Who could have suspected?

by Phelps Gates

     
       
     
       
         
       
       
       
     
     
                       

A.   this company`s name means `three diamonds`

B.   over and above (what is required; 2 wds)

C.   blackboard lecture (2 wds)

D.   water pipe (hyph.); telescope flaw? (2 wds)

E.   city in southern France (hyph.)

F.  
a rough tufted tall Hawaiian grass, Eragrostis variabilis

G.   disembarked; owning an estate

H.   mythical Greek king and judge in the underworld

I.   howl

J.   successfully resisted (2 wds)

K.   Turkish term of respect

L.   Shi`ite sect, also known as Twelvers (2 wds)

M.   aquatic reptile of the Jurassic period

N.   stalk; ensue

O.   departed after serving a fixed term (2 wds)

P.   fizz

Q.   kilted Greek soldier

R.   an antiseptic, CHI3

S.   very close (e.g., a race; 3 wds)

T.   ten feet, six inches, for a steamboat (3 wds)

U.   having a knoblike protuberance

V.   having two equal sides

W.   German restaurant, often in a basement

X.   African tree with allegedly aphrodisiac bark