The Real Rhinemaidens of Route 66

by Phelps Gates

   
       
     
         
     
           
           
     
         
       
         
                                                 

A.   abandoned 1832 Wagner opera (2 wds, English title)

B.   publication criticized for criticizing the Lepage
Ring Cycle (2 wds)

C.   Hans Sachs, for example

D.   measure of mineral hardness (2 wds)

E.   chief Nibelung

F.   deceitful, evasive

G.   game show hosted by Garry Moore (4 wds)

H.   newspaper published by Frederick Douglass (2 wds,
after "The")

I.   foolish or extravagant passion

J.   male bird or mammal without a mate

K.   Mexican resort city

L.   palindromic business in northern California (2 wds)

M.   Citation, famously

N.   bursting into flower

O.   Massachusetts town near Rhode Island border

P.   virtuoso pieces, typically for keyboard

Q.   US author (1804-64)

R.   in poor condition

S.   performing onstage (3 wds)

T.   cell phone ringtones during an opera, for example
(2 wds)

U.   haunts

V.   .01 gray (.01 joule per kilogram)

W.   it`s longer than an age but shorter than a period

X.   open grassland of southern Africa

Y.   erratic; self-contradictory

Z.   rubs out, obliterates

AA.   "Wotan has a couple of illegitimate children whilst
disguised under the singularly appropriate name of ___" (Anna Russell)