Bring on the mud

by Phelps Gates

         
       
     
       
     
     
     
       
           
                               

A.   only US President to hold a patent (2 wds)

B.   surveyed

C.   President Polk`s nickname (2 wds)

D.   leader of 1956 "Dump Nixon" campaign

E.   the indicating arm of a sundial

F.   evaluated

G.   red pigment in plants

H.   2006 film about a man expecting to die on his 25th
birthday (2 wds)

I.   New York, Chicago & St. Louis RR (2 wds)

J.   William Jennings Bryan`s fiscal policy

K.   ephemeral, transitory

L.   commits (a defendant) to custody

M.   midges

N.   3 in 2+3

O.   lamentation

P.   African country independent since 1960 (2 wds)

Q.   low regard

R.   film portrayer of Bobby Darin (2 wds)

S.   "I`m up on the ___" (David Bowie; 2 wds)

T.   adroit

U.   crammed into a limited space

V.   characterized by terse phrasing

W.   measures of 5.0292 meters