A painful experience avoided

by Phelps Gates

           
     
         
         
     
           
           
       
       
           
             

A.   remove errors from

B.   meter maid specialty (2 wds)

C.   accomplishing

D.   failure to follow suit if able (bridge, etc.)

E.   mountainous Russian peninsula

F.   decorative detail (e.g., in music or architecture)

G.   winner of 1935 short film Oscar for How to Sleep
(2 wds)

H.   novel by the quote`s subject (2 wds)

I.   conference involving several equal participants
(2 wds)

J.   satyrs, males with strong sexual cravings

K.   staple of local TV programming (2 wds)

L.   oft-quoted American wit (1887-1943)

M.   visible (2 wds)

N.   fictional character inspired by L (2 wds)

O.   actress Meester (Gossip Girl, That`s My Boy)

P.   place of religious retreat

Q.   delicious (colloq.)

R.   blind co-conspirator of 1993 WTC bombing (2 wds)

S.   exhibiting creativity

T.   book that caused Tonstant Weader to fwow up (5 wds)

U.   be more important than

V.   Ezra follower