Firsthand Account

by Sol Gordon

         
         
       
         
           
           
         
     
           
             

A.   Citizens of Halifax (2)

B.   Surfed a popular site

C.   Rising political star in Illinois

D.   Album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (3)

E.   Ike Snopes, for example

F.   Trope for "premature death" (2)

G.   Actor, producer, director; his first movie was "War
Hunt"

H.   City in Word O that was founded as a trading post
in 1720

I.   Whirlpool, countercurrent

J.   Indian chiefs

K.   Representing map distances true to scale in all
directions

L.   Common letter closing (2)

M.   Ochre, umber, and sienna (2)

N.   Musical groups with only brass instruments (2)

O.   State that hosts the largest single-day sporting
event in the world

P.   Shallow gardening baskets

Q.   City of ancient Assyria

R.   Elevated

S.   Hazard-preventing device

T.  
1985 movie about spies, "The Falcon and the ........."

U.   Cub Sosa

V.   Subjects

W.   Important ceremonies of an inauguration (3)

X.   Martini`s partner in vermouth

Y.   Korean cellist (2, 1 hyph)