Unintended consequences

by Phelps Gates

     
       
           
     
         
         
     
         
         
     
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A.   overly zealous attorney (2 wds)

B.   ius gentium (3 wds)

C.   C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien, for example

D.   unseaworthy vessels (2 wds; nautical slang)

E.   railroad magnate James J. Hill (2 wds)

F.   Hannah, Tony, or Joe

G.   possession

H.   stiffening of a joint

I.   flaxen-haired

J.   bordellos

K.   boundary between Brooklyn and Queens (2 wds)

L.   aircraft with wings that flap

M.   port at mouth of the Ouse

N.   arty 1983 Tanner film about Lisbon (4 wds)

O.   South American tree named for its color (caesalpinia)

P.   people with light, asthenic body build

Q.   word-completion parlor game

R.   meat, potatoes, onions, etc., in thick gravy (2 wds)

S.   raise cattle

T.   bright-flowered shrub of the verbena family

U.   hones

V.   accomplished

W.   pertaining to smoothbelly darter fish

X.   a name once proposed for element 85 (astatine)

Y.   perches

Z.   5th president of Iraq