Unfortunate Truth

by Sol Gordon

       
       
             
         
     
         
     
         
           
                               

A.   Nocturnal bird (2)

B.   What Basil Rathbone said to Nigel Bruce many times
in their movies (4)

C.   Search for with much effort (2)

D.   Catchphrase; slogan

E.   Ancillary; subordinate

F.   White light experience (2)

G.   One who saws logs

H.   Type of writer

I.   Rheumatic condition of the hip joints (2)

J.   Strip off the skin

K.   Enzyme secreted by the kidneys

L.   Implement sometimes necessary for drink-making (2)

M.   Without protection

N.   Back talk

O.   Pregnant (2)

P.   Conducted a sort of lottery

Q.   Very small cat (3)

R.   County seat of Essex County, Va.

S.   Upstate NY college town

T.   Organization behind March Madness

U.   Temple of Athena in ancient Greece, for example (2)

V.   One after the other