Versatile characters

by Phelps Gates

       
   
       
         
       
     
       
       
         
           
       
           

A.   city and county in Massachusetts

B.   variety program from 1950 to 1960 on ABC, CBS, NBC,
and DuMont (3 wds after "The")

C.   famously cryptic Resnais film (4 wds)

D.   Franck symphonic poem on the dangers of skipping
church (Eng. title, 3 wds)

E.   "Nobody`s finished, ___" (4 wds; Grateful Dead:
The Golden Road)

F.   sprays with water

G.   short Nabokov novel with a long title (4 wds)

H.   boring and repetitive

I.   plant (genus Althaea) or sweet confection

J.   aromatic plant (Pimenta dioica) used to flavor food

K.   not hereafter

L.   "What a filthy __" (W. Whitman, To the States)

M.   Blair

N.   year of first use of the electric chair (2 wds)

O.   1961 Oscar-winning song (2 wds)

P.   how Temple went to sea? (5 wds)

Q.   lassos

R.   boulevards

S.   outstanding; fictitious

T.   burdensome ruler; a Chicago death metal band

U.   unnecessary

V.   five dozen