A slight overstatement

by Phelps Gates

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A.   Heinrich Schliemann`s field

B.   source of chèvre cheese (2 wds)

C.   removing

D.   thin, tenuous

E.   natural gift or ability

F.   crumpled

G.   portrait on the British £10 note, at least until
2017 (2 wds)

H.   precedes

I.   Erin Hannon (The Office), Franklin Pangborn (International
House) and others

J.   recall past experiences

K.   where Medea kills her children

L.   one place S can be found (4 wds)

M.   swimming facility, esp. in Britain

N.   epoch following the Pleistocene

O.   US term for what British call "compulsory purchase"
(2 wds)

P.   florid and excessively ornamental

Q.   unsuccessful, having gained nothing (hyph.)

R.   artless young women

S.   extinct feline (2 wds, 1 hyph.)

T.   do the dishes (2 wds)

U.   US auto make last produced in 1957

V.   poisons

W.   made functional once again

X.   transcribe (an official document); occupy the attention
of