The End is Near (hopefully)!

by John Kiernan

     
         
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A.   First name of a famous basketballer, MacArthur`s
Chief of Staff, or a character on "The Office"

B.   Ready to fly

C.   Where to find Becky Sharp (2 words)

D.   Ranch workers not doing anything? (2 words)

E.   Middle word in a spoken address

F.   The Chinese call this breed "songshi quan," which
means "puffy-lion dog"

G.   Stop the launch!

H.   Groove, channel

I.   Narrow zone of faulting resulting from tensional
stress in the earth`s crust

J.   Word seen as bad by many in 2011 Washington

K.   Time past

L.   Anti-slavery amendment

M.   1965 hit for the Bobby Fuller Four (4 words)

N.   Type of submarine sunk at Pearl Harbor

O.   It`s enough

P.   Rock

Q.   Crucial point

R.   Where many U.S. jobs go these days

S.   Boxing taboo (2 words)

T.   Provide padding

U.   Nearsightedness

V.   Sometimes you feel like one