Paraprosdokian

by Phelps Gates

       
         
     
       
     
       
     
           
       
       
       
                     

A.   muckraker, journalist and social critic (1849-1914)

B.   like Rand`s philosophy

C.   perhaps appropriate anagram of "bad credit" (2 wds)

D.   appropriate anagram of "claim a pope is sin"

E.   window covering that originated in Japan (2 wds)

F.   B-29 staff, for example

G.   Elizabeth II, to Edward VIII

H.   passed out

I.   "___ ain`t what it used to be" (Berra; 2 wds)

J.   Hindu sage

K.   sequoia

L.   TR palindrome (7 wds)

M.   Rhode Island bay and former Red Sox broadcast sponsor

N.   without merit (2 wds)

O.   annual tourist event that begins in September

P.   longest English word that uses only one vowel

Q.   low in pH

R.   "Ready for a bit of the old ___" (Clockwork Orange)

S.   flinch back in horror

T.   in a lavish fashion

U.   "I ___ in my pajamas" (G. Marx; 3 wds)

V.   British toilet

W.   ethnic group and language in eastern Ghana

X.   "The doctors ___" (Dizzy Dean; 6 wds, one of them
hyph.)