A current affair

by Phelps Gates

         
       
       
         
         
   
         
     
     
                                       

A.   conferences

B.   potentially lethal fish (2 wds)

C.   powdered rock, used as a polish

D.   city in the San Joaquin Valley

E.   intimately connected

F.   crosses partner, in Britain

G.   "I`m so broke my scenic checks show a ___" (Phylllis
Diller)

H.   imitation diamond

I.   the emperor Julian and others

J.   overdrawn balance (2 wds)

K.   Frank Herbert masterwork

L.   inquisitive

M.   defeat through trickery

N.   a group of crows

O.   old-fashioned term for a fizzy drink

P.   Wagner patron

Q.   in a transcendental way

R.   creator of Father Brown

S.   Mississippi distributary

T.   more accurate

U.   furnishes a detailed list

V.   The ___: A Story of California (Frank Norris, 1901)

W.   annoying