Playing the odds

by Phelps Gates

       
       
         
       
         
           
       
           
         
                   

A.   The ___ Mage: SF book by John Daulton

B.   bit of pithy wisdom

C.   LBJ biographer (2 wds)

D.   The last stable element to be discovered (1925)

E.   "The duty of __ is to challenge corruption." (Kurt
Cobain)

F.   The Name of the Rose, for example

G.   "____ stupid" (James Carville; 3 wds)

H.   one of LBJ`s dogs (not the one lifted by his ears;
2 wds)

I.   like Lesotho or Swaziland

J.   Frodo`s home

K.   invalidated

L.   Sir Thomas Lipton and Sir Michael Fay

M.   wild onion, Allium tricoccum

N.   follow as a result

O.   __ Killed the Radio Star: 1979 song by the Buggles

P.   James Whitcomb Riley, for example

Q.   the period from roughly 56 million to 34 million
years ago

R.   tour taken by the Ferdinand Magellan (2 wds or hyph.)

S.   birthplace of seven presidents (so far)

T.   animal life

U.   endure, tolerate

V.   secretly (esp. African-American slang; 4 wds)

W.   impromptu

X.   DC landmark adjacent to the Watergate Complex (2 wds)

Y.   soft soap (2 wds)