Last words

by Phelps Gates

     
     
       
         
           
       
       
       
         
       
         
                                         

A.   silence

B.   compensates, reimburses

C.   subject of a Bach cantata, BWV 211

D.   "The fox knows many things, the __ one big thing"
(Archilochus)

E.   "The reports of my death ____" (Steve Jobs, misquoting
Twain; 3 wds)

F.   "When our earthly life is __" (popular hymn)

G.   one who speaks offensively or indiscreetly

H.   pay homage (2 wds)

I.   Blake poem containing the phrase "marriage hearse"

J.   notoriously unscrupulous Athenian statesman and
general

K.   lizard-like amphibian

L.   clogged (e.g., with traffic)

M.   blindfold (especially one used in Masonic rites)

N.   1996 Pinter play with a funereal title (3 wds)

O.   fissure, split

P.   keep

Q.   smelly

R.   one who speaks excessively or indiscreetly

S.  
"Life`s a pleasant ___" (W.S. Gilbert, The Gondoliers)

T.   "When it gets dark I _____" (Paul McCartney; 4 wds)

U.   straighten out, free from tangles

V.   numb

W.   hazard usually marked by a circular sign (2 wds)

X.   site of Nicholas II`s death