No puffery, please

by Phelps Gates

     
         
           
         
         
       
           
       
             

A.   catchers` equipment

B.   D-Day code name

C.   witch rendezvous

D.   like a spacewalk

E.   spice derived from crocus plants

F.   street urchins

G.   former Soviet republic, capital Baku

H.   adjust for optimum performance (2 wds)

I.   TV program that is part of a series

J.   something above criticism (2 wds)

K.   Texas president, twice

L.   American actress, novelist, and game-show panelist
(1900-78; 2 wds)

M.   first mayor of Tel Aviv, eponym of a major shopping
street there

N.   alcoholic (obs. slang)

O.   make happy

P.   second in order of preference (2 wds)

Q.   full-length robe with long sleeves

R.   lure, win over by coaxing or artful talk

S.   group led by vocalist Bill Kenny (3 wds)

T.   theme song of a former children`s TV show (4 wds)

U.   British actor (Another Country)

V.   frequent result of rhinovirus infection