A great statesman

by Phelps Gates

       
       
         
       
           
           
         
       
         
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A.   1980`s Breathed comic strip (2 wds)

B.   play in which Brady is a thinly-disguised Bryan
(3 wds)

C.   raffle

D.   comic strip named from a James Whitcomb Riley poem
(3 wds)

E.   bad-tempered nemesis of Bugs Bunny (2 wds)

F.   assistant (2 wds, one hyph.)

G.   residence of Major Amos T. Hoople (3 wds)

H.  
comic strip horse, source of Charles Schulz`s nickname

I.   cold-blooded

J.   Shakespeare`s comic weaver

K.   having an ample supply of (2 wds)

L.   cut back (e.g. part of an organ)

M.   prose narratives of book length

N.   The ___: 1967 Thornton Wilder novel (2 wds)

O.   like a comic Kid

P.   reinforced eyelet

Q.   comic featuring the Willit family (3 wds)

R.   father`s occupation in the Zits comic strip

S.   Barefoot ___: manga comic series about Hiroshima

T.   illuminates

U.   preparation of the final draft of a document