.   dizzying

D.   weird and sinister

E.   infernal, related to the underworld

F.   not slanted (of a typeface)

G.   prize

H.   in a terrifying manner

I.   board measuring 1.5 x 3.5 inches in cross section
(3 wds)

J.   mentally unbalanced; moved

K.   manager, person in charge (colloq.)

L.   "We`re gonna rock down to ___.": Eddy Grant (2 wds)

M.   he had a country named for him in 1895

N.   bestowed, granted

O.   378 ml

P.   boldly begin (a journey or enterprise); fail (2 wds)

Q.   Torquemada, famously

R.   characterized by uncontrolled female sexuality (obs.)

S.   fashionable

T.   %

U.   swollen

V.   daydreaming, not paying attention

W.   excellence, extremely high quality (colloq.)

X.   former Majority Leader, now lobbyist

Y.   "__ nous voici!" : Col. Charles Stanton, 7/4/1917

Z.   jerk (orig. Yiddish slang)