Author! Author!

by Roy Goodman

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A.   Raiment

B.   Circumscribed

C.   Make a deep impression on a page or a baby duck

D.   Heraldic green

E.   Polite comic strip character? (2)

F.   Sofa, or overcoat, or cigarette

G.   In progress

H.   Track and field event (2)

I.   Actor who appeared with W.C. Fields and, more famously,
with his brothers (2)

J.   Irregular mass

K.   Radiated

L.   Michigan`s state bird

M.   Over-the-top seductress

N.   Three days after Quinquagesima Sunday (2)

O.   Ruler

P.   Suggesting

Q.   Funereal phrase (3)

R.   A plan for buying on time

S.   Harboring impure thoughts

T.   Nut

U.   The kind of puzzle this answer might represent (2)

V.   Soviet agricultural implement? (2)

W.   Closed off

X.   Like a newsroom wretch (hyphenated)

Y.   Placed into a recess

Z.   Hole protector