It`s for Fun

by Roland Foster

       
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A.   Downcast

B.   Dark

C.   Dearth

D.   Awfully strange

E.   Court

F.   Wading bird

G.   Tie breaking format (2)

H.   Tex-Mex treat

I.   Author of "The Blithedale Romance"

J.   Of birds

K.   Diminutive

L.   Minor prophet

M.   Metal block

N.   Character created by Murat Bernard Young (2)

O.   Good looking, or a good look

P.   First volume of the trilogy from which the quote
comes (5)

Q.   Deficient in merit

R.   Presley sobriquet: "Ol` _________" (2)

S.   Poetic form

T.   Exhaustive

U.   Ruffian

V.   The concluding portion of a prose work or a play

W.   A B vitamin

X.   Duckburg inventor (2)

Y.   Lesley Hornby

Z.   Moustache style