Break a leg!

by Phelps Gates

   
           
           
           
       
           
         
         
       
                                 

A.   decorative grating

B.   maturity

C.   petty officer in charge of a ship`s equipment

D.   pulp-filled tooth channel (2 wds)

E.   Zodiac (TM) boat, for example

F.   bestows

G.   discoloration, as from a bruise

H.   moos

I.   John Lyly, as a literary stylist

J.   brief appearance by a touring candidate (2 wds)

K.   author of My Life as an Explorer

L.   a dread disease on The Goon Show

M.   third largest island of Japan

N.   G.W. Bush, for Ronald Reagan

O.   disorderly, riotous; hooligan

P.   gives permission to

Q.   full of loud, nonmusical sounds

R.   casually throwing

S.   title meaning "Sign of God"

T.   US state with the longest official name (2 wds)

U.   finicky, fastidious

V.   Conservative

W.   state admitted Dec. 3, 1818

X.   Giuseppe Airoldi designed the first of these

Y.   Wudu, in Islam