Staples Remover

by John Kiernan

         
     
         
       
       
       
       
     
           

A.   One of the Mercury Seven astronauts (Full name)

B.   An empire

C.   Favorable

D.  
In the U.S. it is usually commanded by a Major General

E.   Twenty-four hours ago

F.   Opposite of deny

G.   Last name of baseball player Javy

H.   What Missouri physician Joseph Lawrence named his
antibacterial mouthwash

I.   A Greek letter

J.   The doctrine that nothing can be known

K.   Composer Jacques -- ("Orphée aux enfers")

L.   One of two answers Babe could have told Szell in
"Marathon Man" (2 words)

M.   English King who lost his head

N.   To remove, usually to an inferior position

O.   Act like a chief cook (3 words)

P.   Princeton chums Josh Logan and Henry Fonda reunited
for this play and film (2 words)

Q.   "To wait Eternity is short -- reward the end." (Emily
Dickinson, 2 words)

R.  
Pacific island nation closely aligned with New Zealand

S.   To the stars (Latin, 2 words)

T.   Quirky sci-fi film (1983) about a UFO landing in
the East Village (2 words)

U.   Where Signore Buonarroti spent a lot of time on
his back