Gift of the Magi

by Don Monson

         
             
         
       
       
       
       
           
         
           
       
         
       
                 

A.   Carol: "While_______"; 6 wds

B.   End result

C.   Very poor spirits?

D.   AKA Ann Landers; 2 wds

E.   Name of an Airline or a Passage

F.   Stopper, informally

G.   McCartney tune (from London Town); 3 wds

H.   Placed in a sepulcher

I.   Martini Rosso, e.g.; 2 wds

J.   We get together with them at Christmas; 3 wds

K.   Let out

L.   Olympian`s quest

M.   Type of interval in music

N.   Examples of spontaneous removal or casting off of
body parts in nature

O.   Work on a tough stain, e.g.

P.   One "little" subject of a Christmas song; 2 wds

Q.   Incense resin

R.   Kind of voiceless stop in phonetics

S.   Reminiscent of rosy eastern skies

T.   Carol written by Longfellow; 7 wds

U.   Deserving of confidence

V.   Part of putting on the ritz?

W.   Another "little" subject of Christmas song; 3 wds

X.   Rorschach tool

Y.   Instrument for measuring electrical resistance

Z.   What a journalist might offer a colleague for a
hot lead? 2 wds (abbr.)

AA.   Formal act