A slight misunderstanding

by Phelps Gates

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A.   cabbage buds (2 wds)

B.   streptococcal skin infection

C.   Nellie Bly, famously

D.   militia (2 wds)

E.   fan

F.   Geisel or Adorno

G.   diffidence

H.   dog breed thought to have originated in Mexico

I.   well (3 wds)

J.   a central African republic

K.   obscene language (2 wds, 1 hyph.)

L.   Chinese food, often

M.   "The ___": subject of an 1891 Conan Doyle story
(2 wds, 1 hyph.)

N.   admixture

O.   place to get a nosh

P.   pipette

Q.   1847 novel published under the name Ellis Bell (2
wds)

R.   1938 biopic of Francois Villon (4 wds)

S.   international nuclear agreement (2 wds, 1 hyph.)

T.   Japanese feudal lord

U.   Sacagawea`s tribe