Dust before eating

by Phelps Gates

       
         
         
       
       
       
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A.   bon mot

B.   ?!

C.   given to petty thievery (hyph.)

D.   slope, tilt

E.   development from embryo to adult

F.   telephone discount (2 wds)

G.   Xhosa or Zulu, for example (2 wds)

H.   members of a fraternal order founded 1919

I.   proposal with no chance of adoption

J.   1946 Oscar-winner for de Sica (English title)

K.   concerned with compounds not containing carbon

L.   scum on the surface of molten metal

M.   epicene

N.   head cold, inflammation of the nose

O.   a lot (colloq.)

P.   backcountry

Q.   fan

R.   1999 film based on a Palahniuk novel (2 wds)

S.   first Rodgers and Hammerstein musical

T.   duty rosters

U.   tribe with reservation in extreme NE Kansas