Hello out there!

by Phelps Gates

           
     
         
         
       
         
         
       
         
           
             

A.   only South American country whose official language
is English

B.   appalling

C.   nonsense

D.   Obama campaign slogan (3 wds)

E.   authentic

F.   90 degrees (2 wds)

G.   fair

H.   where rivers meet the sea

I.   pessimism, gloom

J.   reach the lowest point (2 wds)

K.   fan

L.   nasal inflammation

M.   Wallace Beery`s first wife (2 wds)

N.   eggnog with brandy and/or rum (3 wds)

O.   student of Greek language and culture

P.   frequent target of GW Bush rhetoric

Q.   moggie or wellie

R.   in general (3 wds)

S.   something left out

T.   country named for sea captain Thomas Gilbert

U.   dungeon accessible only from above

V.   ultramodern

W.   longest-reigning Dutch monarch

X.   surpass in military force

Y.   industrial city in the Ruhr