The real message of February 14th

by John Kiernan

         
         
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A.   What Ben Hur drove to the woman he loved

B.   They can be cloven

C.   A common rhyme for love in songs

D.   To retain with a layer of stone or concrete

E.   "How do I love thee? --" (E. Browning, 5 words)

F.   12.5 percent

G.   The most famous crime of 1929 (4 words, with "The")

H.   Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead
as a sign of respect

I.   Anchors --

J.   What the `U` stands for in SCUBA

K.   Knute`s team (2 words)

L.   It`s needed to say "I love you"

M.   Star Trek energy source

N.   The Dineh

O.   File formats of this type include AIFF, WMA and WAV

P.   Former country, now part of the United Arab Emirates

Q.   Pope Leo I called him "The Scourge of God" (3 words)

R.   The science of the body

S.   Expression meaning "There is no more" has been attributed
to the unspoken end of a "Dear John" letter (4 words)

T.   The act of bearing witness; confirmation

U.   "-- belted you and flayed you" (Kipling, "Gunga
Din", 2 words)

V.   -- Jima

W.   He wrote "The Art of Love"

X.   Southeastern state (3 words)