An American Icon

by Phelps Gates

       
     
         
     
         
       
       
       
       
       
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A.   designer of the icon of the quotation (2 wds)

B.   art gallery in Florence

C.   portrayer of V in a 1994 film (2 wds)

D.   tsetse-transmitted African disease (2 wds)

E.   comprehensive (e.g. knowledge)

F.   like a manual typewriter (hyph.)

G.   MGM icon

H.   dead-end, low status employment (colloq.)

I.   macabre 1993 film sequel (3 wds)

J.   vanity; small table-like chest of drawers

K.   provoking uneasiness, repugnance, or dislike

L.   "Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from ___
to happiness" (Twain)

M.   ate away

N.   Germanic midwinter festival

O.   Jhumpa Lahiri book, later a film (2 wds)

P.   without remorse

Q.   remain without apparent purpose

R.   river in Hades (or Alaska)

S.   brilliance, glory

T.   actress DeCarlo

U.   short text message

V.   founder of The New Yorker (2 wds)

W.   canines

X.   12:50 (3 wds)

Y.   defeated in battle

Z.   "___ and I say the hell with it." (Carl Rose; 4 wds)

AA.   more drawn out

AB.   diplomatic agreement

AC.   1948 Hitchcock film