Beyond platinum

by Phelps Gates

     
       
     
         
         
     
       
       
       
       
                                               

A.   state bordering New Mexico and Texas

B.   2007 film titled from a Yeats poem (5 wds)

C.   porch at the western end of a church

D.   palindromic Indian language

E.   member of the Nottingham rugby team

F.   matching of elements around a plane, line or point

G.   instrument featured in a piece by Leroy Anderson

H.   birthplace of J.R.R. Tolkien

I.   Oscar-winning British actress (1913-67)

J.   American-born dancer, buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery
(2 wds)

K.   1917 "Man" fossil that turned out to be from a pig

L.   of the highest quality (hyph.)

M.   disease sometimes caused by West Nile virus (2 wds)

N.   status of non-Muslims under sharia law

O.   caused the downfall of

P.   Dutch city, home of the country`s largest university

Q.   mountain range of the central Sahara, in Chad

R.   able to get a loan

S.   diamonds, allegedly (4 wds)

T.   amusement park attractions

U.   founder of Ballets Russes

V.   former duchy on the Jutland peninsula