Early and often

by Phelps Gates

       
         
         
       
         
       
         
       
         
               

A.   member of the domain that includes plants and animals
(but not bacteria)

B.   crooked, asymmetric

C.   pretentious clothing or adornment

D.   study of formation and early development of organisms

E.   George Kennan or Adam Ulam, for example

F.   fairness

G.   extremely dry

H.   riding

I.   Socrates` wife

J.   Queens race track

K.   Straussian

L.   gave medicine to

M.   Old Norse folkmoot

N.   in disorderly haste (2 wds)

O.   making an attempt

P.   Batali, Bourdain, and Child

Q.   not alive

R.   striped cat

S.   gleeful shout on a certain day of the year (2 wds)

T.   like an allergy-sufferer`s nose, often

U.   manual labor (2 wds)

V.   small spotted beetles