A slight exaggeration

by Phelps Gates

     
     
       
           
           
         
     
         
           
         
                                 

A.   Tynan review (2 wds)

B.   Turkish viceroys in Egypt

C.   city in Virginia or California

D.   being

E.   least pleasant

F.   7/20/1963 event that figures in two Stephen King
novels (5 wds)

G.   classic Fitzgerald SatEvePost story (1920; 4 wds)

H.   avocados (2 wds)

I.   apparent

J.   shortest major league batter (number "1/8"; 2 wds)

K.   tropical fruits of the genus Musa

L.   traditional funeral phrase (3 wds)

M.   she came home

N.   covers with thin sheets

O.   popular pizza garnish

P.   draws near (poetic)

Q.   abbreviated syllogism

R.   tosses

S.   extremely bad (Newspeak)

T.   leaves out

U.   river in Connecticut or England

V.   artistic connoisseurs

W.   South African whip