A snappy comeback

by Phelps Gates

   
     
       
       
     
             
       
           
     
         
             
                             

A.   having human form

B.   small two-winged flying insect

C.   device invented in 1898 and called the "telegraphone"
(2 wds)

D.   item deemed worthy to interrupt regular programming
(2 wds)

E.   sailing vessel still common in the Persian Gulf area

F.   like Rousseau`s Confessions

G.   obtain by deceit or trickery

H.   having a wise and solemn appearance

I.   any of several Catholic colleges in the US

J.   revelatory

K.   repairs

L.   third from the last

M.   in utter silence

N.   pervasive theme of the B.C. comic strip

O.   nickered

P.   a state and its official song

Q.   the future Henry VII, in Shakespeare`s Richard III

R.   flabby, flaccid

S.   made less bright

T.   cocktail which often includes a maraschino cherry
(usu. 2 wds)

U.   Darwin: "the principle by which each slight variation,
if useful, is preserved." (2 wds)

V.   a bird which Darwin observed to illustrate U

W.   the state of being fireproof

X.   restored to freshness and vigor

Y.  
a complicated or compromising relationship or situation