Pointless and Counter-Pointless

by John Kiernan

       
       
   
       
         
       
       
       
                                 

A.   Aurora, Athena or Demeter

B.   Phone booth

C.   Folding

D.   "Fantasia" ballet dancer

E.   Separation, disaffection

F.   Prarie building material

G.   Fast European travel

H.   "Things will get better despite our _____ to improve
them" (Will Rogers)

I.   Winnetka`s Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., on the silver
screen (full name)

J.   Highly venomous fictional plants

K.   Abstract

L.   A famous title character`s only word

M.   There are two Epistles to them

N.   An allergic reaction

O.   Forerunner of "The Forum"

P.   California town housing a National Laboratory

Q.   Inflammation of the bones (var.)

R.   Fierce winter storm

S.   It was originally in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence

T.   Light physics

U.   It precedes "oblige"

V.   Cloud variety

W.   "____ Men Out" (John Sayles film)

X.   Online administrator

Y.   One out of three Texans favored this in 2009, according
to some polls