Keep it simple

by Phelps Gates

     
         
     
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A.   English actor and playwright (1671-1757; 2 wds)

B.   dilapidated (2 wds)

C.   non-violence to all living beings

D.   with long hair

E.   battle of Aug. 18, 1870 (Franco-Prussian War)

F.   first line of a popular nursery rhyme (3 wds)

G.   hypothetical (e.g. scenario; hyph.)

H.   semi-mythical Cretan philosopher and seer (7/6 c. BC)

I.   The Knight of the Swan

J.   list of players taking part in a game

K.   fictional plantation near Atlanta

L.   synchronous diaphragmatic flutter (med.)

M.   like most Manhattan streets (hyph.)

N.   Joseph, Mary, or Eugene

O.   founder of the Cynic school of philosophy

P.   in good condition

Q.   personification of cold weather (2 wds)

R.   capable of having a desired result

S.   US religious leader claiming to be God incarnate
(2 wds)

T.   curry favor with, in a flattering way (2 wds)

U.   country ruling the Galápagos Islands

V.   Paul Kagame, for example

W.   cajole, flatter (hyph.)

X.   rock formation visible on the surface

Y.   item often found in a ring