Good reason!

by Phelps Gates

       
         
         
         
     
         
         
         
             
       
             
       
                               

A.   nickname for news correspondent Arthur Kent (2 wds)

B.   sesame-seed paste

C.   comedy-drama series starring Dick Van Patten (3 wds)

D.   often-recorded song by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy
Fields (6 wds)

E.   daffodil genus; assassin of Commodus

F.   insistence on having one`s own way

G.   1887 Zamenhof creation

H.   equation of degree three

I.   Armenian composer (d. 1978)

J.   Steinbeck novel (2 wds)

K.   French actor (b. 1942), played Amélie`s father
in Amélie

L.   teetotaler

M.   simulated environment (2 wds)

N.   gradually and stealthily takes possession of (e.g.,
land; 2 wds)

O.   gap

P.   penultimate letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Q.   location of Siegfried Line (2 wds)

R.   17-minute song from 1968 (hyph.)

S.   B-29 bomber base in the Pacific

T.   largest island of Japan

U.   "__ and kings"

V.   4th place, typically (2 wds)

W.   stresses

X.   Dennis the Menace`s dog

Y.   city and province in NW Spain

Z.   epistle considered "Deutero-Pauline"

AA.   9/14/13 (2 wds)