Stand back!

by Phelps Gates

       
         
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A.   root vegetable, genus Raphanus

B.   one who abandons his religion

C.   Hebrew divinity

D.   fragments

E.   outdoor drama staged in Cherokee, North Carolina
(3 wds)

F.   she stood in tears amid the alien corn

G.   numskull, blockhead, simpleton

H.   radio soaper about a 35-year-old dressmaker (7222
episodes; 5 wds)

I.   horrified

J.   unwilling

K.   sea between Denmark and Sweden

L.   relentless

M.   "That __ Prius nuisance who just now is rather rife."
(Gilbert)

N.   Osgood Conklin`s portrayer (2 wds)

O.   radio character portrayed by Jim Jordan (2 wds)

P.   positive

Q.  
characterized by wild and uncontrolled public behavior

R.   "No way, ___, No McCain" (2 wds; Hillary Clinton
on 8/26/2008)

S.   caused by inadequate blood supply

T.   a diacritic dot (Matt. 5:18)

U.   supported

V.   sew again

W.   mutually (2 wds)