A severe case of Schadenfreude

by Phelps Gates

         
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A.   USS ___: last battleship to file a salvo in a naval
battle

B.   placenta

C.   glowing (hyph.)

D.   June 11, a holiday in one state (2 wds)

E.   a compound fifth, in music

F.   indecisive (hyph.)

G.   Hank Morgan in an 1889 novel (3 wds)

H.   tireless

I.   R, for example

J.   people with this name are admitted free to Boston`s
Gardner Museum

K.   Hades

L.   "get lost!" (Brit.; 2 wds)

M.   contrary

N.   1907 book by R (2 wds)

O.   kohl

P.   beginners

Q.   "Traffic in sight" (ATC pilot slang; 2 wds or hyph.)

R.   Florida-born author (3 wds)

S.   written declaration under oath

T.   a person or thing regarded as useless or hopeless
(2 wds)

U.   follower of Selassie

V.   "Speak up!" (3 wds)

W.   phenomenon so named by Gassendi in 1621 (2 wds)

X.   fatalities