What about their names?

by Roger Gabrielson

       
       
       
         
       
     
           
     
                         

A.   Something observable

B.   Warehouse

C.   Common spare (2)

D.   Personne terrible, parfois

E.   Emulated chickens that have come home

F.   Sharer of secrets

G.   Musical call and response

H.   One of the arts of discourse

I.   Camp near Jacksonville, North Carolina

J.   Song John Lennon originally called "Maharishi" (2)

K.   Supervised

L.   Hickory or pistachio

M.   1959 encounter similar to the one described here (2)

N.   Disapproving fan

O.   Charm alternative (2)

P.   Harold PInter play whose title is half that of an
Audrey Hepburn film (4)

Q.   "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Claude "Lefty" Williams,
until 1920 (2)

R.   Excess

S.   Of very little value

T.   Galosh

U.   Like simplified spelling