A silly strategy?

by Phelps Gates

             
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A.   NaHCO3 (3 wds)

B.   guaranteed access to a benefit

C.   not paying proper attention

D.   Jackie Gleason`s theme song (2 wds)

E.   "a" in acrostic

F.   tightwads

G.   reduce to pauperism

H.   stupid person

I.   entices

J.   capital of Kanagawa Prefecture

K.   British lexicographer (1779-1869)

L.   Lamb, for example

M.   deprive; evict from a dwelling

N.   bizarrely unconventional (3 wds, colloq.)

O.   pure, not corrupted

P.   grass-eating Biblical beast

Q.   those supporting social change toward egalitarianism

R.   octave

S.   obsolete military communication tool (2 wds)

T.   a place of great clutter or disorder (2 wds)

U.   be more important than

V.   unofficial poll (2 wds)

W.   fails to tip (colloq.)