Calls for a rimshot sting

by Phelps Gates

         
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A.   insane asylum (colloq.; 2 wds)

B.   complicated involvements

C.   like an inhabitant of A (colloq.)

D.   Raphael or Michelangelo, for example (2 wds)

E.   Whoopee! star (2 wds)

F.   streetcar

G.   Ed Wynn`s radio show for Texaco (3 wds)

H.   rebukes severely (2 wds)

I.   worldwide change in sea level

J.   thinks very hard (3 wds)

K.   Margaret Sanger`s specialty (2 wds)

L.   predecessor of Ish-bosheth

M.   "bye!"

N.   tipster

O.   organization celebrated on October 24 (2 wds)

P.   eradicate (2 wds)

Q.   draw aimlessly

R.   by no means, the opposite of (2 wds)

S.   cowardly (colloq.)

T.   British naval officer, eponym of an Antarctic cape

U.   student of word origins

V.   Will Rogers and Charley Grapewin, for example

W.   distinctive feature of Mike Leigh`s films

X.   palpebrae

Y.   air brake inventor